Bigfoot Discovery Day 2009, (Not) Your Typical Biscardi Movie, Texas Bigfoot Conference, New Blobsquatch Photo!

Coming soon to Felton, CA: Bigfoot Discovery Day III, 2009 mini-conference! This event is organized by Mike Rugg, of the Bigfoot Discovery Museum, just up Highway 9 from Santa Cruz, along with the Alliance of Independent Bigfoot Researchers. You'll be able to check out the amazing redwoods around that area (in Henry Cowell Redwoods or even better, Big Basin State Park) while you're at it--and yes, there have been reports of Sasquatch in the area.
The schedule will include the following events and speakers (from Kathy Strain's public posting), plus Tom Yamarone doing his Bigfoot Songs: "In association with the AIBR, the Bigfoot Discovery Project presents Bigfoot Discovery Day III - October 17, 2009 in Felton, CA. The day will feature an informal BBQ gathering (11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) at the Bigfoot Discovery Museum followed by research presentations at the Felton Community Hall (2:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.). Presenters:
Kathy Strain: Forest Service Archaeologist and author of "Giants, Cannibals & Monsters: Bigfoot in Native Culture"
David Paulides: Former Police investigator, Executive Director of N.A.B.S., author of "The Hoopa Project" and "Tribal Bigfoot"
Ron Morehead: He and Al Berry recorded bigfoot vocalizations over 35 years ago in the Sierras (known as the "Sierra Sounds")
Scott Nelson: Former Navy Cryptologist, professional linguist, currently working on a book about bigfoot language
Bill Munns: Special Effects artist with 40 years experience in making monsters and monster suits (has also been on MonsterQuest)."

It seems Bob Gimlin won't be coming to this one. He probably got enough bigfooting in for a while at the 9th Annual TEXAS BIGFOOT CONFERENCE, in Tyler, TX. Here are some links on that event, which we unfortunately missed (oh the life of a book shop owner!), posted by Craig Woolheater of the TBRC: PHOTOS and an ARTICLE.

And just out on DVD, here comes "NOT YOUR TYPICAL BIGFOOT MOVIE." The film follows Mid-Western blobsquatchers Dallas and Wayne as they take photos of bushes and thickets, hoping to find some shape that looks vaguely like a Bigfoot in it, once they get home. They're working class guys on the rocks in hard times, and of course, they are trying to make some... money for their retirements. Enter Tom Biscardi. In the typical Biscardi modality, he flatters the hell out of them, and then swoops in and uses, burns, and abandons them. If you ever wondered how Biscardi works, just watch this film.
It is truly disgusting. But the depiction of his "Bubba" victims is actually very sympathetic and humane. And yes, these guys do get out into the field searching, speaking some sort of Native American-styled spells into the woods, and spreading Reiki vibes everywhere, all the whilst contemplating suicide over their limited further prospects in life. It is playing free to subscribers to Netflix on a computer near you.

And on another note, here is a new, amusing Bigfoot t-shirt design. Marketed by Threadless and drawn by Aled Lewis, it is called "Bigfoots Watch in Bewilderment," and is classic nerd-core fashion.

Tune in to Coast-to-Coast AM (the "Art Bell Show") this Wednesday for a full show on Bigfoot! "Three different experts on Bigfoot, Jeffrey Gonzalez, Stan Courtney, and Jeff Hilling will share various aspects of the phenomenon, including photos, sound clips, and analysis of the infamous Patterson film." I don't know, though, WHAT to expect from these guys. [UPDATE: It was a cool show! Check out this recent game-camera photo, from somewhere in the Sierra National Forest this summer--is it a squatch, or is it a blob? Click for further details from the Sanger Paranormal Society.]

Coming up on this blog! A very lengthy interview with the author of BIGFOOT: LIFE AND TIMES OF A LEGEND, Joshua Blu Buhs... that is, IF the discussion EVER ENDS! At this point it is over fifteen single-spaced pages long.

