Beliefs are not an excuse for critical thinking...
The Bigfoot Blog is the voice of North America Bigfoot Search. We will contribute to the Blog when we feel that NABS has something significant to state.
You may have noticed a change and a new addition to our website. Some of you may actually recognize the sketch, if not, keep staring. We would first like to thank Chris Murphy for the use of his beautiful portrait the last several years, but, times have changed and we decided to modify our look.
In the world of Bigfoot research there are mainly two camps. One camp believes that Bigfoot is from the ape family and it possesses a modified appearance of an ape. The other camp believes that Bigfoot has more human qualities that parallel with a “Wild Man” look. As a group that’s only been researching Bigfoot for four years we can’t claim to be experts on anything, but, we are the first group to ever put a Bigfoot witness in front of a trained law enforcement forensic artist. Those results have been consistent and do follow a “Wild Man” pattern.
When we delve into historical records of this biped the vast majority of the written articles talk about a “wild Man”, an entity that people routinely say looks too human to shoot.
In several recent incidents NABS researchers have received some backlash because of our findings and our website. Many established researchers abruptly stopped communicating with us because of our sketches and research. There haven’t been words exchanged, they merely stop talking. As a group of professionals that have worked at the highest levels in the technology sector, we find this behavior very surprising. When professionals have differences, they discuss them, attempt to find neutral ground and then work forward building on the relationship,,,, not here.
Many Bigfoot researchers have put their personal stake in the ground claiming that Bigfoot is a type of ape, and, because of their public statements and presentations are reluctant to change their position. When NABS originally started our research, we understood that there were few good facial photos of Bigfoot and we felt it would be beneficial to understand what we were dealing with, thus the forensic artist. One of the biggest names in Bigfoot research recently watched us interview a Bigfoot witness and subsequently sketch a face of the biped. This researcher initially didn’t feel that Harvey Pratt was sketching the Bigfoot to the specifications of the witness. They also felt that another research group was utilizing a trained forensic artist, they aren’t. The other group’s artist is drawing a creature that looks much different then our sketches. Part of this artists issue is that the drawings are done via mail, slight adjustments are made and then they are sent again, this process is very long and cumbersome We are the only group that’s gone to the expense of putting a trained forensic artist with witnesses. The researcher saw the end result of our sketch, the witness was elated with the result and the researcher didn’t say much, needless to say the sketch did appear much more human then ape.
Another anomaly in the Bigfoot world is the reluctance of researchers to come forward and admit they’ve witnessed a Bigfoot. Two of the BIGGEST names in the research world have seen a Bigfoot but they won’t publicly admit it. One of these people has talked to NABS and confirmed that what they observed closely matches our sketches and is nothing close to an ape. This researcher will not publicly make a statement but will privately engage us. The other individual is highly touted and has been around for many years and recently had a Bigfoot sighting. The rumor that is floating in the Bigfoot arena is that this person will not publicly talk about it because what they observed flies directly in the face of what they have believed Bigfoot is, an ape. The person’s sighting may well look more human then they are willing to admit.
Does NABS need others to validate our findings, absolutely not. We did not enter this arena with pre-conceived notions about where we wanted the research to take us. We are traveling down the road where the research, witnesses, drawings and historical data are taking us. If “researchers” fail to look under every rock and only look where they know they’ll find answers that fit their agenda, they’re really not researchers. Is there a possibility that there is an ape-like creature wandering the North American continent walking on two feet, absolutely, especially in areas near Florida and the South. Is an ape-like creature wandering the forests of California, Oregon and the western United States, doubtful.
NABS may not be invited to many Bigfoot conferences in the next few years because of our controversial findings and the publicity behind our research, but, we would be hypocrites if we pandered to a specific agenda. The witnesses who have seen these creatures need to have their voices heard. NABS is 100% positive that we are tracking the correct direction in our research and our efforts are fully supported by every Bigfoot witness we’ve ever met. It should also be stated that many of the rank and file researchers in some of the BIGGEST Bigfoot organizations have contacted us privately and told us that we are going the right direction and they are supplying us with many great leads…Thanks
Enjoy the great outdoors!
NABS
nabigfootsearch@yahoo.com
Research: During the course of writing "The Hoopa Project" there were many researchers who expressed strong beliefs about Bigfoot and attempted to to sway the content of the manuscript a certain direction. NABS took the position that they would support the book as long as it stayed to the topic and stayed with the research that we uncovered. There are several items in the book that go against the belief system of many researchers who have spent MANY years investigating Bigfoot/Sasquatch and the Skunk Ape. Our theories are not something that were developed overnight or in a vacuum, they evolved from reading countless books, interviewing hundreds of people and applying a certain level of common sense and field research.
During the last several months our director (David Paulides) has presented our findings at three different Bigfoot conferences and several REI groups. While the audience has overwhelmingly approached and emailed him with supportive comments, there is an element in the Bigfoot community that are not happy. They don't like the proposition that Bigfoot may be more human then the general research community has proposed in the past. Just for clarity, we haven't stated IT IS human but what we are saying is that it has characteristics that appear more human then any other animal in North America and that's excluding the fact that it's a biped. There is much more to this story and our research is evolving daily.
Support: One of the best websites on the web for Bigfoot researchers is Bigfoot Encounters (www.bigfootencounters.com). The site is owned and edited by Bobbie Short. She has spent decades conducting her own expeditions into Wilderness Areas, doing her own research into the creature and accumulating a mountain of valuable data on Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti/Yeren, etc. You could spend hours browsing her site and reading about this amazing creature. She is also one of the people that has her finger on the pulse of the Bigfoot world, she knows who is doing what and what is coming down the Bigfoot pipeline. Bobbie also produces a monthly newsletter that keeps the Bigfoot enthusiast informed on all of the latest happenings.
The Bobbie Short Bigfoot newsletter for the month of November was released yesterday. Bobbie did NABS, "The Hoopa Project" and David Paulides a great service by putting a stake in the ground supporting his book. The following statement is directly from her newsletter:
"The Hoopa Project," a new book by Dave Paulides is receiving rave
reviews the likes of which I have not seen before in BF books.
Since the last newsletter, these comments: "Book of the year,"
"A must read!" "Excellent read, we enjoyed it," "...best realistic
BF sketches," Paulides did his homework," "Damn good," and
"...who is this Paulides guy, he writes one helluva book?" "We
recommend it highly." The only complaint is that Hancock House
was in some instances very slow with delivery. Most comments
from readers who have seen a Bigfoot are raving on re: the "human
likenesses" Harvey Pratt was able to capture in his sketches. Of
course that is a feature I've been vocal about for thirteen years…. "
As you can decipher from the paragraph, Bobbie is a believer that Bigfoot does appear more human then animal. Our sketch artist, Harvey Pratt has the ability to deliver a sketch from a witness that appears as close to a mirror likeness of what they saw as nothing else NABS could develop. Harvey and Dave were shocked when the first drawings showed a creature that looked much more human then the Patterson-Gimlin creature. As more drawing were completed, they continued to closely matched the first. At this point in our research, it's hard to imagine that Harvey (and the witnesses that are supporting his work) is wrong, it wouldn't make sense. The witnesses who assisted in drawing facial sketches went against the grain of public knowledge and acceptance (the Patterson-Gimlin Creature). We sincerely thank Bobbie Short for writing such a supportive statement about NABS, "The Hoopa Project" and David Paulides. You can reach her and subscribe to the newsletter through her website.
Shipping: We aren't sure what is happening or did happen through Hancock House reagrding the shipment of "The Hoopa Project" but NABS has a healthy supply of the book and we do get orders out by the next day. Our fees match all other shippers and we guarantee our product. Please check our store for details on many other Bigfoot related products.
Thanks again to Bobbie Short for all of her support!
North America Bigfoot Search-nabigfootsearch@yahoo.com
During the last week one of our researchers was in the Mount Shasta/Burney/McCloud area. He was out doing followup on some older sightings and decided to take an afternoon break and visit MacArthur-Burney Falls State Park. As he pulled in the fron gate he was greeted by the Park Ranger and given a newspaper. The paper contained a variety of articles about the park and a lengthy article about Bigfoot and the region. To say that our researcher was pleasantly surprised would be an under statement. It would appear that the California Satte Park system is starting to loosen its reigns and is starting to allow its people to speak about taboo topics. NABS has reporduced the article below. Unfortunately, nobody signed the article as its author..!!??
The photo that was attached with the articvle did not contain a caption. You can see the photo on our "Photo Album" page.
Burney Bigfoot
Do you believe in Bigfoot? Skeptics are quick to discount the existence of the Bigfoot. They explain away the possibility because there is little or no evidence. To the skeptics I say “what’s the fun in that?”. To believe in something that most scientists will argue does not exist may be foolish but then again, what if?
