Most people don't give the idea of Bigfoot much thought, but if those who do, they're

generally pretty full throttle on their belief, either for or against.

But here's the fact, when passions run high, bad logic and volatious arguments run high.

And that's what we see in the Bigfoot debate, some bad arguments being made by both sides.

That's today Unskeptoid.

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Today we're going down a dark forest path on the trail of Gigantopithecus americannis,

the North American Sasquatch. I see many cases on both sides of the Bigfoot debate,

where bad arguments, bad science, and just plain weirdness are being put forth,

doing great disservice to their own side of the argument.

There are intelligent and productive ways to explore a subject and present a case,

but all too often, I see these being abandoned on both sides of the Bigfoot question.

I'm going to present what I consider the top three ways that each side of the Bigfoot claim

is shooting themselves in the foot, beginning with the skeptics.

Number one, saying that the guy who confessed to making tracks disproves the entire thing.

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