A new Bigfoot documentary helps explain our conspiracy-minded era (msn.com)

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[−] Bender 61d ago
What happens when the majority of people assume anything that looks like bigfoot is some person in a hairy suit and then a scientist creates a human primate or monkey chimera hybrid for the purpose of harvesting human organs and it escapes? Do game departments and law enforcement ignore all the calls? Are we allowed to capture and tame it? Would it be treated as a human or a monkey? Does it get human rights or animal rights? Do the answers change if it speaks English?
[−] emp17344 62d ago
Supposedly exposes the Patterson-Gimlin film as a hoax, which is a big deal in the Bigfoot community.
[−] davidw 62d ago
There's a Bigfoot trap in Oregon: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot_trap

I wonder if it gets a mention? It does get a mention in the recent Bruce Campbell movie https://www.ernieandemma.com/ - which looks to be even more poignant with his recent cancer diagnosis :-(

[−] Animats 62d ago
There are more conspiracies. Here are some well-verified ones:

- Epstein and way too many important people.

- The big one from the 1970s onward to increase the return on capital by lowering living standards, the "Powell memorandum".[1] That's the founding document of the modern conservative movement.

- Facebook/Meta being behind schemes for age verification.[2]

[1] https://scholarlycommons.law.wlu.edu/powellmemo/

[2] https://techoversight.org/2025/07/29/bloomberg-meta-google-l...

[−] zdw 62d ago
Given that a large portion of the population has a HD or higher quality camera in their pocket most of the time these days, most cryptid style conspiracies seem pretty well debunked at this point.
[−] Detrytus 62d ago
Conspiracy theories arise from the natural tendency of human brain to look for patterns even where there are none.

That being said, nowadays it seems that a difference between conspiracy theory and confirmed fact is 12-24 months