Do you play the lottery? Do you believe that you will actually will a million dollars each time you play? And if you don’t believe, then why play? People play because it’s fun. It’s fun to dream, what if?
To believe in the mystical, the unexplained, or the unknown is to believe there are still mysteries to be discovered. It lifts us from our day to day grind and allows us to hold onto our youth and provides an adventure for the soul.
In 1910 a Dutch pilot crash landed on a rugged Indonesian island. When he was rescued he told horrific stories of giant lizards that ate goats and pigs, nobody believed him. The island is known today as Komodo; home of the Komodo Dragons.
In 1938 near Cape Town South Africa, the fishing trawler “Nerine” caught a coelacanth. A lobed finned fish believed extinct for more then 350 million years. The coelacanth was found in a local fish market, so a complete scientific examination was not possible. Scientists quickly discounted the find until in 1952 when a living sample was found.
Sightings of Bigfoot like creatures have been recorded as far back as the 1800’s. Many of the earliest inhabitants of North America and Native American cultures have words that describe a hairy giant wild man of the forests. The name Bigfoot is a journalists term that has become accepted and synonymous for “Sasquatch” (an anglicized Native American form of Sesquac-meaning “wild man”). Other names associated with similar creatures include the Yowie, Yeren, Yeti, Skunk Ape, Sisemite, Old Yellow Top, Momo, The Honey Island Swamp Monster, Barmanu, Almas and the Abominable Snowman. All refer to a man-like creature 6-12 feet tall covered in hair. In the Pacific Northwest of the United States the creature has become known as Bigfoot. Bigfoot (or which other name you prefer) sightings have been recorded in every state of the union except Hawaii. The majority of the sightings have occurred in California, Texas, Washington and Florida. Some of the tales and eyewitness accounts are unbelievable. Some of the stories are so unbelievable you go to kinds wonder just what medication they were on. But these are a small handful and the majority pf accounts are from believable reliable people from every profession and occupation.
So what about Burney? My research into sightings of Bigfoot unfortunately came up with no recorded sightings of a Bigfoot here at Macarthur- Burney Falls. (I did come up with a sighting of a two headed deer and even a UFO, but I’ll save that for another day). Sorry no Burney Falls Bigfoot; however there have been a few local sightings.
In 1955 giant 3 toes footprints (similar to the reported Yeti footprints) were reported on Mount Shasta at an elevation of 11,000 feet. Again, footprints were reported by a Redding man in 1958. In 1962 a woman reported watching a Bigfoot give birth on Mount Shasta. In 1976 a logger claimed to have come across a huge bad smelling creature near cascade gulch. Later, two men drinking beer at Bunny Flats (Mount Shasta) reported Bigfoot gave them a crystal and then disappeared into the forest. Okay, that one does smell a little of alcohol. (Everyone knows that it probably wasn’t Bigfoot but more likely one of the mythical Lemurians known to live on the mountain. 1976 reported to be the year for strange reports on he mountain. That same year a Redding woman claimed that she was kidnapped by Bigfoot. No other details were given. I would have to presume that she escaped, was released, or the ransom was paid.
The next report I found jumps way up to 1992. In the fall of 1992 residences on Hudson Street in Burney were awakened by strange screams they likened to a cougar or bear and howler monkey rolled into one. Another resident reported seeing a silhouette of an upright bipedal creature walk past her window. The witnesss estimated its size to be about 8-9 feet tall. The most recent report came in 2005 on Clover Mountain 10 miles southwest of Burney where two brothers reported finding tracks and a week later, in the same general area sighting the big guy himself.
Although once thought to be a hoax, a mass hysteria, some reputable scientists and anthropologists are taking a closer into the Bigfoot mystery. The U.S. Forest Service has even included Bigfoot into some of their environmental impact reports on logging issues. So what do you think? To borrow an old cliché’ from the television show X-files, “The Truth is out there.” Do you believe?
The author didn’t sign the document. This appears on Page 11 of the newspaper handout.
During the last several weeks NABS has extended in an attempt to join forces with other Bigfoot associations to work on Bigfoot research, this request was prompted by several members inside these organizations. At times NABS is stretched thin and have requested assistance in specific parts of the U.S. for follow-up on activity. Each request that was sent was ignored. In follow-up with researchers from those organizations they were embarrassed and upset at the position of their group.
In the last three days we have been deluged with emails from individuals/researchers voicing concern over their organization. There seems to be an under current of anxiety inside a few select Bigfoot organizations and its amazing to us that their management either doesn’t recognize it or doesn’t care. Most of these researchers contact us regularly and are currently assisting NABS on current cases. It would appear that some groups that consider themselves “research” groups have forgot to conduct “research” and support the “researchers” that are doing their hard work. Many of these researchers have been with their organizations for years yet their management refuses to acknowledge them, baffling!
The TBRC (Texas Bigfoot) is one of the most professional groups that NABS has had the pleasure to work around, they sponsored the Texas Bigfoot Conference and invited NABS to present our findings, a gracious offer. Craig Woolheater (Director) has taken the time to put together a group that is attempting to “do the right thing”. NABS met many of their members in Texas and it was a very refreshing event.
Since NABS’ presentation in California, Texas and Oklahoma, researchers from the top Bigfoot groups in North America have contacted us with precedent setting information. They have been frustrated with their groups and the “stifling bureaucracy” that exists at some levels. Many of these people have since left and presented to us some of the most sobering research NABS has ever seen. We know that some researchers have joked about weekend investigators, ha, these individuals have done some of the best research NABS has ever been privileged to witness. It appears that these people have patiently been working alone on their theories and waiting for someone they trusted to come along, well, in walked NABS. We want to thank everyone for coming forward and trusting us with their work product. We guarantee that they will get the acknowledgement when we go public with these finding. We have teams working on many of these issues and this has become very time consuming, but, that is research.
We want everyone in the Bigfoot arena to be their own judge of what they want from a research organization. We’ve been told that they want responsiveness, honesty, professionalism, acknowledgement and updates. We attempt to answer all of our emails (there are a lot!), try to keep you updated over the web, we contact every witness who is reporting a sighting and we believe that professionalism is as important as honesty. If you have any recommendations for our group, please send us a note. If you’re disgruntled in your organization, be patient, voice your concern and be a catalyst for change. Develop synergy in your group and push the envelope of what YOU need from that group, that’s why they exist. NABS has no interest of being the only Bigfoot research group in the world or being the largest, it serves no purpose. We need all Bigfoot organizations working in harmony to solve this complex equation. If some of the directors can put their egos aside, we would make tremendous progress in actual Bigfoot research!
Take your kids outside and teach them to enjoy the great outdoors!
Comments and questions are always appreciated:
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NABS
NABS would first like to thank Craig Woolheater and the entire TBRC group for their gracious invitation to our Director, David Paulides. The conference was very professionally produced and executed to perfection. All of the speakers were timely in their start and finish and much of this was thanks to Brian Brown who was the master of ceremonies. Brian did a great job of mingling with the crowd and talking with speakers.
The conference had approximately 10 different tabled setup from various groups and organizations, NABS had two. One of our tables was selling “The Hoopa Project”, maps and hats. Gina and Harvey Pratt who were selling Harvey’s artwork of Bigfoot, GREAT work that got alot of attention, staffed the adjoining table, refer to www. Harveypratt.com. Dr. Jeff Meldrum had a table where he was selling and signing his book as well as selling cast Bigfoot tracks, some quite interesting.
Part of the fun of attending these events is meeting people from different parts of North America who have a Bigfoot sighting to tell. One individual came to us and explained a Bigfoot sighting he had in the middle of a winter storm driving through a pass at 9000 feet, unreal! We are going to follow-up with this gentleman and document his story.
This is the third conference that NABS has presented at and each assembly is a little different. The sponsoring body for this event was the TBRC and there were many members wearing nametags. Many of these individuals are quite well versed in Bigfoot and some know probably more then some of us. At the conclusion of David Paulides’ presentation several members of the audience and TBRC members came and thanked him for his professional presentation and conscientious work. It was a great gesture of kindness coming from a very nice group of people.
Bigfoot research is filled with people who have years of experience, solid research backgrounds with varying expertise and educational backgrounds. As we all know a degree doesn’t give you common sense. A college degree does give you the foundation to properly document your thoughts so others may understand your research. If you don’t document your work for others, some may never appreciate your contribution to your chosen project. NABS wants everyone to know that we won’t degrade anyone’s work on any topic. We may publicly comment on research but it won’t be a personal swipe at their integrity and hard work. We are knew to the Bigfoot arena and don’t want to be viewed as “pushy”, “entitled” or “experts”, because we aren’t. In general, we are pretty shy people and as such we keep to ourselves when in a public setting. We are eager to talk with anyone who approaches us and we will gladly answer any and every research question that may be posed.
