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Wednesday, December 31, 2014


The Last post of 2014!

Its finally here...the last post of 2014. As I sit here and reflect on this past year I'm a little disappointed that I didn't get more time in the mountains and get more accomplished. It seems this year our team was swamped with life events. Every thing from sickness to work obligations and it kept us from spending as much time as we normally do in the research field and pursuing stories.

Even with the up hill battle that 2014 presented to TCC, we still managed to make some contributions and add a couple new Team Members.

In 2014, we managed to release 2 video documentaries, Bigfoot:The Evidence Files and Oregon Home Of Bigfoot?, both of which are available on Amazon.com. So, Bigfoot remained a big topic for us and we posted over 45 sighting reports or Bigfoot related post. TCC, also presented over 20 interviews, some written and some audio/video. Some interviews were with other researchers including Cliff Barackman from the hit TV show Finding Bigfoot.

Our next biggest topic was UFOs. We logged over 10 UFO related post. Which also included some UFO videos from Chris Light.

One surprising topic for me personally was the logging of at least 5 Thunderbird reports.

On top of all of this we also managed to post up several book and movie reviews along with many other related post about everything from ghost to reincarnation. We will end up with over 240 total post which is a little down for us but with all things considered, it's not too bad.

We also added many videos to our Youtube and DailyMotion accounts. So all in all it was a productive year but we want to do even more in 2015.

We also had a few awards this past year, which we are proud of.
Paranormal Film Award 2014 - Winner -Thomas Marcum of The Crypto Crew with Bigfoot: Tracking A Legend.
Investigator of The Year 2014 BF - Winner - Thomas Marcum of Crypto Crew.
Researcher of The Year 2014 BF – Winner - Jason Morse of Crypto Crew.
Picture of The Year 2014 BF – Winner - Thomas Marcum of Crypto Crew.


In the coming new year we hope to step it up and bring our wonderful readers and supporters more great stories and reports. I personally plan on spending more time in the mountains this coming year and plan on traveling some.

On the Bigfoot front I hope to add more game cameras to my stock of Bigfoot hunting materials and I would really like to get me a thermal imager but ...they are so costly...I don't see it happening.

Anyways, a BIG thanks to all those who have followed us the last few years and here is to wishing you and us a Great 2015!!!

Happy New Year from The Crypto Crew Team!!!


Thanks
~Tom~



This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet.




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Monday, December 29, 2014



Before You Reject Another Bigfoot “Evidence” Photo, Know This
Objectivity and Faces In The Brush?
By Dorraine Fisher

Bigfoot investigators have the monumental task of sifting through piles of potential evidence submitted to them by people from all walks of life.  Breaking down blurry videos and “blobsquatch” photos are a big part of their everyday life. And they do all this very diligently, all while tolerating a certain amount of ridicule from skeptics and non-believers at the same time. It’s not an easy job.
And then, there are differences of opinion on the same bits of evidence. Is it real? Is it a reasonable case of mistaken identity.  Is it a hoax?

And every once in a while, I throw something into the mix to try and make us think a little bit harder about everything we’re thinking.  And I was doing a random internet search on related topics just to see what I could find.  And I came across the photo below.
And what do you think this is? Another bad supposed Bigfoot photo that needs red circles on it to tell us where we need to be looking?



No, this photo came from the blog of Gorilla Doctors. They are a veterinary group that has been working on helping and ultimately saving the lives of mountain gorillas since the project was first envisioned by gorilla researcher, Dian Fossey in 1984 in Rwanda, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.  Dian Fossey, a real life researcher, was featured in the renowned movie about the poaching of mountain gorillas called Gorillas In The Mist.  She was murdered trying to protect them.

But her legacy lives on with Gorilla Doctors along with a group of very reliable researchers. And they claim there are at least seven or eight mountain gorillas in this photo.  And if Dian Fossey were alive today and told us the same thing, would we believe her?

In the Bigfoot community, we speculate and debate about how a creature can hide so well, and there are hundreds of these types of photos submitted as photographic evidence. And I’ll be the first to admit I’ve groaned and rolled my eyes more than a few times when I see these.  And Bigfoot skeptics like to try and rip the submitters of these types of photos to shreds.
Is it fair? Sometimes and sometimes not.

As I’ve said many times about Bigfoot, just because you can’t see something doesn’t necessarily mean it’s not there. But to many people, seeing is believing.  And that’s the only way they’ll believe. But what if reliable researchers or even scientists tell you something’s there, but you just can’t see it.  Is it any less “there?”

This photo could have easily been submitted to National Geographic magazine and casually described as illustrating how well mountain gorillas hide in the brush. But if someone submits the same types of photos and claims they are Sasquatches hiding, then there’s a problem. And the angry debate begins.

So what’s the difference?

