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[–] [email protected] 5 points 46 minutes ago

I'm with her, she lost all that weight to date Bigfoot and now California says it's just a bear.

To be honest I think she should go with the trend and choose the bear.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 minutes ago

Half of the Daily Mail headlines are like this.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

How on earth do people still think Bigfoot is real? It's obviously just a Yeti in a gorilla suit.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 hours ago

No way man tell you what my brother skeet done seen that dang ol sasquatch when he went to to Calistoga to seent his two brothers Jim and Jed. See they was out huntin one day though I think Jed was out evadin the police on accounta he's got warrants and unpaid could support, an he an Jim are wanted by the bondsman see, so they was out huntin deep in them woods up there up by the squirtin hole and them old rock woods you know? Anyway they was out there and they seent him. Big ole samskatch. Tain't no yeti in no bear suit man maybe a Stanley though it were pretty big

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (3 children)

There's no such thing as 'a Bigfoot'.

Bigfoot is a proper noun, if you saw him, you didn't see a bigfoot, you saw the Bigfoot. But more likely it was some lesser Sasquatch.

^/s

Edit: Does Lemmy's markdown not support superscript?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

Anyone ever seen a Dracula?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Excuse me, sir, but I have not only seen a Bigfoot, I have been inside a Bigfoot.

Here is a Bigfoot:

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Well fuck, I've been out-pedanted.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

It's true. I am the master pedant.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

God dammit I hadn't even realized it was you

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

There's no hierarchy in the sasquatch society. To them, 'bigfoot' is a slur. 'Skunk ape' is strangely a term of endearment (to them, we are their 'skunk apes', on account of the smell) 'Hairy man' is unnessecarily gendered. 'Orang Pendek' is fine, but also gendered. Wood ape' is a bit simplified, but fine. Yowie is used proudly by the Austral version, but secretly used as a bit of a slur by the North American variant to describe their southern cousins.

The Peladiens diplomatically refer to them as 'The honorable inhabitants'' (in contrast to humans, referred to just as 'the inhabitants')

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Standard Daily Mail fare here.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 hours ago

Pretty typical Bigfoot encounter.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 hours ago

I'm assuming this went down like the church scene from The Blues Brothers. Some lady goes out to the woods to get a little clarity where a bright light from heaven shines down on her and instead of James Brown, Bigfoot appears and says, "Have you seen the light!?"

And she's like, Yes! Yes! Jesus H Tapdancing Christ! I have seen the light!"

And just like that, she's off on a mission from God.

[–] [email protected] 52 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

I think I'd be a terrible park official. I'd say the same things, but always with a winky face.

Bigfoot isn't real ;)

That's our official stance ;)

It's terrible in most scenarios now that I think of it...

Be sure to stay hydrated out on the trail ;)

Please evacuate the grounds, there is a wildfire burning ;)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 hours ago (4 children)

If a grizzly comes after you, play dead. ;)

[–] [email protected] 32 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago

If it doesn't go well, at least you've got a head start.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

Pop that booty ;)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

Never play around with fire… ;)

[–] [email protected] 44 points 13 hours ago (5 children)

Why is the changing her life part (losing weight and getting a divorce after seeing Bigfoot) relevant? Did she leave her husband to try to get with Bigfoot and is suing the state because they claim her new beau doesn’t exist? Wild!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

No, you've misunderstood. She married the Bigfoot and now she's suing because she was perfectly happy not knowing he was just a bear. They had a destination wedding in London and the divorce lawyer's bear-wedding annulment fee was 125 pounds.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago
[–] [email protected] 37 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

She says that seeing bigfoot was so inspiring that she lost weight and got a divorce. Not kidding. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5512979/Woman-saw-bigfoot-SUING-California.html

It does not seem relevant to the argumentation in the lawsuit.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

How come even in 2024 with 4k HDR 120FPS video cameras on smartphones in everyone’s pockets, the alleged videos of Bigfoot are still complete mush?

I don’t even see a bear in that video. It’s not clear there’s anything besides trees. It’s just a big dark blob.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

That's the problem, Bigfoot is blurry! Run, there's an 8-foot tall, out of focus monster!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 54 minutes ago

Mitch Hedberg was a genius.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Right, see, those are relevant because they show the value of that inspiration. Inspiration that could have brought many more valuable changes to her life if she still had it, but sadly the park service stole that inspiration from her, along with many potential benefits it could have brought her if they'd just let her remain blissfully ignorant of the true identity of the inspiring bigfoot she thought she saw.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago)

"Inspiring"

It made her feel things, deep animalistic things and that's just the word she chose to not look even more crazy than she already seems.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago

Not that uncommon. Have you seen that documentary called The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then the Bigfoot

[–] [email protected] 10 points 13 hours ago (2 children)

Probably because she thought that the impossible was possible and took action based on that change in perception.

Dating bigfoot being the impossible thing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 hours ago

It's because in the decent photos, it's obviously a bear.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

But why would that lead her to sue the park for saying it was a bear? Seems unrelated.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago

Hurt fee-fees

“How dare you break my delusion!”

[–] GregorGizeh 8 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Probably because they killed her changed mindset with it and now she is worried of falling back into old habits

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 hour ago

Shouldn't this be proof that the change was really inside her all along? How does she know they're not lying to cover-up for the fact that they got Bigfeet walking around?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 13 hours ago

Likely an editorial error and got their stories mixed up. But I like your scenario.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 hours ago

Olivia Nuzzi reposting a story only marginally more ridiculous than her own life

[–] [email protected] 12 points 11 hours ago

In order to sue you have to show damages. It seems like she can only show benefits. Maybe she can gain more weight than she lost before she goes to court and start dating an asshole or something.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Is it America in one sentence?

[–] [email protected] 18 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Its the entirety of the other site condensed into one sentence

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 hours ago

This was peak "other site" parts falling off the wing, and they post on Reddit asking if they should tell a crew member.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 12 hours ago

The Daily Mail is shit post defined.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

"The hills around here are pretty squatchy."

[–] [email protected] 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Guy on one side of the forest does a squatch call.

Guy on other side of the forest hears it.

"I think theres a squatch in these woods!"

[–] [email protected] 4 points 13 hours ago

She had best be prepared to regain those 125 lbs and remarry her husband then?

(I have no idea what I'm saying here tbh, but that does seem in keeping with this headline!)

Wait a minute... realization slowly dawns: exactly who is the "bear" supposed to be here?!?! 🙃