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Tennessee Wildman

"Monsters and Mysteries in America" is enjoying another round of repeats on TV. One of the featured stories is that of the Tennessee Wildman. Robb Phillips' encounter is one of the featured stories of that series. We'll get to his story is a moment. First some background of the "legend".

It is said that back in the 1800s in McNairy County in Tennessee, a circus freak showman at some unknown time, in some unknown place, captured this beast and put him on display in a cage. It managed to break free in Tennessee and ran into the woods.

Exploring The Woods For Bigfoot

Today I took a much needed break and headed for the mountains. The weather was calling for rain later in the day, so I got a fairly early start. I wanted to check out one of my areas for any possible signs of Bigfoot activity. I will keep this post rather short and share a few pictures.

The area I went to is a place where I have had some success over the years. I've been doing bigfoot and paranormal research for close to 30 years now. I've had a lot of interesting bigfoot stuff happen in this particular area, just not so much lately. 

Honey Island Swamp Monster

Harlan Ford spoke of his encounter with the creature and spent much of his remaining years searching for it on numerous trips into the bayou. He never spoke of the film or showed it to anyone. Since he never released it, some feel that it was a possible joke that he had concocted and then never followed through. Ford's wife even stated in an interview, that the film was not made in 1963, but was filmed sometime in the late 1970s.

New York Baby Bigfoot Footage

"You see a few people in the foreground. They are talking around a campfire. And it's behind them that you see a large figure walking behind a tent, and something hops off its shoulder and starts climbing up into the tree like an ape." - Cliff Barackman.

This footage opened Season Two of Finding Bigfoot. And to this day, people who have viewed this film still disagree on just what we were watching.  The video was filmed May 23, 1997, at Lembo Lake Park in New York State by Doug Pridgen. The group was camped in an apple grove near a small lake. They were surrounded by farmland. It was dusk with a clear sky.

A Haunted House Story

Some people think it is "cool" to live in a haunted house. But it really depends on what's haunting it.
Waking up from a deep sleep with the feeling of a hand around your throat is never a good way to wake up. And not when a voice clearly states, "Don't make a sound or I'll kill you."  And it's especially not a good feeling when you bolt up to a sitting position and realize there is no one else in the room with you. At least not someone visible at the moment.

And not a dream. The memory of the face leaning down looking at you and hearing the words, the hand upon your throat. Definitely not dream material. And so the journey with this ghost began.

capture courtesy of bigfootevidence.blogspot.com

Josh Highcliff Footage

On October 28, 2013, Josh Highcliff went out to hunt hogs as usual. What he experienced was anything but usual.
Highcliff was out hunting hogs in the swamp in an area 9 miles west of Tunica, Mississippi. He was wearing camo and arrived at his area well before the hogs would be coming through. He remained sitting still in position, waiting for it to get dark. The area he chose was not far from the road but was near to where the hogs would come past.

While sitting there, back against a tree, he heard some noises behind him. He assumed that the hogs were approaching him and turned around. He did not see hogs.

Expedition - Part 6

This was the final day of our expedition, this was day 5. On this day it was raining and the weather forecast was calling for rain most of the day. After 4 days of rough, strenuous exploring, we thought we would make this day a little easier, but there was an unexpected event waiting on us.

Seeing that Guy was from out of the area, I thought it would be a good adventure to take him up to Pine Mountain State Park. The idea was to hike out to Chain Rock and explore some of the other trails.

Day 5

Expedition - Part 5

Day 4 of our adventure continued with us arriving at our second location of the day. I parked the truck and we put on our gear and headed out to the deep dark mountain. It was a short walk before we actually made it to the woods. The terrain in this area is fairly rocky in spots and steep. Parts of the area have some heavy undergrowth, some is rather swampy.

We set out for one of the old coal mine areas. Visiting the coal mine openings was one of the "to do" things on Guy's list.

Expedition - Part 4

The 4th day of our adventure started even earlier than the previous days. The plan for the day was to visit 2 different locations. The first locations was Area 1 and the gifting area. The second location was the old coal mine area, this was one location on Guy's "must do" list.

We arrived at Area 1 and began our hike to the gifting area.

Photo one : "Walking the dog -- state lands -- 1966"

Paul Howard: The Grandfather's Photos

On February 11, 2017, Paranormal Central released a YouTube video by an anonymous person showing two photos that claimed to be of sasquatch. On March 3, 2017, Paul Howard released a YouTube video that claimed to show photographs that his grandfather had taken of "Bigfoot".

The Paranormal Central video showed only two photos. Perhaps these were the "2 more" that Paul Howard spoke of. Photograph One shows what appears to be a path through some trees with two figures in it. They are claimed to be two "bigfoot". There is a larger one and a smaller, child sized one. Written on the back of the photo is the phrase : "Walking the dog -- state lands -- 1966".

Expedition - Part 3

Day 3 of our expedition took us to a different, but familiar to me, location. While I know the area has had bigfoot activity in the past, our main goal this day was to find some specific tracks fit for casting.

In fact, this area was very near to where I have my first bigfoot encounter when I was in my teens. Of course at the time I didn't know what it was but I figured it out years later. This day, we were looking for signs of bigfoot, but also looking for certain tracks for Guy's growing collection of castings.

Day 3

Expedition - Part 2

Day two of our exploration, once again, started early in the morning. We had a basic plan to return to the area where we had poured plaster into foot prints and collect the castings. We also wanted to go to the exact spot were we had our sighting of a bigfoot last year. We wanted to see if we could hike in below the steep mountain and find the area where the bigfoot might have been staying.

Day 2

Expedition - Part 1

For those who might not know, I just spent the last week exploring the forest here in southeast Kentucky. I know some will tell you that there are no Bigfoot in Kentucky, but once again they'd be wrong. Heck, some have made a career out of being wrong.

I felt it would be better to break the articles up into different parts, as I assume they will be rather large. I also wanted to share more pictures and breaking the post into different parts will let me share more of them.

Now, on to the Expedition.