The Town That Bigfoot Built

The sign above is unique to a town called Honobia, placed in the greenest part of eastern Oklahoma. A town famous for embracing the multiple Bigfoot sightings. Embracing may even be putting it too lightly. Any town that hosts a Bigfoot Festival, as oppose to a Bigfoot conference or a Bigfoot Symposium may be more than just embracing Bigfoot--I think celebrating Bigfoot is more accurate.

The guys at Dense Films are filming a documentary capturing the personality of this town and their celebratory appreciation of Bigfoot. Judging by the trailer and the clip below, it looks promising. We will stay tuned and keep you up-to-date on their progress. For now, BLC salutes Bryce Holland and the rest the crew at Dense Films.

Here is an excerpt from the site:

Nestled in the heart of the Kiamichi Mountains of Oklahoma is the town of Honobia; a place that has managed to thrive due to the help of one of the most infamous creatures of all time.--Dense Films

The Town That Bigfoot Built TRAILER from Bryce Holland on Vimeo.

"The Town That Bigfoot Built" Night Vision scene from Bryce Holland on Vimeo.

Bigfoot Author, Blu Buhs, Blogs for Washington Post

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Joshua Blu Buhs who wrote Bigfoot: The Life and Times of a Legend, guests blogs for the Washington Post. In the Blog, Buhs decides to throw in his hat and offers his reaction to the most recent Bigfoot encounters, the San Antonio 911 call and the Minnesota trail cam photo.

If you are unfamiliar with Joshua Blu Buhs, here is a quick synopses of his book:

"Independent scholar Buhs (The Fire Ant Wars) skeptically but affectionately surveys the evidentiary traces of bigfoot and his yeti and Sasquatch kin in sightings, tracks, sideshow exhibits and film, but his focus is on the megapod as cultural signifier. To the white working-class men who are his biggest fans, Buhs contends, bigfoot is an icon of untamed masculinity, a populist rebel against scientific elites, the last champion of authentic reality against a plastic, image-driven, effeminate consumer society."
--Publishers Weekly

Joshua Blu Buhs, has a certain perspective. He thinks Bigfoot is "...a product of the postwar ascendance of mass culture and a reaction to it..."

The New Yorker called some of of his assertions silly, in particular the quote,"...by imagining themselves into the body of Sasquatch, white working-class men could imagine themselves as black, as women, could come in contact with their own souls."

In his guest blog he full-on compares Bigfoot to Santa Clause.

Given the season, we might compare the interest in Bigfoot to affection for Santa Claus. Not strictly a legend -- no one seriously argues for the existence of him -- Santa Claus is still related to Bigfoot. Both are wildmen, part uncivilized, part human. Santa lives in the inhospitable North and is often decked in garlands of holly but is comparatively domesticated, his rough edges hidden behind a great white beard and cherubic cheeks. We tell stories about Santa Claus not because we believe in him, but because those stories convey messages we want shared -- about generosity and pure love and respect for others.

And that's why we tell stories about Bigfoot. Not only to argue for and against the existence of the Big Guy, but because through those stories we come to understand more about ourselves, our neighbors, and our place in this world.

I really enjoyed his book and find his take on Bigfoot interesting, but his blog has none of the eloquence or thoughtfulness I found in his book. Go ahead check out the blog for yourself at The Washington Post.

You can Also read an interesting interview of Joshua Blu Buhs at Bigfoot Books Blog

History of the Blobsquatch; Bigfoot's Blurry Cousin

Blobsquatch is a term Bigfooters use to declare an alleged Bigfoot photo too blurry to determine anything. Yes, we Bigfooters can be skeptical, and often are.

The Blobsquatch has sometimes done more harm than good to Bigfoot research. Many "outsiders" may not know that we scrutinize photos carefully. Every picture is peer reviewed at conferences, forums and symposiums.

So here's a light hearted effort to show we know the differences between a Blobsquatch and a Bigfoot. So I will not be talking about Bigfoot today. Today, we will expose the not-so-real history of the Blobsquatch.

I can only imagine how well the first depictions of sasquatch went over with the rest of the early humans. Its hard enough to render buffalo on a cave wall, but an upright bipedal hominid that is hairier than you?

Pareidolia is a psychological phenomenon involving a vague and random image being perceived as significant. Common examples include seeing Jesus Christ in a tortilla or Mother Teresa Muffin. Some would say people see these things because they are disparate to see these things. I would love to see Bigfoot, but I doubt I will ever see him due to Pareidolia.

Here's a more "scientific" take; the subconscious. Freudian fill-in-the-blanks. The Rorschach inkblot test is a psychological test in which subjects' perceptions of inkblots are recorded and then analyzed using psychological interpretation. This could be a source for Blobsquatch.

Finally, below are some great tips to photograph your own Blobsquatch. Believe it or not there can be a real technique to it, and many common aspects to all Blobsquatch photos.



All kidding aside, we know the best evidence of Bigfoot would be to capture one (preferably alive, but that's a debate for another post). Although we would love to have a clean clear photo of Bigfoot, we consider other forms of evidence more significant. These other forms of evidence include, tracks, casts, scat, personal encounters, and even indegenous oral myths. We rely on all of these things, and more, to one day discover and find that elusive beast we know as Bigfoot.