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    For hundreds of years,

    sightings of strange ape-li

    creatures have been

    reported throughout North

    America. Now known as

    sasquatch, or bigfoot in

    the United States,

    newspaper reports aboutthese creatures go back to

    1721.

    With an estimated 400

    sasquatch-related incident

    now occurring annually, th

    issue has gone far beyond

    the realm of fantasy, and

    has attracted the attentionof scientists and other

    professionals.

    In this presentation, we explore the sasquatch

    phenomenon through the research of many

    dedicated sasquatch/bigfoot enthusiasts and

    professional scientists. While the last chapter on

    this intriguing phenomenon is yet to be written,

    presented here are the facts as we know them.

    Artistic study by Brenden Bannon, 2005.

    SASQUATCHNorth Americas Most Amazing Phenomenon

    Artistic study byChristopher L. Murphy,

    1996.

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    Perhaps the earliest indications o

    sasquatch existence are several

    carved stone heads found in the

    Columbia River valley. Emeritus

    Professor of Anthropology

    Roderick Sprague tells us theheads share certain non-human

    but anthropoid features, and thus

    relationship between the heads

    and Sasquatch phenomena is

    suggested. One head has been

    dated at between 1500 BC and

    A.D. 500.STONE HEAD

    HAIRY MAN PETROGLYPH

    Another curious carving is astone foot (age not known) found

    in Lillooet, British Columbia. It is

    believed to be a medicine mans

    ceremonial stone. Dr. Grover S.

    Krantz tells us, this broken

    carving, missing the big toe and

    the heel, resembles the modern

    footprints attributed to the

    sasquatch, not the prints of anyknown animal.

    Petroglyphs (carvings or

    inscriptions on rocks) are found

    throughout North America. They

    depict people, animals and variou

    symbols. Some, such as the one

    located at Painted Rock,

    California, and shown here, aresaid to represent the Hairy Man.

    Stories abound in Native legends

    about this creature, and its

    description matches that of what

    we have come to know as the

    sasquatch or bigfoot. The age of

    this petroglyph is at least 1,000

    years, but it could be much older.

    EARLY NATIVE SASQUATCH REFERENCES

    STONE FOOT

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    Pictographs (prehistoric

    drawings or paintings on

    rock) depicting what native

    people describe as the

    hairy man have also beenfound. The exceptionally

    well-preserved images

    shown here are said to be

    those of an 8-foot tall hairy

    man, wife and child. The

    ancient work is in a rock

    shelter also located at

    Painted Rock, California. It

    is probably between 500 an

    1000 years old. The native

    people in this region are th

    Yokut Indians, and their

    highly thought-provoking

    stories of the hairy man

    leave little doubt that they

    are referring to what we

    now call sasquatch or

    bigfoot.

    The identification of the

    previous images cannot

    be attributed to

    selectivity or imagination.

    Here we see

    unambiguous, naturalistic

    Yokut images of a coyote,

    humans, and a caterpillar.

    This indicates that the

    hairy man was a totally

    different creature from

    known species.

    EARLY NATIVE SASQUATCH REFERENCES

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    NATIVE WOOD CARVINGS DEPICTING

    THE SASQUATCH

    This Tsimshian mask was found in

    British Columbia in the early part of

    the last century. The creature itdepicts is undeniably ape-like. As no

    apes of any sort are native to North

    America, the inspiration for the carvi

    may have been the sasquatch. In the

    Tsimshian culture, as in many native

    cultures, the sasquatch (or sasquatch

    like creatures) has sacred significanc

    This mask would have been created t

    honor the creature. The actual mask

    not shown here for religious reasons

    we accept and respect. The actual ag

    of the mask is not known, but we

    believe it was created around 1850.

    (Drawing by Peter Travers.)

    Native masks that actuallydepict the sasquatch, or

    sasquatch-like creatures, are

    numerous. Few, however,

    express a sense of reality as

    well as this Chehalis mask

    carved by Ambrose Point in

    1938. He lived on the Chehalis

    Reservation in British Columbia,

    where many sasquatchsightings have been reported. It

    is believed he actually saw a

    sasquatch which provided the

    inspiration for the mask. The

    physical size of the carving is

    far larger than a human head,

    and may indicate the great size

    of the creature he observed.

