New: Bigfoot Sightings Facebook Fan Page
Bigfoot Sightings now has a fan page at Facebook! Please join!
Yes, I decided to go ahead and create a Facebook fan page for this site after all. I thought about it all last year, but at the time I wasn’t very enthusiastic about Facebook. I still am not sure fan pages are as functional as they could be, but this year I am using Facebook a lot, and already made a few other fan pages… one for my writing and two for family rights. So, we’ll give this a try.
Of course if I have no fans, I will be totally embarrassed! So please… go to Facebook and become my fan. You have no idea how much it will mean to me!
[The avatar for the page is from my Bigfoot watercolor sketchbook.]
[UPDATE - March 13: I woke up today to find out I have eight fans already! You have made me so very happy!]
November 8, 2009
100 Best Paranormal Blogs
Today’s email brought word that this blog was selected as one of the 100 Best Paranormal Activity Blogs at Satellite Internet.
Thanks to whoever chose this blog!
To everyone else – enjoy the list… there are some great blogs linked there.
October 31, 2009
Derailed in October . . . ready for some excitement in November!
October was a difficult month for me due to health problems and being far too busy doing things that had nothing to do with a computer or a Bigfoot! Please accept my apology for not updating this blog more often. I’ve actually heard from several people who cared enough to email me and ask if I was okay. I truly appreciate that… my heart is warmed and I feel surrounded by Bigfooting friends… a good feeling!
November should be an interesting month. I’m not promising daily updates here because I’m going to be busy writing a novel along with the crowd at NaNoWriMo. I have been doing this every November since 2001. Most of my novels have Bigfoot in them!
This year my novel will be special (and different!) because a Bigfoot will be the main character! I’m looking forward to getting this project underway at midnight tonight, when the NaNoWriMo fun starts. I’ve been planning this novel since early September and feel well-prepared for the challenge. In case you want to check on my progress, here’s my NaNoWriMo profile page.
I have another blog I write in about writing topics… and I’m not sure that I’ll write much at all about my novel in this blog during November. After all, don’t people coming to this blog want to hear about a real Sasquatch, not a fictional one?
Does anyone have an idea on what I should have my main character, Oja, call her people? The word Bigfoot is out. Sasquatch is contrived, not something that came out of the wild. I’d love to have an authentic word for Bigfoot – one that they themselves might recognize as pertaining to them. Any suggestions will be welcomed.
Aside from that, I have some columns to post from Linda Newton-Perry, and will probably work on reviews for the last few chapters of Tribal Bigfoot – I left off after the last Northern California chapter was done. I haven’t given up on the project. That was such a good book! I hope others have been able to read it and please, if you do read it in the future feel free to come back here and comment on the postings for the chapters. Many thanks to David Paulides for writing such a thoughtful and unique book! By the way, there’s an excellent interview with Mr. Paulides over on Bigfoot’s Blog which comes from Bigfoot Books in Willow Creek. Steven Streufert has been producing some fascinating interviews this past month. These could become classics!
I’ve also recently received several reports of Bigfoot activity, past and present, from readers. I’ll be posting them soon. Yesterday and today I spent time clearing out my email inbox and reorganizing my folders. It is such a good feeling to have email under control and findable again. It amazes me that we have so much information coming at us all the time, we must struggle to choose what pieces of information have real meaning.
Happy Bigfooting, Squatchers! What a great time of year to get out into the forest. I haven’t been able to go out much lately because I hurt my foot on September 17 and it still hurts… but since I live in the forest I don’t miss it too much!
[Update 10/29/09: The NaNoWriMo experience was successfully finished so there's one more novel about Bigfoot in existence now.]
September 19, 2009
Big FOOT Excuses…
I’ve been slacking on getting the Bigfoot Site of the Day postings written, and haven’t even kept current with reviews of Tribal Bigfoot chapters. My big excuse is that my foot has been injured and I’m going through a slow recovery with it.
I find it hard to keep up with the Bigfoot Site of the Day reviews, but I will get back to all the websites I skipped out on reviewing by making them sites of the day later in the year.
I’m enjoying my reading of Tribal Bigfoot by David Paulides… I find the book very inspiring and will continue to post reviews of the individual chapters during the rest of this month.
I’ve also been racing to get another book read and reviewed before the end of this month. More on that in a few days when I finish reading it! At least being forced to keep my foot elevated has slowed me down enough to give me time for all this reading, which is a delight, believe me. I’ve been sitting outside in the back of the van I bought for my Bigfoot research, enjoying sunny days under a shady madrone tree here in the Klamath River Valley, reading, and writing in notebooks.
