Oregon Bigfoot Blog

This is part two in a blog series. If you haven’t read part one (Psychology in bigfooting – FEAR) yet, please do.

Today, I’d like to talk about control.

When we feel fear of any kind, the natural human reaction is to attempt to gain control of the situation. When we are in actual danger, gaining control can be a helpful response. If that semi-truck is barreling down on you, jumping out of the way is a way to regain control of your safety (fear of being run over). If you are living an unhealthy lifestyle, making better choices in what you eat or how much you exercise is a healthy response to real potential dangers (fear of negative health consequences). On 9/11, passengers on Flight 93 attempted to take control of the situation because they knew they were in danger. That was a healthy response to a real danger.

Uploaded today to the members’ multimedia archives: An hour-long interview with a law enforcement officer who was a childhood witness, became a bigfoot researcher, and then put the technology away and became a witness once again. Find out what happened when he put the camera down…

If you were given the opportunity of having a close-up interaction with a Bigfoot, but could only do so without recording your encounter, would you put your camera away? How difficult would you find it to do so?

Please feel free to leave your comments below. Thanks!

A while back, I discussed the differing perspectives of researchers and witnesses toward the bigfoot phenomenon. You can read about that here, and please do if you haven’t, because it will set the context for today’s topic.

In a nutshell, one reason researchers and witnesses (long-term ones especially) approach this subject differently is because of differing levels of personal experience. To researchers, many of whom have little to no face-to-face personal experience with Sasquatch, the subject of bigfoot is primarily an intellectual pursuit, devoid of emotion. To witnesses, particularly long-term witnesses but also incidental witnesses who can be deeply affected by a single sighting, their involvement in this subject tends to be much more emotionally-oriented. Researchers may say that those who are emotionally involved in this subject cannot be “objective”. But, in my mind, the question really comes down to this: What is one’s objective?

Melissa Hovey has posted a purported photo of a bigfoot this morning – one that she’s had in her files for several years.

You can read the full backstory here and view the photo here:

http://txsasquatch.blogspot.com/

While I have no comments on the photo itself  (Real? Hoax? There is no way to know, which is why photos are useless as “proof” of anything, the least of which their own veracity), it may be an interesting story for you to follow.

There have been reports floating around the internet lately about a boy in China with “cat’s eyes”. Granted, Nong has beautiful blue eyes, which is a rare sight in Asians. But is the novelty of his eye-color responsible for the claims that his eyes glow when a flashlight is shined in them and his supposed ability to see clearly in the dark, or is there really something special about Nong’s eyes aside from the color?

Question: For those of you that are involved in a “long term” witness situation and have had repeat encounters with this wondrous being; how, may I ask, were you able to contain yourselves in this creatures presence the first time you came face to face with him/her?

I’m a pretty restrained guy, can run fast, and am pretty brave. However, I don’t know what I would do in a situation where I was put in your place.