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The quest for Bigfoot continues...

By Brian Foley

several bigfoot sightings in quakercity area, putney ridge road between greenlawn & barker roads; south of Q.C. on S.R. 513 on...
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Unbeknownst to me, an area about an hour and a half east of this great city is a hot bed for Sasquatch sightings. It seems as though Cambridge, Ohio and Salt Fork State Park have had a series of Bigfoots (or is it Bigfeet?) seen in the area. Being the ardent journalist that I am, I felt compelled to investigate this phenomena first-hand by attending the 18th Annual Bigfoot Conference/Expo, at Salt Fork.

The conference began at 4pm in the lodge at the State Park. By the time I found the lodge I looked in the conference room to see about 300 people sitting there listening to Larry Lund, who had just began his portion of the evening.

Lund is one of the nation’s leading researchers on Sasquatch and has been studying the Bigfoot phenomenon for decades and is widely regarded as “The Sasquatch Sleuth”, probably because he sleuths sasquatches (or is it sasquai?). Lund nervously worked the room with a combination of stale one-liners and stories told with the excitement he would have had if it had happened yesterday.

Most of Lund’s speech was about fraudulent videos and reports of Bigfoot sightings, and how all the best Sasquatch researchers are dying. He actually brought up the fact that the researchers were dying several times – maybe he was venting after losing some colleagues, but I think he was subliminally trying to warn us of a government conspiracy to kill anyone who learns too much about the missing link. The world may never know.

The next speaker, Rich LaMonica, brought with him his famous recordings which reportedly contain the speaking voice of Sasquatch. “The Talker” tapes as they’re known to the hippest sasquatchers, contain some weird warbling-like sounds, which are just indescribable. If you want to hear it for yourself you can visit LaMonica’s website at www.geocites.com/saqatchr; the recordings are filed under “My Encounters.” If it’s on geocities, it has to be authentic, right?

During LaMonica’s program, I noticed several people bob their heads up and down as they were dozing off intermittently. I even caught myself falling asleep a couple times. I guess I’m not as ardent a journalist as I earlier claimed to be.

After hearing the tapes the meeting broke for about an hour for dinner. I took this opportunity to examine the collection of artifacts they had set up in the front of the room. There was a nice collection of Bigfoot footprint plaster casts, Bigfoot footprint gingerbread cookies, and even a football autographed by the New England Patriots. (Maybe Bigfoot was a linebacker the Pats just drafted this past weekend.)

The next speaker was Linda Wygle, who once saw Bigfoot when she was a child, but now she trains dogs to find people. If she could train her dogs to find Bigfoot she would be rich. I can’t believe that she hasn’t thought of this.

After Wygle spoke I grew bored and decided to go into the woods and scope out the scene for myself and see if I could get any hot leads. The sun was starting to set on an overcast Saturday as I entered a trail about 200 yards away from the lodge. About 100 feet into the trail, which is for horses I believe, I spotted a big spider and it scared the crap out of me. It was then that I realized if I found a Bigfoot I would probably be totally freaked out and probably scarred for life. I left (read: ran out of) the woods for my own sake and headed back to the safety net that is Columbus.

I’m really not as ardent a journalist as I lead you all to believe.

Originally Published: May 3, 2006

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  1. Having made Cambridge my hometown, there does seem to be a disproportionate amount of people in the region who think they saw Bigfoot - people have actually spent fortunes looking for him.

    I’m more compelled to believe there is something in the water, though.

    Corey of UWeekly | 2006-05-03 - 08:11:36 AM (CDT)

  2. Another winner Foley! I can’t believe that woman hasn’t trained her dogs to find Bigfoot either.

    MW | 2006-05-03 - 09:00:10 AM (CDT)

  3. Another great one, Foley! Wish I could have witnessed this one myself!

    Foley Fan | 2006-05-03 - 10:04:07 AM (CDT)

  4. Did people dress up like Bigfoot like they do at the Star Trek conventions?

    I’m gonna check out the recordings on geocities. Like you said - if it’s on geocities it must be legit.

    Harry Henderson | 2006-05-03 - 10:19:46 AM (CDT)

  5. Thank you for the report Mr. Foley. Seems as though the quest for Bigfoot not only continues but has now become more about faith than facts! A reality check is past due for most "researchers".

    Jerry D. Coleman author "Strange Highways&quo | 2006-05-04 - 08:53:14 PM (CDT)

  6. Thank you for the report Mr. Foley. Seems as though the quest for Bigfoot not only continues but has now become more about faith than facts! A reality check is past due for most "researchers".

