With the living legend "Bob Gimlin" at the 2010 Ohio Bigfoot Conference! What more can I say?

 

Better Off Left Alone

This is a little something that relates to my last post regarding whether Bigfoot/Sasquatches need Government protection or not. Here's a quote from a recent BFRO sighting report...

Her later reaction to the sighting was a feeling that she had been a witness to something profound. She told me… ‘We are missing something extraordinary. But I also feel that it (the creature she witnessed) is better off left alone, to go on and live it’s own life’.

Read more: http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=27250

I like this. This is what I stated in my last post as far as just leaving them alone to continue on in their existence as they have been. This is from BFRO report #27250.

This is an interesting report that involves a women seeing an adult Bigfoot at first and then it picks up and carries a young one that was at it's side but was obscured from the witnesses view by the tall grass. Here is another quote from the witness...

I am a well-educated woman, a professional and like a logical explanation to seemingly unexplainable things. This is not a story I tell my friends or family. But it is one that plays itself repeatedly in my mind,and when I hear people scoff at the notion of a giant, hairy, bipedal animal roaming the rural parts of the country, I keep quiet and I feel a little sorry for them. To believe in only what you have seen yourself seems a poorer existence. I cannot name my experience on the road that day, but I am fortunate, in a way, to have witnessed something truly remarkable.

On the other hand here is a link to a women in Oregon that is doing her best to have these creatures recognized as new primate species. She has dug up an old report of a Bigfoot body that was found in Oregon in 1962. It was killed by a large tree that was blown down in a wind storm and was later discovered.

Bigfoot Ballyhoo: http://bigfootballyhoo.blogspot.com/2010_04_07_archive.html

This women would like to dig up the original Government report on this creature and any remains of it that may be stored away and use this to have these creatures scientifically and legally recognized as a new species. I know her intentions are good but I hope she is not successful in anyway.

Who knows what will happen if they are declared a new species. Maybe the Government will say that these things can only live in certain areas in order to protect logging, mining and oil drilling business interest. So if something like this should happen maybe they would be rounded up and forced on to reserves set up for them and the ones that can't be rounded up might be killed off.

My message here is be cautious and think hard about it before you go and try to get the government involved in these creatures lives. Is it going to benefit them or have the opposite effect? I've read enough old accounts and reports to believe that the Government has known about these creatures for quite some time and has just covered it up in the interest of big business.

As long as the Government denies any knowledge of the existence of these creatures they are able to roam about and live where ever they want and I'm hoping it stays that way for them.

 Bob / lowrider

Do We Need Government Protection for Squatches?

When I first got interested in the subject of Sasquatch/ Bigfoot in the Fall of 2007 and started learning about them I was like most people that are into this and felt that solid evidence of their existence needed to be collected and presented so that they would be declared a new species by the scientific community and therefore would get protection from the Government. Since then the more I have learned and experienced out in the field my mind has changed on that thinking.


Now I feel it is best for Squatches if they just remained an undiscovered species that in most people’s minds isn’t supposed to exist and couldn't possibly exist. I’m happy with that. That way the Government won’t step in and start dictating where these creatures can and cannot live. This is what I’m afraid could possibly happen if the Government is forced to officially recognize them.

I am sure the Government has been aware of the existence of Squatches for quite a long time but for economic reasons has officially denied their existence. To protect these creatures may cost billions of dollars in mining, timber, and gas and oil drilling industries and I don’t think the Government is in the business of putting people out of business especially the way the US economy is now. Below is an article I recently found about business being relieved that the Sage Grouse won’t be listed as an endangered species in the Western US.

“CHEYENNE, Wyo. – An Interior Department announcement Friday that it won't list sage grouse as an endangered or threatened species opens the way for continued development of the West's wind energy and oil and gas industries.”

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100305/ap_on_re_us/us_sage_grouse

Can you imagine the impact it would have if the Government had to give Sasquatches protection? The way things are now these creatures have complete freedom to live and roam about where ever they choose and that’s the way I feel it should be for them.

Unfortunately it is probably a only a matter of time when all the evidence needed to prove these creatures existence will be presented by one or more groups that have been out there gathering data. So I guess as much as I don’t want to see this happen it’s going to happen anyway.

Below is a recent interview with well known Sasquatch/Bigfoot researcher Dr. Jeff Meldrum of Idaho State University and quote from it.

An interview with Dr. Jeff Meldrum dated 3/10/10: A quote from the interview… "As a scientist I don't have the answers yet," Meldrum said in a phone interview Tuesday. But he hopes his research will be fruitful."I'm quite personally convinced there will be a new species of primate confirmed," he said.

Read more: http://www.thenewstribune.com/2010/03/10/1103543/sasquatch-hunter-coming-to-tri.html#ixzz0jgsBIwIQ

Dr. Meldrum says he doesn’t have the answers yet but is personally convinced there will be a new species of primate confirmed. I suspect that he made this statement because he has seen and heard of some of the good hard scientific evidence that is out there on these creatures.

Since I got into Squatch’n I have heard about different groups of researchers out there that have funding, have learned scientific techniques for evidence collecting and have been out in the field for some time gathering evidence. No one has come forward and released anything yet but it is going to happen someday. Whatever happens I just hope it doesn’t screw up the way these creatures live now. I hope things will stay the way they are for them… roaming free.

One thing is certain there is fame and fortune to be made by whomever comes up with the best proof of these creatures existence.

