Fascinating book about people around the world disappearing in mysterious ways in parks...
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How can I debate with a "scientist" who doesn't even write a paper on the most ground-breaking discovery in zoology in 100 years? There isn't a single paper anywhere on this, just some 10-year-old news stories with zero details that had no follow-up. Y'all the same people who don't want me to trust the media yet you trusting random-ass stories in RUSSIAN media with scant details that don't have any receipts or follow-up investigation?
How can I debate with a "scientist" who doesn't even write a paper on the most ground-breaking discovery in zoology in 100 years? There isn't a single paper anywhere on this, just some 10-year-old news stories with zero details that had no follow-up. Y'all the same people who don't want me to trust the media yet you trusting random-ass stories in RUSSIAN media with scant details that don't have any receipts or follow-up investigation?
Your post creates it's own opposting opinion. As I mentioned earlier there's more than enough sites, sites, videos, podcasts, etc with people there you can debate with. Go have it it.
Let me summarize again. This is the exact order of events for David Paulides's missing persons grift:
1. Some guy spends his life obsessed with Bigfoot
2. This guy, not getting any traction, switches from Bigfoot to "missing persons" stories. He runs a grift where he researches missing persons stories and then badly distorts them, either leaving out crucial details or inventing new ones, even though many of the cases he discusses were actually solved already or have obvious explanations. He then makes up bullshyt statistics he pulls out of his ass to claim that there are special missing persons "hot spots" that indicate something sinister is happening.
3. Once he gets a big audience for his missing persons work, he switches back to the original grift and connects the missing people to Bigfoot.
So again, in a nation with 330,000,000 people where damn near every fukking square inch is traversed by hikers with cameras on a regular basis, states across America have entire breeding populations of giant man-beasts that are out there stealing people yet NEVER get caught on camera and NEVER leave a body. And while in the 20th century there were numerous supposedly extended, close-up sightings of the creatures, now that literally everyone has a camera on them at all times...we still don't have anything other than blurry-ass photos of trees and monkey suits filled with possum carcasses.
1. Some guy spends his life obsessed with Bigfoot
2. This guy, not getting any traction, switches from Bigfoot to "missing persons" stories. He runs a grift where he researches missing persons stories and then badly distorts them, either leaving out crucial details or inventing new ones, even though many of the cases he discusses were actually solved already or have obvious explanations. He then makes up bullshyt statistics he pulls out of his ass to claim that there are special missing persons "hot spots" that indicate something sinister is happening.
3. Once he gets a big audience for his missing persons work, he switches back to the original grift and connects the missing people to Bigfoot.
So again, in a nation with 330,000,000 people where damn near every fukking square inch is traversed by hikers with cameras on a regular basis, states across America have entire breeding populations of giant man-beasts that are out there stealing people yet NEVER get caught on camera and NEVER leave a body. And while in the 20th century there were numerous supposedly extended, close-up sightings of the creatures, now that literally everyone has a camera on them at all times...we still don't have anything other than blurry-ass photos of trees and monkey suits filled with possum carcasses.
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Florida and Texas is going to have some explaining to do. Why do so many people go missing in these two states?
The author is still out there pushing his Bigfoot bullshyt. Meanwhile, his missing persons side hustle has been exposed as a lot of BS - it's just regular lost hikers.
In August 2021, science communicator Brian Dunning released a Skeptoid episode which examined the Missing 411 claims, summarizing the analysis done on the subject by both Kyle Polich, and Madilyn Oster of Seattle University's Department of Criminal Justice. In the report, Dunning states that "researchers have pointed out that many aspects of the cases have explanations that are well known, just apparently not to Paulides." He points out that Oster's paper disproves Paulides' own conclusions, using the information presented in his own research:[20]
In August 2021, science communicator Brian Dunning released a Skeptoid episode which examined the Missing 411 claims, summarizing the analysis done on the subject by both Kyle Polich, and Madilyn Oster of Seattle University's Department of Criminal Justice. In the report, Dunning states that "researchers have pointed out that many aspects of the cases have explanations that are well known, just apparently not to Paulides." He points out that Oster's paper disproves Paulides' own conclusions, using the information presented in his own research:[20]
...looking at 243 different cases, all of which come from a wide range of decades and scenarios, it becomes very clear that a lot of his claims are incorrect. Though not much can be said in the way of Germanic surnames or wearing red, what's most common is that middle aged caucasian men go missing. Out of the 243 cases observed in this instance, 189 were male, 132 were between ages 20 and 59, and 220 were caucasian. Over and over again, these men were allegedly experienced hikers, had some form of pre-existing health issue (or were of the age where underlying health issues become problematic), or were actively engaging in dangerous trails. The polar opposite of what Paulides claims.[20][31]
Less act like weirdo cacs ain't living in the woods with a rusty revolver and dull knives. Creepy weirdos Park in parks every day b. Dusty ass RV always get the sideeye from me.
Let's also acknowledge these parents probably lying.
Who wants to look like the parent that says yea I let my kid roam In the woods for 30 minutes and they went missing.
"He was only gone for a second"
Let's also acknowledge these parents probably lying.
Who wants to look like the parent that says yea I let my kid roam In the woods for 30 minutes and they went missing.
"He was only gone for a second"
Word? 
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