I found a series of footprints of a primate along Cow House Creek (a tributary of the Hillsborough River) near Tampa Florida. I found them the day before when I was scouting and had left my media card at home, rendering my camera useless.
I returned the next day and I am thankful the prints where still in good shape when I relocated them.
I have no way of casting prints at this point, however, I did get a good series of still shots like the one here. There were a total of three prints lined up headed for the river bank. I guess they come in at night to drink. The water is rather nasty for my taste, but they must need it to survive.
Why is the Minnesota News Media covering such a lame ass story? look at all the good evidence that the YouTube Posters such as tcsjrbigfoot and firstbillyjack have posted and they go ignored. Why? Check out this Minnesota local news story about Bigfoot.
A hunter in upstate Minnesota captured what is believed to be a bigoot. The image is not high quality but you can see for yourself. I'm not so sure about this one folks.
This was one of the best outings I had today into a deep jungle area off of the Dead River complex in Hillsborough County Florida. I saw a tremendous amount of wildlife and evidence of large animal activity. I still need more time to get into this area and do an overnight and set up trailcams.
There was a large abundance of wildlife today. The importance of wildlife and water is that it is necessary for the existence of a large bigfoot. Food is important and eating plants and bark is not out of the question.
The more I do this, I believe that trailcams and secret devices are the way to go. It just does not seem likely that you will just walk up upon a Bigfoot and take his video like Patterson did. He hit the lotto that day. Don't expect it to ever be repeated.
The only thing that us Bigfoot field researchers can do is just go out and put in the work. One day, one of us will get very lucky. That you can count on.
I was watching an old Monsterquest from 2007 the other night on the Monsterquest Marathon. There was an episode titled "Sasquatch Attack." It was about a group of Bigfoot researchers that went to a cabin on a remote lake in northern Canada that had be the location for some strange going ons.
A couple years ago the cabin had been the scene of a rock throwing episode in which campers spent a frightened night as rocks pulverized the roof. Monsterquest personal went on top of the cabin and found many rocks laying on top. Since the cabin is not below a cliff or mountain range, where did the rocks come from?
Dr. Jeff Meldrum and Dr. Estaban Sarmiento went on the six night expedition to gathers and analyze clues. An incident that was downplayed was a trap they had set out which was a bed of nails.
They placed a board with nails sticking out near the back door. In the morning there was blood and tissue samples. To make a long story short, it was analyzed in a laboratory and found to be 99 percent primate. The DNA was close to human but no cigar.
A trail cam can not only tell you where the animals are at but it can yield some interesting images. Where else can you find a "Coonhog" on the move?
The trail cam can show you what you might expect if you spent significant time in the area or camp out overnight. Sometimes you will see strange things like this image.
Anyway, have a happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
This swamp area of jungle was so humid, look at the moss that is growing on this palm tree. The humidity is so thick you can cut it with a knife. The temperatures lately have been near 80 but they should be cooling off over the Thanksgiving holiday. That would be a welcome relief for us Floridians.
I spent several hours going way out into this track. I captured on video the audio of three separate knocking episodes. I have a new theory about "tree knocking" in Florida. I think that palm frontons are being used. They are easy to pick up off the ground, they are hard, and smacked against another palmetto bush, they sound loud indeed. Forest floor wood is to wet and eroded to do much good.
I also believe that I may have picked up a human imitation vocal. Something seemed to be following me on a parallel track. I kept hearing something coming from my right. In fact, I point to the area at the moment the sound "oh, come now" is heard. I think that is what they said.
The video is over nine minutes long but it is important to watch the whole thing to get the feel of what is going on.
Larry Battson believes there is evidence that Bigfoot is more than a character in a beef jerky commercial.
Battson -- a wildlife educator and founder of Wildlife Educational Services -- will talk about Sasquatch, also known as Bigfoot, on Saturday at 2 p.m. in the auditorium at New Castle, Indiana-Henry County Public Library, 376 S. 15th St. During the free program, Battson will discuss the "real possibility of a rare and relatively unknown creature that may roam the forests of North America," according to a press release.
