I've seen our Sasquatch down here...
He works on the oil rigs.
Nobody can sling them big pipes like him.
Cryptozoology... ?? Believe it, or Don't ??
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He works on the oil rigs.
Nobody can sling them big pipes like him.
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There has always been tales of a Flathead Lake Monster in Flathead Lake in Western Montana.
Never camp alone in the Pine Barrens. Good stories about the legend of the Jersey Devil.
https://weirdnj.com/stories/jersey-devil/
https://weirdnj.com/stories/jersey-devil/
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I've heard about that before, maybe even here from someone else.
Listen to podcast called "Lore." It is full of creepy, scary, weird stories from all over the world.
When I was a little kid I loved to go exploring in the woods behind our home (few hundred acres)! My Mom would try to tell me to stay out of the woods because of the Jersey Devil!! So baby girl Pearl would go hunting it!! I found many a Monarch Butterfly, assorted small critters, but never found the dang Jersey Devil!! I was really good at sneaking out at three years old!! Kinda surprised I'm here to tell about it!!
I completely believe in this. I saw a 6'2" bearded woman with blue hair, facial piercings, wearing a rainbow skirt and a tube top the other day protesting something. I hoped it would scurry back into the sewer or the mountains but it didn't. I presume it had not consumed enough car exhaust, sugar and hatred to return to it's cave. Scary stuff.
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I saw something like that once.... It was in a Walmart late at night...
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I saw something like that once.... It was in a Walmart late at night...
I saw it in Walmart....during the day !!!!I completely believe in this. I saw a 6'2" bearded woman with blue hair, facial piercings, wearing a rainbow skirt and a tube top the other day protesting something. I hoped it would scurry back into the sewer or the mountains but it didn't. I presume it had not consumed enough car exhaust, sugar and hatred to return to it's cave. Scary stuff.
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I saw something like that once.... It was in a Walmart late at night...
Naa, the Jersey Devil is just a tax-collector gone rogue
...I heard they can exact great pain.
The author of this article investigated Pterosaurs and the first pic. The second pic I just threw in. In 2018 however he rescinds his aforesaid support of being genuine due to a BBC broadcast called walking with dinosaurs and seeing a very similar wing shape. It does not sound reasonable to me he would spend 14 years investigating and disproving skeptical claims just to see a familiar shape and say oops, I retract my support. There are people who remember seeing this pic as far back as the 1950's-60's. There is a newspaper story of the Vicksburg monster 1864. Is it a true pic? I can't say it is but I can't say it isn't.
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Our Government keeps more secrets from us than we all know. There are "land markers" such as the Kensington stone dating to the 1400's, the lead artifacts of Arizona dating to the 1200's with Knights Templar markings, areas in the U.S. where cliffs are inscribed with the land markers, some markers having been done in Runic. A discovery in one of the eastern states with tiny figurines of various ethnic peoples made of various materials, stone and jade are the two I remember, all never to be heard about again.
Great thread! Like Morgan, when I get the chance I watch shows on this- I like the idea some things can't be explained, and there is still things to be discovered. Personally, the Mothman fascinates me.
Indeedy-doo...
jd
Another 5 years and it'll be our problem
Living in the woods of British Columbia I've heard the weird calls, as have so many others, and can't help but believe in sasquatches. This province (British Columbia) is and always has been a recognized hub of activity for them with many thousands of documented reports about them, with new reports continuing to this day. I grew up hearing of common sightings and encounters with them in the northern half of the province and probably 10 times more documented reports originating in the southern half of the province. In the past 100 years alone there have been over 3,000 documented reports which leads me to wonder how many thousands more encounters there have been that have NOT been reported due to the people who had the encounters being afraid of being considered crackpots with no credibility and potentially becoming social outcasts.
There are many First Nations tribes in BC and they all have their own oral history stories and mythologies about their dealings with the crypto-hominids they call Sasquet, Old Grandfathers, Old Cousin of the Woods, Hairy Giant Men.
Where I live now in southern BC, I live about 70 miles away from the hot bed of recognized and accepted sasquatch activity which is Harrison Lake and surrounding mountain territory.
https://www.bcmag.ca/finding-sasqua...bia is a well,village of Harrison Hot Springs.
https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_county_reports.asp?state=ca-bc
https://www.sasquatchcanada.com/upl...itish_columbia-sasquatch-sighting-reports.pdf
The most humorous story I ever heard of was about numerous encounters that took place in the 1800's in central BC. A sasquatch repeatedly intruded upon a logging camp that was operated by all Norwegian settlers working in the logging industry. The sasquatch would come into camp at night and break into the camp cook's pantry/storage shed and walk off with the cook's big 50 gallon wooden barrels of salted, pickled herrings and barrels of salted, pickled pork.
