NEWS FLASH: PGF Site Expedition, July 26th, 2012

BIGFOOT'S BLOG

NEWS FLASH, July 27th, 2012.

PGF Site Expedition, Group Photo, July 26th, 2012. Cliff Barackman, Ian C., Rowdy Kelley, Todd Hale,
Jamie Snowhorse, Robert and Francis Leiterman, Bart Cutino, Terry Smith, James Fay (Bobo), Bill Munns,
and Steven Streufert. Daniel Perez is behind the camera, and Tom Yamarone and Scott McClean were in camp at
that time. (Arranged shot, snapped by Daniel Perez on my camera.) That is the Kodak Cine K-100 16mm
camera, the same model used by Roger Patterson. This one has the three-lens turret in front, while
Roger's had one lens.

This is just a quick post. I'll have a more detailed presentation soon, when I get the time.

We're just now back from the latest Bluff Creek trip, which was a mega-event with all the gang and some very special guests. News and photos will follow in more detail on this blog soon. Full technical details will be published by Bill Munns once the photogrammetry and further mapping are finished. The PGF site is now once and for all throughly documented and confirmed in greater detail than ever before. With Bill Munns there this week we now have more accurate data on the site, film subject and cameraman position than even Green and Dahinden did back in the day! We know pretty much exact positions for the entire film and site now, and will have a fabulous model when Bill Munns is done. Jamie Snowhorse, who did our site proof mathematics last year, will provide confirmatory and complementary data. Robert Leiterman, Ian C. and Daniel Perez were still on site today noting the exact trackway course and positions in the film.

PGF Site Expedition, BLUFF CREEK FILM SITE PROJECT Reunion Photo, July 26th, 2012.
These are the original three, Steven Streufert, Ian C., and Robert Leiterman, plus Rowdy Kelley 
who joined us at the end last year, missing Jamie Schutmutt who did our math and is still doing more. 
The location is in front of the "Big Trees," Patterson-Gimlin Film Site.

It's been a long week. For now, here are a couple more photos...

PGF Site Expedition, July 26th, 2012. Daniel Perez and Ian look down the line of sight toward the Big Tree
with the Kodak Cine K-100 16mm camera. Daniel filmed Bobo doing a recreation of the walk in the
approximate right position for the "Frame 352" moment of the PGF.

Bigfoot Troubadour, Researcher and Sasquatch History Buff Tom Yamarone performs his new song,
"Hodgson's General Store. He came to the PGF site the first day out, but missed the group photo above.

We now have final confirmation of the PGF site in exact detail, with Bill Munns saying he is 100% certain of the location and certain he can determine the exact trackway.

More details will follow, with photographs of people there and the specifics of what we did, so stay tuned to this ever-exciting blog. Yes, I will have some preliminary technical details before Munns releases his official results and report.

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This blog is copyright and all that jazz, save for occasional small elements borrowed for "research" and information or satirical purposes only, 2003-2012, Bigfoot Books and Steven Streufert. Borrowings for non-commercial purposes will be tolerated without the revenge of Angry Bigfoot, if notification, credit, citation and a kindly web-link are given, preferably after contacting us and saying, Hello, like a normal person would before taking a cup of salt. No serious rip-offs of our material for vulgar commercial gain will be tolerated without major BF stomping action coming down on you, hu-man. 

NEWS FLASH: Bigfoot Media Barrage. My "From Out of Nowhere" Radio Appearance, plus BOBO on Rogan, SIERRA KILLS Interview and Site Location

BIGFOOT'S BLOG
News Flash, July 23rd. 2012

As of tomorrow I am officially "Out Squatching" for a good long while.

A few days ago I did an interview with some non-Bigfooter guys for their radio show. It's nice to talk to someone once in a while who is not a "Bigfooter." And yes, I will admit it now, this little "News Flash" has about six hours of time-consumption in audio and video (see below for more). Bigfooting can be a full-time job, I do regret. Have fun!

LISTEN HERE.

Below, also find a few other items of online media that came up recently. James BOBO Fay did a very revealing two-and-a-half-hour long appearance on the Joe Rogan Podcast. Also, Ro Sahebi of TeamTazer Bigfoot did a great hour-long "feature film" featuring an up-close-and-personal, beer drinking interview session with the Sierra Killer himself, Justin Smeja.
(I know, readers here perhaps thought I'd never get around to mentioning "Sierra Kills" on this blog. Yes, but that is because to me it is just a story at this point. Will it prove Bigfoot to be real? Only Wally and Melba know... I guess. Well, maybe. However, since all the good information says that Ketchum has confirmed the Sierra sample as "positive for Bigfoot," what will become of the Ketchum Bigfoot DNA study if the Smeja story proves to be a hoax? It will all fall to pieces, that is what.)

