Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Bigfoot Myth Lingers -- Then again, it's only a myth if Sasquatch isn't real, and plenty of folks swear it is
Yakima Herald-Republic; April 20, 2003; ERIC BAILEY; 700+ words ...a legend.Willow Creek is a vortex of Bigfoot lore. This is where the discovery of...classic film snippet caught a purported Bigfoot nearby. The one-time logging town long...hoax, his kin declared. Ray Wallace was Bigfoot, and Bigfoot was dead. Not so fast...
Bigfoot: a search in Utah
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); June 24, 2009; Lynn Arave Deseret News; 700+ words ...Salmond, 44, is a new member of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, which...Thursday through Monday looking for elusive Bigfoot evidence. Founded in 1995, BFRO claims...scientific organization dedicated to finding Bigfoot.Some 26 years ago when he was 18, Salmond...
Bigfoot believer presents evidence on Calif. roadside
The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV); December 20, 2004; David L. Beck; 700+ words ...nation fed on checkout-line tabloids, "Bigfoot" and "hoax" go together like chips and dip. Mike Rugg, the proprietor of a Bigfoot museum in Felton, Calif., respectfully...death on less evidence than we have for Bigfoot," Rugg said.His Felton museum opened...




Bigfoot museum a fresh look at mysterious `creature'.
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; December 20, 2004; Beck, David L.; 700+ words ...nation fed on checkout-line tabloids, "Bigfoot" and "hoax" go together like chips and dip. Mike Rugg, the proprieter of a Bigfoot museum in Felton, Calif., respectfully...death on less evidence than we have for Bigfoot," Rugg said. His Felton museum opened...
Bigfoot Stalkers on Forked Path; West Coast Sasquatch Establishment Snubs Eastern Research as Amateur
The Washington Post; October 1, 2004; David A. Fahrenthold; 700+ words William Dranginis says he saw Bigfoot near Culpeper, Va., on a spring day...sighting to one of the nation's premier Bigfoot researchers in the Pacific Northwest...was his initiation into the East Coast Bigfoot hunters, a group whose members say they...
Bigfoot expert academic wild man
The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); November 4, 2006; JESSE HARLAN ALDERMAN Associated Press writer; 700+ words ...first ones I collected," he says, "of Bigfoot." In the muddy Blue Mountains near Walla...of research that only could belong to Bigfoot. "That's what set the hook," said...Meldrum has collected more than 200 Bigfoot prints. He says he believes in the principles...
Bigfoot brings big debate to ISU
Idaho State Journal; April 14, 2012; 700+ words ...not many U.S. universities where Bigfoot is a frequent topic of discussion...Natural History's involvement with Bigfoot. Specifically, the museum has computer scans of casts made from alleged Bigfoot tracks available online. In the past...




BIGFOOT DISCIPLES GATHER IN SUPPORT OF BELIEF
The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); May 14, 2002; ANDREW KRAMER, Associated Press writer; 600 words ...examined Ziploc bags holding strands of "Bigfoot hair" and grainy photographs of ape...of dung he says may have come from a Bigfoot. About 400 people showed up for a weekend regional conference on Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch. It was a...
Bigfoot or big story?
Duluth News-Tribune (Duluth, MN); October 13, 2007; 700+ words ...Minnesota's forests. Footprints of Bigfoot. "For every sighting we have heard about...speak Monday about Northeastern Minnesota Bigfoot sightings at Lady Ocalat's Emporium...of a handful of Northeastern Minnesota Bigfoot researchers who say they've seen signs...
Bigfoot believers.(City/Region)
The Register Guard (Eugene, OR); June 20, 2010; 700+ words ...elusive and most controversial species - bigfoot. "One thing these people have in common...opposition," said Jim Kiser, who researches bigfoot from his home in Newberg. "My son thinks...in-chemistry friend says he has a bigfoot detector - and it's a six pack." The...




