Discussion: Riggleman Laughs At 'Erotic Bigfoot' Claims, Will Push Ahead With Next Book

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"When you interview people that have different belief systems, you start to see that there’s even different belief systems within the Bigfoot community,” Riggleman said to the Daily Beast “And it’s a little bit like politics.”

Nope. Just nope.

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I study bigfoot. I don’t care if anyone else does or not. To each their own. I am throwing that out there to encourage others. It doesn’t hurt anyone. It’s apolitical. It’s interesting and it’s fun. Some things are fun. Nothing wrong with that.

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I see it as the opposite of politics.

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Well, the title of the second book, sure does not have an academic nor anthropologic tone. Sounds more like he is a weirdo. (adding to edit - not the bigfoot part - but a book about why women want Bigfoot.)

psst - the last sentence is a big confusing - sounds like Garrett - who was creepy enough in his own right - was also reportedly being mistreated by aides - rather than his reported mistreatment of aides…

Riggleman and Cockburn are duking it out for Rep. Thomas Garrett’s seat in Virginia’s 5th District, which he will vacate in the aftermath of charges of mistreatment by aides and the revelation that he struggles with alcoholism.

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There are other reasons to dislike Riggleman…this just seems like a funny hobby.

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I appreciate your point. It doesn’t harm anyone. I apologize (and tried to clarify) for sounding dismissive in my response below (I was typing when you posted) - and tried to clarify the part that made me characterize him as weird.

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People arguing about things that don’t exist doing things that didn’t happen? Sounds more like Fox News (and right-wing media in general) than politics.

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“Bigfoot erotica” reminds me of an interview I heard with David Cronenberg about his film, “Crash.” He said something like, “It’s about the eroticism of car crashes, which we all feel but don’t acknowledge.”

And I tried to get there, I really did, but…nope.

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Heh, you’re right - it’s grammatically ambiguous. The reporter should have used ‘from’ instead of ‘by’.

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Sounds cultish, a bit religious. I’ve met a few Bigfoot … believers. So far as I can see, Bigfoot exists to help stores in Washington state sell t-shirts & mugs.

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He was thinking about “Fifty Shades of Bigfoot”, but that didn’t make the cut.

And, there was consideration given to “Deep Bigfoot,” but that didn’t get it either as it was too confusing.

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Where does he stand on the Loch Ness monster and Area 51?

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You may be laughing now, Riggleman,but wait till bigfoot tells you she’s pregnant.

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It’s not apolitical because this idiot is in government. I don’t want people in government anywhere in the U.S. who believe in bigfoot. It’s not harmless and reflects a lack of intellect. Next you’re going to be telling us that it’s okay to believe in Jesus.

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There’s a difference? I mean, the first is just a subset of the latter, isn’t it?

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To really understand that comment (and that movie) you have to read the source material, J.G. Ballard’s novel of the same name.

Now, personally I believe J.G. Ballard is a literary genius, but I totally get he is not everyone’s cup of tea.

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Or simply written “charges by aides of mistreatment …”

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Symptoms:
Libertarian. Plans to join the Freedom Caucus dicks. The bigfoot comment above.

Diagnosis:
There’s a 74% probability that, within the next 12 years, Riggleman will obtain a disabled parking placard based on a claime that he “suffers debilitative effects of CTE from a long career playing in a fantasy football league.”

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Someone needs to ask Wriggle-man if he’s always been into yiffing or was it just yiffing with yetis.