Gnomes - A Sustainable Population?
One of the purposes of my posts on The Heavy Stuff (THS) is to provoke thought and critical thinking on any number of `issues’ of esoterica. And, in that regard, today’s post beckons the examination of the ludicrous - to be applied to what others would say is an `explanation’ of a viable sustainable `Bigfoot’ population out there `in the American Woodland’.
Yes, I know I’m already making enemies with a certain segment of my regular `heavy stuff’ readership by being a curmudgeon by doubting `first person’ accounts by `credible’ folks of all persuasions. BUT, I’m not doubting those accounts for one second - let me explain. You see, I think `Bigfoots’ in nearly all or perhaps all situations - are `temporary entities’.
To me, one must favor the overwhelming evidence that not one creature has ever been found dead or brought fourth alive - EVER. Nor have any `artifacts’ of this creature. Not even scat. Not in the last 10 years, not in the last 50 years, not in the last 500 years - not EVER. Never ever.
It’s something that those who have seen the creatures with their own two eyes will have to live with - despite what is becoming `countless’ expeditions into the remote woods of America with high tech equipment for `proof’. It’s becoming to the modern person not `into’ the Bigfoot scene - even the modern open minded person - `silly’ - and little more than occasional entertainment - watching a repeat - on the History Channel on a lazy Sunday afternoon. (Even if Bigfoot enthusiasts think progress is right around the corner - which sounds a lot like those wishing for UFO disclosure.)
And, part of the reason the majority of serious thinking folks feel that way, is because they would want answers to serious questions — how can there be a sustainable population? — being one of the first. And, other questions like I’ve raised above about a lack of a body, scat or artifacts. An entire supposedly intelligent entity most similar to man - without a culture? An intruding creature that NEVER ventures into an area with trigger happy men? Who never makes a mistake crossing a highway? A creature with dozens and dozens of descriptions and variations based on first hand descriptions?
Which brings us back to Gnomes. Yes, Gnomes.
Here is just one of several videos and pictures that have emerged in recent years http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/weird/article1817406.ece
there has also been this well written recent article outlining a Gnome history http://www.theparanomalist.com/the-latest/gnome-sightings/.
Hmm; two phenomena’s - both occurring over centuries and both seemingly able to `appear temporarily’ and in the real. However, one phenomena - Bigfoot - a more `modern phenomena’ in relation to common consensus compared to Gnomes - has believers who feel compelled to `try to explain it scientifically’ - by talking of `sustainable populations’ http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=sustainable+population+of+bigfoot&btnG=Google+Search and here’s almost 3,000 such references. Most of these references think that 1,000’s and perhaps as many as 10,000 Bigfoots roam the American woods.
It makes The Heavy Stuff wonder - just what would be a sustainable Gnome population be in the woods/worlds `hidden area’? Do they have migration movements too as suggestion by the Bigfoot believers?
Do they ever lose their hats?
OR, would the concept of temporal characters - a phenomenology idea of Edmund Husserl and my Phillips Phenomenology - be a more likely explanation for what is being observed in reality? A temporal character able to `exist’ until it’s intentionality’s expire or the beliefs in them. Something within the NOW memory and experiences of a space (human) as opposed to a being within the outside reality.
This quasi real - temporal character - `able to not be’ - space — even could leave `objective’ evidence - regardless if it does or does not have a permanent `space’ in our reality - as it IS a temporary real. If you dig deep enough into this website you will find that I believe there are four types of entities - Gnomes and Bigfoots - are just one of them.
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November 4th, 2009 at 11:59 am
Did someone say “gnomes”?
Thank you for the kind word and the link to my article about gnomes and little folk. The tie-in with bigfoot sightings is an interesting observation, and actually something that I’m exploring in the post that I’m now writing.
Yes, interesting that there have been reports of such creatures - from bigfoot to gnomes - in populated areas, where the issue of a “sustainable habitat” is called into question. I’d written an article about bigfoot sightings in my home state of New Jersey. Should we dismiss those accounts, or entertain the idea that creatures that large could be living in such a densely populated state? Or, are we talking about creatures that exist within a paranormal or interdimensional context?
I don’t wish to disparage the efforts of legitimate cryptozoologists and cryptid researchers, but I do believe that some or many of these beings can travel between our plane of existence and others. In some cases I’m sure we ARE simply dealing with undiscovered creatures, but I agree with you when you said (to paraphrase) that often those who seek these entities will be frustrated because the creatures they seek may only be passing through or plain of reality. I don’t think that makes them any less “real”, however. Very thought-provoking article. Thanks again.
- John
November 4th, 2009 at 12:24 pm
John,
Thank you very much for your comment today. I have really enjoyed your entry into the blogging world of high strangeness and like your writing style and depth of your articles.
My ultimate feelings about Bigfoot DO include the remote possibility that in certain remote areas - perhaps only one or two on earth - that a cryptid like a bigfoot may indeed have a sustainable population in the under 100 range. Then again, I would not be surprised if NO sustatinable populations exist and that ALL observations are of the kind I suggest - temporal characters. (BTW - Husserl’s one title of a lecture was The Transformation of Ideas thru Temporal Characters - which might be dead on.)
I look forward to your future articles.
best,
Rick Phillips
November 4th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Rick,
Thank you! I’ve enjoyed your articles over the last year since I first found your blog.
I do understand where cryptid researchers are coming from. To suggest that these creatures that they seek are somehow temporal seems disparaging and belittling to what they do.
I agree with you that there are most certainly undiscovered species in the remote places of the world. Certainly, it’s not too far-fetched to think that a sasquatch could inhabit the vast wilderness of British Columbia. But New Jersey… that’s a tough sell.
However, people have been seeing bigfoot-like creatures here in the Garden State for quite sometime. Are they all misidentifications or hoaxes? Or are they seeing entities that can willingly pass in and out through our plane of existence? I’m inclined to believe the latter.
Thanks again for the link. I’ll add your site to my blogroll.
John Carlson
November 5th, 2009 at 10:55 pm
Once one learns how to recognize the presence of the Bigfoot in the nearby dimensions, he or she will likely also notice the presence of other bipedal people that appear to do everything in a quieter way. Which tends to imply that they are at least shorter in stature than the Bigfoot. Proving that they are gnomes, would require that they come into man’s dimension so that we can make a visual observation. Which then leads to the natural difficulty in matching their appearance to a stereotype description of what some persons before us, have determined constitutes a gnome. That appearance has not happened for me. But I do know that all the little people that I have had some degree of contact with, are pretty cool little dudes that have nothing but kindness in their heart.
November 6th, 2009 at 12:59 am
Total belief in what you perceive as real makes it real. People see what they believe rather than believe what they see. I work in the woods and one day I hear a noise and look up and see a bear and run away petrified. But suppose what I saw as a tree stump and two branches and the poor lighting makes it look real. If while running in fear I have a heart attack and die. The bear was real, if only to me.
Maybe Carlos Castaneda had the right concept about controlled lucid dreams but we are the dream. Someone on a different level might be sleeping and dreaming us and is so good at it he can animate us all.
November 7th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
I don’t waste my time with looking for either Bigfoot or Gnomes. I prefer to listen for them and record their noises so that I can review it later and ascertain the authenticity of what I perceived. That tends to shut the naysayers up a bit.
November 7th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
MisterBlister - Thanks for your comments. Do you have a website to show your recordings of the noises?
I have indeed written that `looking for’ or `calling’ is part of anomalous events often.
N. Witch - Thanks for your comments too. Indeed, belief itself seems to be an important part of the attribute list that activates realities structure to be observed.
Rick Phillips