Big Foot

Leaving the area of the “Infrasound encounter”, I venture down a long narrow trail, investigating an area on the lake shore. Lurking in this area were at least three Bigfoot that I would soon encounter. The following is this account taken from my book “The Bigfoot Field Journal – Volume 1.”

When watching the film Bigfoot created in 1970 directed by Robert Slatzer and starring John Carradine and Joi Lansing I have made connections to the concepts and theories we have discussed in class. To name some of these theorists and concepts such as, Mary Douglas theory of dirt, Aristotle’s conceptualization of reproduction, Freud’s uncanny and the double, and Ann Ratcliff’s difference between terror and horror. Despite the terrible and cheesy 1970’s effects this movie is actually enjoyable to watch and the perfect movie for analyzing the theoretical concepts we have learned throughout the semester.

For over a 150 years man has been troubled by one great mystery, a mystery that has baffled all who have witnessed it and all who have tried to solve it. This mystery is commonly known as Bigfoot, a tall hairy man/ape who lurks in the woods in almost every country on this planet. Some say it is just an ape, some believe it is a man in costume, and others are true believers of this hairy phenomenon. For more than a decade and a half this creature of myth has caused enormous contradictions in the field of science, bringing about one question. Does Bigfoot exist?

The quest began when Bigfoot was captured on film for the first time by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin. In the year of 1967, the two men were out in a remote mountainous location in Northern California. After Patterson heard about the tracks found near Bluff Creek, he was determined to make a documentary about the mysteries of the Sasquatch. Buoyant, he rented a 16mm movie camera and went to the area in question with his comrade, Bob Gimlin. He caught the beast on camera casually strolling through an open clearing, staring at Patterson filming while continuing to walk. The film became known as the Patterson-Gimlin film. According to Animal Planet, "The Patterson-Gimlin film is widely regarded as one of the strongest pieces of evidence for the existence of Sasquatches,” (“The Patterson-Gimlin footage”).

Evidence is concrete examples of raw materials – how we interpret them is an important key when studying history. Evolution and the Kennewick Man will be discussed.

There have been several similar situations like this in the past. For example we have witnessed how the yeti, bigfoot, and other varieties of so called mythical creatures. The public may be able to just simply write these so called mythical beliefs off but the people that were the eyewitnesses can not do this. People have collaborated with professionals to try and make sense of what they have claimed to see. Nearly every witness has some form of proof for dogman in 2006 a man in Troy, Michigan allegedly contacted onstar, a security system for cars, after running his car off of the road. He supposedly swerved to avoid hitting an animal in the middle of the road. He claimed that this animal was a great big dog that ran in front of him. Another man claims that Dogman scratched his thigh when he was trying to run past him. To this date there have been no reports of any injuries or deaths from the dogman. Although none of them are confirmed, there are many people that go missing in Michigan forests each and every year.

Big foot first world wide appearance in literature, drama,and etc.. began in the year of 1811. Some of Big foot’s top 10 most popular books are “The Field Guide To Bigfoot and Other Mystery Primates”,”So You Want To Catch A Bigfoot?” ,” Raincoast Sasquatch”,”Bigfoot Observer's Field Manual “, and etc. Not only were his books booming worldwide his movies were too “Abominable” ,“Bigfoot” , and Willow Creek were a few of his most popular movies.

It is difficult to argue why Bigfoot has never been caught, because the majority of the people in this country, which are nonbelievers. Believe since we have the most high tech equipment known to man, then we should be able to catch an overgrown ape. They do not fully understand that it is very problematic to catch such a creature that has only one background information about it. Plus, it is very hard to catch something that doesn’t want to be caught. Therefore since the Bigfoot explorers have hardly any clues on how Bigfoot lives and what Bigfoot eats, it gives them very little information to work with.

described as “imitation bird calls”(Lee). Native American Tribes have their own “oral traditions” and “its own name”(Lee) describing Bigfoot. "The Patterson-Gimlin film is widely regarded as one of the strongest pieces of evidence for the existence of sasquatches”(“The Evidence For Bigfoot”). “Over the last 40 years, it has never been proven to be a hoax(“ The Evidence For Bigfoot”).

I give a warning to those who research them, that seek them out, that want to have an encounter, who think the Bigfoot has some knowledge or wisdom to impart, they are not what you think they are, they are the descendants of the Nephilim, they are deceiving you at best and luring you in at worst. The disturbing question is, what are they luring you into? Don’t be one of those that disappear to find out.

For years it has been debated whether Bigfoot is indeed real. Many who claim to have seen him swear that he is. However many are skeptical and say he is nothing more than an urban legend. But what evidence is there, if any at all?

Although the specifics of Bigfoot may be vague, almost every culture has had its own stories regarding the human-like creatures that roam the world.

To point out, according to Donald Ortner, a biological anthropologist, the “best evidence to find out the presence

The most significant pieces of evidence being footprints. Many footprints that are left behind have five toes, unless occasionally you find the tracks with only three toes. According to Stephen Wagner, a paranormal researcher, Bigfoot footprints look like

If I one day became Bigfoot and I had to go into hiding I would have to choose to hide somewhere in Alaska. The reason I choose to hide in Alaska is because I have always wanted to visit Alaska. Besides that the real main reasons are that on I have some much fur and if it is always cold outside I will be perfectly fine in the cold temp. Next I would live just anywhere out of the way of any civilization, nobody would try to find me because it would be way too cold in some part of Alaska that no one would want to try and find me. Also going with me wanting to visit Alaska I would be living in a beautiful area in some part of Alaska according to some of my once friend because I am Bigfoot and some may not like me and some still would because they