It would seem either that the story of "Mum the Hermit" was invented to account for the Wild Man or that it was a reference to an actual person that had nothing to do with the hairy wild man.
FRONTIERS OF ZOOLOGY
Dale A. Drinnon has been a researcher in the field of Cryptozoology for the past 30+ years and has corresponded with Bernard Heuvelmans and Ivan T. Sanderson. He has a degree in Anthropology from Indiana University and is a freelance artist and writer. Motto: "I would rather be right and entirely alone than wrong in the company with all the rest of the world"--Ambroise Pare', "the father of modern surgery", in his refutation of fake unicorn horns.
Showing posts with label Kentucky Bigfoot. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kentucky Bigfoot. Show all posts
Monday, 17 February 2014
Kentucky Wild Man 1883
It would seem either that the story of "Mum the Hermit" was invented to account for the Wild Man or that it was a reference to an actual person that had nothing to do with the hairy wild man.
Tuesday, 12 November 2013
Fact or Fiction: Tracking Bigfoot in Kentucky
http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Fact-or-Fiction-Tracking-Bigfoot-in-Kentucky-231480311.html
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| "Kentucky Bigfoot" from earlier blog posting Illustration used with permission |
Fact or Fiction: Tracking Bigfoot in Kentucky
By: Amber Philpott - Email
LEXINGTON, Ky. (WKYT) In October researchers in Dallas released new information from the Sasquatch Genome Project claiming there is now DNA evidence proving Bigfoot is indeed no longer a myth, but rather a human hybrid living among us.
During that announcement video of what researchers believe is a female sleeping near Crittenden, Ky was also released.
Whether you think the video is real or not, according to researchers there have been hundreds of sightings of the creature here in the state.
So is it fact or fiction?
WKYT's Amber Philpott hits the trail with one Kentucky man who is always searching for Bigfoot.
Along a quiet country road in Henry county there isn't much out of the ordinary, or is there?
"I heard a g-r-r-r and I just froze, crickets stopped, it was an eery silence," said Bruce Tandy.
The night of September 27th Tandy says he was pulling onto a road in Henry county leaving a friend's home.
What happened next after flipping on his headlights still has the veteran farmer and hunter spooked.
"That's when sitting right there on the road in my rear view mirror was something, and all I saw was like the mid section of a big hairy creature that had arms with fur about 3-4 inches long," said Tandy.
Tandy still can't be sure what he saw that night.
"I was scared to death, I always thought you know it would be cool to see one, not just right next to me," said Tandy.
Some will swear what Tandy encountered was Bigfoot itself.
When asked if Tandy believes he saw Bigfoot he said that was the first thing that went through his mind because he knew it wasn't a bear.
The love affair with bigfoot has been going on for decades, with countless reports and grainy sightings.
Since 1997 Charlie Raymond has headed up the Kentucky Bigfoot Research Organization and says he has 274 reports of sightings in Kentucky in his database.
"We take reports from people here in Kentucky who have seen something out of the ordinary," said Raymond.
He says Kentucky is a hotbed of activity for Bigfoot sightings with reports all across the state.
"Typically in Kentucky they are usually dark brown, little bit of red tint to it and usually stand at least seven feet tall," said Raymond.
WKYT set out with Raymond and his wife Dana to track the creature near the site of two reported encounters in Henry county.
Raymond was able to show us ways they communicate like knocking on a tree.
Many times expeditions like the one we went on are about getting into Bigfoot's territory.
Raymond looks for any sign like footprints or structures that many experts think are where Bigfoot beds down.
The creature is known to be elusive, even escaping being photographed on trail cameras.
Raymond says its because the creatures are highly intelligent and says if you get to close they will usually let you know.
While our trek to find Bigfoot turned up nothing, Raymond says he's seen proof with his own eyes of existence.
"We've been on an investigation where our group had a thermal imager, and we actually captured what appears to be two juveniles belly crawling," said Raymond.
The fascination with Bigfoot started early for Charlie Raymond as a child and since then he has become a true believer.
Raymond's wife Dana though, is the skeptic.
"I'm not a 100% believer, probably I'm more of a believer I'm not because I do think that there are a lot of credible people who have come forward, but I have to see it for myself," said Dana Raymond.