    Jerry D. Coleman | 2006-05-04 - 08:53:42 PM (CDT)

  7. Thank you for making fun of a suject that has some bases in truth. Out of the hundreds of "Bigfoot" prints only a doz or so have been found to be genuine. And they were from parts of America and Canada. They have primal ridges that were quite different from any human or ape but they were there and real. The autority who discovered the ridges was top professional on human and primate footprints he became interested and decided to debunk the whole idea of "Bigfoot" He later deicided Bigfoot was aa real animal. The science is in the detail if you would only look.

    There were Gigantic apes up unitl 20.000(recent find)years ago in America.
    Maybe they still here only smarter.

    Joe Capp | 2006-05-04 - 09:47:17 PM (CDT)

  8. Joe... are you one of those gigantic apes? Here but not smarter?

    It’s just Bigfoot | 2006-05-04 - 09:58:39 PM (CDT)

  9. I REALLY DON’T THINK YOU NEEDED TO HAVE ATTENDED. SEEMS LIKE YOU ALREADY HAD YOUR STORY WRITTEN. I USED TO THINK IT WAS A FAKE THING UNTIL I STARTED DIGGING FOR THE TRUTH. YES THERE ARE SOME FAKE PICTURES AND SOME FAKE REPORTS. BUT THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 3,500 WHAT APPEAR TO BE GENUINE REPORTS. KIND OF LIKE THERE ARE NOT MOUNTAIN LIONS IN OKLAHOMA, BUT YET I KNOW MANY VERY RELIABLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN NOT ONLY MOUNTAIN LIONS, BUT A BLACK CAT THAT IS MOST LIKELY A JAGUAR.

    HOWEVER KEEP UP THE REPORTING. YOU ARE GETTING SO GOOD YOU MAY BE ABLE TO WRITE INTERESTING STORIES AND NEVER LEAVE YOUR HOUSE. JUST MY TWO CENTS. HOMER KOCH, LAWTON, OKLAHOMA

    HOMER KOCH | 2006-05-04 - 10:12:58 PM (CDT)

  10. Is it just me, or does it seem to others as well that those who don’t believe in Bigfoot are the more articulate, literate, netiquette-savvy contributors to this thread?

    Ian Sim | 2006-05-04 - 11:16:50 PM (CDT)

  11. what a snob, I am very well educated, 43, and these large elusive primates are absolutely real. It was my education that taught me how to sift through the garbage and find the truth. If you would take the time to search for the truth instead of making fun of "illiterate" people and deciding about a subject you haven’t any knowledge of, maybe you could learn the truth too.Did you know that Jane Goodall believes they are real? She’s hardly stupid you buffoon.

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-05 - 10:19:11 AM (CDT)

  12. Homer - Bigfoot is now residing in Lawton, Oklahoma?

    Just one question -- why would they have a Patriot’s football as an artifact at this convention?

    Oh - and to mysticrhythms -- Jane is dead dude. And short your name.

    Just an observer | 2006-05-05 - 12:22:45 PM (CDT)

  13. Man Foley what have you started? A Bigfoot war? LOL!

    Loved the story.

    Mandy | 2006-05-05 - 12:24:52 PM (CDT)

  14. Perhaps Bigfoot baked those gingerbread cookies himself? The Cooking Network is looking for a new star. Their ratings would go through the roof!

    Good writing Foley on a story that will never go away. Sorry Homer -- I don’t believe this writer had his story written before he left home. This is something you would have to see with your own eyes to believe. 300 people wasting a Saturday looking for something that doesn’t exist.

    Luke | 2006-05-05 - 01:52:00 PM (CDT)

  15. Homer, it has been my dream for some time now to become so adept at my craft that i would never have to leave the house, or even wear pants for that matter. Thanks for the encouragement.

    B. Foley | 2006-05-05 - 04:16:48 PM (CDT)

  16. Why must mainstream journalists continually practice their comedic writing skills on the subject of Bigfoot.....one of these days we’ll be laughing too.....not with you , but at you. www.easttennesseebigfoot.org

    Matt Seeber | 2006-05-05 - 08:03:41 PM (CDT)

  17. just an observer, Jane Goodall is quite alive and you would probably know that if you had a proper education and paid attention, if you think you did - ask for a refund - oh and I forgot....bite me you ignorant twit...ahhh that’s better...LOL

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-05 - 08:33:31 PM (CDT)

  18. My dear mistakerhythms, Jane may be alive to the Ghost Whisperer. Bite your twit? I think not.

    Observer | 2006-05-05 - 08:44:52 PM (CDT)

  19. Jane Goodall is very much alive, as previously stated, and recently visited our school and held a seminar.

    Lyssa | 2006-05-06 - 03:16:33 AM (CDT)

  20. I believe you all might be thinking of Diane Fossey.She is the researcher that was killed by poachers.Jane Goodall is very much alive.Kinda bugs me that a "reporter" made that kind of basic research mistake...

