Comments on: What’s The Most Unfortunate Name In Bigfoot History?

By: RocKiteman

RocKiteman — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 00:11:06 +0000

Referring to some ‘people’ names that others have mentioned above, when I was stationed aboard the US Coast Guard Cutter CHILULA {WMEC 153} in 1986 & 1987, there was a ‘member’ {no pun intented} of the crew whose name was “Harry Sword”. Seriously.

-Allan, aka Kite-Squatch

By: Goodfoot

Goodfoot — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 21:53:55 +0000

I used to live in Virginia, near a plumber by the last name of “Tinkle”. And I remember an outdoor toilet company owned, in Baltimore, by a guy name of “Philpotz”.

I worked at the newspaper in Richmond, Va., across from a dentist named Dr. Puller…..

By: DWA

DWA — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:37:45 +0000

Roger Patterson.

I mean, you said unfortunate names. Other than seeing a sasquatch…would anyone here have wanted to be him? Unfortunate enough for me!

By: Mïk

Mïk — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 12:31:37 +0000

‘Omah’ is the name I’d like to see used for Sasquatch. Just remember, it took a while for Orca to surpass ‘killer whale’.

‘Loranis’ has a nice ring, but it’s a tad Seuss-ish!

As for politicians, Rick Hole is as bad as it gets… (Grays Harbor, Washington)

By: John Kirk

John Kirk — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 01:37:38 +0000

I reckon the most unfortunate name has to be that of the late sasquatch investigator Dr. Daris Swindler. That takes some beating.
Also Loren mentions sasquatch being coined by a Canadian. I have heard that although Burns spent a great deal of his life in BC, he was actually originally from the United States. I am happy to be corrected if I am wrong, but that’s what I recall from correspondence with a member of his family a decade ago.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:27:34 +0000

Actually, Grover Krantz and Jeff Meldrum always made a good case for using “Sasquatch” over “Bigfoot” because of how silly “Bigfoot” sounds. Of course, “Sasquatch” is a created word too, from a Canadian in 1929, and not a Native name.

I still wish Ivan T. Sanderson’s hoped for name, the California Native moniker “Oh-Mah” would have caught on, but we are left with what we have, Bigfoot.

By: StinkFoot

StinkFoot — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 23:11:20 +0000

I agree with TropicalWolf, I think “Bigfoot” is a bad name. It should be more appealing/exotic.

I like the “North American Bipedal Land Mammal” or something sleek that you can name a car after, like the “LongFellow” or “Avenga” something that rolls off the tongue.

By: mefine

mefine — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:58:25 +0000

I have always felt a little sorry for the OTHER Loren Coleman. How many times has he been asked to comment on some Bigfoot related event and had to explain he isn’t THE Loren Coleman? How many times has he been at a book signing and someone is disappointed because the new book isn’t crypto related? Poor guy!

I also get a giggle over Cliff Crook every time I see something about him. Just can’t help myself.

By: JMonkey

JMonkey — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 19:08:43 +0000

I have always hated Skunk Ape. Just doesn’t sound very classy. I don’t know that any name makes you less credible to me than Tom Biscardi, but we do have a local politician named Harry Johnson. My thoughts on that is, “At least you know what your gonna get when you vote for the guy.”

By: tropicalwolf

tropicalwolf — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:39:23 +0000

The most unfortunate name in this field is actually...Bigfoot. I have ALWAYS hated that term in reference to Sasquatch.