Is Bigfoot really some type of human-like creature? Battson has been studying Bigfoot for 30 years and travels the country to research the alleged sightings. Recently Battson was featured by History Channel’s MonsterQuest. Battson and his wife Cheryl operate the Wildlife Educational Services in Greencastle, Indiana.
The Ocala National Forest is a 430,000 acre preserve. It was the first National forest east of the Mississippi River and is the furthest most southern National Forest. It is also one of the best areas in the country for Bigfoot sightings. That is why this area has been on my radar for months. I have just been waiting for the weather to cool down.
I recently spent a weekend in the area and got a lot of footage to put on my YouTube account. I am in the process of editing the videos. I got some great nature photos, that made it worth the trip. Unfortunately, I did not have a Bigfoot sighting. That would not have been strange for the first time coming up here.
I have scouted out many primitive camping areas and will be taking some overnights deep into the forest in the coming months. Some exciting things are planed. I hope to have some positive evidence by March. But you never know.
The Ocala Forest is a beautiful, and adventurous place. I can't believe that it has taken me this long to get up here.
Now that Hurricane Ida has left after dumping rain on the Florida Penninsula for the last eight days, I was able to get back out into the field. I went back to the swifmud area, and believe I found a river bank of one of the 'seventeen runs' of the Hillsborough River. I saw some interesting shapes in the images I took. Could be a Blobsquatch.
It looks like a pair of eyes to me. I did know this out there until I loaded in my computer and took a look.
This image was taken in Dauphin County, Pa. by a thru hiker of the Appalachian trail and it is supposed to show Bigfoot. The outline of it is caused by branches on the tree. This is a BLOBSQUATCH. That is all it is. It is not even a GOOD Blobsquatch.
Tom Biscardi got involved somehow, Oregon Bigfoot.com mentions it in a post. “This is raw footage,” says Biscardi. “This is the real deal. You’ve got to understand, I’ve been doing this for 36 years, and this is the ultimate – to finally come across one of these beasts. And here it is roaming up in these mountains.” Based on this screen shot image? Ok... I quess you have a full video that no doubt shows the real bigfoot. Let me guess...Nothing will be forthcoming. It is just a Blobsquatch.
However, my image goes unnoticed. Take a look at my image here. It is a little more impressive than the other one. I took it in a very remote area. Tom Biscardi contact me and I will take you into this area where Bigfoot really is at. We will find him. Just bring your 'guns' and 'gear.'
My image, along with a video, is clear and of high quality. I don't think it can be readily debunked. It does not fit the classic definition of a "Blobsquatch."
"Blobsquatch" is specifically the object in a photograph of a supposed Bigfoot or Sasquatch that has a lack of definition and detail, an illusion created by a play of light within an often unfamiliar natural environment. It is literally a "blob" (an indistinct shapeless form) that may or may not, but probably is not, a Sasquatch."
I should be like Biscardi and go to the media. I have tons of media contacts. That would not be a problem. I was hoping interest would come from the Bigfoot community and the blogosphere. Perhaps I thought wrong. That is why I posted that rant that I took down off of YouTube because I only wanted someone to take a look at this. They only seem to be interested in this lame-ass image capture. Here is the video
This Bigfoot track was found in the Ocala National Forest in 1985. It was found by a Lake County Deputy Sgt. D. Kirby. This Deputy had found several other tracks during this period. The location was near a Federal construction site working on new forestry roads. The trakcs were 17 by 6 1/2 inches. It was once believed that the Florida Skunk Ape was a smaller version of the Bigfoot. It seems from this cast and footprints that I have found, that the Canadian Sasquatch may indeed be in Florida. This is a copy of the old newspaper report.
It is because of the historical nature of skunk ape sightings in Florida near the Ocala National Forest that I will be focusing much of my expeditions in the next few months.