On Friday night of the Texas conference we were invited to a late night gathering of speakers. We were blessed to have Dr. Jeff Meldrum and Dr. Henner Fahrenbach in the kitchen alone with us for almost an hour. The conversation centered on Bigfoot, thoughts and opinions about recent research and how we could assist each other (mainly them assisting us) on research that is unfolding. Both of these individuals were very helpful, open and constructive on their thoughts and opinions. We patiently listened to each other’s ideas and while there were differences in opinion, there was a sense of constructive dialogue with researcher helping researcher. It was an honor to spend time with these two great researchers and we appreciated the productive atmosphere, and great deserts supplied by Craig Woolheater.
NABS has several outstanding projects presently working their way through the research arena. One project deals with a hair sample taken from the region north of the Siskiyou Wilderness Area. The story of how we obtained it is intriguing and is documented in our second book, hopefully going to the publisher in the next month. The sample has slowly been working its way through an associated lab for several months. The director of the lab has had many different samples of purported Bigfoot hair, tissue, etc come through their lab and they state that this is the first time they’ve ever had anything survive their research testing that’s associated with Bigfoot. The hair has many traits that no other hair possesses and many thought it was initially synthetic. The lab sent the sample to a hair and fiber expert and they confirmed its an “unknown primate hair”. Inhibitors have stood in the way of DNA extraction and the lab is working furiously to overcome those obstacles. The director has an interest in new fields of research and this is the first time anything from the Bigfoot arena has caught their attention for a prolonged period of time. NABS spoke about this research in Texas.
We would like to thank every attendee and speaker that approached and spoke with us in Texas; you were all very polite and gracious, thanks. Again, a special thanks to Craig Woolheater and the board of directors of the TBRC for inviting our director to speak, it was much appreciated.
If you ever have a question or comment about our work or this website, please contact us at nabigfootsearch@yahoo.com. We take every Bigfoot sighting seriously and if you request anonymity in your submission, that will always be granted.
Enjoy the great outdoors!
North America Bigfoot Search
Well, a trip utilizing planes, airport trains, buses and eventually the rental car aided us as we made it to Jefferson, Texas,,,, after an 8 hour trip…. We are here for the 2008 Texas Bigfoot Conference. NABS’ director, David Paulides was invited to make a presentation on his research and book, “The Hoopa Project”. The conference (Saturday 9am-6pm) is filled with some of the biggest names in the Bigfoot field culminating with a benefit dinner Saturday night that is headlined by Dr. Jeff Meldrum. Our director is the first speaker after lunch Saturday with the event being staged at Jefferson High School. Past Bigfoot conferences in Jefferson have attracted up to 500 people!
As part of our research and preparation for Texas NABS did some searching for specifics on the area surrounding Jefferson and why Bigfoot may be calling this eastern Texas city home. Paulides’ book makes several associations with Bigfoot and sightings, one of those associations is precipitation. Regions in Northern California that have had the most Bigfoot sightings/encounters have fifty inches or more of annual precipitation. A search of Jefferson City, Texas shows that they have averaged 49.26 inches of precipitation for the last 20 years. June is their largest rainfall month with over 4 inches. Dr. Meldrum made a presentation in Honobia, Oklahoma two weeks ago and presented findings on his trip to China in search of their Bigfoot, The Yeren. Dr. Meldrum indicated that the region they were studying had over 50 inches of annual rainfall. While rainfall is just one indicator on the grand scale it is ironic that Jefferson came in with this number.
A walk through the woods of Jefferson shows many similarities between Northern California and this Texas town. The woods are filled with moderate size Pine trees, vegetation is very thick and there is water everywhere. As we were driving into town we drove over many “bayous” that were filled with water. Water and the proximity of sightings to water is also a common thread between Jefferson City and Northern California.
On a sad note, noted Bigfoot Researcher Peter Byrne fell while conducting research in Northern California and seriously injured his knee. Peter was to be one of the speakers at this conference and was replaced at the last minute with Dr. Meldrum. NABS wishes Peter a speedy recovery and hopes that he’s back conducting research quickly. Peter is a man of extreme integrity and has added much to Bigfoot research over the years. Refer to the “Guest Columnist” section of this website for an article he wrote for NABS.
We will keep you updated.
NABS
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We are writing this blog from our hotel room in Oklahoma City. We just completed the 4 hour drive from Honobia and the final day of the Oklahoma Bigfoot Conference.
The premiere speaker for this event was Dr. Jeff Meldrum from Idaho State University. Dr. Meldrum made a presentation on Friday on his trip to China and the search for their Bigfoot, the Yeren. It was a very interesting talk about the similarities between their Yeren and our Bigfoot. It was great to hear some of the behind the scenes stories between the Chinese government and the expedition. He spoke about the relationships that were developed between the researchers in China and the team from the U.S. He had great photos and some interesting casts that were presented. They even interviewed a few of the witnesses tro the creature.
On Saturday Dr. Meldrum changed gears and talked about Bigfoot footprints, the specifics that set them apart from other prints, the Patterson-Gimlin prints and much more. Both presentations by Dr. Meldrum were interesting even to the seasoned researcher. The public should appreciate someone entering the Bigfoot arena from the world of academics and essentially putting his credentials on the line. I know that everyone in attendance appreciated his time and passion for the topic.
NABS researchers David Paulides and Harvey Pratt were two of the presenters on Saturday. David spoke about the story behind “The Hoopa Project” and some specifics about a few of the stories contained in the book. He also touched upon the history of NABS and where they are headed for 2009. Harvey followed Dave and spoke about his decades in law enforcement and specifically forensics sketches. He explained how he does facial reconstruction and how that applies to Bigfoot. Harvey had the audience riveted with some very explicit slides explaining the need for his work in law enforcement. It was obvious to everyone in attendance that Harvey Pratt is a seasoned professional and quite adept at giving a riveting presentation, NABS appreciated his work.
After NABS presenters hit their seats and a break occurred in the presentations, they were deluged with contact from the audience. Many fascinating Bigfoot stories emanated from these contacts and much follow-up will occur because of them.
Paulides and Pratt covered many miles of Oklahoma in the week prior to the conference. They were in the field contacting witnesses, taking statements, looking for evidence and doing sketches. As luck would fly their way, they actually were on the scene at a residence 12 hours after they had Bigfoot contact the night earlier. They documented sightings in some counties of Oklahoma where other organizations have no sightings listed, an interesting side note…
Oklahoma is a very different environment from California. They don’t have big trees, huge rivers and big valleys. The idea that Bigfoot has adapted to this environment intrigues the researchers and we are sure that this trip will occupy their time for weeks to come.
NABS would like to thank the Honobia Chamber of Commerce and specifically Farlan Huff for extending an invitation to their event. They were very hospitable and engaging, NABS appreciated the opportunity that was extended.
As a final note, Harvey’s wife (Gina) did an extensive search of the area around Honobia for a place for researchers to stay. She found an outstanding Bed and Breakfast in Talihina, Hootie Creek House Bed and Breakfast. The owners took a crippled building and through an effort of love built a beautiful B & B, it was only surpassed by their hospitality and breakfast they put out the next morning. If you are in the area, please stay at the Hootie Creek House Bed and Breakfast.
If you have a Bigfoot sighting or incident, we would like to hear from you. Send any emails to: nabigfootsearch@yahoo.com
Enjoy the great outdoors!
NABS
We thought we would give our readers a status report on North America Bigfoot Search. We will report on the progress we are making on Bigfoot research, public relations, upcoming presentations and finally, where we are headed as an organization.
Bigfoot Research- As John Green and Ray Crowe have told us, Bigfoot research has many, many twists and turns and what seems obvious, isn't. We can guarantee that their statements hit home with our team. Bigfoot doesn't respond or react like any other animal researched in the wild. They don't appear to have migratory tendencies that are predictable. They don't appear to follow a routine, if anything, their routine isn't routine. They almost appear to specifically think about behaving opposite of what a researcher would expect. The Bigfoot's ability to "think" is something we believe is being minimized by many research groups, thinking is the cornerstone to this creatures behavior.
