Sasquatch anyone? No---seriously. :P

Ellen Easton

Was Ellen E. on Wet Canvas
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I even have a Sasquatch shirt. LOL I haven't worn it yet, but-----


I live in Sasquatch country. Some friends years ago saw one and even called in the researchers who did find what they said was its nest and the remains of what it was eating.

I've never seen one but I've smelled one. No on purpose, but they do have a really pungent odor that's similar to a skunk but a lot worse. At the time I was living on a heavily forested hilltop area where there weren't many houses.

Now be nice---I don't wear a tinfoil hat or anything, but will admit I do have a Sasquatch t-shirt. LOL Here's a video featurning Dr. Jeff Meldrum of the University of Idaho who has been researching them for years.


 
Now, I don't know that I believe concretely that they exist but I'm interested in seeing what the serious researchers find in the studies they're doing. We have plenty of dense forests where they could exist and I have an open mind, let's say.

I might have posted duplicates of some of this. I tried not to but if I did, the mods are free to just delete whatever they want.
 
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I live in So. Cal. not an area conducive of sightings, but I do believe they are real. There are lots of goofy of shows, commercials, products that make light of them, and I can see why the average or casual observer might think they are not real.

I won't bore, people here with my belief's, unless asked...
 
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Crypto creatures, whether bigfoot, mothman, Loch Ness monster, whatever, seem to always be tantalizingly just barely out of reach. You can never quite dismiss them, and never quite accept them either.

I find it curious that big, ape-like creatures seem to be found in mythologies from al over the planet. We even have one here in South Africa, known as "waterbobbejaan" ("water baboon"). It is, you guessed it, a huge ape-like creature that walks bipedally, and often described as having red, shaggy fur. Perhaps not so surprising here in the "cradle of humankind", where fossils of hominids have been found.

But in a relatively smallish and densely populated country, an entire undiscovered population of such creatures seems unlikely in the extreme. Perhaps they come from some parallel universe that now and then "overlaps" with ours (which is the idea that John Keel proposed for such things as UFOs, mothman etc.) Perhaps in another universe they have legends of strange creatures wearing business suits.

The advantage of this notion is that it is delightfully untestable, so one can freely believe it. :)

I do wonder, mind you, whether by some miracle a population of thylacines is still out there somewhere. Sightings are commonly reported, but alas, once again, they can never be quite confirmed.

Of course, thanks to cloning tech, we may soon have populations of mammoths, dodos and who knows what else again. :)
 
Well, I'm glad to see I'm not the only Squatch believer. :)

You know, people who haven't visited here in Oregon but say there's nowhere for them to hide just don't understand that it would be no problem for even one to be in our forests without anyone seeing them. The forests in our area of Oregon are rain forest areas with very, very dense undergrowth and in just my area, there's almost 2 million acres of forest without anyone living in it. I think they're much more advanced in their intelligence than a gorilla or chimp so they'd be perfectly able to stay out of sight most of the time.

Have you read the books written by David Paulides that have all the sworn statements from people who have seen them? They signed affidavits on each of their stories and a police artist did sketches of what each of them saw. Very interesting books. I recommend them. Tribal Bigfoot and The Hoopah Project are the names of the books. I've read them both and found them fascinating. I got them from Amazon.
 
I have not read any David Paulides books, they are typically too hard to find 9or expensive), but I have listened to LOTS ofb his videos and interviews and find him extremely compelling!

I like how he does not believe any ole story, he has a set of criteria, that must be met before he dives in. Since he was a former cop, he has a serious and methodical way of investigating, which I really appreciate.

Oregon, Cali and Washington are all huge hot spots...!
 
Brian, I know what you mean about there being small, densely populated countries where it would be almost impossible for there to be any of these huge, hairy creatures without anyone seeing them. Maybe you're right about the parallel universe thing. I have some books I find to be interesting that aren't Bigfoot books but are fascinating. One is One Mind and another is Real Magic. Also, Entangled Minds and The Conscious Universe. I think we humans have very narrow minds but I enjoy these books because they've opened my mind a whole lot.
 
The only way Bigfoot could exist, is if it is the second smartest creature on Earth!

Personally, I think it is a terrestrial creature and even though I do also believe in UFO's, I seriously doubt there is any connection nor any time portals that Bigfoot travels through.

Are you familiar with the the Sasquatch Chronicles website?
 
Steven, I find it hard to afford many books, too. I know what you mean about them being hard to find and expensive. I have a Roku TV and I watch his videos sometimes. He impresses me as being very and sincerely dedicated to what he believes. I'm always interested in learning new things and I have insatiable curiosity about so many things. I suppose I was that annoying little kid who was "why, why, why" about everything and I just never outgrew that.
 
Thanks for that link I wasn't aware of it before but I'll certainly go exploring there.

I don't disbelieve in UFO's. I think it's highly unlikely that they don't exist but on the other hand, it's one of those interesting things we'll be figuring out soon but haven't yet. I think the world is on the verge of having tons of mysteries revealed to us. I think that's fascinating.
 
