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Bigfoot for President ‘08

Posted by: Loren Coleman on February 4th, 2008

general bigfoot button

February 5, 2008, is Super Tuesday. What is being called a historical, nearly national, primary for American politics will be a great day for pinback button collectors. But where are the humorous cryptid collectibles?

I have conducted almost 50 years of investigating cryptozoology throughout America and the world, and devoted a sizable amount of time in preserving popular culture cz items along the way. I’ve picked up every tangible object I could obtain on Bigfoot and a universe of varied cryptids, needless to say, and now they are in the museum, or awaiting display in storage.

political buttons

Little known to most people, I began collecting political pinback buttons when I was eight years old (yes, please send your discharged or extra Presidential primary buttons to Loren Coleman, PO Box 360, Portland, ME 04112, in exchange for a handwritten letter of thanks). Additionally, since 1960, of course, I have concentrated on securing Bigfoot and other unknown hominoid buttons.

Some of these pinbacks are rare. Such is the case for the button I collected on one field trip with Craig Woolheater, which says “Boggy Creek Monster Fouke, AR.” ~ strangely, with no illustrations. A few are merely ones that have used the word “Bigfoot” or “Big Foot” in curious ways, as on the above example.

bigfoot collection1

Others are more detailed, with drawings or photographs obviously taken from the internet or elsewhere.

bigfoot collection2

ebay bf buttons

Unique Bigfoot pinbacks are hard to find, as most are what might be called “manufactured buttons of opportunity,” often mixed in with sales of buttons on “paranormal” phenomena. These are often produced because something is then specifically popular (e.g. the collections shown above are from wegotthestuffyouwant and Ragsduds Pinback Buttons on eBay).

bigfoot mars

bigfoot mars2

The latest pins, no doubt, are the three immediately above, the “Bigfoot on Mars” buttons (those shown here are from Bigfoot Surplus), which must have been created only days ago. The two others above them are other Bigfoot Surplus schwag.

Others, tied to special Bigfoot events, are rarer and may have more longterm cultural significance.

harrison bank

In Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing the Dark Divide, skeptical author Robert Michael Pyle called the “Harrison Bigfoot,” which was the official mascot of the Washington State Centennial of 1989, “silly-looking.” Various collectibles were produced of “Harrison Bigfoot.” I have the seven-inch tall coin bank (above) and the large stuffed animal.

harrison button

Additionally, today, such items as the above “Harrison Bigfoot” 3 1/2 inch diameter celluloid pinback button (once distributed as advertising for the Pacific National Bank in Seattle) is worth $30 or more to collectors.

These kinds of buttons are much different than the mass-produced eBay items flooding the market (mentioned above). The Bigfoot Surplus pinbacks, however, created by someone within the field, seem on their way to broader acceptance.

What’s in your Bigfoot pinback button collection?

I’m still looking for my first “Bigfoot for President” button.

Oh ya, don’t forget to vote in the primaries and the general election. And do sign those petitions at your polling places!!

Moening cartoon

Cartoon by Patrick Moening.

This entry was posted on Monday, February 4th, 2008 at 12:04 am and is filed under Artifacts, Bigfoot, Breaking News, CryptoZoo News, Cryptomundo Exclusive, Cryptotourism, Cryptozoologists, Cryptozoology, Folklore, Museums, Pop Culture, Sasquatch. You can follow responses via our RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is not allowed.

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7 Responses to “Bigfoot for President ‘08”

Bob Michaels responds: February 4th, 2008 at 1:37 am
I will look for my old Campaign Buttons.
bill green responds: February 4th, 2008 at 4:48 am
hey loren wow those sasquatch buttons look great indeed. i realy like this new article as well. good morning bill green
Alligator responds: February 4th, 2008 at 10:32 am
Loren, those buttons are real collectors items. Some are monetarily very valuable and all are important artifacts of the nations’ political history.

As I look across the field of potential presidential candidates and listen to all the pre-election hype, Bigfoot is looking awfully good to me…
CamperGuy responds: February 4th, 2008 at 2:17 pm
Bigfoot pins! Awesome! My favorite is the bigfoot on the yellow background (bigfoot crossing?).

Now wondering just how much paraphenalia is out there concerning bigfoot. Posters,t-shirts,coffee mugs, etc.

I agree with alligator on the political aspects.
Saint Vitus responds: February 4th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Those are pretty cool bigfoot pins! I have a lot of these type of pins myself, mostly of old punk rock band logos. And yes, I do sometimes wear them!
HominidWA responds: February 4th, 2008 at 5:58 pm
Very cool! How does one obtain buttons such as these??
planettom responds: February 7th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
Loren, I’m sending you a “one of a kind” custom made button for your collection, + two extras! I got the idea after reading this post. I hope you enjoy them. I will be sending them out this weekend.

Best,
Tom

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