    Tony | 2006-05-06 - 06:03:58 AM (CDT)

  21. Tony.. maybe if you paid attention you would have realized Foley wasn’t the one who even mentioned Jane Goodall in the first place.. or at all for that matter. Oh, and it kinda bugs me that you can’t use a space bar.

    Foley Fan | 2006-05-06 - 10:53:51 AM (CDT)

  22. Tony - DID YOU READ THE ARTICLE??? The "reporter" didn’t even mention Jane Goodall.

    MJ | 2006-05-06 - 11:58:31 AM (CDT)

  23. Mr. Coleman -- loved your book. You’re so right about Bigfoot researchers needing a reality check.

    Thanks again Mr. Foley for writing the article. Good for you for not falling asleep! LOL!

    Frank Walker | 2006-05-06 - 12:03:46 PM (CDT)

  24. One question - if Bigfoot does exist, why hasn’t there ever been a clear picture of him? All you ever see are these fuzzy pictures that could be anything.

    Terrie | 2006-05-06 - 12:09:21 PM (CDT)

  25. Maybe there are no pictures of the "genius" bigfoot because it is scared of the camera stealing its soul? Do Bigfoots(-feet) have souls? I mean, we know the have soles, but...You know, they’re probably hiding Elvis too. Elvis is probably secretly living out a hermit-like-coexistance with the ape-like creatures. The government is probably trying to hide the information, the article is right, and they’re secretly hiding elvis, just like the truth in Area 51!

    april | 2006-05-06 - 01:50:25 PM (CDT)

  26. Bigfoot Lives... (but Elvis is really dead kids)

    Believe | 2006-05-06 - 01:06:50 AM (CDT)

  27. ok that is funny wait that was really wait that WAS FREAKIN HILLARIOUS i have not laughed that much since friends was cancelled or was it seinfeild or maybe cheers

    paul | 2006-05-07 - 06:43:48 AM (CDT)

  28. I think if you all do your homework, you’ll discover your opinions are all justified. That’s why it’s best for illinformed people like most of you to just stay home and not waste our time with your silly presence at such events. Had the reporter talked to and interviewed the speakers like most GOOD reporters do, then maybe he would have had some more legit material for his story instead of poking fun at it. Afterall we don’t expect much more than this kind of treatment out of people who live in concrete jungles and consider their adventures into the woods nothing more than a trek into the trees around I-270. Illinformed, that you are Mr. Reporter. Stay home next year, then you can fall asleep much sooner, you illinformed biast jerk. And to Mr. Coleman, we know your background as we do your brothers, Loren. Backoff before it blows up in your face sir.

    Conference Attendee | 2006-05-07 - 10:03:23 AM (CDT)

  29. Conference Attendee -- If I were the reporter I don’t think I would attempt to even look in the direction of some backwoods, tree-hugging jerk like YOU! Let alone actually talk to you.

    And is that a threat to Mr. Coleman and his brother?

    Sane person | 2006-05-07 - 10:28:51 AM (CDT)

  30. Hey Brian -- this topic has taken on a life of it’s own!

    Hope they don’t send you to a UFO conference. We may never see or hear from you again! You may be e-mailing your stories from Area 51!

    By the way -- from what we hear Bigfoot is kept in Area 53.

    Stay cool dude -- can hardly wait for the next article!

    Boling Group | 2006-05-07 - 10:35:52 AM (CDT)

  31. You are absolutely correct conference attendee, and I think Loren’s brother is a little jealous and bitter of his brother’s success. It’s a shame sibling rivalry can carry into adulthood. It is also a shame that media persons love to perpetuate the myth that everyone who is interested in this subject are illiterates who see bigfoot behind every tree. While it is true that in every fringe subject you have eccentrics, our field in large part, is made up of very well educated and trained people including college professors, scientists from many fields, policemen, lawyers, doctors, etc. Many who avoid going public because of this very kind of bias. Shame on any media person who doesn’t dig for the truth rather than use easy surface sterotypes

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-07 - 11:26:03 AM (CDT)

  32. You are absolutely correct conference attendee, and I think Loren’s brother is a little jealous and bitter of his brother’s success. It’s a shame sibling rivalry can carry into adulthood. It is also a shame that media persons love to perpetuate the myth that everyone who is interested in this subject are illiterates who see bigfoot behind every tree. While it is true that in every fringe subject you have eccentrics, our field in large part, is made up of very well educated and trained people including college professors, scientists from many fields, policemen, lawyers, doctors, etc. Many who avoid going public because of this very kind of bias. Shame on any media person who doesn’t dig for the truth rather than use easy surface stereotypes

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-07 - 11:27:12 AM (CDT)

  33. Mistakerhythms - if you’re so dang smart, then why did you have to post twice??

    Loren’s Sister | 2006-05-07 - 06:13:56 PM (CDT)

  34. I learned several things about YOU when reading this article.
    ...you are easily bored, have a short attention span and the article you wrote wasn’t even close to being an interesting read...
    ...other wise you waisted your time at a bigfoot conference and mine in writing this piece of ......