A rare November Hurricane Ida is making its way toward the Florida West Coast. The eye of the storm will hit around the panhandle area and causing 20-30 mph winds in the Tampa area. We should get much needed rain in the next 72 hours. The good news is that by Friday the high temperature in West Central Florida will only be about 71 with the low around 50. Now how cool is that! With the clear sky's, that should be perfect weather to get out on an expedition. Can't wait.
Dave Shealy has spent nearly his whole life looking for the Florida Skunk Ape or the Florida Bigfoot, believed by many, to be only a figment of his imagination.
You know him from his appearances on national television; Discovery Channel, Travel, Channel, TLC, Unsolved Mysteries, The Daily Show, The Pulse, Inside Edition, and you have read about his adventures in the Enquirer, The Sun, Miami NewTimes, and Readers Digest.
Dave spends most of his time in the Big Cypress Swamp searching for the Skunk Ape when he's not maintaining the Trail Lakes Campground.
He once tried to form an expidition to find and "bag' the skunk ape. Financing for that fell thru. At least one guy in Florida has the right idea. We are at the point that we need a body in a research lab for total proof.
Dave Shealy owns and runs the Skunk Ape museum and the Trail Lakes Campground in Ochopee, Florida. The Skunk Ape Museum and Research Headquarters is open to the public 7 days a week from 7am to 7pm. You can purchase Skunk Ape memorabilia along with blow guns, knives and alligator heads at the Headquarters Store or on line. The Headquarters also features a Reptile & Bird Exhibit of huge gators, constrictors and a variety of exotic birds. Admission is $3 per person
I saw this Gregory Peck and Jane Wyman Movie, The Yearlingwhen I was a kid. I know now that the young deer in the movie and novel was a metaphor for the childlike state that wants to believe that life is all sunshine and rainbows. Nothing is further from the truth. Gregory Peck wanted to protect Jody from this knowledge, even though, they were the original homesteaders in the Ocala National Forest of Florida called "the big scrub." It also is one of the busiest areas for BFRO reported Bigfoot sightngs. I plan to go to the "Yearling trail" by this weekend and visit the old homestead and graveyard. I may see deer, I want to see Bigfoot. This movie gets to me man..it gets to me.
On the heals of the success that Billy Willard and the Virginia Sasquatch Research Organization had late October in West Virginia, Tom Biscardi is now going in this week to continue filming a documentary he is producing named after his company-"Searching For Bigfoot."
Wasn't Biscardi involved in the Georgia Bigfoot hoax? I remember seeing him on Fox Cable News. He claimed he got beat out of thousands by two law enforcement guys who had a frozen rug and a Halloween costume in a freezer. Biscardi claimed to have examined it while frozen and was fooled. Hum?
I am working on a plan that will put me on the Florida trail at the half-way point in the Green Swamp of Polk county and up into the Panhandle. It would take me about 8 weeks to walk this trail and do all of the photography and 'squatching that I need to do. Camping out at night isolated scores of miles from civilization would be a golden opportunity that as a Bigfoot researcher I cannot pass up. I plan to start on February 15, 2010. I hope. Tampa Tribune reporter Mike Dewitt said it all when he walked the Florida Trail in 2007, "Florida's soul is on this trail."
I hit the Florida Trail over the weekend. I went to a remote part near the Withlacoochee River south of the Ocala National Forest. It was very quit and I saw lots of wildlife. I did pick up something that may have been a black bear or a tree stump. It seemed to be sitting on a creek bank. I found a primitive camp site and lit a camp fire! I have not seen a camp fire in years, and that made the trip worth it. I got some great images and lots of video that I am still looking at.
The Florida trail is 1,100 miles long and stretches from south of Miami all the way up to the Panhandle of Florida near the Alabama border. It cuts thru the rich Eco-system that is unique to Florida and into the most remote parts of the North American Continent. That is where a Large mammal could hide and live without ever being spotted. That is why I went to this location. I had a great time.
When I went to sign in at the trail head, this green tree frog was sitting on the clip board. I did not want to bother him, so I went ahead anyway.
