Foo Fighters - Next Year

Have a Happy New Year!

Have a Happy New Year everyione and thanks for supporting my site
and visiting it! I hope everyone had a good Christmas, Hannukah,
Kwanza, Ramadan, etc.

I know I have not been on much this month nor posted much
beuase I waas sick for two weeks with some sort of a virus
and doing other thing in my life as well. I hope to be on more
and post on a weekly basis starting next year.

Thanks again for your support and don't forget to
bookmrk my site and share it with others! -Rob

Bigfoot Reported to MUFON?

The following is from Lon's site Phantoms and Monsters:

 

Bigfoot Reported to MUFON?

Case Number: 34374
Log Number: US-12292011-0010
Submitted Date: 2011-12-29 16:51 GMT
Event Date: 2011-12-28 18:15 GMT
Status: Assigned
City: Burlington
Region: Kentucky
Country: US
Longitude: -84.7241133
Latitude: 39.02756
Shape: Other
Duration: 00:00:02
Distance: 100 feet or less

I was driving down a residential street in the dark when suddenly, my headlights landed on a ~7 ft. tall man like creature. It almost looked like a very tall standing monkey, but it also resembled a man. It looked as if it had fur all over it's body that was a medium red color. What really looked odd to me was that it seemed to have a translucent aura around it. I had to focus very hard to see these details because it seemed like the creature was moving at a pace of nearly 50 mph. I was afraid, of course, but I didn't feel as if it were here to harm me or anyone else. It seemed scared more than anything else. I feel it was trying to hide or find a way home because it was running right toward a large wooded area. I lost sight of the object within 2-4 seconds of first seeing it because it was moving so fast. - MUFON CMS

NOTE: Not the first Bigfoot-like creature with a discernible 'aura' to be reported. These sightings seem to be more frequent in residential environments and in the eastern USA. One of the 'Sykesville Monster' reports I collected stated that the creature 'glowed at times'...Lon

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Banned from the BFRO Blue Forums

Dear reader

I am a longtime fan of the BFRO and have always
defended Matt and the BFRO itself against people
who have attacked it such as critics and skeptics
but now something has come up that has left me
in a state of utter confusion.

I posted yesterday a typical post on the BFRO's
blue forums regarding the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers admitting that Bigfoot existed in
the 1970's followed by two links and some
text with a few quotes from the articles
I posted.

It had nothing to do with conspiracy theories
or the paranormal just Bigfoot from what
I can remember.

There were 5 responses including one from Bossburg
one of the Admin's of the forum in a good natured manner.

However when I went to use the forum again
it said my account was disabled and my post
was missing i.e. gone from the forum.

I don't know what I did wrong but must have
upset someone.

I did tell Bossburg that any articles I posted that
I thought were controversial I would submit to him
first but thought this was not controversial.

I hope that the BFRO adapts a new policy, an appeals
process for people who are banned and also a new 3 strikes
warning system (3 warnings instead of 1 before being banned)

I have always defended the BFRO and Matt against accusations
and critics. I am disappointed with their decision to ban me
instead of simply taking the post down.

I emailed the BFRO yesterday and have yet to hear from them.

Regards

Rob

p.s. The BFRO's website can be found here: Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization

Discovery of a Bigfoot species is close?

The following is also from Lon's site Phantoms and Monsters:

 

http://www.naturalplane.blogspot.com/ 

There are nearly 10,000 different new species discovered on the planet Earth annually, while over half of the land is uninhabitable for humans.

According to the American Association for the Advancement of Science, “…one half of the human population lives on less than 10 percent of the Earth's land, and three quarters on only 20 percent.”

In other words, that’s a rather large area for undiscovered species to remain that way, including one of the most sought after “cryptid” which goes by many names — Yeti, Sasquatch, B’gwas or the Skunk Ape.

But almost everyone knows it by its most common name — Bigfoot.

That’s where cryptozoologists like Ken Gerhard enter the picture, as they hunt for creatures or monsters like Bigfoot.

Gerhard has appeared on television shows such as “MonsterQuest” and the History Channel’s special “The Real Wolfman” and recently was one of the featured presenters at the Shooting Star’s Paranormal Convention.

The pursuance of discovering animals which have never been seen by humans has brought Gerhard to over 26 countries in the world and it’s a passion which actually started with his childhood in Minnesota, where he lived until the age of 12.

“I’ve been fascinated all my life with the animals such as Bigfoot,” Gerhard said. “I’ve always read up on them and watched every television show about them. It’s just been a life-long passion.”

When Gerhard goes out for an investigation for one of his cryptids — which is the term used for the undiscovered animals of cryptozoology — it can last for days or weeks on end.

He and his group will spend days hiking the area, searching for clues or evidence of a cryptid, such as hair or blood samples.

“Many times, we investigate during the night, since we believe most of these cryptids are nocturnal,” Gerhard added.

The investigators do call-blasting, which is a vocalization call to attract the species in and capture evidence of their existence.

But the number one cryptid and the Holy Grail of cryptozoology is the discovery of a real Bigfoot.

Gerhard, who wears his trademark leather cowboy hat, has hunted for Big-foot across the United States.

His best evidence to date has been his recording of a vocalization during one of his camp-outs.

“I am familiar with all the sounds of animals in the U.S. and this particle one sounded like a primate, similar to the ones I heard down in South America,” Gerhard explained. “It was very deep, loud and aggressive sounding.”

He went on to add the best evidence of the existence of Bigfoot includes track castings and the Patterson film, which was taken in 1967 depicting what looks like an ape — or Bigfoot — running through a clearing in the forest.

So why, through the many years of searching for Bigfoot, has not one been discovered?

Gerhard said even though there is potentially thousands of such creatures in the U.S. region, that still makes them very rare and enough to put them on the endangered species list.

“Secondly, they choose to live in remote areas and they sense humans are their biggest threat,” Gerhard said. “Much like a bear, they have very keen senses and can pick up people early and flee to a more remote area.”

Another reason why sightings are so rare is they are nocturnal and nomadic.

Even the question of why no carcass of a Bigfoot has ever been found can be explained, Gerhard said.

“You very rarely find animal carcasses in the wild, because Mother Nature disposes of them very quickly by fast decay and scavengers spreading their bones about,” he added. “I’ve talked to hunters who have hunted for many years and they say they don’t come about many carcasses.

“There also is the theory they bury their own dead like the Neanderthals did. That also decreases the odds of stumbling across one of (Big-foot’s) body.”

With 10,000 species discovered yearly — with most being insects or mollusks — Gerhard does believe the discovery of a Bigfoot species is close.

That alone could advance the thought of human evolution.

But there is plenty of area to cover and for Big-foot to hide, making the ultimate goal of proving the existence of one of the most sought after cryptids in the world a most difficult one.

If that time ever does come, it will be a mile-stone for the ages.

“It would be one of the greatest discoveries of the century,” Gerhard concluded. - dl-online

Monsters of Texas - An amazing collection of cryptid anecdotes...Lon

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The Bigfoot Paradox 2: What Do They Already Know?

The following is from Lon's site Phantoms and Monsters.

All credit goes to Lon.

http://www.naturalplane.blogspot.com/

Ufologist and Cryptozoologist Nick Redfern recently published an extraordinary anecdote that described a friend's encounter with a supposed Bigfoot creature near Tao, New Mexico. The encounter with the Bigfoot was unusual in itself but the abrupt appearance of a military-style helicopter without lights heightened the strangeness. The helicopter then concentrated a spotlight on the beast. The creature "suddenly took off 'at a real speed,' with the helicopter in hot pursuit. Both disappeared from sight as the helicopter’s light grew fainter and utter darkness returned."

Redfern's friend commented "what was the helicopter doing flying with its lights off in the skies of Northern New Mexico in the dead of night? What was the nature of the strange beast that had apparently set its sights upon him? And what on earth was the connection between the two?"

Was this actually a military helicopter attempting to captured a live Bigfoot or, as Redfern suggests, action initiated by another private group? I have previously posted narratives describing the government's apparent attempt to conceal the existence of this creature.

In Cowlitz County, Washington at one of Ray Crowe's Western Bigfoot Meetings, someone brought up the topic of corpses of Sasquatch after the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mt. St. Helens in Washington State. The witness heard of two Sasquatch the Army Corps of Engineers had taken out of the volcanic devistation...two months after the initial blast.

