Comments on: Sasquatch, 1935

By: wdtarrant

wdtarrant — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:25:01 +0000

Sandspur Responds:

This really is archival data… I was born In February l935.
You’d think I would remember reading about this happening. (?)

By: FallingRock

FallingRock — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 08:03:19 +0000

Thanks Loren
I think personally there are a-lot of us who would like to see some more of this archival stuff!
Please keep’em comming!

By: sschaper

sschaper — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:15:00 +0000

I suspect it is just a tall tale to interest people in buying a paper during the Depression.

OTOH, I wonder if critters close enough genetically to modern humans would have been wiped out or nearly so by the same plagues that hit the native Americans? There can be some disease transmission between the great apes and humans (even more between pigs and humans)

By: Viergacht

Viergacht — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:37:49 +0000

Interesting how in reports where they’re described as “hairy men” they’re reported as having a language and using tools, but now everyone is convinced they’re animals, and it’s almost never reported.

By: alanborky

alanborky — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 22:56:47 +0000

A possible bum note: they “walked around a herd of cattle directly in their path.”

I’ve long been under the impression animals in general, but cattle in particular, are spooked by the presence of our hairy chums – in which case why’ve they had to walk round what would’ve normally been fleeing in all directions?

Maybe the ‘logs’ were really ‘axes’, in which case this was merely a record of a very early tour of ZZ Top before they hit the bigtime.

By: Giovarist

Giovarist — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:24:07 +0000

“They carried two large clubs …”? Like Alley Oop. Nice touch.

By: Ceroill

Ceroill — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 07:27:27 +0000

Very interesting, Loren! Thanks for sharing this. The perspective of the time is intriguing.

By: rodbotic

rodbotic — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 06:25:52 +0000

wow, I used to live not too far from there!!

I have some friends that just moved to Harrison. I am going to send them an url!

Great find.