Our research started with NABS attempting to understand what we would be dealing with in regards to Bigfoot. Are we going to target an ape, neanderthal, orang, human or, something else. We've had many meetings in the last several months and we believe we are marching in a progressive and understandable manner that is slowly untangling the web of mystery. NABS found the best forensic artist in the world (Harvey Pratt) and we've had him make two appearances with our witnesses and draw exactly what they observed. This was important to our understanding what people are viewing. At this point we would warn the public to be careful with the hype they may read from other authors and organizations. Harvey went directly to the witnesses, there was a direct dialogue about what looked correct in the sketch and what didn't. Harvey didn't take any artistic liberty to change the drawing to what "he felt" Bigfoot should look like. Harvey is the consumate professional and the 35 years of law enforcement and expertise shined through with each witness contact. The result of the two rounds of drawings are stunning, revealing and not what we expected. We have taken those results, interpretted the findings and are actively working to make sense of what we've revealed (Refer to "The Hoopa Project" for details). NABS has always worked under the belief of under promising and over delivering, which we will. You and I have heard from many groups in the past that have made public statements claiming that the Bigfoot mystery will be solved, well, we believe that it will be.
Public Relations- NABS did not make any public appearances for the first four years of our existence. We didn't have anything to say, our research wasn't complete and we felt it would compromise our integrity to make statements we couldn't backup. We did make our first appearance at the Bigfoot conference in Felton, CA. David Paulides (NABS Exec Director) represented NABS at this event and made his presentation on his book, The Hoopa Project. 100% of the contacts made to NABS after this event were overwhelmingly positive. Many of these contacts involved members of other research groups. some with significant notoriety. They told us that David stated things in his presentation that haven't been said in the past and were right on key, they needed to be said. Several members from other groups have asked to work with us because their past organization has become overwhelmingly dictorial and they aren't allowing seasoned researchers to state their opinion publically.
Prior to making any public appearances NABS researched the researchers. We observed significant discontent amongst many researchers in the Bigfoot arena. Some were stating negative things in the press about others, some were attempting to circumvent the work of others, almost 90% was negative. Well, NABS has taken a stance of not participating in the mud slinging. There are many sites on the web that allow this behavior to proliferate and any new kid on the block is open game, as we have been. No, nobody is willing to say anything to us directly, they sit on the sidelines and take shots across our bow. You'd think that these individuals would call, engage in progressive dialogue, all in an attempt to further Bigfoot research, no chance. NABS has taken a position of stating our findings, pursue the leads and follow the path to an ultimate conclusion. The beliefs of others really don't come into play in our research, we follow the facts. Those "facts" appear to have rubbed some the wrong away and is in direct conflict with their belief systems, for that, we are sorry. Rather then berate each other over innocuous issues, lets engage in a progressive conversation where everyone benefits!
Upcoming Presentations- NABS will be presenting at the Honobia, Oklahoma Bigfoot Conference, Jefferson, Texas Bigfoot conference and numerous presentations at REI Department stores in California. We will have Q & A's at each presentation and encourage any and all questions (refer to "upcoming events" on this website for details). Anyone who is a researcher and has questions about our procedures, results, strategies, etc, we will gladly meet with anyone and discuss where we've been and where we are going, contrary to almost any other Bigfoot Research organization. We have nothing to hide and believe that a dialogue amongst researchers is critical to everyone's success. NABS would like to thank REI for their progressive stance they've taken with NABS. we are the first Bigfoot research group that they've ever invited into their establishment to be keynote speakers at their stores, it's appreciated!!
Next Steps- We are well on our way to phase three of our research plan, a plan developed four years ago. Again, NABS is not hiding anything and will gladly share our research, as David Paulides did in "The Hoopa Project". David's second book will be headed for the publisher in the next month and is something that will truly make the Bigfoot world pause and re-think what Bigfoot really is.. NABS research is highlighted in this work and the book is 100% supported by our organization. We will continue with our field work, aggressively in the future. You will see us in the midwest in the next few months, interviewing, sketching and walking the trails of the forests in the area. You will continue to see our presence in Northern California and Oregon. If you do happen to see us in the field, please stop us and say hello!
Blog # 34 Expedition Report/ Northern Siskiyou Wilderness
One item that has become apparent through our polls is that you wanted to see reports from our expeditions. This is the first online report we will file.
Location: Northern Siskiyou Wilderness/Northern California
Date: September 8, 2008
NABS received numerous reports over the last several years involving first person sightings of Bigfoot in the northern region of the Siskiyou Wilderness. This area is very intriguing for many reasons. Its wilderness status allows it to connect unencumbered the area of Blue and Bluff Creek and the Elk Valley. The area is directly adjacent to the Kalmiopsis Wilderness Area to the north and the Marble Mountain Wilderness area to the south, all receiving numerous Bigfoot sightings. The northern section of the Siskiyou Wilderness is one of the most remote wilderness areas in the state of California, It is a seven hour drive from the San Francisco Bay Area and gets few visitors compared to other regions of the state. The closest city to our access point was Gasquet, CA. We took the Knopki Creek access road northeast of Gasquet to the Young’s Valley Trail head where our vehicles were left behind.
USGS Maps: NABS has historically utilized USGS maps in all of our expeditions. This trip highlighted the need for the USGS to update their maps as the trails, elevations, mileage and trail locations were quite different on the trail then on the map. There are several internet sites that address this region and we found each of them following guidelines listed on the USGS maps, many are incorrect.
The trail starts with a very long downhill walk on an old four-wheel drive trail down into Young’s Valley. This is approximately 2.5 miles long, almost all downhill, straight into the valley. Once on the valley floor it is a level walk through many groves, old growth and beautiful meadows. Approximately one mile after the start of the meadow the trail starts a slow ascent for another 1.5 miles until you come to a fork in the trail. One trail points towards Cyclone Gap and there are no signs for the other trail. THE OTHER TRAIL GOES TO RASPBERRY LAKE. The first night we hiked another 1.5 miles to the gap. This is a perfect location to view two huge valleys. The area is very windy (thus the “cyclone” name) but beautiful We set camp and immediately went to sleep. Be advised there is no water in this area!
We woke at 3am and immediately heard two rounds of wood knocks, each 3 strikes 10 minutes apart. These sounds emanated from a valley to our east where it shows a trail leaving our location and going into the valley and above an old mine. We did follow the trail but it evaporated away after ½ mile. It still shows on the USGS map but it doesn’t exist. We feel that this valley has exceptional potential for later study as it is very desolate. The knocks sounded similar to wood and almost sounded like a pick hitting the ground three times. Just as an FYI there was nobody in this area and no other cars at the trailhead.
The next morning we took the trail and hiked back, downhill to the fork and took the unmarked route for approximately 2-3 miles, mostly uphill. This route can be treacherous as it is partially on a cliff. The map shows one very slight incline and then a short walk to Raspberry Lake. The map is wrong. There is a very steep hike up a granite face of approximately ½ mile and then a steep downhill hike of equal distance down to a small valley and then another steep uphill hike of a ½ mile and then the last ½ mile downhill to the lake. This is a significant error on the map and can cause the hiker to be quite confused of the exact trail location. Be ready for loose rocks, narrow trails but beautiful views. There are NO signs indicating where the lake trail is located.
Once arriving at Raspberry Lake you should be ready for a gorgeous setting. The lake is surrounded by steep cliffs, huge rock faces and old growth forests. There is a small gap where the outflow of the lake goes down a steep valley. We found that the lake holds a significant population of Rainbow and Brown trout up to 14”, the largest we caught. Bring red Mepps and black Panther Martin lures. Fly fishing with a small beed works very well.
The team set a staged area approximately 700 yards down the creek outflow into the valley. In this area we utilized aroma attractant and visual stimulators to attempt contact. We were unsuccessful in bringing in anything other then a deer. There were numerous bear and deer tracks throughout the area. To our surprise, the tracker on our team also found several large elk tracks in the swail below the lake. We also found several suspicious tracks that appeared very similar to Bigfoot tracks but were inconclusive. There also appeared to be a healthy population of badgers living in the valley. The one oddity of our trip was that nobody saw one large mammal, this has never happened on any other expedition. We did see chipmunks and squirrels.
Follow-up: We would definitely go back to Cyclone Gap and conduct follow-up research via audio and aroma attractant. The remote nature of the valley coupled with the wind generated through the pass make this an exceptional opportunity.
Please go to the “photo album” section of this site for pictures of our expedition.
Thanks for your interest in NABS.
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It's no surprise to NABS that Tom Biscardi's website has admitted this morning (8/19/08) that the entire Georgia Bigfoot Body is a hoax. That's correct, a Georgia Police Officer and a former Georgia Department of Corrections Officer pulled off another scam on Mr. Biscardi and his group of "researchers."
