Dr. Sam Lamerson » Odd http://www.drsamlam.com For my students Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:50:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Bigfoot in the Freezer http://www.drsamlam.com/odd/bigfoot-in-the-freezer/ http://www.drsamlam.com/odd/bigfoot-in-the-freezer/#comments Mon, 18 Aug 2008 18:38:00 +0000 Dr. Sam Lamerson http://drsamlam.com/wordpress/?p=83 My father grew up in Indian Town and used to tell me stories that the Indians had told him.  One of the most fascinating was the story of the “Skunk Ape” which is Florida’s version of the Sasquatch.  I have grown up hoping that maybe there really was such a creature, though the evidence does not seem very compelling at this point.  I keep looking for better evidence.

Alas I was disappointed again this week when claims of two good old boys from Northern GA announced that they had a body of a Bigfoot in a freezer.  While the small, out of focus photos that made their way out from these two men looked an awfully lot like a costume made by a company called Bump in the Night (http://www.bumpinthenightproductions.com/default.asp).  Here are photos of both the Bigfoot in the freezer and the head of the costume.  The first photo is a close up of the photo from the two men in Georgia who have claimed to have found a Bigfoot body (after first claiming that it was shot with a 30.06 rifle, dragged out of the woods, and then kept in a freezer.  The two men attempted to freeze the creature/costume into a block of ice by filling the freezer up with water.  The fact that it was a frost free freezer seems to have gotten by them and the water shorted out the freezer.  You can see a photo of the full “body” at http://www.coasttocoastam.com if you haven’t seen enough yet.  A second site is http://www.cryptomundo.com run by a very credible researcher name Loren Coleman.  You might also check out the book by Jeff Meldrum Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science.  This is perhaps the best book on the Bigfoot phenomenon that has ever been written.

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I expect to hear that the body has been stolen, rotted and had to be thrown away, or some version of a story that indicates that the primary individuals have been “hoaxed.” The press conference on Friday was a bust with only a picture of the beast given out and the reporters told that the body was “in a secret secure location (perhaps with Dick Chaney).  I have smelled a hoax from the very start, but one never knows.

You be the judge as you look at the Bigfoot first at the Coast to Coast AM site, and the costume second right below..

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Keep an eye out for the beast, but I have my doubts about it’s existence.  If you have any stories to tell me, please don’t hesitate to let me know.

And for all of you who are wondering, no this is not a picture of me during the summer when I did not shave.  I have never had this much hair on my head.

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]]> http://www.drsamlam.com/odd/bigfoot-in-the-freezer/feed/ 0 Peter Enns and WTS http://www.drsamlam.com/odd/peter-enns-and-wts/ http://www.drsamlam.com/odd/peter-enns-and-wts/#comments Sat, 05 Apr 2008 16:38:00 +0000 Dr. Sam Lamerson http://drsamlam.com/wordpress/?p=114 Anyone who is at all connected to reformed theology has heard about the theological battle going on at Westminster Seminary.  The battle is over Dr. Peter Enns and a book that he published back in 2005.  While speculation runs rampant on the web, much of it pretty uncharitable, you might find two sites coming at the issue from different sides, informative if you desire to know more about this issue.  You can check out the list of comments put together by Brandon Witherow at http://www.digitalbrandon.com/?p=454 You can also check out the comments at Scot McKnight’s blog where you will find a variety of comments, many from young people who fail to see the need for such a hard line stance on a confession rather than the Scripture.  You can find that discussion here http://www.jesuscreed.org/?p=3654 If you are totally unfamiliar with the issue, I won’t point you to a general article, but advise you rather to spend your time reading something more profitable.

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