Bigfoot, Sasquatch, Our Hairy Friend

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Larry Kaniut

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I'm reluctant to bring this subject to the table as it is a "predator" site, however I figure that the predator gang has years of woods time and perhaps some exposure to Our Hairy Friend. If any of you have experiences with Bigfoot sightings and the like, I'd be interested in seeing your comments. Thanks. lk
 
Not here in Alaska, Larry, but in California (southern Sierras, near Porterville, at a place called Soda Springs) I saw a set of footprints that were either a huge, barefoot man, or a Sasquatch. The prints were quite clear, their maker having walked through a muddy creekbed. This was in 1972. We followed the prints from the Pacific Crest Trail approximately 1/4 mile until they went through the mud. Being unarmed, we then decided that we didn't want to go any further.
 
I my self have never seen one but heard of a sighting on the western side of the state. HMMMMMM here is a question IF!!!!!!!!!!! you did see one would it be right to KILL it if it did you no harm >>>
 
I saw one once, but I was too busy waking up a coyote that was floating in the water. I had to beat him with a stick to wake him up. The BigFoot seemed nice enough. He just waved hello and went about his business. Forgot my camera in the truck so I can't show you a picture of it.
 
I'd shoot the sucker.

I suppose now we can debate if the .17Rem is big enough for bigfoot? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif :eek: :eek: :eek:
 
Wouldn't that suck. Hey you guys, don't shoot Big Foot. It's just Pony looking for an outhouse.

What would happen to a guy that took out another hunter who he mistook as Big Foot?
 
Do any of you folks remember that FAA employee who claimed to see a Bigfoot on his way to work at Illiamna in the spring of 1977? Lots of guides ridiculed him in the Anchorage Times and ADN, so he challenged them to come see for themselves.

Several of them, including Jim Repine, went out there, tried tracking it, but lost it's trail. They talked with many of the locals. They were told that, yeah, the things were around, and were good at stealing fish off of their racks.

Since then I've seen several reports of the things being seen in that area, including one report of a planeload of folks seeing one on a scheduled flight to Manakotak. The pilot circled it several times, and everyone on the plane saw it.

I'm not saying they're out there, but I'm not going to say that they're not, either.
 
Well I guess a critter THAT big just HAS to be a Predator!

Interesting though ... multiple sightings by multiple people and all ... guess it Ought to be more plausable than a UFO to say the least. I just saw in yesterdays' paper that a new dinasaur was just discovered; unknown for all these years.

Theres plenty of remote and empty room in Alaska and in the Pacific Northwest for sure.
 
Coming from the state of Washington originally and spending many years running hounds and knowing many other houndmen, trappers, timber cruisers and guides, and not to mention the road systems etc. none of us has ever seen or had a dog chase one. Did run into the American Yeti Expedition up on the Kalama River by Cougar. They had all kinds of cameras night vision crap and sound listening stuff but all they seemed to find was a very incredable collection of bear crap, dung or scat,if you will.I was impressed with there bags upon bags of crap.
Did see a double step bear track once that was interesting but no Bigfoots.And they were protected in that area {Skamania county} so you run the risk of dealing with the long arm of the law if you did ever shoot one.
.17 Rem. maybe if you used magnum primers in it Ha Ha. Walt
 
For centuries European "scientists" scoffed at the rumors and legends of a "half-man, half-beast" which reportedly inhabited the jungles of west-central Africa until a French explorer by the name of Paul DuChaillu shot one, brought it back to Europe, and rubbed the smelly carcass in their faces.

They accepted the legendary African name of "gorilla" to describe the beast.

The year? 1857.

Soon afterward a fellow named Darwin started his theory of "survival of the fittest" (from which others expanded into the theory of evolution, which tries to make monkeys out of all of us).

So much for scientific dogma. They (and most other folks) will refuse to accept possibilities until you smack them upside the head with proof, then they use your discovery to grow their own wild fantasies.
 
