Comments on: Sierra Kills: Justin Smeja Interview

By: Peltboy25

Peltboy25 — Fri, 11 May 2012 17:56:45 +0000

Any “hunter” that shoots at something he doesn’t intend to harvest… is either a complete liar or a worthless human being. I can’t possibly imagine my first reaction (to seeing a Bigfoot) being to lift my rifle and fire a shot. And then to shoot at another one after realizing my mistake? Nope. Not buy’n it. He didn’t even say he felt threatened. If there are valid samples, why is it taking so long to publish the findings? It’s been two years. Sorry, this is all a bunch of bunk in my opinion.

By: Old Dog

Old Dog — Fri, 11 May 2012 15:20:35 +0000

Sorry to say, but this is nothing more than a “Long Con”.

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:44:09 +0000

So, he didn’t shoot them in the back, but they chased after a young one and killed it. I seriously doubt it was running toward him.

Discrepency #2: He shot one through both lungs, but later couldn’t find it–and just how did he know he pierced both lungs?

Discrepency #3: Being supposedly so traumatized, he still managed to chase after the small ones and shoot one anyway.

This is such a poor even attempt at a hoax. I’m guessing someone who’s read more of this guy’s “accounts” of this can probably find even more inconsistencies.

As for the decomposition–MonsterQuest proved that if you take a deer carcass and leave it out, it can disappear in a matter of days–they had a camera on a carcass, and though they suspected it would take weeks, it took a lot less than that.

Nope, this guy is still lying…or maybe just plain crazy if he actually believes this stuff he’s shoveling, in my opinion…

By: Ninepipes

Ninepipes — Fri, 11 May 2012 03:05:31 +0000

So, now, the 6″x 4″x 3″ piece of meat, described as a “Bigfoot steak” which appeared to have been “sliced off by a knife” (in previous stories), was only a “scrap of hide”? Incredible!

Smeja strikes me as someone who got caught in a lie and now he’s mad at everyone for not buying into an ever-changing story.

I don’t know what Melba Ketchum has been examining, but if she received a chunk of meat and Smeja sent her a scrap of hide, something is wrong with this story. Even if Ketchum ever does release her findings, I am not going to believe they were based on a Bigfoot sample. Hell, she’s been examining a chunk of meat! So, where did that come from if Smeja sent her a scrap of hide he found in the snow?

I hope Ketchum’s peer reviewed results are published soon, and I am proven to be totally wrong, but this story just keeps getting more and more vague. I give up on it, and am not going to waste any more time trying to keep up with all the changing versions.

Here’s my version: Smeja sees a Bigfoot. He says to his buddy, “Dang, I should have shot it and we would be famous.” His buddy says, “Well, write a book and claim you did shoot it. I’ll back your story, for a share of the royalties.” They find a scrap of coyote hide and drip a little of their own blood onto it. They send it to Melba Ketchum and she gets a false DNA reading.

By: Buckeyes1

Buckeyes1 — Thu, 10 May 2012 23:01:14 +0000

I remain very skeptical of Mr. Smeja’s story as well. However, in all fairness to him if you click on the link in the story and read the entire interview he claims all the proceeds from his upcoming book are going to public education to prevent such things as this ever happening again.

It may all be Bullsh*t, I understand, but people shouldn’t jump to the conclusion that he’s pocketing all the profits without reading the whole article cited.

By: scaryeyes

scaryeyes — Thu, 10 May 2012 17:01:31 +0000

I am pretty skeptical about Bigfoot in general, but there is something about this guy – his rationalisations and excuses, as mandors said – that I find kind of convincing. Let’s face it, he doesn’t exactly come out of this story sounding like a nice guy, and I can’t help feeling like, if he’d made it up, he would have made himself sound better. He also does come off like he was genuinely upset and disturbed by what happened.

Then I got to the part where he’s going to be making money off a book, and his credibility sunk a notch in my eyes. Also the part where he’s apparently got much more meat in his freezer and it’s just sitting there. It’s all very well saying he’s going to send it out to labs – why hasn’t he done it yet, especially if he’s so keen to prove the truth? So maybe he is just a good storyteller. For the sake of any creatures that might have been involved, I hope so.

By: William

William — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:41:16 +0000

Let’s see, a book is being written about this fairy tale, but according to Mr. Smeja “I haven’t made a dime off of this.”
Well, I guess he means so far. Common sense would dictate if a book is being written he will be the one getting paid for his yarn. What a crock of bull.

By: mandors

mandors — Thu, 10 May 2012 14:26:11 +0000

If this guy is lying, he should get the Academy Award. The rationalizations, the excuses, then indignation. If it didn’t happen, this is exactly how someone from his background would react. If this is made up, somebody call Stanislavski–we got a natural here.

By: graybear

graybear — Thu, 10 May 2012 11:04:10 +0000

Nope, don’t believe him.