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@connie F – That is PRECISELY why I started our team. It is in our mission statement. It is also why we don’t get involved in proving or disproving anything or try to publish any evidence. We try to be a safe space and a confidential source of help when no one will listen.
It pains me to hear of your situation. I have talked to a few like you. I know there are more out there.
@gumshoguy. Lol. Nerp. I offer no opinion on Dogman. I don’t have enough information to say confidently one way or the other. I was once sure there was no such thing as Sasquatch, at least not in Mississippi. That came back to bite me in the butt. Not literally, thankfully.
The article is about the Sphinx but that is an anology to my reasons for introducing the topic and using it as a reference. Herd mentality, confirmation bias, whatever you want to call it, is a force to be reckoned with.
The Siege at Honobia. Any of the accounts where you have multiple presences and they are persistent. They want something whether it be food, revenge, or whatever.
@chris422 I have special experience with Sardis Lake and grew up fishing, swimming, and skiing Enid. I am intimately familiar with both. Hopefully, some day soon, I will feel comfortable enough to share my knowledge. Let’s just leave it with I have considerable professional experience in those areas.
@gumshoguy I just noticed the Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Post. You are welcome!!!
Great big tip of the hat from Team Cryptid
I have made cursory efforts to confirm the existence of a “Lockett Ranch.” Nothing. But I haven’t really dug. If someone can confirm or refute, that would be great.
One of our team members is a native of Oxford. She was doing some digging with her friends and family. The initial response was, “that Hippie Commune?”
Apparently there was a commune there at some time in the past. With the presence of the University of Mississippi, it seems likely that the counter culture is well represented.
What bothers me about the Dark Waters telling is tying Taylor with Sardis Lake. It’s actually in the upper side of Enid Lake. There is a stretch of hills and a major highway separating Taylor from Sardis Lake.
@Knobby. Type 3 = Dogman in my lexicon.
Presence of canine teeth. Long snouts. Reportedly more aggressive / predatory. Completely based on studying. I’ve never seen one that I’m aware of.
Not so much. The Delta, the Motherland, is largely agricultural with lots of waterways. There is another flat plain along the gulf coast. Most of Missippi is rolling hills. That’s what makes these basins such terrific Booger habitat.
There are strips of hundreds of square miles of inaccesible, overgrown wilderness through the hills. They can abide there with plenty food, water, and no human contact. They can move up out of the basins into agricultural and forested areas if the mood strikes.
When these basins flood, like they are now, deer, turkey, wild hogs, everything heads for the hills. Some of my best encounters were within a few miles of the Big Black River basin. Sadly it is largely inaccessible and taken up by big money hunting leases. I do want to get deeper in to the Big Black River
To further emphasize relevance, the Malheur refuge standoff started with a dispute over grazing rights on public lands and government restrictions through grazing permits. It peaked with armed conflicts and a death.
What happens if all access is suddenly halted and even private lands are shut down as with the John Yearwood case?
As stated before, I do not care that they are not acknowledged. I don’t want to go to a zoo and see a caged booger.
Instances where public land is summarily closed tend to end badly.
Acknowledging boogers would mean that there would have to be surveys to determine population and range, another incredibly complicated thing to do, as we all know.
This would mean closing potentially populated areas until the protection status of the species is determined. Every state except Hawaii has reason to indicate they exist there.
It’s not a simple matter. There are many, far reaching implications.
Sure thing guys. Sorry for the confusion.
These are some of my experiences and thoughts on why the government does not formally acknowledge boogers. There are many examples in the news as to why it is a complicated thing to do.
No reference to Dr Greer.
I have some experience here. I worked at a State Park. The campground closed after a massive ice storm pretty well destroyed it. It took us months to clean it up and make repairs. There was concern over lost revenue but the largest outcry came from local businesses that depended on the tourists.
Business owners came by daily demanding we do more and demanding to know when we would reopen. They routinely called agency representatives, the Governor, congress, whomever they could get on the phone. They wrote scathing editorials in any publication that would take their letters. This was pre-social media. It is infinitely easier now to mount a campaign.
These were only a few, local small businesses. To close a National Park for the sake of an environmental study of habitat and population counts would also draw in entire towns, cities, counties, and major corporations. Multiply the outcry I experienced by about 100,000 and that’s only one aspect of acknowledging this animal.
Enough money would be thrown around to influence elections. Consider the actions the timber industry would take or oilfields. Look up Ron Fleming. He’s spearheading a class action lawsuit right now over the ban on bear hunting in British Columbia. What happens if you ban all hunting while you try to determine what this creature is and if it warrants extra protection?
Sound like overkill? Search for John Yearwood, a Texas rancher that was unable to use his private land after a survey for a state built road discovered a Bone Cave Harvestman, an endangered spider.
And lest we not forget, Lavoy Finicum. Another casualty of what happens when public lands are shut down.
Hi Mark. This subject tends to impact people differently and to inspire much thought and debate. You have an awesome opportunity there. You will learn valuable lessons that we want to hear about whether it’s real or a complete hoax. Document and learn all you can. And share!
I’m of the classification that had multiple encounters before I even knew what the thing was. It has impacted my life but not in a negative way. I reason that I got by fine before I knew. These creatures have always been there.
Now that I’m smartened up, it improved my outdoor experiences. I pick up on things that I had missed before. I’m better prepared to recognize a dangerous situation. I am prepared if I do get too close.