September 16, 2009
Tribal Bigfoot – Comments on Chapter Five: “Santa Cruz County”
Book review by Linda Martin – © 2009
Reading group homepage for this book: Tribal Bigfoot
Re: Chapter Five of Tribal Bigfoot, “Santa Cruz County”:
I read chapter five of Tribal Bigfoot about a week ago. The part that stayed with me, that I couldn’t stop thinking about, is a report on a Bigfoot who was ridgewalking in a wooded area on the county line between Monterey County and Santa Cruz County when he came upon a group of campers. That’s when Kenny Rogers, who was still awake, heard heavy footfalls approaching. Then the Bigfoot stopped and let out a loud howl. This didn’t awaken Kenny’s friends, who had been drinking earlier in the evening.
According to David Paulides’ report on this Bigfoot sighting, “The creature then stepped over to a small grouping of large trees and started to shake them very violently.” (Pg. 122) After that the creature walked around the perimeter of the group for about an hour before leaving.
Does anyone ever stop and think about things from the Sasquatch point of view? I can imagine what was going through this poor Bigfoot’s mind. He was walking along a wooded ridge he was probably accustomed to using as a corridor to reach Monterey Bay, or some other area he needed to get to, and suddenly discovered a large group of sleeping human beings in his path.
Perhaps that wouldn’t have been such an emotionally charged event for him were it not for the fact that there’s limited forested land in that area, and humans have encroached on Bigfoot territory for generations, taking more and more away from them. Maybe this ridge was his home, or his favorite place in the world. So he walked up and saw all these humans taking even more land from him — perhaps even a corridor of wooded land that he felt vital to his well-being, and it traumatized him to the point where he had to howl his fright and displeasure, then take out his extreme emotions on some trees! Finally he calmed himself down and inspected the site, perhaps wondering if this would become another permanent settlement violating land he thought was his.
The woods east and north of Santa Cruz are filled with redwood trees, homes, streets, people, and traffic, yet there are many areas where Bigfoot could be living, and in fact, many have seen evidence or had direct sightings. This chapter of the book examines several of them including Colette Alexander’s sighting which was posted to this blog in October 2008: Santa Cruz, California Bigfoot Sighting, 1999. That one tends to amaze me still because it took place right outside the city of Santa Cruz.
There are other compelling Santa Cruz County Bigfoot sighting reports in the book. Several young men there had clear sightings of a hair-covered Bigfoot close up.
I’ve spent some time in that forest, having vacationed there as a youth and returned many times during my adult years. My mother grew up in Santa Cruz, I lived there years ago in the early seventies, and my brother lives in the woods there now. The forest as seen from Highway 9 can be dark and spooky, and there are many square miles of undeveloped wooded land.
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Tribal Bigfoot – Comments on Chapter One: “Historical Bigfoot”
Tribal Bigfoot – Comments on Chapter Two: “The Bigfoot Map Project”
Tribal Bigfoot – Comments on Chapter Three: “Associations”
Tribal Bigfoot – Comments on Chapter Four: “Extreme Sighting Locations”
Tribal Bigfoot – Comments on Chapter Five: “Santa Cruz County”
Tribal Bigfoot – Comments on Chapter Six: “Amador County”
Tribal Bigfoot – Comments on Chapter Seven: “Trinity County”
Tribal Bigfoot – Comments on Chapter Eight: “Siskiyou County”
Tribal Bigfoot – Comments on Chapter Nine: “Del Norte County”
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August 22, 2009
Sasquatch Watch of Virginia
I spent the day getting to know Billy Willard and other members of Sasquatch Watch of Virginia by exploring their site, blog, photographs, and videos.
The front page of Sasquatch Watch of Virginia features a video of Billy Willard explaining the organization’s goals. Don’t miss it! I especially like that the site states, “Our friendly research methods do ‘not’ strive to harm or kill any wildlife. We seek to be cooperative and not hurtful to any person and to any public or private organizations.”
The Sasquatch Watch of Virginia Field Research Blog is rich with accounts of actual field investigations. I especially liked the analysis of unnatural stick structures near Bigfoot footprints, and the article about why they chose Autumn, the beagle, as their squatching dog. I’d love to read more about adventures with Autumn and other squatching expeditions in the wilds of Virginia!
