I was just reading up on the dire condition of The Great Smokies here in NC and it seems that according to some EPA studies it's one of the most polluted parks in the nation. The air quality is horrible and continues to decline.

So my thought is this......

If there were BF living up there wouldn't they most likely try and migrate to someplace else with less pollution? It may account for some people seeing them closer to populated areas. Maybe they are just passing through on their way to someplace else............

hmmmmmmm......there are a lot of maybe's in there:lmao: What do you think?

If this has been covered before Just point me to the right thread

Well now i'm thinking maybe i should get out of here myself! I'm not sure if pollution would make 'em move on or not. If the other animals stick around i'd imagine they would too. But i don't think there are any here in NC. Might be wrong though.

Looks like a few?










NC reports

How would BF know it was Polluted? or any other animal for that matter? I can see animals migrating because of food and space, but to migrate because of bad air.....?

I don't trust the EPA! They have been known to lie before!

How bout polluted water?
Sometimes polluted air goes hand in hand with polluted water doesn't it? As far as generalizing polluted areas I mean?
When I see yucky looking water, I know not too drink it, so I was just curious.

Fundraiser junk mail from Friends of the Earth.

I can see them moving on b/c of polluted water defiantely. Good point about the other animals still being around though.

Hunster

Yep!
Hunster is right! I found this pic of BF playing "MY" guitar in my PC's picture album. I must've been asleep. This is unquestionable proof that Hunster's claim could be true.
I mean, if a BF could take pictures of himself while playing my friggin guitar...It would be easy for him too exchange emails with "The Friends of the Earth??!!
That's it!

BigToe.......Can he play "Stairway"

I'd take him on the road if I were you;)

Heather.
As a matter of fact,, he can....
Not sure if he can fit in my car though...

PS. Is that a peice Spinach in his teeth??

Some thoughts:

It is reasonable to assume that BFs have a far better sense of smell than ours, so the "bad air" could indeed drive them away. I would compare BFs breathing in polluted air to us using a public restroom that is in dire need of cleaning: the heightened sense of smell would magnify the pollution to the creature.

HOWEVER, on the other hand there is the old saying about putting a frog in boiling water -- he will jump out if it is too hot, but you can raise the temperature a little bit at a time over the course of months until eventually the frog dies (whether this is true or not I don't know, but a helpful metaphor at least). SO, perhaps the BFs get used to the pollution (like garbage men or fish vendors or slaugherhouse employees get used to their surrounding smells).

Lets assume that humans are smarter than bigfoot just for the sake of discussion. I live here in Southern California, and humans are flocking down here in spite of the air pollution. Go figure. All kidding aside, my job is cleaning up the environment. Many of the studies which are used to determine toxicity are extremely unreliable and are based on giving extreme doses to animals. I can hear the howls of protest already, but it is a fact that the pollution in the environment poses very little threat to animal populations in general. There is at least one exception that I can think of. The acid in effluent of mid western powerplants and industry did contribute to the formation of bogs in the northeast but that would not seem to apply in this case. It is my opinion that the effects of pollution are often times exaggerated for political reasons, not necessarily scientific ones.

Heather & Manster

They are in NC, or at least they were back in the 70's. I saw one there when I was a kid. This was near a town called Burgaw.

I'm with you on this one!We're the :goodguy: and the EPA is the :badguy: !