Compare this photo I shot from the same spot after I took this 51 second video of something very large standing in a clearing and turning side to side. I don't know what it was. It was at least 200 yards away and could only be seen barely with a 400 mm lense. You will have to make up your own mind on this.
This was taken in the SWIFMUD area North of Tampa Florida where I had taken the "blobsquatch" image after the water levels receded.
This was late in the day after I had filmed video for over a couple of hours. Something caught my eye from a considerable distance. This is not easy. I shot the film and I am still not sure what I am looking at. When I went to photo mode on my camera, the thing no longer seemed to be there.
In the SWIFMUD area that Ihave been concentrating on for the last two weeks, I have found my second series of Bigfoot Footprints. I call them the Florida Bigfoot because I simply don't know what type of creature could have left them, and who would have had such a bigfoot and been walking around out here barefoot. That would stretch the imagination to believe that.
This one was found when I was visiting the area again and aproaching where I took the "Fasano Photo" of the object that was walking away from me as I arived on October 13. The structure looks interesting but I am not sure if it was before. I don't think so. The weather in Florida for the last couple weeks has been hot with a high preasure system hovering over the State. That means no storms or rain that could have caused such damage.
This area was very simular to the Watershed area that Paul Freeman worked for in Washington State. The Green Swamp SWIFMUD area that I found these prints in has periods of low and high water. The low water will yield prints of the Sasquath that is out there. Freeman exploited that fact, so did I.
A Virginia-based team of Bigfoot enthusiasts is hoping to find the legendary creature in the bogs and trees of West Virginia's Dolly Sods Wilderness Area.
Members of Sasquatch Watch of Virginia are camping out with GPS navigators, cameras, voice recorders and plaster of Paris to make casts of huge footprints.
Billy Willard, founder of the group, says they often look for Bigfoot in places where there have been sightings.
But Bruce Harrington, the group's skeptic, says he has yet to see convincing proof that a creature like Sasquatch exists.
Last year, a different group of Bigfoot researchers searched unsuccessfully for the creature in the Greenbrier River region.
On a cool but sunny October day, Dolly Sods is beautiful. The sun shines through the trees and off the endless boulder fields.
But in its endless wilderness, Dolly Sods is a little bit spooky, too. It’s a still, quiet place. And according to Willard, it’s a great place to search for Sasquatch.
“Typically we go out and visit sites where there’s been previous sighting reports,” Willard said. “We do get encounters called in to a hotline that we have, and we go out and we’ll research those areas looking for evidence such as footprints, strange stick tree structures and that kind of thing.”
Willard is the founder of Sasquatch Watch of Virginia, a group made up of Bigfoot enthusiasts who collect information about the legendary being in their spare time.
They’re camping out in Dolly Sods, traipsing around in the wilderness area’s forests and bogs looking for signs of Sasquatch.
“As large as they claim this creature is, it’s got to have some weight to it. And if it’s walking around out here, it’s going to leave a footprint,” Willard says.
He finds something he thinks resembles a Sasquatch print in the bog, deep in the mud.
“It could be a small track right there,” he said. “We’ve got a track right here, not as big as the other one we saw over there. And again, it’s old, you can tell it’s been here since the rain. But that might actually be cast-able. There might be some toe impressions in there.”
He pulls out some plaster of Paris and makes a cast.
Some of the members of Sasquatch Watch of Virginia have actually had a sighting—where they’ve come face-to-face with a creature they believe is a Bigfoot. But even those who haven’t believe the creature exists.
Bruce Harrington is the self-described skeptic of the group.
“I think one of the biggest arguments that people have against the existence of Bigfoot is there hasn’t been any proof,” Harrington said. “From a logical standpoint, absence of proof is not proof of absence. So just because we don’t have the proof that these creatures exist doesn’t mean they don’t exist.”
The men—and the group is made up solely of men—have an impressive amount of gear with them. They pull out GPS navigators, trail cameras, regular cameras, voice recorders and evidence bags.
The latter is used when a team member finds suspicious droppings. Into the bag it goes, to be sent off to a lab for testing.
