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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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I've never seen sasquatch,
but maybe I'll see one, Yeti!
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healyje
Trad climber
Portland, Oregon
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He's obviously shooting for a bright career on the SyFy channel. Probably shopping them a 'Cryptid Hunters' concept and franchise.
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Robb
Social climber
The Greeley Triangle
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We used to eat at the Bigfoot in Oakhurst all the time.
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Climbing dropout
climber
British Columbia
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Topic Author's Reply - Dec 2, 2009 - 12:25pm PT
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I am done with The project, which proved to be utterly futile. There has been a net negative impact of all this in my life thats for sure. The obstacles to success were much greater than I anticipated. 3 weeks into the project in 2007, I was additionally saddled with a handicap in the form of a badly broken leg at the hands of a youth gang.
I failed to do what I set out to do which was getting clear video. I documented what I thought were the reasons why I could not do so. The money shot never happened.
All the hair samples got shipped to Dr. J Robert Alley at the Univeristy in Ketchikan Alaska. A few pieces went to Dr. John Bindernagle on Vancouver island.
I came away with an appreciation for what native North American Indians have to say about the matter and an understanding of what the basis may be for some of their cultural beliefs regarding the spirit world.
The few personal insights which I have shared here, are clearly at my expense in many ways.
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Prod
Trad climber
Dodge Sprinter Dreaming
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So then what became of the analysis of the hair?
Why do I waste my time?
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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That would be "the only thing" , Lois?
Word on the street is that they eat their scat and their elders, they keep a pretty tight ship.
Prod, Bigfoot=God?
Did bigfoot do the first ascent of 'Invisibility lessons' at Josh?
maybe,
Bigfoot = Don Juan Mateous?
where's a Crow when you need one?
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno
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I won't harass you today, blue. Just happened upon this thread and thought I'd point out the irony that while this thread is about Big Foot, Big Mouth has apparently returned. Interesting... Back into hiding. :)
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Bronwyn
Trad climber
Not of This World
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There is a book called "The Long Walk" by Slavomir Rawicz, which described what seems to be a Yeti encounter. Rawicz escaped from a Soviet camp in Siberia in the 1940's, with several others, and they walked all the way to India to freedom.
An incredible read all on its own, a true adventure story. Only a page or so is devoted to the Yeti sighting, near the end of his journey. Rawicz had no reason to embellish his story; it was already thrilling enough. His authenticity, intelligence and resourcefulness are evident on every page, and he would have no reason to damage his credibility by fabricating such an episode.
There is much in the world which we don't understand. The wilderness is vast. (But, sadly, shrinking all the time.) And I have found Ape Cave in Mt. Saint Helen's very eerie...without knowing the story behind it until now. Definitely an odd vibe there.
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Porkchop_express
Trad climber
Currently in San Diego
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I read the long walk and was disappointed to find out that while it is an incredible read it is almost entirely a fabrication. :(
I am still pro-yeti though...
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ontheedgeandscaredtodeath
Trad climber
San Francisco, Ca
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I read the Long Walk, but didn't know it's fabrication. Really?
I'm pro-yeti and pro-big foot, though I've spent a lot of time in remote corners of prime sasquatch habitat and never came across one. Did find some illegal pot plantations.
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Gunkie
Trad climber
East Coast US
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OK, I'll fess up about one of my many bigfoot encounters that proves they are interdimensional creatures.
I was drinking at a bar in West Philly that served underaged college kids like myself. After consuming more than one beer and probably less than 20, I met this hot chick. It was kind of odd, there were no hot chicks before I began the evening's festivities. Well, this hot chick took me back to her lair at a place called Ursinus College, which seemed a long way from civilization.
When the light came up I noticed heavy breathing, more like snoring, and a foul odor lingered in the air. It was at this point I realized I had been taken to Ape Cave - East Coast style. I was right next to the hairy, sleeping beast. I did my best to slink out of the cave only to be thwarted by more sleeping creatures in the place called the dorm lounge. Fortunately, a side cave entrance, shaped like a double hung window was just to my side. I was able to climb through this portal to safety.
