Field Research (9/2/21) Ginseng Time & Bigfoot Finds

Hey gang, I'm back with another post from a very recent outing. This is a great time of year for me. Not only do I get to go out looking for bigfoot evidence, but I also get to explore the Kentucky mountains for ginseng. I enjoy doing both and I'm glad I can share the adventures with everyone.

On this particular day, I went to my gifting area and left out some goodies. It was a quick trip as I wanted to hit the woods and look for ginseng. The ginseng season comes in on September 1st for us but I didn't get to go that day due to wind and rain. So I was excited to get out there. 

While out on this adventure I had not one but two black bear encounters.

Check out the video below and then continue reading.

The Tatra Mountains sightings

The Tatra Mountains run along the border between Poland and Slovakia, forming a natural border. It is the highest mountain range in the Carpathians but should not become confused with the Low Tatras which are located south of the  Mountains in Slovakia. Also called Tatras or Tatra, they cover an area of 303 square miles. This provides a lot of territory for the creature they call yeti. We would call them sasquatch or bigfoot. Let's take a look at two encounter reports that come from the Tatra Mountains.

The first report comes from Piotr Kowalski. The 27 year old was apparently hiking in the Tatra and had started filming a mountain goat when he was distracted by a large upright figure among the rocks. The hairy figure came out from behind some rocks, walking on two legs.

Bigfoot myths about Teddy Roosevelt

There are several stories that make the rounds concerning Teddy Roosevelt and sasquatch.

Myth #1 : Roosevelt killed a bigfoot during one of his hunting expeditions.

Myth #2 : Roosevelt had a face to face encounter during which he had to fight for his life.

Myth#3 : While camping deep in the woods, one night Roosevelt heard howls and growls that he could not identify as any animal he knew.

There is no evidence to support those tall tales. False. False. And the last happened to Bauman in the story that Roosevelt retold.

Creature in the Giant Sequoias - Shawn Bannon

Shawn Bannon's bigfoot footage: "Creature in the Giant Sequoias" : is another film that continues to generate talk. There are those who cry hoax and those who say it could be real. The sides are about evenly divided.

This piece of film is said to have been originally posted in 2006.  After gaining around 2 million views, it was apparently removed from the internet. It was reposted on June 17, 2013 by Bannon on both YouTube and Vimeo channels.

Bigfoot at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri

Pulaski County in Missouri has had multiple encounters with sasquatch. And some of the best witnesses have been the soldiers training at Fort Leonard Wood.

One of the best known stories comes from Erik Youngdahl back in May, 1982. He was in basic training when he had his eye-opening sighting.

They were on guard duty training that day. Youngdahl had just been paired up with another soldier, Unabia, and were alphabetically loaded onto the truck to be delivered to their assignments. Being the last one in the alphabet, Youngdahl climbed aboard last and found all the benches were filled. So he took a seat on the floor, leaning on the back, looking back the way they were traveling. He and Unabia were assigned the furthest outpost, a bridge crossing the training site and were going to be dropped off first.

Bigfoot Field Research Update

This is a research update from my adventures out in the wilds of the eastern Kentucky mountains. This is from two different days. The dates are August 12th and 19th. This post may turn out to be larger than some of my other research updates, as I want to share more pictures and give more details.

This post will also include two short videos.

I will keep the days in sequence and start with the 12th.

Indiana UFO - With Video Enhancements

I got the following video and report sent to me a few days ago. This was filmed in Avilla, Indiana on August 11th, 2021.

Annette Crews Hillside Picture - Morton, Washington

It was either 1992 or 1993 when Annette Crews was out hiking and thought she saw a bear coming down an opposite hillside.  As she pulled out her camera to try to get a shot, she suddenly realized the "bear" was walking on two legs.

She took the picture solely to capture this strange bipedal figure coming down the hillside. Unfortunately, the camera had no zoom lens. A series of shots were taken but only two have been evaluated by an independent researcher. This researcher states that they could see definite changes in position from one shot to the next which eliminated a mistaken tree, stump or rock.

Only one of the photos can be viewed on line.

Schrodinger's cat

So what does quantum physics have to do with sasquatch? In the case of this thought experiment, perhaps quite a bit.

First a little info for those who aren't familiar with quantum physics, or who has never watched that Big Bang Theory episode. [Or a later one where Penny is explaining it to one of her "dimmer" dates].

The Austrian physicist Erwin Schrodinger devised a hypothesis as follows : A cat is put in a box along with a vial containing cyanide along with a mechanism designed to open that vial at some time in the unknown future. The actual time this will happen cannot be calculated. At some point in time the cyanide gas will be released and the cat will die.

Before anyone gets upset, this was presented as a HYPOTHESIS -- a THOUGHT experiment. It was never actually done. A "what if" exercise. 

Artwork Created by Thomas Marcum

Bigfoot Hit by Truck

I got the following report submitted to me a few days ago. The event described by the witness took place near Newport, Tennessee. 

Newport is a city in Cocke County, Tennessee. The town is situated along the Pigeon River in an area where the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains descend into the French Broad drainage basins.

Before the arrival of European settlers in 1783, the area that is now Cocke County was probably inhabited by the Cherokee. The county has a total area of 443 square miles with about 9 miles of that being covered with water.

Here is the witness report

 Alabama White Thang

"It stands on two legs, runs on all fours." It even has its own Facebook page with over 2000 members.

There have been sightings of this creature for over a  hundred years. Descriptions of the being varies as much as the explanations. The triangle of Morgan, Etowah, and Jefferson Counties are the 'hotbed' for the reported encounters. Almost all of the reports state that it is 7 to 8 foot tall, covered in white hair and it's screams sound like a woman.

Some report a foul odor like dead animals when the White Thang is around. Some say it looks like a white lion. It's a tall white creature about 7 foot tall with a kangaroo like body and a cat head. An albino bear. A "hairless pale skinny nimble humanoid". It's a dog. A large ghost like creature that walks on all fours. An albino sasquatch or bigfoot or yeti. It is an apparition or ghost. And interdimensional being. An alien humanoid. Some report a red eyeshine.

 Selbyville Swamp Monster

In the 1920's two men hunting raccoons headed into the Great Cypress Swamp with their dogs. Their day became rather frightening for them.

It was when their dogs suddenly froze and their tails  tucked in.

"They heard something screaming, and this horrible noise started coming towards them. Rather than fire on whatever it was, they backed away. Something large and heavy continued to follow them, snapping through the branches as it came." -- Author Andy Nunez in an interview to the "Coastal Point" newspaper.

The "monster" has been most often described as large and hair-covered. Walks on two legs. It has also been said to be a ghost-like image. The deaths of livestock, the disappearance of pets, frightened hunters being chased have all been attributed to the Selbyville Swamp Monster.

The Salt Creek Monster - orig. artwork by Nancy

The Salt Creek Monster

Four teenage boys planned on a fun campout on July 9, 1970. They never suspected that within hours of setting up camp, they would flee, frightened of a strange being checking them out.

Some say the story started in the spring and moved into May. Livestock was disappearing from the area, especially hogs. There were numerous disappearances reported from Salem area farms. Then in the last three weeks of May, 24 hogs were gone from the Farmer City, IL area. Three sheep were also found dead. Officials dismissed it as being caused by "wild dogs".

And then July 9th happened.