(Part 2) Top products from r/bigfoot

The people who investigated the claim back in 1924(ish) stated that it was a hoax. We know that. We know back when this occurred it was thought to have been "boy scouts" messing with the miners.

We know that Beck's son trotted the story back out the same year the PGF came out.

There are claims of thrown rocks, pine cones, tree branches. But can you be sure that later claims of such behavior are from "innocent" sources (the sources of the later claims had not read/heard/watched stories of previous claims)? I don't think we can make any such assumption.

As noted in the last link I included for you, the tribes from which the sasquatch legend has been appropriated thought of/think of sasquatch as another tribe (a tribe of giant people who play tricks on and steal from them). They did not and do not see sasquatch as a ape, that came with the Roe story and that story only came out when Harrison, British Columbia was trying drum up interest in the area during the centennial celebration of British Columbia back in 1957. The town of Harrison wanted $600 from the B.C. government to fund a "sasquatch hunt" as a publicity stunt. John Green was the owner of a small paper in a nearby town and he noted that the "hunt" was a big success and that the story had been picked up internationally. It was into that "environment" that William Roe went with his claims of apes.

I'm basically paraphrasing the bigfoot chapter of the book "Abominable Science", which does an excellent job of documenting the origins of the sasquatch story. If you haven't picked it up I strongly suggest it. It provides excellent context of what was happening around the various claims of sightings of sasquatch and the yeti. The yeti chapter is another amazing read, turns out bigfoot expedition funder, Tom Slick, might have been involved in espionage for the u.s.!

Here's the link. I have the kindle edition and I'm not sure I can "lend" it to you but if you are interested I'll be happy to check and see.

https://www.amazon.com/Abominable-Science-Origins-Nessie-Cryptids/dp/023115321X/ref=sr_1_1?s=hi&ie=UTF8&qid=1492706315&sr=8-1&keywords=abominable+science

I know exactly what story you are talking about.

It was in one of my old bigfoot books I had when I was a kid. I'm not sure which one but I think it might have been this one, or this one
If not, both books are a great read.

My copies of both books were pretty old when I got them. I may still have the first book around somewhere but I know for sure the second fell apart.


I also remember some good bits of the story and if you wanna PM me, we may figure out enough to find it on google.

Just to comment on the book, Man-eaters of Kumaon is a fascinating read. I have read it dozens of times and as I grow older, I find different parts of his story that fascinate me. Check it out if you can. Good adventure reading.

Hey, sorry bud - got caught up with my own thread that blew up like crazy, lol!

Here's one of the best books I've ever found on the subject:

https://www.amazon.com/Bigfoot-Casebook-updated-Sightings-Encounters/dp/0937663107/ref=pd_sim_14_1?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0937663107&pd_rd_r=C9CZ3E27RBZ9K0A277TV&pd_rd_w=1tVU2&pd_rd_wg=MC9Yi&psc=1&refRID=C9CZ3E27RBZ9K0A277TV

And here are two that are absolutely phenomenal, from an angle not looked at deeply enough:

Tribal Bigfoot:

https://www.amazon.com/Tribal-Bigfoot-2017-B-W/dp/0888390211

The Hoopa Project:

https://www.amazon.com/Hoopa-Project-Bigfoot-Encounters-California/dp/0888396538/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0888396538&pd_rd_r=15W306TEPXSV05M8P25M&pd_rd_w=TvoTp&pd_rd_wg=qM2yW&psc=1&refRID=15W306TEPXSV05M8P25M

"Forest Friends of The Night: My True Story of Discovery of the Bigfoot People"

I used to live next door to the guy that wrote it. Not sure how "True" it is, but it is a good read.

https://www.amazon.com/Forest-Friends-Night-Discovery-Bigfoot/dp/1506101658

https://www.amazon.com/Raincoast-Sasquatch-Southeast-Northwest-Washington/dp/0888395086

Raincoast Sasquatch

https://www.amazon.com/Make-Prayers-Raven-Koyukon-Northern/dp/0226571637/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1493324972&sr=1-1&keywords=make+prayers+to+the+raven

Make Prayers to the Raven

The 2nd link is an ethnographic study done on the Koyukon natives in Northern Alaska. The author spent a year living with them.

Granted, 'bigfoot' is only covered in a small portion of the pages, probably like 10 pages in a 275 page book, but the information in those 10 pages has been some of the most convincing anecdotal evidence I've come across yet.

If you like regional books that have done well and written by someone in the woods all the time please consider my book “Tracking the Stone Man”. I have introduced a couple of new theories in behavior.
Tracking the Stone Man: West Virginia's Bigfoot https://www.amazon.com/dp/0692685170/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_4gL4BbQ0JE89Z

Manlike Monsters on Trial will run you $80. Looks like a valuable addition to the library, though.

The Patterson-Gimlin footage is by no means debunked, if anything, it is some of the strongest evidence for BF's existence! Have you seen the muscle movement analysis videos on it? You can see the muscle in her thigh flex as she walks.

Another good book on Sasquatch is: Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science, by Prof. Jeff Meldrum. http://www.amazon.com/Sasquatch-Legend-Science-Jeff-Meldrum/dp/0765312166

Well put!

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B002GKC3XY/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1

https://www.amazon.com/Sasquatch-Among-John-Willison-Green/dp/0888391234


https://www.amazon.com/Sasquatch-Legend-Science-Jeff-Meldrum/dp/0765312174/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_1?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=BA978N1HSCA95QSMZZ4D

The ShadowKiller a Bigfoot thriller that is pretty much a SyFy B movie. Pretty good for what it is but it has some sex scenes and graphic violence.