Comments on: Mysterious “Jan Klement” Story Resurfaces

By: andrewzoo

andrewzoo — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 14:02:16 +0000

Initially, it sounds like it wouldn’t take a lot to hit the obituary indexes to find out if there was an earth sciences teacher/author/wilderness expert who died around ten years ago, however, I’ve found only one source of the obituaries that would possibly reveal that information. The McKeesport Heritage Center keeps obituaries dating back to 1884, but that information is not online, as far as I can tell. Their website is mckeesportheritage.org. It is assumed that “Klement” did not retire to another area of the country before his/her death. A costly assumption to someone like me who does not have the time or money to travel to McKeesport to pore over volumes of obituaries in search of the mysterious Mr. Klement.

I, too, am not convinced that Tomikel is not the same person as Klement, however, it would be difficult to prove it. The only thing that might be disproved (and therefore might make his claim dubious) is the existence of Tomikel’s grandfather, Jan Klement. I’ve tapped a coupe of sources to see if I could find any genealogy that would validate/invalidate his claim that the name Jan Klement came from his grandfather, but no dice.

I suppose at a certain point, it is time to stop digging and let the dust settle for a while. I’m sure that we’ve not heard the last of this. Maybe the next time the story resurfaces, we’ll be hearing about bigfoot remains being dug up near the PA-WV border. One can only hope!

By: alcalde

alcalde — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 17:30:49 +0000

I’m still not convinced that, with facts like the pseudonym being one of Mr. Tomikel’s relatives, etc., that he isn’t the author and spun another yarn. Still, perhaps the next avenue of research is to search obituaries in the area given you have a window for time of death.

By: shimmeringsoul

shimmeringsoul — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:46:24 +0000

How nice it would be to one day find out his true identity, and if the things he left behind in writing were actually true!

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 23:35:00 +0000

Whoever the author was, he left behind an unusual and provocative document of possible Sasquatch interaction with humans.

Hopefully, his identity will one day be known.

By: kgehrman

kgehrman — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 22:33:58 +0000

I don’t get it. The part about “Is Bigfoot Gay?

I read the Klement book and the description of the Kong and Cow interlude.

The Cow was a female (though not the best looking of the cows in the pasture that day).

So why would that make Bigfoot gay? Calling Kong a zoophile I could understand.

Men have been have been hooking up with cows for centuries. I believe that is the origin of the word “Cowpoke”.

And also the theme behind this popular theme song from a TV show back in 1959. (For you younger folks, this was Clint Eastwood’s first gig.)

Everyone now, crank up your speakers at high volume and go to this link.

You old guys I know you know the words and I want you to sing and sing them strong. You too, Loren sing loud and clear.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 20:11:52 +0000

I wish Mr. Tomikel would consider arranging for the disclosure of the author in the future. I don’t see the point in taking the secret to the grave.

By: DNS

DNS — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 17:38:35 +0000

Isn’t it customary to reveal the real name of a deceased author in situations like this? Seems like if Tomikel is not the author, it should not be very hard to figure out who it is. It would be someone an awful lot like Tomikel, who passed away ten years ago. If nothing at all can be learned about the author, then the book has no more use to a researcher than any silly yarn on the Innernets. That is apparently just how the author wanted it, which could tell us something.

By: Storfot

Storfot — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:30:08 +0000

Loren:

Interesting to read about your research. It makes me wonder how you do your work in the field of cryptozoology. How about a blog entry about the methods you use and perhaps a little summary of a typical “case”?

It would be very interesting to read. I have done some research in the field of pedagogy and language learning and it would be interesting to compare methods and approaches. Obviously (I guess) the fields are very different but in my opinion all research has the same goal, to explain a situation or theory.

Thanks for an interesting entry.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 11:12:52 +0000

Updated.