Oregon Travels

I arrived in Portland, Oregon and was greeted by the ever-so-charming Tim Cassidy, who was scheduled to give a presentation at Beachfoot.

We picked up the rental car and programmed our destination into the gps and headed southwest towards the ocean. Tim insisted we stop to dine at Gracie's Sea Hag restaurant for some seafood.

After lunch we headed next door to Ainslee's and picked up some salt water taffy for the road.
We coordinated our arrival to Beverly Beach with Tom Yamarone and Jerry Hein. Upon our arrival we were welcomed by Peter Byrne and Diane Stocking who was in charge of this year's event due to the overseas deployment of Ssg. Todd Neiss.
After lots of hugs we set up camp then headed down to the beach. The temperature difference from Portland to Newport was chilling! I was glad that I listened to Tom and packed some warm clothes.

We returned to camp and a car rolls up and a shy, young lad by the name of Andy Robson joins our camp. Andy has had his own Bigfoot encounters and his grandfather was interviewed in the 50's as a witness by the legendary John Green.

The guests began trickling in. Ron Morehead, Judy, Joe Hauser and Patricia, Bob and Patti Reinhart, Hal and Lupe Halderman, Matt Johnson and Cynthia, Shawn Jones and his 4 yr old daughter Elyse. We received word that Beth Heikkinen would not be attending due to the flu. Todd Neiss was still in Washington waiting to be flown to Portland!
We ran to the store for some grub and once we all had eaten, the fire was started and the guitars came out and Tom and Ron entertained us with their acoustical talents.
Finally the jeep comes rolling into camp and out pops our hero, Todd Neiss. Hugs and kisses and thanks and congratulations were dispersed and we continued with the party into the wee hours of the morning.

To be continued....
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Shady Neighbors

Thom Powell has updated his website for his book, Shady Neighbors.
A story about a family who discovers their hairy neighbors are being adversely effected by construction which is destroying their environment.

Check it out!

Finding Bobo

Awhile back, I made a fan page for Bobo on Facebook.  The description is "For all who have met Bobo or heard stories of his amazing awesomeness!"
It started out just because I was very appreciative of his heroic measures on that fateful August day in 2009 when we almost went over the side of a hill in our vehicle at Bluff Creek.

You can view my archived blog to read the story. Click here

Anyway, I invite you to "Like" the Facebook page titled I Love James "Bobo" Fay

Bobo will be on the road for the next 3 months but will try to keep in touch with us as much as possible!

The New and Snazzy Cliff Barackman

With his new found fame, Cliff Barackman has created a new website simply, www.cliffbarackman.com

Cliff has always been very dedicated and sincere in his search for Bigfoot and has always shared his investigative findings with us, his adoring public.

On his new website, Cliff will provide background information and answer questions regarding his new show on Animal Planet titled, Finding Bigfoot.
We got a sneak preview of the show this past week and the original show is set to air June 5th, check your tv listings for the time.




Keep up the good work Cliff!  And most of all, stay true to yourself!

Matt Moneymaker Confronts Critics

Posted by Loren Coleman on Cryptomundo-
Matt Moneymaker has addressed issues and content raised in recent postings here tied to his new program, “Finding Bigfoot.”
Here they are, unedited.
First, Moneymaker responses to the story that the Georgia police dashcam video is due to a teen hoaxer in a gorilla suit (“Georgia Dash Cam Footage a Hoax?“):

The comments by Jarrard were not true, as we discovered while we were there. He wouldn’t take questions from us when we tried to nail down his story.
No one from the sheriff’s department went out to speak with any of the neighbors after the incident … We spoke with the neighbors though when we were shooting the episode. There was never any college students living in the area, and there was no photo of college kids with a gorilla costume. Jarrard story sounded unlikely from the beginning, and apparently it didn’t happen.
None of the other sheriffs had heard about this story that Jarrard told to a reporter. It seems he came up with the story to quel any fear that local people might have about a monster in the woods, and to prevent hunters from going to look for one.

and

There was no other show that aired the dashcam footage. Finding Bigfoot was the first program to air the footage. Lotsa false nonsense coming up on this site today, but anonymous people claiming things they kinda sorta recall but can’t quite put their finger on it.

Next, Moneymaker replies to the “wood knock” and “call blasting” claims of who did it first:

That’s pretty weak … a book published in 1993 about a famous indian story teller. It doesn’t count. I had already been talking about that behavior for a year or more on the Internet (and debating with all the people who were saying I was crazy to suggest that) while that book was being assembled. I had been saying that bigfoots use knocks to locate eachother prior to 92, but all you have is the claim by a famous “story teller” in a 1993 book … that he knew they did that long ago. It doesn’t count.
Bill Dranginis is notorious for not telling the truth, and he was kicked out of the BFRO almost 15 years ago for exactly that reason. If he says he recalls an article describing someone else doing call-blasting before I did it … then he needs to produce that article. I kinda doubt it exists. Dranginis would not hesitate to make up something like that. Also, there were no recordings of sasquatches available in the 1980’s that could be used for that purpose. I got the first fairly clean recording that could that be used for sound blasting, and I got it in 1993.
Let’s see Titmus’ writings saying he did wood knocks back and forth with a sasquatch in BC … not just someone’s “recollection” of him talking about that.