The idea that a group of grown men, calling themselves "researchers" can't determine if something is a costume or a Bigfoot corpse is mind boggling. As stated in earlier emails, NABS has had dealings with the Biscardi organization in the past. Many of the people across the U.S. who align themselves with him are nice, decent folks, no doubt. NABS would hope that these people do their own research on the Biscardi organization and understand the 747 load of baggage that goes with that association. It's not our intention to humiliate the Biscardi group but, this isn't their first major mistake, there are many. This isn't a minor mistake, this is major. This doesn't hurt just the Biscardi group, it sheds a negative light on all of Bigfoot research because Biscardi is calling himself a researcher. At this point we are going to move on and hopefully the world can put this behind us, lets move to more positive ground.
Blog #32 The Press Release-The Bigfoot Body
In the annals of Bigfoot history there have been times when the professionalism has hit all time lows, the path that Tom Biscardi is taking with his purported Bigfoot body makes little sense and challenged the intellect of many casual observers, check the local section of todays San Francisco Chronicle.
Matt Whitton is a Clayton, Georgia police officer that is on administrative leave from the department after being shot during an on the job altercation, this is not to be joked about. His life as a police officer is one of integrity, HONESTY and credibility.
Rick Dyer is a close friend of Matt’s. They have made U Tube videos together, walked the backroads of Georgia as friends and most recently purported to have found a Bigfoot body, yes you heard that correctly. Allegedly, In June of this year they were walking the backwoods, found the body on the ground and attempted recovery. The Bigfoot is supposedly over seven feet tall and pushing 500 pounds. They claim to have carried, dragged the creature to a point where they were able to place it in their truck and drive it away. Stop here and take a breath.
There’s an old saying regarding carrying something, it’s called “dead weight”. Five hundred pounds of a dead animal is a load, even for two young, big men. The effort to carry this 200 yards would be monumental, to carry it several miles is superhuman. The thought of carrying it at all would be gross. If it had intestines hanging out of the chest (as they claim), the animal would have had to possess maggots, bugs, and every other horrible flying creature living in the Georgia back woods. They never made much of a statement about this effort, just that they did it, seems a little odd.
The boys then put the creature in a large cooler, filled it with water and attempted to freeze it. It’s unclear why they filled it with water, doesn’t make any sense, just freeze the carcass! It was at this point that the boys made a major decision, one that might haunt them with reputable Bigfoot researchers, they called Tom Biscardi.
Tom lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and in the world of Bigfoot, some have called him a “responder.” He hears about a Bigfoot sighting somewhere, anywhere, he responds and attempts to find a money-making opportunity to the event. He doesn’t stay long, he does bring his posse and he claims he’s the world’s best researcher. NABS has suffered from the wake of Tom Biscardi. We have gone into a community where the first question we are asked, “Are you associated with Tom Biscardi, if you are, leave now.” His past has included big promises on the George Noory (Coast to Coast AM Radio Show), promises that have included he had a Bigfoot in a cage, promises that he would get a Bigfoot on stealth cams, nothing has ever materialized other then the fact that Biscardi hasn’t followed through on his promises. It could be a series of bad luck, maybe he was duped, maybe he’s gullible, maybe other things…..Even his Bigfoot expertise has been challenged. Tom has supported claims made by Ivan Marx in the past, involving evidence of Bigfoot. Experts have shown that there is no credible evidence/photos, but, Tom has continued to claim they are the real deal.
The boys stated that they had DNA testing completed and one of the results came back human. This wasn’t reported on a lab report it was an email. How do we know the chain of evidence of this sample? Matt is a police officer, understands chain of custody, where is it, explain the chain, they never did. Heck, this sample could’ve been a cuticle off Matt’s shot hand and accidentally got mixed in with the possum they were eating for lunch. Yes, the other DNA test came back as Possum, figure that out. Another interesting note is that Matt, Rick and Biscardi put the lab they were using under a non-disclosure agreement. OK, we’ve used NDA’s when we are on someone’s property and they don’t want the world to know we are there, understandable. Putting a lab under NDA only appears odd. If the results come back as a dead dog, we (Matt & Rick) are the only ones that can claim it’s a possum, not the lab, maybe that’s their thought pattern. Maybe they don’t want the lab stating their opinion on the professionalism, chain of custody, compromised tissue samples, or, something else.
It would be safe to state that Matt and Rick picked Biscardi for a specific reason. Maybe they didn’t want him to dig too deep, maybe they didn’t want him asking technical questions, maybe they liked his style, why they picked Biscardi, it’s one question that nobody asked at the press conference. It’s obvious why they didn’t pick NABS or another top research group in the Bigfoot arena, we would’ve taken a methodical/scientific approach, necropsy, lab tests, noted professionals, bring the body, have experts in the field answer questions, etc, etc.
There is a poll that has been on our website for the last 3 weeks that involved professionalism in the Bigfoot landscape. The results are what we expected and it goes to the nature of the people, not all, some. We have received countless calls and emails in the last week about this event and we’ve responded with a straight forward approach. We don’t take this seriously.
Summary:
No body was publicly viewed.
No laboratory report was presented.
Nobody from the scientific/academic community is involved.
The location of the discovery wasn’t disclosed.
Matt and Rick have an admitted history of making U-tube video spoofs.
No affidavits regarding the events have been supplied.
Biscardi has a history of making big promises being unable to deliver.
Biscardi wouldn’t disclose where the body is or when the public can view it.
Conclusion
Matt Whitton’s professional life as a police may have been forever compromised if he doesn’t turn over a Bigfoot body. We can just imagine the cross examination of Matt by defense attorneys as they embarrass him with his promises, statements and allegations about Bigfoot. His ability to stay stoic, not be embarrassed and testify as a credible police officer will forever be challenged, it’s too bad. I doubt that he contemplated this situation as he made the call to Biscardi.
We study history in school for a reason. If history is any indicator of Tom Biscardi’s conduct and ability to follow through with his promises, we will have seen Tom’s last press conference. It’s important in life to admit what you don’t know, look for the professionals who do know and follow their expert opinion to success. To continually claim that you are the best at everything and never deliver anything of substance only will bring embarrassment to a community that drastically needs professionalism.
We sincerely wish Rick, Matt and Tom all the best, just not at cost of the community’s opinion of credible Bigfoot Researchers.
Over the years there are have been many who have claimed to possess a Bigfoot body. One of those cases involved two young girls out for a morning hike near Happy Camp, CA. This supposedly occurred over 40 years ago....The girls were walking on an old logging road, came across a decompossing body, in the snow, ran back to their house and kept quiet about the incident. The body was suppose to be close in description to what you'd believe a Bigfoot body would look like, supposedly... This story stayed in the background of many investigators minds for decades. It was first reported by one of the most prominent and honest of Bigfoot researchers, John Green.
Recently NABS spoke extensively with Mr. Green and obtained the contact information for the girls (now women). NABS spent two days tracking down one of the witnesses to the supposed Bigfoot body. She was a very polite, mature woman at this time in her life. She apologized for the work that NABS went through but stated that she needed to clear the air, there was NO body. There was one small piece of skin with hair on it that probably came from a bear. There was no bones, skeleton, frame, long hair or teeth, nothing to be exclusively indicative of a Bigfoot. She stated that she has heard the stories over the years and was never quite sure who to contact to clear the air, she is now doing just that, air cleared, no Bigfoot body was found in Happy Camp 40 years ago, period.
There has never been a Bigfoot body found, at least that's been released to the public... NABS has discussed how we would handle an incident involving a Bigfoot body and its quite different then most would believe. We would first have an autopsy conducted by a noted private physician/coroner. There would be a paralell process of lab testing, DNA analysis and access would be granted to a team of noted Veterinary pathologists. All answers regarding whether the creature was a human or animal would be answered, privately without a public spectacle. Once the scientists had agreed on what they were examining, the lead physician would hold a press conference explaining what they did, what they found and the results. NABS would only be a support mechanism in the process, not the center of the spectacle.
We've never been a group that's relished the public spotlight or endeavored to be in that spotlight, contrary to a few out there. NABS doesn't conduct Bigfoot tours, doesn't take groups into the wild and has no plans to do this at any point in the field, that's not our expertise. NABS will continue to search for answers regarding the Bigfoot phenomena and utilize methodical, scientific approaches to our research. If you are looking for a flashy, high profile group to follow, you are probably in the worng place. We do promise to keep you informed and educated about what we do, we feel that's part of our obligation to the public. We will be making a series of public appearances at REI stores that are free to the public and we appreciate your attendance and your great questions. As the famous Editor of "The Track Record" Ray Crowe told me when I questioned him about a Bigfoot story making headlines across the U.S., "keep your spectacles on!" Good advise, we are!!
