Thursday, September 03, 2009
Wednesday, September 02, 2009
Chupacabra Caught?
Ok, this is not my area of interest, but I figured I'd post something to fill the void between Bigfoot News!
Chupacabra Caught
Chupacabra Caught
West Coast Researchers
Part of my vision as the Bigfoot Field Reporter is to share information from coast to coast with researchers who might not otherwise ever hear from each other.
Bart Cutino is from Monterey California and spends a lot of time in the woods squatching with his best friend Bobo. Talk about a researcher's dream team, Bart's California crew often squatches with the likes of Matt Moneymaker, Cliff Barackman, Ranger Robert Leiterman, Tom Yamarone, Wally Hersom, Brandon Kiel & WA guys Derek Randles, Jamie Jackson & Paul Graves! What a line up!
Bart recently even had a squatching bachelor party!
Bart is a member of the Bigfoot Discovery Museum;the BFRO and the AIBR.
Now Bart isn't just another pretty face. He has put together some of his thoughts and beliefs about bigfoots on youtube for the Bigfoot Discovery Museum and has graciously allowed me to share them with you here.
Now without any further ado.....here's Bart!
Bart Cutino
Part I: Bigfoot Discovery Museum lecture from 8/16/09 (special thanks Greg Rose). Here I cover my six inherent abilities & assets these primates must possess to exist in modern-day N America to remain relatively unscathed present-day, where are t...he bones?, Apex-predator Death hypothesis, 4 parts of chain: Chance find of remains & fossilization process & common misperceptions
Bart Cutino is from Monterey California and spends a lot of time in the woods squatching with his best friend Bobo. Talk about a researcher's dream team, Bart's California crew often squatches with the likes of Matt Moneymaker, Cliff Barackman, Ranger Robert Leiterman, Tom Yamarone, Wally Hersom, Brandon Kiel & WA guys Derek Randles, Jamie Jackson & Paul Graves! What a line up!
Bart recently even had a squatching bachelor party!
Bart is a member of the Bigfoot Discovery Museum;the BFRO and the AIBR.
Now Bart isn't just another pretty face. He has put together some of his thoughts and beliefs about bigfoots on youtube for the Bigfoot Discovery Museum and has graciously allowed me to share them with you here.
Now without any further ado.....here's Bart!
Bart Cutino
Part I: Bigfoot Discovery Museum lecture from 8/16/09 (special thanks Greg Rose). Here I cover my six inherent abilities & assets these primates must possess to exist in modern-day N America to remain relatively unscathed present-day, where are t...he bones?, Apex-predator Death hypothesis, 4 parts of chain: Chance find of remains & fossilization process & common misperceptions
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
It's pretty cold out there!
It is September 1st, and as I reflect on the events since Memorial day til now, I am disappointed in the amount of successful bigfoot encounters.
I've been to Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Texas and Oregon since May 22, 2009.
I've seen armadillos, a black bear, some bald eagles, lots of kamikazee squirrels, but no bigfoot.
I did cast some tracks with Bob in Ohio. Got rocks thrown at me in Pennsylvania. Saw red eye shine in Oklahoma. Still no conclusive proof for myself that the big guy exists.
I envy those who have seen one; those who can go to their graves knowing without a doubt that these creatures exist.
I have met so many wonderful people this past summer and hope to meet many more! I've come across some very nasty people too...this business can get pretty ugly.
So even though the weather is going to change, please keep up with your great research and keep me informed of any exciting findings! Heck even the not-so-exciting findings will do.
Happy September everybody!
I've been to Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Ohio, California, Texas and Oregon since May 22, 2009.
I've seen armadillos, a black bear, some bald eagles, lots of kamikazee squirrels, but no bigfoot.
I did cast some tracks with Bob in Ohio. Got rocks thrown at me in Pennsylvania. Saw red eye shine in Oklahoma. Still no conclusive proof for myself that the big guy exists.
I envy those who have seen one; those who can go to their graves knowing without a doubt that these creatures exist.
I have met so many wonderful people this past summer and hope to meet many more! I've come across some very nasty people too...this business can get pretty ugly.
So even though the weather is going to change, please keep up with your great research and keep me informed of any exciting findings! Heck even the not-so-exciting findings will do.
Happy September everybody!
Monday, August 31, 2009
Upcoming Events
In less than 4 weeks I will be attending the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy Conference 2009 in Tyler, Texas.
I plan on getting as many pictures and interviews as possible.
Then on October 9th and 10th, I will be at the Eerie Horror Film Festival to interview Eric Altman and Don Keating who will be presenting at the festival.
Eerie Horror Fest
I am hoping to get to Bigfoot Discovery Day III in Felton, California. October 17th, 2009.