With regard to the Ogopogo creature that lives in Okanagan Lake, there have been enough reports and enough indistinct photographs taken of a giant "something" strange that lives in the lake that leads me to believe that there is some kind of crypto-creature living there.
There are many First Nations tribes in BC and they all have their own oral history stories and mythologies about their dealings with the crypto-hominids they call Sasquet, Old Grandfathers, Old Cousin of the Woods, Hairy Giant Men.
Where I live now in southern BC, I live about 70 miles away from the hot bed of recognized and accepted sasquatch activity which is Harrison Lake and surrounding mountain territory.
https://www.bcmag.ca/finding-sasqua...bia is a well,village of Harrison Hot Springs.
https://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_county_reports.asp?state=ca-bc
https://www.sasquatchcanada.com/upl...itish_columbia-sasquatch-sighting-reports.pdf
The most humorous story I ever heard of was about numerous encounters that took place in the 1800's in central BC. A sasquatch repeatedly intruded upon a logging camp that was operated by all Norwegian settlers working in the logging industry. The sasquatch would come into camp at night and break into the camp cook's pantry/storage shed and walk off with the cook's big 50 gallon wooden barrels of salted, pickled herrings and barrels of salted, pickled pork.
With regard to the Ogopogo creature that lives in Okanagan Lake, there have been enough reports and enough indistinct photographs taken of a giant "something" strange that lives in the lake that leads me to believe that there is some kind of crypto-creature living there.
Here is one more article about sasquatches in British Columbia and if you scroll about half way down the page you will see a map of places in the province where sasquatch sightings and encounters have been most reported.
https://westcoastnow.ca/2023/03/06/mystery-sasquatch-exists-bc-coast/
The map enlarged: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...&ll=52.96079525891873,-126.28219884282856&z=6
https://westcoastnow.ca/2023/03/06/mystery-sasquatch-exists-bc-coast/
The map enlarged: https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewe...&ll=52.96079525891873,-126.28219884282856&z=6
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Binky.. When I lived in the north I was told there was a lot of references to creatures, land and sea in the totumes of many of the tribes near the coast.. Long history there..
Yes, that's true and it's a very long history that goes back several thousands of years as evidenced by their art works. Many of the creatures featured in their art work, and in the carved totem poles that are erected in their villages are representative of each tribe's spirit beings, sacred objects, ancestors and other things that are spiritually symbolic of the groups of people.
So on Vancouver Island for example the Thunderbird is a highly prominent symbol to see in their native art works, jewelry and carvings because most of the western natives from the coast and extending east to the prairies and north to the Arctic regions believe that the Thunderbird Spirit that protects the land has its dwelling place on a mountain near the north end of that island. Sasquatch, even by its other regional names, is a prominently recognized and accepted figure with all of the First Nations people right across all of Canada but BC has the highest population of sasquatch tribes and the highest numbers of documented sightings and encounters by humans.
It's common to see ancient pictographs that have been carved into stone and wood that feature the Thunderbird, Sasquatch, Bald Eagle, Raven, Frog, Orca, Salmon, Bear, Coyote, Wolf, Cougar, Moose, Caribou, Otter, Beaver and many other known spirit or totem animals AND spirit plants and trees that are depicted in their works. Some of them take higher places of honour than others.
Harrison Hotsprings Village in BC (mentioned in some of the articles I posted above) and all of the parklands and forest land wilderness areas and mountains surrounding Harrison Lake has lots of totem poles and carvings to be found all featuring Sasquatch. Sasquatch is sort of their mascot and the people of all cultures that live there are quite protective of the area and protective of the safety of the tribe of sasquatches that are believed to live in the forest and mountains there.
I don't recall if it was mentioned in any of the above articles but both Sasquatches and the Ogopogo of Okanagan lake are listed in the BC Wildlife Act as legally protected crypto-species in British Columbia. It's true. It's illegal to hunt, harass or disturb them or to take any artifacts found of them. Just like with bald eagles. I don't know if any of the other provinces and territories have listed sasquatch as protected but I imagine some of them do too.