Terry Reams heard of a dredging operation of the Cowlitz River and two bodies were found in the sand (probably same case?). A chopper flew them off.

Joe Beelart offered that the crane doing the dredging was from the Manatowaka Company and that the bodies were found two weeks after the Mt. St. Helen's blast of May 18, 1980. He suggested that somebody might want to track down the company and find out who was working the shift that the bodies had been found on.

During a tour of the devastation by helicopter in 1985, the Vietnam veteran helo pilot mentioned a similar tale to Bobbie Short saying there were military helos that choppered out nets full of burned and semi burned elk, deer, bear and something with hairy charred arms hanging out of the drop nets. They were taken to a common pit where the bodies were burned to avoid disease and contamination of the rivers.

Fred Bradshaw also reported dead Bigfoot bodies near Mt. St. Helens to the International Bigfoot Society.

"My father worked for Weyerhauser Co. at Green Mountain ,WA, east of Vancouver. The site has security on their roads to check on the equipment and check closed areas to keep people out. He was working the day Mt. St. Helens blew up. He was at a meeting in Kelso, WA, and as he was a supervisor, when Mt. St. Helens blew it's side out, all heck cut lose.

My father was sent back to Green Mountain right away but like most he wasn't allowed to go very far because of the mud slide coming down the river. He did get to the town of Toutle, WA, on highway 504 off I-5. He and his crew were placed at different spots to watch mud flow and of course help people get out of the blast zone after the major blow up. He was sent to the area of Spirit Lake to keep people out.

When the second major blow up of the mountain came, my father and the other guy with him reported in, and they got out of there. He was then placed in charge of the helicopter landing zone. It was his job to help keep people out of the landing zone and let aid crews in so they could care for injured.

Later on, when all the people were out, the National Guard was brought in to clean up. They hauled dead animals out that they placed in piles; deer in one, elk in another and so on. They were covered up with tarps and later burned.

But my father was placed in charge of one pile of dead that were covered and no one was allowed to go near. Armed U.S. National Guard personal were around this pile, and one day when they were going to move this group of bodies, and my father was very close to it and was told to keep his mouth closed. And when the tarps were removed he saw the creatures, some badly burned and some not. They placed them in a net and lifted them into a truck and covered it over. My father asked a guardsmen what will they do with them and he said study them or what ever...he didn't want to know. He said it's like other things you don't ask, and off they went . AND NO ONE KNOWS WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM. My father and the rest were debriefed and sent home.

Below are several links to interesting accounts of government interest and encounters with Sasquatch:

The Nightstalker of Edwards AFB

Sasquatch and the Edwards Air Force Base Surveillance

Bigfoot Recovered - Injured in Forest Fire

Not long after I had posted Oh-Mah - The 'Boss of the Woods' in November 2008, I received an email from a man in southern Washington who stated that he had heard stories from Yakima native people in reference Oh-Mah or Sasquatch after the Mt. St. Helen's eruption. The most prominent account was that of a large male Oh-Mah that was badly burned, but still alive, that took refuge in an area east of the devastation near traditional tribal lands. He was told that government agents in military gear captured the Oh-Mah and airlifted it to an undisclosed location. I have no way of knowing if this is a true account but it does seem to suggest that there was an effort made to take advantage of the eruption in order to capture specimans either dead or alive.

On the flip side, legendary Bigfoot researcher John Green has responded to the contention that the government is hiding a carcass of a Sasquatch that was retrieved from the ruins of the eruption of Mt.St.Helens:

"I’m a pretty seasoned researcher, half a century of it, and I have never encountered the slightest evidence suggesting that any level of government knows anything about Sasquatch, let alone having whisked corpses away by helicopter. Nonsense." - John Green

The notion that the U.S. Government would attempt to procure a Sasquatch, living or dead, and not tell anyone doesn't seem too far-fetched to me. I'm not a conspiracy theorist by nature but I am fairly certain that there is a helluva lot of extraordinary and anomalous information that is withheld from the citizenry.

There is proof that the U.S. Government recognizes that these creatures do exist somewhere at in some capacity.

Newly unearthed State Department documents confirm for the first time U.S. Government's belief that the Yeti roamed the mountains of Nepal in the 1950s, a finding that shocked federal officials including the archivist who discovered the papers.

Long written off as a myth, the documents provided by the National Archives show that officials in the State Department, Foreign Service, and U.S. Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, not only believed in "Yeti," but endorsed rules for American expeditions to follow when hunting the creature.

Archivist Mark Murphy said he couldn't believe his eyes when he discovered the long-ignored papers written at the end of the Eisenhower administration. "I thought I was seeing things," he said. "These documents show that finding the Yeti was a big deal in the 1950s. It goes to show the government was taking this seriously."

How seriously?

One foreign service dispatch from the Embassy of New Delhi dated April 16, 1959 describes the many American expeditions involved in mountaineering and monster hunting in Nepal.

"American resources in the last two years have been concentrated on efforts to capture the abominable snowman," the record reads.

In the July 1975, The Washington Star-News "the Army Corps of Engineers has officially recognized Sasquatch, the elusive and supposed legendary creature of the Pacific Northwest mountains. Also known as Big Foot, Sasquatch is described in the just-published Washington Environmental Atlas as being a very large animal of 8 to 10 feet tall, weighing up to 1000 pounds with feet measuring up to 24 inches long. The width of the footprint is up to 10 inches wide, covered with long hair except for face and hands, and having a distinctive human-like form."

In a Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service news release dated December 21, 1977 the following is stated:

What if they really did find the Loch Ness monster or the legendary Bigfoot of the Pacific Northwest?

Most scientists doubt that these creatures exist, but thoughts of the discovery of a new species that might be the closest living relative to man, or the possibility of finding a leftover dinosaur, excite the imagination of scientist and nonscientist alike. It also poses another question: Would such a creature be subjected to the same kind of exploitation as the giant movie ape, King Kong?

Scientists generally believe there are still many species of birds and mammals that have not been discovered because they live in remote areas and their populations are limited. After all, the gorilla and giant panda were only legends until the late 19th century when their actual existence was first confirmed by scientists. The komodo dragon, a 10-foot-long lizard, wasn’t known to science until 1912. The coelacanth, a deep-water prehistoric fish, was known only from 65 million-year-old fossils until 1938 when a specimen was caught alive off the Madagascar coast.

Just last year a Navy torpedo recovery vessel dropped a sea anchor into 500 feet of water off Hawaii. But instead of a torpedo, it hauled up a 15-foot representative of a new species of shark. The dead shark, named megamouth after its bathtub-shaped lower jaw, had an enormous, short-snouted head and 484 vestigial teeth.

To be sure, no remains of today’s legendary “monsters” have ever been found. There are no living specimens in zoos or dead ones in museums. Most certainly, many “sightings” of these creatures are exaggerated or misinterpreted reports, and some are downright hoaxes.

But finding a Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot is still a possibility, and the discovery would be one of the most important in modern history. As items of scientific and public interest they would surely command more attention than the moon rocks. Millions of curiosity seekers and thousands of zoologists and anthropologists throughout the world would be eager to “get at” the creatures to examine, protect, capture, or just look at them.

What would the United States Government do?

Keith Schreiner is Associate Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The service is the Government agency with responsibility for protecting endangered and threatened species. Schreiner says “At least, we have the laws and regulations on the books to deal with newly discovered species.”

Schreiner acknowledged, however, that a good deal of international cooperation would be needed if extremely rare species were found abroad. And finding one on U.S. soil would pose serious problems too, Service officials agree.

Undisputed proof of a Bigfoot might cause an immediate, short-term problem no law could handle. Word of its discovery would be flashed around the world within hours, Hysteria, fear, or panic might accompany the news in the area where the creature was located. The throngs of curiosity seekers, would-be captors, and others wishing to find Bigfoot would not only create a serious threat to the animal itself, but to public safety as well. Some officials doubt whether any State or Federal action short of calling out the National Guard could keep order in the area within the first few hours or days of the creature’s discovery. This could be essential until a team of scientists could do the necessary things to ensure the creature’s survival.

