Friday, June 29, 2007
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Editorial: Making Peace with the Patterson/Gimlin Movie
Usually on this blog, I prefer to talk about all kinds of aspects of the Sasquatch or Bigfoot mystery, whether it is footprints or hair samples or fecal matter or even the personalities in this hunt, or even different behavioral aspects of these unknown hairy bipeds. These are things I like to discuss or editorialize about, and I don't mind sharing info with people. However, one thing that I am somewhat reticent to discuss is the old chestnut of the Patterson/Gimlin Movie because it happened forty years ago and there's not too much more that can be gleaned from it. I just think there is so much more to talk about a lot of the time than some 40-year-old film which seems to be the subject that everyone gets around to discussing, whether it is on a forum or chatroom or Internet Radio program. I really don't know why it bothered me so much to hear it discussed so often, when there were other things to talk about. However, I have come to make peace with the constant discussion of it recently because I realize this is the 40th anniversary this year and it is unavoidable to discuss it. I have to acknowledge to myself that as much of an old chestnut as it is, it is, like it or not, the best piece of evidence we have until something comes along that's better. I just need not to get so uptight when I hear the name pop up on an Internet Radio Show because it is basically unavoidable to talk about it. I know there are other researchers out there who would choose to focus on the here and now, and that is what we should do, but at the same time we need acknowledge that this subject is going to come up whether we like it or not, so we must grin and bear it and not get so uptight. So, would it be fair to say that I have made peace with the P/G Movie? Yes, I think it would be.
Review: The Sasquatch Triangle 6-28-07
This was a great show, with filmmaker/producer Pat Holdbrook discussing his productions and One Step Beyond Reality.com He discussed the Patterson/Gimlin Movie and the work on it done by M.K. Davis, as well as his thoughts on the Bigfoot mystery in general. Pat also answered questions from various listeners as well, including myself. It was a fun show and I enjoyed it. The next program will begin at a special start time of 10:00 EST/9:00 Central next Thursday night, with Skeptical Inquirer contributor Michael Dennett. The show can be found at the link to the right, so please remember to tune in and support great research.
Wednesday, June 27, 2007
Sasquatch Triangle Tonight...
Don will have as his guest Pat Holdbrook, filmmaker/producer of Bigfoot: An Encounter with Reality and founder of One Step Beyond Reality. The show begins at 9:00 EST/8:00 Central and can be found at the link to the right. I hope everyone tunes in and supports great research.
Review: Destination Truth 6-27-07
This was a short-30-minute segment on the Malaysian Mawas (or Johor Hominid), Malaysia's version of Bigfoot. Josh Gates, the host, interviews different witnesses and locals about their experiences and sightings. Then, he and his team hit the jungle to search for their own evidence of the Johor Hominid's existence. They find a large track with five toes (quite misshapen from America's version), and also capture some sort of growl on audiotape which cannot be identified. The footprint is cast and a copy of it is made because the original cast cannot be taken out of the country. That cast is taken to Dr. Jeff Meldrum, who finds it interesting, but ultimately inconclusive. The recording is taken to a zoologist who listens to it intently but cannot readily identify it. I would give this segment about 3 out of five stars. I would certainly rank it above the "Sci-Fi Investigates" program which looked at Bigfoot last Fall.
Schedule for the Sasquatch Triangle for the next four weeks
June 28th ----- PAT HOLDBROOK
July 5th ------- MICHAEL DENNETT ... THIS SHOW WILL START @ 10 P.M. EASTERN TIME, 7 P.M. PACIFIC.
July 12th ----- ERIC ALTMAN
July 19th ----- OPEN MIC! WE TAKE YOUR CALLS, E-MAILS OR QUESTIONS. NO GUESTS SCHEDULED, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHO WILL SHOW UP!
July 26th ---- JOHN HORRIGAN
July 5th ------- MICHAEL DENNETT ... THIS SHOW WILL START @ 10 P.M. EASTERN TIME, 7 P.M. PACIFIC.
July 12th ----- ERIC ALTMAN
July 19th ----- OPEN MIC! WE TAKE YOUR CALLS, E-MAILS OR QUESTIONS. NO GUESTS SCHEDULED, BUT YOU NEVER KNOW WHO WILL SHOW UP!
July 26th ---- JOHN HORRIGAN
Destination Truth Tonight...
The Sci-Fi Series Destination Truth will examine the Malaysian Mawas (or Johor Hominid) tonight at 10:00 EST/9:00 Central. Check your local listings for time and channel. Might be interesting.
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Decision...