Speakers will include the brilliant author, archaeologist and forest ranger Kathy Strain, author David Paulides, Michael Rugg, who is the curator for the Bigfoot Discovery Museum, and Crypto Linguist R. Scott Nelson!
Bigfoot Discovery Project
I plan on getting as many pictures and interviews as possible.
Then on October 9th and 10th, I will be at the Eerie Horror Film Festival to interview Eric Altman and Don Keating who will be presenting at the festival.
Eerie Horror Fest
I am hoping to get to Bigfoot Discovery Day III in Felton, California. October 17th, 2009.
Speakers will include the brilliant author, archaeologist and forest ranger Kathy Strain, author David Paulides, Michael Rugg, who is the curator for the Bigfoot Discovery Museum, and Crypto Linguist R. Scott Nelson!
Bigfoot Discovery Project
Polish Yeti, Again?
Well it seems that there is a lot of recent Yeti activity in Poland, or somebody has found out how much we like hoaxes. Regardless, here is another encounter in Poland's Tatra Mountains, this time involving a babe in a bikini...go figure...
Polish Yeti-The Bikini Scene
Polish Yeti-The Bikini Scene
Sasquatch Envy
I am not sure who the author is on this, but if they come forward I will glady attach their name and give them proper credit! :)
Sasquatch Envy in BFery refers to the theorized reaction of a researcher, either during or immediately following the rigours of field work, to the realization that the sum total of their effort to date has produced neither a living nor dead Sasquatch specimen, nor a better than average blobsquatch-quality BF image captured on film (either still or moving), nor an identifiable audio file, as proof of BF existence that would be acceptable to their peers, fellow researchers or the general public.
One may consider this realization a defining moment in the stunting of their personal research development, leading to a deep seated sense of inadequacy, frustration, lack of self worth and anxiety disorder over their subsequent failure to be recognized, either by their peers or by the general public following their work, as a bona fide and successful, self-actuated, Sasquatch researcher. For individuals who have arrived at this critical juncture the risk of becoming unhinged or unbalanced is palpable. It is the norm in BFery.
In contemporary culture, the term Sasquatch Envy is sometimes used symbolically or metaphorically to refer to the idea that researchers wish they had a Sasquatch, or to refer to anxieties between researchers about the veracity of their respective research claims, which could accusatorily be said to account for their failure to produce adequate proof of Sasquatch existence. Non-researchers do not generally suffer from Sasquatch Envy.
However, according to popular culture, the parallel reaction in non-researching, casual, BF observers or aficionados, to the realization that no one to date has produced a satisfactory proof of Sasquatch existence, is referenced as the equally ubiquitous Sasquatch Denial Complex which has in recent times moved beyond mere Snopesian urban legend into staunch pan-cultural reality.
Today’s BF culture is rife with both Sasquatch Envy and Sasquatch Denial. Indeed, these are desperate times.
Sufferers of both Sasquatch Envy and Sasquatch Denial tend to clash violently when confronting one other over the veracity of their respective claims. On occasion, during especially heated exchanges over intellectual turf, their horns may irreparably lock, resulting in their mutual and sometimes permanent retirement from the forum. Their ossified remains can often be discovered in long abandoned forum back threads.
In BFery Envy Theory, the Casting Stage (occurring approximately between the first and third years of participation) is the first period of active development in which the monomaniacal fetish-focus is primarily on the foot area, with an emphasis on acquiring the largest possible plaster casting sample, since, in this case, size does matter.
Prior to this stage, the passive Armchair Squatcher Phase (broadly defined by a motivating interest in discovering anything and everything that can be presently learned about BF through available media) functions as the primary energy force within the mind which may or may not be powerful enough to promote mobilization of the individual into an active in-the-field research role. Not everyone is cut out to be cut out.
Failure to move from the early passive stage into the all-encompassing active stage within the first three years could result in BF Stultification, an often fatal condition by which the intellect and common sensibility gradually degenerate into clinical depression and BF Morbidity. Currently many forum participants may be unaware that they are suffering these debilitating conditions.
In order to avoid the pangs of stultification and morbidity it is almost always recommended that the interested party find a way to graduate to the contentious field of active field research where one can look forward to dubious but pivotal events such as purported scat or hair collection, den discovery, stick formation photography or perhaps the most contentious development of all, an actual sighting, the ultimate catalyst in the development of a life-long Sasquatch Delusional Disorder.
While there is no cure for any of these degenerative conditions at the present time, there is, nonetheless, hope that, while fashionable for the past few number of decades, the entire subject and apparatus of applied BFery may gradually slip away into oblivion as the concept of Sasquatch Envy is less and less regarded as a serious psychopathology by most psychoanalysts.
Signs to Watch For: Have You Been Infected?
Have you noticed that your research efforts have resulted in significantly different outcomes than those claimed by other participants because of differences in research approaches?