Everybody has their own theories about what kind of creature Sasquatch is. Though he’s been hunting for years, Willard has never had a sighting.
“I could accept that this thing is human, whether it’s an undiscovered Native American tribe of people, I could accept that this is some kind of North American ape that just simple hasn’t been documented yet,” he said. “Those are the two main theories.
“Now you have some more out there theories, like these things are aliens and came off a UFO. That they go through dimensions and can walk through different portals. I think this thing’s flesh and blood, whether it’s human or more ape.”
Though their weekend in Dolly Sods didn’t lead to any sightings, Sasquatch Watch of Virginia is still looking for proof. They say it’s out there.
Article compled from WTKR West Virginia and wvpubcast.org
The face is the detail that can now be examined in a laboritory. Computer enhancement shows that it was real or an enormous undertaking for two California Cowboy's Patterson and Gimlin
I have to admit, I am late to this genre of music. This stuff is cool and Tom Yamarone and his brother have a CD out of bigfoot songs and they keep up a really cool website blog bigfootsongs.com
They also go out looking for bigfoot in Northern California and have run into bears in the early morning. This video shows how easy it is to scare off a black bear. I hope it is that easy if I ever run into a black bear in Florida.
The object seems to be moving around in the center of the screen. This was a video taken right after I Photographed the blobsquatch photo in the SWIFMUD area in Central Florida.
Chuck007 works with the Big Dog himself Tim Stover in an attempt to use research and science to discover a formaly unknown North American primate. Chuck has put the photo I took in the Green Swamp Swifmud area last week on photoshop to help come to a better understanding. He only had one image to work with. I hope these additonal 2 megapixel images help. Anyone is free to click them and study them. My hope my integrtiy is sound on this one. CLICK IMAGE TO GET LARGE IMAGE
Autumn is sort of in Florida. Some of the leaves have turned colors and daytime lows are now in the low '70's. Big deal right. For us, it is a welcome relief from the extreme heat and humidity we have had for the last seven months.
This is always my favorite time of year. I can now get out on expeditions and do overnight camping without the bugs eating me alive.
There are posters on YouTube that think my skunk ape was really the moss on the second tree shot in different lighting conditions...The lighitng has been the same for the last 10 days in Florida, and I have been in field at the same time each time I was there.
The white tree with the black spots is to the left almost off the image. When you consider how thick and how much space my "blobsquatch" took up, I don't know how this could be it.
The poster at first thought it might be a "stump" and ordered me to go find it. Now that there is no stump, he thinks it is the tree with moss. Since it is unlikely to be the tree, I guess it will now be a UFO or something.
This is a video that I made about 3 minutes before I had the sighing below. I was showing why Florida was a good place to look for the sasquatch primate.
I went into the Swiftmud area where I had the Florida Bigfoot sighting to see if it was a classic blobsquatch, or if I had indeed captured a real creature on film. The are was the same type of area where Paul Freeman captured his famous bigfoot video. The sun was beginning to set and I had to work fast.
I found that the "blobsquatch" was gone. I could not find anything out in the area that came close to what I saw. In fact, the area seemed to be compromised. It was as if additional tree breaks and downed limbs had been introduced to the area only in the spot where I had the sighting.
Coming out here, I noticed nothing out of the ordinary. Six days ago, the area was muddy. Today, things seemed to be a little dried out. Only in the sighting area did things get a little hairy. I saw what looked like a Hugh tree break to cover the trail. I don't believe that was there on October 13 when I was out here first.
I know I was in the right spot because of the "face" that was on one of the trees. Just another thing that gave me the creeps.
I know now that I had an encounter. What I saw and filmed was a real Skunk Ape.
I went out to an old horse trail on the East Side of Hillsborough county. I was at work at 3 in the morning and my batteries were low. So, I scouted out an area that is the type of place I like, rural, isolated, smells like dung. Go figure us Bigfoot Hunters and our methodology.
