Do the Patterson Film Bigfoot and Ancient Sculptures Share Similar Features?

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In summary, this conversation was about the creation of a Napster library for myths, legends, and mysticism, with a few suggestions for other related subjects such as angels, Bigfoot, and ESP. Various websites were shared for reference and further exploration. The conversation also touched on the existence of undiscovered species and the possibility of ESP and mind control.
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The Mythology, Legends, and Mysticism Napster

Ladies and gentlemen,
So as to complete our Napster library selections, we offer a Napster for myths, legends, mysticism, astrology, and subjects deemed as pseudoscience.

Although some references may unavoidably cross over into UFO links, please keep this Napster void of UFO information to the greatest extent possible.

As with all Napsters, please post only quotes, links, and specific references. A brief caption is fine but all arguments and discussions should be continued as a regular thread.

You should feel free to post what you believe are good links and references for subjects that are important or interesting to you.
 
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Myth and legend links

Mythology from A-Z
http://www.ii.uj.edu.pl/staff/artur/enc/TOCD.htm [Broken]

Other references for myths and folklore
http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

http://members.bellatlantic.net/~vze33gpz/mythold.html [Broken]

Immerse yourself in stories and poetry by mystics, Sufi saints, Zen masters, simple beings, and zensufi:
http://www.zensufi.com/story.htm [Broken]

Animals Myths & Legends tales from Oban the Knowledge Keeper:
(Intended for kids)
http://www.planetozkids.com/oban/Home/home.html

Mythology Web:
http://www.mythology.com/

Myths, Legends, Fables:
(Intended for kids)
http://home.freeuk.net/elloughton13/theatre.htm

http://rtiess.tripod.com/mythologies.htm [Broken]

Gaelic Myths and Legends:
http://www.indians.org/welker/gaelic4.htm

Some Chinese Myths and Legends:
http://chineseculture.about.com/library/extra/story/blyrh.htm

Myths.com
http://www.myths.com/pub/myths/myth.html

Top : Myths-Legends
http://www.bitbooks.com/Myths-Legends/

Wolf myths:
http://www.wolfcountry.net/information/WolfMyth.shtml [Broken]

Myth and Legend from Ancient Times to the Space Age:
http://www.pibburns.com/myth.htm
 
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Angels

An interesting site. A detailed look at angels:
http://www.logoschristian.org/thrones/


The book of Enoch:
http://wesley.nnu.edu/noncanon/ot/pseudo/enoch.htm [Broken]


A Study on CHERUBIM
Prof. M.M.Ninan
http://www.acns.com/~mm9n/cherub/ [Broken]


Angels: (Bible Study)
http://monthly-messenger.org/Short%20Studies/STUDY_Apr01.HTM


ANGELS:
http://www.t-lutheran.org/angels.htm [Broken]

http://www.geocities.com/campuschristians_tx/studies/angels.html


Torrey's Topical Textbook:
http://bible.christiansunite.com/Torreys_Topical_Textbook/ttt022.shtml


What does the Bible teach about angels?
http://www.christiananswers.net/q-acb/acb-t005.html


The Truth about Angels:
http://www.bibletruths.net/Archives/BTARO48.htm


The angels in the Bible
http://wiwi.essortment.com/angelsbible_ryia.htm [Broken]


Angels in Catholic Teachings and Traditions
http://www.silk.net/RelEd/angels.htm [Broken]


The Qur'an's Source:
http://www.angelfire.com/journal/bibleissues/islam/source.htm


Seraphim,Cherubim & Ezekiel's Wheels
Aliens,Nephilim & the Days of Noah:
http://www.mt.net/~watcher/noah.html [Broken]
 
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Bigfoot, Yeti, Sasquatch, Yowie, Abominable Snowman

