Tennessee Mayor Boast 2nd Finding Bigfoot Episode

Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett

“[Bigfoot] always interested me, unusual animal stories and sightings and things like that...” --Mayor Tim Burchett

Knox News reports on Finding Bigfoot's return to Knox County, Tennessee. When Animal Planet's hit TV show aired the first visit to Tennessee it became one of the highest rated episode internationally. Read an excerpt below to find out what makes Knox County and the Mayor so nice they had to visit twice.

The episode chronicling their second visit to Tennessee aired this past Sunday, and the mayor is featured prominently in scenes at a “town-hall meeting” they held at the American Museum of Science and Energy in Oak Ridge. He first connected with the show’s producers a few years ago through local Bigfoot enthusiasts.

“When they came to town to visit, I talked to them about what was going on around here, and the local club,” says Burchett. “They fell in love with it, and came here to film the first show. I was told that it was the best-ranked show overseas that they’d had. So, they decided to come back.”

“Finding Bigfoot” cast and crew returned last September and filmed at various area locations, including ASME, Frozen Head State Park, and some scenic rural farm lands. The show’s images of the attractions and scenery of East Tennessee are actually of keener interest to Burchett than whether or not they locate a Bigfoot.

You can read the Mayor Burchett's memories of Leonard Nimoy's In Search of at Downtown Randall Brown: Find your inner Bigfoot, outdoors 

Meet the Author of "The Oregon Bigfoot Highway"

The Oregon Bigfoot Highway by Joe Beelart and Cliff Olson

DATE: Sunday, may 17th

TIME: 12:30-3:00

WHERE: NW Quimby Lucky Lab  | 1945 NW Quimby St. Portland, OR 97209

WHO: Joe Beelart

Clackamas county can boast the largest amount of documented sightings than any other county in the United Stated. This book chronicles the best of the best! The accounts in this book span over a hundred years and were reported by persons of diverse professions from lawyers to loggers.

The Oregon Bigfoot Highway is the most comprehensive Bigfoot research book available. Complete with 13 detailed maps of the Clackamas Area, it uses the old Oregon's National Scenic Byway No.5 to tie the wildest collection of Bigfoot encounters, many of which have not been reported until now.

CLICK THE FOLLOWING LINK TO VISIT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE FOR THE OREGON BIGFOOT HIGHWAY

• 31 Sightings and 43 Track Finds
• 69 Bigfoot-related Incidents
• 118 Photos and 13 Maps
• 188 Characteristics Reported in Appendix II

Join us at HopsSquatch for a book signing to meet the author Joe Beelart as he spins tales from one of the most anticipated books on Sasquatch research. This biggest names in the Bigfoot community have waited years for this book and now you can get your own copy signed by the "King of Clackamas" himself; Joe Beelart.

Clackamas County can boast the largest amount of documented sightings than any other county in the United Stated. This book chronicles the best of the best! The accounts in this book span over a hundred years and were reported by persons of diverse professions from lawyers to loggers.

Encyclopædia Britannica Adds 3 Video Clips to Sasquatch Page

Eugenie Scott a skeptic who would like Bigfoot to exist

"I would like [Bigfoot] to be real" -- Dr. Eugenie Scott

The Encyclopædia Britannica's page on Sasquatch includes three videos from Dr. Eugene Scott.

You may remember our coverage of Dr. Eugene Scott from our 2001 post, "Dr. Eugenie Scott Debunks Bigfoot and Wildmen". Or even our Today in Bigfoot History post, "Hopeful Skeptic Says Both Bigfoot Camps Need Help". Dr. Eugene Scott is a healthy skeptic and as we have tried to showcase in the past, being a skeptic does not mean that you are not hopeful that Sasquatch is out there.

The three video clips are actually excerpts from the full video embedded below, but if you would like to check out just the three clips, just click on the following titles;  Primate: Could Bigfoot Live in Texas? (03:17), Sasquatch: Eugenie Scott Examines Bigfoot Footage (04:15), Scott, Eugenie: Thinking About Bigfoot Scientifically (04:38).

In the video below Dr. Eugenie Scott represents the Bay Area Skeptics. She quickly identifies two camps of bigfooters. In the first camp, as she describes them, are the paranormal, mystical bigfooters that believe Bigfoot can shape shift, she quickly marginalizes them and says that is an argument for theologists. In the second camp are, as she defines them, cryptozoologist. She is critical of their lack of scientific process and ability to test their explanations.  Dr. Scott does say Scientist like Dr. Jeff Meldrum are heading in the right direction.

The entire hour and half video is well worth watching, it gives us some insights into what our challenges our in seeking Bigfoot. The Table of Contents is below and you will have to click on the "Watch Full Program" in the embedded video to see the whole presentation. 


Eugenie Scott: Bigfoot and Other Wild Men of the Forest from Ask a Scientist on FORA.tv

Video Table of Contents:
01. Introduction: 00 min 56 sec
02. Bay Area Skeptics: 02 min 33 sec
03. Two Types of Wildmen of the Woods: 06 min 15 sec
04. Scientific Investigation of Bigfoot: 04 min 06 sec
05. Cryptozoology: 03 min 43 sec
06. Likelihood of Undiscovered Bigfoot Species: 04 min 18 sec
07. Where Bigfoot Lives: 03 min 04 sec
08. Remnants of Giant Asian Ape?: 04 min 36 sec
09. Bigfoot Prints: 08 min 49 sec
10. Existence of Orangutan: 05 min 02 sec
11. Habitat Encroachment: 00 min 35 sec
12. History of Bigfoot Sightings: 02 min 13 sec
13. Strength of Belief in Bigfoot: 00 min 36 sec
14. Bigfoot Books: 02 min 48 sec
15. Explanations for Sightings: 03 min 54 sec
16. Unreliability of Eyewitness Reports: 04 min 38 sec
17. Yeti Movie: 02 min 27 sec
18. Bluff Creek Sighting Video: 08 min 46 sec
19. Snow Walker Yeti: 06 min 32 sec
20. Camera Traps Fail to Spot Bigfoot: 03 min 34 sec
21. Analysis of Hair Samples: 05 min 21 sec