BF Miscellany 3: Bigfoot in the Bars, Russian and Other Wildman Encounters

Bigfoot roams the hills, but he also appears in bars. The creature is exploited in merchandising products and used for humorous gags. Though all of this, including pranksterism and hoaxing, gets in the way of serious investigation of the subject, one has to admit that it is... funny.
[Parental Advisory: this blog entry contains murder, gross bigfoot nudity, and terribly bad beer! Parents are advised not to view it.]

Here one may see the LOGGER BAR in Blue Lake, in an undated photo that appears to be from the 1960s. The thing on the platform around which the men are gathered is a BIGFOOT CORPSE, supposedly shot up in the hills east of town. One may find this historical photo among many others documenting the logging heyday of Humboldt by looking in the hallway right before the restroom doors. In the admittedly "blobsquatchy" enlargement (click it to view even larger), one may find the "creature's" head to the right side, with its hand dangling out further.

This image, found in SIMON LEGREE'S Roadhouse, in Hawkin's Bar (about ten miles east of Willow Creek on Hwy. 299), depicts a jokingly vandalized JIM MCCLARIN BIGFOOT STATUE in Willow Creek. This act of local hooliganism really happened, sometime back in the 1980s. It is not a Photoshop job.
Simon's bar also has a relic of the days around 2005-06 when a quite tall man calling himself "Paul Bunyan," from somewhere around Redding or Anderson, had planned to lead a Bigfoot Outdoor Camp and expedition training in our area. He came here, carved a lot of wooden footprint stompers, chopped some trees, and then disappeared.
One may also find the Coors Beer Wildman raging from banners and posters in many a bar or liquor store.

Here's one sighting from Willow Creek's FORKS LOUNGE. The Forks is right across the street from the famous Bigfoot statue and the Bigfoot Collection, at the Museum.

Some of you may not have heard that famed 19th Century Russian literary novelist, IVAN TURGENEV had an encounter with a Wildman--or I should say, wild woman--that includes apparent erotic pursuit. While swimming in a river, "Suddenly, someone's hand touched his shoulder. He looked around quickly and saw a strange creature... gazing at him with great curiosity. It looked like something in between a woman and a monkey. The creature had a wrinkled face of a monkey. Messy red hair was framing the face and flowing down the back.... He started swimming to a bank of the river, not even trying to understand what he just saw. However, the creature was swimming beside him, touching his neck and back and feet." The amorous wild creature had to be driven off with a whip. It's actually a pretty typical sighting of an Almas in that region, and typical for the time period. Read Myra Shackley's book, "Still Living?," aka "Wildmen," for some fascinating, non-North American ABSM-ery. We'd also refer the reader to Chad Arment's "The Historical Bigfoot" and Scott McClean's "Big Newsprints" (link to right). Older bigfoot-type stories seem to lean more often than not toward the feral human rather than ape-like subjects. Check the whole story out HERE, at the interesting CARGO CULTE blog, a great source for all your "Freak Belief" needs.

I won't even begin to talk about the Jack Links Jerkey ads. Someday Sasquatch is gonna soundly kick their asses!

OK, sorry about that!!! I'm feeling lazy today.

Coming up soon, the Bald Hills Expedition, Meeting Mr. Moneymaker, and the Klamath Trip futilely looking for the BFRO.

Copyright Steven Streufert 2009, save for Jacklinksquatch and Turgenev; images and quotes from text free to use with full credit and link to this blog.

BF Sighting in Oden Flat, Roadside Sasquatch in Redwood National Park, Native American "Bigfoot Magnet," and Bob Titmus

Along the Trinity River and Highway 299, just past the little town of Salyer, about five miles east of Willow Creek, is the area known traditionally as Oden Flat. Heading out of Salyer going east one enters a narrow bit of road hard up against a rock wall to the right and a deep cliff into the river canyon to the left, the road bends sharply to the left and then to the right at a 25 mph sign, and then straightens out at the top. This is the area where bigfoot activity has been going on of late. It is just about a mile from the sign announcing the roadside rest area ahead.


