Umm, no but thanks. “I think, someone thought, I think”? I’m good.
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Will do!
I listen to a bunch of material related to cryptids. Have you tried any of the following?
My Bigfoot Sighting
Sasquatch Chronicles
Linda Eastburn
I like these 3 because they are first hand narratives with little or no interruptions from the interviewer.
I used to listen to some folks who read others’ stories. I found the first hand accounts more informative.
But that’s just me.
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Oddly enough I came across a post on reddit about the Sierra Sounds
" I’ve been seeing a lot of posts about the Sierra Sounds or ‘Samurai Chatter’ here and on other forums. Most discussions about the sound are positive and often over look a less well known fact about the sounds. Ron Morehead and others planted fake tracks around the area and tried to sell them off as being real.
In his book Grover discusses the sierra sounds: “None of them claimed to have seen the creatures, but they did show me photographs of numerous tracks in the snow at the camp. These were some of the most obviously faked tracks I( have ever seen. The tape was analyzed by some univeristy sound speciliasts who determined that a human voice could not have made them; they required a much longer ocal tract. A sasquatch investigator later asked of these experts if a human could imitate the sound characteristics by simply cupping his hands around his mouth. The answer was yes. I do not know what these recordings actually represent, but given the circumstances they do not seem to merit any further investigation.” (See Bigfoot evidence, Pg134)
Jeff Meldrum also recently discussed the fake tracks in an interview that can be found here. Though he is much nicer about calling them out.
So, sadly it appears that the Sierra Sounds, given the above are a dead end.
Works Cited:
- Krantz, Grover. Bigfoot Sasquatch Evidence, Hancock House Publishers, 1999."
Not sure if linking to reddit is allowed but it’s in the cryptozoology subreddit and from a few hours ago
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Wow! Thanks for contributing this!
I am disappointed. However, that’s an emotional response to situation requiring facts and logic.
Thanks for the reddit link. I’ll definitely check it out!
Are you implying inherant skepticism is an emotional response.
Hey @Hashpants! Interesting question.
I am absolutely implying that. As a psychological construct skepticism is viewed as a personality characteristic. This construct can be seen in numerous psychological tests purported to measure this characteristic. While the name may change slightly, skepticism is reflected in the scales of tests such as the Hogan, OPQ, etc.
Skepticism informs our cognitive efforts. However, it is not viewed as a cognitive function. For example, being more or less skeptical probably doesn’t have a strong correlation with measures of intelligence or problem solving.
Skepticism is a healthy thing to have. However, having too much or too little can cause problems. Too much and you aren’t open to new information and ideas because you’ve already written them off. Too little and you become gullible and consume information without questioning it.
The nature/nurture question - are you born a skeptic or do you learn to be one? It certainly must be both. Even in young children there is variance in the ease with which they accept information. However, experience can raise skepticism levels. People who get burned using poor information often become more skeptical afterwards. These differences can be seen in testing results spanning such events. In most cases it appears that once a person’s skepticism is elevated it may never return to the same level.
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That’s really cool. There aren’t any festivals close to where I live. However, there have supposedly been sightings in a large forested area about 60 miles from me.
BTW - upstate NY is beautiful! If I were a Bigfoot I might want to live there. Cold winters though.
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I’m just on the other side of lake george from Whitehall. When I go hiking at night I always smack branches against trees, haven’t heard an answer yet.
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Lol, all it takes it once. Then it is out of the 'what if" and into “oh S@*t!”
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I’d love to know if you get a reply!
The interpretation of tree knocks is controversial. Some believe Bigfoot do it to signal.the presence of humans. Others say it’s a form of communication that humans happen to overhear. At location X they claim that every time a new human arrives at the research site they hear a tree knock.
Fun stuff!
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I’d crap my pants!
I sometimes wonder if what sounds like tree knocks and rock clacking isn’t a huge Bigfoot clapping his meaty hands together. Who knows?
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This is a fun event just down the road from where I live.
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That looks like fun! Do you plan to attend?
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If I go this year, I’ll take pics of the event just for you @Bert 
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That’d be so cool! I’ve never been to a Bigfoot festival. You’ve inspired me!
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I’ve lived from Glens Falls north all my life. I lived just outside of Whitehall for about 2 years. we had 70 acres, surrounded by 7000 acres of Nature Conservancy land! We had NO neighbors as far as we could see! Never saw a bigfoot though lol!
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There’s always hope!
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Hey there neighbor! I’m a transplanted flatlander. Moved up here when I was 12. But my family had land up in Thurman for years right on the river. I’ll keep looking until I’m looking at one
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Take your camera! We want to see it too!
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