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MichaelScott wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 13, 2018 7:57 pm

I don’t expect a reply in the spirit of discussing these topics with the aim of discovering either the truth, or the most rational explanations. But, I thought I would lodge some reasonable objections just for the record.

Thank you.

cabfrank wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:52 pm

I doubt you'd get banned for sharing your opinion.

awa54 wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 14, 2018 9:18 pm

I'm not sure how the so many people in the US got turned away from scientific thought, but it seems like rationality is now equated with eliteism and is a thing to be scorned.

JD Spydo wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 12, 2018 5:38 am

willc wrote: ↑

Sat Oct 06, 2018 11:47 am

I’ve read 3 of Paulides books and if what he is documenting is accurate there is some very strange things going on in our wilds.
Even if it is a super small percentage of the population that is affected by this doesn’t mean something odd isn’t going on and I give the guy a bit a credit for depth of investigating that he does.

Oh all the posts I've read on this thread you are the only one who ever seemed to have checked out either one of David Paulides books or ever watched one of his videos. I think you see what I mean by some extremely strange and un-explained circumstances surrounding these cases that David Paulides has investigated. Some of these incidents of finding the missing person's clothes being neatly folded and their shoes being removed>>or finding very young kids at extremely high locations on mountains or hills when there is no possible way that the kid could get there on their own physical power.

And of the people they do find that very few of them have any memory at all of what happened to them? There are so many super weird circumstances surrounding dozens of these cases that Mr. Paulides has checked out that make no rational sense what so ever. He has documented several cases where they found the missing person's shoes :confused: and who in their right mind is going to hike in forests without their shoes. To top everything off is the lack of interest of the National Park authorities on these missing people>> according to David Paulides the National Parks don't even keep concise records of missing people nor will they make the information they do have available to the public.

This is truly a very strange problem that does without a doubt exists in many of our national parks and forests :confused:

The Deacon wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 14, 2018 4:57 pm

You will also have those who find the belief of others can be profitable to them.

Doc Dan wrote: ↑

Sun Oct 14, 2018 6:53 pm

I actually have a scientific theory regarding ghosts. We are pretty sure space/time has holes in it. If you notice, all ghosts are past. It is entirely possible that people get a glimpse of a hole in time and see what was then, but it is not a present reality. It is like looking through a window in time that does not allow us to cross. They are not really ghosts, at all.

JD Spydo wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 03, 2018 8:50 pm

The Deacon wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 03, 2018 3:20 pm

In 2017 alone over 300 million people visited our National Parks. I think it's safe to say that not all of them are experienced outdoorsmen and women. Many of these parks contain hundreds, sometimes thousands, of square miles of wilderness. Much of that is rugged terrain where it's easy to get lost or injured and die, and there's no guarantee your remains will ever be found.

I don't find it the least bit "weird" when 400 or so have gone missing over the course of several years and were never found. That's barely over one ten thousandth of one percent of one years visitors. I suspect many of them have violated one or more common sense rules, gone off alone, not told anyone where they were planning to hike, not dressed for the terrain or the weather, etc.

On the other hand, I can see such disappearances being tempting fodder for a cryptozoologist and Bigfoot investigator like Mr. Paulides. :rolleyes:

First of all I think your condescending remarks about David Paulides are totally unfounded and baseless. Now you are correct to say that he has a side interest in the alledged sightings of Bigfoot creatures that have been reported in several of these national parks>> but he is far from someone who has no evidence to base his suspicions. But before you make a predisposed judgement against Mr. Paulides we need to take a hard look at his resume> > and his resume is very impressive. He was a highly respected and highly decorated Police Detective in San Franciso California. No the guy is a little above a "door greeter at WalMart" or a guy who fills potholes for some municipal street maintenance department.. No this guy has an impeccable reputation, and his highly educated not only as a former police officer but he is just a really reputable, decent guy all the way around. Believe me I've checked this guy out and he's not your average Bigfoot/Alien believer in the least.

