I would like to welcome our newest member, Artslave, to the forum. He's brought us a very interesting hypothesis for us to consider, one that involves a possible explanation for rock-tapping. From what I can gather, his hypothesis involves BF beating rocks together until they have become powder, and then eating this to achieve invisibility. Since new ideas are always welcome, and since Artslave's is so interesting and never-before-seen on this forum(AFAIK), I thought a poll would be a good way to get a feel of how everyone comes down on this issue. I'm sure Artslave will come and fill us in on more details of his hypothesis as we go along. Here's a link to where Artslave introduces his hypothesis to the forum for the first time: http://www.bigfootforums.com/index.php?sho...75&#entry293575

Edited to add the link.

I may be mistaken, Vol, but I believe the only rocks that trick will work with are crack rocks. And even then, you're not really invisible you just think you are.

Wow...so many questions...

LMAO!

WOWEE!!!
75% of you(so far) actually feel you are authorities on what is possible or impossible for a creature which,officially,does NOT exist.A creature which 90% of the population does'nt even believe in.If only I shared such blind convictions I could completely abandon any further search for knowledge concerning bf and concentrate on the more serious aspects of life.According to Wikepedia,99% of people actively involved in this field have done absolutely NO research into it.NONE.
Crack rocks,Fishbone?Is that REALLY the best you can do?Enjoy your roast duck with mango salsa.

Well, you'd think that if it were possible for Bigfoots to pound rocks to create a powder to become invisible, then Native Americans would also have practiced this "art." And yes, I can say with 100% certainity that Native Americans didn't have the ability to become invisible. Why not? Well, because if they did have access to such "magic," I don't think reservations would have ever come to be...get my drift?

Seeing that of all KNOWN species of plant, animal, or any other form of life on this planet, not ONE IS KNOWN TO HAVE THE POWER OF INVISIBILTY, therefore I feel 100 % safe in stating that a BF will not have this ability

quote "I could completely abandon any further search for knowledge concerning bf and concentrate on the more serious aspects of life." -----I would say that is a good idea for you. good luck...

I think Fish is on to something.

Your average grade of granite will not work.

Oh boy...

I've read A Current Affair had a poll that show's 80% of Americans believe they do exist. We all know how reliable polls are. I didn't see the show.

But two people evidently agree with you. That's two more than I would have expected in this poll.

If this were true why aren't goats or other animals that lick minerals off the ground invisible?

For that matter, how is it the Bigfoot are able to control it?

The PNW is practically all basalt and andesite. Basalt is HARD. Maybe acouple of handfuls of Mt. St. Helen's ash would work. It's been used for just about everything else.

Why am I suddenly thinking of pixie dust?


Invisible Giant Space Hamster:

"I understand that the Hamster-Breed funding committie stated that it wanted to see the results but there have been err...unforseen...technical dificulties..."


http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1007996

Yeah, I think Artslave is mistaking Bigfoot for another hairy bipedal beast that uses crushed rocks to become invisible.


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What is that disorder that pregnant women suffer from, where they eat dirt? Oh.. never mind...

Pica AKA geophagy

Pica is the name of the disorder you are thinking of. I had a student who suffered from a mild form of it. He used to eat bark chips, crayons and sticks of glue. Nice kid, but he was heck on my supply budget I tell you lol.

As for the poll, I voted no because there is no scientific data to support this theory.


Redwolf

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.. That's interest-ting.

Rock banging and powder-produced invisibility? Nawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww..
Maybe they do that to grind spices to put in their gopher gravy.(hehe) Who knows.

Just give it a little tappy.. tap, tap, taparoo (as Happy Gilmore would say)

Interesting theory.. but highly improbable.




Welcome to the forum Artslave

I vote no because seriously, are you freakin' kidding me??

In the midst of all the incoming,I have to take a moment to say...THAT is freakin' funny...Man.LMAO

I think all you people are nuts. Everyone knows its the tree breaks that cause invisibility. The rock pounding is for opening the worm holes.

Cool,if anyone needs me I will be out eating rock powder
then off to the bank I go to make a "withdrawal":)
and think I will stop by the womens locker room at
the health club and have a peek
Hope this works

LMAO!!!

"Jimmy, crack rocks and I don't care, Jimmy crack rocks and I don't care, Jimmy crack rocks and I don't caaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare...................."




Maybe they take mineral oil to undo the effect.

You don't care? *sniff* I'm hurt Lu.

Excuse me.I was under the impression that we,as human beings,did'nt know EVERYTHING.Especially about an UNKNOWN animal.How silly of me to assume that.
Maybe I'll just sit here awhile,whittlin' on the front porch,and gab about the bf phenomenon instead of actually doing something to further our knowledge about the subject.OH.I forgot.We already KNOW everything.Sorry.We hillbillies...spitooie...are a simple folk.

This type of question makes my head hurt thinking about it.

So I'll just move on to another topic and never return to this one again....

( Out in my backyard beating rocks against my head, hoping it will make the pain stop while living in the Great State of Washington ... ) - AKT

Im not sure what to say, so I will just move along.

Aw, it wasn't about you, Jim.

I just felt like picking up my ol' banjer an pickin' a slave song 'bout de massa gwine away. It be 'bout corn licker but I be updating it a l'il. Hope un's don' mind.

Want to see my real back porch?

Finally, a sane response! I'm with you Tube!!!
I think they also stand under the biggest trees in the forest hoping for lightning strikes because that is where they get their power from.
Of course, wandering around the forest eating rocks and trying to get hit by lightning may account for why there aren't too many of them left...



edited because my spell check got hit by lightning

ROFLMAO!!!!! Darnnit, where are those smilies?