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Hi Ellen and everyone. Well you know it’s interesting you brought this up Ellen. I’m in Ontario Canada. I’m a very practical person even though I am artistic and creative/ sensitive. And I have had more things happen to me than I ever expected. Stuff I would’ve laughed at 20 years ago. I mean, I don’t try to be rude but honestly, I would’ve just thought people needed more discernment or needed to read or get out more or maybe they just had emotional reasons to believe. Regarding Bigfoot, I’ve only seen the corny stuff on TV and some people investigating it and trying to figure it out just like they do for ghosts. Well, I have definitely learned to believe in some things which is a whole other discussion if anyone wants to talk about it. But I know to bring up my experiences -some with witnesses- risks ridicule, or worse. Meaning they look at you like your IQ has dropped 100 points right before their very eyes and they don’t respect you anymore. Those are the very logical concrete types. And I get it. It sounds very woo woo if you have not experienced it. And even then you have to have a lot happen, and you have to be able to rule out everything else. For some of us that means we have learned more than we ever intended in these areas. It was not the first, second, third, fouth or fifth choice. I was not conditioned to believe this or want to believe this stuff. In anyways, it was easier not to. Definitely simpler.
This is going to be a longer post, so just prepare yourself.
So our last neighbour recently lived beside for us for 10 years. He is 20 years younger than us so he’s in his late 30s now approximately. Hard worker and very sensible and realistic guy. He works in the trades now, but he spent 10 years travelling the world on cruise ships as a musician and married his wife he met there. He has seen so much of the world. It is astounding! He worked on cruise ships everywhere in the world continually for 10 years. He made good friends in those destinations. Locals. Also co-workers on the ship from other countries that who would take them to their homes when they were near. He loved getting off the beaten path, and he can tell you fishing holes from all around the world for ex. He also has enough of the street in him that he’s not idealistic. He’s a realist. He grew up in Portland, Oregon and he saw a lot of knife fights and really bad violence although he came from a good home. You had to be tough. He always thought Ontario was rather Goody two shoes and he loved that it felt so much safer. His uncle owned an amazing amount of land (hectares) all up in the mountains of Oregon. He says it was a dream to grow up spending so much time in those mountains and he knew them very well. And it was a mountain range. Just like in the movies or in books. (Wow) His uncle owned mountains on one side of the valley, the mountains on the other and the valleys in between. And it was so steep that he said it wasn’t a great distance from one side straight to the other, but boy it was deep and heavily forested. So he’s an extremely experienced outdoorsman in the backcountry. In his 20s, totally sober, he went up to spend time up there with his friend. He said they were sitting literally on the mountainside way up with the trees just behind them on a nice day. Looking across the way he had the shock of his life. He said with utmost sincerity and seriousness, and telling us he’s hardly told a soul, that he saw Bigfoot. He did not tell us this until the ninth year of knowing us very well, because, he then trusted my husband and I. We were very good friends. My hubby and him were like brothers. They talked about everything. A true bromance.
He said it looked like Bigfoot. It came out of the tree line and stopped, and it was gazing around just relaxed. It did not know they were there at first. When this creature did notice them. He retreated back into the tree line and my friends get off the mountain side as fast as they could. Of course, I asked all the questions and was skeptical. He said they thought about it and two weeks later he and his friend decided to go back up. It took a bit of nerve because he sent his friend to the site where the Bigfoot came out out of the tree line. And he stood exactly where he was the last time he was there. He had to see how tall his friend was compared to how tall Bigfoot appeared. He said Bigfoot was well over 8 feet. His friend didn’t even come close. it was not someone in a costume. The dimensions were all wrong for a human. He said it did not look like a costume either and the movement was not like humans. He just said there is no way they could deny that they saw this thing. After that my mind has opened. Only because I know of his worldly experience hunting and fishing, and immersion in different cultures, and mostly because of his character and credibility and integrity. I now take this more seriously. I certainly don’t believe everybody who talks about anything like this or the really unusual. I think there’s some people that are more honest than others. And there might be other reasons. Likely are. People could’ve come across the situations they did. I don’t tend to go down rabbit holes. But after what I experienced in my life, seeing ghosts, spirits and angels in full form many, many times… Scaring the hell out of me, and having to come to terms with more things than I could’ve ever guessed. Accounts that I would’ve laughed at hearing on TV or reading books, I have been really stunned and humbled. I cannot so quickly condemn another and expect others to just accept what I say. But again it’s all discernment and trying to figure out other reasons before jumping to incredible ideas. There are more things going on I think then we know. I think we only have a small picture of what’s going on. I have had a window in on things that blew my mind. I can’t discount it.
 
Awesome post PaintBoss, I have never seen one, but am a true believer and appreciate your input, I bet if you check around your (local) area, there are plenty of Bigfoot reports as well...

Cheers!
 
Steven, I am scared enough of bears and moose (more dangerous than bears)! Imagine seeing one? In someways now over the years, the experiences I have had feel mostly fortunate. But it took a long time getting there. It’s was almost too much to comprehend. It does not fit into the tidy black-and-white world we have created. The scientific world. Although now there is talk about scientifically/ theoretically they think there could be worlds that overlap. Bleed throughs. So much we don’t know or understand. It was surreal and very real at the same time for me. 😁All that being said, I don’t think my little legs could run fast enough if I saw a Bigfoot in the forest with me!
 
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I had co-workers who called me "Sasquatch" for my size 13 shoes. Does that count? 😉
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Sass, yeti, UFOs, etc. go into my "Hmmmm!" drawer. It has a note inside: "Insufficient data, Captain."

Finally, I loved the cartoon with Elvis and the alien. But whatever were they doing with that Wookie pelt? 😁
 
My dad was the same! Yes, you have to have a healthy dose of scepticism of most claims that’s for sure.
 
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