Bigfoot was a prankster's carve-up; Family admits hoaxer created the US answer to Nessie
The Herald; December 7, 2002; Shan Ross; 700+ words THE man behind the legend of Bigfoot has died - and his family has finally...worldwide headlines and spawned a Bigfoot industry culminating in 1967 in a...last week, said: "The reality is, Bigfoot just died." Rodeo rider He also...
BIGFOOT EXHIBIT SPURNS BIG HOPES FOR TOWN BELIEVERS
The Columbian (Vancouver, WA); June 30, 2000; MICHELLE LOCKE, Associated Press writer; 700+ words ...CREEK, Calif. -- Some people believe in Bigfoot. Most don't. Some aren't sure what...skeptical, but she knows one thing: Bigfoot could be good for business. "He's...Willow Creek-China Flat Museum's new Bigfoot wing. The idea: Put some local history...
Bigfoot Enthusiasts Discredit Film
AP Online; January 10, 1999; JOHN M. HUBBELL, Associated Press Writer; 700+ words ...Press Writer AP Online 01-10-1999 Bigfoot Enthusiasts Discredit Film BOTHELL, Wash...the hearts and minds of true believers, Bigfoot's existence has long been enshrined...tracings of a bell-shaped fastener at Bigfoot's waist. They say the creature in the...




The Bigfoot science conference
The Scientist; September 1, 2006; Secko, David; 700+ words ...city of Pocatello, Idaho, hosted the Bigfoot Rendezvous, a conference that included...who retold stories of investigating Bigfoot encounters; US Forest Service archeologist...Normally, news of a non-peer reviewed Bigfoot conference wouldn't grace these pages...
Southern Bigfoot Convention draws criticism.(Demon Haunted Times)
Skeptic (Altadena, CA); June 22, 2003; Muller, Brandon; 700+ words ...CONSTERNATION, TX -- As the largest group of Bigfoot enthusiasts--the Southern Bigfoot Convention (SBC-prepares to kick off their...that the only unknown large bipedal species is Bigfoot," says Sam Iverson, a recovering Southern...
Shadowing Bigfoot.(Animals)(Believers have tracked the legendary Sasquatch throughout the Northwest, including Lane County)
The Register Guard (Eugene, OR); December 17, 2006; 700+ words ...Sasquatches, too. Otherwise, how would Bigfoot exist in the first place? "There's...Bunny." Williams is most definitely a Bigfoot believer. Her Web site, www .oregonbigfoot...who has been researching and looking for Bigfoot since she says she saw one at age 3 in...




WELCOME TO BIGFOOT COUNTRY : DEPRESSED TIMBER AREA PROMOTING FOREST LEGEND TO ATTRACT TOURISM.(NEWS)
Daily News (Los Angeles, CA); August 11, 1996; 700+ words ...apelike guy for prosperity. That's Bigfoot. Town leaders hope he'll make people...As far as the chamber is concerned, (Bigfoot) is our slogan.'' At the town museum...Sunday, travelers can buy $10 casts of Bigfoot's alleged footprint. Or they can snag...
Two Bigfoot Believers Step Out of Party Line -- Critics claim famous image really is that of guy in monkey suit
Yakima Herald-Republic; January 11, 1999; JOHN M. HUBBELL The Associated Press; 700+ words ...For true believers, the existence of Bigfoot was long ago confirmed by a single minute...northern California woods. But two longtime Bigfoot buffs are parting company with the others...hoax," said Cliff Crook, a longtime Bigfoot tracker who devotes rooms to Sasquatch...




BRING BACK BIGFOOT
Boise Weekly; July 5, 2006; Ferguson, Dean A; 700+ words ...thick finger. "See. See. That's Bigfoot." I peeked over the man's meaty shoulder...Mionczynski. "Obviously you see that's Bigfoot there. What do you think of that...smudge on a gray background, captioned: "Bigfoot in UFO." As a wildlife biologist, Mionczynski...
Body of Bigfoot allegedly found
San Bernardino County Sun (San Bernardino, CA); August 15, 2008; Jim Matthews; 700+ words There is finally proof of Bigfoot, that legendary, hulking primate...claim they have a frozen carcass of a Bigfoot they found in the woods of Northern...Southerners, both are devout believers in Bigfoot. Both are not the likely hoaxsters...
Searchers for `Bigfoot' Undeterred
The Washington Post; January 19, 1989; Cindy Wehling; 686 words ...Searching for the mysterious monster known as Bigfoot, they had wired the woods for sound...Greenbelt resident who is the director of the Bigfoot Information Project. The episode occurred...there that claimed to have seen red-eyed Bigfoot the week before. But the noise was not...
Hunting for the elusive Bigfoot
Winnipeg Free Press; December 6, 2011; Anonymous; 700+ words I put Bigfoot -- our miniature pinscher -- outside...there was no movement; it wasn't like Bigfoot to stay outside. It was cold out, dark...from a burger run a few minutes later. "Bigfoot's gone," I said. "I guess you got...