 The difference is gorillas are not cryptids. They are known to exist by science. Sasquatches are not…yet.

Now, I’m not saying that we should buy into every photo like this that we see. The Crypto Crew rejects 99.9 percent of photos and videos as fake or mistaken identity.  Because it’s our responsibility to scrutinize every piece of potential evidence and go over everything with a fine- tooth comb.  But what I am saying, and what I’m always saying is that we always need to be objective and sharp and open-minded in what we do. And sometimes that means taking something we don’t necessarily like at first and giving it a second look. And check the story behind it.  And someday, after we’ve proved Bigfoot exists, we’ll look back at some of these old Bigfoot photos and laugh about how we didn’t believe them because we couldn’t see what someone else swore was there. ********DF






This Post By TCC Team Member Dorraine Fisher. Dorraine is a Professional Writer, a nature, wildlife and Bigfoot enthusiast who has written for many magazines. Dorraine conducts research, special interviews and more for The Crypto Crew. Get Dorraine's book The Book Of Blackthorne!






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Sunday, December 28, 2014





The 2015 Women of Cryptozoology Calender is now available and here's a sneak peak. Contact Suzy Matiash's email address on PayPal with $20.00 to snoozyinlv@yahoo.com. For international shipping, please contact Suzy via email or PM for exact shipping charges. All proceeds go to charity.
And here's a list of all the ladies who participated:
Abigail Bernard
Keri Campbell
Lisa Wojcik 

Girlie Bigfooter aka Norma Parda
Beth Heikkinen
Lori Simmons
Linda Godfrey
Nekea Barajas
Kathy Villarreal
Tanya Barba
Robin Roberts
Esther Schritter
Nadia Moore
Diane Jeffries
Cindy Ann Goodbrake
Tammy Murray
Torrie Randles
Jes Sothern
Lorianna Dovali
Kathy Strain
Barb Shupe
Brenda Harris
Dorraine Fisher
Patti Reinhold
Cathy Lawson
Kathi Blount
Arla Collett Williams
Diane Stocking Neiss
Theresa Yelek









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DF





This Post By TCC Team Member Dorraine Fisher. Dorraine is a Professional Writer, a nature, wildlife and Bigfoot enthusiast who has written for many magazines. Dorraine conducts research, special interviews and more for The Crypto Crew. Get Dorraine's book The Book Of Blackthorne!





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Friday, December 26, 2014


Things I Know about Bigfoot

I just thought I'd take this opportunity to write up a post about some of my Bigfoot research. I know for some the possibility of a large, hairy, human like creature living in the forest is a big stretch and they look at people like me as a being nuts or crazy. I guess that just goes with the subject at hand.

Never the less, I know what I have seen and found over the years and want to share some of it with everyone. I'm going to try to put a lot of thought into this post as some things have become common place for me and I don't want to just skip over it.    

First, let me start with the most obvious question: "is Bigfoot real?"
I can without a doubt in my mind, say a big Yes to that question. Nothing would ever get me to change my mind. With that in mind, remember there are a lot fakes and hoaxes out there. Some could even be disinformation.

Thursday, December 25, 2014



We at The Crypto Crew wish everyone a Merry Christmas! If you do not celebrate Christmas, then we wish you a blessed Holiday.

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Wednesday, December 24, 2014

Prince Edward Island

Prince Edward Island Bigfoot Report

We have had a few Bigfoot reports submitted to TCC over the last little while from Canada. It has now brought forth another, as far as I know, Unreported until now sighting.

- Start Report -

 Name: Evan *****
Email Address: On file
State: Prince Edward island
County: Canada
Date of Sighting:
1997?
Time of Day: 10:30pm or so
Nearest Town: Middleton, Prince Edward island Canada
Length of Sighting: 30 seconds or so
How many Witnesses: just me
Any Photos/Videos: no but my brother found a track last spring that i will add (Tom - I will add photo once I get it.)

Describe sighting in detail:
I was walking my dog one summer night before I went to bed. I went to the edge of the potato field where there was a patch of woods and I was just about to turn around and head home. When my dog suddenly when down on her belly crawling and yelping, which I thought was weird because I've never seen her act like that before.
Then I heard a stick break and looked over towards the woods and saw something huge stand up and take 2 steps and gone into the woods. Needless to say, I never ran so fast in my life!
I then heard a whooping or a hooting noise coming from the patch of woods.

- End Report - 

UPDATE!!

Here is the photo along with a enhancements
Track - I have adjusted the color/contrast and sharpened the image
zoom of the track


Track up close


 
Thanks goes to Evan for sending in his report.

Some people question postings older sighting reports, but I feel it is important to document these sightings to help establish a possible pattern and history of Sasquatch. I also think in posting older sightings, it may help others to come forward and share what they have seen. Some people have seen Bigfoot and are very reluctant to tell what they saw and keep in to themselves for years. So, if we can help gets these folks to come forward by posting other peoples sightings, then I think we should do it.

