Three Boys, Two Yeti And Igor Burtsev

In March of 2013 a story and a video from Russia came to the world's attention. In January, three young boys were hiking when they came across a line of strange tracks in the snow.

Yevgeny  "Zhenya" Anisimov (12), Kirill Soldatov (12), and Alexander Pereverin (11) began to follow the tracks, laughing and talking, enjoying the "adventure" as young boys do. Yevgeny took out his cell phone and began to video the tracks as they made their way across the field. What they eventually caught up with startled the three and they fled back across the field, running for home. 

Possible Stick Structures!

While out recently I found what could possibly be stick formations created by bigfoot. I do know the area has had bigfoot activity for the last 10-plus years. Over that time frame, I have found many tracks, when I say many I mean hundreds of tracks. I have also had many encounters, and experiences in this area that were all bigfoot related. 

On this particular day, I was returning to my gifting area and scouting around for any signs that Bigfoot had been in the area.

Here is a short video of the possible stick formations

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.

Photo owned by Wisconsin Art

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.

 The History of the Ouija Board (Part 3) - The Rules

The internet graciously gives us a set of cautionary rules [guidelines] for using the Ouija Board. Confusion will set in when you try to determine just how many there are and which ones you should follow.

So I looked through all the versions and have compacted them all into just a few.

 Unsolved Murder of Pine Mountain School Teacher Lura Parsons (Pt 2)

MOUNTAIN HAINTS Series continues
Part Two Of Pine Mountain Schoolteacher Laura Parsons' Murder Dives Into Some Of Harlan County’s Darker History
BY: JENNIFER McDANIELS
APPALACHIAN JOURNALIST

(As Published In The Tri-City News)

There is not much known about Lura Parsons, the Pine Mountain Settlement School teacher who was viciously assaulted and murdered on Laden Trail on Sept. 7, 1920. Even though she made headlines throughout the nation, her background is as shadowed as the lone, mountain trail where her body was found. Parsons was bigger in death than she was in life. Perhaps it is because her murder was shrouded in mystery and shady politics, as well as volatile social issues of the day, that her story has grown to be legendary, handed down from mountain family to mountain family. Folk Studies Professor Theresa Osborne said that is how lore and legends are born  -  because there is always more to the story than what has been officially recorded. The context of historical events is often more interesting, and that is no exception in Pine Mountain’s unsolved Lura Parsons murder case.

Yellowwood State Park - Brown County, Indiana

A weekend camping produced unusual activity for a couple while camping in Yellowwood State Park in August 2015.

The man and his wife arrived at the park and set up camp on Saturday afternoon, August 8. Afterward, they took a walk around the lake before preparing dinner. They remained sitting by the fire for a while before heading for the camper to sleep. 

This creature has a confused and troubled timeline and history. Explanations range from misidentifications  to invented stories, to regular animals with mange, to urban legend and to myth.

The first attack by a Chupacabra is said to be in March 1995 when 8 sheep were found dead in Puerto Rico. Each body had three puncture wounds in the chest area and were said to be drained of blood. More stories came from the mountain region of Morovis and Orocovis. Chickens, sheep and goats were being found dead in their pens and enclosures, drained of blood with deep puncture wounds to the neck or chest. Nightly search parties of at least 200 men went out in search of the culprit(s) and to guard the animals. Nothing was found.

Ranchita Bigfoot Photograph

The Ranchita Bigfoot photograph [or Wood Ape] was allegedly taken in September 2011 by an anonymous hiker. It was not presented to the public for almost a year.

The photographer said that he was taking photos in the Ranchito area of southern California. He took a variety of pictures around the area, including two photos of a pile of dead branches. [Some sources claim three photos were taken.]  When the ones of the branches were taken, they were thought to have been debris as a result of a flood. There is no photograph presented to show a river or even a dry river bed to support that theory.

The photographer stated that he never saw the head or the creature in the second picture until a year later, when he was going through his photos from the previous year. On September 20, 2012, Mark Anders posted his YouTube video featuring the story and photos.