    Nobody cares that you’re scared of spiders and probably the dark.

    You may be better suited for a career in waste management unless you’re scared of whats in trash cans....

    BobbieShort@yahoo.com | 2006-05-07 - 07:27:54 PM (CDT)

  35. I learned several things about YOU when reading this article.
    ...you are easily bored, have a short attention span and the article you wrote wasn’t even close to being an interesting read...
    ...other wise you waisted your time at a bigfoot conference and mine in writing this piece of ......

    Nobody cares that you’re scared of spiders and probably the dark.

    You may be better suited for a career in waste management unless you’re scared of whats in trash cans....

    BobbieShort@yahoo.com | 2006-05-07 - 07:28:32 PM (CDT)

  36. The comment’s so nice you posted it twice. P.S. I get paid by the comment. Thanks for the cash. P.S.S. It’s WASTED, not WAISTED.

    B. Foley | 2006-05-07 - 07:42:56 PM (CDT)

  37. I learned several things about YOU when reading this article.
    ...you are easily bored, have a short attention span and the article you wrote wasn’t even close to being an interesting read...
    ...other wise you waisted your time at a bigfoot conference and mine in writing this piece of ......

    Nobody cares that you’re scared of spiders and probably the dark.

    You may be better suited for a career in waste management unless you’re scared of whats in trash cans....

    BobbieShort@yahoo.com | 2006-05-07 - 10:10:16 PM (CDT)

  38. Thanks. Again. Cha-Ching!

    B. Foley | 2006-05-07 - 10:25:18 PM (CDT)

  39. Dear Short Bobbie -- I do believe we’ve found the missing link here. The Short Family. Are you hiding Uncle Big Foot in the basement?

    RobbieTall@ aol.com | 2006-05-07 - 10:35:09 PM (CDT)

  40. are you fucking kidding me?

    s. woods | 2006-05-07 - 10:55:36 PM (CDT)

  41. Foley’s take is incredibly typical. His incorrect plural forms - Bigfoots/Bigfeet - show he doesn’t know what he’s talking about in terms of Sasquatchology. And to make the incredible gaff of thinking Sasquatch would sleep in a hot bed! Why doesn’t Foley know as much about my interests as I do? Arrogant, elitist, and obnoxious. Please read a few good books on modern hominoidologisism. Start with my own. I’m the world’s leading mysteryanimalologyguy, my gosh! (I’m also available for prefaces. Special weekend rates!)

    Lorem Ipsum Coleman | 2006-05-08 - 07:02:47 AM (CDT)

  42. And you wonder why people make fun of Bigfoot believers.

    Rob | 2006-05-08 - 08:59:13 AM (CDT)

  43. MAKE FUN.. I DONT GIVE A CRAP. THE WRITER DOES NOT NO WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT. I WAS THERE, AND IN MY HEAR FEELS THERE WAS,IS AND STILL R SASQUATCHES.. IF YOU DO SOME RESEARCH AND STUDY THE PATTERSON FILM, YOU CAN SEE MOVING OF THE MUSCLE AND LEARN THAT, THAT IS NO MAN IN A COSTUME. TRACE BACK TO THE INDIANS. TEDDY ROSSEVELT WROTE ABOUT IT IN HIS BOOK. DERMAL RIDGES ON PLASTER CAST, THAT A SCIENTIST SAYS NO FREAKING WAY YOU CAN FAKE THAT.. SAME AS THE PATTERSON FILM IN THE 60S CANT BE FAKE.. GO TO ALL THE SIGTHINGS.. YES WE CANT FIND NO BONES.. BUT HAVE THEY EVER FOUND BEARS BONES???? NO ALSO LOOK UP ON THE WEB ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON MALAYSIA AND SEE OF ALL THE BIGFOOT SIGHTINGS HERE IN THE PAST FEW WEEKS. THE GOVERMENT IS IN ON THAT... AND JUST LIKE THE GREAT APES, AND JUST LIKE THE NEW BIRDS THEY HAVE FOUND THIS YEAR ... ONE DAY THEY WILL FIND EVENDINCE AND US SO CALL BIGFOOT BELIEVERS THAT PEOLE MAKE FUN OF. AND MOST OF US HAVE HIGHER IQ THAN MOST COLLEGE KIDS AND WHO R NOT AFRAID OF SPIDERS!!!!! CAN KISS R ****

    JASON LOVILL | 2006-05-08 - 06:35:26 PM (CDT)

  44. brian- i think you should leave this one alone - it speaks for itself. i can’t help but check your messeges every day, wish i would have thought of a bigfoot story first. JASON U R N IDIOT SPIDERZ ARE SCARIE MABE COLLEDGE WOULDNT HAV BEN A BAD IDIA

    s.woods | 2006-05-08 - 07:57:27 PM (CDT)

  45. Jason... are you a Michigan graduate?

    Buckeye Bigfoot | 2006-05-08 - 10:50:01 PM (CDT)

  46. Note to readers: read #43 with a hillbilly accent. It makes more sense. Also, pretend you’re missing a few front teeth.