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    EARLY WRITTEN SASQUATCH

    REFERENCES

    The earliest written sasquatch references

    recount the experiences of early explorers

    and travelers. We are told that Lief Erikson

    encountered ugly, hairy monsters in A.D.986, and that Samuel de Champlain was

    informed of a giant hairy forest beast in

    1603. There are indeed other accounts, an

    there is no telling how many have been los

    to history.

    In his book, The Wanderings of an Artist

    Among the Indians of North America, Paul

    Kane provided a first-hand, direct accountof early Native fear of the creature. On

    March 16, 1847, Kane was in the Mount St

    Helens, Washington, area, but was unable

    to get natives to accompany him up the

    mountain for fear of, a race of beings of a

    different species, who are cannibals.

    Remarkably, the first major published

    account of what appears to be a crediblesasquatch encounter was written by

    Theodore Roosevelt, who later became

    President of the United States. In his book

    Wilderness Hunter(1892), Roosevelt

    recounted a story told to him by a trapper

    that took place in the Bitterroot Mountains

    in the1850s. The trapper provided

    convincing details on how his partner was

    killed by some sort of beast that walked otwo legs.

    Newspaper reports are by far the most

    numerous. Sixty-one reports ofpossible

    sasquatch incidents prior to 1900 have

    come to light. This number does not includ

    reports of those wild men who from their

    descriptions appear to have been merely

    that.

    PAUL KANE

    THEODORE ROOSEVELT

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    In the summer of 1924, Fred Beckand four other prospectors claimedthey were attacked by a number ofsasquatch near Mt. St. Helens. The

    creatures threw rocks at the menscabin and tried to break through throof, wall, and door. The attackcontinued throughout the night, buthe sturdy windowless cabinwithstood all assaults. In themorning, Beck said he shot one ofthe creatures which toppled into ACanyon (so named as a result of th

    incident).

    Fred Beck in the 1970s; Inset, 1924.

    Also in the summer of 1924,

    Albert Ostman claims he was

    abducted by a sasquatch near

    Toba Inlet, British Columbia. He

    was carried away in his sleeping

    bag and held captive for six

    days by a sasquatch family

    (male, female, young boy and

    girl). The story of his captivity

    and escape is well documented,

    and he died still firm that his

    sworn account was true.

    In September 1941, Mrs. JeannieChapman said she was terrified at

    the sight of an enormous sasquatcapproaching her home. Shegathered her three young childrenand fled to get her husband whoworked nearby. Humanlikefootprints 16 inches long werefound near the house. Unusualhowling near the property duringthe next week caused the

    Chapmans to abandon their home.

    Ren Dahinden (L) and Albert Ostman

    THE APEMEN OF MT. ST HELEN

    THE OSTMAN ABDUCTION

    THE RUBY CREEK INCIDENT

    Abandoned Chapman Home, late 1950.

    THE SASQUATCH CLASSICS

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    In the summer of 1955, William Roe, an experienced

    hunter, hiked up Mica Mountain, which is near the town

    of Tete Jaune Cache, British Columbia. He said he saw

    what he thought was a bear half hidden in the forest,and calmly observed the creature from behind a bush.

    To his surprise, it stood up on two legs and walked

    towards him. Now fully visible, the creature appeared

    ape-like, about 6-feet tall, covered in dark brown, silver-

    tipped hair, and by its evident breasts, a female.

    Unaware that it was being observed, it proceeded to the

    edge of the bush concealing Roe. It crouched down and

    started to eat leaves from the bush. Roe observed the

    creature for a considerable time, and noted many

    details. When the creature noticed Roe, it shifted

    backward, stood up, and walked rapidly away. Roe had a

    rifle and leveled it on the creature, but decided not to

    shoot because he felt it was human. The drawing seen

    here was created by Roes daughter under his direction,

    (although some aspects differ from his description).

    THE WILLIAM ROE EXPERIENCE

    The term bigfoot became thecommon name for the creature in the

    United States in October 1958. As ithappened, during that month, Jerry

    Crew, a road construction worker, sawlarge humanlike footprints circling hisparked bulldozer on a road being built

    in the Bluff Creek, California area.Such prints had been previously seen

    that year by Crew and other workers,and whatever was making the printswas being referred to as bigfoot.

