Recently I came across this quote from Teddy Roosevelt. I think it appropriate to remember those field researchers who quietly go about their business of recording sounds, casting footprints and looking for evidence. Many of these individuals are unsung heroes not spending much time on the forums, chats or facebook. Instead they spend their spare [...]
I have always subscribed to the idea that many of our Western European folk beliefs are rooted in ancient encounters with hairy wildmen. It is difficult to separate fact from fairy tale but trolls and ogres seem to fit into a likely category of real animals inspiring human storytelling. Last year there was an interesting [...]
Oregon was my fourteenth stop squatchin’ in all 48 contiguous states in 2008. I was invited to go squatchin’ with Rick Rogers. Rick is a local researcher in Eastern Oregon. On the 16th of August, 2008 we camped in the Blue Mountains of North-eastern Oregon. Rick shares his recollections from 1967 of a possible encounter [...]
Wyoming was my thirteenth stop squatchin’ in all 48 contiguous states in 2008. I was invited to go squatchin’ with Brooke Raser. Brooke is a member of the BFRO . On the 12th of August, 2008 several local researchers accompanied Brooke and myself to an isolated mountain range in Eastern Wyoming. Although no reports have [...]
Colorado was my twelth stop squatchin’ in all 48 contiguous states in 2008. I was invited to go squatchin’ with Dennis Pfohl. Dennis is a member of the BFRO . About forty researchers gathered at a remote location in Central Colorado. The expedition was held the 22st through the 27th of July, 2008. Several techniques [...]
One concept that I see being repeated over and over again is that if there is a large bi-pedal ape in North America it must live in only the most remote, secluded wilderness areas. Commonly areas pointed to as likely habitat are the Pacific Northwest, British Columbia, Northern California or if “back East”, only inaccessible [...]