    Sassy-quatch | 2006-05-08 - 10:59:53 PM (CDT)

  47. Whatchoo talkin’ bout, Brian? Chill. Have some ice cream. As for my ideologically opposed brothers, remember - the world don’t move to the beat of just one drum. What might be right for you, may not be right for some. A man is born, he’s a man of means...

    Gary Coleman | 2006-05-09 - 07:31:52 AM (CDT)

  48. SORRY JASON, U GOT TO PUT UP WITH THESE PEOPLE, WHO IN A COUPLE OF YEARS RUNNING THIS COUNTRY...OH MY GOD.. YES US COUNTRY FOLKS FEED U CITYSLICKERS.. IM FROM DAYTON OHIO, AND I WAS THERE AT THE EXPO.. IT WAS FUN.. IF THESE PEOPLE WOULD DO SOME RESEARCH THEY WOULD FIND SO MUCH ON BIGFOOT, TO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE 1800S TILL THE SIGHTINGS IN MALAYSIA.. TO WALT DISNEY WORLD DAYING WE COULD NOT HAVE DONE THE PATTERSON FILM.. TO THE TRUE LIVES OF INDIANS AND THE TRUE LIVES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE TOOK LIE TEST TO PROVE THEY R REAL.. BUT THESE R THE A**HOLES WHO WANT TO MAKE FUN AND SIT ON COMPUTERS ALL DAY.. NO WONDER US COUNTRY PEOPLE HATE GOING TO THE CITY.. 1. THE FOOD SUCKS.. 2. THEY R LAZY 3. THEY DRIVE SUVS AND BITCH ABOUT THE GAS.. BUT ENUFF OF THAT. YES I MET JASON HE GRADUATED FROM WASHIGTON STATE.. AND YES HAS TEETH AND HE IS LIKE ME.. JUST LIKE THEY FOUND THE SILCAN FISH IN THE 50S AND LATE 60S. WHEN PEOPLE WAS SAYING THAT CANT BE.. SUPPOSE TO BE EXTICT 5 MILLION YEARS AGO.. THEY WAS THERE.. AND EVEN THIS YEAR THEY FOUND NEW BIRDS THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSE TO BE THERE.. THEY WAS THERE .. ONE DAY WHEN THEY BAG A BIGFOOT US BIGFOOTERS WHO YES GRADUATED FROM SCHOOL AND WHO IS SAYING THIS COUNTRY FROM RICH A** CITY KIDS WHO DADS VOTED FOR GEORGE W THAT IS A TEXAS OIL MILLION DOLLAR MAN... US BIGFOOTERS AND ALL THE INDIANS FROM THE YEARS.. AND TO THE LATER ROGER PATTERSON... KISS R A****

    BRIAN SMITH | 2006-05-09 - 02:32:44 PM (CDT)

  49. Brian Smith -- You say Jason is just like you.. I think he is you!! It took me about five times reading your post to fully comprehend what you were trying to say.. if you went to Washington State, you’d better ask for a refund!

    Sassy Q | 2006-05-09 - 04:02:28 PM (CDT)

  50. Post #50. The Uweekly has really gone and done it this time. First off to anybody that says that the writer of this story should have done his research, you should have done your research. This article was in the Uweekly. There are about 10 spelling or grammar errors per issue. The paper is for college students. Yes, the ones who don’t believe in bigfoots. The writer barely bashed the event in the first place. Can’t you take a joke? Why are you all so salty? And to who said that the article wasn’t an interesting read, you were right, because bigfoots suck!

    An article about boobies would have been better | 2006-05-09 - 05:48:15 PM (CDT)

  51. Amen...and on that note, good night Harry & the Hendersons wherever you are.

    A loyal UWeekly reader | 2006-05-09 - 10:34:43 PM (CDT)

  52. The smartest one of all is Don Keating for hosting the Conference.....wonder how much $$$ he brought in on Raffle tickets for the "free" event!