Bob /Lowrider  3/30/2010

Recent News about a Possible New Hominid Species Discovery in Siberia

Fossil finger points to new human species http://www.nature.com/news/2010/100324/full/464472a.html

DNA reveals prehistoric surprise
 http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/03/24/2240236.aspx

Ancient DNA from Siberia Hints at Previously Unknown Human Relative http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=new-hominin-species

Possible new human ancestor found in Siberia http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE62N4VS20100324


I think this is a real interesting discovery. Nothing is conclusive yet and more DNA research is being done on this. It would be nice to eventually compare some of the unknown primate DNA that has been collected from different tissue sample sources in North America that are thought to be from Sasquatches. Maybe what they found in Siberia is related???

Bob / Lowrider  3/30/2010

About Me And Squatch'n

Here's a little background info on me and some of my thoughts and feelings about the creatures known as Bigfoot, Sasquatch and many other names. I always refer to these creatures as "Squatches". I call going out in the field and the investigating I and others do "Squatch'n".


From what I have learned and experienced I have no doubt that these creatures do exist. They do not need wilderness to live in, they do just fine in rural areas and have learned to live close to us but still be extremely elusive. This I have seen for myself. This blog is not to debate their existence it is for me to talk about and document some of my findings. This is more like a hobby for me and is supposed to be fun and it has been. I have met other people with the same interest and have made many new friends.

One thing that has been fun since I got into this is I have convinced some family and friends that these creatures do exist that did not feel that way before I presented them with some of the evidence I have found. There are also some folks that had firmly felt there is no such creature that are now wondering about the possibility they do exist. I also enjoy being outdoors, the hiking, exercise and stress relief I get when I am out Squatch'n.

I know that some people will think I am off a half a bubble and I have no problem with that. I think that the people that are positive that there is no such creature out there have not looked at the evidence well enough and educated themselves on the subject. I feel we are just around the corner from the time that the necessary scientific, positive proof that Squatches do exists will be released.

I am not a scientist and don't pretend to be one. There are a few scientist that do research these creatures and there are many individuals and groups that are not scientist but do use scientific methods in their research and make good contributions to the data base. I would not call myself a researcher, I am more of an investigator. My main goal started out to just collect some good evidence for myself  like some footprint cast, (kind of like a personal trophy) which I have done. Now my main goal is to have a sighting. I have come close to this a few times, I have been in close proximity to these creatures.

I will post some of my findings and observations made in the field and information from others that are researching these creatures. A lot of statements I will make will be just my theories based on what I've observed. A lot of things I might not be able to prove. Since these creatures are not supposed to exist to begin with then all our information on them is just considered theory by many. I will say what another researcher said as far as the evidence and the statements presented go, "Don't believe what I tell you, get out there and find out for yourself".

As far as what these creatures are classified as, I feel they are an ape but are the most highly evolved ape right after humans. From what is known about them they are bipedal like us and very probably have a form of language to communicate with each other. It is also known that at times they will move on all fours besides using a bipedal stance and they do spend time in trees like the lesser apes. It is also thought that they do not use fire in any way.  I think they are way more advanced than gorillas, chimps and the other apes and that they may be somewhere between us and the other apes.

An interesting thing about Squatches is that in August 2008 there was a Bigfoot hoax by two guys from Georgia and some other people. The hoax was that these two guys had found and froze an actual Bigfoot body. All the major news networks covered this when the hoax was revealed. One of the news network stations (can't remember which one) ran a pole pertaining to Bigfoot/Sasquatch. The question was, "Do you believe in the possibility that these creatures exist?". After so many thousands of responses to the pole the results came back that about 44% of the people said "yes" they believed these creatures could exist. I found this very interesting. I thought the percentage of yes answers would have been more like only 10% so this was a surprise to me.

That's it for this rant. My next post will be about if and when these creatures would be declared a new species and if that happens what about protecting them... do they need protection or are they better off just being considered a non existent animal so that they can go on living like they have been.

Happy Squatch'n
Bob / lowrider

Tim Stover aka Tcsjrbigfoot and Company

Okay, I'm getting tired of looking at my first post... my tale of woe. Time to move on and bury that in the archives. Time to talk about Squaqtch'n.


This is a plug for a friend and fellow NE Ohio researcher... Tim Stover, aka tcsjrbigfoot and his crew. Tim is one of several excellent researchers that use video to show and document their findings. He also has a real good crew assisting him in his research. There is his son "Josh", "Chuck Prahl" aka "chuck007", "stymie" and "Dave" aka "bluetracker". (Tim, let me know if I left anyone out.)

If you haven't seen Tim's video's on YouTube here is the link, check them out, you won't be disappointed. Tim puts a heck of a lot of hours in out in the field every week sometimes by himself or he's out there with one or more of his crew... Tcsjrbigfoot Research Investigations

Tim also has a very good website that he and his son just got done overhauling from the original... Tcsjrbigfoot Research & Investigations

They have also started a new BF forum along with the new website which looks to be pretty good. (Hope I don't get booted from there for being a spy!) LOL... Tcsjrbigfoot Forum

And to top all this off they have an excellent radio show on Blogtalk hosted by Tim and co-hosted by Chuck Prahl.... Bigfoot Busters

This is a real good group of guys doing a lot of work and finding some interesting stuff. If you live in or near NE Ohio and you think you may have had a Bigfoot encounter, had a sighting or found some evidence there is contact information on the website so you can file a report and get it investigated.

There was a comment made about some evidence Tim found that was in one of his recent videos. The person that made the comment insinuated that Tim had faked some evidence and also made a personal attack on Tim about it. To whoever that was "sorry" but you don't know what you're talking about. If you really want to see a fake go stand in front of a mirror, show us all your scientific documentation and evidence you've got. Put it on the web for the world to see.

Bob / lowrider

Happy Holidays

Just want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and be safe.

Bob D / lowrider