Looking For Bigfoot Tracks

I recently took a much-needed hike and research trip here in my little corner of Kentucky. As some of you may know, I have had an injured knee and have not been able to get out. The knee is feeling much better, but still not 100 percent, so I wanted to get into some areas I had not been in for several months.

One of my stops was at the lake. This time of year the water is lower and the coves are almost nothing but mud. This particular lake has a huge amount of forest area surrounding it and very few houses.

Ted Andrews was an internationally known author best known for his book "Animal Speak".
He was born in Dayton, Ohio on July 15, 1952 and died in 2009. He wrote over 40 books, some of which were translated into other languages. Ted was featured on many national and local TV and radio programs.

Teacher, musician, student of many esoteric and occult subjects, wildlife rescuer and rehabilitator, certified spiritualist medium [for nearly 30 years], holistic healer [including music therapy, herbology, hypnotherapy, acupressure, and other alternative techniques].

Staircases To Nowhere

You're miles deep in the woods, no signs of civilization around you. Suddenly you enter a clearing and there stands a staircase. And nothing else. You start to approach and suddenly you feel such dread and terror you just want to run. Then you realize everything is silent. No birds, no wind, no sound but your panicked breathing. You turn and run.

Sounds like a great beginning for a scary movie, right? But people are saying this is real, not fiction. Isolated stairways to nowhere in the middle of the wilds.

Thomas Marcum is no stranger to unexplained phenomenon underground. Besides being a highly-respected paranormal investigator and researcher living in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in Southeast, Kentucky, Marcum has witnessed enough bizarre occurrences happening in the hills to make him start expecting to see anomalies rather than being surprised with something mysterious does appear. One of the places that has received much of Marcum's time and energy are the emptied coal mines throughout Harlan County. It is the history of mining that intrigues Marcum. Having worked around the mines since he was 13 years old, Marcum is familiar with much of the fascinating history coming out of the coal fields' abandoned portals. It is a dark and dingy history that defined the culture of Harlan County - hard work, blood, sweat and tears. But, there's more to the complex history of coal mining than is shared in textbooks, stored in local archives, and displayed at mine museums. The oral histories that are handed down by coal miners telling of their days toiling away far beneath the Earth's surface are some of the most astounding tales coming out of these hollows, surpassing time and continuing with new generations of miners and their families. It is these stories that Marcum looks for.

Baby Sasquatch Swinging In A Tree - Australian Yowie Style

This comes from a researcher from down under. Paul McLeod investigates Yowie reports and correlates them with missing people reports.  In essence, he is the Australian Missing 411.

On his YouTube channel [Global Monster Australia] are many videos of possible Yowie. While McLeod believes in the existence of the Yowie that's not the main thing he is investigating. He is more interested in the disappearances and the strange deaths of people in Australia. He is trying to see if there is any connection between them. 

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Finally Back In The Woods!

I finally got to go back into the woods. I hurt my knee about one month ago and then as it was almost better I blew it out carrying some furniture. The second time was much worst than the first and I was down to using a cane for a few days. Yeah, I was moving really slowly through the house and could not even bend my knee for a few days.

Fast forward about 10-12 days and my knee is feeling much better. Not all the way better, but good enough I got to take a short trip to my gifting area.

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Not Your Photo

This post is about two things : One - a photograph of an alleged bigfoot that keeps making the rounds; Two - people who take photos and try to pass them off as something either new, or theirs, or their neighbors, or a friend of a friend's . . .  well, you get my meaning.

The photograph I'm sharing today has crossed my laptop a couple of times. And then showed up just recently in a couple other places. Then it showed up as a pending post for our group. As allegedly coming from a friend's trail cam. The member was messaged for more information about this photo, for after all, it might be possible that his friend is the original source of the photo. [Don't sneer at me. Stranger things have happened, people.] There has been no response as of yet. And so I go ahead with this post anyway. 

Juvenile Sasquatch Sighting - Morton, Washington

PR was determined to see the "bigfoot" and as soon as his mother turned to flag down the others, he took off for the area from which the sounds had come.
His mother had been in the location before during night investigations and wanted to see the area in daylight. At age 13, PR was excited to be included when she was to go meet two fellow researchers. The research area was located near Morton, in Lewis County, Washington. The trip took place on June 2, 2012.

The two were walking down the road in the area when they heard a loud "whistle-whine-gurgle" sound come from the brush about 60 feet away on the right hand side. They stopped and listened. Hearing only  silence, they continued to walk. The sound came again, only now it was louder, "like a wild pig whistling under water". And then came 3 loud "human like" whistles from the other side of the road. This seemed to come from a hill.

Ouija Board -- Tales To Scare You

I know, I know. It's about time I got to the "good stuff" about Ouija Boards.  So, finally, here are some stories out there that people have told. And of course they're true. They're on the internet, right?? 

1. Teenager was being a typical teenager. Teased his girlfriend until she brought the board out for the group. Her condition was, she was going to have nothing to do with it. The teen asked a question and received no answer so he challenged it with "If anything is in here and not talking, you're a coward!" [which rule was that again??] The board was put away and forgotten. Cue to one week later. The teen is at home, sleeping upstairs, wakes up to a stormy night. He didn't think the thunder and lightning and rainfall would be enough to wake him, so he listened for a bit. Hearing nothing, he decided to go back to sleep. As he closed his eyes, he heard it coming from downstairs : "Get the boy".  He opened his eyes and it's quiet. As he starts to relax again again the raspy voice comes much louder : "GET THE BOY". The downstairs door slammed shut. According to the teen, no one slept downstairs and as no doors or windows were open, there should not have been any drafts. 

Unknown Vocals Investigation

This has been the worst year I've had in 24 years of active field work. Sickness, weather, lockdowns and so on have hindered most plans I had this year. It's been very frustrating.

I call my father every day at 9am without fail. He is more than just my father. He has many roles in the story of my life.  Father, big brother and best friend so after moving out of town to an area that is basically a well paved road through the forest I was and still am very happy for him because he's now in his element, completely surrounded by nature.

During one of our morning calls last year he had mentioned that he and his lovely wife had both heard a variety of vocals that neither could explain. We had talked about many of the other possibilities but my father and I have a lot in common, not the least of which is spending our lives in and out of the woods from a very early age.

In other words when he hears something in the woods that he can't identify I tend to take it a little more seriously than some. 

Mogollon Monster - Arizona

There is an "eerie silence prior to the encounter, an appreciable stillness in the woods that commonly surrounds predatory animals."

The Mogollon Monster [named after the region it lives in] is said to be a legendary creature. There are accounts of it coming from central and eastern Arizona and along the Mogollon Rim. Although most often described as a bigfoot or ape-like creature, descriptions vary somewhat.

Mainstream scientists remain skeptical of its existence despite the footprints, videos, and hair samples collected by researchers and enthusiasts.

Can Bigfoot Camouflage?

Some people discard the notion of sasquatch or bigfoot being able to camouflage. It is considered something impossible or supernatural. In other words : Fiction.

But stop and think for a moment. While we as humans manufacture ways to blend in with nature and our surroundings, nature provides a way to blend in for many of those who live outside of paved surfaces.

We have seen the photograph of the giraffe hiding in the stand of trees. And we have heard how zebras and tigers are striped to blend in.