Comments on: Are Eastern Bigfoot Aggressive?

By: Mnynames

Mnynames — Thu, 18 May 2006 03:42:12 +0000

Another New Jersey encounter occured in 1927, I believe, when a cab driver was fixing a blown tire on a desolate pine barrens road. His car was approached and shaken by a very large, hairy figure, forcing him to tear off into the night on the rim, leaving his jack and spare tire behind. At the time, it was attributed to the Jersey Devil, but clearly, the description is that of a Sasquatch. Perhaps, owing to the larger population of humans on the east coast and the increased chance of encountering one, the eastern Sasquatch have become more aggressive, or at least paranoid or protective of their goods. Then again, maybe their increased exposure has simply taught them just how aggressive WE are…

By: DVics

DVics — Fri, 12 May 2006 19:05:46 +0000

There’s the case of the alleged Bigfoot that “attacked” a farm in Wantage, NJ back in the late 70’s. According to an article published at the time, witnesses described a “seven feet tall” hairy, man-like creature. It broke into a barn and killed some rabbits which were kept there. The title of the article reads “Wantage Family in Terror of Odd Creature for Week.” That says something about it’s apparent disposition.

The farm owner shot at the creature at one point, driving off his property. Those interested can read the article in it’s entirety here.

By: mike2k1

mike2k1 — Fri, 12 May 2006 15:15:27 +0000

Most of the stories of aggression I’ve run across have been of the variety of where a dog gets whacked. Of course the story of the Lake Worth monster and the Buchanan guy getting dragged by his sleeping bag comes to mind along with MoMo and the Fouke Monster with their antics. On the flip side of the coin you can also point out that from the PNW, the account of Ape canyon. Also the Albert Ostman and Muchalat Harry story from BC. Don’t forget about the Bauman story. These point to aggressive behavior in the North West, so if the animal truly exist then it would be reasonable to surmise from the stories there are a few bad apples in all parts of the continent.

By: fuzzy

fuzzy — Fri, 12 May 2006 01:40:47 +0000

Geographic pecularities could also affect vocal vernacular ~ how can we know how a left-coast S’quatch interprets a call-blasted howl from Ohio?

Maybe we are shouting “RUN FOR YOUR LIFE ~ THE HAIRLESS ARE COMING!!” or even “YOU COME HERE ~ I KILL YOU!!” into their territory at 500 Watts !

By: tpeter

tpeter — Fri, 12 May 2006 01:18:00 +0000

Dear Loren,
I think the post’ors suggesting that Eastern Bigfoot’s “aggressive” behavior may be defensive–or a stress reaction to environmental overcrowding–may well have a point.
Here I’d also like the problem I’ve always had with Momo and a couple of the other mystery primates illustrated in _The Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates_ who have hair completely covering their faces. For the life of me I can’t see (excuse my pun) how having hair covering a creature’s eyes could possibly enhance its survival. Momo’s facial hair in fact amounts to a visual handicap.
This is something I’ve often thought about since I first read the original 1999 edition of _The Field Guide to Bigfoot…_ The drawing of Momo you posted here gave me a welcome opportunity to express my thought.
Cheers,
T. Peter

By: Tabitca

Tabitca — Thu, 11 May 2006 20:05:29 +0000

I wonder if it could be territorial? since I moved into this house 6 months ago my old cat who is 17 and very frail has seen off two large dogs and their owners, the man who came to read the electricity meter and every other cat in the neighbourhood.For some reason he has become very territorial. Maybe the car has the same effect on bigfoot.It’s noisy and fast and could be seen as a threat.

As for behaving differently from other bigfoot, it’s logical to think it would. You only have to look at people from differnt areas, accents change, customs vary and even birds from different areas have a different song accent.

I also wonder if people in the cars had radios on or not? Muzak annoys most of us…imagine if you are bigfoot coming from your nice quiet swamp and muzak hits you from a fast moving noisy thing on the road. If it was me I’d give them a black eye too!

By: Jeremy_Wells

Jeremy_Wells — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:48:24 +0000

re #3 “i dont think the eastern sasquatch creatures are aggressive only to realy protect themselfs from danger or wildlife that might pose them some possible harm etc. i think the eastern sasquatch creatures are realy curious about us ie researchers becouse we study them in safe way with out harming them in their habitat.”

Bill, I think one must be careful before engaging in this kind of anthropomorphization of an unknown entity. While it is true that an unknown hominid may be a close genetic relative, it still is not human, and one should be cautious about ascribing human reasoning and emotion to them. Unboubtedly they are intelligent. Chimpanzees are intelligent also, but still potentially dangerous animals capable of killing a grown man. It would pay to be cautious.

re #6 “And if it is the time of year that harsh wheather is about food will be a little harder to come by so that would make them even more prone to stand thier ground.”

The story took place in the Spring, just before daylight savings time kicked in. But I agree that animals are more aggressive when feeding. I’ve seen family dogs growl at their owners when they approached their feed dish.

Something that I feel is being overlooked here in the comments, though, is the possibility that these sightings of eastern BF are of an entirely different type of creature than the north-western Sasquatch.
As Loren has already noted here both the uniform hair-length, and the (possibly) carnivorous predilection of this entity match descriptions of the Missouri Monster (Momo). As most of you know one of the most interesting aspects of the Momo phenomenon, that make it stand apart from the NW sasquatch reports, were the reporting of three fingers and three toed prints.
As Loren notes in his Field Guide to Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates four toed prints are sometimes reported in some marked hominids, differentiating them from the five toed Sasquatch (neo-giant).
As noted above, no tracks were collected in this Wisconsin case. But when you consider the similarities of this creature to Momo, in terms of hair length, aggressive behavior and geography, it follows that what was seen may not be in any way related to the northwest Sasquatch.
In fact, in terms of aggressive behavior, diet and the tridactyl nature of their feet, Momo seem to have more in common with creatures such as the Dodu or Kalanoro than with Sasquatch.

By: iftheshoefits

iftheshoefits — Thu, 11 May 2006 16:38:48 +0000

Well yeah!!! You would become aggressive too if you kept getting pestered by a crytomundo poster for a 8×10 autographed photo.

By: greywolf

greywolf — Thu, 11 May 2006 13:44:49 +0000

How do you measure agression ? If I were protecting my food, child, or defending against a dog etc. that is not agression that is defense. Agression is when you drive up put the hibeams on the BF and it comes after you instead of running away. Eastern BF live in a different enviroment than the west I agree they have an attitude.

By: Bennymac

Bennymac — Thu, 11 May 2006 11:53:14 +0000

Could it have been an infant that the Bigfoot was carrying, in both cases? Either way, food or child, you’re going to protect your stuff, that’s a basic instinct. Being from Boston I like the idea that the East Coast Bigfoot has an attitude.