Legacy of a Legend: John Green
Posted by: Loren Coleman on June 9th, 2009
In the beginning, Bigfoot researchers and the occasional tourist use to go to Willow Creek and have their pictures taken with Jim McClarin’s Oh-Mah (Bigfoot) redwood sculpture. For example, the images above are from 1975-1977, and demonstrate this tradition. In the mid-1980s, other spots tried to jump on the bandwagon with their own statues.
In more recent years, people have journeyed to another kind of Sasquatch Mecca ~ John Green ~ and requested their photo be taken with him.
Today, I share a tribute to John Green’s legacy and legendary status in Sasquatch studies, in images covering the last fifty years, up through a few weeks ago in 2009.
I’ve always been bad with names, especially when reading an article or blog. In fact the only names I really remember are Loren’s and Craig’s (because of his unusual last name).
It’s a shame and I wish I had taken the time to learn more about some of these pioneers in the field.
A true legend.
Regardless of the petty squabbles that they may have had with each other, Green, Byrne, Krantz, Dahinden, Patterson, Gimlin, Morgan and Titmus will always be the true legends in our field. These are the men whose faces dominated the scene back in the glory days of the 60s and 70s. From books and documentaries to films and newspaper articles, if the subject was Sasquatch then you could be guaranteed that one or all of those mentioned above would be included.
As a child of the 70s I can remember reading of their adventures searching for the elusive creatures and thinking “that’s what I want to do when I grow up.”
Sadly most have passed on, but we should celebrate those left with us and soak up every bit of information and nostalgia that they can offer. Hopefully one day all of their hard work and dedication will be admired by mainstream science as much as we admire them now.
Yes John is a legend, enough so , that I looked him up and got my own picture
with him.
John’s the man, maybe as good an example as can be made of what an amateur non-scientist can do to bring a fringe field closer to the scientific fold.
(Our stalwart blogger, I’m sure, not minding that.
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I hope he knows in his gut that the sasquatch exists. In fact, maybe the ultimate piece of evidence we can carry with us now that it is real is that John Green hasn’t seen one.
‘Cause ain’t it always that way?