Sightings
in New England is not news but the scale of community response is
news. This has always been about winning the PR battle to ultimately
trigger expensive expeditions able to successfully photograph this
creature and possibly begin a food exchange with them that brings
them into close contact. It is possible with most intelligent wild
animals however dangerous.
Otherwise,
this particular report is a actually quite odd. Assuming extensive
damage includes tearing down trees, then this is quite unusual. In
the meantime we do have an additional candidate in the form of the
giant sloth in this part of the country that also has a putrid smell.
Both are nocturnal, rely on the same niche and walk erect.
The
images referred to are not yet part of the public record, so it is
too soon to comment anyway.
Does Sasquatch
(Yes, Bigfoot) Roam the Forests of New England?
By M Dee Dubroff On
August 8, 2012
Over the years, the
majority of sightings of the elusive Sasquatch have been limited to
the American northwest. In the last three decades, however, many more
encounters have occurred in the northeastern sections of America,
particularly upstate New York and New England.
Actually, these
sightings are really not new to the area; they just haven’t
received as much publicity as other occurrences in the Pacific
Northwest. The Algonquin Indians for hundreds of years have reported
creatures they named Stone Men and Giant Men. The descriptions rarely
varied; about 7 feet tall with glowing red eyes, a putrid smell
and sounds that resemble a pig squealing.
Author Paul
Bartholomew and his brother have researched the Bigfoot question
meticulously for decades and have published their findings in a book
released earlier this year entitled: Bigfoot Encounters in New York
and New England.
In his own words:
“It’s a global phenomena and it’s here in our own
backyards…This whole area (Whitehall, NY) is rich in traditional
reports of this creature…”
A Vermont news station
(WCAX.com) recently ran a story involving both Bartholomew and a
witness to a Bigfoot sighting named Frank Siecienski, whose apple
orchard had been ravaged by some unknown creature. Positive no
deer could have wrought such destruction, he set up a trail-cam and
the results were alarming to say the least as indicated below. The
camera caught what is believed to be a female Sasquatch carrying her
young.
The TV network, Animal
Planet, is hosting a show, Finding Bigfoot, in Rutland, Vermont.
Tom Donahue of Rutland
Region Chamber of Commerce said: “Not only is it a fun, upbeat,
interesting, different story that is being filmed here, the local
community is getting very excited about it.”
Author Bartholomew
hopes the show will increase public credibility and bring Bigfoot out
of the shadows of legend and folklore.
“Our major goal is
to bring this out of the tabloid mentality and bring it into science.
The DNA age. And I think that’s right where we’re heading.”
For the human race,
new species of animals that challenge the spirit of discovery and
wonder are discovered often. Ultimately, all this publicity must be
much more terrifying for an elusive creature fearing exposure to a
world that may never understand or accept his existence.
Check out this lengthy
but very interesting video concerning current Bigfoot research.
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