Have you wondered whether perhaps you are, after all, not mentally or physically equipped to have a research relationship with a Bigfoot or a Sasquatch?
Do you see the solution to either your Sasquatch Envy or Sasquatch Denial as hinging upon your own or another’s approval?
For Your Own Piece of Mind
In order of importance to you, rank the following BF research motivations:
a) desire for public recognition
desire for power
c) desire for pecuniary reward
d) desire for scientific status
e) desire for popular prestige
f) desire to be healed
If you chose (f), then you’re already (f)’d. Remember, where ever you go, there you are.
BFery is a Cutthroat World
In the world of BFery researchers often view each other as competitors whereby the research desires of one researcher often lead to the desire to replace and eliminate those of another researcher. Ascendancy is the name of the game. Or, one researcher often initially identifies with another so that they might learn to mimic the other, and thus similarly hope to replace them. If one researcher can succeed in displacing another researcher by stealth or cunning or clever ploys, especially in the popular media, then so much the better. These are learned competitive BFery techniques which all active research participants must strive to master. Wrangling on the discussion forums is a passive, but necessary, introductory technique designed to introduce the active researcher to Winning BF Strategies. Now it’s time to go all the way!
That’s right, folks, Winning BF Strategies can be yours for only $129.95
Avoid the pitfalls of Newbieism!
Anticipate the moves your competing researchers are most likely to make!
Lower the boom on your competitors!
Learn how to counter their strategies in the field where it counts the most!
Learn the secrets of BF media control!
Don’t ever be short-changed by shabby reporting methods again!
Sound too good to be true?
Are you kidding?
We’ll even throw in our best selling how-to book, 'Banning Sasquatch Envy Forever’
That’s right, we said forever. And we mean it!
Don’t wait! Order NOW! Don’t be the slowest chump of the bunch trying to outrun Squatchy! Come back alive and bring back the footage that will rock the world!
Remember, only $129.95!!!
(This is a limited time offer)
Sasquatch Envy in BFery refers to the theorized reaction of a researcher, either during or immediately following the rigours of field work, to the realization that the sum total of their effort to date has produced neither a living nor dead Sasquatch specimen, nor a better than average blobsquatch-quality BF image captured on film (either still or moving), nor an identifiable audio file, as proof of BF existence that would be acceptable to their peers, fellow researchers or the general public.
One may consider this realization a defining moment in the stunting of their personal research development, leading to a deep seated sense of inadequacy, frustration, lack of self worth and anxiety disorder over their subsequent failure to be recognized, either by their peers or by the general public following their work, as a bona fide and successful, self-actuated, Sasquatch researcher. For individuals who have arrived at this critical juncture the risk of becoming unhinged or unbalanced is palpable. It is the norm in BFery.
In contemporary culture, the term Sasquatch Envy is sometimes used symbolically or metaphorically to refer to the idea that researchers wish they had a Sasquatch, or to refer to anxieties between researchers about the veracity of their respective research claims, which could accusatorily be said to account for their failure to produce adequate proof of Sasquatch existence. Non-researchers do not generally suffer from Sasquatch Envy.
However, according to popular culture, the parallel reaction in non-researching, casual, BF observers or aficionados, to the realization that no one to date has produced a satisfactory proof of Sasquatch existence, is referenced as the equally ubiquitous Sasquatch Denial Complex which has in recent times moved beyond mere Snopesian urban legend into staunch pan-cultural reality.
Today’s BF culture is rife with both Sasquatch Envy and Sasquatch Denial. Indeed, these are desperate times.
Sufferers of both Sasquatch Envy and Sasquatch Denial tend to clash violently when confronting one other over the veracity of their respective claims. On occasion, during especially heated exchanges over intellectual turf, their horns may irreparably lock, resulting in their mutual and sometimes permanent retirement from the forum. Their ossified remains can often be discovered in long abandoned forum back threads.
In BFery Envy Theory, the Casting Stage (occurring approximately between the first and third years of participation) is the first period of active development in which the monomaniacal fetish-focus is primarily on the foot area, with an emphasis on acquiring the largest possible plaster casting sample, since, in this case, size does matter.
Prior to this stage, the passive Armchair Squatcher Phase (broadly defined by a motivating interest in discovering anything and everything that can be presently learned about BF through available media) functions as the primary energy force within the mind which may or may not be powerful enough to promote mobilization of the individual into an active in-the-field research role. Not everyone is cut out to be cut out.
Failure to move from the early passive stage into the all-encompassing active stage within the first three years could result in BF Stultification, an often fatal condition by which the intellect and common sensibility gradually degenerate into clinical depression and BF Morbidity. Currently many forum participants may be unaware that they are suffering these debilitating conditions.
