Darkness Hides the Truth
by GhostWriter on 6-2-06, under Archived Articles
"... I was wondering if you ever contacted the mail delivery person [to] see if they have seen anything weird or bizarre? Be very very interesting!"
"Hadn't thought of asking mail carriers. Being there in the daytime they probably don't have such a good chance of seeing something, but the people who deliver the newspapers at 4 a.m. might!"
This is a recent (June 2, 2006) correspondence between two members of a Yahoo! Group discussing strange encounters with mysterious creatures. The group discusses other paranormal topics as well. I'd like to point out the comment, "Being there in the daytime they probably don't have such a good chance of seeing something..."
Why should sightings of strange creatures be limited to darkness? Could it be because darkness masks the truth of what is really there, or not there? Things can be easily imagined in the dark. During daylight hours we see things as they are, plain and simple. At night mysteries return with the darkness and mingle with our timeless facination with the unexplained.
For a long time it has been argued that Bigfoot are nocturnal creatures, choosing to move about at night in order to avoid contact with humans. If Bigfoot are in fact a form of primate wouldn't they share behaviors similar to other primates?
Gorillas are diurnal, which means they are active during the day, and they don't purposely avoid being seen by humans, though they certainly are wary and will keep their distance.
Why would large, powerful creatures be afraid to be seen? The elusiveness of the alleged creatures known as Bigfoot may have more to do with a lack of existence than a desire to remain hidden.
It's a ready excuse if such a mystery only comes out at night. After all, ghost hunters do their best work under cover of darkness too, but why would ghosts care what time of day it is?