    Cha-Ching

    MM | 2006-05-10 - 12:10:13 PM (CDT)

  53. My thoughts of everything is so unreal i don’t believe in such but driving home one evening it was made clear that whateles had i’d just seen
    first thought was a bear but counldn’t be that tall so not saying anything i just kept an eye on what i was looking at the closer we got i could see a human figure so i said to my husband what’s that over there crossing the road he’s all like looking back at me what then i said i think it’s our great grand father sasquatch the closer we got it was going straight into the bush left it at that again a couple of days later around in the same area i thought i saw the top of someones head turning on a curve i looked harder to see trees really and almost like bending fast a sweft of bush but again what was that

    Blanch | 2006-05-10 - 03:46:14 PM (CDT)

  54. Hello, this is in a nice chat going on here about all things bigfoot.. aka sasquatch. my take on this everybody has there own, On the reality of the yeti, bigfoot, or sasquatch, But there is over 15 different words from the indians about this great mystery.. The people on here should not bash the bigfooters as the people on here should not bash the writers.. Each is own, But i was at dons meeting and had a hell of time.. I do think they r out there, to much going on. But the ones that dont beleive should look into it, Cause for one its a hell of a mystery and everybody loves a mystery.. Thanks to all... JOHN TRACY.. PS Might want to check out the DVD SASQUATCH SCIENCE MEETS LEGEND And Real science Finds moving of the muscle and Proves the patterson film of the 60s is real...

    JOHN | 2006-05-11 - 04:31:51 AM (CDT)

  55. I’m not really sure what to say. I am interested in Bigfoot mythology and am not totally closed off to the possibility that BF exists. I wanted to attend the conference but was unable to so I wanted to read this article to get a better idea of what I missed. The article failed to provide me with any information other than the fact that the author thought this was a joke from the get go and treated it as such all the way through.

    Yes, there are plenty of weird people researching Bigfoot, just like there are plenty of weird people at OSU football games that take it too seriously. And plenty of weird people involved in their various hobbies all across the state and country. To each their own. While I don’t pretend to be interested every hobby out there I don‚Äôt feel the urge to bash them all either.

    Is there evidence supporting the existence of BF? Yes, there is some. Is it concrete evidence? No, it is not. I certainly believe that a healthy amount of skepticism is needed when talking about or researching the subject, but derision helps no one.

    As far as the uneducated "hillbillies" that some of you have referred to: Look at your own family tree before judging others. I am the first of my family to be college educated, and my parents were the first of their families to finish high school. That doesn’t mean that my grandparents were/are stupid or deserving of your disdain just because you had the means to educate yourselves. I suspect that most of us wouldn’t have to go back too far in the family tree to find someone that could be made fun of.

    The fact of the matter is that IF this creature exists, then the "hillbillies" as you call them are the most likely to discover it, as they are the ones that live in the closest proximity to the creatures likely habitat. When I want to know something about the woods I’ll trust a "hillbilly" that lives in it more than an "educated" person that drives by it once a month on their way to grandma’s house.

    All right, rant over. Proceed to harpoon me if you feel the urge.

    Open Minded in Columbus | 2006-05-11 - 08:56:27 AM (CDT)

  56. I like most of the other people who believe in bigfoot. In fact i have a siting to report. I once lived on campus and at the end of my hall bigfoot wore glasses and roomed with a reporter who never left his room and didn’t wear pants.

    Furthermore the reason that you don’t see bigfoot around anywhere is because he got tired of all the paparatazzi and did what the rest of the celebrities do and moved to that island in the bermuda triangle with Tupac, Biggie, Elvis, and the wolfman. There they discuss how awesome it was that man fake landed on the moon, how aliens make crop circles, and they feed the lochness monster.

    LF | 2006-05-11 - 02:20:32 PM (CDT)

  57. U KNOW WHAT OHIO STATE AND THE COLUMBUS BLUE JACKETS HAVE IN COMMON....THEY BOTH SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    WOLVERINE | 2006-05-11 - 05:26:57 PM (CDT)

  58. OH YEAH OHIO STATE SUCKS..

    WOLVERINE | 2006-05-11 - 05:27:43 PM (CDT)

  59. There Real

    Kody Moody | 2006-05-12 - 08:03:22 AM (CDT)

  60. Sounds like alot of fun in here, very entertaining
    Keep it up

    Ken | 2006-05-12 - 03:54:09 PM (CDT)

  61. I would have ran out of those woods if i had saw that gigantic spider as well. Fuck spiders man. Fuck Big foot too. I’m drunk, good story i think.

    Matt. H | 2006-05-12 - 11:17:20 PM (CDT)

  62. Amen,open minded in Columbus.The thought of these people who can’t even think outside the box and be a little open minded frightens me. I guess they believe that everything they see on the news and every thing they read is true because the nice man on the screen tells them it is.The whole purpose of higher education is to expand your mind not close it.As I said before there are eccentrics in any fringe study.That being said there is supporting evidence for a creature such as this.Much of it is privy to researchers only to prevent hoaxing.Also there is good evidence that has gone public such as the skookum cast, and the dermal ridge studies by retired police and FBI fingerprint expert Jimmy Chilcutt. No it isn’t proof positive but no one believed the stories about mountain gorillas until 1902 when they were "officially" discovered.Until then they were dismissed as "native superstitions and fantasies" . Mocking people for being open minded is shameful.And to loren’s sister....How old are you? six?

