I recently saw a show about cannibals and they talked about cannibals in New Guinea that ate the dead members of their own tribe. Some tribal leaders got all the high protein parts and then buried the rest and the tribal women the waited for the corpse to fill up with maggots and then dug it up to munch down. One female stated that after she had eaten her mother that she would now have a piece of mommy inside her for ever.

Should we go with this assumption; then a few questions arise. That is if you are one to go with the idea that Bf's all ways do their best to recover a body of one of their kind.

1. Does bigfoot reclaim the body to munch down?
2. Does bigfoot reclaim the body for sentimental reasons?

why not. to animals meat is meat?

Well your right for the most part. However most animals will not eat one of their own. Take for a example Alligators here in Florida. Males will eat any baby Alligator they happen to get close to. Females will also eat the young of other gators. However some way they can tell their own young and will not eat them even years later while they would others not their own.
Other animals as well will not even eat one of the same kind of animal, But they will eat anything else.

I would say it is possible that Bigfeet could be cannibals. But I would much rather think they they bury their own with some sort of ritual like we do for the most part. Even people long ago would depose of bodies is some way when someone died. It could be burning or burring or even hollowing out a tree and sticking them in it (Common here in Florida).

If they had them to eat I would think Bones would be found. Even if they broke open the bones to get the out the bones would still be around some place. I guess they could bury the bones after eating them but I just do not see that happening for some reason.

I don't think I give them that much credit. I think we are looking at an animal, an ape. I think we sometimes see them as "noble woodsman" and may be attributing them with anthromorphic traits.

But, I don't KNOW any SSQs, so I suppose anything is possible...

Does anyone know of, or heard of any other mammal, reptile, that bury their dead? Other then We?

Belle

Good question, Belle!

Hmmmm...to my knowledge..there was only one report which ever mentioned Bigfoot reclaiming a body! So it is pretty wild even posing a question of cannibalism.
But to what you asked..I have never heard of an animal which buried their dead...or even moved the body of such. Once a creature is dead..then it is just abandoned. Then nature takes its course in cleaning up the remains.

the part about the maggots and then mowing down made me wanna throw up.

Wild pigs will eat each other when no other food is available. They will basically eat anything if necessary.

Michan: Is your statement about them burying with a ritual from some knowledge that you have or what? It is anthropologists that have studied thes natives and said they are the munchers and the natives have no shame for doing so. If your statement is true then it would be safe to say that old hairy is more civilized than these momma munching natives.


Talk about gross" Hey(insert name of favorite cannibal) come on over tonight we are gonna have a 3 yr. old for dinner. Don't bring your brother tonight. last time he ate all the ribs and this one ain't near as big as the last. "Fingerlickin good". :help:

Well no I do not know anything for a fact. The is why I said it like this "But I would much rather think they they bury their own with some sort of ritual like we do for the most part" If I know something was true I would have said it maybe like this. "As I know for a fact Bigfoot bury their dead." But I said "I like to think" because that is what I would like to find that they do.
No one knows for fact anything about them. No one can even prove they they are real let alone anything about them.

Chill a little. I wasn't attacking you. It is awful hard to ask a question without seeming to attack. When i attack people will know.

A cannibal....?
I guess its possible....in a hungry carnivorous animal way...only.

Thanks for the tip.

As for sasquatch being cannibalistic, I rather doubt it. For one thing, the comparison you're using involves a cultural trait. The natives that are eating their own dead do in fact believe that they are, in effect, absorbing part of their deceased relative's spirit. I don't imagine sasquatch are quite that culturally aware.

I guess it woulda been better had you seen the program. Part of it was not about culture as it was about they also did it for the protein. This IMO is a good theroy as to no bones being found. I think it holds as much water as any other.

Maybe so. But does anyone know of any other primate species outside of humans that practice cannibalism? Just wondering if there might possibly be a parallel there.

I think I seen that one on the, shall we say primitive people, they ended up having to stop I think for two reason, one christianity, and two they started getting that brain disease, cant think of the name , but makes them get real loopy in the head , and stuff, could be off base here.