For many its hard to believe in what Charlie Raymond tracks, despite his critics Raymond has no doubt Bigfoot is out there.
So you might ask what does Charlie Raymond hope to accomplish in tracking Bigfoot? He says he is working to prove it exists to one day go to our state legislators and establish laws to protect them.
To learn more about the Kentucky Bigfoot Research Organization just click on the link below.
During that announcement video of what researchers believe is a female sleeping near Crittenden, Ky was also released.
Whether you think the video is real or not, according to researchers there have been hundreds of sightings of the creature here in the state.
So is it fact or fiction?
WKYT's Amber Philpott hits the trail with one Kentucky man who is always searching for Bigfoot.
Along a quiet country road in Henry county there isn't much out of the ordinary, or is there?
"I heard a g-r-r-r and I just froze, crickets stopped, it was an eery silence," said Bruce Tandy.
The night of September 27th Tandy says he was pulling onto a road in Henry county leaving a friend's home.
What happened next after flipping on his headlights still has the veteran farmer and hunter spooked.
"That's when sitting right there on the road in my rear view mirror was something, and all I saw was like the mid section of a big hairy creature that had arms with fur about 3-4 inches long," said Tandy.
Tandy still can't be sure what he saw that night.
"I was scared to death, I always thought you know it would be cool to see one, not just right next to me," said Tandy.
Some will swear what Tandy encountered was Bigfoot itself.
When asked if Tandy believes he saw Bigfoot he said that was the first thing that went through his mind because he knew it wasn't a bear.
The love affair with bigfoot has been going on for decades, with countless reports and grainy sightings.
Since 1997 Charlie Raymond has headed up the Kentucky Bigfoot Research Organization and says he has 274 reports of sightings in Kentucky in his database.
"We take reports from people here in Kentucky who have seen something out of the ordinary," said Raymond.
He says Kentucky is a hotbed of activity for Bigfoot sightings with reports all across the state.
"Typically in Kentucky they are usually dark brown, little bit of red tint to it and usually stand at least seven feet tall," said Raymond.
WKYT set out with Raymond and his wife Dana to track the creature near the site of two reported encounters in Henry county.
Raymond was able to show us ways they communicate like knocking on a tree.
Many times expeditions like the one we went on are about getting into Bigfoot's territory.
Raymond looks for any sign like footprints or structures that many experts think are where Bigfoot beds down.
The creature is known to be elusive, even escaping being photographed on trail cameras.
Raymond says its because the creatures are highly intelligent and says if you get to close they will usually let you know.
While our trek to find Bigfoot turned up nothing, Raymond says he's seen proof with his own eyes of existence.
"We've been on an investigation where our group had a thermal imager, and we actually captured what appears to be two juveniles belly crawling," said Raymond.
The fascination with Bigfoot started early for Charlie Raymond as a child and since then he has become a true believer.
Raymond's wife Dana though, is the skeptic.
"I'm not a 100% believer, probably I'm more of a believer I'm not because I do think that there are a lot of credible people who have come forward, but I have to see it for myself," said Dana Raymond.
For many its hard to believe in what Charlie Raymond tracks, despite his critics Raymond has no doubt Bigfoot is out there.
So you might ask what does Charlie Raymond hope to accomplish in tracking Bigfoot? He says he is working to prove it exists to one day go to our state legislators and establish laws to protect them.
To learn more about the Kentucky Bigfoot Research Organization just click on the link below.
Tuesday, 29 October 2013
Bigfoot, Sasquatch and Skunk Ape
Some comparative illustrations from a google photo search:
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| Sasquatches (Gigantopithecus ex Krantz) picking berries |
Head of a young adult female female Sasquatch ( Relict Gigantopithecus)
Of the beings shown on this blog entry, ONLY this is truly a Cryptid.
The others are either known species (Wildmen) or assumedly known species
(Skunk Apes or NAPES, which are close enough to orangutans to be considered as such)
Eastern Bigfoot or "Caveman" type ( Pre-modern Homo sapiens)
Kentucky Bigfoot (American Almas, archaic Homo sapiens)
Skunk Ape, Swamp Ape, Agropelter , American Yeti or NAPES, often very much like an orangutan
(Stock Illustrations)
Map 1, the known species of Wildman, which is in our own species,
and the Orangutan like unrecognized apes which are provisionally the same as the known species
(Owing to the fossil forms still being classified as the same species but this could change)
Populations are widely scattered over the indicated areas, discontinuous, and nowhere common.