In retrospect, I realize that I passed through this interdimensional window, sometime between 2AM and 7AM, that bigfoots utilize to move around.
Bigfoots are real and scary.
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Nefarius
Big Wall climber
Fresno
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@skipt - Not bad, how are you? I've been super busy. Working a deal with Apple, who wants to license my images for MacOS, working on an adventure series for NBC/Discovery... Lots of exciting stuff going on. How's things in the great white north? :)
Oh yeah, to keep things on topic - Have you seen any sign of Big Foot, Chupacabra, Elvis or Mojo Risin up there, Skip? Should we add MJ to the list now too?
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mike bodine
climber
bishop, ca
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sasquatchery is alive and well on the Eastside -
a nurse in Mammoth has been following a family of 'sqatches for years - he has 100s of footprint molds and even some tools-
no lie -
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Porkchop_express
Trad climber
Currently in San Diego
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Ontheedge- yeah, I thought it was legit when I read it (in highschool) and when just two days ago I got on Amazon and read some of the reviews, there were multiple people pointing out incongruities that sounded very reasonable...for example, going without water for 10 days in the Gobi desert while covering great distances on foot...also the BBC checked into the story and debunked it. Rawicz was actually transferred to a prison in iran before he was released and apparently the BBC got his paperwork from the ruskies to prove it.
Now, it is possible that there were a series of superhuman events and a massive cover-up, but the whole 10 days without water thing...kinda made me think. Too bad though, great story.
On topic, there is a bigfoot thingy on the History Channel (monster quest)right now!
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Batrock
Trad climber
Burbank
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Watching the History Chan. show right now.
Too bad about The Longest Walk, that was a great read, still a great read that I highly recommend.
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hobo_dan
Social climber
Minnesota
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In the mid 90's a friend of mine worked for the BigFoot institute out of Hood River Ore. She did this for about three years- even had the 1-800-BIGFOOT number. People would call and they would try and chase down the story
Her conclusion was that there was something but they could not prove it and then the money ran out.
I am also skeptical with all of the cell phone cameras and video cameras that no one has come up with a picture- even a worthless fuzzy shot.
I think I still have a bigfoot T-shirt but htats as far as I go
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Nibs
Trad climber
Humboldt, CA
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Shortly after the Yurok tribe was granted nation status separate from the Hoopa I worked on a project performing site assessments throughout the new reservation along the Klamath River. All field trips were accompanied by a Yurok liaison; an older wonderful gentleman that would tell stories (wish I had written them all down) about the relationship between the river and the ocean Yuroks, the old trails, the first white settlers, on and on. I really felt privileged.
One day I decided to ask him about bigfoot –is that just another white man’s tale or is there some basis in Yurok mythology. He said no mythology. They exist. Then why haven’t “we” found evidence, scat, bones, any physical evidence? “That is because they exist in both this world and the spirit world.”
He went on “when I was a little boy the salmon ran up the river so thick you could practically run across the river on their backs. We would follow the runs up the river and into the creeks. My mom told me that once we reached (Yurok name for a rock formation) on Bluff Creek you stop. ‘Those fish are for the big people. We leave the big people alone, they leave us alone.’”
Later, because of my question, he took me to have lunch with a tribal elder and she told similar stories. Her husband, a local guide, said he has seen plenty of sign in the high Siskiyous – they both told me plenty over that lunch into the late afternoon…
Joe -so the Colville tribe does not have similar stories?
Spend most of a day at the SF Exploratorium in the visual and audio perception area and you may find that can’t believe all you see or hear. The brain filters as much or more than it receives – so how can one believe or disbelieve anything in absolutes?
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Bronwyn
Trad climber
Not of This World
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Bummer about the Long Walk! I wondered about the Gobi Desert timeframe, but you know, it is so compelling it just pulls you in. So many of his details of the countryside, etc., seemed plausible. I was a little suspicious when he said he had had no further contact with any of the other survivors. Seems as if you had gone through such a harrowing experience together it would form a pretty tight bond. I wonder if anyone has tried to research the names of the other people he wrote about?
I do still think there could be Yeti and Bigfoot out there somewhere. Not really sold on the inter-dimensional aspect though. Where is Ed?
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