In order to avoid the pangs of stultification and morbidity it is almost always recommended that the interested party find a way to graduate to the contentious field of active field research where one can look forward to dubious but pivotal events such as purported scat or hair collection, den discovery, stick formation photography or perhaps the most contentious development of all, an actual sighting, the ultimate catalyst in the development of a life-long Sasquatch Delusional Disorder.
While there is no cure for any of these degenerative conditions at the present time, there is, nonetheless, hope that, while fashionable for the past few number of decades, the entire subject and apparatus of applied BFery may gradually slip away into oblivion as the concept of Sasquatch Envy is less and less regarded as a serious psychopathology by most psychoanalysts.
Signs to Watch For: Have You Been Infected?
Have you noticed that your research efforts have resulted in significantly different outcomes than those claimed by other participants because of differences in research approaches?
Have you wondered whether perhaps you are, after all, not mentally or physically equipped to have a research relationship with a Bigfoot or a Sasquatch?
Do you see the solution to either your Sasquatch Envy or Sasquatch Denial as hinging upon your own or another’s approval?
For Your Own Piece of Mind
In order of importance to you, rank the following BF research motivations:
a) desire for public recognition
desire for power
c) desire for pecuniary reward
d) desire for scientific status
e) desire for popular prestige
f) desire to be healed
If you chose (f), then you’re already (f)’d. Remember, where ever you go, there you are.
BFery is a Cutthroat World
In the world of BFery researchers often view each other as competitors whereby the research desires of one researcher often lead to the desire to replace and eliminate those of another researcher. Ascendancy is the name of the game. Or, one researcher often initially identifies with another so that they might learn to mimic the other, and thus similarly hope to replace them. If one researcher can succeed in displacing another researcher by stealth or cunning or clever ploys, especially in the popular media, then so much the better. These are learned competitive BFery techniques which all active research participants must strive to master. Wrangling on the discussion forums is a passive, but necessary, introductory technique designed to introduce the active researcher to Winning BF Strategies. Now it’s time to go all the way!
That’s right, folks, Winning BF Strategies can be yours for only $129.95
Avoid the pitfalls of Newbieism!
Anticipate the moves your competing researchers are most likely to make!
Lower the boom on your competitors!
Learn how to counter their strategies in the field where it counts the most!
Learn the secrets of BF media control!
Don’t ever be short-changed by shabby reporting methods again!
Sound too good to be true?
Are you kidding?
We’ll even throw in our best selling how-to book, 'Banning Sasquatch Envy Forever’
That’s right, we said forever. And we mean it!
Don’t wait! Order NOW! Don’t be the slowest chump of the bunch trying to outrun Squatchy! Come back alive and bring back the footage that will rock the world!
Remember, only $129.95!!!
(This is a limited time offer)
Sunday, August 30, 2009
Friday, August 28, 2009
Weekend Activities
If you are on the West Coast this weekend, specifically in the vicinity of Skamania County, Washington, then you probably should log off your computer now and head over to the Bigfoot Bash and Bounty!
Guest speakers include: Joe Beelart, Henry Franzoni and the oh so charming Robert Michael Pyle!
Go on Git!
Bigfoot Bash and Bounty
Guest speakers include: Joe Beelart, Henry Franzoni and the oh so charming Robert Michael Pyle!
Go on Git!
Bigfoot Bash and Bounty
2009 Texas Bigfoot Conference
Just a reminder that the 2009 Texas Bigfoot Conference is coming up quickly! This awesome event is hosted by the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy.
September 26th!
Register now!
Sharonlee says you better!
Have you seen their list of speakers?
Click this link right here! Or else!
September 26th!
Register now!
Sharonlee says you better!
Have you seen their list of speakers?
Click this link right here! Or else!
Ohio Expedition
As promised, I am posting information about the research that my partner Bob was conducting at Salt Fork State Park while I was out cavorting on the west coast.
The significance of the clucking noise mentioned is that myself and Don Keating have both heard and recorded this clucking noise and it seemed to have been a signal indicating the presence or absence of humans in the area. I'm just speculating, but that is the conclusion that I have come to. Any thoughts or ideas?
Bob's report:
Friday night August 21st at Salt Fork State Park, we all sat in our chairs on a horseshoe shaped ridge that funnels down to a bowl shaped depression. The depression is full of a lot of downed trees and scrub brush. The outer edges of the top of the ridge are surrounded by forest. Almost everyone had night vision equipment and I was the only one with a parabolic mic.
The sky was clear and the stars were really out. It was a moonless night. I saw one real nice shooting star and others in the group saw quite a few.
Jason and Dave hiked down a ways into the depression in front of our position. We had heard some Bared Owl calls and Jason then did some whoops. The first Owl call I heard didn't sound right to me. Instead of a tapered off sound at the end of the call it stopped abruptly. For a while there while they were down in the depression Jason and Dave were doing some whoop calls and we were hearing different answers back. At times it also sounded like two different animals were calling to each other at different positions. At one point Jason got a whoop response back to one of his whoops.
