Bigfoot Book, The : The Encyclopedia of Sasquatch, Yeti and Cryptid Primates (The Real Unexplained! Collection)

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The list below has grown and grown. Frankly, I find there are too many good, positive books about the nuts and bolts of Bigfootery to fit on one list of ten. It was a difficult chore to narrow the field down, so even though I expanded the length of the collection, I’m sure I have left out some fine texts. Markotić, Vladimir and Grover Krantz (eds), The Sasquatch and other Unknown Hominoids. Calgary, Alberta: Western Publishers, 1984. I've got over 300 footprint cast copies and original materials in my laboratory that form the basis of a remarkable body of data that attests to the fact that there is something out there leaving these footprints." Meldrum said. "And the most straightforward answer is that it's a bipedal primate species that's not recognized by science." Related: 'Expedition Bigfoot' scours Oregon woods for signs of the mythical and elusive beast Albert Ostman abduction: 1924

Folklorists trac In North American folklore, Bigfoot or Sasquatch are said to be hairy, upright-walking, ape-like creatures that dwell in the wilderness and leave footprints. Depictions often portray them as a missing link between humans and human ancestors or other great apes. They are strongly associated with the Pacific Northwest (particularly Oregon, Washington and British Columbia), and individuals claim to see the creatures across North America. Over the years, these creatures have inspired numerous commercial ventures and hoaxes. The plural nouns 'Bigfoots' and 'Bigfeet' are both in use. His friend and producer Zach Cregger recommended the Sasquatch Chronicles podcast, a collection of interviews with people spinning yarns of their run-ins. “Right away, I had no interest,” Rofé laughs. “I’m not a huge monster movie person, not that into creature-features. He told me to just try one episode, and four days later, I’d listened to 11 of them.” He was moved by the intensity and vulnerability of the contributors, and realized that even if the 10ft oddity they all claimed to have glimpsed might not be real, his potency in the collective imagination definitely was. This spark of inspiration set him on a search for an angle, some event or incident that spoke to the distinct spirit of Sasquatch country. So there you have it. My best of the best, fifty Sasquatch/Bigfoot selections for your consideration. In North American folklore, Bigfoot or Sasquatch are said to be hairy, upright-walking, ape-like creatures that dwell in the wilderness and leave footprints. Depictions often portray them as a missing link between humans and human ancestors or other great apes. They are strongly associated with the Pacific Northwest (particularly Oregon, Washington and British Columbia), and individuals claim to see the creatures across North America. Over the years, these creatures have inspired numerous commercial ventures and hoaxes. The plural nouns 'Bigfoots' and 'Bigfeet' are both in use. Not sure why you havent added Tribal Bigfoot by David Paulides. excellent book. heres a copy of it for anyone that wants to read it https://ardbark.com/tribal-bigfoot-by-david-paulides/

Jump ahead to the 21st century where the continued elusiveness of the Sasquatch is belied by its ubiquity in pop culture — including in books. The Internet helped the formerly fringe topic explode in popularity and enter the mainstream. The nonfiction book offerings on the Sasquatch have multiplied exponentially in tandem. Many of them are by part-time enthusiast researchers. A few skeptics have added their voices to the cascading pile of wildman tomes. So too have those who plug the more esoteric takes on the Sasquatch, insisting the creature is supernatural, interdimensional, and/or extraterrestrial.

It looks like a gorilla squatted down, big broad shoulders, little peaked head and it's pulling off chunks of wood that seems to demonstrate extreme strength. Then, all of a sudden it stands up and it's got these long legs," Meldrum said, impressed by the video but yet to examine it in detail. In a subject area whose works tend to push hard arguments, it’s nice to read a book about the Sasquatch that straddles the line of the exist vs. doesn't exist debate — while also telling a story. Washington State natural history writer and author Robert Michael Pyle weaves an entertaining and insightful yarn that is part travel memoir, part meditation on Bigfoot, and part manifesto on nature. The book chronicles his trek into the unprotected wilderness of the Dark Divide near Mount St. Helens. Pyle navigates landscapes of ecology, geography, and human belief. The book’s philosophical approach fills an underrepresented niche in the Sasquatch literature. Bayanov, Dmitri. Bigfoot: To Kill or To Film? The Problem of Proof. Vancouver, BC: Pyramid Publications, 2001.The Sasquatch phenomenon would be far less interesting without its controversies and the fraction of possibility — either larger or smaller depending on your views — that Bigfoots don’t exist. Michael McLeod’s well-written book is an entertaining, sympathetic, and ultimately skeptical account of the Bigfoot mystery as seen from the colorful, flawed, and sometimes comical characters who occupied center stage in the early years of Bigfoot research. Also a travelogue that takes us through the rural communities of Northern California, McLeod’s work argues that the controversial Patterson-Gimlin was faked — a position which doesn’t endear itself to most Sasquatch aficionados. Hall, Mark A. and Loren Coleman True Giants: Is Gigantopithecus Still Alive? NY: Anomalist Books, 2010. The late John Bindernagel was a Canadian wildlife biologist and Bigfoot researcher who spent his career trying to convince his scientific colleagues, with little success, that Sasquatches are an unclassified species of great ape. Bindernagel draws connections between the reported physical and behavioral attributes of the creatures with that of other known primate species in Asia and Africa. He tells us why Sasquatches are hard to misidentify as bears at close range, and he includes many interesting eyewitness drawings of the creatures. Later in life Bindernagel argued that regardless of the scientific consensus, the Sasquatch has already been “discovered.” It remains a de facto discovery, he said, because it is neither socially nor scientifically sanctioned. Hunter, Don and René Dahinden. Sasquatch. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart, 1973. Dahinden, René and Don Hunter. Sasquatch/Bigfoot: The Search for North America’s Incredible Creature. Buffalo: Firefly Books, 1993. I hope the choices assist those folks who are attempting to build a good resource library of new and old Bigfoot books. Here we go…

Buhs, Joshua Blu. Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009. Interesting! I'll definitely have to read some of these. I've been on a "finding bigfoot and other crytpos" obsession reading blogs and watching documentaries/videos. Bigfoot doesn’t need to be real, ultimately. The not-knowing is frightening enough. “In a way I wasn’t before I embarked on this weird adventure, I am now truly afraid of the woods” he says. Sanderson, Ivan T. Abominable Snowmen: Legend Come to Life. Philadelphia: Chilton, 1961; New York: Cosimo, 2008. So how does one navigate this cacophonous, shaggy, free-for-all of book offerings? A lifetime’s experience exploring this topic has led me to compile a list of some of my personal favorites.There’s a twofold appeal to this superbly researched book, a compendium of northwest coastal Bigfoot reports and lore by a retired professor of anatomy and physiology. First its geographical focus is the pristine and exceptionally remote north coast of British Columbia and the adjacent Alaska panhandle — part of the largest stretch of temperate rain forest in the world and a paradise habitat for Sasquatches. Second, the book explores, fairly in-depth, local indigenous lore about the creatures, which tend to be neglected by other writers. The book includes some interesting photos and sketches detailing specific encounters. Coleman, David. The Bigfoot Filmography: Fictional and Documentary Appearances in Film and TelevisionMcFarland, 2012. Daegling, David J. Bigfoot Exposed: An Anthropologist Examines America’s Enduring Legend. AltaMira Press, 2004. When people describe the behavior [of such creatures], they seem to be very curious, but non confrontational," Tompkins said. Provo Canyon: 2012