This is an analysis of the Swifmud video I took on October 13, 2009 which many show a Florida Bigfoot. What I was trying to do was use perspective with angles to determine height and possible locomotion of the blobsquatch or sasquatch. I believe that what the images and video show is that the object was walking casually back into the woods.
I will get back out into this area to verify that the object is not there anymore. The weather in Florida is now cooling off and we are getting into what I call "Bigfoot Season."
The third week of October in Florida is a time that is special to residents. That is when the first Cold Front will make its way into the sunshine state and bring us some real Fall weather. I have waited a long time for this.
I went to a Swiftmud area north of Tampa which is the type of area That Paul Freeman worked as a ranger in and he found many sasquatch prints in that watershed area. That was my theory about the Florida Swiftmud area, and that is why I have been waiting months for the rainy season to end, and the cooler weather to settle in. I was not disapointed.
The area was very muddy from the months of rain that we have been having, and I felt the time was now to move in to find prints. Waiting a week or so might not yield anything. I am glad I did. I found what I believe to be two different size footprints that would mean that an adult was caring for a young and they were walking side by side.
The image above was taken by mistake when I thought I was in video mode. I believe it may contain something significant.
I'm sorry, but I don't buy this one. These college kids come across something moving in the bushes and it pursued them. This is their claim.
we walked deep into the woods at a recent hotspot of bigfoot sightings at the Flaming Gorge in Utah. We made bigfoot calls and recieved a semi close response. It was a loud scream. We next proceeded to make wood knocks with a large branch against a tree. Much to my absolute shock and horror what sounded like a small tree wacking the hell out of another tree in response to our knock sounded in response. We were semi deep in the woods and the "knock" occured almost 60-80 yards away followed by deep gutteral monkey like grunts. We ran for our lives back to the car, whatever it was was now making its way directly towards us. Once to the car the creature was now still advancing our position and was making deep "whooping" like sounds, grunts, and a bark. I'm convinced it was moments away from crashing through the woods and towards the car.
I believe that the best approach to bigfoot research is to keep doing what the YouTubers are doing already. Going out into the field and chronicling our adventures, and self-policing what we do with high-tech analysis. It is time, however, to take it to a different level.
There is a real opportunity to gather DNA evidence without a dead body in a laboratory. Let me explain. In the field, we come across hair and feces (eventually you will). These samples should be gathered and analyzed. I have to admit, unless you know someone at a University Lab, that is going to be a little difficult. That is why the visual is so important.
Just look at recent developments.
In the past few days Dr. Estaban Srmiento and Dr. Jeff Meldrum have been the guest on two Blogtalk radio shows hosted by Youtube bigfooters. That is extraordinary. They know that the searching we are doing may very well uncover DNA without the actual capture of the beast. With DNA we would know more about the animal. Right now, we don't know enough about their societal structure to guess their next moves. We must be doing something right to be taken so seriously by these eminent scientist that have been featured on MONSTER QUEST.
From Jeff Meldrum's "Sasquatch - Where Legend Meets Science" Chapter 15, Splitting Hairs and Molecules: DNA and Physical Evidence.
"Precise hair identification - trichinology - is a challenging process requiring
an extensive reference collection with which to compare the unknown sample.
There can be considerable individual variation in hair length, color, texture,
and stage of growth within a species, as well as variation between different
regions on the body of a single individual animal. Arriving at a conclusive
identification can be a labor-intensive process requiring exhaustive comparisons
with known standards.
In the past there have been several independent
analyses of hair attributed to sasquatch, more often than not conducted at the
request of an amateur investigator. Usually, the hairs were readily identified
as belonging to a commonly known animal such as bear, coyote, or human. However,
some hair samples were of indeterminate identity. While an indeterminate
identification of an alleged "sasquatch hair" is interpreted by some as
indication of an unknown animal, it is more conservatively regarded by others as
the lack of a comprehensive collection of hair samples from known species of
animals with which to compare the strand in question. Indeed this would be the
only reasonable outcome for hair that might in fact have come from a sasquatch.