    Crew made a plaster cast of one of theprints and reported the incident to theHumboldt Timesnewspaper at Eureka,

    California. A subsequent AssociatedPressrelease used the name Bigfoot,

    and nation-wide publication of theirstory firmly established the term.

    THE BIRTH OF THE NAME BIGFOOT

    Jerry Crew in a newspaper photograp

    THE SASQUATCH CLASSICS

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    The only major fully organized and

    funded attempt to find the sasquatch

    was the Pacific Northwest Exped-

    tion (PNE) which commenced

    operations in 1959, and continued foralmost three years. The organization

    was funded by Tom Slick, a Texas oil

    millionaire.

    n 1961, Slick also initially financed

    the smaller British Columbia Exped-

    tion, headed by Bob Titmus, who

    worked with John Green.

    Everything found by the researc

    ers, including all photographs, w

    sent to Slicks Southwest Found

    tion in San Antonio, Texa

    Evidence found was encouraginbut failed to provide firm proof

    sasquatch existence.

    Slick was killed in an airpla

    accident in the summer of 196

    and support for both expeditio

    ceased.

    ORGANIZED EXPEDITIONS TO FIND

    THE SASQUATCH

    Original organizers of the Pacific Northwest Expedition. (L to R) Ed Patrick, TomSlick, Ren Dahinden, Kirk Johnson, Bob Titmus and Gerri Walsh (Tom Slickssecretary). John Green, another member, took the photograph.

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    On October 20, 1967, Roger

    Patterson and Robert Gimlin of

    Yakima County, Washington, filmed

    female sasquatch, or bigfoot, along

    remote section of Bluff Creek innorthern California. The one-minute

    color film footage clearly shows an

    ape-like, hair-covered creature

    walking along a gravel sand bar.

    During its passage, the creature

    turned and glanced at the men who

    were about 102 feet away. It then

    continued on its course and

    disappeared in the woods directly

    ahead.

    The film has been intensely analyze

    and studied by many qualified

    professionals, including a certified

    forensic examiner, all of whom attes

    to the probable reality of the

    creature filmed.

    Experts in Hollywood have stated

    that they could not duplicate the

    creature without significant financia

    resources, and even then there were

    no guarantees. Even the world-

    acclaimed make-up artist, John

    Chambers, stated in the late 1990s

    that he was simply not that good.

    Every effort to duplicate the film byfilm producers and amateurs has

    failed miserably. Many individuals

    over the years have tried to discred

    the film, but not one piece of even

    marginally hard evidence has

    surfaced to cast doubt on the films

    authenticity.

    THE PATTERSON/GIMLIN FILM

    Frame 350 of the Patterson/Gimlin film. Theheight of the creature as seen here isestimated to be between 6 feet, 6 inches, and7 feet, 3.5 inches. Its weight is estimated at540 pounds or more.

    Ad photo showing the Cine-Kodak K-100camera used to film the creature.

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    THE PATTERSON/GIMLIN FILM

    Unfortunately, after a short distance, the

    tracks went up into the mountains where theycould not follow.

    The men then returned to the film site and

    closely examined the tracks on the sand bar.

    The footprints in the ground were about 14.5

    inches long and 1 inch or so deep. They

    immediately made plaster casts of the

    footprints. Patterson is seen here holding the

    casts shortly after they had set.

    The men then drove to a shipping facility and

    sent the film roll to Yakima for immediate

    processing. They wanted to hear back that

    they had captured the creature on film before

    they left the area. However, a few hours after

    returning to their camp, heavy rain forced

    them to abandon further research. With great

    difficulty due to flooding and landslides, they

    got out of the area early the next day.

    Using the best informat

    we have, the film site

    probably appeared very

    close to this model

    representation.Pattersons position is

    indicated with a red peg

    The creatures position

    as seen in frame 352 of

    the film (about one third

    into the total film). Just

    beyond this point, groun

    debris, bushes, and tree

    obscure the creatures

    images.

    After the creature dis-

    appeared in the forest, t

    two men followed its tra

    on horseback.

