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Is Mankind Really At The Top Of The Food Chain?

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http://www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/spiritlake.htm

Unfortunately, the only full story I could find on this incident occurs in the same context as Big Foot. I'm not claiming that Big Foot is at the top of the food chain. I'm not thinking of Big Foot at all. But the mysterious disappearance of this professional skier on the slopes of Mt. St. Helen is just weirder than weird.

"Carter's complete disappearance is an unsolved mystery to this day," declared Bob Lee, well-known Portland mountaineer who is a member of the exclusive world wide Alpine Club, a leader of the 1961 Himalayan expedition, and adviser to the 1963 American expedition.

Lee said he had never seen one of the monsters, but that there certainly was evidence "that there was something strange on the high slopes of the mountain." He was convinced of this during the search for Carter, he said.

"Dr. Otto Trott, Lee Stark and I finally came to the conclusion that the mountain devils got him," said Lee seriously.​
 

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it's not a vertical structure, it's a circle.
 

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What about the nine foot masonic lizards who rule the world?
They're eating carrots and mashed potatoes. They don't count.
 

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Of some relevance:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dd/FoodWebSimple.jpg/721px-FoodWebSimple.jpg
721px-FoodWebSimple.jpg
 

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Of some relevance:

That's only as far as science knows - at best. And there are no omnivores in the graph.

Edit - in other words, there's no place in it for mountain devils.
 

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Looked at this way, bacteria and other decomposers might be at the top of the food chain.

As for the OP.... I'm not in the mood for making you look silly and then feeling guilty about it again. If you insist, I can dance with you, in a non-gay totally heterosexual way, but you don't seem to enjoy the way it ends.

I never felt like you made me look silly before, and I'm not about to start feeling silly just because you called me on some logical point or other.

Ok, the truth is, being a professional, world champion skier, this Jim Carter guy couldn't resist the urge to challenge the hill. The fact that nobody found his body afterward doesn't mean the "mountain devils" took him. Maybe his body was taken by a hungry bear.

As for all the spooky feelings of being "watched," who hasn't felt that way being alone in the mountains? In fact, it's a very common feeling.

No, actually, I believe the mountain devils took him, only I wouldn't call them anything as silly as "mountain devils." There is a form of life on Earth that preys on humans as well as other animals, and in fact, humans are just another species of prey to this being.
 

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There are lots of animals on Earth that prey on humans as well as other animals and consider humans just another species of prey. Lions, tigers, bears (oh my!), alligators, crocodiles, sharks... the list is pretty long, actually. No need for cryptozoology for us not to be at the "top of the food chain." Am I missing something?
 

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There are lots of animals on Earth that prey on humans as well as other animals and consider humans just another species of prey. Lions, tigers, bears (oh my!), alligators, crocodiles, sharks... the list is pretty long, actually. No need for cryptozoology for us not to be at the "top of the food chain." Am I missing something?

Yes.

Humans have the ability to force all these other species out of their habitats. Humans have even brought down the smallpox virus. Lions and tigers and bears can take down individual humans, but not the human race. There are laws protecting animals for a reason. The idea behind these laws isn't to protect individual animals per se, but species as a whole.

But there is one species that the human race can never bring down. The identity of this species is unknown, perhaps unknowable. It lurks hidden in the remotest areas of the Earth as it awaits its prey.
 

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I'm sorry. I genuinely have no idea what you're talking about.
 

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I'm sorry. I genuinely have no idea what you're talking about.

The species that poses the most threat to the survival of other species is the dominant species.
 

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The species that poses the most threat to the survival of other species is the dominant species.

I'm aware of that. I took Bio101. It seems like you're saying that there's another species that fills this role, over and above humans, but usually when people say things they have reasons and evidence, and I'm not seeing any of that.
 

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I'm aware of that. I took Bio101. It seems like you're saying that there's another species that fills this role, over and above humans, but usually when people say things they have reasons and evidence, and I'm not seeing any of that.

Did you read the OP and article that accompanies it?
 

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Did you read the OP and article that accompanies it?

Yeah, I did. I just read them again to make sure I didn't miss anything substantial. Still not seeing any reasons or evidence in either one. I just see a lot of wild speculation and references to eyewitnesses who are never quoted or even in most cases named. It doesn't make any reference to any other tracks of whatever might be pursuing him, although apparently his ski tracks were clear enough to give every detail about his hasty exit. Are these mountain devils supposed to have wings or something?

Okay, that's all I've got in me for this topic. I'm not getting into this in any serious sense. It's just humorous.
 

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Yeah, I did. I just read them again to make sure I didn't miss anything substantial. Still not seeing any reasons or evidence in either one. I just see a lot of wild speculation and references to eyewitnesses who are never quoted or even in most cases named. It doesn't make any reference to any other tracks of whatever might be pursuing him, although apparently his ski tracks were clear enough to give every detail about his hasty exit. Are these mountain devils supposed to have wings or something?

Okay, that's all I've got in me for this topic. I'm not getting into this in any serious sense. It's just humorous.

The predator is airborne, but I'm not talking about mountain devils.
 

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Is it a pterodactyl? Please be a pterodactyl! I love dinosaurs.
 

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Is it a pterodactyl? Please be a pterodactyl! I love dinosaurs.

The predator has to be faster than a clumsy pterodactyl. Nor does it necessarily consist of flesh and bone.
 
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Is it a pterodactyl? Please be a pterodactyl! I love dinosaurs.

OMG I BET ITS ONE WITH A SHARK STRAPPED TO ITS BELLY AND INSIDE THE SHARK IS A CAKE BECAUSE WHO COULD RESIST THAT?!?! ITS THE PERFECT ALLUREMENT!
 
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