After a while of enjoying sitting there and hearing the different calls coming from different directions Jason and Dave came back up to our sitting position. I had been scanning around with my night vision but didn't see anything interesting. At almost the same time Jason and Rick said they caught some movement through their NV off to our right flank from in the tree line. They continued to scan the area but caught no more movement. I was listening to the area of the movement with my parabolic mic. I heard a clicking noise come from the area. Jason was closest to the noise/movement area and I asked him if he had heard it. He said no. Immediately after that I heard the same clicking sound. I asked the others if any of them had heard it but no one did.
The clicking sound I heard sounded like a noise you make with your tongue bent back on the roof of your mouth then popping it forward while opening your mouth. Each time I heard it there where about 5 or 6 clicks in a row. The sound was very distinct through the parabolic mic. I can't say how far away the sound came from but the max distance the mic is supposed to be good for is 300 feet. No one else picked up this noise without a parabolic mic.
After a while of no action on the ridge we drove over to an area where Don Keating and Scott A where researching. They were basically hanging out at a picnic area using listening devices. Don started talking about a clicking noise that he had recorded in the past year from nearby. He still had the original sound file in the recorder and he played it back for us. I was astonished because it was the same exact clicking sound that I had just heard back up on the ridge. On Don's recording you can hear something that sounds like a bipedal gate walk up to the mic and start messing with it then you hear a series of about 5 or 6 clicking noises. I have also heard this same clicking sound from a recording Sharon has picked up.
For me this was very interesting. I wonder if anyone else out there in Squatchland has heard anything like this?
Jason and Rachel, Bigfoot, Sylvia, Rick, Dave and Bob
The "Ridge"
Bob also adds:
One thing that is important I want to add about my clicking sound report is that Don Keating had a biologist that specializes in primate behaviour listen to the sounds and he said that it sounds like the clicking sounds that are made by some primates for communication. There is a segment on this in Don's recent documentary "Sasquatch At Salt Fork".
The significance of the clucking noise mentioned is that myself and Don Keating have both heard and recorded this clucking noise and it seemed to have been a signal indicating the presence or absence of humans in the area. I'm just speculating, but that is the conclusion that I have come to. Any thoughts or ideas?
Bob's report:
Friday night August 21st at Salt Fork State Park, we all sat in our chairs on a horseshoe shaped ridge that funnels down to a bowl shaped depression. The depression is full of a lot of downed trees and scrub brush. The outer edges of the top of the ridge are surrounded by forest. Almost everyone had night vision equipment and I was the only one with a parabolic mic.
The sky was clear and the stars were really out. It was a moonless night. I saw one real nice shooting star and others in the group saw quite a few.
Jason and Dave hiked down a ways into the depression in front of our position. We had heard some Bared Owl calls and Jason then did some whoops. The first Owl call I heard didn't sound right to me. Instead of a tapered off sound at the end of the call it stopped abruptly. For a while there while they were down in the depression Jason and Dave were doing some whoop calls and we were hearing different answers back. At times it also sounded like two different animals were calling to each other at different positions. At one point Jason got a whoop response back to one of his whoops.
After a while of enjoying sitting there and hearing the different calls coming from different directions Jason and Dave came back up to our sitting position. I had been scanning around with my night vision but didn't see anything interesting. At almost the same time Jason and Rick said they caught some movement through their NV off to our right flank from in the tree line. They continued to scan the area but caught no more movement. I was listening to the area of the movement with my parabolic mic. I heard a clicking noise come from the area. Jason was closest to the noise/movement area and I asked him if he had heard it. He said no. Immediately after that I heard the same clicking sound. I asked the others if any of them had heard it but no one did.
The clicking sound I heard sounded like a noise you make with your tongue bent back on the roof of your mouth then popping it forward while opening your mouth. Each time I heard it there where about 5 or 6 clicks in a row. The sound was very distinct through the parabolic mic. I can't say how far away the sound came from but the max distance the mic is supposed to be good for is 300 feet. No one else picked up this noise without a parabolic mic.
After a while of no action on the ridge we drove over to an area where Don Keating and Scott A where researching. They were basically hanging out at a picnic area using listening devices. Don started talking about a clicking noise that he had recorded in the past year from nearby. He still had the original sound file in the recorder and he played it back for us. I was astonished because it was the same exact clicking sound that I had just heard back up on the ridge. On Don's recording you can hear something that sounds like a bipedal gate walk up to the mic and start messing with it then you hear a series of about 5 or 6 clicking noises. I have also heard this same clicking sound from a recording Sharon has picked up.
For me this was very interesting. I wonder if anyone else out there in Squatchland has heard anything like this?