The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization
The only scientific organization probing the bigfoot / sasquatch mystery

http://www.bfro.net/

see also:
On Friday, September 27, 2002, during National Public Radio's (NPR) Talk of the Nation: Science Friday with Ira Flatow, Dr. Jane Goodall made a striking comment on her strong beliefs that large "undiscovered" primates, such as the Yeti or Sasquatch, do indeed exist

http://www.bfro.net/news/goodall.asp


South Missouri State University Libraries:
http://library.smsu.edu/resources/natural.shtml [Broken]


The Ohio Bigfoot Research Team:
http://www.geocities.com/squatch_45694/index123.html


Bigfoot Encounters:
http://www.n2.net/prey/bigfoot/ [Broken]


Akansas Primate Encounter Studies:
http://www.geocities.com/Arkansas_Bigfoot/


j_vaughn's bigfoot page:
http://www.geocities.com/j_vaughn/bigfoot.html


AUSTRALIAN YOWIE RESEARCH :
http://www.yowiehunters.com/


Bigfoot Central:
http://www.angelfire.com/biz/bigfootcentral/


Bigfoot Internet Library:
http://www.ratsnest.net/bigfoot/library/atlarge.htm [Broken]
 
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Cryptozoology

Have we found all the large animals still living in the world? Probably not, since in the last decade some previously unknown species have surfaced in Southeast Asia, for example. This page is dedicated to such animals -- commonly called "cryptids" -- which might possibly exist in nature but whose existence has not yet been accepted by modern science.

http://www.pibburns.com/cryptozo.htm#reptiles
 
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ESP and related subjects

Test your ESP:
http://www.mdani.demon.co.uk/para/esp1.htm [Broken]


The Rhine Institute:
http://www.rhine.org/


Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research:
http://www.princeton.edu/~pear/


CRITIQUE OF THE PEAR REMOTE-VIEWING EXPERIMENTS:
http://www.tricksterbook.com/ArticlesOnline/PEARCritique.htm


Roger Nelson's Web Page:
"Roger's professional degrees are in experimental cognitive psychology, with a special focus on the lesser known aspects of perception. His primary work in design and analysis is supplemented by a background in physics, statistical methods, and multi-media production. Until his retirement in 2002, he served as the coordinator of experimental work in the Princeton Engineering Anomalies Research (PEAR) lab, directed by Robert Jahn in the department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering/Applied Science, Princeton University."
http://www.princeton.edu/~rdnelson/ [Broken]


The Edgar Cayce Institute for Intuitive Studies
http://www.eciis.org/


Charles T. Tart
University of Nevada, Las Vegas;
Institute of Transpersonal Psychology, Palo Alto;
& University of California, Davis
(1997, Journal of Consciousness Studies-Online.)
http://www.paradigm-sys.com/display/ctt_articles2.cfm?ID=27 [Broken]


"ESP is most commonly called the "sixth sense." It is sensory information that an individual receives which comes beyond the ordinary five senses"
http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/e/esp_extrasensory_perception.html


Some UK search results:
http://uk.searchengine.com/TOP/Society/Paranormal/Psychic/ESP/index.asp?bhcd2=1062541658 [Broken]


Some Google finds:
http://directory.google.com/Top/Society/Paranormal/Psychic/ESP/ [Broken]


Government Research into E.S.P. and Mind Control:
"This site is devoted to exposing over forty years of U.S. government research into Extra Sensory Perception and the psychological 'technology' of individual mind control using drugs, hypnosis and abuse. It is an attempt to provide access to mainstream resources about this subject and to offer support to 'veterans' of the U.S. intelligence community's research and operational programs.:
http://www.mindspring.com/~txporter/


Michael Daniels PhD:
http://www.mdani.demon.co.uk/index.htm [Broken]


Some more popular sites:
http://dmoz.org/Society/Paranormal/Psychic/ESP/

Active PSI:
http://www.psipog.net/activepsy/research.html [Broken]
 
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GHOSTS

All About Ghosts
http://dawghouse.topcities.com/mail.html [Broken]


