They found Cain! Yay!

[_The Nehor]

Hello,

How did Cain survive the Global Flood during the time of Noah?

Got in an innertube and tied it to the side of the ark.

Seriously, Cain is DEAD...DEAD....DEAD. Immortality is never in scripture a punishment. It's always a reward. Heber C. Kimball once had an encounter with Cain's spirit. It's unlikely that Bigfoot sighters are seeing spirits wandering in the woods. If they are, I would think it just as likely to be some other hairy dead guy as Cain.

[_skippy the dead]

DNA tests of the two samples showed one was human, the other opossum.

The guys who "found" the corpse say they must have been contaminated, and are going to do the necropsy anyways.

Oddly enough, the two guys who claim to have found the gorilla suit, er, corpse sell bigfoot merchandise as a business. I'm sure the shameless whoring for attention related to the supposed find is wholly unrelated.

[_beastie]

If I recall correctly it started with Heber C. Kimball who told a story about a large harry man walking alongside some of the brethren on horses. I can't remember the details but I can look them up. He never identified the man as big foot, though.

The idea was given legitimacy by Spencer Kimball in one of his books, Miracle of Forgiveness, I think.

Now I've heard everything. I'm beginning to rethink my stance that scientology gets the gold medal in Weird Religion Olympics and Mormonism only gets the silver.

[_skippy the dead]

Amusing recap of today's press conference here.

[_moksha]

That Bigfoot as Cain stuff sounds rather far out, however, the one about the three Nephites comprising the Crickets band who played with Buddy Holley deserves the attention of a BYU doctoral student further investigating this possibility for his disertation.

[_Blixa]

That Bigfoot as Cain stuff sounds rather far out, however, the one about the three Nephites comprising the Crickets band who played with Buddy Holley deserves the attention of a BYU doctoral student further investigating this possibility for his disertation.

heh.

[_Dr. Shades]

Where did this idea of Cain as Bigfoot get started?

It started with the account of David W. Patten, the most senior apostle at the time of his death. He died from wounds sustained during the Battle of Crooked river, the first armed clash between Mormons and Missourians. Here's the account, copied and pasted from Wikipedia:

An excerpt from The Life of David W. Patten, by L.A. Wilson, p.46, 47:

“As I was riding along the road on my mule I suddenly noticed a very strange personage walking beside me. He walked along beside me for about two miles. His head was about even with my shoulders as I sat in my saddle. He wore no clothing, but was covered with hair. His skin was very dark. I asked him where he dwelt and he replied that he had no home, that he was a wanderer in the earth and traveled to and fro. He said he was a very miserable creature, that he had earnestly sought death during his sojourn upon the earth, but that he could not die, and his mission was to destroy the souls of men. About the time he expressed himself thus, I rebuked him in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and by virtue of the Holy Priesthood, and commanded him to go hence, and he immediately departed out of my sight.”

This acount was reproduced in Spencer W. Kimball's The Miracle of Forgiveness where it got (and continues to get) wide exposure among the Mormon masses.

Hence the way the Bigfoot/Cain thing got started.

[_moksha]

This acount was reproduced in Spencer W. Kimball's The Miracle of Forgiveness where it got (and continues to get) wide exposure among the Mormon masses.

Hence the way the Bigfoot/Cain thing got started.

Well, it is a good thing that President Kimball never mentioned the rat in the bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken.

[Aristotle Smith]

Is it possible that during these past countless centuries that both the 3 nephites and Cain have crossed paths? Forces of good - forces of evil, both squared off at an impass...With the warring nature of the Nephites, and taking into account Cains wretched state, along with his intent to destroy sons of men, its seems likely that such an encounter may have resulted in quite a skirmish.

Bigfoot might physically be muscled similar to a Silverback Gorrila. The 3 Nephites, as remembered in Book of Mormon illustrations from our youth, were perfect physical specimens. Who would have won the day???

[_SatanWasSetUp]

Where did this idea of Cain as Bigfoot get started?

It started with the account of David W. Patten, the most senior apostle at the time of his death.

This acount was reproduced in Spencer W. Kimball's The Miracle of Forgiveness where it got (and continues to get) wide exposure among the Mormon masses.

Luckily nobody reads the Miracle of Forgiveness anymore. You hardly ever see it on bookshelves in Mormon homes, and I don't think I've ever heard of a bishop handing it out to people and telling them to read it. Nope, I think we can sleep comfortably at night knowing that Kimball's silly Cain = Bigfoot theory is no longer written down anywhere that someone can find it and we can now deny that he ever said it.