Emails are always appreciated at : nabigfootsearch@yahoo.com
NABS was at the Bigfoot Discovery Days 2 on August 9, 2008. It started at 11am at the Bigfoot Discovery Museum with a tasty barbecue and book signing. Hosts Tom Yamarone and Mike Rugg did an outstanding job organizing this very social event. Dave Paulides (NABS), Kathy Strain and Jeff Meldrum were at the barbecue signing copies of their books and were available throughout the day for Bigfoot conversation.
The big surprise for everyone attending was to see Bob Gimlin at the event. Tom Y. drove Bob into town and Bob was his usual gracious self and signed countless books, posters and other artifacts and also stood for innumerable photos. The Bigfoot community is lucky to have such a polite and hospitable elder statesman as Bob, a BIG thank you for attending!
The day continued at 6pm at the Felton Community Hall where Meldrum, Strain, Paulides and Richard Noll gave presentations on their latest research. The Hall was a sellout with standing room only available. Each of the presenters did a great job engaging the crowd, taking questions and addressing various angles of the Bigfoot mystery. Countless other Bigfoot investigators from throughout the U.S. attended including Craig Woolheater, one of the organizers of the TBRC Conference in Jefferson, Texas, October 18, Dave Paulides from NABS will be one of the presenters at that conference. This is the first time that Dave Paulides (NABS) has met Craig and was impressed when he arrived with a full contingent from Texas. Danny Perez (Bigfoot Times) was also on site handing out complimentary copies of his monthly newsletter, a very engaging person with extensive Bigfoot research experience. We met many of the top researchers at this event and we don’t want to leave anyone out of the blog, so, we won’t name more people but will ask all of you to stay in touch and we appreciate your contribution to Bigfooting! Overall we would call Bigfoot Discovery Days 2 a HUGE success with a big thank you to the Bigfoot Discovery Museum members and staff for the professional atmosphere and outstanding organizational skills they demonstrated at the event.
Blog #29 The Sound Anomaly North America Bigfoot Search (NABS) has strived from its inception to maintain an open viewpoint on all issues related to Bigfoot research. Many research groups refuse to listen to several viewpoints on Bigfoot and as such limit their ability to maintain a neutral position on all conditions related to Bigfoot. Many groups have built in biases to a variety of sightings and reports. Researchers from the academic arena need to keep their investigations confined to an area where their peers and administration will accept their findings and recommendations. NABS is an independent group that has always looked at the “Big Picture” and will continue to keep all aspects the Bigfoot search in play and open to investigation.
During the last two years we’ve investigated Bigfoot reports in some very, very remote areas. Many of these reports have come from residents who have lived in the area for decades. During the course of the investigation and on site research, witnesses start to develop a relationship with the researcher and start to talk about a variety of issues that confront them in everyday life. They are reluctant to talk about these issues with some researchers because (as the witnesses have told us) the researchers come to them with a very narrow focus and are reluctant to see the “big picture.”
One issue that has been brought to our attention by remote residences (specifically in mountain regions) is a humming, turbine or motor type sound that emanates from under the ground. They explain that the sound seems to turn on and off at irregular intervals but that it is distinctive and can be heard from everyone who visits. Our investigators have heard the sound on multiple occasions and it does appear to be coming from under the ground. Each of the regions that the sound has been heard is in an area that accumulates over 50 inches of rainfall annually and is below 4000 feet in elevation. Everyone take a deep breath, we are not saying that this is in anyway associated with the Bigfoot sighting in the area, we are merely reporting an anomaly associated with the region we were investigating. We would be interested in other reports from witnesses who have had the same conditions prevalent in their area. We do know that witnesses in Oregon and California (specifically) have encountered this condition and each of these areas have had significant numbers of Bigfoot sightings. The area where this sound is heard is very remote. There are no businesses, mines or other people anywhere inside of ten miles. It is this remote quality that has our investigators interested in the sound.
In our quest to understand the underground sound we have spoken with biology, seismic and geology experts and they are all at a loss to explain the anomaly. Some bird experts have stated that the sounds may be caused by the wings of an owl or other bird, hmm, only if the owl can fly continuously for 10 hours. It doesn’t appear that the sound is affected by season as witnesses have described the noise in every season of the year in almost all weather conditions. NABS did conduct a literature review of the sound anomaly and did find several notations in “Track Records” going back to the mid 1990’s. People have described a sound similar to what we’ve supplied and all were in remote areas where researchers were investigating a Bigfoot sighting. If you have any additional information about these underground sounds or you are experiencing these sounds on your property, please contact us so we can make an on-site visit. Enjoy the great outdoors!! nabigfootsearch@yahoo.com FAX: 408-356-3324 ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Blog #28 North America Bigfoot Search is on target with our implementation plan and communication tools designed to keep the public informed. Our first step was the website followed with several tools inserted on the site. The next phase was developing working partnerships in areas where we are actively in the community. Our first book, “The Hoopa Project” centers on a region in Humboldt County, California. We are centering our current research efforts in a four county region surrounding Humboldt and thus our partnerships are evolving in this area. We are still responding to areas throughout the U.S. but we are pursuing current, active leads in that four county area around Hoopa. This is a fascinating region with great residents who are supporting our efforts. This past week we established several locations in NW California that are carrying our product line. Some locations are carrying shirts/hats, some maps, some trinkets and others books. Please call the location closest to you and see what they have available before making the trip. If you don’t see what you want, tell the proprietors and they have access to anything you need directly through us. We have given many interviews to a variety of radio, newspaper and magazine representatives about “The Hoopa Project.” The reviews have been outstanding and the comments applaud the efforts we’ve made to bring a fresh life to the research surrounding Bigfoot. We are currently utilizing research started in the first book and evolving it into a larger, more diverse region. The results are mind-boggling and the research is personally rewarding. The more we have dug into the historical accounts of hominids described like Bigfoot, the more support exists for its existence. If you are a retail location and would like to enter our partners program, please contact us at nabigfootsearch@yahoo.com, or fax us a request at 408-356-3324. Partnership Locations Carrying NABS Products: Crescent City Blue Fountain Harbor/ Harbor View Grotto Gift Shop 150 Starfish Way, 707-465-5765 Garberville Legends of Bigfoot 2500 U.S. Highway 101, 707-247-3332 Happy Camp Parry’s Market 143 Davis Rd, 530-493-2621 Hiouchi Hiouchi Hamlet-Market 2100 Highway 199, 707-458-3114 Klamath Trees of Mystery 15500 Highway 101 N., 707-482-2251 Mount Shasta Shasta Base Camp 316 Chestnut St, 530-926-2359 Piercy Confusion Hill 75001 Highway 101, 707-925-6450 Willow Creek Willow Creek Museum Highway 299-Downtown Willow Creek, 530-629-2653 Comments or requests are always appreciated: nabigfootsearch@yahoo.com Enjoy the outdoors! NABS _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Blog #27 Minnesota Trip Our team was recently in Northern Minnesota for a second straight summer studying various aspects of the Bigfoot issue. NABS has spent considerable time studying the region in Northwest California and has completed the second round of forensic sketches for the region. We can guarantee that we never would’ve believed the results we have achieved, they are mind-boggling. Harvey Pratt (Our forensic artist) is an unbelievable artist and interviewer. The NABS trip to Minnesota was as much a fact finding tour as a trip to understand any relationships between California and Minnesota sightings. I can tell you that initial findings are showing that there is a correlation regarding the physical features of the hominid. Considering the differences between the two states, topography, weather and food source, this is a stunning finding. More about this in a later issue. The next state that is high on our list to visit is Oklahoma. It is the home of our forensic artist, Harvey Pratt, and it’s home to many Native American Reservations. There does seem to be some relationship between Native Americans and Bigfoot. We are actively researching all the various angles to this relationship and are having results at understanding some issues. We look forward to a visit to Oklahoma late this summer. We have to expeditions on our agenda this summer, northern and southern Siskiyou Wilderness. We have been to both regions several times and this summer we are going with a stronger team, different objectives and will be in an area that a witness has had multiple sightings, should be exciting. We are routinely asked if we’ve seen Bigfoot, the answer is no. Our objective is not to view the creature, we know they exist, our goal is to understand the bigger picture, behavior, food source, areas of frequency, migration, etc. I know many of you may not understand this objective but a thorough understanding of all facets of the creature are more valuable to NABS then a one time, chance encounter of 20 seconds of fleeing Bigfoot. Keep those questions and comments coming. Enjoy the great outdoors. NABS nabigfootsearch@yahoo.com _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Blog #26 The Store Opens!! This is a big day in the history of North America Bigfoot Search. It has been over 12 months in preparation and many more in the planning and idea stage, but our Bigfoot store is now open. We know there will be hitches in the store as there is in any new phase of business operations but expect a quick response and great customer service. We were going to have T-shirts available this week as well but our vendor didn’t get the color correct on our logo so they will not arrive till later