Comments on: Bigfoot, Big Man and Walking Sam

By: thunderbutte

thunderbutte — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 01:00:14 +0000

The woman who mentioned Walking Sam was from Red Scaffold, a poor and relatively remote reservation community. I’ve spoken with an off-reservation law enforcement officer and emergency services manager in a nearby town who has heard of Walking Sam because he knows many of the people in Red Scaffold. He runs ambulances down there because he’s closer than the Indian Health Service ambulances that run out of Eagle Butte. I didn’t ask him what he thought of the story or whether he related the story to Bigfoot sightings. But, he had a great deal of respect for people in Red Scaffold and didn’t dismiss their fears.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 10:26:08 +0000

Bigfootsdad wrote: “This seems to indicate communication on a two-way radio. What is going on?!”

Please read all the way to the end of the posting, through the timeline. The Lakota woman is referring, by the use of the words “police scanners,” to the tribal police’s thermal imaging readings on their dashboard-mounted “scanners.”

By: bigfootsdad

bigfootsdad — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 04:45:18 +0000

“She said that Walking Sam has been picked up on the police scanners…” I am not sure what she meant by this. This seems to indicate communication on a two-way radio. What is going on?!

By: Dib

Dib — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 19:29:31 +0000

Walking Sam + Tall man with tall hat = Uncle Sam (?)

Considering the history of the Lakotah, an ominous figure indeed.

By: odingirl

odingirl — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:00:37 +0000

I realize there have been other reports of sasquatch wearing articles of clothing, but I had the same impression as Fhqwhgads….this reminds me more of a variation of ‘Hat Man’, perhaps one seen through the cultural lens of First Nations people. A sasquatch-Hat Man hybrid is certainly a very fascinating thing and Cryptidsrus is also right in pointing out that such a thing might fit the criteria for a kind of Wendigo as well. Wow….I find myself hoping that Radical Dreamer gets out there with a film crew and makes a documentary. It would be great on so many levels – cryptozoology, paranormal, cultural anthropology and folklore….

By: James1207

James1207 — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:26:04 +0000

Long time reader, first time commenter. I’ve lived in SD for the last 40 years and I’ve seen some strange things. About 5 years ago I was looking for fossils on the Cheyenne reservation. I was walking through willows about 10 to 15 foot tall coming down to the water. Suddenly I was sure I was being followed, totally certain of it. I can’t say I saw or heard anything, but I had no doubt someone or something was there. I did notice there were no bird sounds where moments before I had heard birds. I made my way back to my car, glad to get away from what ever wanted me “gone.” Some of it is undoubtably what we would label “paranormal,” but the Native Americans have been close to it for generations. We would be wise to listen to them with an open mind.

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 19:57:06 +0000

Could this be a kind of Wendigo???

Just wondering.

Because it DOES indeed sound paranormal.

By: Radical Dreamer

Radical Dreamer — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:53:01 +0000

Great Article! This is something that I need to know! I am an avid Cryptomundo reader and I only post every once in a great while. But I have to say that this is something I feel I can use, as an amateur Cryptid hunter. I am a film student, and I live in South Dakota, and I find it wonderful to finally see some information about sightings near me. There never seems to be very much information about sightings in this state, it is almost as if they get lost. I love to see them talked about.

By: Fhqwhgads

Fhqwhgads — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 18:21:36 +0000

A "spiritual" bigfoot in a top hat sounds like it might be related to one of the most commonly reported "shadow people", the hat man. This would make the sightings more paranormal than cryptozoological.

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 16:23:58 +0000

Definitely lots of sightings to make me think of BF. Not sure what to think about the “walking sam” incidents. Some large person wearing a coat and stovepipe hat…sounds more Fortean…that or “spirit” related.

Am curious to see if there is more relating BF and “walking sam”.

Unless Abraham Lincoln’s death was a cover-up and he’s an escaped alien, creeping around South Dakota…