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The Lore Of Bigfoot Lives On At North Carolina Bigfoot Festival
NPR ^ | 9/9/2018 | David Ford

Posted on 09/09/2018 12:35:37 PM PDT by sodpoodle

Festival organizer John Bruner has led the Bigfoot 911 explorer team for years here. He says they used the juice about a year ago and finally hit pay dirt.

"We were doing an expedition and I had one cross the forest service road about 30 yards from where I was at, and I got a really good look at it," Bruner says. "I've been hunting Bigfoot for 40 years and doing research — and it was just totally exhilarating for me. ... I finally got to see one after all I've went through and all the time I've spent in the woods."

It's a sentiment shared by many other researchers here at the festival, like Lee Woods.

"The female we saw probably right between 11:30 and 11:45 at night. And we saw her with some night vision. And that was the first one I'd ever seen," says Woods. Years later, he claims to have seen a male sasquatch, some 9 feet tall.

"And once you see it, it's ingrained in your brain. Trust me [laughs]. Yeah, you don't forget it. The reason I say that is the guy who actually saw it with me — his name is Sam, and he's ex-Marine — and he said he'd never been so scared in his whole life when he seen it. And he's never came back. Yeah, that's how scared he was."

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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Outdoors; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: bigfoot911; callingartbell; cryptobiology; davidford; godsgravesglyphs; johnbruner; northcarolina; strange
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To: sodpoodle

Fossils? Nope. Just always some guy who claims he’s seen one.


21 posted on 09/09/2018 2:25:36 PM PDT by onedoug
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To: sodpoodle

With all of the wildfires we’ve had out west in recent years, how come nobody has ever seen Bigfoot running out of the woods to escape the fire?


22 posted on 09/09/2018 2:31:02 PM PDT by GreenHornet
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To: GreenHornet

Probably has a fire-proof cave deep underground.


23 posted on 09/09/2018 2:33:04 PM PDT by sodpoodle (Life is prickly - carry tweezers)
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To: sodpoodle

First, where are the woods?

Western NC wilderness or piedmont od coastal wilds?


24 posted on 09/09/2018 2:44:05 PM PDT by bert ((KE. N.P. N.C. +12) Muller..... conspiracy to over throw the government)
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To: sodpoodle

I’ve been a Bigfoot obsessed fan since 1967, when the PG film was discovered. Few people even knew the lore until the mid 80’s. Before then, the average height reported was 7’. Today, suddenly, the average height reported is 9’ to 11’. The more I watch Moneymaker’s crew, the less I believe. Soon, there will be sightings in Hawaii. Anyway, why is it that when researchers interview eye witnesses, they NEVER, EVER ask “How does your sighting compare to the Patterson footage?”.


25 posted on 09/09/2018 4:18:42 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

Is finding bigdoot or mountain monsters back in production?


26 posted on 09/09/2018 5:41:21 PM PDT by thinden
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To: Texas Eagle; sodpoodle
O, for the love of.......there's no Bigfoot in North Carolina! Everyone knows he lives in the Pacific Northwest and the Shasta Mountain region of Northern California. Sheesh.

Yup! They call him Gilyuk, and the oral tradition of the natives there is he's extremely dangerous.

27 posted on 09/09/2018 6:44:52 PM PDT by tarheelswamprat
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To: Texas Eagle
"..O, for the love of.......there's no Bigfoot in North Carolina!.."

I think the folks in the Uwharrie area are tryin to cash in on this gig as well.
There sure ain't much else there. d;^)

28 posted on 09/09/2018 7:47:53 PM PDT by CopperTop (Outside the wire it's just us chickens. Dig?)
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To: Eagles Field

I was in Nantucket once ... there was this girl ...
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That’s not the way I remember the limmerick...


29 posted on 09/10/2018 12:34:44 AM PDT by octex
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To: thinden
Is finding bigdoot or mountain monsters back in production?

Not as far as I know. The execs weren't too happy with Bobo Fay last year. I've never seen Mountain Monsters... Will have to check it out. The little kid in me still loves Bigfoot.

30 posted on 09/11/2018 4:38:50 AM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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To: LittleBillyInfidel

mountain monsters was a great production.

much more action than thumps & yelps on finding big foot.

there was another off shoot from mountain monsters “alaskan monsters” that was pretty “real” too.

created by same producers as “mountain monsters” same format.

another great show.


31 posted on 09/11/2018 5:51:12 AM PDT by thinden
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To: thinden

Interesting! Thank you for sharing that, thinden! I’ll check it out, for sure. Also, do you have any favorite Bigfoot movies yet? I think I’ve seen most of them, but just curious...


32 posted on 09/12/2018 7:31:55 PM PDT by LittleBillyInfidel (This tagline has been formatted to fit the screen. Some content has been edited.)
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