Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is a legendary creature said to inhabit remote forests, especially in the Pacific Northwest of North America. Descriptions vary, but here are the common elements:
It is fairly rare that we get reports of aggressive Bigfoot behavior, but the following report was sent in by Ron of what seems to be a case of one such event.
While reading this report, please keep in mind that the area was a lot different from what it is today. I have also included some Google Maps images of the area in the post.
On Sunday after church, we made a trip up to our local Family Dollar store. While there I ran into a local person from our area, a person that I know, who had something they wanted to share with me.
What follows is the story he told me, along with some of my thoughts.
The Matilda Story | Part 5 | Aftermath and where is the documentary
The paths of those directly involved with Matilda's story have gone in separate directions, leaving many questions unanswered.
The DNA study by Dr. Melba Ketchum's DNA lab are still hotly debated in some circles. Other DNA studies have been made with alleged sasquatch samples since then. And all fall under the same discussions pro and con; belief or doubt; faked or real. However, there is still an underlying problem with any DNA study that has been done or will be done. Until the scientific community formally accepts the existence of a mammal known as a sasquatch, there can be no definitive study made of any DNA samples. The scientific community will not formally acknowledge the existence of a sasquatch until the government formally admits to its existence. And I am sure that the government in turn will tell you that no such creature exists because scientists have not found one yet.
The Matilda Story | Part 3 | Dr. Melba Ketchum and her DNA Study | Short Version
Dr. Melba Ketchum stirs lots of emotions. There is no denying the feelings when her name is mentioned. Her dealings with Sasquatch could fill a book, along with all the rumors and stories and such. I'm not writing a book.
I'm going to try to give a little personal information on her and then try to give what I can find as a timeline of her business venture into Sasquatch DNA. Even that won't be a simple thing. But I'll try.
Law enforcement officers see many strange things throughout their careers. One thing many hesitate to report to their superiors is anything paranormal, including seeing a sasquatch. So when these two deputy sheriffs stepped forward and told their stories to John Green, he paid attention.
Although this sighting happened as a teenager, this deputy sheriff never changed his story even years later when Green interviewed him.
In 1966 Roger Patterson received a letter from a man telling of a terrifying event that happened to him back in 1952. Patterson then shared the letter with John Green. Here is part of what he wrote\ :
"The first part of the story took me back to 1952 when I had gone down to Orleans <California> to start preliminary work on a logging operation with men by the names of Lee Vlery and Josh Russel.
Some sasquatch seem very savvy where roadways and cars are concerned. And then there are others who either don't care or are unaware.
It was mid-January 1973 when a truck driver hauling a load of logs took a curve on the road to Eureka and hit something big. He was traveling about 40-45 mph, around 7:30 pm when a creature with reddish, brown hair stepped out into the road. It was standing on the side and seemed to be unaware of the oncoming truck when it started walking. The truck hit the 6 1/2 to 7 ft tall creature and swerved off to the left shoulder of the road. The driver could hear nothing over the noise of the engine. He was sure he had not hit a bear.
On March 18, 1987, there was a seven-man crew working outdoors in the cold and frozen wilderness near Fellers Heights, British Columbia. Four of the men called attention to something they saw on the outskirts of their worksite. They described a creature that was 7 ft tall, maybe 400 lbs. A monster.
Myles Jack, one of the workers, said: "But it was a real mover. It was really fluid in the way it moved." The creature was crouched down for part of the time, seeming to watch the men as they worked. When it circled the work site, it would peer at them through the trees, still watching them work. "It was like we were on his territory and he was checking us out."
Russian Research | Part 3 | Major General Mikhail Stephanovitch Topilski
While it was not research, the Russian army and this officer had an extraordinary encounter with a creature called Almasty. There seem to be several versions of what happened in 1925 and I will tell them all.
Major General Mikhail Stephanovitch Topilski was the commander of a cavalry regiment in the Red Army during the Civil War after the Communist Revolution of 1917. In 1925, he and his men were given the task of hunting down anti-Communist forces in the Pamir Mountains southwest of the Tien Shan. They encountered more than just fighting men.
Many independent researchers made their way into the remote areas of Russia; some with the intention of studying the strange man-like, hairy creatures, and others who ran across them while traveling or while conducting their other research.
K.A. Satunin was a leading student of vertebrates in the Caucasus. He had an accidental encounter in the Talyish Mountains. He discovered a female "Biaban-Guli", which was the name used by the southern Caucasus people. When he reached a nearby settlement, he tried to obtain more information on these hairy, man-like animals who appeared unable to speak.
When most people think of the possibility of sasquatch-type creatures on the other side of the world, they immediately think of "Yeti." However, there is much more information out there by the Russians than anything from the Himalayas. The only problem is that not much of it is widely publicized in English.
There are some publications and some authors that will publish translations. And with internet programs available that will translate, if the material is on the internet, you can get some idea of what is being said.
When men first began to encounter strange "creatures" in the forests and grasslands, they called them "Wild Men". Experiences with these "Wildmen" occur throughout history. Even talked of in classical and preclassical times.
There was almost a romance to the "wildness" of these men. A wildness that called to the hearts of all men, a freedom of the soul, that releases something inside us even today. In the tales, we are warned of this wildness, as it would overtake us. Consume us. Take us away from civilization.
I recently had a friend sent me some information about an event that took place near his home in late summer. He sent me the information via a Facebook message. So, what I want to do now is share the story with everyone and share a short video I made that offers a little more information.
TCC's Jason Morse was recently on the Monsters on the Edge podcast to talk about his Bigfoot sightings and research.
As many of you know Jason has been with the team for many years now. His story, his sightings, and his research are sure to be of interest.
After having a Bigfoot sighting, Jason dove into doing research and had several other sightings. When covid hit and he lost work, he wrote and published a book. A Western novel, "The Road To Leadville". He was also in a documentary, "Bigfoot Witness: The Jason Morse Story."
First, let me say I don't know where this comes from or who filmed it. This is a still frame from a video. A video that supposedly shows a bigfoot sitting in a tree. The video is getting a lot of play on social media but does it really show a Bigfoot sitting in a tree?
I recently got an update from JM. If you are not familiar with his posts/messages, I normally get 2 or 3 a year from him. He keeps us up to date on possible bigfoot and other activities around his property. The above image accompanied his most recent correspondence. The image is explained more in his message below.
There are so many reasons people will give for Britain not being home to any Bigfoot-type creature.
NO FOSSIL BASED EVIDENCE. NO BONES. NO LIVE OR DEAD SPECIMENS. HABITAT.
Hmmm. Those all sound familiar. Let's see, we (well, most of us) will agree that there appears to be a large, hairy man-beast living in North America and we can list:
Andrew Genzoli and Betty Allen: Pioneers in the Search for Bigfoot
In the annals of American Cryptids, few creatures have captured the public's imagination quite like Bigfoot, the elusive giant said to roam the remote forests of North America. Two figures stand out in the early days of Bigfoot lore: journalists Andrew Genzoli and Betty Allen of the Humboldt Times.