Report of Bigfoot Found in Backyard – a Mental Aberration?
The aforementioned Bigfoot found in a backyard is apparently turning out to be an error in judgment, however a Facebook group owner who investigated the matter has been asked to wait until after Monday evening’s broadcast of Overnight AM, to share his report. He kindly agreed to that.
Could it be that “Mr. Mike” imagined all the Bigfoots in his yard, that the private investigator’s photo is a blobsquatch, and that we’re once again facing a case of false claims and disappointed hopes?
A few weeks ago I wrote about my frustration with false Bigfoot reports. I have heard too many of them at this point, and find it distressing whenever a sighting report proves insubstantial. It would help if people who are not absolutely certain of what they saw would quit making grandiose claims.
The implication is that Mr. Mike may have made an error in identifying … shadows, perhaps. But we’ll just have to wait a few more hours to get the rest of the story.
[Update: After hearing the radio broadcast on July 12 I changed my mind about this, and now feel it is possible that there's another explanation that does not indicate any dementia on the part of the man who reported these Bigfoot sightings. See my report: Bigfoot in Mr. Mike’s Backyard: Follow-Up on Lan Lamphere’s Internet Radio Broadcast.]
July 8, 2010
Bigfoot Found in Backyard – Radio Broadcast Online
See the news here: On Demand – Exclusive – Bigfoot Found in North America – Documented Events Reveal Sasquatch Lives
A man claims a family of Bigfoot creatures sleeps behind his home. Should be a good story, and maybe the start of some solid evidence. The location is confidential – hopefully assuring this family will be protected.
++ Tonight’s broadcast is complete – there may be an archive of this program available later. ++
Here’s what I heard:
On July 3, 2010, Bill Birnes, executive producer of UFO Hunters on the History Chanel, got a call from “Mr. Mike” who said that for three weeks he’d had a family of Bigfoot in his backyard.
Lan Lamphere, radio host, phoned Mr. Mike’s local police department and found out they had two reports of possible Bigfoot sightings recently. A law enforcement officer reported seeing a dirty or hairy tall woman rummaging through trash. No effort was made to catch her because scrounging isn’t illegal in that area. She ran into the woods in the direction of Mr. Mike’s home.
Mr. Mike, live on the air, over the phone, said he was standing in the front hallway looking at two females and one baby. They were in the front yard, and he also saw a large male. He said the others stay in the backyard.
He’s been talking to them; he says they don’t bare their teeth at him as much anymore.
There may be as many as two or three infants. As of the 3rd of July he had seen about 6 Bigfoot creatures, but now there’s more taking refuge at his home, in both front yard and back yard.
“They’re looking back at me and minding their own business,” he said, stating he was at that moment standing in the front yard only about five feet from one. She was sitting in the back of the shrubs, nearby, he said.
Lan Lamphere’s radio show hired a private investigator and found out that Mr. Mike is the “quintessential perfect citizen” – a churchgoer with family members in law enforcement.
On the air, Lan Lamphere told Mr. Mike that the private investigator went to his place at 3am and sat in the bushes for several hours. Something approached him and grunted. He took photos. When he got home and looked at the photo he could see a silhouette of five shapes, three of them very small.
The talk show will continue to feature and follow up on this story.
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My personal observation was that there was nothing in Mr. Mike’s voice to indicate that this was a fabricated story. More on this as news becomes available.
March 17, 2010
Pennsylvania: Fayette County Bigfoot Sightings in the News
If you look at the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society website you’ll see there are dozens of Bigfoot sighting reports recorded, covering every county in the state of Pennsylvania. Recently there’s been several new sightings near Dunbar in Fayette County, in the southwest corner of the state.
Featured in the Herald Standard article by Dave Zuchowski (see link below) are three sightings, two of which had multiple witnesses. A mother-daughter outing on September 23, 2009 resulted in a viewing of a tall, muscular being who got as close as 150 feet. The next day Pennsylvania Bigfoot researcher Eric Altman went back to the site with them and found a possible foot impression and a 3′x10′ lean-to structure.
In July 2009 a woman saw two Sasquatches close to town. A juvenile Bigfoot feasted on blackberries, accompanied by an adult.
Most recently, on January 31, 2010, Heath Landman and his twenty-year-old son, Heath Nickolas Jr., were driving when they saw a large bipedal creature cross the road in three steps. Landman described it as being 6′3″ with a cone-shaped head. Landman got his three brothers and two nephews to help him examine the site. They found hair and snow footprints. Eric Altman is handling this investigation and may send the hair to a lab for testing.
Source: New rash of Bigfoot sightings reported across Fayette County by Dave Zuchhowski, published March 14, 2010 in the Herald Standard.
I’ve previously written about Pennsylvania Bigfoot research in Pennsylvania: Footprints Found In Luzerne County. The Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society was my Bigfoot Site of the Day on August 21, 2009.
October 31, 2009
Illinois: Look for Bigfoot near Pyramid State Park
This just in – from Ed, a Bigfoot Sightings reader, about his 1994 sighting near Pyramid State Park.
This creature stood about 7-8 feet tall, was covered in hair and literally jumped up out of the field and crossed behind my car…
The body was massive. It never lost stride as it jumped up from the field and onto Rt.13 and crossed behind my car.
