This was a pretty terrific show, with guest Thom Powell (The Locals) who discussed his interest and research into Sasquatch, as well as talking about some of the stories in the book, such as the Rocky Bounds case and the Battle Mountain case. Mike Hall called in and talked to Thom about his research and asked him questions. I also called in and asked Thom some questions and visited with him a bit. I also asked him if he would like to be part of the Second-Annual Authors Month on HBM's Crypto-Corner coming next month. Not sure what Laurie, Lauren and Luke have planned for next week, but it begins at 7:00 EST/6:00 Central.
Please join hosts Billy Willard and DBD, aka The Blogsquatcher, as we invite Tim Day, an eyewitness of a creature in Wisconsin when he was 14 years old. His description of his sighting will facinate you. Tim also has some ideas to share with the listeners. And as always, we encourage you to please tune in and support great research.
A recent trailcam picture believed to show something that resembled a Bigfoot in a Kentucky man's garden has been analyzed. Here are some comparison photos that show what really visited the Kentucky garden. Meanwhile, a search for cryptids is about to get underway in Sumatra, and there's a video interview with one ot the mission's key members in Interview with Richard Freeman on the Eve of the Expedition.
A creature is said to lurk in Cameron Lake, British Columbia. The Scientific Cryptozoology Club will be investigating the events, and the lake itself, this week after reports and pictures of the creatures emerged recently. But excited residents aren't eager to rid themselves of the suspected serpent-like monster. Instead, the Oceanside Tourism board is helping the cause since they are very aware that a tourism boon may be swimming beneath its placid waters. "There are no reports of anyone getting attacked at one of these lakes. In fact, it's a great tourist attraction," says John Kirk.
In the eastern forested side of Texas comes the legend of a hairy hominid that stalks the nearly 12 million acres of wilderness. The first reports appear in Native American legends and in stories published before the turn of the century. The pursuit of Bigfoot sometimes resulted in harrowing encounters, some supposedly lethal. These stories were the jumping off point for the co-founder of the Texas Bigfoot Research Center, Craig Woolheater. One encounter, dubbed the Lake Worth Monster, was all the buzz in the summer of 1969 and came to a climax with an alleged attack on a man sleeping in his truck at night; the man narrowly escaped the beast. Although the facts may never come close to the fiction with some of the reports, it's these stories, along with his own personal sighting of the elusive "Goatman" while traveling with a friend in the backwoods of Louisiana, that fuels Woolheater's passion to research the legendary cryptid today.
It has taken six years, but as of November 1, 2009, the International Cryptozoology Museum will open to the public in a permanent space in downtown Portland, Maine. The museum will be sharing the space with Green Hand Books, owned by Michelle Souliere, an anomalist and editor of the Strange Maine Newsletter. Loren Coleman provides details of what the museum will exhibit and explains the “Fayette coincidence” of its location.
B:AKK was pretty good, mostly a call-in show since the guest Jimmy Chilcutt was unable to be on the show due to technical issues and miscommunication. So, Bill and I called in and discussed the recent supposed photo from Kentucky as well as some of the more recent Bigfoot news. Hopefully, Jordy and Abe will have Jimmy on next Friday, 9:00 EST/8:00 Central.
Thom Powell, a Clackamas County resident junior high school science teacher and author of The Locals: A Contemporary Investigation of the Bigfoot/Sasquatch Phenomenon has never seen a bigfoot. He is a skeptic. But in years of research, he's convinced there's no reason the creature - if it exists - could not freely roam up and down the Tualatin River. As Powell sees it, the river is a natural migration route for animals traveling back and forth between the Coast Range and the Cascades. Given the elusive and nocturnal tendencies attributed to Bigfoot, as well as the heavily wooded ravines that cris-cross the area, a large and intelligent animal could go all but undetected. "All bets are off at night," Powell said. "We are absolutely not inhabitants of the landscape at night, so whatever's inhabiting it, we have no awareness of it, we can't do anything about it, and we absolutely can't document it." Powell is of the opinion that any real life Bigfoot is likely a hominid, the scientific classifications for all animals on the "human" side of man's evolutionary divergence from the ancestors of modern apes, an even believed to have occurred some 15 - 30 million years ago. "Neanderthals may not be as extinct as we think" he said. In The Locals, Thom Powell approaches the subject as a middle-school science teacher (surely among the most jaded and cynical of professions) who used the Sasquatch phenomenon to teach the difference between junk science and the scientific method. After some years of automatically characterizing the Sasquatch as junk science, he realized that, tabloid journalism notwithstanding, rigorous scientific inquiry and the scientific method were precisely what the Sasquatch phenomenon needed. And as always, we encourage you to please tune in and support great research.
