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 That funny and absurd Sasquatch "sighting" in Colorado, sent me down the Sasquatch rabbit hole. 
North American sightings map is kinda trippy.
My Dad saw one when I was young.
At some point, the numbers of sightings get too high to be a hoax. It has to be something else.

https://void.cat/d/Nd3vmLp5XPQqmGXRd2h4qD.webp 
 Wow had no idea there were that many sightings 
 My friend saw one too, in the Blue Mountains no less (but he was tripping at the time, so…🤷🏻‍♂️) 
 see. there is always that caveat.
Caveatsquatch. 
 oh boy, that’s hilarious 
 This map is a result of every person who saw something out of the corner of their eye or in the distance that they couldn’t explain and decided to label it “Sasquatch”. What’s the rate of occurrences implied by this map? 
 are you that dude who summarily dismisses the experiences of large numbers people using unusually large hand gestures? 🤓🙈

who knows what theyre all seeing.
something. we dont know. 
 No I’m the dude that recognizes that visualizations with oddly large points on a national map over an undefined time period are extremely misleading 
 i mean no disrespect but i am laughing out loud by how worked up you are getting over a sasquatch map. 🤓😂 
 lol fair enough. “Sasquatch” just seems like a catch-all bucket to me. Not sure why it’s ever taken seriously 
 i think if it was an animal we would have seen one by now. but it’s still one of those fun mysteries that refuses to disappear. i like those 
 I just finished The Long Earth series and it had a good explanation for the Sasquatches and other hard to find creatures. 
 I dressed up as one and walked through the forest for hours. I’m sure there are many like me. 
 that sounds like too much work.
i’d rather do what the Canadian government did and set up loud speakers in the forest as part of a psyop. higher effort to results ratio 
 😂😂 sounds much better! 
 Most interesting thing you learned from rabbit holing? 
 the most interesting thing, at least for me, was what the Coastal Salish tribes have said for a very long time.. that its not an animal, or a man. they insist its a spiritual being. 
 👀👀 I am so interested! 
 Never heard that before but I like it. 🤙🏼 
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