Check the book "Arctic Homestead", by Norma Cobb. She tells of some "almost encounters", shared by her family while establishing a homestead in Minook Valley (I think it's north of Manely). She said locals of the area referred to it as a "Bushman".
Gary
 
Thanks for the input guys. Very interesting. Looks like we got some guys who like funnin' about Our Hairy Friend. I've been curious forever and have some friends who have some pretty interesting stories re: their experiences. In 1995 I heard about Wes Sumerlin of Walla Walla and some pals who'd seen Bigfoot in the Mill Creek drainage. I contacted and had the privilege of meeting Wes and several of his friends and his son John and wife Pee Wee. He showed me plaster casts, clippings and pictures that fueled the flame. Matt Johnson, formerly of Anchorage, and now residing in Grants Pass, OR saw one July 5 or so in 2000. We've corresponded. My friend Dalton Carr wrote Tales of a Bear Hunter and told me some incredible experiences of his with Bigfoot in the eastern Cascades of WA. I've been here since 1966 and remember the Iliamna and Manakotna (sp) stories also as well as others. My friend Rob Alley of Ketchikan has completed his Rainforest Sasquatch book which should be out soon and has some incredible stuff in it. I'll stop there, but thought you guys would be interested. Thanks for sharing. Maybe more will light up the screen in the future. kaniut
 
Freepop – contructive is spelt constructive.

Freepop would like some “contructive comments” from me. So here ya go.

Do I beleave in Bigfoot? I don’t know. I think that there is a posablity.
Hoax footprints have been revealed multipal times. Rant Mullens, revealed in 1982 that he and friends had carved giant Bigfoot tracks and used them to fake footprints as far back as 1930. I think that SOME PEOPLE want him to exist so bad that they are willing to make up evidence. There are expeditions to find proof every year. The bulk of Bigfoot evidence is eyewitness accounts. There are some recordings. The most famous recording of Bigfoot is the short film taken in 1967 by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin. It was filmed in Bluff Creek, California. The question of whether the film is in fact a hoax or not is still open. Many sightings are misidentifications of normal animals not unlike the Manatee. Dr Hans Brunner spent 18 months analysing DNA gathered Andrew Sanderson and concluded it matches no known animal. Things like this keeps me skeptical that Bigfoot might exist. With sparse hard evidence and multiple hoaxes, it’s difficult for researchers to do their job.

I think it would be cool if he did exist.

Darrin

(tHANKS sLAYER)
 
187coyote is correct about all the hoaxes that have been perpetrated or attempted. He's also correct about the Patterson film; debate has waged for years on it's authenticity. It has yet to be "proven" authentic or a hoax. My OPINION is that it is authentic.

I must also suggest that there is much more evidence that these creatures exist than there is evidence that they do not.

Consider this gentlemen: IF they truly exist, you and I benefit much more if they stay in the realm of legend. Why? Imagine what would happen if, while calling coyotes, R Buker shot one in the ear with his .17 Rem and killed it. He packs it back and gets his 15 minutes of fame with Brian Williams on MSNBC News. What would happen next?

Enter the Sierra Club, the Audubon Society, Friends of the Earth, Greenpeace, the National Geographic Society, the Department of the Interior, ad infinum (and every other political group that formerly didn't give a damn about Bigfeet). They would (correctly) point out that these creatures are incredibly unique, and obviously in danger of extinction, since there are clearly not very many of them. They would then be a major focus in every EIS (Environmental Impact Statement) for every new proposed project or activity. Huge areas of the Pacific Northwest, from California to Alaska, would be subjected to new scrutiny to determine what you and I could and COULD NOT DO in those areas.

Get the picture?

My suggestion: if you happen to see a large, furry creature walking around out there on two legs, hold your fire, watch, snap a photo (for pure monetary gain, and for something for the "experts" to debate), and consider yourself lucky. Shooting the beast would likely bring you only legal trouble, and would also bring us all into a political morass that we could never win and would certainly regret.
 
huntsternorth- I think your right. You guys already have enough problems tring to get out and do you predator hunting.

Pony- you gotta meet my wife and then ask your self who would be beating who.

Darrin
 
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