Author Thom Powell next to an impressive display of the London Trackway Discovery
Author Thom Powell spoke to a crowded room at the Sasquatch Brewery last Tuesday the 20th. As you can see the restaurant/brewery temporarily became a museum for a night. Click the following link for our complete coverage of Thom Powell.
Not all of the casts in the display are from the London Trackway, but take note on the five that are behind Thom's elbow. The 3rd from the left on the top row and the 2nd from the left on the second row both support a midtarsel break feature. The midtarsel break is a proposed feature of Sasquatch foot morphology. Basically it is a hinged foot as opposed to an arch like humans have. The hinged foot allows for flat prints without an arch and animated prints that exaggerate the hinge during push off. The prints behind Thom support such animation.
If you have had the fortune of seeing Thom speak before you know he can capture the attention of the audience. Many of the topics he covered, last Tuesday, he had introduced over 10 years ago in the acclaimed book, The Locals. Although these topics were borderline taboo then, many of these "fringe" ideas have gained popular acceptance in the community; habituation, mind-speak, and telepathy. In his recent book, Shady Neighbors, he weaves the "new fringe" of the Sasquatch cannon, that can only best be told through allegory and fiction. Rest assured, readers will find what is in store for the next ten years of Sasquatch research in Shady Neighbors; mosquitoes, burial grounds, and curve balls.
Our favorite topics Thom Powell covered is the the proposal that Bigfoot research is intelligence gathering not science. In his post, aptly titled, Bigfoot Research: Intel not Science, he spells it out more concisely. Below is a blurb:
Bigfoot researchers, then, are like the CIA and the spooks at CIA are not utterly focused on unassailable proof when they evaluate the information they gather. I suspect they take spurious and incomplete data sources because sometimes that's all they can get, and they use them to look for recurring observations that suggest suspected patterns of behavior that might have predictive value. Everything they gather is a bit uncertain but this does not justify throwing that data away. It is understood that the quarry is smart enough to cover their tracks. Indirect and uncertain sources of information are still valued and exploited. SRC: ThomSquatch.com
Kentucky Bigfoot is in the middle of a media blitz. It is well deserved, we know this because we have been fans for a long time (You can read our complete Kentucky Bigfoot coverage). Charlie Raymond and Parker Duvall do some of the most thorough research available. Don't take our word for it, check out Kentucky Bigfoot's Reports. Below is a video clip from Kentucky local TV Station WHAS11 followed by the written editorial from the WHAS11's website.
by WHAS11
WHAS11.com
Posted on March 21, 2012 at 7:04 PM
Updated today at 7:21 PM
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WHAS11)- Whether you call it a Yeti, Sasquatch or Bigfoot, it is Parker Duvall's mission to find one.
Duval is with the group Kentuckybigfoot.com. They head up
investigations around possible sightings, and say they have documented
about 200 cases throughout the state, but they do it with a critical
eye.
“When in doubt we throw it out. We've thrown out a lot of prints that
we think are from this animal, but it's not definite enough for the
general public to accept it,” Duvall said.
The group is getting international attention with features on BBC and
the History Channel's "Only in America" with Larry the Cable Guy. The
shows were filmed just off highway 44 near the Jefferson-Bullitt County
line, the scene of a recent sighting by a mother and daughter.
“They was looking this direction and from this burm to these woods, a
tall upright figure on two legs, with severe arm swing, turned and
looked and went into these woods here,” Duvall said.
Duval was not always convinced Bigfoot existed but after three years
of acquiring footprints, hair strands and seeing territorial markings he
is now a believer.
Even more convincing was the first Bigfoot howl he heard.
“The fight or flight is instant. You jump out of your shoes and you
just want to run. Unfortunately I did that. We don't do that anymore,
but I did that night,” Duvall said.
Duval said they take the audio recordings to an expert who can
validate sounds from all known animals in North America, but he said
there is no match for the recordings they have made in the woods.
Whether you believe or not, Duvall says it is only a matter of time
before the truth is out. Until then, he encourages people not to be
afraid to share their stories.
“People say “why don't more people see them?” They are, they're just
not reporting it because they're afraid of the ridicule, but you just
have to let it roll of your back because I know what's real and what's
not.”
Larry the Cable Guy "Gittin' 'Er Done" in with Kentucky Bigfoot Watch Only in America on the History Channel Wednesdays at 9/8c
"We had somebody go out (as a practical joke) and howl, and they howled back and thought it was a Bigfoot. They were fun guys,” -- Larry the Cable Guy
Tonight Larry the Cable Guy will try his hand at Bigfooting (read our complete coverage of Larry The Cable Guy). The episode is called Kentucky Road Trip. There was some controversy to a follow-up interview Larry did. At one point there seem to be some returned howls, especially to Larry's calls. As you can see from the quote above Larry thought it was a member of his production crew. Kentucky Bigfoot was not convinced and asked the production crew themselves. See quote below from from Charlie Raymond of Kentucky Bigfoot.