Skeptics think Bigfoot researcher is a big joke
Deseret News (Salt Lake City); November 5, 2006; Jesse Harlan Alderman Associated Press; 700+ words ...first ones I collected," he says, "of Bigfoot." In the muddy Blue Mountains near Walla...of research that only could belong to Bigfoot. "That's what set the hook," said...Meldrum has collected more than 200 Bigfoot prints. He says he believes in the principles... 



 BIGFOOT IS DEAD; GULLIBILITY LIVES ON.(Editorials)
The Santa Fe New Mexican (Santa Fe, NM); December 7, 2002; 700+ words ...family has 'fessed up for him: He was "Bigfoot.'' Back in 1958, while Wallace was...The Humboldt Times coined the term "Bigfoot'' on its front page. Soon a cult was born, insisting that Bigfoot's legend dated back to the 1800s... 




Bigfoot From Outer Space? Researcher pooh-poohs Yakima claim that Bigfoot is really a man in a monkey suit
Yakima Herald-Republic; July 17, 2000; TOM ROEDER YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC; 700+ words Bigfoot is a spaceman. That's the theory of...Project. "I have seen UFOs and I have seen Bigfoot, but I have never seen them at the same...t enough to conquer skeptics who say Bigfoot is the Yakima Valley's biggest home grown...
Foot Notes; Bigfoot Conference-goers take the paranormal in stride
Pittsburgh City Paper; September 29, 2004; Anonymous; 700+ words ...re the tallest man in the room at a Bigfoot convention, you're bound to draw some...stride -- albeit a shorter stride than Bigfoot's. Taylor, of Blawnox, is attending his first East Coast Bigfoot Conference and Expo on Sept. 25, held... 




Idaho Museum to Open Bigfoot Exhibit
AP Online; June 14, 2006; 584 words ...sized plaster cast of a purported image of Bigfoot that will be part of the museum's Bigfoot display, in this Sunday, June 12, 2006...Natural History says it won't matter whether Bigfoot is farce or fact when a new exhibit opens Friday...
Death of a Legend -- Bigfoot Was a Big Fake, Say Hoaxer's Relatives
Yakima Herald-Republic; December 6, 2002; 700+ words ...SEATTLE (AP) - The man whose prank launched the "Bigfoot" legend in 1958 has died - and family members...can now reveal the truth. "Ray L. Wallace was Bigfoot. The reality is, Bigfoot just died," said his son, Michael Wallace...




University of Florida Study: Bigfoot Myth Persists Because It Depicts Humans' Wild Side.
Ascribe Higher Education News Service; December 14, 2004; 700+ words ...There's plenty to debunk about the Bigfoot myth, but people may not listen because...of the animal and derive meaning from Bigfoot because it represents where we came from...anthropologist David Daegling. "I think Bigfoot depicts the wild and uncultured side of...
Lovable trickster created a monster with Bigfoot hoax.
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; December 6, 2002; Young, Bob; 700+ words Byline: Bob Young SEATTLE _ Bigfoot is dead. Really. "Ray L. Wallace was Bigfoot. The reality is, Bigfoot just died," said Michael Wallace about his father, who died of heart failure Nov. 26 in a Centralia nursing facility. He was 84...
FOOTSTEPS IN THE NIGHT BIGFOOT SKEPTICS TURN INTO BIG-TIME SLEUTHS, TEASED BY A TRAIL OF FAINT CLUES.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); November 4, 2002; 700+ words ...as in Yeti and Sasquatch. Bigger as in Bigfoot. That's right, the hairy, smelly...Legion of hunters Make no mistake. Bigfoot and his kin remain part of a freaky family...remains amused. But the faithful hope Bigfoot may yet make a monkey out of non-believers...
On Bigfoot information at ISU
Idaho State Journal; April 5, 2012; 700+ words ...science, using recent investigations of Bigfoot as the example. In honor of April Fools...whatsoever, and there is nothing better than Bigfoot to use as the Sunday parable. When I...included a series of scans of purported Bigfoot tracks and a small website on Bigfoot...