The key law in preservation of a species is the Endangered Species Act, which pledges the United States to conserve species of plants and animals facing extinction. This broad, complex law protects endangered species from killing, harassment, and other forms of exploitation. The Act prohibits the import and export of, and interstate commerce in, endangered species. American citizens cannot engage in commercial traffic in endangered species between nations, even when the United States is not involved. Scientists wishing to study endangered species are required to have a permit issued by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

But before a creature can receive protection under the Endangered Species Act, a number of actions normally must occur which involve recommendations from the public, scientists, and State and foreign governments where the species exists.

The first of these would he the species’ formal description and naming in a recognized scientific publication. In addition, if it were a U.S. species, the Governor of the State where it was found would be contacted, as would the officials of foreign governments if it were found outside the United States. Only after much information was collected could the Service make a formal determination as to whether the species should be afforded endangered or threatened status…

Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch, is purported to be an 8-foot, 900-pound humanoid that roams the forest and wilderness areas of the Pacific Northwest. One “eyewitness” described an obviously female Sasquatch as a “tall, long-legged, gorilla-like animal covered with dark hair and endowed with a pendulous pair of breasts.” It, too, has been described in publications and given a scientific name. In fact, so many people were stalking Bigfoot with high-powered rifles and cameras that Skamania County, Washington, is prepared to impose a fine of $10,000 and a 5-year jail term on anyone who kills a Bigfoot. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers even lists Bigfoot as one of the native species in its Environmental Atlas for Washington. This year the Florida and Oregon legislatures also considered bills protecting “Bigfoot” type creatures. A Bureau of Indian Affairs policeman has 18-inch plaster cast footprints of the “McLaughlin monster,” a Bigfoot-type creature he saw last month in South Dakota.

Under U.S. Law, the Secretary of the Interior is empowered to list as threatened or endangered a species for 120 days on an emergency basis. For endangered species in the United States, the Secretary can also designate habitat that is critical to their survival. No Federal agency could then authorize, fund, or carry out any activities which would adversely modify that habitat.

So long-term Federal protection of Nessie or Bigfoot would basically be a matter of following the same regulatory mechanisms already used in protecting whooping cranes and tigers.

“Under normal situations,” Schreiner said, “we must know a great deal about a species before we list it. How big is the population? Does it occur anywhere else? Is the population in danger of decline? Is its habitat secure? Is the species being exploited? What is its reproductive rate? Obviously, if a Bigfoot really were found we could use emergency provisions of the Act to protect it immediately...”

The news release details what the U.S. Government would do in the event Bigfoot was proven to exist. The fact that the Loch Ness Monster was added to the statement is somewhat curious but it may have been done in order to give the Bigfoot a 'status' equal to the legendary lake monster at the time. The statement does seem to suggest that provisions to protect Bigfoot, regardless of the hominid's actuality, were already in force.

Nick Redfern's account does add another piece to an already complicated Bigfoot puzzle. Will there ever be proof of its existence that most people can agree on? How did it evolve...are these creatures terrestrial, extraterrestrial or interdimensional? The answers to the questions remain a quandary.

NOTE: you may want to read a narrative I wrote for the The 'C' Influence - The Bigfoot Paradox...Lon

There's Something in the Woods

Strange Secrets: Real Government Files on the Unknown

Bigfoot! : The True Story of Apes in America

Round Trip To Hell In A Flying Saucer: UFO Parasites - Alien Soul Suckers - Invaders From Demonic Realms - I highly recommend this book...Lon

Labels: bigfoot, cryptid, cryptozoology, government, hominid, paranormal

Do Einstein's Laws Prove Ghosts Exist?

From yahoo news

Every night, amateur ghost-hunting groups across the country head out into abandoned warehouses, old buildings and cemeteries to look for ghosts. They often bring along electronic equipment that they believe helps them locate ghostly energy.

Despite years of efforts by ghost hunters on TV and in real life, we still do not have good proof that ghosts are real. Many ghost hunters believe that strong support for the existence of ghosts can be found in modern physics. Specifically, that Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientific minds of all time, offered a scientific basis for the reality of ghosts.

A recent Google search turned up nearly 8 million results suggesting a link between ghosts and Einstein's work covering the conservation of energy. This assertion is repeated by many top experts in the field. For example, ghost researcher John Kachuba, in his book "Ghosthunters" (2007, New Page Books), writes, "Einstein proved that all the energy of the universe is constant and that it can neither be created nor destroyed. ... So what happens to that energy when we die? If it cannot be destroyed, it must then, according to Dr. Einstein, be transformed into another form of energy. What is that new energy? ... Could we call that new creation a ghost?"

This idea shows up — and is presented as evidence for ghosts — on virtually all ghost-themed websites as well. For example, a group called Tri County Paranormal states, "Albert Einstein said that energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only change from one form to another. When we are alive, we have electrical energy in our bodies. ... What happens to the electricity that was in our body, causing our heart to beat and making our breathing possible? There is no easy answer to that." [6 Paranormal Videos Debunked]

In fact, the answer is very simple, and not at all mysterious. After a person dies, the energy in his or her body goes where all organisms' energy goes after death: into the environment. When a human dies, the energy stored in his or her body is released in the form of heat, and transferred into the animals that eat us (i.e., wild animals if we are left unburied, or worms and bacteria if we are interred), and the plants that absorb us. If we are cremated, the energy in our bodies is released in the form of heat and light.

When we eat dead plants and animals, we are consuming their energy and converting it for our own use. Food is metabolized when digested, and chemical reactions release the energy the animal needs to live, move, reproduce, etc. That energy does not exist in the form of a glowing, ghostly ball of electromagnetic energy, but rather in the form of heat and chemical energy.

Many ghost hunters say they can detect the electric fields created by ghosts. And while it's true that the metabolic processes of humans and other organisms actually do generate very low-level electrical currents, these are no longer generated once the organism dies. Because the source of the energy stops, the electrical current stops — just as a light bulb turns off when you switch off the electricity running to it.

Most of the "energy" that any dead person leaves behind takes years to re-enter the environment in the form of food; the rest dissipates shortly after death, and is not in a form that can be detected years later with popular ghost-hunting devices like electromagnetic field (EMF) detectors. Ghost hunters who repeat the claim that Einstein's theories provide a sound basis for ghosts reveal less about ghosts than they do about their poor understanding of basic science. Ghosts may indeed exist, but neither Einstein nor his laws of physics suggests that ghosts are real.

 

This story was provided by Life's Little Mysteries, a sister site to LiveScience. Follow Life's Little Mysteries on Twitter @llmysteries, then join us on Facebook.

 

Benjamin Radford is deputy editor of Skeptical Inquirer science magazine and author of "Scientific Paranormal Investigation: How to Solve Unexplained Mysteries." His website is www.BenjaminRadford.com.

Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween everybody! -Rob

Halloween - Wikipedia

 

Links to paranormal, parapsychological, cryptozoology and UFO related sites

 Thanks goes to Jaco on Kimberley Ghosthunters page on facebook for posting these links.

Here are some links to many paranormal, parapsychology and cryptozoology sites.

Some are related to UFO's/Aliens and other strange phenomena.

http://sites.google.com/site/americanparapsychology
http://www.victorianphantomhunters.com/
http://theshadowlands.net/
www.the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com
http://www.angelsghosts.com/
http://www.ghostresearch.org/
http://www.ghostweb.com/
http://www.mysteryghostbus.co.za/
http://www.trueghosttales.com/
http://www.yourghoststories.com/
http://www.ghosttheory.com/
http://www.americanfolklore.net/
http://paranormal.about.com/
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/
http://www.paranormalinvestigations.co.za/
http://topparanormalsites.com/
http://www.paranormalaustralia.com/
http://www.paranormalmagazine.co.uk/
http://ghoststudy.com/
http://eparanormal.net/
http://paranormalresearchsociety.org/
http://www.paratexas.com/
http://www.allnewsweb.com/
http://www.paranormal-encyclopedia.com/
http://www.ghostsource.com/
http://www.area51.org/
http://www.world-of-lucid-dreaming.com/
http://www.profilingtheunexplained.com/
http://www.doomsdayguide.org/
http://www.virtuescience.com/
http://www.unsolved-mysteries.com/
http://unexplainedmysteriesoftheworld.com/
http://www.facebook.com/unexplainedmysteries
http://videos.theunexplainedmysteries.com/
http://www.unexplained.info/
http://www.unexplained-mysteries.com/
http://www.aliensthetruth.com/
http://ufos.about.com/
http://aliens.monstrous.com/
http://www.stopabductions.com/
http://www.alien-ufos.com/
http://www.cryptozoology.com/
http://www.newanimal.org/
http://www.parapsych.org/
http://www.psychicscience.org/
http://sleepdisorders.about.com/
http://dreamsnightmares.com/
http://www.end-your-sleep-deprivation.com/
http://stopsleepparalysis.org/
http://www.ghostweb.com/

Signs you might be having a Bigfoot/Sasquatch encounter!