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    Patterson (right) and Gimlin we

    enthusiastic about the films prospect

    and within one week took it for review

    by scientists and other professionals

    the University of British Columbia. Whsome interest was indicated, it was n

    sufficient to get support for

    government-sponsored expedition

    seek hard evidence of the creature

    existence.

    The two thereupon took

    the film on the road,

    where it was greeted

    with interest by the

    general public.

    In 1971, Ren Dahinden

    took the film to Europe

    and had it reviewed by

    scientists in five countries. Two scientists went beyond

    simply viewing the film and provided encouraging written

    reports. In North America, three additional scientists anda forensic examiner have gone on record as to the

    probable authenticity of the creature filmed. Other

    professionals have expressed opinions that support either

    the film, or the sasquatch in general. Usually, when

    scientists take the time to properly analyze the

    Patterson/Gimlin film, they are impressed and motivated to

    perform further research.

    LIVING TESTIMONYRobert Gimlin is seen here at the Willow Creek

    Bigfoot Symposium in 2003. He has recounted

    the story of the filming to audiences many times

    since the epic event in 1967, and continues to

    reaffirm that what he saw at Bluff Creek was a

    natural creature.

    THE PATTERSON/GIMLIN FILM

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    Footprints and plaster

    casts therefrom provide the

    strongest physical

    evidence of sasquatch

    existence. The number,quality, configuration and

    distribution of prints all

    rule in favor of a natural

    foot making the prints.

    Anthropologists who have

    studied casts agree that

    the prints were made by an

    unknown primate.

    FOOTPRINTS

    HANDPRINTS

    Although hand prints are

    rare, several have been

    found and cast. The

    prints are not only much

    larger than a human

    hand, but also show

    other distinctdifferences. Scientists

    who have studied hand

    casts contend that the

    prints were not made by

    a human hand.

    The Skookum Cast and Dr. Jeff Meldrum.

    BODY PRINTS

    Body part impressions were

    found in Skookum Meadows,Washington, that indicate a

    sasquatch reclined in soft

    earth. A cast (known as the

    Skookum Cast) was made of

    those impressions. It has been

    studied by anthropologists, wh

    contend that the impressions

    were made by an unknown

    primate.

    THE PHYSICAL SASQUATCH EVIDENCE

    (L) Print found on Onion Mountain, California, caby Bob Titmus. (R) Print found in the BlueMountains, Washington, cast by Paul Freeman.

    (L) A print in a series found by the Skeena River,B.C. (R) Bob Titmus with casts of two prints.

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    Deer Chimpanzee

    Human Sasq-CA

    Sasq-WA#1 Sasq-WA#2

    Hair samples associated with sasquatch sightings ha

    been collected and analyzed by Dr. Henner Fahrenbach. T

    following is his report on his findings.

    ****Generally, sasquatch hair has the same diameter ran

    as human hair and averages 2 to 3 inches (5 to 8 cm)

    length, with the longest collected being 15 inches (3

    cm). The end is rounded or split, often with embedded d

    A cut end would indicate human origin. Hair that is expos

    for a long time to the elements tends to be degraded

    fungi and bacteria, a process readily apparent under t

    microscope. Such hairs are routinely rejected, and nonethe photographed hairs shown here suffer from su

    defects.

    Sasquatch hair is distinguished by an absence of

    medulla, the central cellular canal. At best, a few sh

    regions of a fragmentary medulla of amorpho

    composition are found near the base of the hair. So

    human hairs also lack a medulla, but the current collect

    of 20 independent samples with congruent morpholo

    effectively rules out substitution of human hair.

    The cross-sectional shape and color of sasquatch hair

    uniform from one end to the other, in keeping with the chacteristics of primate hair in general. There are no gua

    hairs or woolly undercoat, and the hair cannot be expect

    to molt with the seasons. Hence, hair collections a

    invariably sparse in number.

    Despite a wide variety of observed hair colors

    sasquatch, under the microscope they invariably have f

    melanin pigmentation and a reddish cast to the corte

    presumably a function of the pigment phaeomelanin.

    Efforts at DNA analysis are continuing, though hamper

    by the lack of a medulla, a condition that, where it exists

    human hair, also impedes such studies. Advances in Dtechnology promise eventual success.