"Amazing ghost photo gallery!"
http://www.ghoststudy.com/gallery.html

Castle of Spirits
http://www.castleofspirits.com/


SAMPLE GHOSTWEB PHOTOS
http://www.ghostweb.com/free.html


Top German hits:
http://www.e-germany.com/odp/world_directory.php?CatID=379


Ghosts On Film:
"Even though the existence of ghosts remains unproven, hundreds of people have claimed to capture spooks and poltergeists in snapshots. But is a picture really worth a thousand ghost stories? Is there more to these photogenic phantoms than meets the eye?"
http://www.noveltynet.org/content/paranormal/www.parascope.com/articles/0397/ghostin.htm [Broken]


About.com library:
http://paranormal.about.com/library/weekly/topicsub26.htm


"The City of Derby is the "Ghost Capital of England", an intriguing thought. This section of the City of Derby website will bring together all the information available on the city's spookiest places, where ghostly presences are felt and where, sometimes, things actually do go 'bump in the night'."
http://www.derbycity.com/ghosts/ghosts.html


The S.P.I.R.I.T.S. of St. Petersburg
and the Greater Tampa Bay Region:
http://centralflghosts.homestead.com/home.html


Feeding hungry ghosts:
http://www.virginia.edu/insideuva/2002/13/hungry_ghosts.html


Irish ghosts and tales from haunted Ireland:
http://www.irelandseye.com/IRELAND/irish/ghosts/leprechauns/


Ghosts, Demons and Spirits in Japanese Lore:
http://www.asianart.com/articles/rubin/


Ghosts.org:
http://www.ghosts.org/


Ohio University's Ghosts:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Acropolis/9241/hauntou.html


OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY GHOSTS:
http://www.prairieghosts.com/osughosts.html


GHOSTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS:
http://www.prairieghosts.com/univ_il.html


Ghosts investigations by state:
http://www.thespiritrealm.com/STATES.HTM [Broken]


Searching for evidence of Spirit Phenomena:
http://www.southsidermagazine.com/october_02/features/thomas_freese [Broken]


The Other Side:
http://www.angelfire.com/la/paranormalphenomenon/ghosts.html


The Shadowlands:
http://theshadowlands.net/ghost/


The Occult Library:
http://realmagick.com/articles/15/1015-related.html
 
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The Volsunga Saga. A poem in English of Norse myth translated from Old Icelandic.
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/OMACL/Volsunga/ [Broken]

The Poetic/Elder Edda. Similar to the above.
http://www.sacred-texts.com/neu/poe/
 
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Near Death Experiences in Cardiac Arrest and the Mystery of Consciousness

Cardiac arrest patients are a subgroup of people who come closest to death. In such a situation an individual initially develops two out of three criteria (the absence of spontaneous breathing and heartbeat) of clinical death. Shortly afterwards (within seconds) these are followed by the third, which occurs due to the loss of activity of the areas of the brain responsible for sustaining life (brainstem) and thought processes (cerebral cortex). Brain monitoring using EEG in animals and humans has also demonstrated that the brain ceases to function at that time. During a cardiac arrest, the blood pressure drops almost immediately to unrecordable levels and at the same time, due to a lack of blood flow, the brain stops functioning as seen by flat brain waves (isoelectric line) on the monitor within around 10 seconds. This then remains the case throughout the time when the heart is given 'electric shock' therapy or when drugs such as adrenaline are given until the heartbeat is finally restored and the patient is resuscitated. Due to the lack of brain function in these circumstances, therefore, one would not expect there to be any lucid, well-structured thought processes, with reasoning and memory formation, which are characteristic of NDEs.