Signs you might be having a Bigfoot/Sasquatch encounter!

There are many signs to be aware of when a person
is out in the wilderness, either alone by themselves,
with a pet or with some company when all of a sudden
things get quiet and strange things start happening in
the woods or surroundings around them.

Often times, while other explanations are available,
sometimes all evidence points to a Bigfoot/Sasquatch
encounter taking place.

These encounters tend to happen at night and while
camping, walking, hiking, or even driving in some cases
as well as near people's houses who live near wooded areas
and habitats that are secluded or at least somewhat secluded.

Here are some signs to be aware of for when you go
out and venture into the woods esp. in a place that has
had sightings and reports of Bigfoot/Sasquatch:

1. You hear growls, yowls, whispering, chattering,
strange talking, and screams that are powerful and
fear inducing. You may be familiar with animal calls
and cannot identify these types of calls.

Bigfoot/Sasquatch use these types of
calls to communicate with one another,
scare off humans, territorial reasons,
mating, etc.

Typically some animals may be responsible
for these types of calls and vocalizations such as cougars,
mountain lions, coyotes, wolves, bears, etc. but more often
then not a Bigfoot/Sasquatch is responsible esp in areas that
have a high number of sightings and reports of Bigfoot/Sasquatch.

2. If you are camping you hear you camp being circled by
something walking on two feet or even more then one creature
circling your camp.

Some reports indicate that Bigfoot/Sasquatch do in fact circle
people's campsite's when they are camping alone or even with
friend and/or family.

The reason a Bigfoot/Sasquatch my do this is because they are
curious as well as territorial creatures who may investigate a
human presence in their territory along with the strange noises,
smells, food, etc. that humans bring along with them.

They may also be attracted to any fire in the camp's vicinity
or even small children or pets even women.

3. You hear twigs snap and trees being broken without
the use of any machines nearby or wind blowing.

Typically Bigfoot/Sasquatch like to break trees,
bend them and even uproot them as well as
snap branches and twist them. Twigs and
fallen tree branches may also be walked
upon by Bigfoot/Sasquatch and broken
not by their hands but feet.

The reason why they do this is unclear but it could be
another method of communicating to each other or
simply defending their territory.

4. You hear heavy footsteps from a bipedal source
and/or heavy breathing. This is typical of what people
hear coming from a Bigfoot/Sasquatch.

This happens to some people who have encountered
these creatures while camping in a wooded area or
sleeping in a home near one that can support a
Bigfoot/Sasquatch.

Some witnesses report heavy footsteps, breathing and
even snorting coming from these creatures though not
all the time and certainly not in all cases.

5. You are walking alone at night or with a pet maybe
a friend or riding a bicycle. You feel as if someone is
watching you or that you are being followed maybe both.

This happens to people who have encountered these
creatures in some reports of Bigfoot/Sasquatch encounters.

While not all of these reports may be of a Bigfoot or Sasquatch
at least half are in my own opinion.

People report being watched or followed. Typically a Bigfoot or
Sasquatch will imitate a person and will walk when they walk
and stop walking when they stop walking. They may also run
if a person runs then stop when they stop running. The reason
for this is unclear to me but may be stalking or playful behavior.

Some people report an uneasy feeling and also a feeling of
being watched as well during these encounters.

Also on a side note, many people report the smell of wet dog hair, rotten eggs,
sulfur, garbage, urine, feces, etc. when a Bigfoot/Sasquatch is nearby.

If you feel you are ever having a Bigfoot/Sasquatch encounter
or are being stalked by one here some guidelines I've come
up with:

1. Do not panic no matter what!

.2. Walk in a calm manner to the nearest
place where you can seek shelter or take
refuge such as a car, house, campsite, or
even boat. If you cannot seek shelter head
to the edge of a lake or source of water or
nearest town or neighbor if possible. Climb
up a tall tree as a last resort if you feel
threatened or are being stalked.

3. Use a flashlight, pocket lighter or
start a fire to keep away any Bigfoot
or Sasquatch that you feel may intend
to do you harm. This works well to keep
them away esp. if you shine any bright
light n them.

4. Do not be afraid to call 911 if you
have a cell phone.

5. Do not try to intimidate, scare
or hurt any Bigfoot or Sasquatch as
this may only anger or confuse them.

Anyone who wants to add anything to this go ahead!

Thanks.

-Rob 

"The inclination to believe in the fantastic may strike some as a failure in logic, or gullibility, but it’s really a gift. A world that might have Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster is clearly superior to one that definitely does not." — Chris VanAllsburg

Lair Of Ancient 'Kraken' Sea Monster Possibly Discovered and Chicago Mothman?

From Lon's site Phantom's and Monster's as well as yahoo news,
ufoclearinghouse and underwatertimes:

Lair Of Ancient 'Kraken' Sea Monster Possibly Discovered

Long before whales, the oceans of Earth were roamed by a very different kind of air-breathing leviathan. Snaggle-toothed ichthyosaurs larger than school buses swam at the top of the Triassic Period ocean food chain, or so it seemed before Mount Holyoke College paleontologist Mark McMenamin took a look at some of their remains in Nevada. Now he thinks there was an even larger and more cunning sea monster that preyed on ichthyosaurs: a kraken of such mythological proportions it would have sent Captain Nemo running for dry land. McMenamin will be presenting the results of his work on Monday, 10 October at the annual meeting of the Geological Society of America in Minneapolis.

The evidence is at Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada, where McMenamin and his daughter spent a few days this summer. It's a site where the remains of nine 45-foot (14-meter) ichthyosaurs, of the species Shonisaurus popularis can be found. These were the Triassic's counterpart to today's predatory giant squid-eating sperm whales. But the fossils at the Nevada site have a long history of perplexing researchers, including the world's expert on the site: the late Charles Lewis Camp of U.C. Berkeley.

"Charles Camp puzzled over these fossils in the 1950s," said McMenamin. "In his papers he keeps referring to how peculiar this site is. We agree, it is peculiar."

Camp's interpretation was that the fossils probably represented death by an accidental stranding or from a toxic plankton bloom. But no one had ever been able to prove that the beasts died in shallow water. In fact more recent work on the rocks around the fossils suggest it was a deep water environment, which makes neatly arranged carcasses even more mysterious.

This question -- shallow or deep ocean death -- is what attracted McMenamin to the site.

"I was aware that anytime there is controversy about depth, there is probably something interesting going on," McMenamin said. And when they arrived at the remote state park and started looking at the fossils, McMenamin was struck by their strangeness.

"It became very clear that something very odd was going on there," said McMenamin. "It was a very odd configuration of bones."

First of all, the different degrees of etching on the bones suggested that the shonisaurs were not all killed and buried at the same time. It also looked like the bones had been purposefully rearranged. That it got him thinking about a particular modern predator that is known for just this sort of intelligent manipulation of bones.

"Modern octopus will do this," McMenamin said. What if there was an ancient, very large sort of octopus, like the kraken of mythology. "I think that these things were captured by the kraken and taken to the midden and the cephalopod would take them apart."

In the fossil bed, some of the shonisaur vertebral disks are arranged in curious linear patterns with almost geometric regularity, McMenamin explained.The proposed Triassic kraken, which could have been the most intelligent invertebrate ever, arranged the vertebral discs in double line patterns, with individual pieces nesting in a fitted fashion as if they were part of a puzzle.

Even more creepy: The arranged vertebrae resemble the pattern of sucker discs on a cephalopod tentacle, with each vertebra strongly resembling a coleoid sucker. In other words, the vertebral disc "pavement" seen at the state park may represent the earliest known self portrait.

But could an octopus really have taken out such huge swimming predatory reptiles? No one would have believed such a tale until the staff of the Seattle Aquarium set up a video camera at night a few years ago to find out what was killing the sharks in one of their large tanks. What they were shocked to discover was that a large octopus they had in the same tank was the culprit. The video of one of these attacks is available on the web to anyone who uses the search terms "shark vs octopus."