Have a great day!

Thanks
~Tom~  



This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet.






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Monday, December 22, 2014

Photo from the area


This Post By TCC Team Member Dorraine Fisher. Dorraine is a Professional Writer, a nature, wildlife and Bigfoot enthusiast who has written for many magazines. Dorraine conducts research, special interviews and more for The Crypto Crew. Get Dorraine's book The Book Of Blackthorne!


Bigfoot Seen in Illinois 2014!

LaSalle County Illinois is one of the most beautiful areas in the state. Teeming with wildlife, creeks and rivers and waterfalls, and thick, damp forests in its numerous state parks, it's the closest thing my state has to a real wilderness area so close to Chicago. 
It also could be a perfect home for Sasquatches, and numerous sightings have occurred their over the years. And they're still occurring lately, including this one that took place in October 2014. Check it out.
 BFRO Report 46878 

YEAR: 10/10/14
SEASON: Fall
MONTH: October
DATE: 10/10/14
STATE: Illinois
COUNTY: La Salle County 
LOCATION DETAILS: On the embankment of the frog effigy in Buffalo Rock State Park at the edge of the river.
NEAREST TOWN: Utica


Here is a map of the area.

Buffalo Rock State Park area






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Sunday, December 21, 2014

Do you see the Deer?


This Post By TCC Team Member Dorraine Fisher. Dorraine is a Professional Writer, a nature, wildlife and Bigfoot enthusiast who has written for many magazines. Dorraine conducts research, special interviews and more for The Crypto Crew. Get Dorraine's book The Book Of Blackthorne!


Bigfoot Report from Illinois
Illinois isn't well-known for its Bigfoot sightings, but sightings do occur...and they are often concentrated around my area in the central part of the state along the Illinois and Sangamon Rivers.

These are are teeming with deer and scattered, thick patches of forest.  But does that mean Bigfoot could live here? My personal experiences tell me yes, but I can't just rely on that to determine if Bigfoot is here. So, it helps me to refer to other local reports.


I recently found this old and somewhat creepy Bigfoot sighting report from the BFRO website that took place in this area very close to where I do some research and take numerous wildlife photographs. Especially those of deer. 
The report follows the story of a man and his friends who returned to the same area several times back in 1977. This report includes two vocal encounters and then a sighting.
Check it out and see what you think.

YEAR: 1976-1977
SEASON: Fall
MONTH: September
STATE: Illinois
COUNTY: Sangamon County
LOCATION DETAILS: North of Buckhart on Young Road.
NEAREST TOWN: Rochester






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Thursday, December 18, 2014

could it be a real Thunderbird
Is this a Thunderbird?


This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years of experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter, a published photographer, and a poet.


Is this a Thunderbird?
I got this report submitted last night. It is one of a possible Thunderbird. It had a couple of photos with it and I have also attempted to enhance one of the photos.

Here is what Mark had to say in his report.

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

Bigfoot and Buck?


This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years of experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and a poet.


Trail Cam Photo Of Deer and Bigfoot?

So, I'm trolling the Internet looking for any Bigfoot stuff I might have missed and I run across the photo above. It shows a possible Bigfoot in the woods and a buck deer is looking toward the possible figure. I have attempted to enhance the figure and just turned it into a short video.

Here is the video. (Subscribe Please)

Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Black UFO in Oregon?


This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years of experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and a poet.


Another UFO video from Oregon?

It seems I've been on a UFO kick the last few days but here again, is yet another UFO video reportedly filmed in 2007 in Oregon. I do not know the back story or who actually shot the video. I have attempted to enhance the video. At one point the Object seems to disappear and then reappear ...could it have been caused by a camera shake?

Here is the enhanced video.

Sunday, December 14, 2014

UFO in NC
UFO in NC


This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet.


UFO In North Carolina

After I posted the UFO Filmed in Oregon story, I was sent the following report and photos. The person ask to remain anonymous and I will respect their wishes.

With that said I can let you know what they told me about the photo.

Here is the story about it. I made only a couple of small edits to protect the person identity and make it easier to read.  

Anonymous said:
"I don't remember the date, we was down there (NC) when this was taken, but it was several years ago. It could of even been close to the 07 date, but I would guess closer to 08.

I would even have to dig through my dvds to find the original photo, I've been through a computer or two since this photo was taken.  This copy is one that has had the object enlarged in one & circled & inset to make it easier to see in the other photo but nothing other was added so it is what it is... nothing hoaxed, faked or nothing misleading about it. I wasn't even sure what it is but it doesn't look like a bird or aircraft.