As for animals burying the dead, I think that if elephants could dig a hole they surly would. I believe the big four, well we know they show a sence of loss, many time's a dead body has been drag along with the mommy or other member for a few days...

I dont think BF eats his own, I think if he did , then we would be on his menu :willies:

But I do think he is a huge omnivore...

I believe certain chimps have cannibalistic tendencies, though I doubt it is a normal occurance. I could be totally wrong, though.

Who said anything about attacking anyone besides you ?
And why in the world should I chill out ? Who said anything about me not being as calm as can be ? If I thought you or anyone else was attacking me I would have replied as such and trust me you also would have known it. I simple replied explaining my point of view on it as you did not seem to understand what I said.

Hey Wildman, I think that would be "the spelling on this" baboons, and chimps, have hunted other monkeys but not there own, that I know of..
But chimps have killed other chimps in boarder wars, seen that on one of the jane goodall spots..


If Iam correct I think she also said that she believes there is a north american primate. just cant remember where I read that.

Well, at least this thread explains why there are so few bigfoots.

But, no, I don't think they do. I'm no expert in monkey behavior, but there have been quite a few reports that seem to indicate that bf watches out for his own. I'd be surprised to see cannibalism from such a protecting species. But I may be extrapolating this too far.

Secondly, there aren't enough of them to make cannibalism a frequent occurrence, so I'd find it unlikely for it to become ingrained culturally.

And lastly, where would they get a pot big enough to put one in?

Dragoon, go to BFRO.net and down the right side to the white plaster foot. There's a link about Goodall.

If humans can cross the line of "morality" and eat other humans then why couldn't a Sasquatch..don't want to run into Hanibal the Squatch...

And is it Bigfoot, Bigfoots, Bigfeet, Bigfeets...or maybe Footers..for plural??

Sure, but on a normal basis? Nah.

No not on a normal basis.. I agree

Thanks GC!


Belle

Watched a nature show a while ago where a chimp killed and ate a young chimp. So, even if it is rare it does happen. Have seen cats eat dead kittens when they had plenty of other food available.
I don't think it is out of the question that BF might take advantage of the meat of the dead, but unless they become obsessive about it doubt they would kill for it.. Not a large enough population and as was said earlier we would probably be on the menu if they did.

I think I tend to agree with you there bro...

If it were, I struggle to see why humans wouldn't be on the menu for them, I tend to suspect we are more plentiful.

But then there are exceptions to everything...

RB is not cannibalistic... but there are humans who are...

All it takes is one human to get munched on for Sas to get a bad reputation...

But then... if one Sas can be a cannibal... why not more? Hmmm... ponderous...

Chimps are cannibals:

http://www.amazon.ca/Chimpanzee-Politics-P...s/dp/0801886562

Humans also are cannibals, usually in a survivalism situation of starvation and/or warfare. There are tribes that consumed their dead, yes.

And there is a sighting of a couple of sasquatch males fighting, and the winner eating part of the loser. Can't remember where that sighting was from. There also are a lot of traditional Native stories of sasquatch as cannibals, as documented lately by Kathy Strain:

http://www.hancockhouse.com/products/giacan_synopsis.htm

Holy crap... I never thought of being ate up by a bigfoot...

What can I do to stop this injustice?

Should I carry a can of mace... pepper spray... Tabasco... snuff...?

Kevlar shorts perhaps...

Well... whatever will be, will be...

I just hope the bastard chokes on a bone...

That book is on my Christmas wish list... I understand it's fantastic!




[edited to change the word prick to bastard... prick is just too harsh... even for a cannibal...]

The Bigfoot Book of Ethics and Etiquette rules thusly, "Should you be in a no-win situation such as pinned in a box canyon with no hope for escape, you may turn on your
human host, cold-cock with anything handy preferably a 25 lb. bowling ball sized rock. When aforesaid victim is stunned or dead, you may engage in cannibalistic
behavior especially if there are on-lookers or accompanying humans. However, you have just used one of your "browse on a human for free" cards; you are of course
entitled to two.