    SASQUATCH HAIR

    Hair micrographs (260x): The deer hair has the cross-section almost entirely occupied by themedulla, an unbroken lattice in hair terminology. It has, of course, a thin cortex and cuticle. Thechimpanzee hair, pitch black, has a continuous, mostly amorphous medulla. The human hair hasthe typical amorphous fragmentary medulla. The three sasquatch hairs (one from California; twofrom Washington) are (CA) dark brown; (WA#1) very dark (observed as black on the animal); and(WA#2) reddish brown (called buckskin by the observers of the animal). A medulla is uniformly

    absent in these hairs.

    THE PHYSICAL SASQUATCH EVIDENCE

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    SASQUATCH STRUCTURES

    We can reason that sasquatchprobably make some sort ofstructure for resting, and perhapsuse caves or other enclosures forprotection. Wildlife biologist Dr.John Bindernagel has done

    considerable research on thissubject (published in NorthAmericas Great Ape: theSasquatch). He detailsdiscoveries of large, unusual nest-like structures (some partiallyroofed), and of one incidentwhere a sasquatch was seen inan abandoned mine shaft. Later

    explorations of the shaft revealedan oval nest 4 feet by 4.5 feetmade of forest material. Althoughthere is no hard evidence toconnect these structures withsasquatch, they are different fromcommon bear beds and cannot beassociated with any knownanimal.

    TWISTED/BROKEN BRANCHES

    Another unusual occurrence hasbeen associated with sasquatch fmany years. Dr. John Bindernagelreports: Occasionally observed

    where a sasquatch has movedthrough a wooded area is a seriesof broken sapling or branches upto four inches in diameter, snappeor twisted off six to eight feetabove the ground.

    Ones immediate reaction might bthat the branches were broken bythe wind, or other severe weather

    conditions. However, preciseobservations by Dr. Robert Alley iAlaska revealed that branches arebroken in this way during periodswhen weather was not a factor.Because hands would be needed break the branches, the sasquatcis a likely suspect.

    EXCREMENT OR FECESLarge, human-like evacuations ha

    been found and examined. Their

    contents are not that of a human

    a bear, and their shape differs fro

    any known animal. Further, one

    obviously non-human sample

    contained eggs of parasites

    common in southwest China.

    THE PHYSICAL SASQUATCH EVIDENCE

    Nest found at Kiawock Lake, Alaska, with an axfor scale.

    (L) Walla Walla, WA. (R) Mt. Hood, OR.

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    SASQUATCH ROOTS

    (A Plausible Origination Theory)

    Until very recently, none of the know

    great apes could lay claim to a possib

    fossil ancestor, but four huge fossilize

    lower jaws and hundreds of teeth ofwhat could be a sasquatch ancestor

    have been known for many years.

    Designated Gigantopithecus blacki,

    these giant apes were living in

    southern China at least until 100,000

    years ago, and an older jawbone foun

    in India proves that they existed over

    large area and for a very long time.

    There is no evidence that they spreadto North America via the land bridge

    that once connected it to Asia, but

    other animals did, and there is no

    apparent reason why they could not

    have done so.

    Dr. Grover Krantz reconstructed the

    complete skull of a Gigantopithecus

    blackibased on the creatures lowerjaw. A direct comparison with a huma

    skull and a gorilla skull confirms that

    the creature was very large.

    WhetherGigantopithecuswalked

    upright or on all fours will probably

    never be certain unless other bones a

    found. All that the jaws prove is that

    ape of sufficient size to match

    sasquatch descriptions did exist in

    relatively recent times, and not

    impossibly far from North America.

    Making the crossing would have

    required adapting to life in a much

    colder climate, but for that the

    creatures huge size would have been

    significant advantage.

    Speculated transmigration route of

    humans and animals from Asia intoNorth America.

    Dr. Grover Krantz with a model of aGigantopithecus blackiconstructedby William Munns.

    Land bridge caused by lower sea

    levels 20,000 years ago

    Ice limit 20,000 years ago

    Route of transmigration

    HUMAN GORILLA GIGANTO B.