All that could be concluded is what species the hair did not appear to belong
to. Conclusive identification depends on a match to a known sample of hair,
i.e., an established standard. Without a confirmed sample of sasquatch hair, any
hair truly originating from a sasquatch would necessarily languish in the
indeterminate category. Such a standard is unlikely to be acknowledged until
hair is pulled directly from a sasquatch body by a qualified analyst."
Lucy's not your mama anymore. Ardi is. Lucy turns out to be more than a million years too young. That's right, the newest fossil skeleton out of Africa to take the title of "the earliest known skeleton from the human branch of the primate family tree," is Ardipithecusramidus. Its fossil remains, a fairly complete skeleton presented by scientists on Thursday, are thought to be 4.4 million years old. Worlds Before Our Own, indeed! This whole thing is suspect.
This is the critical part of the article:
"Ardi, short for Ardipithecusramidus, is the newest fossil skeleton out of
Africa to take its place in the gallery of human origins. At an age of 4.4
million years, it lived well before and was much more primitive than the
famous 3.2-million-year-old Lucy, of the species Australopithecus afarensis."
Dr. Esteban Sarmiento commented on this on the MNBRT Radio show Sunday night. He said science is now all about research dollars. It is now a competition to outdo your opponent. That is why scientist are under pressure to find the "OLDEST" fossil because it drives research money. The scientist that found this fossil would never claim that it was just a descendant of a chimp. They have to now fudge their study to show that it may be a human. They, of course, cannot prove this. The genetic split between ape and humans happened 3 million years ago. The genetic and DNA lab test conclude this. To claim otherwise is a misrepresentation of facts, and entering into the area of a hoax. Bad science. Bad science.
I have a link to the interview below.
This sort of thing, I believe, is going on in the "GLOBAL WARMING" scam.
The letter below was sent to the Sarasota Florida Sheriffs department in 2001. The lady that sent it said that this ape like creature was stealing apples off of her back porch at night. She said she lived near Myakka River State Park and she wondered if someone had lost an orangutan. The letter was signed anonymous.
This event gained much publicity in Florida when it happened. The photos look real and the foliage is that if a palmetto which is only found in Florida. Many people think that it is an orangutan or a new species of Ape. I believe that the episode is a hoax. I will explain this in a subsequent post.
You must admit, this would be a very scary thing to find in your backyard at night. There is a possibility that it is real, but I seriously doubt that. I have lived in Florida all of my life and can spot the real deal.
Stay tuned for a future post that will prove that the Myakka Skunk Ape Sarasota photos were a fraud. I do believe the skunk ape exist. It was just not this one.
Dr. Esteban Sarmiento is a primatologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Sarmiento is one of the scientists who has fully examined the Skookum Cast, a casting of a partial body print that many believe is that of a sasquatch. He is a staple on the HISTORY Chanell show MONSTER QUEST. He will be on the MNBRT Blogtalk Radio show Sunday 10-4-09 with Abe and Evie. Awsome.
I'm glad to see that big guys can get out and look for Bigfoot. This is an image of Henry May and Abe Del Rio. I would feel at home with these guys! LOL!
Part of the reason I got into this was the potential for aerobic excercise. Since it is getting cooler in Florida, I expect to put in many hours in the field. Now, I may actually get into a little better shape!
Bigfoot Radio talk is heating up! Bill Munns was an excellent guest on the Tim Stoval and Chuck007 Blogtalk Radio show "Bigfoot Busters" on Tuesday night. Bill Munns was a special effects guy in Hollywood who has worked on many movies and is using his expertness toward the hunt for Bigfoot, especially on the Patterson film which he believes to be authentic. His input was recently used on an episode of MONSTER QUEST on the HISTORY CHANNEL.
Munns has conducted many experiments that have illucidated just how difficult it would have been for Patterson and Bob Gimlin to have hoaxed that 16mm film. On the episode "CRITICAL EVIDENCE" Munns showed how Patterson and Gimlin would have had to have had access to state-of-the-art tech that neither of them had. Munns did an experiment using five different Bigfoot heads to show how it was the face that no hoaxer of that time could have created.