Jason and Rachel, Bigfoot, Sylvia, Rick, Dave and Bob
The "Ridge"
Bob also adds:
One thing that is important I want to add about my clicking sound report is that Don Keating had a biologist that specializes in primate behaviour listen to the sounds and he said that it sounds like the clicking sounds that are made by some primates for communication. There is a segment on this in Don's recent documentary "Sasquatch At Salt Fork".
Thursday, August 27, 2009
PNW Trip Pics
Beachfoot 2009 Group Photo
Slash with Mike Esordi at Bluff Creek
Early Bird (not!) Diner in Willow Creek. Home of the Bigfoot Burger!
The Bluff Creek Company
Sharonlee in Bigfoot cage at Bigfoot Motel in Willow Creek
Craig playing 'rock paper scissors' with Bigfoot statue at Willow Creek China Flats Museum
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
And more!
On Saturday, the day began at 10 a.m. with presentations from Tom Steenberg and the drawing for door prizes. My name was drawn and I won the book, Where Bigfoot Walks Crossing the Dark Divide, by Robert Michael Pyle. Luckily for me he was also in attendance and offered to sign the book for me. Almost everyone was a winner! There were Bigfoot books, Bigfoot wine made by Ron Morehead, plaster casts and many other donations that were offered as door prizes.
The group broke for lunch and reconvened at 2 p.m.. We sat down to a presentation by "John" who is a criminal investigator. This presentation was so enjoyable and informative! He spoke for a little over an hour and he could have easily gone on for another!
Todd then gave out more door prizes. The atmosphere was relaxed and fun. The sun was warming us everytime the wind would let up and give it a chance.
I walked over to Robert Michael Pyle to have him sign my book, and this took over an hour as Bob Gimlin was regaling us with stories about the day he and Roger Patterson stumbled upon Patty.
I asked questions and he answered them forthright and with much detail. Honestly, if anyone thinks this man is lying about what he saw, they need to sit down and talk to him and ask questions.
The conversation was in depth and open. I learned about the night of October 20th, 1967. Bob and Roger had to gather up Roger's horse and head back to their camp to retrieve the casting materials, they went back to Al Hodgsen's store and Bob picked up some empty cardboard boxes to carry them back. The casts were poured but they had to wait hours. Around 4 a.m. it began to rain and Bob put the boxes over the casts so they wouldn't get ruined. It began to pour and the low road out of Bluff Creek was being washed away. The truck with the horse trailer was a front wheel drive and they had a heck of a time getting over Onion Mountain...so many little details that none of us had ever known, unless of course you had talked with Bob and asked the questions.
The conversation soon turned to butterflies and tattoos and we laughed and joked like nobody's business.
I walked away to mingle and Robert finally signed my book.
We then posed for a group picture to memorialize the event. We had to get about 50 people in the picture and that was no easy feat!
We then were told to meet at 5 p.m. to sing Happy Birthday to Peter Byrne. It was a surprise birthday party for him! Donations were made in lieu of gifts for Peter's project in Nepal. I will add a link so you can donate as well! :)
International Wildlife Conservation Society
Yvonne and Todd then began the preperations for the cook out and again everyone was eating and mingling.
That evening, Robert M. Pyle read his stories to us with his engaging style as the campfire roared. Ron Morehead then gave the Sierra Sounds presentation in place of the absent Scott Nelson.
So we are sitting in the glow of the roaring campfire and Ron is playing audio from the Sierra Sounds. It was surreal.
The group broke for lunch and reconvened at 2 p.m.. We sat down to a presentation by "John" who is a criminal investigator. This presentation was so enjoyable and informative! He spoke for a little over an hour and he could have easily gone on for another!
Todd then gave out more door prizes. The atmosphere was relaxed and fun. The sun was warming us everytime the wind would let up and give it a chance.
I walked over to Robert Michael Pyle to have him sign my book, and this took over an hour as Bob Gimlin was regaling us with stories about the day he and Roger Patterson stumbled upon Patty.
I asked questions and he answered them forthright and with much detail. Honestly, if anyone thinks this man is lying about what he saw, they need to sit down and talk to him and ask questions.
The conversation was in depth and open. I learned about the night of October 20th, 1967. Bob and Roger had to gather up Roger's horse and head back to their camp to retrieve the casting materials, they went back to Al Hodgsen's store and Bob picked up some empty cardboard boxes to carry them back. The casts were poured but they had to wait hours. Around 4 a.m. it began to rain and Bob put the boxes over the casts so they wouldn't get ruined. It began to pour and the low road out of Bluff Creek was being washed away. The truck with the horse trailer was a front wheel drive and they had a heck of a time getting over Onion Mountain...so many little details that none of us had ever known, unless of course you had talked with Bob and asked the questions.
