Comments on: Santa = Wildman

By: bill green

bill green — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:22:14 +0000

hey loren wonderful informative new article, hey cryptomundo etc have a very safe MERRY CHRISTMAS… thanks bill next year should be a bigger time for bigfoot & other cryptozoology animals just be patient…

By: Tengu

Tengu — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 23:21:07 +0000

I think to truly understand the wildman legend and santa claus, we would need a more in depth knowledge of the Saami and their cultural influences.

I have several friends who are either scandanavian or students of viking history, yet they know very little about the Saami…and yet these people werent the dwellers in the woods (lapps) they played an important part in Scandinavian life and culture, and several times married into various royal families…These weren’t nobodies.

(Tengu doesn’t believe in santa claus…in spite what her Scandinavian relatives told her)

By: sschaper

sschaper — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 21:57:00 +0000

I’m a little skeptical about the notion that the Bishop of Myra was a sasquatch.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 18:33:56 +0000

Yes, YourPTR!, my life has been most reflective of both a wildman and a Santa, especially with the weight gain since I broke my back in 1993 (rockclimbing). However, my sons have voted against any extended (white) beard growth like Adrian Shine’s long (grey) one. So for now, I’m just going for the elfin look that I sport most often, as shown.

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:58:08 +0000

In this fun little constructed myth it is easy to see how someone not familiar with the geography would call it ‘the north pole’.

By: Riptor

Riptor — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:39:47 +0000

Ceroill,

I can see why reindeer would be used. You’re right about that.

But I have to contradict one thing: 150 years!?

“North Pole” is indeed a misunderstanding, Lapland is the country of origin of the Santa Claus story I believe. Correct me if I’m wrong.

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 17:30:19 +0000

A relict population of neanderthals, homo habilis, or a descendant of one of them, might well view children as a resource. Reindeer being the native herd beast in the tundra of Lapland and other arctic type areas, they are the logical choice for the pullers. In this speculative hypothesis, ‘the north pole’ is a generalization and misunderstanding of the true location, being instead a remote and isolated place in the Eurasian North. Of course, if we get truly wild and wooly in our thoughts, how about Santa and his band of hairy folks living in the Hollow Earth, coming out through the ‘hole at the pole’ on Christmas Eve?

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 15:12:07 +0000

Riptor, it may not be that Santa is a Bigfoot, but rather a neanderthal, like the Almas. I’ve sometimes thought that the woodwose / wildman was a relict homonid, but not necessarily BF. If he was a neanderthal, he could well wear a heavier furs and such to help keep warm, and the worker elves could be the children of the clan. Yes, this idea is a bit tongue in cheek, but it’s a fun speculation, I think.

By: YourPTR!

YourPTR! — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:00:58 +0000

I think you would make a very good Santa Claus Mr Coleman, you have the build, the hair color and the beard.

By: Riptor

Riptor — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 11:20:29 +0000

That explains a lot. But what about the fact that he is supposed to live in the North Pole? Shouldn’t he be white in coloration as to camouflage himself better?

What about the elves? A smaller sub-species of Bigfoot that are exploited by him?