Another Good Reason for Staying Anonymous

It was a brutal Sunday and Monday at the Beast of the East.  One had to look hard to ignore the possible implications for what we choose to do as recreation and extra employment.  But two of us will be back at it again on Saturday.

You combine the two losses last weekend with developments in bigfootery this week and yet another reason to stay unknown in bigfootery is clear.  The grim reaper of bigfootery, the anthracite man, was quickly at it this week when a person we would consider a third level “bigfoot researcher” passed away.  By staying anonymous we think we will keep the pale rider of cryptozoology from generating a few clicks by riding on our coffin. 

Yes, it’s a weird thought for today.  The grim reaper stuff has bothered some of us and been the topic of conversations before.  Combine that topic with ma nature deciding to deliver a rude mortality smack down and you have the makings of an odd thought pattern that really does lead to a sensible conclusion on the advantage of staying in the shadows of bigfootery.

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BFE Thought of the Day

“First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win”

Mahatma Gandhi

 

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Calling All Bigfoot(s)

There are many takes on how to call up your basic bigfoot.  Some swear by the call blasting method where amplification is used to reach out and say “howdy” over more than a handful of miles.  We are not fans of this method because:

•  your close in bigfoot are discriminating audiophiles and know the difference between live and memorex.
• your far away bigfoot is probably not going to waste the time to trot miles up the drainage to see what the hell is going on up there.
• you also have that whole issue of playing recorded, purportedly the real deal, bigfoot sounds.  Would you let a stranger tell you how to say a phase in Japanese and then walk into a sumo dojo and shout it at those big boys?
• some use predator calls, kids playing, we even ran into a guy that swore by carnal noises.  Carnal, not carnival, he was odd but a hoot around the campfire.

For the betterment of bigfootery we present two versions of the lower technology human vocals solution.  It is portable, needs no batteries, has a shorter range, but is certainly realistic in terms of the tones.  We really wanted to strip the one video out and play the sound as the real deal and see how much traction it got, but we joke but do not hoax.  But to appreciate both you need to really crank up that sound.  Comments concerning your field results will be welcome.  My personal result was a shouting wife and a scattering cat.

This one is odd because it is very owl like.  Sorry it would not embed, so click here.

This is the one that needs volume.  It has some possibilities in the field in our opinion combining a hint of the old fashioned yell with a subtle carnal undertone.

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We Now Return You To Your Regularly Scheduled Program

Just for some grins we darkened the BFE for a few days.  Bigfootery did not disappoint, there was some chest thumping, some jaw popping and a very few were just beside themself without a cause to conquer.  Overall bigfootery plodded on, a few readers missed us, but it was those that vilify this place that seemed most affected.

Reports of the BFE’s passing were premature and exaggerated.  But it was entertaining none the less.

Now, fire up that venom and send us some nasty comments and insults.  We might print them, we might hang the spam label on you or we might respond.  Maybe we will go dark again.  Maybe we will do a BFF, retool and become kinder and gentler, or maybe two stringers who want to take off the gloves will get the keys for a few weeks.

Coming yet tonight is an excellent post about calling in a bigfoot.  It’s free advice and worth every penny.

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A Big Thank You to Brian Vargo

Brian left a comment for us within the last week.  It is under the Gorillas in our Midst post, but to save time we will repeat it:  Vargo tells us, “ YOU ARE AN IDIOT”.   We’ve been called worse.  Most of the crew are secure in their intellect, so no worries there.

Here’s the thank you part.  Thanks to Brian we did some research, his name led us to two sites we were until now unfamiliar with.  The first was the facebook Bigfoot page.  There are actually two, we are talking about the one that does not have the picture of Bob H. or Patty depending upon your perspective, but rather the one that has an artist conception.  It is easy to find.  What a site, a poster child for bad bigfootery.  One has to see and read it to believe it, and BELIEVE they do.  Their Top 10 researchers and Top 50 films are gems.  We especially learned much from the detailed analysis they did to pronounce these films legit, learning greatly about the morphology and behavioral characteristics of our mysterious forest friends.  Simply amazing, sad, funny and scary all at once.  It is one of the aspects of bigfootery that is a complete albatross upon those that have some serious interest in the topic and demonstrates our adage that a truck full of BS can take you far in bigfootery.  It says much of you Mr. Vargo , and makes us feel better about your comment, that you would fan up to that place.  Thanks for making us more aware of the wide world of facebook bigfooting.

