Sunday, March 26, 2017
Salient non-salience
Nearby "news":
The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports that the 50-year-old Tensed woman was driving south on U.S. Highway 95 on Wednesday when she struck a deer near Potlatch. The woman told Benewah County Sheriff's officials that she saw a Sasquatch chasing a deer on the side of the road while driving. She says she checked one of her mirrors to get a second look at the beast and when she looked up, the deer ran in front of her.The salient part of this story is not the claim of a Sasquatch; it's the casualness of the claim. If you're completely unaccustomed to seeing a Bigfoot, you're not going to glance in the mirror for a second checkout; you're going to screech to a halt right then and there, possibly running off into the ditch. The casual attitude is more like "Hmm. Sasquatch is trying to catch a deer. Let's see if I can learn something from his technique." ¶ 9:57 AM
