Comments on: SasQuatch Sand Traps

By: scmarlowe

scmarlowe — Tue, 02 May 2006 20:34:08 +0000

That particular costume is manufactured by Anatomorphex of North Hollywood, California.

IMHO there are better (i.e. more realistic) costumes available, however the one I have in mind is made by a British firm.

By: bigfoot

bigfoot — Tue, 02 May 2006 19:55:49 +0000

i want the costume, i need it for a movie i am making.
i am 5 ft, 5 inches, please i desperately need that costume on the photo

By: Jeremy_Wells

Jeremy_Wells — Tue, 02 May 2006 17:36:51 +0000

Well, before I jumped over to training programs so I could stay in Austin, I worked for six years in various newspaper jobs (education reporter, features writer, entertainment editor, managing editor, etc.), and while it does take a “special breed” to be a sport’s writer, reporters in general are not experts on any of the subjects they are writing on.
The “art” of journalism, if you will, is in coaxing your interview subject into explaining these complex, jargon-infused concepts in lay terms. However the art of good editing is in choosing the right reporter for a job. Too often cryptid reports get filed under “silly season” news and green, or less exacting writers, will be assigned to these. On the surface, the outdoors writer (the “fishing editor”) might be the person best suited to cover a search for cryptids (what is a search, after all, but a hunt without guns?), but then again, as you seem to be aware, the person the newsroom expects to be the best candidate to cover a story is not always so.
I remember when hominid reports were coming into the Portsmouth (Ohio) Daily Times (would have been around 1999) but the reporter chosen to cover it made a mockery of the story by quoting the subject in a way that seemed to poke fun at his accent and use of local dialect, instead of what he claimed to see.
Admittedly, some of his photos of “tree twist” looked like they could have been the work of thunderstorms or logging crews, and he was a bit exuberant, which put off some of the staff, but as a result of the ridicule this individual experienced post-publication, I was reluctant to try any sort of official follow up. Later, local researcher Todd Martin told me that the family of the man were indeed reluctant to talk to reporters now, but that, according to his sources, activity was ongoing in the Shawnee Forest, including reports of three toed tracks.

By: fuzzy

fuzzy — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 13:49:42 +0000

Wow, what an interesting quickie comparison between the Hallowe’en costume pictured above and Patty’s well-defined muscular frame!

Most mainstream media “reporters” should be CALLED “commentators”, and certainly NOT “investigators”.

I’m forwarding this to Lind.

By: scmarlowe

scmarlowe — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:28:17 +0000

Loren, the Tampa Tribune (as you will recall) selected a fishing editor to comment on our Field Study last November. His article reflected a total lack of knowledge in cryptozoology.

Can you really expect another sports writer no-neck type to do any better on the subject?

At least we’ve had Swamp Ape sightings on a golf course here in Florida. But, that’s right, it was the greens superintendent that reported seeing it — not the golf pro.

Give the guy a little leeway on the “Big Foot” mispelling too. I just had to correct our college staff for the same error in my course description for the summer class! And capitalizing syllables seems to be a new trend in advertising so that they can attach nifty letter designations for their sku numbers on products. So, I guess “SQ” works for them.

I guess we should expect Titleist or Cobra to come up with a new product to compete with Nike’s offering. Want to bet it will be designated “BF”?

By: drshoop

drshoop — Fri, 28 Apr 2006 12:04:58 +0000

ING Sasquatch TV Commercial link, in case you haven't seen it.