Another Jewel in the BFRO Crown

The ever popular and lovely Paul Graves stars in this "commercial" for Chevy Cruze! 

Enjoy!

Believe It Tour Summer-Old Haunts 2011

 There is no other project quite like the Believe It Tour.  Michael Esordi and Diana Smith travel the country to investigate and share with you all types of fascinations including vampires, zombies, the Bermuda Triangle, Mothman, Bigfoot, Chupacapra, haunted houses and even Santa Claus!

The Believe It Tour also sponsors Champ Camp which is an educational and fun filled experience for the whole family.

The Believe It Tour uses most of their own funds  but they need some help! An on-line auction, beginning May 1, 2011, is being held to raise funding for their on-going travel and education projects. The auction will be filled with fantastic items ranging from signed books and original art to services and other merchandise.

Please help out my friends AND make sure you stop by the website and view all of Mike's amazing designs.  

Yetis in Alaska

-Story taken from the Alaska Dispatch-
Driving up the Alcan Highway through Canada, there is a whole stretch of Canadian towns along the road touting their bigfoot-rich properties, a tourist draw for those who believe in the unsubsantiated animal. Alaska is well-known for its hulking wildlife -- bears, moose, caribou and sea lions are among the biggest draws -- but when it comes to the elusive bigfoot, there seems to be a dearth of sightings for a state so enveloped in the woods that play home to the legendary beast in other parts of the world. Maybe the Bigfoot's northern cousin, the yeti, is a more appropriate fit for Alaska, where half the state hangs above the Arctic Circle.
But recently, YouTube user putua76 posted a shaky video that purports to capture the unconfirmed creature on tape near Ketchikan, Alaska.


The person who filmed the images claims:

"I was on a logging road in Ketchikan hiking with my friend when I saw it! Boy did my heart start racing!! It was about 40 yards from the road! Not sure if it knew I was there or not, because the noise of flowing water from the stream. It seemed to travel fast! It made my hair stand up!! At one point you can see a whitish yellowish thing in it's hand! I believe it was skunk cabbage. Not sure, but it is in bloom.

You see it jump and after that point it just seems to disappear. There was a lot of brush and trees between it and I, I could not tell where it had gone. It was a scary sort of exciting feeling at the same time!! We went to search for tracks but the river bed where we thought it was walking was full of perfect skiping rocks, we found no prints! If there is a BigFoot, Sasquatch, or Kushtaka I swear I saw him!!"

According to the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, this would be the first reported sighting of a bigfoot in Ketchikan, although there have been 21 previous sightings in Alaska, eight of which have occurred in Fairbanks or "Southeast Fairbanks."
As with all bigfoot video the creature is hard to see, hidden behind trees and partially or totally obscured, giving just enough evidence for the skeptics to dispute and just enough for the believers to support. So is there a bigfoot in Alaska? We'll leave that up to you.

Bigfoot in Kentucky!

Don't forget to head out to Henderson, Kentucky this afternoon, February 26, 2011 for the book signing of Bigfoot in Kentucky.

Barton will be at Matt’s News & Gifts, 106 N. Elm St., downtown Henderson, Kentucky from 12:00-3:00 

Barton Nunnelly, is an author and artist who was born and raised in Kentucky, where he spent decades searching the bottom lands of the Bluegrass State for evidence of its unsolved mysteries which he shared in his first book, Mysterious Kentucky. His curiosity has brought him face to face with such creatures as Bigfoot, water monsters, black panthers and other mysterious cryptids including a Thunderbird in 1998.

Bob Gimlin as Special Guest at 2009 Texas Bigfoot Conference

Special Announcement

The TBRC is delighted to announce the guest appearance at the 2009 Texas Bigfoot Conference of a legendary and distinguished figure: Bob Gimlin of Yakima,WA.

In 1967 Mr. Gimlin and his field partner, Roger Patterson, filmed what may have been a female sasquatch walking along Bluff Creek, located in the Six Rivers National Forest of Northern California. The unprecedented film has been the subject of much controversy as well as intense worldwide scrutiny for more than forty years. Despite having its authenticity challenged repeatedly, no one has been able to cogently demonstrate that the film is illegitimate.

Do not miss out on this singularly rare opportunity to meet this historically significant and extraordinary gentleman.

Here is my picture with Bob Gimlin taken last month Beachfoot 2009.