BFRO Cave: Sasquatch or Ground Sloths?

[sebastian]

From Scott Marlowe (Pangaea Insitute):

"Checking on the configuration of the cave recently found by a BFRO expedition in the Mongollon Rim of Arizona, I've discovered that the configuration of the cave, as described in the linked article, is consistant with that of the extinct Shasta Ground Sloth.

The paleontologist on the team investigating this find should be well aware of this animal -- as it ranged in southwest America.

This information raises a new series of questions about the BFRO discovery. For instance, is the grass "bed" fresh cut foliage or simply preserved by the high altitude and cold? From a cryptozoological view point, could the Shasta Ground Sloth, like the Ivory Bill Woodpecker and Laosian Rock Rat, be another example of the Lazarus Effect?

Your thoughts? "

- I don't know, but the possibility of survivng ground sloths is entirely possible.

cheers,
seb

[thomassteenburg]

Isn't most reports of giant ground sloths in south America. Besides the beaver eater is there any other area where such creatures have been seen.

Thomas

[sebastian]

I think that it will be good to radiocarbon date the grass to see if it is ancient.

[Gerry]

Or just taste it! ;D

I look at this as just another example of the BFRO really reaching to reclaim some of their flagging credibility. Or the new crew they have on board just have great imaginations...you pick!
The BFRO claimed it to be a possible sasquatch hang out! Improbably without coberating evidence.
Now this guy wants to bring back dinosaurs to explain it.
Giant sloths had their day on earth...there is no place for them in nature today.
Or maybe the cave is really a time portal of some kind..then everyone can be right!

[sebastian]

I think that certain ground sloth species could survived in North America without being noticed. Like the beaver eater is an example that ground sloths (Megalonyx jeffersonii) could survived till today by picking certain adaptation like omnivorous diet and semi-aquatic ecology, but without being specialised.

cheers,
seb