Provo Canyon Bigfoot

A new video that seems to show a Bigfoot-like beast rearing up in a Utah brush patch is racking up millions of views on the web, but are there any compelling facts in the compelling footage?

Beard Card, the YouTube handle of the man who purportedly filmed the video while camping with his family, says he first hit "record" on his camera to document what he thought was a black bear hiding in the bushes. Indeed, the video's tranquil first half has an off-screen voice whispering, "Do you think it's a bear?"

I, and others believe its a turkey. It became aggressive and the ran. Upon looking at the video they decided they could call it the Provo Bigfoot and exploit it. That is all that's going on. Sorry, no Bigfoot.

Tim Cassidy and the "Sasquatch people"

Tim Cassidy is a wildlife biologist from Indiana who is a believer in Bigfoot and has a certain amount of evidence to support his claims.

Cassidy is the type of guy the Bigfoot world needs. He is smart and a scientist that advocates Sasquatch. His enthusiasm was quite contageous to the young people who attended his talk at the Putnum county library.

He showed cast of the Sasquatch and told the story of how he encountered the creature late night while on a lights out hike around a lake with wildlife students. He related the awful smell it made.

He stated there was more evidence to support Bigfoot then the existence of UFO's. We have scat and hair samples, video, and body cast. Much more then people know. This research is ongoing and one day will yield a discovery.

Spike TV will fail at finding Bigfoot

Will it come to this

The Spike TV offer of ten million dollars to anyone bringing in definitive proof of a Sasquatch is working the solution in reverse. We are only beginning to understand that which people are seeing in the woods. Elusive is only part of the issue. Sasquatch's may not be their at all - at least only part time.

Dr. Bindernagle once said Sasquatch was a matter of physics. Truer words were never spoken. Proof, in this instance, was how you understood proof. Rigid science may not be the correct tool in this instance.

Decades of research have taught us that the Geroge Armstrong Custer approach to researching elusive animals will not work. Posses in the filed, trackers fueled with lust and greed for fame and fortune cannot succeed in finding Bigfoot. Almost all sightings have been accidental. In a fleeting glimpse, a will-o-the-wisp, and it is gone. You cannot track an animal that is not laying down tracks. Arnold and the boys found that out when an ambitious carnivore advanced the laws of physics times ten in front of them. I would like to say "right in front of their eyes." Not to be.

The brilliant Blogsquatcher beleived the clue to finding Bigfoot was the environmental impact of the animal:

"For one thing, bigfoot did not appear to live anywhere.  In other words, there were no locations where the ecological impact of such a large creature in the numbers it would have to have to sustain a population could be detected.  You might find a lone feeding site, a lone bedding site, and maybe a spot where something large had defecated, but the trail would end there.  There would be no further impact to be found on the local ecology.

Indeed there are exceptions to this particular rule -- sometimes a spot is found where a longer habitation seems to have occurred, but even there, you won't find the impact of any quantity of sasquatches, just seemingly that one fellow.

It was like bigfoot came for a little vacation, and went on its way.

Add to this the many stories of bigfoot that included other strange details.  If you followed the Blogsquatcher blog, you know about these now.  There were associations with UFOs, paranormal effects, telepathic communication -- the kind of stuff that only "kooks" believe, you know?"

I hear that they may not even use "Bigfoot researchers" but use big game hunters. I could not object more. Safari is a wonderful thing when you are only photographing and studying the animals. I have never harmed an animal (only for food and self defense).

Bigfoot hunters?

Almost any topic can be made interesting. PBS made science very interesting when they said it could not be done. There is even a top rated show about a pawn shop that is fantastic. This Bigfoot kill does not have to happen.

Canada may refuse their crews entry if hunting is their purpose. Perhaps backlash from animal rights groups or the work Todd Standing is doing should be called upon. License may not be granted on American soil if killing an unknown animal could be a potential homicide. Human DNA wold make it murder.

My guess is they may have difficulty finding people. If you are not in the Bigfoot world, you may not think its possible to find a Bigfoot. So why bother? They would want to be payed up front and they won't come cheap. Rogue warriors may make compelling TV but will not add anything to the research. In fact, it will make the real footers look callow and spineless.

I see nothing to gained from this. Finding Bigfoot has actually increased awareness and interest in Bigfoot. That is a positive. This show would further cement in peoples minds that it is findable. Its not. We simply must understand what we are actually looking for.

Terror on Pygmy Island (Adventures of Team Quantra)

Hi, I am Ed Smith.