Map 2 the Sasquatch like forms or Neo-Giants
(Including also the True Giants as exaggerated individual reports out of the same general category.)
As before, scattered populations in retreat and total numbers seem to be dwindling over time.
Wednesday, 12 June 2013
Capture of Gorilla in Kentucky, 1892
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| Kentucky Gorilla, Google Photo search |
Posted on YouTube by D L Soucy
Published on May 7, 2013
A Kentucky Bigfoot Capture?
The April 2, 1892 issue of the Toledo Bee newspaper makes front page mention of a wild monster having been captured in the woods downriver from Brandenburg, Kentucky. At first, the article simply calls it a monster, but then calls it a gorilla. Was it a gorilla? It would seem so, however...
The description of this beast says it was fully seven feet high, had hands and feet, not paws, and was sought for because it had been eating dogs and calves around Meade County. Gorillas are primarily herbivores, and have never been known to seek or hunt down meat for food. Further, I have not been able to find a source that claims any gorillas to attain a seven foot height, and that even six feet in height would be a rare occurrence.
The big question is, how exactly did a gorilla come to be roaming around the backwoods of Kentucky, chasing down dogs and cows, especially in the year 1892? Is it possible that this story instead tells of the capture of what we call a Bigfoot today? And if so, what happened to the creature after its capture?
An interesting side note here is that my research efforts brought to light a brief piece from a 1962 newspaper that plaster foot castings made by a six foot tall, black hairy ape-like creature that had been reported in the Bedford, Kentucky area. As the crow flies, this wasn't all that far from where the beast in the article was captured in 1892. Was this a descendent?
Follow along as Bigfoot Tales shares the story of the Kentucky Bigfoot capture!
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Another related matter concerning Kentucky,
The April 2, 1892 issue of the Toledo Bee newspaper makes front page mention of a wild monster having been captured in the woods downriver from Brandenburg, Kentucky. At first, the article simply calls it a monster, but then calls it a gorilla. Was it a gorilla? It would seem so, however...
The description of this beast says it was fully seven feet high, had hands and feet, not paws, and was sought for because it had been eating dogs and calves around Meade County. Gorillas are primarily herbivores, and have never been known to seek or hunt down meat for food. Further, I have not been able to find a source that claims any gorillas to attain a seven foot height, and that even six feet in height would be a rare occurrence.
The big question is, how exactly did a gorilla come to be roaming around the backwoods of Kentucky, chasing down dogs and cows, especially in the year 1892? Is it possible that this story instead tells of the capture of what we call a Bigfoot today? And if so, what happened to the creature after its capture?
An interesting side note here is that my research efforts brought to light a brief piece from a 1962 newspaper that plaster foot castings made by a six foot tall, black hairy ape-like creature that had been reported in the Bedford, Kentucky area. As the crow flies, this wasn't all that far from where the beast in the article was captured in 1892. Was this a descendent?
Follow along as Bigfoot Tales shares the story of the Kentucky Bigfoot capture!
For my books, please visit
http://www.amazon.com/-/e/B0056SXP3K
And for more on Maine Bigfoot research, please visit:
http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/Ma...
Another related matter concerning Kentucky,
http://bigfootevidence.blogspot.com/2012/10/phil-breaks-down-ridiculous-kentucky.html
Above and below from Mysterious Kentucky. Track Casts above include the Human-like and more apelike track casts, the apelike footprint is something like 8-9 inches long with an opposed big toe, and a fistmark behind (indicating knuckle-walking) about 4 inches wide, both fore and hindfoot are within the norms for orangutan except the sole is held flat (Atypical in modern orangutans)
Above, two very different types of Bigfoot heads as specifically apelike an "Caveman" types
Below, full-length drawing of the more human type of Bigfoot sighting and then two larger drawings of the two head types again. Materials from the Mysterious Kentucky website
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