Report # 24882 BigFoot analysis

 

Term	Definition	Quote	Explanation
Presence modifiers	space making it feel close	“something very big ran across the road about 150yrds in front of us”	They Used yard to make us imagine how close it would be to us
The likely	Some measure of (intuitive) statistical judgment.	We got out and I climbed the small incline that it had come down to investigate and after 30 min or so found a barefoot track 18” long x 7½” wide and got video of it.	They are trying to convince you by saying that they say a big footprint and if it's not bigfoots that what else could it be so it makes you assume its bigfoot
Repetition	Say it again. And again. And again.	At around 3:30am I heard a very low grumble with a huff followed by what sounded like a lot of breath being pushed out and very close to the fire, maybe 30ft. At first, I thought it was a bird or something, then, almost immediately another answered the first from across the clearing we were camped in directly behind me. I put my flashlight on where I heard the sound coming from and it would stop. 10 min later it would start up again. I don’t know why I didn’t get anyone up to listen with me but I didn’t. This went on for about an hour until the sun started to brighten the sky and you could see a lot better	The Writer is constantly repeating himself to make sure you get an accurate understanding of how long it took for him to be able to experience it for himself and tell you about it and so you know that he isn't making this up and it really took all night
Unlimited development	increased developments along a track continually increase value.	The first night was interesting as we continued to hear distinct wood knocking; they started at around 11:00pm. Most were far off and very fast, 4 to 7 quick, sharp cracks directly east of us that would echo across the valley only to be answered from another direction farther south	He Uses terms like the first night, and second night to give you a timeline of gradually increasing events that eventually lead up to him seeing bigfoot
Example	Event/s reveal/s a rule or reality		The rule is that if everything that was said is real then bigfoot nothing else could make those noises or leave the prints that he has pictures of so it has to be real

Bigfoot Fallacies Blog Post

 Hasty Generalization:

Definition - Making a claim from something with too small of evidence.

"Again, it was dusk at this point, this thing was literally 20ft in front of us in the wide open. Since it was dusk, just past sunset, where you still have that moment of visibility, you can see how big it was".

You see that they give this description and big effect of what it might look like, but you get no other evidence or source to show that there was an actual encounter or sighting.

Emotional Appeal:

Definition - Effort to win an argument without facts, logic or reason but instead manipulating the emotions of the audience.

"After reading other reports recently, I am convinced of what I saw. I did not go back to check. I don't even like to drive that road at night anymore".

This statement has no evidence to support what he is saying. He is basing it off emotion and trying to get you to feel as though big foot is real based of what he has seen and heard.

Appeal to Ignorance - 

Definition - A statement is true because it has not yet been proven false

"Nothing really, it just stood there for a moment, then suddenly gone"

This statement shows that it is what they saw and so because it has not been proven false, that big foot is out there because they saw it.

The Texan Bigfoot: P-OT Analysis

 

Rhetorical Argument Devices	Definition	In Text Example
Presumptions: The Normal	Based on a reference group or experience.	“I began to feel uncomfortable in there, unlike hunting or hiking anywhere else. My husband also noticed this feeling of being watched or hunted, as did guest we brought with us.”
Loci: Quantity	More of good is better.	“I have multiple reports to make.”
Premise Modifiers: Repetition	Say it again. And again. And again	“Bigfoot’s Backyard”
Time	Making it feel urgent.	“Like a 2 second extremely loud howl that just abruptly ends. Hair raising howls. Another abrupt howl answers him from down the draw towards the lake followed by three loud knocks, loud as gunshots.”
Based on the Structure of Reality: Unlimited Development	Increased developments along a track continually increase value.	“Based on these experiences there are some facts that I truly believe. Bigfoot is a real animal not a mythical creature.”

Trevor Nealeigh- Bigfoot Argument P-OT Blog Post Assignment

 https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=47702

Dior Ayala - Bigfoot P-OT analysis

•  bandwagon : a popular idea is correct
• "she didn't believe in... bigfoot but I told her... 'it was standing right infront of us'

• wishful thinking : something is true because i want it to be
• hasty generalization : a conclusion drawn from too small a sample of evidence
• "It was grayish-black in color and stood about 7 feet tall. I couldn't see the face very well because it was covered with hair"

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Bigfoot P-OT Analysis

 

Story Used: BFRO Report 26604: Daytime sighting of reddish-colored bigfoot near Fairbanks

Bfoot fallacies analysis

 

Hasty generalization	A conclusion is drawn from too small a sample of evidence.	“she heard it run and jump the small creek. After it landed on the other side, it growled at her. She also stated that it had a horrible smell. I had never mentioned anything to her about bigfoot (smell sounds).It is my belief that this is what she had contact with.”
Wishful thinking	Something is true because I want it to be.	“The bottom was being unscrewed, and the parts found scattered down the creek.This is a free hanging feeder.It takes two people to screw the bottom on (very tight).”
Emotional Appeal	Something is true because it makes us feel good or untrue because it doesn’t.	“After reading other reports recently, I am convinced of what I saw. I did not go back to check. I don't even like to drive that road at night anymore.”

