Head to Head: Paranormal vs. Bigfoot

Bigfoot hunting – I can’t lie.  I’ve got the bug.  I’ve got the itch.  I’ve got ants in my pants and I’m ready to dance.  It’s true.  Bigfoot sightings have had my attention since I was a kid, and it’s only getting stronger.  But here’s the thing – is bigfoot hunting a genre of “paranormal”?   Some people say it is, but I don’t know…  I used to think it was, and there’s a small part of me that thinks some of the theories of what Bigfoot really is, or how it presents itself, makes it easy to categorize as “paranormal”.  But then there are parts of my thinking that are straight up scientific, and where I say to myself “it’s a real biological creature”, which would make it an animal – an “unknown animal”, and by all rights, we know such an animal falls into the category of “cryptozoology”.  Cryptozoological studies are not paranormal, and rightfully so.  I’m not sure where bigfoot will ultimately fall, but for now, it may be safe to say we don’t actually know, so it can fall into both categories – scientific study and paranormal.

My main reason for the push and pull of how to categorize “Bigfoot hunting” would be the stories and personal accounts of the supernatural experiences people have had with bigfoot.  How it seems to disappear from one spot, and reappear so quickly in another spot – say, from one side of a first, to the other.  Or how people seem to feel they may have been under some sort of hypnotic state while they were in the direct presence of a bigfoot – making eye contact, being “put under a spell”, of sorts”.  Or how about those stories where people have shot their guns at bigfoot and it disappeared in a flash of light as the trigger was pulled?  And most interesting of all, to me, are the reports that UFO’s have a role in where bigfoots are dropped off and picked up.  I mean, that would characterize these creatures as paranormal, huh?  And don’t even get me started on the plethora of claims that the government is doing its best to prevent bigfoot news and information from being publicized.

It’s all in perspective at this point.  Whether bigfoot is a true inter-dimensional traveler, or just a specie(s) of animal we have yet to fully recognize, it’ll all come to light some time in the future and the debate will end in its own time.  In the meantime, I’ll be patiently waiting.

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