The photo was taken about halfway down the eastern side of the great divide mountain between Blowing Rock NC and Lenoir NC It's a beautiful area . My family lived down there a few years & we drove it on weekends quite often, through the mountain, two lane roads - a much quicker way believe it or not & the views where breath taken all times of the year...."



Here is some enhanced photos of the object.





Zoomed in. It does not appear to be a bird.



I enhanced the photo a little and made it a little darker and sharpened it a little. The object does look a lot like the object from the Oregon video.







Here is a map showing the two cities, Blowing Rock and Lenoir, the yellow circle is just a guess at the target area where the photo was taken.


Target area
Thanks to "anonymous" for sending in the photo and the story behind it. I will also plot this on our sightings map.
If anyone has something to share feel free to contact me.


Thanks
~Tom~








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Friday, December 12, 2014

Oregon UFO
Another enhanced still frame from the video


This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years of experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and a poet.

UFO Filmed in Oregon

I ran across an interesting clip of a possible UFO. The best I know is that it was filmed in Oregon back in 2007. I have no idea who filmed it or the back story. It appears as if these people were just riding along in a car and noticed the object in the sky and started filming it. There was no audio in the clip and it was extremely shaky. I have attempted to stabilize the video and enhance it to bring out more details. I have also included a few extra enhanced photos with this post, including the one at the top.

Here is the enhanced video.

Wednesday, December 10, 2014

Paul Hayes from The Genoskwa Project


This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet.


Interview With Bigfoot Researcher Paul Hayes

In this interview session, we talk to Paul Hayes founder of  The Genoskwa Project. Paul and the Genoskwa team are currently involved in the making of a documentary film entitled "Small Town Monsters". The documentary is being made in Ohio by Alan Fathom Frontiers, Seth Breedlove and Jesse Morgan. The main topic of the documentary is the Minerva Monster that was heavily
talked about in the late 1970's. You can visit the Genoskwa Project Website for more details about the film and get information on the teams Bigfoot research.



- Start Interview -

TM: How long have you been researching/studying Bigfoot?

PH: I have only been pursuing Bigfoot for just a few years, I get out when I can and I normally like to research private property that have had some type of activity..

TM: What got you interested in Bigfoot, Was there a particular event that got you started? 

PH: What really kicked up my interest was my class A sighting back in 2011, a sighting that had changed my life forever. (Read Paul's Sighting by Clicking Here!)

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

Paso Robles on the left and Avenal on the right


This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and poet.


I put out a call for Bigfoot and UFO sightings and got in this report of a Bigfoot crossing Hwy 41 in California. Although the submitted report is somewhat brief, it still contains some good information and helps establish a history and base for sightings in the area.  

-Start Report-

Name: Rudy ******
Email Address: (On file )
State: saw it in cal.(California)
County: king's - Kern (Kern county area)
Date of Sighting: ? late summer of 1977
Time of Day: 1:00 am
Nearest Town: between Avenal and Paso Robles (Circles on Map)
Length of Sighting: maybe 10 sec.
How many Witnesses: 5
Any Photos/Videos: none
Describe sighting in detail:
I was coasting down hill on hwy.41 N., when I noticed the car coming up hill hit his brakes.
I thought deer, but to my surprise this huge dirty brown hairy critter was standing over center
line.
I applied my brakes, he then turned his whole body to face my car. He stepped 2 times
and was out of site.
The creature was 8-9 ft tall.

-End Report-

If I'm correct and I think I am, Hwy 41 runs through Paso Robles up to Fresno. This sighting area would appear to have very little wooded area now but could have possible had more back in '77. There is also the possibility that the creature could have been moving into or looking for a better living area or maybe just heading to a water source. Its hard to say for sure.

Here is a 3D map of an area along Hwy 41 called White Canyon.

Hwy 41
If I find out more information about this sighting I will update the post.

A thanks to Rudy for sending in his sighting to us. If anyone else has had a sighting in this area, then feel free to contact us.

Thanks
~Tom~






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Saturday, December 6, 2014

Finally some Bigfoot time.


This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years of experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and a poet.


Bigfoot Field Research

This is just some field research work from 12/5/14. Nothing really amazing, other than the scenery, but I do find some odd things. It was just great to get back out in the mountains. I recorded almost 20GB of video on that one day and hiked over 10 miles in mountains that are almost straight up.
I'm not like a lot of these other "Bigfoot researchers" and "experts", I actually get out in the deep woods and look for evidence. I do know Bigfoots are in this area, so I'll keep searching.
Here is the video.

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Bigfoot?


This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 20 years of experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and a poet.


Another Look at the Hoffman Film

I got up early this morning and thought I'd take another long-overdue look at the Hoffman film. While I understand there are many questions about the footage, I want to just really look at the figure itself.  I will include a few more still shots from the video and also the video I created this morning.

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