Michigan Weekly Offers Bigfooting Advice

MetroTimes suggests looking for tree structures 

"Far and away, Oscoda County has the most bigfoot sightings on record in Michigan." --Alysa Offman, MetroTimes

Metro Times is a weekly alternative news source for the Detroit Area. On June 17th 2014, contributing author, Alysa Offman, offers some great advice for the aspiring bigfooter. To some sage bigfoot field researchers, there may be a few essentials missing, but overall it is a great introduction to getting your feet wet. read an excerpt below followed by a link to the original article.

With dense forested areas, swamps, vast farmlands, and access to plenty of fresh water, Michigan seems an ideal and idyllic setting for a bigfoot. He and his ilk have been seen as far north as the Upper Peninsula and as far south as Monroe County, with new occurrences happening regularly.

Far and away, Oscoda County has the most bigfoot sightings on record in Michigan. Starting in 1976 when a child saw a “6 to 7 foot bigfoot near the Mio Dam” while walking home from school, the bigfoot sightings have since increased, with most occurring near Mio. Jackson County comes in at a close second, with incidents occurring in a concentrated block from 2000 to 2005. Washtenaw County isn’t far behind Jackson’s count; sightings have been happening regularly since 1957.

There’s some debate as to whether or not bigfoot are dangerous. While some researchers paint the creature as a bloodthirsty being that seeks the flesh of women and children; others have reported that sasquatch are generally kind creatures who’ve shown as much curiosity toward humans as we have toward them. 

At one point Alyssa offers a list of what to pack for a bigfoot hunt expedition:

• Flashlight
• Camera
• Binoculars
• Walking stick (generally helps for poking structures or specimens that you may not want to handle directly)
• Plastic bags (if you wish to collect specimens)
• Long sleeves and pants
• Hiking boots

We would like to see some plaster added to the list. If you have anything to add please leave your suggestions in the comments below.

Read the what else Alysssa suggests when Bigfooting in Michigan.

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Turtleman and Neal Review Legend of Boggy Creek

Call of the Wildman's Turtleman and Neal watch Boggey Creek

"Everything about Bigfoot, for me, started with The Legend of Boggy Creek!" --Neal James, Call of the Wildman

This video is one of several exclusive webisodes where the stars from Call of the Wildman watch classic movies and review them. Each episode takes place in the cine-barn where the is projected on a bedsheet pinned up by a couiple of antlers.

In this particular episode Turtleman and his side-kick Neal watch and review one of the most legendary Bigfoot movies of all times; The Legend of Boggy Creek.



Be sure and check out the rest of episodes from Movie Night with Turtleman and Neal

What Goes in a Bigfoot DNA Collection Kit

Shelley Covington Prefers to call it a Wildlife DNA Collection Kit

"I don't call it it a Bigfoot DNA collection kit, it's a wildlife DNA collection kit, when doing research, we shouldn't assume all the evidence we find is bigfoot, bigfoot should be the last thing we assume." --Shelly Covington, Cryptozoologist

The Olympic Project Bigfoot Expeditions are incubators for sharing sasquatch research innovations and ideas. this last expedition with Dr. Jeff Meldrum and premier cryptozoologist Adam Davies was no different.

We have plenty of bigfoot news and other material to provide you with this week from the expedition, including Adam Davies' methodology for creating an interaction and perimeter with a Bigfoot. For now, we wanted to share one of the most thoughtful tools in bigfoot research, a wildlife DNA collection kit.

Shelly Covington co-hosts CryptoLogic, an online radio show that has introduces a special guest each episode and has a round-table approach to the format. As you can imagine I listen to lots of Bigfoot talk shows, I just spent the last two days catching up to CryptoLogic and became an instant fan of the approach and format. I also want to give a shout out to the other co-host Shane Corson. between Shelly and Shane,  CryptoLogic is not to be missed.

When talking to Shelly, who has endless innovative ideas and approached to bigfooting, explains why she prefers to leave bigfoot out of the name of her kit. "I don't call it it a Bigfoot DNA collection kit, it's a wildlife DNA collection kit, when doing research, we shouldn't assume all the evidence we find is bigfoot, bigfoot should be the last thing we assume." Below is a video of Shelly walking through her DNA collection kit at the end of the video is Cryptozoologist and Autor Adam Davies giving his approval.