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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 01:40 PM
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Bigfoot is REAL!


Many report seeing Bigfoot in Virginia. One man is trying to prove it
By JOANNE KIMBERLIN , The Virginian-Pilot
© February 21, 2005

MANASSAS — Those who know 46-year-old William Dranginis say he’s a levelheaded guy.

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But, 10 years ago, Dranginis says he crossed paths with something in the deep, dark woods of Culpeper County.

Snicker if you want, but his life has never been the same.

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On a logging road, about a half-mile from the pavement, Frank abruptly shot his arms outward in a silent signal to halt.

“Behind that tree,” he whispered. “There’s a man.”

The three stood stock-still, staring at a cluster of slender pines just ahead on the right. Why would a man duck out of sight unless he was up to no good? Frank drew the 9 mm handgun he wore holstered on his side. The other agent produced one as well. Both trained their barrels at the shadows behind the trees.

Suddenly, Dranginis says, a dark, shaggy head peered out at them from behind a pine, then jerked back. Seconds later, he says, a creature like none he’d ever seen darted out and began running, following the edge of the road.

“ It ran for about 75 feet, moving from our left to our right, before it took a sharp turn that took it deeper into the woods,” Dranginis said. “We watched the top of its head bobbing as it disappeared down into a ravine.”

During that 10 or 12 seconds, Dranginis says, he was shocked into a kind of tunnel vision.

“I don’t remember hearing anything, and I can’t tell you what its face looked like,” he said. “I was just stunned by how tall it was, like 7 feet. And it was so quick and agile. It moved on two legs like a man, but so much more powerfully. I remember watching the muscles work as it ran. And the hair flowing, back and forth, every time it pumped its arms.”

The creature was gone, but the men didn’t move.

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http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=82385&ran=127779

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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 01:42 PM
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1. So is the Loch ness Monster
Or Nessie as we lovingly call her.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 01:44 PM
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4. Napoleon...
is that you?
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lazarus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 01:42 PM
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2. And, of course
as usual, nothing but testimonial evidence. No pictures, no physical evidence, nothing.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 01:45 PM
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5. Naysaying Naybob....
Have faith in the unseen ;)
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lazarus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 02:47 PM
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16. Heh
I don't have faith in anything but my lucky astrology mood watch. :evilgrin:
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 01:45 PM
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6. Kinda like jesus
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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 01:44 PM
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3. I have an MST3K movie called "Boggy Creek II"
Edited on Tue Feb-22-05 01:45 PM by Coventina
Dealing with Big Foot in the South.
It's a good episode!
:-)

On edit: corrected the name of the movie
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 01:55 PM
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9. So, what does Boggy Creek I talk about?
:shrug:
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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 03:12 PM
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17. I haven't seen it, but I assume it is also about Bigfoot
But they don't call it "bigfoot" just "the creature".
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 03:19 PM
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20. theres no mst3k for boggy creek 1
so i dont even know if the movie exists


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 03:19 PM
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19. "please, tim, put your shirt on!"
"look, mike, theres mud, they're in it, it's inevitable!" -servo, referring to to girls mudwrestling

i have 92 mst3k eps, and im workin' on more :)


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat
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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 03:24 PM
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22. "Can I borrow a cup of shirt?"
lol!

It's a good episode, but it's no "Cave Dwellers" my personal fav!
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 03:32 PM
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24. great episode too
my favorites float around
Space Mutiny
Manos: The Hands of Fate
Santa Claus Conquers the Martians
Jack Frost
Quest of the Delta Knights
Teenage Strangler

all these have at one time or another been my favorite

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat
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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 01:47 PM
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7. One of the Interesting Things about The "Bigfoot" Video
is that the upper leg muscles ripple, which wouldn't happen if it were a man wearing a suit.

Not saying it couldn't be faked. Just sayin'.
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Ready4Change Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 02:03 PM
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12. That video has been debunked.
The guy who made it has stepped forward and admitted it. He apparently used a rented gorilla suit.

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On the Road Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 02:21 PM
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14. I Had Heard That Someone Took Credit
but people often claim credit for things they didn't do. You have to look at all the evidence. The movement of the muscles under the fur does not appear to be a party suit. I don't know -- I haven't experimented with it -- but that's the visual impression it creates.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 02:03 PM
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13. I saw a documentary about that video
some scientists saying there's no way it could be faked and then some saying there's no way it could be real (and some guy saying he was the one wearing the suite and walking away). I don't think we'll ever know the truth.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 01:53 PM
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8. Bob George needs to learn a little more about Va.
Bob George, a Portsmouth native and long time Bigfoot researcher, teaches biology at Florida International University in Miami.

“Look,” George said, “when you start talking Virginia, it’s getting to be a little preposterous. I mean, what’s next? New Jersey?”

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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 01:56 PM
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10. What's wrong w/Bigfoot in NJ?
It's not like it couldn't happen.
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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 01:58 PM
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11. The New Jersey Devil
I had no idea why their hockey team had that name until I saw a documentary about the New Jersey Devil. It has been seen by many people and IT is able to stay out of sight.

BTW- I officially left the Army at Ft. Dix until the van ride out there I had no idea that there were trees in NJ.
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Coventina Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 03:13 PM
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18. There was an "X-Files" episode about the Jersey Devil
a pretty good one, as I recall.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 02:38 PM
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15. That was just Bill Walton having one on.
7 feet

shaggy

oh wait. He said "run"

not Bill Walton. False alarm.
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datasuspect Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 03:20 PM
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21. he was last seen
chilling with the beastie boys in southern new jersey mining country.
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Debi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 03:26 PM
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23. He has to fight for his right to
:party:!!
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