Nevertheless, and contrary to what we would expect scientifically, studies have shown that 'near death experiences' do occur in such situations. This therefore raises a question of how such lucid and well-structured thought processes, together with such clear and vivid memories, occur in individuals who have little or no brain function. In other words, it would appear that the mind is seen to continue in a clinical setting in which there is little or no brain function. In particular, there have been reports of people being able to 'see' details from the events that occurred during their cardiac arrest, such as their dentures being removed.

http://www.datadiwan.de/SciMedNet/library/articlesN75+/N76Parnia_nde.htm [Broken]
 
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And of course the http://www.earth-history.com/Europe/eur-oera-intro.htm [Broken], the Frisian Atlantis :wink: belongs here. Likely a delicious forgery. :biggrin:
 
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It seems that I have created some confusion here. I have posted links to sources like the Quran and the Bible within the context of more general subject matter such as aliens, gnomes, and ghosts. I see these sources as valid historical sources for consideration, not to say that they qualify as accurate sources, but posts that promote specific religious beliefs are not allowed. Sorry for the confusion; it is sometimes a fine line to walk.

Ivan
 
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Dowsing

Although many scientists claim that proof of dowsing exists, I am not convinced that this evidence meets the standards required to be accepted as genuine by the scientific community. For this reason I am posting here rather than in the Credible Anomalies thread. Personally, I think dowsing does work for some, at times, but this is based on my own perceptions and observations, and not scientific evidence. I believe that my dad and uncle have both done this many times, but since there were no controls I can't trust that my opinion is correct. I know that they believe it works. In fact, my dad was shocked when I told him that this is not generally accepted as credible. As a retired engineer who has little to no interest in fringe subjects, he was quite bothered by this. He never knew. Finally he shrugged and said something like, oh well, I know it works.
https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=60054
 
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Possession

Author wrestles with 'the Devil'
Readers of "Glimpses of the Devil" might be tempted to ask, "What would possesses a respected psychiatrist to pen a book about his work as an exorcist?" ..."I went to confirm my belief that the devil didn't exist," Peck said. "What happened was that my belief was shaken up - more than shaken up, it was blown to smithereens." [continued]

PF Thread: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=57388
 
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Toward a Resolution of the Bigfoot Phenomenon

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=101842
 
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An interesting find:

The Mammoth Encyclopedia of the Unsolved
http://books.google.com/books?id=Mf7ujOGDzZ8C&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=%22don+henry%22+tug&source=web&ots=eB0q2L-IEf&sig=t1sfGNXT-rVNiY7pq-v4-kloAdY#PPP1,M1
 
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Support for the Patterson Creature?

This page compares the Patterson film "bigfoot" creature with a detailed, raised sculpture of a similar creature from Iran, 900 B.C.--and a South American version from between 100 and 800 A.D.

http://s8int.com/phile/page65.html
 

What is the Patterson Film?

The Patterson Film is a 59.5-second film captured in 1967 by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin that purportedly shows a large, hairy, ape-like creature known as Bigfoot walking through a forest in Bluff Creek, California.

Are there any similarities between the Patterson Film Bigfoot and ancient sculptures?

Yes, there have been claims that the physical features of the Patterson Film Bigfoot, such as its head shape and musculature, bear a striking resemblance to ancient sculptures of ape-like creatures found in various cultures around the world.

Is there any scientific evidence to support the claim that the Patterson Film Bigfoot and ancient sculptures share similar features?

No, there is currently no concrete scientific evidence that proves a direct connection between the Patterson Film Bigfoot and ancient sculptures. However, some researchers argue that the similarities may suggest a shared cultural memory or a common evolutionary ancestor.

What do skeptics say about the alleged similarities between the Patterson Film Bigfoot and ancient sculptures?

Skeptics argue that the similarities are purely coincidental and can be explained by the human tendency to see patterns and connections where none exist. They also point out that the Patterson Film has been heavily scrutinized and remains a controversial piece of evidence.

Has there been any further research or analysis done on the Patterson Film and its supposed similarities to ancient sculptures?

Yes, there have been various studies and analyses done on the Patterson Film over the years, including comparisons to ancient sculptures. However, there is still no conclusive evidence to support or refute the claim that the two share similar features.

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