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-12 - 12:02:09 AM (CDT)

  63. yeah sure "mystic rhythms", open your mind but not be delusional about it...like thinking Michigan is better than OSU. I love the top secret evidence bit too.....only privy to researchers. Good one.

    sacredforest | 2006-05-13 - 07:29:52 AM (CDT)

  64. Mistakerhythms - do you have a life or are you still checking this past issue of the UWeekly?

    lilly pad | 2006-05-13 - 03:24:46 PM (CDT)

  65. Absolutely true sacredforest, not a "bit". these are things that researchers keep to themselves and not made public so that hoaxers may not manufacture them. This helps them stay ahead of the game so they know the things they are finding are genuine. And there are many, not just phony footprints.It’s not being a bit delusional either, It’s having the courage to think outside the normal paradigms, and search for something that science says doesn’t exist. The evidence is out there if you seek it. You can believe or not believe, it doesn’t even matter. The facts are that some will never believe, and some always will. But it doesn’t
    make them stupid, or illiterate, or delusional or any other disparaging word because they don’t think the same as the brainwashed masses. The truth is there if you seek it is all I can say.- believe it or not, It makes no difference to most of us who do
    but don’t slam someone doing so

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-13 - 03:41:37 PM (CDT)

  66. we must examine ourselves before condemning others

    " The absence of evidence isn’t the evidence of absence, "

    " The knowledge of our own ignorance is the first step toward true knowledge. "

    " There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy. "

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-13 - 03:47:48 PM (CDT)

  67. Yes I have a life lilly pad, Do you? Why are you here?

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-13 - 03:49:58 PM (CDT)

  68. Isn’t the word illiterate referring to being unlearned in a subject. Your column is cleary just a opinion that you failed to research. For this I forgive you.

    Larry H | 2006-05-13 - 04:22:10 PM (CDT)

  69. Mystic, It’s funny how you can label people as closed minded when they don’t agree with your opinion but heaven forbid someone say something about your delusions. I think your so called evidence is secret because it is probably flimsy, like the Michigan offense. Then you use the paranoid idea that there are armies of hoaxers out there as an excuse to hide it. Must mean you do research in real remote places - not.

    crypticcadence | 2006-05-13 - 06:43:48 PM (CDT)

  70. Hey stupid shits, I am real alright.
    And I got the internet up in this cave.

    And I am laughing at all your comments because they are stupid and stupid and stupid.

    You all are rediculous, and I think that I am gonna go step on Michigan.. Be Right Back.

    BIG FOOT MUTHAFOOKAS

    BIG FOOT | 2006-05-13 - 10:44:16 PM (CDT)

  71. As I said before crypticcadence, you don’t have to believe or agree, Just don’t slam those who do. Most of us could care less what your opinion is as long as you don’t belittle those in our field because it doesn’t agree with yours. Good luck to all of you and your future endeavors whatever they may be. It never hurts to try and be more open minded . That if anything, is the message I’ve been trying give here. It will serve you all well as you grow older. not everything fits neats neatly into a box - you all will learn that as you go through your lives. I hope you all seek out truths in your own ways and I wish you well in your seeking.

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-13 - 11:24:48 PM (CDT)

  72. OH yes...AND KILL MICHIGAN!!!!
    GO BUCKEYES!!!!

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-13 - 11:26:27 PM (CDT)

  73. Don’t drink the Kool-Aid! The only reason to be "open minded" is because there is no evidence. I wish that the bigfoot believers(as if it were a religion) would be open minded to the lack of scientific evidence. Under their belief system there is more evidence proving the existence of the Tooth Fairy or Santa Clause.

    ED | 2006-05-14 - 07:25:27 AM (CDT)

  74. You are absolutely wrong sir, you obviously have not look at the findings of people like police forensics and fingerprints expert Jimmy Chilcutt , Dr. Jeffrey Meldrum, Department of Biological Sciences, Idaho State University , Dr.Grover Krantz University of washington Dept. of anthropology, or the M.K. Davis analysis of the Patterson Gimlin film that shows conclusively that the subject is a living breathing creature by showing muscle and flesh movement that cannot be created in a suit. murderers have gone to jail on far less flimsy evidence. I could go on and on but it doesn’t matter. Because those who believe do, and most who don’t ever will. except for the few who really dig and investigate who may entertain the idea that a creature like this could exsist

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-14 - 02:45:43 PM (CDT)

  75. Mystic -- did you attend the conference at Salt Fork?

    Graham | 2006-05-15 - 10:24:19 AM (CDT)

  76. unfortunately no but I hope to next year

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-15 - 11:12:30 AM (CDT)

  77. Mystic, you are right. The believers will believe no matter what. The rest of us will believe if we see real conclusive scientific evidence. I am sure those experts you mentioned would be more interesting to listen to than the speakers mentioned in the article above.