"We think that this cephalopod in the Triassic was doing the same thing," said McMenamin. Among the evidences of the kraken attacks are many more ribs broken in the shonisaur fossils than would seem accidental and the twisted necks of the ichthyosaurs. "It was either drowning them or breaking their necks."

Of course, it's the perfect Triassic crime because octopuses are mostly soft-bodied and don't fossilize well. Only their beaks, or mouth parts, are hard and the chances of those being preserved nearby are very low. That means the evidence for the murderous Kraken is circumstantial, which may leave some scientists rather skeptical. But McMenamin is not worried.

"We're ready for this," he said. "We have a very good case." - underwatertimes

Chicago Mothman?

*We received this sighting on Wednesday, our investigators have already spoke with several of the witnesses and a full investigation is currently underway and more information will be posted as it becomes available.*

These are the events as they happened on Friday, September 30, 2011 in the area around Miller Park in the University Park neighborhood in Chicago , Illinois . Approximately 1 block from the main campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Things began like any normal Friday night, I and a couple of friends were going to go out to have a few drinks at a local bar. As I got to my apartment, I jumped into the shower to start getting ready while my roommate went to her room to get ready. I finished and walked out of the bathroom to my room and started to get ready to head out for the night.

As I started to get dressed I heard my roommate scream loudly, I dropped what I was doing and ran to her room to see if she was alright. I walked in to see her cowering in the corner of her room, white as a ghost and shaking. She was babbling hysterically, saying that something was looking in at her from the window. I looked toward the window and didn’t see anything but the light coming from the other apartments across the court yard. I asked what she had seen and tried to tell her that she might have been mistaken, we live on the third floor of a five story apartment building and there is nothing outside the window but a 30 foot drop straight down to the courtyard below.

My roommate was hysterical and scared out of her wits; I took her to the living room and sat her on the couch. I then went to my room to put on a robe or a nightshirt on since I was only in my underwear. My roommate didn’t want to be left alone and actually followed me to my room and waited there as I put on a robe and joined her in the living room. After about 20 minutes of calming her down, she finally told me what she had seen in her window.

She stated that she was getting dressed and when she turned to face the mirror on her dresser, she saw a pair of orange eyes staring at her from the window. She turned around to see two brightly lit orange eyes staring out at her; these eyes were attached to a creature that was staring back at her through the window. My friend lost it and started screaming hysterically and backed herself into the corner. She said she was filled with this overwhelming feeling of complete and total terror, she felt like the creature was looking at her as though she was prey. She said she felt like a rabbit that was about to be pounced upon by an eagle.

I tried to rationalize with her what she had seen, telling her it could have been an optical illusion, or maybe it was the jitters from a week of hard studying. She dismissed everything, saying that she had seen what she had seen. As I sat there comforting her, my cell phone rang from my room. I got up and ran to my room and snatched it from my dresser top and answered it. It was my boyfriend and one of his buddies and they were talking a mile a minute, it sounded like they were out of breath, as I tried to get him to slow down, I walked past my roommates open door and to my absolute horror, I saw…a pair of glowing red eyes, looking through the window right at me!!

They stared at me for about 3-4 seconds before what ever it was abruptly left. Like my friend, I totally lost it and screamed at the top of my lungs and sprinted to the living room. My boyfriend was now screaming into the phone “What’s wrong, what’s wrong!”

Within 2 minutes, he and his best friend were pounding on the door to our apartment, followed shortly thereafter by one of our neighbors who had heard us screaming.Once we assured the neighbors that we were fine and that they did not have to call the CPD for us, we shut the door and I immediately lost it when my boyfriend held me.

We told him what my roommate had seen in the window and that what ever it was had come back again, that’s when I had seen it. He then began to tell us that he and his buddy were on their way to our apartment to pick us up when they had seen what they describe as a large bat with large glowing eyes. It was perched on top of a basketball hoop in the neighborhood park. They stated that it saw them and had alighted into the air with an audible whoosh.

He states that there were about 6 people in the park and all of them had seen it when it had taken off. He states that there was no way anyone could have missed it, it was about 6-7 feet tall, dark grey to black and those eyes glowed with the intensity of two glowing embers.

He says that they saw it easily when it took off and headed away from the park due to both the lights of the city as well as the nearly full moon that night. They lost sight of the creature after about 5 seconds, that’s when he picked up the phone and called me. He says that when they heard me start screaming, they sprinted the block and a half to the apartment.

Needless to say, none of us went out that night and my boyfriend and his buddy stayed with us through the weekend. My roommate refused to go back to her room till it was well after daylight, she closed and locked the window and drew the blinds shut. She says that it’s the only way that she felt secure to be in there after dark.

I’m still weary about coming home or going out after dark; even though I know I have to do it for both school and work. I hope that what ever it was, was sufficiently scared off by two insanely screaming college students and that I hope that I NEVER see it again. I don’t think that neither I nor my roommate will ever be the same again after this.

There is one interesting fact; my boyfriend told me when I saw him on Tuesday that a few students around the campus (UIC) had been talking about a large bat that some people had seen on Friday night. A lot of the people who spoke about it were spooked by it. I never figured that anything like this would or could be seen in a city as large as Chicago , or a campus as busy and bustling as UIC.

It totally makes me wonder what it truly was and if it meant us an harm. - ufoclearinghouse

Bigfoot/Sasquatch FAQ

Bigfoot/Sasquatch FAQ v1.1 by Robert Kiehn, Cryptozoologist and Bigfoot/Sasquatch
Researcher, P.I.R.C.

This rough draft as of now was compiled with the help of the BFRO
and the Texas Bigfoot Research Organization websites and databases.

Thanks also goes to the various books on Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Yeti books
that I have read over the years as well as Dr. Jeff Meldrum's book Sasquatch
Legend Meets Science and videos on youtube.

Introduction

Bigfoot's and Sasquatch's have been sighted and reported
ever since the dawn of man almost.

These creatures are similar to humans except they are much larger,
more powerful, elusive, shy, silent, and keep away from civalised areas
mostly.

They like similar in some ways to humans and apes such as gorillas
but are much taller and muscular then any human or known ape
save the extinct Gigantopithius blacki.

Species and Evolution

The BFRO states this regarding evolution and origins of Sasquatch and Bigfoot primates:

"The species is deviant from Homo sapiens by anatomy.

The paleontological affiliation or identity with Gigantopithecus, as championed by the late Grover Krantz, has many aspects to recommend it."

I agree with the BFRO's statement on this after careful study and research.

Bigfoot and Sasquatch primates are most likely primates of the non-human variety.

Anatomy, Physiology and Description

The Sasquatch, or Bigfoot, appears to be a large, hair covered
bipedal hominid that is a primate but one of the non-human type
and variety. They are somewhat reminiscent of a large bipedal (upright)
walking ape.

The face of of typical Bigfoot or Sasquatch has a conical shaped
or sagittal crest as seen in adult males as well as females of Bigfoot
and Sasquatch. The face itself is rather small in nature and appears
mostly to have no neck. There is a brow ridge and the eyes appear
to be deep set and small. Eye color varies but is mostly brown
with red sometimes being seen at night. Blue eye color has
also been reported. There is no snout on the face and the features
are rather human like in appearance.

The nose of a Bigfoot or Sasquatch is often dog or pug like
in appearance and the mouth is small to medium with
yellowish teeth and thin lips.

The body of a Bigfoot or Sasquatch is muscular in nature
and muscles are easily seen when walking or moving and
prominent in certain areas such as the shoulders, buttocks,
thighs, legs and chest area esp. in adult males.

The average height can range anywhere from 7 feet
all the way to 10 feet tall and in some cases even
taller.

Younger Bigfoot's and Sasquatch's appear to be smaller and
average around 4 feet to 6 feet in height.

Since these creatures are built like football players they
tend to weigh a lot with the average weight between 500
and 850 pounds to 1,000 pounds or more.

The average footprint is anywhere from 12 inches long
to 16 or more inches long and width varies but is generally
between 5-8 inches or more.

These creatures are nocturnal and have good night vision.

Average lifespan according to various sources of these creatures
is about 35 years of age. However older individuals with grey
or silver hairs are observed and can be much older then 35
years of age such as around 40-50 years of age maybe
even more.