I watched a documentary on the hairy fellows and they say they found trees that had been uprooted and shoved back into the ground upside down, showing the roots on top. They think this may be as territorial marker for them. The trees are shoved in quite a ways not just enough to stand them up. There seems to be some reports that the encounters ranged from extremally dangerous to more inquisitive than harmful. Some people have said they knew Squatches were in the area and put out fruit and vegetables for them. The investigators call this "gifting" which seemed to work as the food was gone and there were no incidents. One woman claims to be doing this and actually received help. She lived in the country far away from any neighbors and one side a national forest. It seems she had some young guys who would come around and cause problems for her. Harry and Company put a stop to it. The young men claim that Bigfoot attacked them and when asked she said they must have been drinking again. This put a stop to investigation and trespassers. It seems their not happy with logging and camps and equipment destroyed. They know about guns and don't like them either. I was camped on a remote gold claim less than 20 miles from Yosemite National Park. Once I had a "rain of pebbles" and looking saw there was no one around. I heard this is a trick they play as they seem to be fun loving pranksters as well. Was it Harry and Co.? I don't know.
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CITY OF BISHOPVILLE
The Lizard Man
of Scape Ore Swamp
Lee County’s most famous reptile is back in business!
By Gee Whetsel (Lee County Observer newspaper)
Lee County, South Carolina. The legend and folklore of the cryptid known as the Lizard Man has existed since that first fateful sighting in the summer of 1988.
The Lizard Man is Lee County’s very own, homegrown monster—a seven foot tall, red-eyed, scaly skinned reptile that emerged from Scape Ore Swamp one dark and humid night in July 1988 to scare the living daylights out of a young Lee County kid.
Chris Davis, a Bishopville teen on his way home after his shift ended at McDonald’s, blew a tire out on his car in the Browntown area of the county, very close to the edge of Scape Ore Swamp.
The young man got out of his car and was working to change the flat when suddenly he heard a sound—almost like someone or some THING running on the asphalt. And it was coming closer and closer through the dark night towards him. When the shadowy shape slowly started to take form, Davis couldn’t believe what he was seeing. He would later describe the creature as standing about seven feet tall with green, scaly skin, red eyes, and three toes on each foot. The Lizard Man had made his first public appearance.
Davis jumped back into the safety of his car and roared away, but not before the creature attacked his car, ripping off a side mirror and jumping atop the 17-year-old’s car and viciously denting the roof.
The attack was later reported to then Sheriff Liston Truesdale, who, along with his deputies, took the incident seriously and investigated the claims, especially after Davis took, and passed, a polygraph test.
A few weeks later, several folks who lived in the vicinity of Scape Ore Swamp reported having their cars attacked by some kind of creature that ripped off, and possibly chewed, bumpers. Deputies stayed quite busy that summer, chasing down lizard leads, even discovering enormous three-toed “footprints” left in the swamp by some type of creature and making plaster casts out of them.
At the time, it seemed the whole world went crazy for the Lizard Man--with media descending on Bishopville from literally all over the globe.
Sheriff Truesdale said the Lizard Man had become a national celebrity and “put Lee County on the map. We had newspapers, television stations from all over the globe coming here to go to Browntown and Scape Ore Swamp.”
A radio station in Columbia offered a $1 million reward for the capture of the Lizard Man but it was never claimed. The sheriff’s office stayed busy, trying to answer hundreds of calls about the creature from as far away Japan and New Zealand.
CITY OF BISHOPVILLE
The Lizard Man
of Scape Ore Swamp
Lee County’s most famous reptile is back in business!
By Gee Whetsel (Lee County Observer newspaper)
Lee County, South Carolina. The legend and folklore of the cryptid known as the Lizard Man has existed since that first fateful sighting in the summer of 1988.
The Lizard Man is Lee County’s very own, homegrown monster—a seven foot tall, red-eyed, scaly skinned reptile that emerged from Scape Ore Swamp one dark and humid night in July 1988 to scare the living daylights out of a young Lee County kid.
Chris Davis, a Bishopville teen on his way home after his shift ended at McDonald’s, blew a tire out on his car in the Browntown area of the county, very close to the edge of Scape Ore Swamp.
The young man got out of his car and was working to change the flat when suddenly he heard a sound—almost like someone or some THING running on the asphalt. And it was coming closer and closer through the dark night towards him. When the shadowy shape slowly started to take form, Davis couldn’t believe what he was seeing. He would later describe the creature as standing about seven feet tall with green, scaly skin, red eyes, and three toes on each foot. The Lizard Man had made his first public appearance.