Early British planchette, 1850s to 1860s

The History of the Ouija Board (Part 2)

In part one, we learned that the Ouija Board 'game' came to be after it was discovered being used in Spiritualist camps in Ohio. But where did the device come from? And who first designed it?

"Spirit Rapping" was first used in 1848. Questions were asked out loud and the spirits would answer through rapping, or tapping. It was a long and tedious process as the alphabet was recited until a rap was heard to choose a letter. Then the alphabet was begun again for the next letter. And so on.

Mediums began looking for quicker ways to communicate with the dead. Some of them began printing out the alphabet and numbers on a board or a card. They would then sweep a pencil over it while asking a question and wait for a knock to designate the letter. Some also resorted to "Table Tipping". The medium would have everyone gather around a small to medium-sized table and have them place their hands on it. Eventually, the table would start moving. Questions would be asked and the table would rap out responses to the called-out alphabet.

 Answered - Drone Catches Something Powerful Trying To Tear Down Tree

The video of what many, even popular youtubers, claim to be a bigfoot ripping trees out of the ground now has some clarity thanks to the person who was operating the drone. Hint: Its NOT bigfoot.

When I saw the video, I could see there is clear evidence that logging is going on in the area, after all I worked as a logger for a few years. It also appears the video was actually shot a couple years ago, but that is just like armchair researchers to find an innocent video and fool people into thinking it is a bigfoot.

But yet the video has caught fire thanks to social media and the uninformed. Here is a screen shot from the person who was operating the drone as to what it is.

Del Norte Bigfoot Sighting, California - 1995

In 1995 two teenage boys appear to have captured a sasquatch on film. If they ever shared the footage to the internet, it is lost in the debris of the information flood.

In November 2012, the video was shared to YouTube on two different channels.

HuntForBigfoot posted the footage with a script crediting the sighting to two teenage boys: Daniel Fearing [age 17] and Michael Troup [age 15]. It also lists the encounter as being in 2005. Most sources mention it being in 1995. It is also sometimes known as The Fering Film.


[HuntForBigfoot video]
https://youtu.be/G5XqTa6Oqdc
[Sadly since the original posting in 2019, this video appears to no longer be available.]

But Crypto Crew Founder, Thomas Marcum, did a couple of breakdowns of the video. Here is one of them.

Early Fuld Ouija Board

The History of the Ouija Board (Part 1)

 
Most people think of the Ouija board as a Victorian séance tool or just a Parker Brothers game board. They see them used in the movies and have a good scare fest as the board summons demons and evil spirits that try to take over the people using the board.

But there is much more to this device than most know. Its origins reach back into history -- diving deep into man's desire to reach loved ones who have died or his desire to know what happens when we die.

First, let's take a look at the most recent history of the Ouija Board -- how it became a popular game/psychic tool in the United States. 

On the Hunt for the British Bigfoot

There is a new book out from Lee Brickley and it is about bigfoot in the UK. We know that over the last few years the idea of bigfoot being in the UK has become more acceptable. At one time the idea was totally dismissed without a seconds thought. There has been a nice uptick over, lets say over the last 10 years, of witnesses coming forward and reporting their sightings or encounters. And interest in the subject has grown.

Brickley's book brings you some of the most compelling and often shocking encounters with a man-monkey-type creature thought to roam the Staffordshire woodlands. Brickley began his research into the British Bigfoot in 2019 after he received a number of sighting reports from the Cannock Chase forest in England. While his investigation is far from over, this book offers an insight into the weirdest and most frightening sightings uncovered so far.

Prince Edward Island Bigfoot or Nathan Wiley's Bigfoot video

"In June 2001 while in the woods shooting a scene for a home movie with a friend being chased by bad guys, a large, black and furry creature bolted from the tree-line, ran across the clearing and then disappeared into the woods."  -- PEIbigfoot


Watch the video below.