Bigfoot and Sasquatches give off sometimes a bad smell
reported as being similar to the smell of garbage, a wet dog's
fur, urine, feces, or rotten eggs.

Facial expressions are most often reported as a look of surprise,
fear, or indifferent when an encounter takes place with a human.

Bigfoot and Sasquatch's are like any other animal and may
suffer from various diseases, ailments, broken bones,
injury's, infections, parasites, and eventual death.

Females have breasts that tend to sag and males have
muscular chests. Females are most likely built slimmer
and not as muscular as males though certain exceptions
may apply.

The typical Sasquatch/Bigfoot gait is human like almost
in appearance except that besides being bipedal (two legged
walk or gait) it sometimes is reported to be quadrupedal (four
legged walk or gait) as well in some cases and reports.

The walk or gait of these creatures has been reported as
graceful and silent as well. They can cover much ground
and many miles or distance in a short amount of time
and may travel hundreds of miles or more in any given
year.

Bigfoot's and Sasquatch's can also assume crouching,
sitting and sleeping positions besides upright posture.

These creatures are reported to be good swimmers
and eye witness accounts describe their swim as
being powerful, fast, agile and using frog kicks
as well as strokes when swimming. They can
also swim underwater for brief periods of time. 

Skin

Skin colors vary and include various types of colors
and even mixes. Colors can include black, grey,
silver, white, brown, reddish, reddish brown and
of course mixed colors as well.

Albino's have been sighted with pink skin.

Also it is indeed hair that covers a Bigfoot or Sasquatch and
not fur.

Habitats

Forests, rural areas, etc.

Geographic range & Ecology

Bigfoot's and Sasquatch's are distributed across
North America (which includes the U.S. and Canada)
and throughout other parts of the world where their
is forest and a good source of food, water, shelter,
etc.

Sightings

Hundreds of sightings are reported each year and many go unreported
as well. The most sightings take place in the United States followed
by Canada in North America. The Pacific Northwest has the most
sightings followed by the Midwest and the East Coast and Atlantic
States of the U.S.

Sightings occur in every state in the U.S.
except Hawaii.

History

From the BFRO:

"Pre-Columbian and Early American Legends of Bigfoot-like Beings

Gulf
Algonkian
Keres
Penutian
Yukian
Chimakuan
Hokan-Coahiltecan
Tonkawa
Karankawa    Kuteni
Iroquoian
Wakashan
Timucua
Tanoan
Aztec-Ianoan
Caddoan
Siouan-Yuchi
Salish

Introduction
(From : Traditional Attitudes Toward Bigfoot in Many North American Cultures, By Gayle Highpine)

Originally printed in the Western Bigfoot Society Newsletter "The Track Record". Excerpted from "Legends Beyond Psychology", by Henry James Franzoni III. Reprinted with permission from all parties.

"Here in the Northwest, and west of the Rockies generally, Indian people regard Bigfoot with great respect. He is seen as a special kind of being, because of his obvious

close relationship with humans. Some elders regard him as standing on the "border" between animal-style consciousness and human-style consciousness, which gives him a special kind of power. (It is not that Bigfoot's relationship to make him "superior" to other animals; in Indian culture, unlike western culture, animals are not regarded as "inferior" to humans but rather as "elder brothers" and "teachers" of humans. But tribal cultures everywhere are based on relationship and kinship; the closer the kinship, the stronger the bond. Man Indian elders in the Northwest refuse to eat bear meat because of the bear's similarity to humans, and Bigfoot is obviously much more similar to humans than is the bear. As beings who blend the "natural knowledge" of animals with something of the distinctive type of consciousness called "intelligence" that humans have, Bigfoot is regarded as a special type of being."

"But, special being as he is, I have never heard anyone from a Northwestern tribe suggest that Bigfoot is anything other than a physical being, living in the same physical dimensions as humans and other animals. He eats, he sleeps, he poops, he cares for his family members. However, among many Indians elsewhere in North America... as widely separated at the Hopi, the Sioux, the Iroquois, and the Northern Athabascan -- Bigfoot is seen more as a sort of supernatural or spirit being, whose appearance to humans is always meant to convey some kind of message."

"The Lakota, or western Sioux, call Bigfoot Chiye-tanka (Chiha-tanka in Dakota or eastern Sioux); "chiye" means "elder brother" and "tanka" means "great" or "big". In English, though, the Sioux usually call him "the big man". In his book "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse," (Viking, 1980), a non-fiction account of the events dramatized by the excellent recent movie "Thunderheart", author Peter Mathiessen recorded some comments about Bigfoot made by traditional Sioux people and some members of other Indian nations. Joe Flying By, a Hunkpapa Lakota, told Mathiessen, "I think the Big Man is a kind of husband of Unk-ksa, the earth, who is wise in the way of anything with its own natural wisdom. Sometimes we say that this One is a kind of reptile from the ancient times who can take a big hairy form; I also think he can change into a coyote.

Some of the people who saw him did not respect what they were seeing, and they are already gone."

"There is your Big man standing there, ever waiting, ever present, like the coming of a new day," Oglala Lakota Medicine Man Pete Catches km told Mathiessen. "He is both spirit and real being, but he can also glide through the forest, like a moose with big antlers, as though the trees weren't there... I know him as my brother... I want him to touch me, just a touch, a blessing, something I could bring home to my sons and grandchildren, that I was there, that I approached him, and he touched me. Ray Owen, son of a Dakota spiritual leader from Prairie Island Reservation in Minnesota, told a reporter from (the) Red Wing (Minnesota) Republican Eagle, "They exist in another dimension from us, but can appear in this dimension whenever they have a reason to. See, it's like there are many levels, many dimensions. When our time in this one is finished, we move on to the next, but the Big Man can go between. The Big Man comes from God. He's our big brother, kind of looks out for us. Two years ago, we were going downhill, really self-destructive. We needed a sign to put us back on track, and that's why the Big Man appeared".

Ralph Gray Wolf, a visiting Athapaskan Indian from Alaska, told the reporter, "In our way of beliefs, they make appearances at troubled times", to help troubled Indian communities "get more in tune with Mother Earth". Bigfoot brings "signs or messages that there is a need to change, a need to cleanse," (Minn. news article, "Giant Footprint Signals a Time to Seek Change," July 23,1988).

A commenter provided additional information on this term: "Rugaru" comes from the Michif language spoken by the Metis people. Michif is actually a French-Cree/Algonquian hybrid language. The word "Rugaru" is indeed a cree pronounciation of "Loup Garou."

Mathiessen reported similar views among the Turtle Mountain Ojibway in North Dakota, that Bigfoot --- whom they call Rugaru -- "appears in symptoms of danger or psychic disruption to the community." When I read this, I wondered if it contradicted my hypothesis that the Ojibways had identified Bigfoot with Windago, the sinister cannibal-giant of their legends (see Track Record #14); I had surmised that because I had never heard of any other names for, or references to Bigfoot in Ojibway culture, even though there must have been sightings in woodlands around the Great lakes, and indeed sightings in that region have been reported by non-Indians. But the Turtle Mountain band is one of the few Ojibway bands to have moved much farther west than most of their nation; and Rugaru is not a native Ojibway word. Nor does it come from the languages of neighboring Indian peoples. However, it has a striking sound similarity to the French word for werewolf, loup-garou, and there is quite a bit of French influence among the Turtle Mountain Ojibway. (French-Canadian trappers and missionaries were the first whites that they dealt with extensively, and many tribal members today bear French surnames), so it doesn't seem far-fetched that the Turtle Mountain Ojibway picked up the French name for hairy human-like being, while at the same time taking on their neighbors positive, reverent, attitude toward Bigfoot. After all, the Plains Cree -- even though they retain a memory of their eastern cousins tradition of the Wetiko (as the Windigo is called in Cree) -- have seemed similarly to take on the western tribes view of Bigfoot as they moved west.

The Hopi elders say that the increasing appearances of Bigfoot are not only a message or warning to the individuals or communities to whom he appears, but to humankind at large. As Mathiessen puts it, they see Bigfoot as "a messenger who appears in evil times as a warning from the Creator that man's disrespect for His sacred instructions has upset the harmony and balance of existence." To the Hopi, the "big hairy man" is just one form that the messenger can take.