Computer scans of New Zealand fossils may have helped scientists unravel a mystery about a giant raptor that became extinct 500 years ago. Says a researcher: "The science supports Maori mythology of the legendary pouakai or hokioi, a huge bird that could swoop down on people in the mountains and was capable of killing a small child." Also, the Great Tit Turns Out to be a Killer, as recent finds suggest that bats can now be added to the Great Tit's menu.
A cellphone picture supposedly captured by a fisherman is circulating on the net of an unknown object or cryptid near a lake in Argentina. Some claim it's a pterodactyl, some a UFO, since the image is difficult to determine one way or another. But others are doubtful to its overall authenticity at all. With a follow-up that asks the question: Pterodactyls Or Windshield Cracks? Also on Cryptomundo, a Chicago-Area Black Panther Sighting.
A roundup of reports of a sea serpent said to be up to 60ft in length and very fast moving off the coast of Norfolk in the UK. The descriptions evoke classic sea-serpent characteristics of small head, long slim body and diamond-shaped frill along the back. The most recent report dates back to 1978. Elsewhere, Loren Coleman and a few hundred other people went on a Sea Serpent Whale Watch from Bar Harbor, Maine last week. With photos.
The "Hobbit" is slipping into height charts with the other folks, including Homo floresiensis, just as other cryptozoological figures are showing up in pseudo-police lineups. Elsewhere, a skeptic questions a couple of recent photos in Fairies and Bigfoot.
Bigfoot is the newest threat to the Chicago adventure traveler in what has been an already harsh week. First, reports surfaced that marijuana farmers as ...
A gorilla-like creature that resembles the mythical creature Bigfoot is causing excitement on the web after being photographed in the back garden of a home ...
This was a pretty terrific show, with guest Craig Woolheater, who discussed the upcoming 9th-Annual Texas Bigfoot Conference as well as the speakers who will be presenting at the event, such as Esteban Sarmiento, Peter Matthiesen, Bill Dranginis, John Bindernagel, John Mionczynski, Loren Coleman, Jerry Hestand, Alton Higgins and Daryl Colyer. I called in and talked to Craig about the Conference and also asked about the change to Tyler, Texas from Jefferson. Several questions were also asked from the chat. In 2 weeks, Larry Battson will return for part 2 of a discussion he took part in last month, September 23, 9:00 EST/8:00 Central.
Please join Jordan and Elusive as they invite Jimmy Chilcutt to the show! Jimmy Chilcutt is a fingerprint expert witness, formerly of the Conroe Police Department, Texas. Before retiring from police work, he accumulated eighteen years as a latent fingerprint examiner and crime scene investigator. He holds a Master Police Officer Certification from the State of Texas. Chilcutt rose to prominence in the world of bigfoot research after watching Jeff Meldrum mention dermal ridges on a TV documentary. Chilcutt contacted Melrum and arranged to examine a number of plaster casts of alleged bigfoot footprints at Idaho State University, after which Chilcutt declared that they were of an unknown primate. In 2003, Chilcutt gave a presentation at the International Bigfoot Symposium in Willow Creek, California, and subsequently told the British Broadcasting Corporation, "I know there's an animal out there, because I've seen the physical evidence." And as always, we encourage you to please tune in and support great research.
For years people in the desert southwestern United States have been reporting seemingly impossibly large birds. Those who haven't made such sightings have placed the claims alongside the chupacabras and the Jersey Devil, humorous legends they say defy belief. But the stories of huge birds or birdlike creatures continue across southern New Mexico and parts of Texas. Here are some accounts of these sightings. There are legends of fantastic creatures in the United Kingdom, too, and here's the tale of one legendary creature being sought in England's longest lake: Psychic and Photographer in Hunt for 'Bownessie' Beneath Windermere.