The conversation soon turned to butterflies and tattoos and we laughed and joked like nobody's business.
I walked away to mingle and Robert finally signed my book.
We then posed for a group picture to memorialize the event. We had to get about 50 people in the picture and that was no easy feat!
We then were told to meet at 5 p.m. to sing Happy Birthday to Peter Byrne. It was a surprise birthday party for him! Donations were made in lieu of gifts for Peter's project in Nepal. I will add a link so you can donate as well! :)
International Wildlife Conservation Society
Yvonne and Todd then began the preperations for the cook out and again everyone was eating and mingling.
That evening, Robert M. Pyle read his stories to us with his engaging style as the campfire roared. Ron Morehead then gave the Sierra Sounds presentation in place of the absent Scott Nelson.
So we are sitting in the glow of the roaring campfire and Ron is playing audio from the Sierra Sounds. It was surreal.
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Lincoln City, OR
On Friday morning we set out from Autumn's house in 2 cars.
I rode with Autumn on the way to Wal-Mart to pick up some supplies. We had about 45 minutes discussion of many issues in bigfoot research and she sure did teach me many things I had not known before.
As a side note, I like the fact that I am so new to this field compared to many of you, and I learn new things and keep an open mind. I do not have any convictions that would prevent me from listening and understanding other people's points of view.
Let me first tell you that we are on our way to an event called Beachfoot. This is the second annual gathering of Beachfoot and it is by invitation only. Don't worry, I wasn't invited, I kind of tagged along as a "plus-one". Believe me, I would not have been invited on my own merit. The guest list was premiere.
We pull in to the Halderman estate, 7 acres of rural land donated for the weekend by Hal and Lupe Halderman. Todd Neiss is there to greet us and he takes us up the hill to get registered. I figured we would check in, go get some dinner change and come back for the campfire chat. Well, I decided I was not going to be in "reporter" mode since I was an unofficial guest and didn't want to ruffle any feathers. So of course I am not prepared with a camera or audio recorder when Bob Gimlim comes up and gives Craig Woolheater a big hug and starts laughing and joking with him.
I shake Mr. Gimlin's hand and I am sure I muttered something totally unintelligent. I was in awe of this handsome, sweet cowboy!
As we make our way back towards the camp area we are greeted by Tom Yamarone, Cliff Barackman Paul Graves and Jerry Hein. Bob Gimlin then invites us to have dinner with them. He brought some fresh ground buffalo to make burgers. We run off to the store to get buns, beans and I got some salmon for myself...I didn't want to eat a buffalo! LOL!
We returned and the gang enjoyed buffalo burgers, ranch style beans and fresh veges from Bob's garden. Yams and Jerry and Paul did most of the cooking and it was the best meal I had in days!
Steve Inness joined us along with his friend Jason. We finally got the salmon cooked and Bob was like, "Oh boy, salmon! Can I have a piece of that?" In my head I am thinking Bob, you can have it all! but he just wanted a little and half was for Autumn too...it turned out great!
After dinner we headed to the campfire and sat around while Autumn sang, and Yams and Paul played guitar. It was so much fun!
I am sitting behind Ron Moorehead, and Orey Inness...there are so many faces! Such notables of the bigfoot world!
Then as the evening goes on, a familiar face comes alight by the fire's glow as he walks closer to the circle....Bruce Harrington!? LOL! He sees Diane Stocking and says hello, gives her a hug and a kiss, then he sees me and comes over and does the same! It was good to see another familiar face! By another, I mean Diane, she greeted me with open arms and a big hug.
We then retire and promise to meet back Saturday morning at 10 a.m. for presentations and more.....
I rode with Autumn on the way to Wal-Mart to pick up some supplies. We had about 45 minutes discussion of many issues in bigfoot research and she sure did teach me many things I had not known before.
As a side note, I like the fact that I am so new to this field compared to many of you, and I learn new things and keep an open mind. I do not have any convictions that would prevent me from listening and understanding other people's points of view.
Let me first tell you that we are on our way to an event called Beachfoot. This is the second annual gathering of Beachfoot and it is by invitation only. Don't worry, I wasn't invited, I kind of tagged along as a "plus-one". Believe me, I would not have been invited on my own merit. The guest list was premiere.
We pull in to the Halderman estate, 7 acres of rural land donated for the weekend by Hal and Lupe Halderman. Todd Neiss is there to greet us and he takes us up the hill to get registered. I figured we would check in, go get some dinner change and come back for the campfire chat. Well, I decided I was not going to be in "reporter" mode since I was an unofficial guest and didn't want to ruffle any feathers. So of course I am not prepared with a camera or audio recorder when Bob Gimlim comes up and gives Craig Woolheater a big hug and starts laughing and joking with him.
I shake Mr. Gimlin's hand and I am sure I muttered something totally unintelligent. I was in awe of this handsome, sweet cowboy!