As you will see when the episode airs, Larry was not only a little scared when he heard the howls, but he was in complete denial when we received two separate vocalizations. He argued with the film crew, blaming them for one of the howls. The film crew adamantly denied making the howls.
In order to make sure Larry and his crew are not pulling a fast one over on us, I contacted Blake Smith, a production crew member...I asked him to ask the crew if they did in fact made the howl, or is Larry simply still in denial? Blake explained to me on 1-18-12 over the phone that he talked to the crew and they did NOT make the howls.
The unofficial and rough transcript is below (at the time of this post we were not able to confirm any of the voices except for Larry)
1st MAN: (does a Bigfoot call)
(Sound of Train in the distance)
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: Train Whistle.
2nd MAN: (laughing) It answered you back.
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: Check that out, you got a return of a train whistle. The conductor heard ya.
1st MAN: Why don’t you try one, all you have to do is scream real loud.
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: (quietly) woo woo
(laughter)
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: Just do what you done?
1st MAN: Yeah, or do your own! Do your own version.
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: All right.
1st MAN: Get creative.
LADY ON RADIO: (CB BLEEPS) Indiscernible
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: Did she hear it?
1st MAN: Did you hear a reply back on that?
RADIO LADY: Wasn’t that you both
1st MAN: You heard the first one, right?
2nd MAN: We only did one.
RADIO LADY: Yeah but I thought you did another one unannounced
MULTIPLE MEN: No, no.
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: That was me. I, I Went I said, I just went yelled some.
RADIO LADY: Did you do another one unannounced?
1St MAN: (to Larry) That wasn’t that loud though.
2nd MAN: (To LADY on Radio) No, no we didn’t.
1st MAN: Did it sound like a train?
RADIO LADY: No it didn’t sound like a train. I think you did another one and you didn’t tell us.
2nd MAN: Nah we didn’t
1st MAN: We did not.
2nd MAN: That’s Strange.
1st MAN: Which direction did it come from?
RADIO LADY: It came from behind you all. I think it was you guys.
2nd MAN: Ask her if it was short. Was it short?
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: I didn’t hear it
1st MAN: (to the other men)Did we do one?
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: No, but she heard one. She said behind us.
1st MAN: That’s the other side of camp.
RADIO LADY: So you’re saying you heard something behind you? Or where?
1st MAN: We did not hear something
RADIO LADY: We did not hear something?
1st MAN: Larry? Push the side button.
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: Right here?
2nd MAN: The big button.
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: No, we done one sound, and then we didn’t do no more sounds. We just done one sound. Now, the sound that you done heard, was that from in-between you and us? Or was that behind you? Or behind us? Or was that in front of us and behind you?
RADIO LADY: It was behind you guys. I thought you did another one and you didn’t announce it.
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: No, as a matter of fact there is a family of sasquatches headed you way. Get in the car and lock the doors. They are pissed and Hungry. They want the bacon and the hotdogs. (according to Charlie Raymond, "We were cooking bacon to attract a squatch and roasting hotdogs for our bellies")
(laughter)
RADIO LADY: Just off them up some s’mores.
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: Ohhh, that will stop anybody in their track, them s’mores. Alright we gonna do another yell. If you hear something after that yell, let us know. We’re just doing one set.
RADIO LADY: Larry, I think he’s starstruck.
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: You want to do the yell or you want me to do it.
1st MAN: You do it man.
2nd MAN: Loud, do it really loud.
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: (Crazy Yell, spelling may not be accurate) Wahhhhwooo-lbl-lbl-lbl-gah-gah-gah-gah-goo-goo-boo-plbt-plbt-woo-plbth-PLBTH!
1st MAN: That was good
(return howl)
2nd MAN: What was that?
1st MAN: Dude! What the hell?
2nd MAN: Was that an echo?
1st MAN: No!
2nd MAN: Did you get that? Did you guys hear that? Did you all get it?
2nd MAN: (To Radio Lady) Did you just hear a howl after Larry’s nonsense?
RADIO LADY: Seriously
2nd MAN: (To radio Lady) No between us! Listen, Harry—Larry. Larry just did a crazy howl. Then we heard a deep howl right on the end of his.
2nd MAN: (To Larry) Did you get that?
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: Yeah I Heard that.
2nd MAN: That wasn’t like an echo from him was it?
LARRY THE CABLE GUY: That was like a bear or a wolf.
2nd MAN: That was a deep…OK Listen, Let’s get serious for a second, we could have activity.
1st MAN: We got activity; we got the rocks thrown at us…
What do you think? Based on the last line, it sounds like there was some other activity too. As much as Larry seems to be a non-believer, he seems to be a Bigfoot Magnet.
