I look forward to seeing more of them!

Does that last photo look like SuperHeroBigfoot, or what? I think I have heard of blue eyeshine in night sightings. But the luminous NightVisionBrow is a new one on me.

1. Myra Shackley’s “Still Living?” shows how frequency and coherence can be used to separate wheat from chaff (hint: don’t mount an expedition to find European Wildmen just yet). It also summarizes the compelling evidence that sasquatch and yeti aren’t all there are…and this was almost 30 years ago.

2. Alley’s book cited in my previous post is important not only for the depth of reportage from a specific area of interest, but for showing how much we “know” from the evidence. There’s a “Field Guide to the Pacific Coast Sasquatch” at the end that is a lot more comprehensive and cohesive than we have for species confirmed to exist. It’s of practical use for anyone interested in this animal, anywhere. I saw a potential piece of evidence in Maryland a couple of weeks ago that is almost precisely like one that this book reports from Alaska; this book is the only reference to the phenomenon I had come across before I saw it myself. Since I saw it, a BFRO report from Washington state has surfaced that includes a similar observation. This sort of knitting-together of observations from widely-separated locales is important for pushing the study of phenomena that science doesn’t yet accept. Alley is also extremely perceptive in discussing why something for which this much evidence exists is so difficult for the mainstream of science to swallow. It is as good a read on the subject as anything I have seen. I’ve come back to it again and again.

Regarding the above ongoing theme that in some way this program used footage from or involved parts of the same crew from “MonsterQuest,” I think that is incorrect.

Yes, similar ground was covered, some of the same stories were used, and a few of the same people were re-interviewed, but, unless I am totally wrong, this program has nothing to do with the production company that produced “MonsterQuest.”

Doug Hajicek’s group, Whitewolf Entertainment of Minnesota produced “MonsterQuest” and “Legend Meets Science.” Dangerous Films of London, UK produced “Bigfoot: The Definitive Guide.” There is no overlapping personnel between Doug’s group and the Dangerous people behind this documentary.

“By the way, if you ever want to read up on relativity, I can recommend specific books for you to read. I wouldn’t just tell you to read up without recommending a book and think that I had given even a moderately complete answer.”

I gave a TOTALLY complete answer. I said what one has to do. Tell me ONE book on the sasquatch, let alone plural, that has been thoroughly vetted by the scientific establishment and put forth as, yes, this is the book with the proof.

There aren’t any. If that makes you impatient, well, welcome to the science of the unknown and not accepted. This may be your first stop here; prepare for a bumpy ride, one in which your own judgment will play a major role, as you can’t just fall back on some authority’s acceptance as your point-to when someone says: relativity is NUTS.

Only, well, I actually can. But more on that shortly.

As with any topic that the scientific mainstream ignores, you have to read, well, pretty much everything. I have, pretty much. Because I am interested in the topic. You don’t have to be, but why come here if you aren’t?

OK, but let me go beyond complete here. Here’s what you read.

1. Jeff Meldrum’s “Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science.” Here is a scientist – credentialed in a couldn’t-be-more-relevant field – who has done extensive field research; can tell you what a nutty notion it is that someone – or multiple, interconnected someones – with the required knowledge would run around faking an upright ape; and has had experiences in the field that back up his research. Two of the world’s preeminent authorities give ringing endorsements to the book.

2. All the reports on the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy and Bigfoot Field Reserchers Organization databases. I said all, and yes I have. Don’t worry. Long before you finish, you will know you don’t need to, because you will know you didn’t know anything you thought you did.

3. I’ll toss in J. Robert Alley’s “Raincoast Sasquatch.” A slew of reports from the region extending from Puget Sound to Yakutat, AK…that sound like folks are seeing the exact same thing folks are seeing in 1. and 2. above. A LOT of folks.

If, after reading the above, you have a theory about how all this could ring up to a false positive, I can guarantee you it won’t hold water. No one has met that challenge yet. You’d have to be a whacko conspiracy theorist to say whatever will come out of your mouth. Just so you know: any scientist will tell you that the LEAST LIKELY source of This All Being Made Up is a random concatenation of stuff, such as people who don’t know the evidence postulate. This isn’t lies, drugs, alcohol, innocent mis-identification, elaborate hoaxes etc. etc. etc., all just neatly tying up to conform to biological expectations for an animal. It is either a willful conspiracy several hundred years old, with thousands of history’s most unlikely conspirators ever, or it just ain’t happenin’.

That’s just the start, by the way. You aren’t near what I’ve read when you’re done. But you will think what I think, or I can dismiss what you think. Really. It’s that strong, and I’m as skeptical as you will meet.
That’s why I think it’s loony to presume it’s all made up, unless you are blissfully unburdened by information. I couldn’t call myself a skeptic if I said anything else.

Oh. I’m not interested in the occult, the paranormal, ghosts, or anything like that. Somebody thinks that stuff is real, sure, prove it to me, but I’m not waiting up for you. I’m interested in critters. That’s what the evidence says we have here. If you’re a bettin’ man, and you read what I’ve outlined above, put some money here.