A new photo has surfaced from Jefferson County, Kentucky, of what appears to be some sort of being, dark, mysterious, unknown (or IS it unknown?). It appears to some to be a possible Sasquatch or at the very least a gorilla of some sort, but there are those who have said it is actually a bird in mid-flight, a crow or turkey vulture or buzzard. That is the direction I lean in as well, that it is most likely a bird of some sort caught in mid-flight. But, even if it WERE a photo of a Sasquatch, it does not solve the mystery and proves nothing. It makes for interesting conversation, but ultimately it is in the same class as the Jacobs Photos, the Polish Videos which recently surfaced, the Freeman footage, the Memorial Day footage and yes, the Patterson/Gimlin Film-it does not prove that Sasquatch exists. It only provides us with an interesting image or footage or video and something to talk about, but ultimately it does not get us any closer to solving the mystery. Whether this new photo is of a Sasquatch, bird, bear or just a trash bag blowing in the wind, it will still not get us any closer to resolution of this issue.
A team of explorers is getting set to adventure into the wilds of Sumatra with team leader Adam Davies, cryptozoologist and author of Extreme Expeditions: Travel Adventures Stalking the World's Mystery Animals. Davies and his companions will be seeking the elusive Orang Pendek with the help of the native Kubu people who have often witnessed the bipedal hairy hominoid in the rainforests. They will also be attempting to document the existence of other cryptids reported by the Kubu, such as large horned snakes and golden cats with out-sized canine teeth. With images. Meanwhile, at Cryptozoology Online, a website of the United Kingdom's Centre for Fortean Zoology (CFZ), Davies shares His Hopes for the Expedition. Several CFZ members are accompanying Davies on the Sumatra trek. Elsewhere, there's now a video news report about America's huge hairy hominoid at CNN: Backyard Bigfoot?
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This was a pretty terrific show, which was originally to have Dr. Robert Alley as the guest, but he was once again unable to make it, so they will try again for next week. It wound up being a call-in show, with Bill Green and I calling in to talk about the newest possible photo from Kentucky as well as some issues in the Bigfoot world. Bill and I mildly debated about the new Kentucky photo as well as some issues in the Bigfoot world, and Bobbie Short and Don Keating called in also. Bobbie's website, www.bigfootencounters.com was plugged on CNN yesterday in a story about the Kentucky photo, and Don was giving his .02 cents on the Kentucky photo. Hopefully, Bob and Mike will have Dr. Alley on next week, beginning at 9:00 EST/8:00 Central. And as always, we encourage you to please tune in and support great research.
They're back! Join Melissa Hovey and Monica Rawlins with this weeks guest, Criag Woolheater, as they discuss the upcoming Texas Bigfoot Conference. The conference will be held this year in Tyler, Texas on September 26th.
More info. can be found at http://www.texasbigfoot.org
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An intrepid film crew from the United Kingdom's BBC is believed to have documented 40 new species, including the giant rat and a frog with fangs, while filming the documentary "Lost Land of the Volcano" which premieres tonight. There's more on the expedition and tonight's program in the article Lost World of Fanged Frogs and Giant Rats Discovered, including a linked slide show. There are more animal discoveries at Cryptomundo today in Rhino Feces-Eating Turtle Rediscovered. There's also an update on a recent large cat flap in Fayette Feline Followup and a large bird flap in Thunderbird Defeathered.
Please join your hosts Bob Coyne and Mike Killen as we welcome Dr. J.Robert Alley, author of the book Raincoast Sasquatch, to the show. Dr. Alley has been involved in Sasquatch research for 30+ years and is a field investigator with Alaska Bigfoot Researchers. He specifically concentrates his investigations to reports from southeastern Alaska. He has worked with other notable researchers such as the late Rene Dahinden in 1974 – 1975 investigating police sightings in Washington state and also Ray Crowe. If you can, please join us in our live show chat. It's always a lot of fun and we love to interact live with our listeners.
This was a pretty good show, with guests Hawk Spearman and Lugo Raimondo, who discussed a good bit about their research and their activity that they have experienced, including where Lugo videotaped something in the state of Texas a few years ago which may have been a Sasquatch. Hawk talked a good bit about his encounters and sightings and also his research in Alabama and Ohio. Both men answered several questions from the chat as well. Not sure what Billy and DB have planned for next week, but it begins at 9:00 EST/8:00 Central. And as always, we encourage you to please tune in and support great research.