What? Bigfoot is a "normal" animal like every other creature on this planet. He may be slightly more intelligent than most other animals but he is still an animal. He does not become invisible at will, is not psychic, have a two UFO garage or have a summer home on Mars. Until BF eats rock powder and then becomes invisible during half-time at the Super Bowl this will be a ludicrous assumption. There could be a million other reasons for the "rock banging". To single out this explanation without even a hint of such an occurrence or without further analysis is not very wise. I believe "thinking outside of the box" is a good thing as long you don't loose sight of the box.

I voted "yes." Like Tom Cruise said in Risky Business:

"You don't know the history of psychology. I do."

Wait... That ain't right...

Rock Powder makes you invisible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Who would have known.
Dang I wish would have known that when we where trying to sneak a peak through the keyhole to the door of the girls locker room in highschool. Guess I just missed out.

If someone disagrees that makes them an authority?



Sources? Your statistical assertion seems as improbable as your invisibility hypothesis.



Speaking of blind, how exactly is the bf supposed to SEE as it stumbles around in an invisible state? Before you abandon that search for knowledge, you might want to research why an invisible bf would be blind.



You DO realize that Wikepedia is only as accurate as its contributors make it, don't you? And, speaking of research, what are YOUR credentials when it comes to invisibility? What tests have YOU conducted? What research results are YOU using as a base for your hypothesis?

You seem easily impressed.

RayG

"He who has seen little marvels much." -- Chinese Proverb

I have closed this topic until further review by the rest of the moderating crew.
From the BFF Posting Guidelines and Policies, with emphasis provided by meIn my opinion, this subject would be more appropriate on someone else's forum.

I am still unconvinced that this topic will remain civil in tone. Keep it on an even keel and it will stay open... I will be watching. The BFF will not return to the level of Frappr.

Please do, troll.

-Ray

I'm sure the rock theory is correct because when I'm out in the woods that's how I make myself disappear, but I believe the squatch disappear by twisting the right magic tree.
klp ;-)




On my back laughing my head off!
klp ;-)

Where do you start? Am I right in assuming the fountain of Artslave's knowledge is the website that was ahem, discussed here?

Bigfoot and Photosynthetic Pezioelectric Induced Transparency (their spelling not mine )

Interestingly the very same website was mentioned by a member who had a very similar "encounter" to the one Artslave mentioned on Frapper:

Similar story to Artslave's?

I voted no.

it may just be me but i thought this was a flesh and blood site and we didnt allow discussion of this sorta[to be nice] paranormal crap.

Does the process of pounding the rock into a powder involve putting your head inbetween the rocks?

LOL

Ken Ken Yielding

God Bless us,,,, you guy's have gone off the deep end while we were out in the woods yesturday!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Crew Chief

chrisandclaudia2,

When it comes to people like this, always remember that it harder to discuss a topic with a person that "believes" than a person that is truely "skeptical". It is sort of like pounding your head against the wall all day and then wonder why you have a headache.

Pardon me as I go outside here and pound some rocks so I can be invisble at work.

Isn't EB supposed to be banned from posting on the BFF?

Really Artslave, BF is a creature of POSSIBILITY, since it at one time existed for REAL. Eating rocks powdered or not is not in the REALM OF POSSIBILITY....IMHO

Oh really now ... come on !!!

The only thing eating rock dust would do is increase the mineral content of the stomach. Some zinc, some trace copper, iron, maybe some magnesium. Have you had your Granite-crunch this morning ?

We ALL know, its cherry pits that make them invisible. !!!! LMAOOOO !!!

But yeah, think about it, in order for a solid body to become "invisible", the molecules would have to move (vibrate) at a speed higher than detectable by the human eye. They would still exist in this physical space. And i havent bumped into an invisible tree/bigfoot yet .... nor have i witnessed a trackway being produced with nothing making the tracks, ie: tracks appearing out of nowhere. Even with schrooms involved.

Hmmm ... i can see the vibrating jokes comeing now heheheheheeeee but where do they get the D cell batteries ????? LOL

Ah, but you do present yourself with blind convictions by not only prescribing in the improbable but impossible. Next, we'll be talking about turning lead to gold. Oh, the Wikepedia thing....you going off your buddy's twisted propaganda? You know.....the stuff he attempted to edit into Wikepedia.


Tube:


LMAO.....Tube your a giant among insects!! That was freakin hillarious!!

Yes. This is exactly what they do. I am 100% convinced that this is fact.


(For you birders out there, it's well known that Swainson's Warbler does the same thing.)

This topic has made me ask myself, and by default you also, " Why is it that everytime someone comes up with an "alternative" theory about Sasquatch / Bigfoot, those of us who believe in the Flesh and Blood theory without all the paranormal / psychobabble sidetheories attached, are the ones who have to prove the theory wrong? What ever happened to the practice of stating a theory and then backing up that theory with facts and research? We are supposed to just sit back and believe whatever claptrap theory is posted, and not demand any proff of the said theory. It is almost as if the person posting the theory is expecting us to believe it just because they said so.

Why also is it that everytime I see a theory taken to task, almost without fail the poster starts talking about those who disagree with the theory should get off thier lazy asses and go out in the field and do some REAL research instead of typing on the computer all the time? What the hell do these people think they are doing? Maybe they aren't really typing thier theory on the computer. Maybe they are actually in the field and sending thier post telepathically to thier computer. That is if Bigfoot isn't using up too much of the mental bandwidth for his telporting and doing his invisibility act.

In the end it all comes down to one simple fact. Those who think they know everything really piss off those of us that really do. : X

I will await the " He who shall not be mentioned" style pity and erudite response with baited breath.

MS

Well........................I'm glad that artslave's head is a sealed unit. One tends to think he'd take something out and play with it.