FOLKLORE A BIG PART OF APPALACHIAN CULTURE

Another Unknown Creature Seen At Virginia Beach,VA

I recently got another report of an unusual creature sighting from Virginia Beach, VA. This actually makes the second report, of what I will now assume is the same creature, from this area. This report and the previous both describe what sounds like the same being ...with the same odd things about it. 

On the first report, I kind of thought it might be some kind of deformed Dogman but after getting this report, I would think it is not a Dogman or a Bigfoot. But whatever it is seems to be fast and strong....and weird.

Here is the report

Colin Haggerty - Bigfoot Or Not

It's always exciting when new paranormal shows and documentaries make their appearance in our TV programming. But there are real problems attached to that. The producers are looking for attracting a larger viewing audience. And that's where the subject is done a disservice.

For example, one of the newer ones is "Paranormal caught on camera" on Travel Channel. There have been some great segments presented on varied topics. But we need to exercise caution. The videos produced are not always real. Some may be real; some are deliberately misinterpreted; some are jokes; some are hoax.

Let's take the Colin Haggerty Oregon bigfoot story shown on May 22, 2019.

Huge Bigfoot Track

I recently went into an area where I have been attempting gifting for several months. This is an area that I know for a fact bigfoot comes to often. I had got a slightly later start than usual but it was still early in the morning. It felt nice and cool but got warm as the day lingered on.

I made my way to the gifting area to see what was missing or if anything was different. My normal routine is to check the gifting spot and leave out new items. While there I always take pictures and videos. Most of these have not been shared (yet) but a couple are available in the Members Only section of our Youtube channel.

Normally after I check the gifting area, I scout around to see if there are any new stick formations or tracks. While I didn't find any stick structures I did find some very large bigfoot tracks.

Here is the short video of the tracks

"Swamp Ape" by James Baack

Sasquatch Sighting- Myakka City, Florida

There is a history of "Skunk Ape" or sasquatch sightings in the Myakka Swamp region of Florida. On June 1, 2018, another sighting was added to the growing list.

Subtropical storm Alberto had passed through the Gulf coast of Florida, leaving the Myakka River at flood stage, overflowing into the wetlands and low-lying areas.

The witness was on 73rd Ave. E., a private dirt road, a passenger in a vehicle being driven by her husband. Due to the recent storms, there had been little traffic down this road, which was also still partly flooded. It was when they reached Long Creek that she noticed something behind the fence. At first, she thought it was a pile of dark soggy grass and moss in an odd shape. Then she suddenly realized that this was some kind of creature, standing still, trying not to be noticed.

The Eastern Newt

Animal Facts -  Animals are fascinating. In this series, we hope to share facts about numerous animals that inhabit our planet. Learning more about known animals and their behavior, it can help us when we are exploring unknown and undiscovered creatures.

Episode 2 is about the Eastern Newt - What an amazing creature. The Eastern Newt has 3 interesting stages of life that are very much different from each other. And on some occasions, stage 2 is skipped altogether.

Here is the short video - give it a watch.

Exploring Another Old Coal Mine & Sharing Thoughts

Another day and another adventure out in the mountains of eastern Kentucky. The temperatures have been pretty chilly in the early morning hours. Even though my knee is not all the way back to normal, I wanted to hit the mountains and look for ginseng and bigfoot evidence. Winter is just around the corner and during that time I will have very limited outside time, so better make the best of the fall time.

This was an outing that took place on September 27th and this post will contain a total of 2 videos. In the videos I share many thoughts about several topics....and yes I know the videos are rather long and they will not get many views...but they are what they are. If you want to know some of my thoughts while looking at some beautiful scenery, then you might like the videos. 

On this particular day, I started out early and was heading out to explore for bigfoot evidence and to look for ginseng. During the outing, which covered around 6 miles in rough terrain, I stumbled across another series of old coal mine openings. But before we get into some of that here is, for lack of a better term, video 1.