Posted on 05/22/2010 11:23:45 PM PDT by shibumi
BENA, Minn. - Bigfoot alive and living in northern Minnesota? The co-founders of the Northern Minnesota Bigfoot Society say, "100 percent yes."
They said they have received more than 75 reports of sightings, captured images, and Bigfoot footprints in just three years. They're sharing their insight while sorting fact from fiction as they take KSAX on the hunt for Bigfoot.
"I'm a skeptic of Bigfoot because I've trapped this whole area and never, ever did we see any Bigfoot tracks or see Bigfoot anywhere," William Tucker of Bena said.
Long time trapper William Tucker is anything but a believer, but just miles away from Bena, mind boggling footprints were found.
Each track was a bit different, different pressures, different depths, eliminating the possibility of some sort of footprint stamp.
This is just one of the things the co-founders of the Northern Minnesota Bigfoot Society say confirms the fact, Bigfoot is out there.
"I'm 110% convinced that it exists. There's just too much evidence, too many people's emotions showing when they recount their stories," Bob Olson, a co-founder of the Northern Minnesota Bigfoot Society said. "One lady cries when she recounts her story of how this thing stood up and looked at her. She felt it looked into her soul."
Since 2006, Olson and Don Sherman have received about 75 reports of similar Bigfoot sightings in Northern Minnesota, some of which have been captured on camera.
The most recent was captured in Remer. Though to some, the image may look like a man in a suit, a comparison with 6 foot 5 inch Bob Olson showed this man would have had to have been at least 7 feet tall.
Sherman and Olson say "wood knocking" is just one more way Bigfoot makes his presence known. Olson said Bigfoot responded to him at Carey Lake when he knocked on a tree five times.
What about bones? One KSAX reader says, "I believe Bigfoot is 100% real, as are a lot of the other creatures of Cryptozoology. But i believe in their true form, they are spiritual creatures, that manifest in flesh as they so desire. That is why we will never find bones, or other such evidence of them."
On the other side of the coin, Olson says giant bones belonging to Humanoid creatures were found in the late 1800's, stretching 10 to 12 feet.
While there haven't been any Bigfoot skeletons found, many trappers say they've never come across any bear, wolf, or other large animal skeleton either.
Other signs Bigfoot exists include branches plucked straight out of trees, strange looking shelters, and stick men to warn other Bigfoot of humans in the area.
"When there's stuff that doesn't go away, there's gotta be something to it and the evidence just keeps mounting up," Olson said.
For some Bena residents, the legend of Bigfoot is far from a tall tale.
"I never seen it, but like I says I believe in it," New Prague resident Leo Hinderscheid said.
"I don't know what to say Megan but I believe in it and that's the way it will be," Helen Tibbetts of Bena said.
So, the hunt for Bigfoot continues.
If you've seen, heard, or had some kind of Bigfoot encounter, Bob and Don want to hear about it! You can reach them at 218-308-1451.
Profile photo courtesy of Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center
Check out KSAX-TV's Two Part Series on Greater Minnesota's Haunted Places.
Former Old Broadway Building Haunted? Past Employees Say, "Absolutely!"
Unexplained Voices, Cold Spots, Light Anomalies? KSAX Investigates the Palmer House, Greater Minnesota's Most Haunted Hotel
Written for the web by Megan Brown
mbrown@ksax.com
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Wild thing, I think you creep me out. ;')While there haven't been any Bigfoot skeletons found, many trappers say they've never come across any bear, wolf, or other large animal skeleton either. Other signs Bigfoot exists include branches plucked straight out of trees, strange looking shelters, and stick men to warn other Bigfoot of humans in the area.To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list. |
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JANINE I really don't know, Mr. Zeddemore. They just told me to take applications and ask you these questions. (she reads from a questionnaire as if for the hundredth time) Do you believe in U.F.O.'s, astral projection, mental telepathy, ESP, clairvoyance, spirit photography, full-trance mediums, telekinetic movement, black and/or white magic, pyramidology, the theory of Atlantis, the Loch Ness Monster, or in general in spooks, spectres, wraiths, geists and ghosts? WINSTON Not really. However, if there's a semi-regular paycheck in it I'll believe anything you say.
The meat is gone in no time, and porcupines get the bones... nothing left but a patch of hair in a few weeks/months. And it isn't big game, or large skeletons necessarily - It is more about population. It is not uncommon to come across a deer or an elk carcass - I have seen many in my life.
The reason one doesn't find predator bones is more about statistics. Predators are spread far thinner in the landscape - by an order of magnitude. One is far less likely to stumble upon their carcasses for that reason. They are rare.
“It is more about population.”
That makes sense! I know that the areas where I have seen lots of bones (elk in both cases) had large herds. I guess even porcupines can get full!? I wonder if past a certain age that the bones are no good to eat?
From a search: “Skookum was originally a Salish word for a demon or monster, hence something “awesome.”
Now, is your screen name because of the bigfoot thing, or an ego thing -you’re awesome! ;) - or, my first thought of the word is is “things are good” - everything’s skookum.
I used to have a WA State Game Warden help me once in ahwile. He couldn’t help me one day as he was spending all day traveling to a farm with a State Biologist. Seems a farmer saw a Bigfoot climb over his fence and left some hair. The biologist was going down for the samples, and my friend was going down to look/follow for track.
He didn’t talk much about it (which was rare for him not to talk!) - but did say “we do it just to satisfy the taxpayers”. Well, I know there are MANY things that they DON’T investigate that are also a concern. I found it real interesting that they would put two high-level employees out for a whole day just to humor one farmer. He was very non-commital about what they found.
I have a good test-bed for my theory on that. I know where a wolf pack killed 12-15 elk all in one shot... WAY more than the local rodents (esp. porkies) can probably quickly consume... A winter kill-off would be a similar scenario... I will go back there this fall, and again next summer some time, to see if the bones actually get consumed.
I reckon that once the bones dry out, they become quite difficult to gnaw on, and will be rejected for whatever is being newly killed... It is the only reason I can think of for old, scattered, but largely intact bones, which one is liable to find from time to time...
Until recent times, I would spend a good bit of time “in the woods” I have 5 or 6 sklls I have run across over the years.
I don’t know the interval between death and discovery. None is a Bigfoot
I thought Big Foot was alive and living in the WH. Oh well.
Plus, he had to rely on general delivery.
If bigfoot were a hominid, wouldn’t it make more sense that it hides or buries its dead as Neanderthal is known to have done, or perhaps is eaten by other bigfeet as the almost million year old hominid bones appeared to have been in a Spanish cave (Atapuerca?)
I understand there is a fair number of "unidentified primate" hairs in various hair analysis experts collections. With no known species to connect such samples to, the analyses remain inconclusive.
You may have heard that the US Dept. of Agriculture has more employees than the US has farmers. Did you hear about the USDA employee that was skulking around the office? A colleague asked him what was wrong. His reply: "My farmer died today."
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