Are researchers getting blasé about Bigfoot sightings? Another report of a hairy, bipedal creature strolling across the road… yawn. Boredom might explain the explosion in researchers and other groups offering so-called expeditions that are really glorified vacations. Instances of Bigfoot engaging in more daring behavior, such as shaking cars or chasing people, are rare these days. How then do you keep people interested not only in Bigfoot but in paying you for the privilege of joining your group? Offer “expeditions.”
I won’t harp on this as I have done in the past. If people want to fork over their hard-earned money for a Bigfoot-themed vacation, that’s their call. I hope they have a good time. Calling it research… well, that’s another story. The main issue here is have Bigfoot sightings gotten boring. I say no. While I no longer actively collect reports, I still find the sightings people do tell me about or that I read of online interesting. I do tire of the hoaxes, and of the snooty attitudes exhibited by many researchers. The real problem with Bigfoot research today is elitism.
What do you think?
Filed under: Bigfoot / Sasquatch, Bigfoot Sightings, Sociological Aspects | Tagged: Bigfoot expedition vacations, elitism in Bigfoot research
Part of the “Blase feeling” is that every where you turn on T V each net work has their own ” paranormal research activity. And each state in the union has a organization devoted to Big foot research along with a web site with stories and findings. So I think we are being exposed to so much of this that it is becoming common place. I still enjoy reading and listening about Big Foot accounts.
Overexposure is a problem, especially when all those shows fail to produce much in the way of evidence. Rather than focusing on eyewitness accounts, too many of the shows are “reality” clones.
You have a point, there has been few reports in the last ten months or so around my part of the woods, Yukon.
Is it that people are getting blase, is it the “same o same o” type of thinking ?
Something to think about for sure. Is the public scare of bad publicity, shy, the ridicule factor maybe.
Then of course, those weekend paid “excursions” are no help, especially when the organizers of such “expeditions” are actually staging false occurrences, yet claiming those to be real.
By the way, the group I belong to, the Canadian Sasquatch Research Organization, will have its new web site up and running in a week ot two, at http://www.csro.ca. everyone invited to have a look.
I found that working with a group is more effective in that ideas, methods of research, skills, etc… can be shared with the members and a certain standard of research can be achieved by using controlled procedures and protocols.
That’s great you found a group that works for you. It really depends on the group and what your individual needs and goals are. Pooling resources can definitely make things easier.
I looked into joining a group but I would rather take the evidence and look on my own. I recently went to Whitehall, NY which borders Vermont and has been a location of much bigfoot activity. An expedition to find bigfoot would be a good starting point to learn as long as the focus is on bigfoot otherwise it would be a weekend camping trip.
Good luck with your research!