I sat there in amazement and fear thinking if what I saw was really what I have been hearing about for years. This was no bear. I know what a bear looks like, and I know that a bear can’t run as far as this creature did, on two legs…
I never told anyone about this encounter for about one year. Then I told a Conductor, who worked for AMTRAK, what I had seen.. I asked [him] … if he was going to laugh at me. He said no, there are a lot of things running around down here with SHAWNEE NATIONAL FOREST so close. This was the only time i have experienced this creature, but I do believe in them now!!!”
ED
Thanks, Ed, for sharing that sighting with us! A few months ago I reviewed a web page about Illinois sightings and was amazed to find that Illinois has a lot of Bigfoot activity! Shawnee National Forest sounds like the right place to find them.
Here’s the map showing Pinckneyville.
The sighting was very close to Pyramid State Park.
The Shawnee National Forest is south-east of there.
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August 10, 2009
Flying Bigfoot – in the Blue Mountains, Washington State
David N. of Southeast Washington state has seen a creature he believes was Bigfoot, flying.
A FLYING Bigfoot you say?
Quit laughing!
He’s serious and has written an article detailing his sighting and other Bigfoot experiences. He’s focused on learning more about Bigfoot in his area and is forming a research organization, the Blue Mountain Bigfoot Research Group (BMBRG), to connect with others in the Blue Mountains who have had Bigfoot sightings, or who want to participate in the research.
He’s not the only one.
In his article, Blue Mountain Trackers Bigfoot Research Update, he provides links to photos of his UFO sightings and to a video someone else took of a strange flying hominid. He says that video resembles what he saw.
His facts are intriguing, and he’s without a doubt living in an area that should be a hotbed of Bigfoot activity. I think he’s one of those people who sees things because he takes the time to look up at the sky. So many of us don’t, and we miss a lot, no doubt.
Here in Northern California there have been plenty of Bigfoot sightings, but I’ve never heard of one flying around here. I will be visiting the Willow Creek Bigfoot Museum soon, and will ask if there are any reports like that from our region.
You know, Washington is the location of MEL’S HOLE… that hole without any perceptible bottom. I wonder if Bigfoot is flying up out of something like that, from the HOLLOW EARTH. (Just a thought!)
To David: Good luck with your Bigfoot research. I’m looking forward to hearing more about your discoveries and enjoy reading your articles at Gather.Com. Thanks for submitting your Bigfoot articles to my Gather group, Bigfoot Research.
August 1, 2009
Dr. Matthew Johnson and the Oregon Caves Bigfoot Sighting
I met Dr. Matthew Johnson in 2006 when he spoke at the Happy Camp Bigfoot Jamboree. He was there at the invitation of one of my dear friends, Judy Bushy. Thanks to her, I got to hear a first-hand account of what happened to him on Mount Elijah near Oregon Caves.
I’ve just finished writing Oregon Caves — A Bigfoot Sighting Location where I’ve posted a lot of Oregon Caves photographs and information about Dr. Johnson’s sighting. I included a link to a short documentary about Dr. Johnson’s sighting which is posted at a news website.
Oregon Caves would be a great location for Bigfoot researchers to meet, hike, and even take the family on vacation. There’s a cave tour and lots of hiking trails, plus a beautiful Chateau for upscale dining and lodging.
The photo shows me hiking on the Big Tree Loop Trail in 2007. That’s where Dr. Johnson saw Bigfoot in 2000. An odd near-coincidence… I first went to Oregon Caves on June 1, 2000 for my son’s 10th birthday. It was exactly one month later that Dr. Johnson and his family went there, took their hike, and encountered Bigfoot. I live about 30 miles south of there in Happy Camp; he lives about 40 miles east of Oregon Caves in Grants Pass.
October 29, 2008
Dazed Bigfoot Crossed California Highway 101 During Fires
Today The Willets News reported there was a Bigfoot sighting on Highway 101 north of Willets near Shimmins Ridge Road during the Mendocino Lightning Complex fires last summer. Willets is a small town in Northern California between the San Francisco Bay Area and Eureka.
According to reporter Linda Williams, Chris LoPinto of Laytonville and at least one other driver saw the creature step into the southbound lane near a guardrail. It ran into the path of a small truck and caused LoPinto to brake hard. The truck, which was trying to pass LoPinto’s car, managed to avoid hitting the Bigfoot and continued on without stopping.
LoPinto said the Bigfoot ran upright on its legs until it got to the middle of the highway which was four lanes at that point. Then it leaned over and ran with its arms down the rest of the way, to safety. Bigfoot investigator Tom Yamarone told the reporter that the fact the Bigfoot used its arms to cross the second half of the freeway was highly unusual.
At that point some might think the creature was a bear, but LoPinto got a good look at the face – the Bigfoot was only 25 feet away.
The description:
Estimated at seven feet tall.
It was covered with hair.
The face was completely flat, without a protruding nose.
When it turned to look at LoPinto its neck was stiff so it turned its entire body.
Its face was yellow or gold like a ripe banana.
It had a smooth, shiny forehead with ridges and no eyebrows.
The eyes glowed red, possibly as a reflection from the car’s headlights.
It had thin lips.
It had a simian face.
It appeared to be suffering from heat and heavy smoke from the fire.
LoPinto filed reports with the Department of Fish and Game and with the Mendocino County Sheriff’s Department. At first he didn’t realize it was a Bigfoot. Eventually he got hold of Tom Yamarone to investigate.
Tom Yamarone’s website: Bigfoot Songs.
Source: Bigfoot Sighting on Highway 101 by Linda Williams, published on October 29, 2008 in The Willets News.