next week. We have attempted to offer you a wide variety of materials that will hopefully appease the Bigfoot enthusiast in all of you. In the last two weeks a team has been in northern Minnesota doing follow-up work that was initiated last summer. The region has a history of Bigfoot sightings, some in the middle of winter when it was -30. The area of the sightings are thick, boggy with lots of wildlife. It makes for a very interesting and different environment to study Bigfoot. During the last month we have also been working sightings in the Santa Cruz Mountains between San Jose and Santa Cruz. This region has many big redwood trees, has areas that are quite remote and when you dig deep has a long history of Bigfoot activity. The Bigfoot Discovery Museum in Felton is a central point where people from the community come and report their sightings and they have a large peg board in their display area that shows sightings from throughout Santa Cruz County. This summer we have trips planned for both the northern and southern portions of the Siskiyou Wilderness. If you have any recommendations, information or merely want to ask a questions, please forward it to: nabigfootsearch@yahoo.com Enjoy the GREAT outdoors. North America Bigfoot Search _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Blog #25/The Bigfoot Store/ When we first started this organization the thought of launching a multi level retail internet store front never entered our mind. We had committed ourselves to researching Bigfoot, documenting our findings and developing a venue/website that was a communication tool between our witnesses, friends and work partners. As we made more and more field contacts we realized that there was a consistent theme being communicated, people liked our organization and they wanted to feel aligned with us. We were routinely asked how they could purchase t-shirts, hats, work shirts and books related to NABS, well, we can only say "no" so many times. By the end of this week you will see major changes to our website as we enter the next phase of our business implementation. We have consistantly listened to your requests by adding specific web pages. The next page we will add will definately be the most cumbersome in implementation, our store front. The Bigfoot Store will include many of the items you have asked for (shirts, hats, stickers, belt buckles and many books). Many of the items we are selling were acquired through the purchase of Ray Crowe's research and inventory. We are not selling items that were given to Ray as gifts, we are only selling items that Ray was selling inside his store. It's been an interesting endeavor as the store has come together. Understanding how every item sold in the store must be ground tracked when sold or the credit agency won't insure the shipment, realizing consequences of sales tax, obtaining a re-sale license and complying with state jurisdictional issues has been complex. Our first book, "The Hoopa Project" has been delivered to NABS. We were very fortunate to receive a limited first printing from Hancock House and we will be the sole source for the book until August 2008. We have a limited supply so don't wait too long to get your first printing copy. The intial feedback has been strong with many commenting on the beautiful color sketches by Harvey Pratt, interesting stories from witnesses and the numerous photos throughout the book. The orange color of the cover is an eye catcher. We'd like to personally thank Theresa Laviolette, a true team player (Editor Hancock House), Ingrid Luters (Developed the Cover and much, much more) and Mia Hancock for her tireless work in putting the photos with the story and laying the book out to perfection. These people do not get adequate recognition for their great work and out goes a huge- THANK YOU-THANK YOU!! Keep your emails and snail mail coming, we respond to everything. North America Bigfoot Search nabigfootsearch@yahoo.com _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Blog #24 The Bigfoot Mapping Project As you probably already know NABS has put a concentrated effort into far Northern portion of California, specifically the region of Del Norte, Siskiyou, Humboldt and Trinity Counties. This is a region that has a long history of Bigfoot sightings/encounters and was a natural place to start out research. Well, the four years produced many fascinating results and one book, “The Hoopa Project”, due out later this year. One of the most amazing men we have met during our research was Al Hodgson, Willow Creek. Al is essentially the Curator of the Bigfoot museum in town and an individual has tremendous integrity and credibility. He is the center post of all Bigfoot activity for the area and is someone we have grown to deeply respect and admire. As we have gotten to mutually know each other, Al communicates with us regularly about the museum and local activity. Approximately 6 months ago Al told us that the museum wanted him to develop a map of all Bigfoot sightings and encounters for the area around Willow Creek. Al told me this in passing and really didn’t make much of the issue. Please remember that Al is a very humble person. Al won’t talk about family medical issues, his tough struggles around his residence or the management issues regarding his property, he keeps a lot inside. As I walked away from one of my meetings with Al I remembered he mentioned the Bigfoot map that the museum wanted him to create. Well, someone needs to do something to assist Al, NABS stepped to the plate. We have always kept a “pin” map of sightings in the four counties identified above and we had never gone public with any of the data, until now. In consultation amongst our group we decided to help Al on a much larger scale. NABS has produced the first Bigfoot Sightings Map of the four Northwestern most California Counties (Humboldt, Del Norte, Siskiyou and Trinity). We have also included the far southern tip of Oregon and smaller portions of Mendocino, Tehama and Shasta Counties. We licensed a driving map from a major car club and then transplanted our sightings/encounters onto the map. 349 different locations are identified and cross-referenced on the backside of the map with a short one or two sentence explanation of the incident. Almost 90 of these locations were developed through NABS and they are cross referenced to either our first book (The Hoopa Project) or to our second book, still untitled. The map hasn’t been released as of yet but it has been reviewed and the initial results are phenomenal. The first copies of the map will go to Al Hodgson and the Museum in Willow Creek, obviously. This is really the center of all Bigfoot activity on the map and it will act as a great center point to start the Bigfoot search for any adventure seekers. The map will be available through our site effective June 5th and at stores and museums across California in the very near future. We would recommend purchasing our book (The Hoopa Project) simultaneously with the map and you can float back and forth understanding the topography, wilderness areas and roads of the area and how this relates to the mapped sightings. North America Bigfoot Search Nabigfootsearch@yahoo.com ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Bigfoot Blog #23
As many of you now know NABS has purchased all of the research material, Track Records and associated Bigfoot related documents from Ray Crowe. Ray is having medical problems, wants to retire and wanted to ensure his materials went to an organization that would carry on his great work.
Ray spent a large percentage of his life researching this great mammal and much of his research is contained in a newsletter he published and you subscribed, “The Track Record”. Almost every major researcher in the world contributed articles, photos and opinions to the newsletter before the internet was a major player in the distribution of information. Ray’s insight into making formidable contacts, extracting information and following leads was a stellar piece of work. But, Ray wasn’t the best at maintaining a useful database or cataloging information. He was great at keeping almost every letter that anyone ever sent to him. He would get the correspondence, read and probably respond and then put the letter into a box. We have MANY boxes that we still haven’t read threw. I will say that what we have started to catalogue is like finding the “Mother Lode” of Bigfoot information. We’ve found letters from almost every big name in the Bigfoot world, some very amusing, each letter containing an opinion or insight that is unique and valuable.
One of the objectives in purchasing Ray’s work is to make it available to all of our researchers in a quick ready-reference form. We are not so astute as to believe we should re-invent to the Bigfoot wheel. Ray researched many of the angles in the Bigfoot mystery and untangled much of that web. We need to understand what he did, how he did it and how we can benefit from his work and the work of his contributors. I can guarantee that what we have found in just the last week in materials we have started to review have saved ourselves years of research, really! Some of the letters, research papers and general correspondence point to a members of the public that have done great research and are not being recognized, maybe not even contacted. The contributions by way of copied articles, memo’s about older books and Native American stories are priceless. We’ve found some older books that were copied and sent that offer insight into the Native American struggle with Bigfoot that we’ve never seen. Many of you are great researchers!
We probably have another two months to get the project to the point where information is readily available. If any of you know Ray you may want to contact him and wish him the best in his retirement and let him know that he’ll always be a recognized and respected figure in the world of Bigfoot.
Keep those letters and e-mails flowing. You’ve asked some great questions and we appreciate the input.
June 1st is the release date of our first book published by Hancock House. It is a very detailed look at a small area of California where we spent 3 years on site conducting research. A forensic sketch artist personally met with many Bigfoot witnesses and the resulting drawings are riveting. This is the first time that an author, a professional FBI trained sketch artist and eyewitnesses met and jointly documented a story, a sketch and a book. “The Hoopa Project”
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Blog #22- NABS is in the process of a huge transition. We are going from a completely stealthy organization to very public in a matter of 5 weeks. This transition has been almost 4 years in the making and has been carefully orchestrated to follow a specific path. When we originally started our quest to understand Bigfoot we didn't want to be hindered by the opinions of others. We didn't want to be pushed any specific direction in our hunt to find the truth. It would be premature to say that we've solved the Bigfoot equation but it is fair to say that we've taken major steps towards our goal.