Fallacy Chart Big Foot Report 67313

 

Fallacy Identified

Definition

In text example

Appeal to Misleading Authority

Using an authority to affirm a conclusion when the authority is not expert enough, in the context, to assure the conclusion.

 

“I am currently on Active Duty Army for 20+ years now."

 

“I started watching your show by sheer coincidence around 2016 or so. Your show was the 1st time I heard of Bigfoot actually being discussed widely.”

“All I know is I am 6’1”. I was standing on the road and the water line was like 3-4 foot below the road.”

Slippery Slope

A series of steps in a casual chain and the support/ probabilities for each is omitted in an argument that A basically causes Z.

“So the entire time we are having this discussion, this thing is still walking towards us. As it is in front of us head-on, you can see it is massive. I am still thinking that it is a guy in a Gilley hunting suit. Then I immediately think to myself, well how deep is this water here? How soft is the bottom, it's like a marsh, because this thing, this guy is walking smoothly enough to throw water effortlessly.”

Hasty generalization

A conclusion is drawn from too small a sample of evidence.

 

“Again, It was dusk at this point, this thing was literally 20 ft, in front of us in the wide open. Since it was dusk, just past sunset, where you still have that moment of visibility, you can see how big it was.” 

Emotional Appeal

Something is true because it makes us feel good or untrue because it doesn’t.

“My mom passed away the next year in 2001. I never got to ask her what her thoughts were about that day.”

https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=67313

P-OT bigfoot. CA

Presumptions | the normal, based on a group or experience.|“It made the hair stand up on the back of our necks.”

 

Presence | space, making it feel close. |  “and about 1/2 mile into the hike we crossed a fire brake about 20 feet wide.” 

 

Definition | Descriptive.| “they were not huge they were about the size of a full grown man but they did look human”

 

Illustration | For import, Event calls attention to rule’s possible applications. |

 “But that is not all. About a year before that My stepfather and I were hiking around the same lake”..

 

Presumptions | The likely, Some measure of (intuitive) statistical judgment.| “And over the years there is one thing I have thought about a bigfoot would have to grow up, so maybe it was a young bigfoot.” 

Angelina Sanchez - Argument Fallacies Analysis (1968)

https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=1526

Trevor Nealeigh- Bigfoot Sighting Argument Fallacies Analysis Blog Post

 https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=47702

Dior Ayala -- Argument types in SIGHTING BIGFOOT!?

 

• Premises

• Presumptions : admitted as assumptions

• Abstract : not concrete

• “it was greyish-black in colour… I couldn’t see the face very well because it was covered with hair… bigfoot… it was standing right infront of us”

Argument Types

• based on the structure of reality

• Bias

• “My friend didn’t believe… but i told her ‘it was standing right infront of us'’”

• Establishing the structure of reality 

• Import : event calls attention to rule’s possible application

• “We observed a large upright animal standing in the middle of the road… bigfoot”

• Dissociation

• Justification : expressions which invite dissociation

• “Stood about 7 feet tall” 

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Bigfoot Fallacies Chart (Photos)

 

The Texan Bigfoot: Analysis Chart

Fallacy Identified	Definition	In text example
Appeal to Misleading Authority	Using an authority to affirm a conclusion when the authority is not expert enough, in the context, to assure the conclusion.	“My husband grew up hunting there, but I have only been hunting in there for the past 4-5 years.”
		“A couple of acquaintances of my husband, a father & son, was looking for a public land spot to hunt deer. He gave them a tour of the spots off of that dirt road. These guys moved here from bear country, so let that be known.” (Son spotted the creature and it wasn’t a bear)
Accent	The way you emphasize a word makes the conclusion seem more true.	“At this point I knew he saw something but I wasn't REALLY ready to call it Bigfoot”
		“It has a VERY good sense of smell that would rival that of a dog/hog/deer.”
Hasty generalization	A conclusion is drawn from too small a sample of evidence.	“It was the deepest most guttural GRR-UMPH. We don't really have bear here but I fully expected to turn around to a grizzly bear as loud & deep as the growl was, but I didn't see anything.”
Emotional Appeal	Something is true because it makes us feel good or untrue because it doesn’t.	This makes my husband VERY uncomfortable

BFRO Report 63665: Multiple incidents reported by multiple hunters near Sam Rayburn Lake

Big foot fallacies . CA

UNREPRESENTIVE SAMPLE | “they did look human, I just couldn't understand why a man would be this far back in the woods without shoes on”.

 

WISHFUL THINKING |“And over the years there is one thing I have thought about a bigfoot would have to grow up, so maybe it was a young bigfoot.”

 

SLIPPERY SLOPE | “We heard somthing scream, it started out as a howl and turned into a long high pitched scream and it was so loud it echoed through the mountians”.

 

APPEAL TO IGNORANCE | “And right there across the dried mud in the fire brake is a set of foot prints dried into the mud.” (The reason I say this is because there is no evidence that he saw the footprints as in a photograph.)

 

-Consistent location. -  Near a lake which seems a probable place for a bigfoot to live. 

 

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