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    THE YETI

    The yeti, which is said to inhabthe Himalayas, was first broughto the attention of the outside

    world about 100 years ago. Sinthat time, many expeditions havbeen undertaken to find thecreature. There are manydocumented sightings, some vecredible, but absolutely nophotographic evidence.Footprints in snow remain themain tangible evidence of thecreatures existence. Tibetanmonks have three known scalps

    and a skeletal hand that theyclaim are from yeti. However,analysis of one scalp did notsupport their claim. As to thehand, it was analyzed, but hadbeen previously tampered with(some bones removed andreplaced with human bones). Aa result, the findings indicatedhuman bones and animal bonewith no identification provided

    the animal.

    In 2001, British scientistsobtained alleged yeti hairsamples yielding DNA that coulnot be identified. Bryan Sykes,Professor of Human Genetics athe Oxford Institute of MoleculaMedicine, stated, We have nevencountered DNA that we

    couldnt recognize before. Weare awaiting furtherdevelopments.

    Yeti footprints are totallydifferent from sasquatchfootprints. It might therefore bereasoned that the creature is nclosely related to the sasquatcjust remotely connected.

    Painting of a yeti by Robert Bateman.

    Yeti footprint cast copy, about 12.5inches long. The original was created

    from a photograph.

    SASQUATCH CONNECTIONS

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    THE RUSSIAN SNOWMAN

    Soldiers with slain snowman by Lydia Bourtseva.

    Snowmen (also called almas

    kaptar, or leshiy) have been

    sighted throughout Russia per

    se for centuries. Although theyshare some features with the

    sasquatch, it has not been

    established that they are the

    same creature. Sightings

    indicate that snowmen range i

    height from human sizes up to

    10 feet tall. However, it appear

    the creatures themselves, like

    humans, differ in stature fromregion to region.

    Stories of examining, capturing

    domesticating, and killing

    snowmen are well documented

    but conclusive hard evidence o

    the creatures existence has

    never been produced. There is

    no known photograph of thecreature.

    One plausible account of a

    slaying took place in 1925.

    Soviet soldiers inadvertently

    killed a snowman during a

    confrontation with anti-Soviet

    guerrillas in the Pamir-Alai

    Mountains (now in Tajikistan).Circumstances were such that

    they could not transport the

    body out of the region; howeve

    it was thoroughly examined by

    an army medical doctor. A

    detailed report was provided to

    Soviet scientists by the unit

    commander, Major-General

    Mikhail Topilsky, in 1966.

    (T) A possible Russian snowman likeness. (L)Igor Bourtsev with a 14-inch cast from a printfound in the Pamir-Alai Mountains, Tajikistan, (R)

    A 15.5-inch footprint found in Tien-Shan,

    SASQUATCH CONNECTIONS

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    SASQUATCH CONNECTIONS

    Yowie study by Barry Olive.

    Aborigine pictograph of agiant, hair-covered man.

    Andre Clayden with

    13-inch cast.

    Possible yowie footprint, 13 inches

    long, Barrington Tops, NSW.

    THE AUSTRALIAN YOWIE

    Although yowie is a fairly recent term for

    Australias sasquatch or bigfoot, the creature

    itself predates written history. In fact, we

    believe Aborigines have been encountering thmysterious creature since they arrived on the

    continent. A Yulanji pictograph, depicting wh

    these people refer to as a giant hair-covered

    man, provides some indication of the antiquit

    of the phenomenon.

    Native yowie encounters, however, were not

    taken seriously until Europeans slowly pushe

    into the out back and saw the creature firsthand. The earliest credible sighting by a

    European dates from 1848. A shepherd

    maintained to the day he died that he saw a

    hairy man who walked upright and terrified h

    normally fearless dogs.

    Extensive research on the yowie has

    uncovered about 300 sightings or incidents,

    and analysis of these eyewitness reportsreveals an astounding similarity between

    yowies and sasquatch. Unfortunately, tracks

    are rare given Australias dry climate and soi

    conditions, so few reports provide this kind o

    evidence. Nevertheless, what has been

    collected is impressive, and confirms that the

    creature is far beyond a native legend.