NABS will issue a Press Release on Wednesday, April 30 indicating the start of our constructive change. The statement of April 30 will announce a major purchase we've been negotiating for several months and the complete acquisition of a major Bigfoot related assett. One of our goals is to educate the public about the facts behind Bigfoot. If we found that Bigfoot was a complete hoax, we would've announced that, this isn't the case. We will start our process of education with the announcement on Wednesday, it will be something that is good for all Bigfoot researchers, interested members of the public and science in general.
June 1st, the publishers of our first book will be releasing it for sale to the general public. The first 20 copies will be sent government officials as part of the edict in our mission statement to enact legislation. We have agreed in principle with our publisher to aggressively market this book throughout the United States as it will have significant impact on the world of Bigfoot. It will cause turmoil even though the results are based on forensic science. Please keep checking our site for further details. We apologize that we haven't kept our readers updated on a more consistent basis of our progress but we are in the busiest time of our young life. Keep your e-mails flowing, we respond to everyone.
NABS
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50 Years of “Bigfoot”
Blog #21
We’ve just been notified that Humboldt County (Calif) is going to celebrate 50 years of the word “Bigfoot”. The word was first coined in 1958 when huge human looking footprints were found in the Six Rivers National Forest in Northern California. Humboldt County is going National with their campaign so start looking for literature on their celebration. We do know that Willow Creek is going to start their summer celebration on June 15 (Sunday) with a Chili Cook off and Bigfoot book signing commemorating the 50 years. You may also want to mark your calendar now for Labor Day weekend in Willow Creek, Humboldt County Calif. They are also going to celebrate 50 Years of Bigfoot with a 3 day celebration that should be the biggest Bigfoot fair, bonanza, conference, etc anywhere in the world. The Bigfoot weekend will include a special speakers section, displays, Bigfoot museum, book signings and more.
As the only organization conducting full time research into Bigfoot there are several aspects to this creature that are confusing and difficult to track. We’ve recently received reports of a Bigfoot type creature in the dessert of Southern California. Many aspects of the sightings parallel typical Bigfoot sightings in the north but the climate, food source and overall atmosphere of this region is polar opposite of the north. It would appear that there are several possible reasons for the sightings and rationale for the creature migrating to this area.
1. The creatures being seen in the dessert are a different species then ones being seen in the north.
2. The creature’s got lost looking for food source and accidentally went into the dessert climate.
3. People are hallucinating.
4. UFO’s dropped the creatures from the sky.
While we don’t think or treat Bigfoot is a joking matter, the issue of UFO’s are something that continually come up. If anyone spends time in the dessert you will notice that there are some very strange aerial phenomena that occur in these regions. Granted, the dessert is a very dark place and our ability to see much more at night is a partial reason for seeing more. Is there any one region of North America where UFO’s are more famous then a dessert environment? While we do not have any evidence that Bigfoot is related to UFO’s it was something that has continually been reported to us by locals and something we needed to place in this blog.
If you read a skeptic’s account on Bigfoot you will read that many witnesses are hallucinating or plainly lying. As someone who has personally interviewed hundreds of Bigfoot witnesses I have no doubt that 99% of the people I’ve met are completely grounded, normal people with 20/20 vision who reported what they saw, period. Bigfoot is not a case of mass hallucination.
Bigfoot has always exhibited superior intellect coupled with amazing athletic feats. The idea that this creature is lost in its search food source is irrational. In 50 years of attempting to obtain better footage of the creature everyone has been unsuccessful. Considering that nearly 1 in every 2 American families has a video camera, it’s amazing that the best footage we have of Bigfoot is from 1967 where two cowboys caught it while on horseback riding through an area where they accidentally saw it. Bigfoot has never been caught, never been captured on film for more then a few minutes and a specimen has never been found. Somewhere, somehow and someplace there are quite a few deceased Bigfoot buried or lying in our forests. This creature is VERY intelligent and it’s not going to be accidentally captured or make a mental mistake any time soon.
The species in the dessert is different then the Bigfoot of the Pacific Northwest. The Pacific Northwest is known for being wet, rainy, isolated with a rainforest atmosphere, quite different then the dessert. The physical needs of a creature in the Pacific Northwest are almost opposite then a creature of the dessert. If you carefully read the physical accounts of a dessert Bigfoot versus a Pacific Northwest Bigfoot you will start to notice the differences. These are different species. If you are a casual reader of this article, well, read on and file this away. If you have a serious interest in Bigfoot then start to pay close attention to the physical details in every Bigfoot report you read. The differences are not acute, some are subtle, but, they are there. The differences start with size, hair, facial features, mouth, teeth and regional distribution. We’ll discuss more of this at a later time but felt that many groups don’t discuss this issue yet we feel it is important. Keep an open mind and keep reading.
All comments are appreciated.
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Blog #21
Locals & Bigfoot Sightings
This past week has been one of the best 7-day spans in the history of our organization. Maybe it was the sunshine and everyone was in a great mood or it might be that we were finally able to get into some isolated spots and make much needed contacts.
We recently reviewed 400 Bigfoot sighting reports for a variety of data. One item that became blatantly clear is that a vast majority of the reports were from people VISITING an area, they were tourists. They were obviously shocked to see a Bigfoot and looked for a place to report their incident. There are very few reports from locals who talk about sightings in their neighborhood.
In the last 3+ years we have had an opportunity to visit some of the most remote towns the U.S. has to offer. I personally cannot remember an incident where I wasn’t greeted warmly and offered all the assistance we might have needed. I must also state that there were occasions where locals thought we were nuts, but, they were respectful and helpful.
In the past week I made a several cold contacts and was immediately enveloped by a local community. One storeowner made a few calls and in the following 60 minutes there were a handful of Bigfoot witnesses standing in a small market. The community had been harboring their story and didn’t know which direction to turn or who to trust. Many in the community were retirees and didn’t have computer access and as such didn’t know about us or other Bigfoot organizations. What transpired over the course of the following days were stories that were truly amazing. The trust level amongst the locals and researchers continued to rise until more and more witnesses came forward. The conclusion to this story is that Bigfoot had been visiting this community for over 30 years and little information had ever leaked. Another witness in a community 50 miles away gave us information on this community and explained that people will not “jump” to report but you have to gain their trust. This is not an isolated incident!
In the last several years the above story has repeated itself again and again. The locals are not looking for publicity (they like their isolation and that’s why they live there), they are not getting paid (we don’t do this) and they definitely know what they saw. We do not know of any Bigfoot Organization that proactively contacts local residents and searches for evidence. Granted, we do not go into every community and start asking questions, there must be some valid reason why we are there. We do ask several open-ended non-specific questions that usually open the door into Bigfoot.
The experience we had this week continues to fuel our speculation that there are many more witnesses to Bigfoot then anyone realizes. There is a statement on our site that says there are more reports of Bigfoot sightings in California then Mountain Lions, after this week our comfort level to this statement continue to rise. The public acceptance of Bigfoot continues to increase as series such as “Monster Quest” make it “OK” to believe in a huge, hairy creature roaming the woods. As the public becomes more educated on the creature we believe that the number of sighting reports will continue to rise and researchers will gain vital information.
We acknowledge the great contribution that volunteers have made into Bigfoot research. They walked on ground early in the story that science refused to trek. We are slowly seeing that mainstream science is becoming more involved in Bigfoot research and with this will come research dollars and with that will come answers. Volunteers must have jobs to afford to conduct their weekend missions. Only making contacts in two-day increments greatly reduce anyone’s opportunity of developing synergy. We are very fortunate to have the ability to stay on site and develop trust, integrity and subsequent contacts.
Many of you have made statements regarding our website and the specific lack of sighting reports. This is a decision we made early in our infancy and evolved from information found on other sites. There are several Bigfoot organizations that have great sites that accumulate sighting reports. Almost all of the reports are taken via phone and few witnesses ever have a visit from a volunteer researcher. We do congratulate these sites for their vast accumulation of data!
North America Bigfoot Search has made it a policy that every sighting report that is submitted to our site will get a complete follow-up investigation. We will speak with you on the phone; obtain specific information about the incident and then attempt to find an agreeable time where we can personally meet. In 99% of the sightings reported to this site, we have personally gone to the location and met with the witness. We have found valuable evidence by visiting the location and asking the witness pertinent questions relative to what we discover. We have found that this personal contact has assisted us in gaining community confidence and in determining additional evidence of each sighting.
We are not interested in being another warehouse for Bigfoot reports; there are plenty of those sites. We are committed to being the one location on the web that will distribute factual, professional and timely research information on Bigfoot.
We always appreciate contact with our readers and your comments are always appreciated.
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