The second site that our research of the Vargster led us to is very wrong on two different levels, but is still worth a hardy thanks.  This site has what some of the skeptics refer to as a high level of “Woo”.  Blobby pictures, cruddy speculation, another stellar example of bad bigfootery.  But that is only the first level of wrong.  Before that aspect of wrong is explained it is only fair that we mention this site building bigfooter has amassed an impressive library of video resources, even a few rare ones that we found quite useful.  If you follow the link below poke around in there as there are roses hiding in the briars.  The wrong part is some of those videos are probably tramping upon some copy write issues like bigfoot running through a swamp.  But even in this wrong we found a silver lining.  This site has the entire Caramel production of Bigfoot Lives available for viewing.  A fascinating video, filled with hype, Javaguy making a fashion statement with a feather in his cap (perhaps it was an offering and  has some mysterious power) and some just plain wrong things, it is the ultimate bigfootery travelogue/legend meets bad science.  We must again thank Brian for his comment as it did allow us to see this bigfootery gold without spending a dime.

Here is the link if you want to see it for yourself.  You might want to look soon.

Thanks again Brian for your well wishes as it gave us a number of interesting leads.

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Weekend Update

And a fine weekend it was.  As mentioned in an earlier post,  two members of the BFE staff, their spouses and another couple had planned to get away to the mountains over the Labor Day weekend.  The original plan was to take advantage of an offer to use a caboose and get dropped off many miles up the side of Cheat Mountain along the Greenbrier.  One of the crew had done some environmental consulting for the business and was willing to take this month’s retainer fee in trade.  What happened was the company had the chance to rent the caboose to some paying customers, and as it turned out there would be three of their cabooses within a mile of each other.   And so we did a passadena and went to the alternative plan.  We hopped a ride on one of their other trains and went deeper and higher on to the mountain where we jumped off for a two night backpacking trip.  Once dropped off we followed an abandoned rail line higher and deeper into the mountain, there are  a few there from the heydays of the timbering industry, and spent the night.  The second night we retreated back to a stop where they have a shelter, fire ring and a bear proof cache.  We caught the train back down the mountain on Monday.  It was a very enjoyable trip.  No cells, no net, physical, quiet, nearly wilderness.  It was a time to relax, reflect, cuss and discuss.  While we did have something visit camp the first night, while we found some impressive tree damage and we heard a few odd things, no bigfoot folks.  We did have a visual of a bear, he/she fled, and we did find two sets of bear tracks.  We did find a honey hole for some trout, catch and release.

Before dropping off the technology net we did tell our network of stringers, and one of them volunteered to listen to Kull’s show if there was some earth shattering news.  They knew we would not be able to communicate until late Monday afternoon, we really were not concerned as he would play his cards as he saw fit and then we would follow one of a few ideas we had developed earlier in the week.  I did listen to the show today during the commute to and from work.

FYI, Keating has used the date and time of his sighting since he wrote one of his mini books within the same year so it is not a matter of him “forgetting” something.  And Henry, if you don’t care, then why take part?

But overall, we received a kinder review than expected.  Kulls was caught in a circular problem.  If he got it right, then a denial could be issued.  Short of an admission, he did not have all the elements of an investigation; motive, method and opportunity, fully covered.  If he got it wrong, then that would have been embarassing.  We did hear the clue, we understand the clue, we choose not to comment upon the clue.  After all, this mysterious beast is all about mystery.  Will the treasure hunt continue?  Perhaps.

In the meantime we continue to have discussions related to goals, mission and objectives.  Our original idea was to call BS when we see it and point out some of the insanity and misbehaviors, it seems a few hundred folks a day find us interesting.

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