The Iroquois (Six Nations Confederacy) of the Northeast -- although they live in close proximity to the eastern Algonkian tribes with their Windigo legends -- view Bigfoot much in the same way the Hopi do, as a messenger from the Creator trying to warn humans to change their ways or face disaster. However, mentioned among Iroquois much more often than Bigfoot are the "little people" who are said to inhabit the Adirondacks mountains. I never heard any first-hand stories among the Iroqouis about encounters with these "little people" -- for that matter, I never heard and first-hand stories in that region about Bigfoot, either -- but the Iroquois pass down stories about hunters who occasionally saw small human-like beings in the Adirondacks (which are not all that far from the Catskills, where Rip Van Winkle was alleged to have met some

little bowlers) (and slept for 100 years -HF). Some present-day Iroquois assert that the "little people" are still there, just not seen as often because the Iroquois don't spend as much time hunting up in the mountains as they used to. many Iroquois seem to regard both Bigfoot and the "little people" as spiritual or interdimensional beings who can enter or leave our physical dimension as they please, and choose to whom they present themselves, always for a reason.

Stories about small, humanoids who inhabit wild places are found in many areas of the world, especially Europe. (The Kiowa tell a story about several young men who decide to go exploring south from their Texas home for many days, seeing many new things, until they came to a strange forest [obviously the jungles of southern Mexico] whose trees were home to small, furred humanoids with tails! This they found to be too weird, so they immediately headed back for home). I never thought to connect the stories about the "little people" with the Sasquatch until Ray Crowe brought up the possible connection. After all, if there may be large relatives of humans living in remote areas, would it be so impossible for there to be small ones? Details that stretch credibility, such as pots of gold, pointed and belled caps, games of ninepins, etc., could conceivably be embellishments added over generations to some genuine accounts of sightings.

Throughout Native North America, Bigfoot is seen as a kind of "brother" to humans. Even among those eastern Algonkian tribes to whom Bigfoot represents the incarnation of the Windigo -- the human who is transformed into a cannibalistic monster by tasting human flesh in time of starvation -- his fearsomeness comes from his very closeness to humans. The Windigo is the embodiment of the hidden, terrifying temptation within them to turn to eating other humans when no other food is to be had. he was still their "elder brother", but a brother who represented a human potential they feared. As such, the Windigo's appearance was sort of a constant warning to them, a reminder that a community whose members turn to eating each other is doomed much more surely than a community that simply has no food. So the figure of the Windigo is not so far removed from the figure of the "messenger" coming to warn humankind of impending disaster if it doesn't cease its destruction of nature.

The existence of Bigfoot is taken for granted throughout Native North America, and so are his powerful psychic abilities. I can't count the number of times that I have heard elder Indian people say that Bigfoot knows when humans are searching for him and that he chooses when and to whom to make an appearance, and that his psychic powers account for his ability to elude the white man's efforts to capture him or hunt him down. In Indian culture, the entire natural world -- the animals, the plants, the rivers, the stars -- is seen as a family. And Bigfoot is seen as one of our close relatives, the "great elder brother"

There is of course more history then just this but it is a good start and very educational as well.

North American history and Indian/Native American history plays a big part
in this field of research.

I agree with the BFRO's report on Native American Bigfoot sightings
but disagree that these creatures are psychic though it could be possible.

Vocalization, Calls & Communication

Bigfoot and Sasquatch are mostly quiet or silent when moving
about in the forest.

The sounds these creatures can produce is complex and a mix of
whistles, hoots, howls, moans, screams, grunts, deep growls,
roars and sometimes even chatter similar to human language.

Giggling, laughing and crying sounds have been heard
as well and these creatures may be able to mimic
other animals and maybe even humans.

Behavior

Bigfoot and Sasquatches are most often seen walking though
a few have been seen running as well as crawling on four's on
the ground. Quadrupedal gait i.e. walking, running, crawling
is sometimes seen in some individuals though these individuals
almost always go back to a bipedal position. Their speed when
running is probably anywhere from 35-40 mph.

They have been known on occasion to charge and run after cars
as well as people when they feel threatened, intimidated or for
other reasons.

Swimming has also been observed as well as fighting and
playing in these creatures.

They tend to sleep in caves, natural shelters and
patches of grass and other types of vegetation.

Some Bigfoot and Sasquatches may be loners
but most likely they have a family that they
belong to and a social order of some kind
must exist within these primates.

Bigfoot's and Sasquatch's are often curious and when
around human dwellings such as houses and even vehicles
they may take the opportunity to look into someone's window,
attempt to open a door or wander into a barn.

They are scared of loud noises and lights and tend
to shy away from these things.

Bigfoot's and Sasquatch's have been known to follow humans.

When they do this they often will follow a human and imitate
their behavior even stopping when they stop.

This may be to escort humans out of their territory or
out of curiosity.

Bigfoot and Sasquatch's tend to shy away from adult men
and most often will not hesitate to follow or stalk or watch
a female, child or small animals which they may either
retain as pets or toys or for food.

Tools may be used and tree knocking may be yet another
form of communication that these creatures are capable
of and exhibit.

Diet

The Bigfoot and Sasquatch is an Omnivore and consumes
many things such as, but not limited to: fruit, vegtables,
nuts, berries, leaves, aquatic plants, roots, herbs, vegtable
matter, fish, clams, crayfish, lobster, other mammals such
as squirrels, rabbits, poultry, deer, bear and elk and also can
include livestock and pets such as cats and dogs.

Blueberries, Strawberries, Peanut Butter and various types
and pieces of meat are also reported favorites of the
Bigfoot/Sasquatch.

They also tend to rummage through garbage.

They appear to kill their prey by means of using their
fist, stick or rocks or twisting their neck.

Adults need an average intake of 5,000 to 6,000 calories per day
to survive it is estimated while younger ones may need either
more or less (4,000 to 8,000 calories per day) in my own opinion.

Drinking is done by using cupped hands or
dipping faces into water or water source and
possibly lifting face in the air when raining
and opening mouth to catch water..

It is not known if Bigfoot/Sasquatch suffer from any known
food allergies.

Evidence

Many types of evidence exist for these creatures and include:

1. Footprints (casts of footprints as well)

2. Hair samples

3. DNA (such as suspected blood and saliva, etc.)

4. Feces (stool samples)

 5. Eyewitness accounts, sightings and reports by respected people
and others such as police officers, firefighters, psychologists,
outdoorsman, biology experts, teachers, nurses, scientists,
doctors, hunters, campers, truckers, hikers, EMT's,
wildlife biologists and experts, fisherman, etc.

6. Film and camera pictures such as the 1967 film
Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin took in Northern
California of a Bigfoot. This video appears to be
genuine btw.

7. Recorded vocalizations of purported Sasqutach howls
and screams.

8. Native American history that goes back
hundreds of years with detailed accounts
and sightings of Sasquatch/Bigfoot creatures
and encounters with them as well.

References

BFRO FAQ and Reports from http://www.bfro.com

Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy -
Bigfoot Description, Reports, FAQ,
Articles and Evidence from http://www.texasbigfoot.com

Dr. Jeff Meldrum, Sasquatch Legend Meets Science
book and DVD

Professor Loren Coleman, various books

Bigfoot Wikipedia

Sasquatch Wikipedia

Authored by Robert Kiehn

Written October 2011

http://sites.google.com/site/americanparapsychology

Ghost Facts

GHOST FACTS by Jaco Pieterse via facebook

In traditional belief, a ghost is the soul or spirit of a deceased person or animal that can appear, in visible form or other manifestation, to the living. Descriptions of the apparition of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or wispy shapes, to realistic, life-like visions. The deliberate attempt to contact the spirit of a deceased person is known as necromancy, or in spiritism as a séance.
The belief in manifestations of the spirits of the dead is widespread, dating back to animism or ancestor worship in pre-literate cultures.

Certain religious practices—funeral rites, exorcisms, and some practices of spiritualism and ritual magic—are specifically designed to appease the spirits of the dead. Ghosts are generally described as solitary essences that haunt particular locations, objects, or people they were associated with in life, though stories of the phantom armies, ghost train.

SURVIVING A POLTERGEIST

SURVIVING A POLTERGEIST by Jaco Pieterse via facebook

If poltergeist phenomena are stress-induced, there are better courses of action.