Davis jumped back into the safety of his car and roared away, but not before the creature attacked his car, ripping off a side mirror and jumping atop the 17-year-old’s car and viciously denting the roof.
The attack was later reported to then Sheriff Liston Truesdale, who, along with his deputies, took the incident seriously and investigated the claims, especially after Davis took, and passed, a polygraph test.
A few weeks later, several folks who lived in the vicinity of Scape Ore Swamp reported having their cars attacked by some kind of creature that ripped off, and possibly chewed, bumpers. Deputies stayed quite busy that summer, chasing down lizard leads, even discovering enormous three-toed “footprints” left in the swamp by some type of creature and making plaster casts out of them.
At the time, it seemed the whole world went crazy for the Lizard Man--with media descending on Bishopville from literally all over the globe.
Sheriff Truesdale said the Lizard Man had become a national celebrity and “put Lee County on the map. We had newspapers, television stations from all over the globe coming here to go to Browntown and Scape Ore Swamp.”
A radio station in Columbia offered a $1 million reward for the capture of the Lizard Man but it was never claimed. The sheriff’s office stayed busy, trying to answer hundreds of calls about the creature from as far away Japan and New Zealand.
I believe there are plenty of undiscovered species on Earth. But they are all small in size and in remote areas. Or so closely related to a discovered species to be considered practically identical. Land based large creatures - like Sasquatch - no, I don't believe in those. I am too fixated on logic and proof. Our minds make up all kinds of stuff to explain that which we can't explain. That doesn't mean we're crazy nutjobs. I also believe that these are probably lots of large "monsters" out in the remote oceans. Lots of stuff out there that I wouldn't want to meet in person. We have barely scratched the surface of ocean exploration.
Aliens from other worlds? I do believe in those. But not because of reported sightings and such. More based on simple logic. Our galaxy contains something like 100 billion stars. And there are millions (or more) galaxies out there. They pointed Hubble at a dark area of the sky for a long exposure and it was just littered with galaxies. Everywhere. And many of those stars are going to have planets orbiting around them. It is just not logical to believe that we here on Earth are the only living things. It makes zero sense to believe with all the untold billions of billions of planets out there, ours is the only one with people on it. And most of us are morons. God just wouldn't do something like that. What a cruel joke. So "aliens" are out there. They may not be visiting us in shiny little flying saucers. And we may never discover them. But logically, they are out there. Common sense and reason dictate that.
Aliens from other worlds? I do believe in those. But not because of reported sightings and such. More based on simple logic. Our galaxy contains something like 100 billion stars. And there are millions (or more) galaxies out there. They pointed Hubble at a dark area of the sky for a long exposure and it was just littered with galaxies. Everywhere. And many of those stars are going to have planets orbiting around them. It is just not logical to believe that we here on Earth are the only living things. It makes zero sense to believe with all the untold billions of billions of planets out there, ours is the only one with people on it. And most of us are morons. God just wouldn't do something like that. What a cruel joke. So "aliens" are out there. They may not be visiting us in shiny little flying saucers. And we may never discover them. But logically, they are out there. Common sense and reason dictate that.
I agree, and another point people don't seem to consider is that it would be almost mathematically impossible that there would only be one. There would have to be a viable population for a species to exist. As much as I enjoy the search and the mystery it is hard to imagine an animal that size could have evaded detection for this long.
What about the 1855 Sasquatch war with the Indians??
I guess the Indians wiped them all out.
People are populating our planet faster and faster. We are encroaching into habitats that we never have in the past as more and more people going deeper and deeper into the still wilderness of forest and national parks. Logic, as you say, would dictate we could find things we never have seen before or thought extinct. As far as not seeing one with undeniable proof they have had centuries to develop their hiding and evading skills. Take a Marine in a Gilley suit and put him, or her, in a forest and find them! How long did they train for! Not near as long as Harry, from their birth they are learning skills. We are one of the few countries that poo foo many things because "O it can't be". Tales in Australia by the Aboriginal tribes of what the Australians call a Yowie, Sasquatch. Scientific proof of a large primate called Australopithecus. The Himalayan Nations with their stories of the Yeti, a video from many years ago by an expedition. Our own Pacific Northwest with tales from tribes reaching from Alaska to California of the Forest People and Sasquatch. I say there's too much past information to rule it out.