This is a media-rich site with videos and a sound recording of a mysterious forest howl. There are slide shows hosted by Flickr showing Virginia scenery and Bigfoot “trace evidence” such as hair, footprints, and stick arrangements. The many photographs show Virginia as a state with miles of forest in which Sasquatches can hide and thrive.
Associated with the site is Sasquatch Watch Radio with Virginia hosts, Billy Willard and DB Donlon aka: Blogsquatcher.) On a recent show (August 17, 2009) they interviewed Bobbie Short of Bigfoot Encounters about her sightings and Bigfoot research. Phenomenal information with a great squatching lady and Bigfoot research enthusiast.
A site FAQ answers questions about Bigfoot authenticity and history. There are also links to the group’s forum, Yahoo group, and news feeds.
Sasquatch Watch of Virginia appears to be a motivated, experienced, and capable crew ready to respond to any recent Bigfoot sightings or encounters in the state of Virginia. I look forward to more Virginia Bigfoot adventure when I explore related sites later in the year.
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.
May 22, 2008
Three Blogs That Link To Bigfoot Sightings
One section of my site statistics lists each website that has sent visitors my way. I’d like to thank each of these blog writers with a profile here.
The three blogs that sent the most visitors to Bigfoot Sightings during April 2008 are:
Professor Hex
Professor Hex, Scholar of the Strange and Mysterious, has been going strong since 2004 and has developed quite a following. I know this because his site sends more visitors to Bigfoot Sightings than any other. He is constantly scouring the web, including news sites, to bring news and links to you.
Stan Courtney
Stan Courtney is one of the most credible and professional Bigfoot researchers I’ve come upon on the web. He links to Bigfoot Sightings on his extensive links page, SquatchMarks, and I’m glad he does because he sends quite a few visitors to Bigfoot Sightings every month.
Encounters With The Unexplained
Encounters With The Unexplained is another very active paranormal research blog, and is the third most common referrer of visitors to this site (not counting search engines). Blogging from Canada is Aura who had many paranormal experiences as a child. She updates nearly every day on a variety of paranormal topics, including Bigfoot.
March 13, 2008
What Do You Need To Know About Bigfoot Sightings?
I just wrote a list of things I believe about visitors to Bigfoot Sightings… who you are, what you’re here for, and what kind of person you might be. Now I’m wondering how accurate my ideas are… so I’m opening the comment section on this post for you to tell me why you’re here and what kind of information you’re looking for.
Here are a few of my ideas:
A person who visits this site…
…wants to learn how to look for Bigfoot.
…wants to hear about recent Bigfoot sightings.
…would like to know about equipment used to try to find Bigfoot.
…would like to find links to more Bigfoot information.
…would like to have a constant source of news about Bigfoot.
…wants to know what signs to look for.
…enjoys learning about what other Bigfoot researchers are doing.
…prefers learning about Bigfoot in a non-adversarial, friendly environment.
…wants to see lots of photographs.
…wants instructions on how to get to places where Bigfoot has been seen.
…wants historical information about Bigfoot sightings.
…wants to know theories about what Bigfoot is.
…wants to know whether or not Bigfoot really exists.
How am I doing? Do these ideas describe you? What are you really here to find?
January 29, 2008
About Bigfoot Sightings and the Comments Here
Here on Bigfoot Sightings, there are a lot of fascinating comments. Many visitors to this site have posted comments about their sightings, and some Native Americans have posted about ancient knowledge related to Bigfoot. But these comments might be hard to find or read if site visitors have to wade through a lot of nonsense.
I just went through the comments and deleted a lot of spam, silly and annoying comments that looked like they came from junior high school age kids, and comments with obscenities tossed in. I’m usually not into deleting comments, but why should I let my site be a forum for someone else’s trash?
I want to respond in particular to one comment that suggested I only post when I have been on a ’successful’ Bigfoot expedition. I guess that would mean an expedition where I found Bigfoot or some evidence of his existence. Well, sorry, but that kind of success is rare, and if I wanted to post only about that, I’d have few postings here! So what I post about here are about sightings others have had, or about our research activities.
No, I don’t have a lot of pictures of Bigfoot here. Though my cabin is surrounded by places where Bigfoot sightings have taken place (within a mile of where I live) I haven’t seen one! I have this site to talk about my research and things we’ve learned about Bigfoot. I won’t make up a sighting incident or print false information, so you won’t find me telling you wild stories about how he visits our home or contacts me regularly. I honestly WISH I could tell you these things, but I won’t because it isn’t true. What I can tell you about is what it is like to live in an area known for sightings, and what it is like to look for Bigfoot in the Klamath National Forest.