Anglers feed saga of Bigfoot.(City/Region Columnist)
The Register Guard (Eugene, OR); June 16, 2011; 700+ words ...more than 2,000 times without seeing Bigfoot. Nor did he notice a large, furry creature...will be part of an hourlong "Finding Bigfoot" segment that'll air at 10 p.m...Patterson-Gimlin footage that triggered the Bigfoot debate in 1967, the pair's YouTube...
New claims against Bigfoot film make waves
The Charleston Gazette (Charleston, WV); January 11, 1999; John M. Hubbell; 700+ words ...the hearts and minds of true believers, Bigfoot's existence has long been enshrined...tracings of a bell- shaped fastener at Bigfoot's waist. They say the creature in the...hoax," said Cliff Crook, a longtime Bigfoot tracker who devotes rooms to sasquatch...
Small town a bastion of Bigfoot belief.
Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL); October 19, 2005; Wischnowsky, Dave; 700+ words ...bantering about a more exotic topic: Bigfoot. For better or worse, Seneca has become...by a member of the California-based Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, which...scientific research organization exploring the Bigfoot/Sasquatch mystery." "My mind's...
Tall, tall tales equal Bigfoot.(Columns)(Column)
The Register Guard (Eugene, OR); March 28, 2002; 700+ words ...April issue of the Skeptical Inquirer - the cover story is on "Bigfoot at 50: Evaluating a Half-Century of Bigfoot Evidence." Ever since writing a magazine article on Bigfoot back in the late '80s, I've had a certain fascination with...



 Bigfoot Hoax Goes in Halls of Hooey
Yakima Herald-Republic; October 7, 2004; Leah Ward; 684 words ...history and legend 37 years ago by walking in Bigfoot's flat feet donned the costume again this...home. The tall cowboy walked the lumbering Bigfoot walk for filmmakers and anti-Bigfoot authors Tuesday on private property near Rimrock...




PROFESSOR HOPES TO TURN BIGFOOT INTO BIG PROFIT
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA); November 7, 1995; Doug Clark The Spokesman-Review; 700+ words To heck with catching Bigfoot. I'd rather catch the big groans coming from...s most accredited scientist to openly embrace Bigfoot as something more than a hairy Northwest legend. Bigfoot and Elvis sightings have been depressingly off... 




Unreality TV -- Bigfoot show is Sunday
Yakima Herald-Republic; January 29, 2005; Jane Gargas; 700+ words ...Heironimus is once again admitting to being Bigfoot, only this time he's saying it on national TV. The legend of Bigfoot, one of the most fascinating tales...Heironimus play starring roles on "Bigfoot: Is it Real?" airing on The National... 




Bigfoot Unzipped -- Yakima Valley man who says he wore suit passes lie-detector test
Yakima Herald-Republic; January 30, 1999; DAVID WASSON YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC; 700+ words ...a paranormal icon to the existence of Bigfoot is actually nothing more than a Big Joke...retired salesman from Yakima who remembers Bigfoot expert Roger Patterson and his partner...while back, when questions about the Bigfoot film started to fester in the media again... 




Bigfoot, 1958-2002.(Editorials)(Yet he's sure to prove immortal)(Editorial)
The Register Guard (Eugene, OR); December 13, 2002; 679 words ...was he who gave life to the legend of Bigfoot. Yet the legend has acquired a life of...giant footprints quickly spread, and Bigfoot became the Northwest's answer to the...people in gorilla suits and recordings of "Bigfoot sounds." A good hoax is a thing of beauty...
Bigfoot believer kept on searching ; Famous prints are Freeman's legacy
The Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA); April 3, 2003; Thomas Clouse Staff writer Staff writer Becky Kramer contributed to this report.; 700+ words Paul Freeman's search for Bigfoot ended Wednesday. He left big tracks...s self-described encounter with Bigfoot in 1982 in the Blue Mountains near...But Paul really decided to become a Bigfoot hunter." Freeman also made a video...



 Bigfoot believer keeping the faith
Yakima Herald-Republic; February 18, 2005; Wenatchee World; 700+ words ...is a researcher- investigator for the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, one of dozens of Bigfoot organizations that have taken off with...year interest and thorough knowledge of Bigfoot research, he said. Graves is a local...




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