People get stressed out over all kinds of things; sometimes serious, sometimes trivial things. If the activity seems mild and harmless, it might be best to wait it out. Research has shown that most recurring poltergeist activity lasts only a few weeks. In rare cases it can last a year to 18 months or so. And in the vast majority of instances the phenomena are harmless: lights going on and off, toilets flushing, things being moved around the house, etc.

If the activity is severe, annoying or you just want it to stop, the first thing to do is try to determine who the agent might be. Who in the household is exhibiting signs of stress? There are many causes of stress, of course, and there's no reason to assume that anything as serious as the Betsy and John Bell case is taking place. But stress from any source is a serious matter, as it can lead to loss of sleep and health problems, among other negative effects; recurring poltergeist activity is a relatively rare and extreme effect.

Professional counseling or therapy for the stressed individual could be the answer. The person might be experiencing something that is causing extreme emotional stress, or they might not know how to cope with the common stresses we all face with school, jobs and relationships. A trained therapist can help talk through any issues with which the agent is struggling.

Again, recurring poltergeist phenomena are relatively rare, and we don't really know how our deep emotions can work through the unconscious to produce psychokinetic effects. And we don't know why it happens to some people and not others when all are under identical forms of stress. However, this is one from of unexplained phenomena that is more prudently examined and treated by a conventional therapist rather than a psychic or exorcist.

Do you have a Poltergeist?

DO YOU HAVE A POLTERGEIST? by Jaco Pieterse via facebook

 How about you? Are you experiencing poltergeist activity in your home? If so, what can you do about it?

First, you must be as certain as you can be that the poltergeist activity is genuine. Don't look for paranormal drama where there is none. Perhaps there was a logical reason the picture fell off the wall when Billy stormed into his room: he slammed the door pretty hard. Try as best you can to find reasonable explanations for the activity. If reason and logic fail, and especially if the activity is consistent and persistent, you may have a case.

In the past and even today, people react to poltergeist activity by calling the clergy, an exorcist, a psychic or a paranormal investigator. Can you blame them? After all, some unseen force is pounding on their walls and throwing their hardcover copy of The Secret around the living room. They do so because the movies and spooky novels have told them that ghosts or demons must be responsible.

If we realize that the activity arises out of a family member's unconscious, however, and could very well have a stress-induced psychological genesis, then the priests or ministers, exorcists and ghost hunters probably are not the right folks to call.

It may well be true that clergy, exorcists and ghost hunters have been helpful to poltergeist victims. After their visits and subsequent rituals, the unexplained activity might have lessened or disappeared. But why? Because the ghosts were banished or the demons exorcised? More likely, it's because the comfort brought by these people alleviated the stress the agent was feeling. In other words, it worked because the agent believed it would work.

In other cases, however, bringing in these types of people can backfire. A well-meaning clergyperson who blames the devil for everything or a bumbling "exorcist" could only add to the stress of the agent, especially if the agent is an impressionable child who is ill-equipped to handle the idea that there is a malevolent spirit in the house or that a demon is lurking about - or that they themselves are possessed! Such irresponsible suggestions could elevate the stress and therefore the poltergeist activity.

The Signs of a Haunting

THE SIGNS OF A HAUNTING by Jaco Pieterse

"The first step is to determine, as best you can, whether or not you truly have a legitimate case of a haunting. Not all hauntings are alike, and they may exhibit a variety of phenomena. Some hauntings feature a single phenomenon - such as a particular door slamming shut that occurs repeatedly - while others consist of many different phenomena, ranging from odd noises to full-blown apparitions.

Here's a partial list of phenomena that might indicate that your house is haunted:

1. Unexplained noises - footsteps; knocks, banging, rapping; scratching sounds; sounds of something being dropped. Sometimes these noises can be subtle and other times they can be quite loud.

2. Doors, cabinets and cupboards opening and closing - most often, these phenomena are not seen directly. The experiencer either hears the distinct sounds of the doors opening and closing (homeowners get to know quite well the distinctive sounds their houses make) or the experiencer will return to a room to find a door open or closed when they are certain that it was left in the opposite position. Sometimes furniture, like kitchen chairs, are perceived to have been moved. Very rarely will the experiencer actually witness the phenomenon taking place.

3. Lights turning off and on - likewise, these events are seldom seen actually occurring, but the lights are switched on or off when the experiencer knows they were not left that way. This can also happen with TVs, radios and other electrically powered items.

4. Items disappearing and reappearing - this phenomenon, which we have dubbed "the DOPler Effect" (DOP = Disappearing Object Phenomenon), has been examined in the article "The DOPler Effect." Others have called this "the borrowers" phenomenon, and it's the familiar experience of not being able to find a regularly used item - say, your set of car keys - which you believe you placed in a spot you routinely place them. But they're gone and you look high and low for them with no success. Some time later, the keys are found - in exactly the place you normally put them. It's as if the object was borrowed by someone or something for a short time, then returned. Sometimes they are not returned for days or even weeks, but when they are, it's in an obvious place that could not have been missed by even a casual search.

5. Unexplained shadows - the sighting of fleeting shapes and shadows, usually seen out of the corner of the eye. This phenomenon has also been discussed in some detail in "Shadow People." Many times, the shadows have vaguely human forms, while other times they are less distinguishable or smaller.

6. Strange animal behavior - a dog, cat or other pet behaves strangely. Dogs may bark at something unseen, cower without apparent reason or refuse to enter a room they normally do. Cats may seem to be "watching" something cross a room. Animals have sharper senses than humans, and many researchers think their psychic abilities might be more finely tuned also.

7. Feelings of being watched - this is not an uncommon feeling and can be attributed to many things, but it could have a paranormal source if the feeling consistently occurs in a particular part of the house at a particular time.

These are some of the most common experiences of those who think their houses are haunted. Yet even stranger things can happen...

STRONGER EVIDENCE

The following phenomena are more rare, but could be stronger evidence of a haunting:

1. Mild psychokinetic phenomena - hearing a door open or close is one thing. Actually seeing it happen is quite another. Similarly, actually seeing a light go on or off by itself is greater proof that something unexplained is happening. Do you see the TV or radio turn on? Or perhaps you're present when a child's powered toy begins to operate on its own. Doors and windows are locked or unlocked. Some people report that when they are in bed they can feel and/or hear something sitting on the bed.

2. Feelings of being touched - the feeling of being watched is one thing, and actually feeling like you are being touched is quite another. Some people feel something brush past them, something touching their hair or "a hand" on the shoulder. Some feel a gentle poke, push or nudge.

3. Cries and whispers - on occasion, muffled voices, whispering and crying can be heard. Sometimes it's music from some unknown source. People hear their names being said. This phenomenon, as is true for the one above, gains more credibility if more than one person hears or sees the same thing at the same time.

4. Cold or hot spots - cold spots are classic haunting symptoms, but any instance of a noticeable variance in temperature without a discernable cause could be evidence.

5. Unexplained smells - the distinct fragrance of a perfume or cologne that you do not have in your house. This phenomenon comes and goes without any apparent cause and may accompany other phenomena, such as shadows, voices or psychokinetic phenomena. Foul odors can happen in the same way.

Rarer still are more extreme phenomena, some of which have been called poltergeist phenomena, and can be quite strong evidence of a true haunting:

Moving or levitating objects (severe psychokinetic phenomena) - dinner plates sliding across the table; pictures flying off walls; doors slamming shut with great force; furniture sliding across the floor.

Physical assault - scratches, slaps and hard shoves. This kind of personal assault is extremely rare, but obviously highly disturbing.

Other physical evidence - unexplained writing on paper or walls; handprints and footprints.

Apparitions - physical manifestation of a spirit or entity. These phenomena are also very rare and can take many forms: human-shaped mists or forming mists of some indistinguishable shape; transparent human forms that disappear quickly; and most rarely, human forms that look as real and solid as any living person, but that disappear into a room or even while being viewed.

Considering all of the above, if you suspect your house is indeed haunted, here's what to do about it.

If you suspect that your house is haunted, here's what you can do to find out, then take some action

IF THERE ARE weird, unexplained things going on in your house -- unexplained sounds, sights, movements, or other signs of a haunting -- here are the steps you should take."

Jaco is a member of  Kimberley Ghosthunters as well as the PIRC.

Kimberley Ghosthunters

PIRC 

 Thanks Jaco for the wealth of info on Hauntings!

-Rob