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Why They Deny
Perhaps a section could be added to discuss the various alleged motivations that are said to be common amongst those claiming "hoax" or that otherwise doubt or deny Bigfoot existence. These might include: government cover-ups, academic peer derision, and creationism incongruity. MStettler (talk) 10:37, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
People who have no evidence for their beliefs all the time try to invent excuses for why their beliefs are not accepted. That is part of the core of all pseudosciences. No reason to add those excuses here. --Hob Gadling (talk) 10:57, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
@MStettler To explore the motivations behind an action (denial) is very germane to the topic at hand. If the motivations are found to be indefensible, it may explain why mainstream academia does not take this topic seriously, or why the park ranger does not report what she saw overnight, or why deniers are reluctant to even consider the possibility of new truths that start out as myths and folklore. If the motivations are defensible, then refuting the allegations of dubious motives behind denials will be easy and understandable. 108.24.168.218 (talk) 11:33, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This page is for improving the article, not for your fantasies about why people do not agree with you. (Actually, they do not agree with you because your evidence is crap.)
You can only improve the article using reliable sources. See WP:RS to identify those. I don't expect you will find any reliable source which calls Bigfoot non-believers "deniers". --Hob Gadling (talk) 12:17, 13 May 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Goofball statues of the imaginary creature "Bigfoot"
The two statues of the imaginary "Bigfoot" in the pictures that I recently removed from the article are comically bad, and they degrade the article. The one in the Garden of the Gods Wilderness is hilarious with its depiction of a gorilla (lazy sculptor, and look at the nose) with a massive 60s French-girl hairdo, and the one at the Crystal Creek Reservoir does not depict anyone's description of a creature they think they saw, or pretend that they saw, but rather, it depicts a bald-headed 60s hippie with a beard, a Fu Manchu moustache, and size 36 feet. Personally, I believe they were done as satire or spoofs, and anyone who takes them seriously is the victim of a joke, or perhaps the perpetrator of one. Sorry, but they are garbage as art and as depictions of this ridiculous imaginary creature. There are actually much better ones out there, made by actual artists. These goofy joke creations don't belong in the article. Carlstak (talk) 00:27, 26 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
For the reader's delectation:
"Bigfoot" statue in the Garden of the Gods Wilderness with gorilla features and a massive, perfectly-parted hairdo, just like every stylish Jim Morrison-worshipping Bigfoot had in 1967
Crude carving of baldheaded "Bigfoot" with beard and Fu Manchu moustache at the Crystal Creek Reservoir in Colorado; note his pearly whites and the pontoon feet. This one really kills me.
When you're dealing with an imaginary creature, who's to say what features are definitively "accurate"? And, like it or not, the various statuary is part of the pop culture surrounding the legend of Bigfoot. - LuckyLouie (talk) 14:07, 27 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks for your reply, LuckyLouie. Well sure, "who's to say what features are definitively 'accurate'?"; the thing is, it's just silly to depict this imaginary creature, who's supposed to be living a survivalist existence in the wilderness, with a perfectly-parted coif and neatly-combed beard arranged just so, and even sillier, nay ridiculous, to depict it as a human with long straight hair, a Fu Manchu moustache, a Roman nose, and a gleaming white smile. If I ever have the time, I will be happy to create some non-ridiculous images that depict it more "realistically" (if I may use the word) as an animal that ekes out its existence in the woods (which I have actually done). Not a pretty sight like our salon-visiting gorilla, and the smell—worse than a skunk.;-) Carlstak (talk) 00:01, 29 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]