What follows is what happened leading up to one of the most important scientific discoveries in world history. It involves military, industrial and corporate concerns, as well as, the sighting of a Sasquatch. Let me explain.

It all began when I was watching a recent YouTube video in the rather ubiquitous genre of "peeking Bigfoot videos." was supposed to show a Sasquatch. It only shows, however, branches and shadows and not much else. Fifty one seconds in which I could have been holding a women's hand or reading passage in a fine book. But the lure of possibility overcame my more urbain elements. So I watched, as heartache and betrayal in a fleeting instant reminded me of my own qwest for the elusive. Then, the phone rang. It was Mr. Alexander of Team Quantra.

Quantra had been contacted under MOS Safari 64 cryptid code Zebra. That meant an African operation. It was a level six contact which meant no turning back because National security was at stake.

Maj. Kingsly with locals

We would soon be in Africa on a rescue mission of an Army Major Ann Kingsly. The Major was looking for a tribe that had found a vegetation they were using as rope that seemed to have no combustion or breaking point. The government originally believed it was myth but subsequent contacts with Kingsly assured O-6 the the plant was real, and had qualities unlike anything known to science.

The industrial and military applications of such were immense. The fear was industrialist had already made their way in to parry our activities. Greed is a never ending motivation and international corporations would risk the farm to posses that plant, if it were determined real.

It was unknown if the Major had met with foul play, or simply vanished. We would soon find out.

My party and I had arrived at a clearing near the Congo River (last known position of the officer) and set up base camp. I had been there years ago, and was somewhat familiar with the land. We then began an excursion into the research area when we realized we were being observed. Something was peering from behind the trees. Known cannibals were in the region so we were on high alert.

They charged suddenly with spears and we took flight. Even though we were armed, we were not there to harm anyone. We were explorers, not soldiers (a similar thing happened in Nepal with Loren and I a decade ago).

For miles we were chased deep into the jungle, until their limited ambition to be scavenged themselves led them away. At least I thought. Heading back, we saw why they ran. A native was lying dead on the jungle floor. He had been mauled but by what we could not tell.

Upon searching is possessions, we found Army dog tags with Major Kingsly's name on them. We feared she had meet a horrible demise. There was still hope of finding her but we must press on. Also, there were strands of rope on him that were made from a strange looking plant. Could this be the wonder plant, I asked Mr. Alexander (He is are team engineer).



The African Sasquatch

 On the way out of area something strange began to happen. We heard loud breaking of branches a good distance from us. It was as if someone was forcibly making the noise. I have been on safari many times and had never  heard anything like this.

Out of the foliage I saw it. It made its way across a clearing and it was no ape. I am very familiar with apes. It was much taller then a man and covered with hair. It could not hide behind a tree but was now in the open. We did not experience fear; we did not try to run. It was gone; we returned to camp. We seemed afraid to speak for it would only call into question our entire belief systems of what is possible and what is real.

There was so much more to do and we needed our rest. Where the industrialist in area? Was the Major still alive? What really made the Pygmies run away when they had us in their sites? What was that human like thing that crossed our path? We had more questions then answers and we were supposed to provide answers. This was now a turning point for us. Science, military and government activities had collided. I could not have been happier.

Back at camp my chief engineer, Mr Alenxander, told me the rope was indeed inflammable and unbreakable. While subjecting it too testing, he found out it also conducted electricity. What a discovery we had confirmed! A celebration was in order.

I just happened to have a twenty year old Pinot Grigio on hand. Combined with a Montecristo, the air was soon filled with the bougie' of fine wine and Cuban tobacco. All was well.

Coming up: Find out what happened to the Major. Find out what that animal was. Find out if there is military importance to the jungle plant. Will science, military or corporate greed win out?

Let us begin this journey

Thank you, kindly, for stopping by. I am Jim Jungle and I have searched the darkness of Africa, and the wilds of Asia, for elusive cryptids. My sojourn has taken me around the world (not in 80 days, however). I know many in this unique vocation. I love them, dearly.

This work tries men's souls as they storm the Ramparts of possibility with broken whisky bottle in hand. They are ready to pounce for history's sake. They are mere mortals in a heroic effort.

Applause if you dare.

My work has taught me man has far to go in this quest. Constructs of knowledge are in their infancy. Plato taught us much on how the obtainment of the unknowable will be derived.

The world is full of strange and unusual things. Not all is clear and in focus. Much of observable  knowledge is abstract, and formless. Rational can derive equations of invisability, yet, demand clear vantage to points that transend observance. A new paradigm to a crypto science can yield the clarity we seek.

We must live, learn, and grow.