OK with established I think we need to take a look at the hard evidence that he has worked very hard to discover about many of these mysterious disappearing or lost people. First off have you heard at least one of his interviews? Or have you read any of his books or at least one of his blog sites? If not then I think you are doing yourself a disservice but lumping this guy in a bad light when you haven't even given the guy a fair evaluation. I have heard about 6 of his interviews on this subject of National Park missing people from about 4 different radio hosts and he is concise and very detailed in his descriptions and his investigative work. He has done about as thorough of a job investigating these extremely strange disappearances. And he has had very little help (if any at all) from the Federal or National Park authorities. One type of disappearance that stands out are some of the small children vanishing into thin air so to speak. There were 3 couples who were walking with their kids on Nature Trails and all of a sudden the kids literally disappear with no noise, warning or even any sign of a kidnapping or abduction>> no footprints were found and dogs couldn't even pick up their scent. They have found 2 of these children that were abducted and they found them very high up on mountain sides with absolutely no evidence as to how they got there>> and they said that these kids could not have possibly climbed up to where they found them.

Paul I mean this a very friendly, pleasant and diplomatic way. Check out at least 2 of his Youtube videos and go to your library and read at least 2 to 3 chapters in one of his books. Believe me, this is completely different than any "Missing Person's" case that I've ever read about or ever heard about. There are so many circumstances in these cases that have little or no explanation at all. Most of his videos are entitled "Missing 411", David Paulides. Check it out and be objective about it and let me know what you think :)

JD Spydo wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 05, 2018 4:27 am

OK I'm back :) Yesterday I was getting so frustrated with some of the responses on this thread that a good friend of mine who was here visiting told me to take 24 hours to chill out and re-think this whole thing. Well I took my good friend's advice and I must say that I'm thinking with a much calmer head and I've really taken a few things in perspective. First all I should have never started this thread to begin with :rolleyes: Because as it appears only a very small percentage of people here care anything about the truth of this issue at all unfortunately. Because judging by the responses I can safely assume that NONE of you all have even looked at any of his materials at all ( videos, books or interviews). So how can you give an objective opinion on something you know virtually nothing about???

Because for someone who has not heard, read about or listened intently to David Paulides on this subject I can understand the healthy skepticism to a degree because like I said the very first time I heard him I even blew it off. But how can you all say that it is all "bogus" when you haven't even checked it out?? But after watching about 4 of his video/interviews and listening to him speak about several unusual aspects surrounding these cases I'm personally to the point to where I do think there is something extremely strange about all of this. Especially with the lost people that they do find that have absolutely no memory about what happened to them. Come on folks!! The guy is a former detective of a major US City for crying out loud!!

My friend also said to me >> "Joe you've just got to face the facts that the TRUTH is not a popular subject to discuss. He went on to say that only a very small percentage of people even care about the truth at all. Also it does bother me as a GOD-fearing human being that hardly no one gives a hoot about the horrible fate that many of these children have suffered. I can't even imagine what some of these caring parents of these missing kids are going through. GOD help us

Oh by the way>> please no more comments unless you at least watch one of his "Missing 411" videos.

MrMooky wrote: ↑

Sun Apr 19, 2020 11:59 pm

JD Spydo wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 05, 2018 4:27 am

OK I'm back :) Yesterday I was getting so frustrated with some of the responses on this thread that a good friend of mine who was here visiting told me to take 24 hours to chill out and re-think this whole thing. Well I took my good friend's advice and I must say that I'm thinking with a much calmer head and I've really taken a few things in perspective. First all I should have never started this thread to begin with :rolleyes: Because as it appears only a very small percentage of people here care anything about the truth of this issue at all unfortunately. Because judging by the responses I can safely assume that NONE of you all have even looked at any of his materials at all ( videos, books or interviews). So how can you give an objective opinion on something you know virtually nothing about???

Because for someone who has not heard, read about or listened intently to David Paulides on this subject I can understand the healthy skepticism to a degree because like I said the very first time I heard him I even blew it off. But how can you all say that it is all "bogus" when you haven't even checked it out?? But after watching about 4 of his video/interviews and listening to him speak about several unusual aspects surrounding these cases I'm personally to the point to where I do think there is something extremely strange about all of this. Especially with the lost people that they do find that have absolutely no memory about what happened to them. Come on folks!! The guy is a former detective of a major US City for crying out loud!!

My friend also said to me >> "Joe you've just got to face the facts that the TRUTH is not a popular subject to discuss. He went on to say that only a very small percentage of people even care about the truth at all. Also it does bother me as a GOD-fearing human being that hardly no one gives a hoot about the horrible fate that many of these children have suffered. I can't even imagine what some of these caring parents of these missing kids are going through. GOD help us

Oh by the way>> please no more comments unless you at least watch one of his "Missing 411" videos.

Hi David! You are not very good at hiding behind a fake screen name.