Category Archives: Musings

Jeepers Creepers… Those are Creepy Peepers!

September 8, 2009

bigeyes2Here I am again, fixated on Bigfoot eyes. It’s been a lifelong obsession, so why stop now?

In today’s post, I’ll be covering several topics: bigfoot eyeshine, accuity of night vision, the ability of these creatures to see light spectrums beyond what we can see, and potential applications in field research.

BIGFOOT EYESHINE

Many, many eyewitness accounts of bigfoot sightings indicate eyeshine or “glowing eyes”. Eyeshine is often described as red – though other colors such as green and even blue- have been reported as well.

But what is the actual physical mechanism that would create this phenomenon?

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Manufactured evidence…

September 8, 2009

Is our treatment of witnesses in the research community creating an atmosphere ripe for hoaxing?

At Beachfoot, my good friend Tom Steenburg was giving a presentation that included a portion regarding a certain witness that he felt was a hoaxer. He began telling us how he felt this particular person was manufacturing evidence in order to remain in the witness limelight. He brought our attention to a photograph… one that he thought felt smelled a little fishy. He also claimed that this witness was seen throwing rocks during a research outing and blaming it on Sasquatch.

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The most thorough field report I’ve ever seen… and a word about asshats.

September 6, 2009

Holy Cow! :D OB member Nancy just sent in her field report from her and Bill’s latest outing to the Shasta/Trinity area and boy, was it a doozy. Uploaded today are 16 pages worth of detailed field notes, 45 sound files and over 130 photographs of tracks and other evidence. This is, by far, the most detailed research report I’ve ever seen. Kudos, Nancy, to you for your dedication and incredible thoroughness! You are an amazing woman and a credit to our field!

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I Should Have Been a Proctologist

September 4, 2009

… or anything other than a Bigfoot researcher. Not really, but that’s how I feel some days.

Is it me, or is this field sometimes the emotional equivalent of junior high school?

Having been at this for 20 years, I decided a long time ago to stay out of the politics. I don’t much care who likes whom, who is allied with whom this week and who’s slighted whom. I learned a long time ago that nearly every person I know  in this field has felt slighted at some point by 4 out of 5 other people I know. Some people won’t work with people who work with other people who work with other people… and it goes on like that.

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Bigfoot and Billy Bass

August 15, 2009

Big_mouth_billy_bass_stillWe live in a world obsessed with technology and artifact.

How often do we look around us? I mean, REALLY look? Pull your eyes away from the computer screen for a moment and look around the room you’re sitting in. What do you see?

Stuff. Human creations. Hundreds… no… THOUSANDS of things created by humans. Pens, lamps, picture frames, walls, light switches, CD-ROM cases, clocks, a computer…

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Life is Like a Box of Chocolate-Covered Ants?

July 27, 2009

This post really is about Bigfoot research. It just may not be immediately apparent.

Sometimes, things happen in our lives that cause us to stop dead in our tracks and take stock. We come to a crossroads; we get blindsided and end up reevaluating everything. Everything we’ve done, everything we are… and where we’re going from here.

To loosely paraphrase Forrest Gump – Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know which ones will be sweet, and which ones will leave a bad taste in your mouth. (I know that’s not exactly what he said, but it wouldn’t be the first time I’ve misquoted a movie.)

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