As we make our way back towards the camp area we are greeted by Tom Yamarone, Cliff Barackman Paul Graves and Jerry Hein. Bob Gimlin then invites us to have dinner with them. He brought some fresh ground buffalo to make burgers. We run off to the store to get buns, beans and I got some salmon for myself...I didn't want to eat a buffalo! LOL!
We returned and the gang enjoyed buffalo burgers, ranch style beans and fresh veges from Bob's garden. Yams and Jerry and Paul did most of the cooking and it was the best meal I had in days!
Steve Inness joined us along with his friend Jason. We finally got the salmon cooked and Bob was like, "Oh boy, salmon! Can I have a piece of that?" In my head I am thinking Bob, you can have it all! but he just wanted a little and half was for Autumn too...it turned out great!
After dinner we headed to the campfire and sat around while Autumn sang, and Yams and Paul played guitar. It was so much fun!
I am sitting behind Ron Moorehead, and Orey Inness...there are so many faces! Such notables of the bigfoot world!
Then as the evening goes on, a familiar face comes alight by the fire's glow as he walks closer to the circle....Bruce Harrington!? LOL! He sees Diane Stocking and says hello, gives her a hug and a kiss, then he sees me and comes over and does the same! It was good to see another familiar face! By another, I mean Diane, she greeted me with open arms and a big hug.
We then retire and promise to meet back Saturday morning at 10 a.m. for presentations and more.....
Saturday, August 22, 2009
Elkton, Oregon
We head out early to get to Autumn William's home.
Why can't we stick to schedule?
We decide to take another 1.5 hour detour to go see Crater Lake. I'm just as guilty as the rest for wanting to add this stop. It was really cool.
We finally arrive at Autumn's and she is playing her piano and singing as we stand in the doorway listening. She has a beautiful voice and I hinted to her that I would love to sell her CD on my website.
She shows us around and is so so happy to see her buddy Craig. She then takes us next door to meet her mom, Sali and her dad, Bob...oh! and grandpa Bill!
Sali's house is the most wonderful thing to see! Each room is decorated with a theme and it would take weeks to see every treasure that is tucked away in each room!
If you all think Autumn is beauiful, you should know that she gets her looks from her mother! And funny, too! The whole family has such a wonderful sense of humor and made me feel so comfortable and right at home with them!
We went out to the local eatery for a quick bite then back to Autumn's to hang out and shoot the breeze.
This is has been a once in a lifetime trip for this Bigfoot Field Reporter.
I have to get permission to tell you all about the rest of the journey, and I hope I can! You won't be disappointed!
You want a what?
Well, we are getting pretty far up north now. We are waving goodbye to Linda and Bob at Happy Camp to travel 2 hours out of our way for an In-N-Out burger.
You're kidding me, right? I don't even like hamburgers, but, I'm just along for the ride.
So we head north to Redding, CA...the last place in California to get an In-N-Out burger before hitting the Oregon border.
The drive is beautiful going around Mt. Shasta. I'm getting crabby.
So we get there, have some so-so hamburgers, and everybody is happy.
I guess it's "cool" to say I had one. I still prefer Big Macs.
You're kidding me, right? I don't even like hamburgers, but, I'm just along for the ride.
So we head north to Redding, CA...the last place in California to get an In-N-Out burger before hitting the Oregon border.
The drive is beautiful going around Mt. Shasta. I'm getting crabby.
So we get there, have some so-so hamburgers, and everybody is happy.
I guess it's "cool" to say I had one. I still prefer Big Macs.
When we become the story
So after a while of chatting with Bob and Linda, we decided to go check out the area where a forest ranger had a sighting of a bigfoot in 2005.
We followed Linda and Bob about 5 miles up the road and pulled over.
Linda began relaying the story of how this forest ranger was on her way to work at about 8 a.m. when a large, hairy, bi-pedal creature crossed the 2 lane road in front of her and proceeded up a steep hill with about a 90 degree angle.
The woman was shaken and when she got to work she reported to her supervisor what she observed. The supervisor then went to check out the area around noon, and claims to have seen the creature sitting at the top of the hill staring down.
So here we all are walking across the road, imagining how it went down for the ranger. We were poking around on the hillside when all of a sudden Bob yells out that he thinks he found an impression.
The impression was impressive! I crawled up the embankment and was checking it out when I noticed how deep and distinct was every toe! It appeared as if the creature making the print had stepped or maybe leaped about 5 feet from the road and onto the hillside, but had needed his full weight on his toes to traverse the steep terrain.
I took some pics and Bob was ecstatic! He had just been talking about how disappointed he was in not having found any sign in the years that he had lived in Happy Camp!
Linda and Bob promised that they would come back to cast the print the next morning.
How did it come out guys?
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