Large Feet

intro:

attention getter: it’s a super secretive private tour and it was late at night towards the witching hour, but i can’t give you the location because of safety reasons, ya know. 

credibility: we went to the county where the very first video of “bigfoot” was caught and also i used my researcher partner’s X200xp thermal handheld imaging unit to see bigfoot which is very expensive; using phrases like “at my eight-a-clock” or reffering to a large breaking branch sound and the cause of it being a “subject” trying to indicate he’s a super expert. 

thesis: the person seems to keep trying to show like “hey, i know what i’m doing in this situation, im an experienced wilderness person” like they see bigfoot every day or something. 

preview: begging the question 

reference: vrooman’s fallacies chart

main point: time

the time makes it seem like its so important that you have that information when really it doesnt make that much of a difference 

transition: we’ll continue to look at vrooman’s chart for the next main point

main point: repetition

some of the story is repeated but this part in particular just annoyed me, he kept just saying over and over how he kept snapping and calling for his partner quietly not to make the bigfoot run away but he just said it over and over again 

transition: finally we’re going to look at the fallacy chart 

main point: appeal to ignorance 

the guy is saying that he can’t prove that it wasn’t bigfoot so therefore its officially bigfoot and definitely not a large bear or anything. 

conclusion

summary: in conclusion we discussed how begging the questions, time, repetition, and appeal to ignorance add layers of ridiculousness to his views because they show how much he’s overdoing his story. 

thesis: the story isn’t credible because it tries harder than it needs to to show that all its information is “valuable” and trying to describe everything to a tee, when in reality, when your mind and adrenaline is rushing like that, your eyes don’t pick up those things but your subconscious mind does. 

clincher: if you want to make your story seem real, make sure to not leave out a single detail even though you definitely were aware of everything that was going around you all 360 degrees.