"Fisherman" Ken Hodges and family visited Bigfoot Books last week to tell of rock-clacking heard in the woods around their home. This has been going on for a while now, with Mr. Hodges speculating that the sasquatch has been hunting the many deer that use the property for transit from the hills to the south and the river to the north. This is an area, as seen in the aerial photos above and below (click images below to enlarge area!), that is very sparsely settled by humans but with ample wildlife habitat surrounding it.

At dusk, on the evening of Sept. 11th, 2009, the family's kids were playing out in the yard enjoying the last of the late summer weather. The house is about 200 yards from the small State Route 299. A large creature was heard and then seen by the family's daughter (who looked to us to be about 12-13 years old). Whatever it was was partially obscured by bushes, about 30 to 40 feet away. At first she assumed it was a bear, but then it STOOD UP, and proved to be over seven feet tall, almost four feet wide. Her father entered the driveway after a few moments, and the creature fled away bipedally. The girl said the Bigfoot was certainly NOT a bear or any animal they are familiar with in their area. It was definitely taller than her 6-foot, 4-inch father. Though she could clearly see its hominoid form, the failing light did not allow her to get a good look at its facial features. It WAS looking at and facing her directly, though, and demonstrated an obvious curiosity about the kids playing in the yard. It had dark brown, not black, hair covering its body. This reiterates many other sighting reports we've had where a Bigfoot shows interest in children and women, but flees when a male human arrives on scene.

The witnessing family were here in the store, and they made a very favorable impression on this reporter. Footprint depressions were found in the forest debris, but were not really castable due to their being made on leafy material. Mr. Hodges estimated them as quite large, pointing out on our ruler the length of an estimated 19 inches in length, 7 and 1/2 inches wide. We may be able to do on-the-ground investigation on this site, if there is any further activity. They seem open to it, though they don't want any strangers hunting around on their property.

The family told of their friend, a Native American man named James, who the say is a "Bigfoot Magnet," so often does he encounter the beings. One time while sleeping on the ground up near Waterman Ridge and Horse Linto, outside of the Willow Creek area, he was hunkered down in his sleeping bag when he heard motion in the brush outside his camp area. The thing moved closer, eventually bending down and sniffing/smelling the sleeping bag and the man inside. The man moved and was able to see the startled creature as it loudly jumped down the bank.

Some other RECENT REPORTS:

Occurring just a couple of weeks prior to the recent BFRO Redwood Expedition in Redwood National Park, we had a report come in of a bigfoot sighting on what the reporting individual says was "the new road into the (Redwood) park," just a couple or a few miles in, going east. The creature was seen in the roadbed, after twilight, and then it of course entered the forest as the driver drew near. The usual details of a Bigfoot were described. But of most interest, this sighting confirms the BFRO's interest in activity in the area, and adds yet another report to the many others coming in over the last few years from that area.

AND THIS: The most strange kind of report we get in here is the kind where the person starts talking, but then stops mid-story and seems to think better of telling further details. This often happens with the old-timers from around here. On this last Sunday we had a fellow come in who had grown up in Willow Creek area, and was old enough to recall the stories told by his elders of the 1958 activities up on Bluff Creek, as well as the events around the Patterson-Gimlin film event in 1967.

He told me this, about "a taxidermist's shop in Anderson," and I chimed in, oh you mean Bob Titmus? He vaguely nodded, but then said he was "sworn to secrecy" by his brother who had seen something there. To paraphrase, he then said, Let me just say that if you didn't believe in this Bigfoot thing before, you'd certainly have to think twice after this. SO, WHAT did he see in Titmus' shop??? Could there have been some evidence not revealed to the public? A dead Bigfoot, perhaps? Well, we are waiting on needles and pins over this one. It could be a stunning revelation from a man who knew Titmus from outside of the bigfooting community, if the brother is willing to tell his story.

Read John Green's biographical EULOGY OF BOB TITMUS, or PETER BYRNE ON TITMUS, both found on the fabulous BIGFOOT ENCOUNTERS web site.