I have decided, based on the extremely steep price for a ticket, to skip the upcoming Patterson/Gimlin Movie 40th-Anniversary Symposium. A ticket is $225.00, and I just do not think I can pay that much for it. I may just decide to save up for Don Keating's 20th-Annual Eastern Ohio Bigfoot Conference instead and use the frequent-flyer miles for that. It will certainly be a sacrifice because it is a once-in-a-lifetime thing, if only to meet Bob Gimlin or John Green, but I will survive. I am not asking anyone to boycott it, nor am I discouraging anyone not to attend, but for me, it is too much, so Jason, thanks but no thanks. I do wish you luck with the Symposium though.
Let's Talk Bigfoot Tonight...
Melissa and Teresa will have as their guest Brian Brown (Bipto on the Bigfoot Forums), founder of the Bigfoot Information Project and the BFF. The show starts at 10:00 EST/9:00 Central and can be found at http://www.letstalkbigfoot.com Please tune in and support great research.
Review: Squatch Detective Radio 6-25-07
This was a pretty good show, with Steve and Billy just kind of playing off each other and discussing the latest Bigfoot news. Billy read a recent editorial he wrote over the air, and he and Steve answered questions from myself and Bill Green. It was a pretty enjoyable show, one worth listening to. The next show will perhaps have a guest, next Monday, 9:00 EST/8:00 Central, at the link which can be found in the list to the right. I hope everyone will tune in and support great research.
Monday, June 25, 2007
Strange sounds heard in the night
Late last night, I was outside checking on my kittens who sleep in one of our sheds, when I distinctly heard what sounded like a flat piece of wood being beaten against another piece of wood. It did it several times then quit. My mother told me just a few minutes ago that she heard it late-yesterday afternoon, so it makes me wonder. I am not saying it was a Sasquatch, because neither of us saw it, but it is strange.
Sunday, June 24, 2007
Apologies...
Due to technical issues, our show did not go off as planned tonight. However, we will work on the technical issues we have experienced, and we will reschedule Mr. Crowe for another time. Our guest next Sunday is Todd Neiss, 9:00 EST/8:00 Central (hopefully with no technical glitches). The link is to the right, so please tune in and support great research.
New book for sale!!!!!!
Ohio Researcher Don Keating is now selling copies of Elementum Bestia by Craig Heinselman for $25.00 a copy, autographed by the author. If you'd like, Don will autograph it for you too because he wrote an article in the book as well. Contact Don at eobic@yahoo.com for more details.
Craig Heinselman's new book is available now
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Sasquatch Experience Tonight...
Our guest will be International Bigfoot Society President/founder Ray Crowe. The show begins at 9:00 EST/8:00 Central and can be found at the link to the right. As always, please tune in and support great research.
Saturday, June 23, 2007
Editorial: Independent Documentarians: Doing a great service to Bigfooting
We have all seen these specials on TV countless times, the ones which take a more skeptical look (sometimes TOO skeptical), with sneering skeptics and loaded narration which implies that anyone who studies hairy bipeds worldwide is a candidate for the looney bin and cannot be taken seriously. However, some independent documentarians have stepped up to the plate and bucked the system, with fair and balanced productions which give Bigfooters the time they need to explain their side of things. Some examples of terrific independent documentarians are Jay Michael Long from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, who has produced 3 excellent DVD's on cryptids (Swamp Apes, Bigfoot FAQ and The Honey Island Swamp Monster) and is at work on a fourth on Bigfoot in Oklahoma; Scott Herriott, who has principally produced documentaries on the Pacific Crest Trail and also on strange places in the U.S., but also produced two Bigfoot docs (Squatching and Journey Toward Squatchdom, with the latter being more a hilarious "mockumentary"); Autumn Williams, former host of Mysterious Encounters, produced an excellent DVD called Oregon Bigfoot: Search For A Living Legend Part 1 of 3; Peter von Puttkamer, producer of the terrific Sasquatch Odyssey: The Hunt For Bigfoot, as well as a Learning Channel series on monsters; John Johnsen, producer of Keeping The Watch, which featured profiles of six independent researchers; Todd Partain, producer of the terrific Eyes In The Dark: The Sasquatch Experience and Don Keating, chairman of the Eastern Ohio Bigfoot Investigation Center, who produced 5 documentaries (In The Shadow of The Sasquatch, Ohio's Abominable Snowman?, The Evidence Mounts, Sasquatch Lake: The White Bigfoot Video and The Mystery of...The Sasquatch Triangle) which are also great. These individuals are part of a new breed of filmmakers who give us Bigfooters a true chance to tell our stories without being edited or cut off by a sneering skeptic or loaded narration which makes us look like nutjobs. I would say the future of true independent cryptozoological filmmaking is safe and secure.
USBRA Radio tonight...
Indy and Robin will host myself and Bill Green in a bit of a roundtable-type discussion. The show starts at 10:00 EST/9:00 Central and can be found at This Page Hope that everyone will tune in and support great research.
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