Letters From (and to) the Big Man…

April 4, 2011

Letters From the Big Man debuted this year at the Sundance Film Festival. I have yet to see it, but it’s first on my list if it ever hits DVD.

It was filmed in the nearly-roadless Kalmiopsis Wilderness in SW Oregon. The music is beautiful. The scenery breathtaking. Watching the “Big Man” peek at Sarah Smith from behind that rock gives me a delicious chill.

About a month ago, I climbed the mountain behind my house in my Rav4. I was feeling pent-up. Frustrated. Introspective. I wanted to commune briefly with nature before I got to work for the day. I walked on top of that mountain through a stand of tall trees as a light, late-season snow began to fall.

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Bigfoot: Cultural Anthropology vs. Wildlife Biology

March 9, 2011

Human or Animal?

In yesterdays blog post, I made the following statement:

I firmly believe that Bigfoot research is best approached from a cultural anthropology standpoint rather than a wildlife biology standpoint.

As promised, I wanted to delve deeper into this subject today. First, we’re going deal with the semantics argument. Then, we’ll talk about why I feel the differentiation is of the utmost importance.

For 50 years, it has been a popular assumption that Bigfoot is a “North American Ape”. What is an “ape”? An ape includes any member of the Hominoidea superfamily of primates. There are two families of hominoids. The “lesser” apes, Hylobatidae, consists of 12 species of gibbon.

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The Earliest Long-Term Witnesses

March 8, 2011

Hi guys and gals.

First, a personal note: I’ve had some time to step back and deal with some pressing health issues, and I want to thank all of you for your kind words and your patience. Things are better. I’m not out of the woods yet, but my fingers are crossed… which makes typing kind of difficult. :D Regardless, I felt compelled to come back here and offer a few thoughts. I don’t know how often or for how long I’ll be blogging again… time will tell. I’d like to extend a heartfelt thank-you to those of you who’ve offered patience, to the members of the Oregon Bigfoot community who have steadfastly hung in there during these challenging times, to my many friends in the research community, to those who have kept in touch with supportive words and allowed me the time and energy I’ve needed to focus on getting well. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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A note from Autumn

October 16, 2010

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Hi, folks.

I don’t usually discuss my personal life here. But because this affects the blog and other aspects of OregonBigfoot.com, I feel it’s important to let you know what’s going on.

The last year and a half have been extremely difficult. Only those closest to me are fully aware of just how hard it’s been, both personally and professionally. And all of it has been going on amidst a health concern that has recently turned into a fight for my life.

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A new documentary, some bigfoot news, blogs I like…

October 11, 2010

Today’s blog will be a smattering of stuff that finds its way to my desk.

A new documentary

A friend sent me this the other day…

www.sasquatchthequest.com

erickson

Remember Adrian Erickson? No? Alrighty then. Here’s a brief rundown, as I understand it. I’ll give you the Reader’s Digest, uber-condensed version.

Adrian Erickson is a money guy with an interest in Bigfoot. He worked with the BFRO initially, though not anymore, as I understand it. An initial report came through the BFRO of a habituation in Kentucky. They went to work on site. Some video footage was obtained. It was purported to show a bigfoot on stationary video, eating pancakes. The footage was shown briefly on Cryptomundo, until legal threats were made. You can read the poop about that here. Craig pulled it down.

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What are the odds?

October 8, 2010

My buddy Tommy, an incredibly sharp guy (or perhaps just a really big bigfoot movie geek – love you, man) just emailed me a while ago after reading my last blog entry. Tommy, if you’ll remember, is the guy who first noticed that the first set of photos published on Ballyhoo were actually reversed stills from the old Ron Olson 70′s bigfoot docudrama, Sasquatch, The Legend of Bigfoot, directed by Ed Raggozino.

Well, Tommy was watching the film again last night and guess what? He found something… interesting.

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Something stinks… and it ain’t bigfoot

October 8, 2010

OK. I’m almost done with this mess.

This wouldn’t be such an issue if:

A) I hadn’t spent so much time and gas money following up on these reported local sightings

B) Linda would come clean or the real Bill Emery would please stand up

C) This wasn’t happening right here in my backyard AND

D) I didn’t hate the smell of fish

See, there’s a bunch of fishiness going on over at Ballyhoo, and Linda apparently has no interest in getting to the bottom of it. I, however, do., if only for the reasons mentioned above. Stick with me, if you can handle the smell of fish.