    ED | 2006-05-15 - 03:06:26 PM (CDT)

  78. Too bad you guys can’t put all the energy you spend on looking for something that doesn’t exist into something useful.

    Pamela | 2006-05-17 - 08:23:59 AM (CDT)

  79. It’s a shame you couldn’t put energy into looking into it before making up your mind they don’t exist. That’s what sad - people flat out believing something with out really looking into it. I used to be like you until I dug deep and realized that there have thousands of sightings for hundreds of years all over the place of the same creature - it is an impossibility that every single one was mistaken. You multiply that with Credible, trained witnesses such as law enforcement, park rangers, etc. and the research done by leading scientists like I mentioned above, and it becomes more and more clear a creature exists that was being ignored by science. But fortunately that is changing. with the advent of the Skookum cast and other research by various scientists affiliated with several universities, the mainstream are now looking at it more seriously and some are changing their opinion

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-17 - 03:16:01 PM (CDT)

  80. It’s a shame you couldn’t put energy into looking into it before making up your mind they don’t exist. That’s what sad - people flat out believing something with out really looking into it. I used to be like you until I dug deep and realized that there have thousands of sightings for hundreds of years all over the place of the same creature - it is an impossibility that every single one was mistaken. You multiply that with Credible, trained witnesses such as law enforcement, park rangers, etc. and the research done by leading scientists like I mentioned above, and it becomes more and more clear a creature exists that was being ignored by science. But fortunately that is changing. with the advent of the Skookum cast and other research by various scientists affiliated with several universities, the mainstream are now looking at it more seriously and some are changing their opinion

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-17 - 03:29:49 PM (CDT)

  81. It’s a shame you couldn’t put energy into looking into it before making up your mind they don’t exist. That’s what sad - people flat out believing something with out really looking into it. I used to be like you until I dug deep and realized that there have thousands of sightings for hundreds of years all over the place of the same creature - it is an impossibility that every single one was mistaken. You multiply that with Credible, trained witnesses such as law enforcement, park rangers, etc. and the research done by leading scientists like I mentioned above, and it becomes more and more clear a creature exists that was being ignored by science. But fortunately that is changing. with the advent of the Skookum cast and other research by various scientists affiliated with several universities, the mainstream are now looking at it more seriously and some are changing their opinion

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-17 - 03:29:52 PM (CDT)

  82. I can refer anyone who may be interested to this national geographic article
    http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/10/1023_031023_bigfoot.html
    the tide is turning

    mysticrhythms | 2006-05-17 - 06:47:43 PM (CDT)

  83. Go Mountaineers!

    Denzil | 2006-05-22 - 05:58:37 PM (CDT)

  84. A good journalist would have put forth more of an effort and collected as much information on the subject he (or she) was writing about before sending it to press. Arrived late. Left early. Sounds more like you were on vacation. Did the hotel have a continental breakfast? I wish I could spend less than an hour on a subject that many people have spent a good portion of their lives studying and know enough about it to write an entire article that just makes fun of these same people. Must be nice. I also think it is cute how you refer to yourself as an ardent "journalist" several times over. Trust me, we don’t need anymore of your kind in journalism. Next time, Do your homework...

    James | 2006-05-23 - 01:12:48 PM (CDT)

  85. Don’t listen to James, Foley. You are a god among men.

    Realist | 2006-05-23 - 09:06:03 PM (CDT)

  86. Realist- More like boy among men.

    James | 2006-05-23 - 01:00:53 AM (CDT)

  87. James - you sound like a woman. Perhaps Mrs. Bigfoot?

    Rachel | 2006-05-25 - 10:47:14 PM (CDT)

  88. Rachel & Realist-Are you getting paid to write this or are you Foley in disguise? It has to be one of the two because his "journalism" truly sucks.

    James | 2006-05-27 - 07:35:37 PM (CDT)

  89. James - your "life" must truly suck if you’re constantly keeping guard over this story. Are you Mistakerhythms in disguise or are you getting paid to be a jerk?

    Jackie | 2006-05-27 - 11:50:58 PM (CDT)

  90. Seriously, James -- you’re posting comments on a past issue website at 7:35 on a Saturday night? You MUST be from Michigan.

    Poor James | 2006-05-27 - 11:53:56 PM (CDT)

  91. Foley lika da cock...

    angie | 2006-07-07 - 07:32:31 AM (CDT)

  92. Not cool.

    Brian | 2006-07-18 - 03:59:11 PM (CDT)

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