    Alwyn Richards says he saw a

    yowie simply step over this fence

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    . Robert Alley

    Michael M. AmesDonald Assu

    Robert BatemanDmitri Bayanov

    Ronald BeckFrank BeebeAlan Berry

    Bruce BerrymanDr. John Bindernagel

    Penny Birnamanet Bord

    gor BourtsevPeter ByrneLydia Bourtseva

    Constance Cameron

    ames ChilcuttGeorge ClappisonWilliam Closner

    Loren Colemanoedy Cook

    Tom Cousino

    Clifford CrookPaul Cropper

    Raymond CroweErik Dahinden

    Martin DahindenM. K. DavisDr. Dmitri Donskoy

    Dr. W. Henner Fahrenbachames Farmer

    Henry FranzoniRobert Gimlin

    effrey GlickmanDr. Jane GoodallPat Graves

    ohn GreenDr. Donald W. Grieve

    Doug HajicekDavid Hancock

    Tony Healy

    Jo Ann Hereford

    Al HodgsonDiane Horton

    Don HunterDon Keating

    Roger KnightsKeuwanee LapseritisR. Lyle Laverty

    Yvon LeclercCaroline Sue Lindley

    Larry LundGerry Matthews

    James McClarinDr. Jeffrey MeldrumJoe Miller

    Matthew Moneymaker

    Ron MoreheadRobert MorganKathy Moskowitz

    Eric MuenchDaniel MurphyRichard Noll

    Patricia PattersonDaniel Perez

    Erskine PeytonThom Powell

    Derek RandlesDr. Peter RubecMichael Rugg

    Dr. Esteban SarmientoDr. George Schaller

    James SemlorBobbie Short

    Paul SmithDr. Roderick SpragueThomas Steenburg

    Brad TombePeter Travers

    Wanja TwanCraig Woolheater

    POSTHUMOUSLY

    Donald AbbottBarbara Wasson Butler

    Fred BeckJohn W. Burns

    Jeannie ChapmanJerry Crew

    Ren DahindenDr. Leroy FishPaul Freeman

    John FuhrmannMarjorie Halpin

    Paul KaneDr. Grover S. Krantz

    Dr. Q.C. MarshIvan MarxSylvester McCoy

    Dr. John NapierAlbert Ostman

    Roger PattersonAmbrose Point

    William RoeTheodore RooseveltIvan T. Sanderson

    Thomas SlickDr. Daris Swindler

    Glen ThomasDavid Thompson

    Robert Titmus

    MUSEUMS, PUBLICATIONS,WEBSITES, ORANIZATIONS

    ArgosyMagazineBigfoot Encounters

    Bigfoot Field ResearchersOrganization

    Bigfoot Research Project

    Bigfoot TimesBoneClones

    British Broadcasting Corp.

    This presentation and my sasquatch books and exhibits were made possible throug

    the contributions of many people, both present and beyond, and by many

    organizations. Contributions were made in five different categories: knowledge,

    artifacts, photographs, art work and support, all of which were essential in

    completing my different projects. I owe a great deal of gratitude to these fine peopand organizations. I firmly believe their contributions will be significant in moving u

    closer to resolving the sasquatch/bigfoot mystery.

    CONTRIBUTORS

    (Alphabetical Order)

    Chehalis First Nations

    Chronicle of Canada(ChronicPublications)

    Colonist(Victoria, B.C.)Hancock House Publishers

    Hillary FoundationHood River NewsHumboldt Times

    International Bigfoot SocietyMemphis Enquirer

    Museum of Natural History,Pocatello Idaho

    Ohio Center for Bigfoot StudieRoyal Museum, British

    Columbia

    San Jose News

    Scott Stamp MonthlyMagazinSkamania County PioneerSkamania County Board of

    CommissionersTexas Bigfoot Research CentTimes-Standard(Eureka,

    California)TrueMagazine

    United States Army Corps ofEngineers (Washington

    Environmental Atlas)University of Oregon - Museu

    of Natural History

    Vancouver Gun ClubVancouver Museum

    Vancouver ProvinceVancouver Sun

    Washington PostWhitewolf EntertainmentWild Entertainment Inc. and

    Wilderness Productions IncWillow Creek/China Flat

    Museum

    CONTRIBUTORS