The five part series on MONSTER QUEST called CRITICAL EVIDENCE I believe to be the best series yet to show the reason why Bigfoot exist. I have all five of them here.
There are many reasons why Florida is a great spot for Sasquatch, bigfoot and Skunk ape searching. Image from the Florida Bigfoot Website. The video belows shows why Florida is a prime area for bigfoot activity, especially in the Ocala National Forest where there have been many bigfoot or Sasquatch sighitngs. These creatures may be larger than the Skunk Ape.
This was from an outing in June, 2009 when I found this large possible Skunk Ape print near a water source in the Hopewell area near Tampa Florida. This area is home to several recorded BFRO sightings
This is the unedited video of when I found this print. I had no casting material and no tape measure, frankly, I did not think I would have a find like this since I was new in the field.
I went into the Dead River area of hillsborough County Florida because it had been a logging camp over 80 years ago. For some reason, Bigfoot has been seen in logging areas. This place was desolate and spooky. I heard what I thought was Bigfoot tree knocking. It may have been poachers since hunting in Florida is illegal at this time of year.
I don't think it was anyone because this area is so remote and forbidden. The reality of getting past the snakes, swamp, alligators, mud, sinkholes and filth would just not be worth your time.
Here is a video that has a clear audio of what I think is Sasquatch tree knocking. I am open to the idea that it may be something else.
Tree Knocking is a technique that has been successful in contacting and communicating with Sasquatch or Bigfoot. It is believed that he uses this as a way of controlling territory. I tried this in Florida and had remarkable success, when something responded to my tree knocking.
I shot this video near the Lake County and Polk county line., I believe it shows a possible skunk ape or a Florida Bigfoot. A Sasquatch could be in Florida. Tim Fasano shot this important video
One of the most respected and most subscribed to bigfoot researchers on YouTube has had a personal matter intervene in his work. Tim Stover, A.K.A "The Big Dog" or tcsjrbigfoot had to admit his wife into a hospital in Cleveland. She has been having stomach issues, and she is where she can be helped. All of us wish her a speedy recovery and God Bless
Tim looks tired and of heavy heart. Our prayers are with him and his family.
I am now going back into field operations because the months of JUNE - AUG are now gone. The weather will now start to become better for field operations and overnight Bigfoot expeditions.
David Shealy has either taken the most important video since the Patterson film, or he is a complete hoaxer. I live in Florida and search for the skunk ape myself. I have never had a direct encounter, but I have had auditory and video analysis that has shown something other than a "Blobsquatch" There is simply no way to tell if his videos are real or not. The rez is very poor. In such case, you have to say negative.
I really hope one day we have a body to autopsy. Unfortunately, that is going to be the only proof science will accept. Photoshop and video editing software preclude just a good image. We need a body..alive or dead...sorry..
The Green Swamp Area of Polk County Florida has multiple confirmed BFRO.com sightings. A new YouTube Bigfoot poster gives a great demo of why this area is so important and why it needs to be further explored. I live in the next county over..Hillsborough where Tampa is located
I believe I saw a few dark images move when I shot this video. The fact that I announce that on the video, shows that it was not some video illusion. I was in the Green Swamp of NW Polk county Florida, a high probability area for the Skunk Ape, Sasquatch, Bigfoot to be found.
This is the organization that was in Tampa last month that motivated me to get going with this project. BFRO is the Big Foot Research Organization that tracks Bigfoot sightings and sponsors expeditions throughout the United States and Canada. I will be joining them soon. Check out this video.
I found a series of footprints of a primate along Cow House Creek (a tributary of the Hillsborough River) near Tampa Florida. I found them the day before when I was scouting and had left my media card at home, rendering my camera useless.
My image, along with a video, is clear and of high quality. I don't think it can be readily debunked. It does not fit the classic definition of a "
It is because of the historical nature of skunk ape sightings in Florida near the Ocala National Forest that I will be focusing much of my expeditions in the next few months.
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