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Bally…who? Anonymous sighting reports

October 5, 2010

This is the last blog post I plan on this topic. I generally prefer to talk about bigfoot rather than bigfootery. But there are some things I’d like to share with you which may offer a bit of perspective.

Soon after I began the Oregon Bigfoot blog, Linda Newton-Perry offered to guest blog here. I politely declined. Shortly after, she began her own blog: Bigfoot Ballyhoo.

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New bigfoot photos? Or a bunch of… Ballyhoo?

October 2, 2010

I’ve bit my tongue until it’s bled. Sorry… can’t do it anymore.

Apparently, there has been quite an uproar for some time now regarding some purported Bigfoot photos taken by a team of little-known bigfoot researchers near Sru Lake here in Oregon.

It all began several weeks ago, when a local gal by the name of Linda Newton Perry (she lives a stone’s throw down the road from me, if you’re throwing rural stones) began reporting on her blog, Bigfoot Ballyhoo, that a team of field researchers led by a man named Bill Emery had captured “clear and compelling” images of a Sasquatch.

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A bigfoot song

August 3, 2010

Resurrecting an old piece of footage… but it isn’t about the footage. It’s about the song. Thanks to Myles for sharing this.

BIGFOOT!
Performed by: The Weakerthans
Written by: John Samson

I changed the oils and oiled the squeaks,
Patched the holes and fluid leaks,
Left dusk beneath a diabetic moon

And wait to take the TV crews across the creaking ice
The news is howling to the timber wolves and soon

I’ll go through it all again
Watch their doubtful smiles begin
But the visions that I see believe in me

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Encounter on the Hoko River

June 23, 2010

This is the second in a series of three personal encounters shared by eyewitness Thom Cantrall. His articulate and humorous writing style, as well as his knowledge of the woods of the Pacific Northwest as a long-time Forest Engineer, make his firsthand accounts an enjoyable read.

Thom has written a fiction novel, Ghosts of Ruby Ridge, available here.

Thank you for sharing your encounters with us, Thom!

**********

Winter’s Wonderland

By Thom Cantrall

 

hokoHoko River on the Olympic Peninsula – 1970

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Eyewitness Encounter – Northern California, 1978

June 2, 2010

Good morning. :)

As I attempt to steer this blog towards a new direction, I’d like to begin by sharing with you an eyewitness encounter that was sent to me via email.

Certain details shared by this witness stand out to me: particularly, that Thom felt he found evidence of a small family unit using a natural “den” for shelter. This has been corroborated by the gentleman I’ve been working with who has observed individuals at length, though the actual structure of the shelter itself differs due to the difference in vegetation between the two locations.

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Feedback

March 9, 2010

For those of you who understood that the title “professional suicide” was tongue-in-cheek and said simply to make the point that there would be those who would consider it such, that I am not “leaving the bigfoot community” but simply changing my focus, that I’ve stayed quietly in my little corner of the world for years and have only come forward now because I believe in this, that my intent was to present a powerful message in support of witnesses, that the frustration you heard simply echoes that of dozens of witnesses I’ve spoken with over the years – a frustration that I have shared – that I was not intending to attack the peers who have been my friends for years but rather present a challenge to those particular researchers who found something in there that hit home enough to irritate them, and that none of this is done lightly, or as a means of “creating hype” for a book that isn’t even finished yet (because what’s occurring at this very moment is relative to and part of the story) or for the purpose of marketing or profiteering, but was an attempt to put into context what I am about to share with you…

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“Professional suicide”

March 6, 2010

It’s been two weeks since I’ve blogged. My grandfather is seriously ill, I’ve been dealing with a perpetually sick kid and personal medical issues and aside from that life has been… well… a living hell.

In the midst of all of this, I’ve still been struggling with some of the things that I alluded to in earlier posts, but I haven’t really had time to deal with. But I’ve finally, I think, come to terms with it.

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Are we barking up the wrong tree?

February 11, 2010

Or are these the most extensive recordings of Sasquatch screams ever? In today’s blog, I’m taking you on an extensive journey to determine whether the sounds we’re calling “sasquatch” are those of an unknown primate – or simply misidentified coyote calls.

Christmas Eve 2009 Recordings – Pierce County, Washington

Oregon Bigfoot investigator Troy Chaffee sent me the following on 12/24/2009:

Autumn-

I have 28 minutes of audio recording I made this morning at my place.

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