Screen Capture Only. Try the links above or below.

From Out Of Nowhere: Loud, Opinionated and Idiotic Podcasting, Writing and Views.
www.fromoutofnowhere.com 
This is their main show page: http://fromoutofnowheremedia.tumblr.com/.
The link to the show I'm on is: http://fromoutofnowheremedia.tumblr.com/post/27487099957/episode-59-bigfoot-researcher-steven-streufert

You might enjoy their show for reasons other than Bigfoot:
"From Out Of Nowhere features interviews with musicians, comedians and authors, a bi-weekly music show, plus parody and rants from hosts Eric Furniss and Rob Kern. It's our job to feature the loud and independent spirit of pop culture, be it rock, outlaw country, metal or blues. Some of the names you might not be familiar with but open your ears and crank it up, it's all about being turned on to something new here at FOON!"

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AND MORE:

Here is James BOBO Fay on the "Joe Rogan Experience" Podcast. The interview was really quite revealing if you want to know about things like the Ketchum DNA Project; and of course anything Bobo does is entertaining...

Here is another interview Bobo did recently, with Sharon Lee, the Bigfoot Field Reporter:
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/bigfootfieldreporter/2012/07/02/7112-interview-with-james-bobo-fay

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Here is the Ro Sahebi video production of his Justin Smeja interview. It's fascinating, even if you don't believe it, or if you believe Justin is an "evil" Bigfoot killer.

Some good links to coverage of this story may be found here:http://www.ghosttheory.com/2012/07/16/video-i-killed-bigfoot
Visit the sites of the guys behind this film thing, not the killing...
The Bigfoot Report: http://www.thebigfootreport.com/
Bigfoot Evidence Blog: http://bigfootevidence.blogspot.com/

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Recently, blogger Robert Lindsay announced the approximate location of the "Sierra Kills" on his eponymous blog, with its fascinating "Bigfoot News" section. Read it here:
http://robertlindsay.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/bigfoot-news-july-18-2012/

Here are the locations using his coordinates on Google Maps... Click to Enlarge.

‎"SIERRA KILLS" Location, Wide View

‎"SIERRA KILLS" Location, Close View
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"SIERRA KILLS" Location, Closest View

"SIERRA KILLS" Location, High Level View

Sometimes ya gotta laugh, when it's all you can really do.

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https://www.facebook.com/groups/bigfootersanonymous/

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This blog is copyright and all that jazz, save for occasional small elements borrowed for "research" and information or satirical purposes only, 2003-2012, Bigfoot Books and Steven Streufert. Borrowings for non-commercial purposes will be tolerated without the revenge of Angry Bigfoot, if notification, credit, citation and a kindly web-link are given, preferably after contacting us and saying, Hello, like a normal person would before taking a cup of salt. No serious rip-offs of our material for vulgar commercial gain will be tolerated without major BF stomping action coming down on you, hu-man.

2012 Patterson-Gimlin Film Site Bluff Creek Status, with Changes Noted; Test Tracks Successfully Confirm John Green's 1968 Statement

BIGFOOT'S BLOG
Mid-Late July 2012 Edition

Members from the Bluff Creek Film Site Project finally made it back into the Patterson-Gimlin film site area over the June 23-24 weekend (and of course, despite it being June, it rained on us). We found many changes in the creek had occurred over what was a fairly mild winter. This was due in large part to the fine job the US Forest Service had done when closing down the former dirt road down to the creek. They tore out the culvert and made banks for the small feeder creek that enters Bluff Creek just below the filming area. This was supposed to be the new creekbed, hence destroying the old road and any vehicle access down to the site itself. The creek, however, wasn't having any of it, and tore out a large portion of the gravel, grass, groundcloth and branches that were supposed to prevent erosion. This debris all ended up in the "big gulch" at the bottom of the general film site area. A dam was thus created, which forced the creek to flow into its northern channel, right up at the edge of the lower sandbar. Hence, access down into the creek has changed, and a whole course area was closed off with gravel and sand. Now there is more log hopping and less wading involved in getting across the creek and up on the sandbar. Some good aspects, and some bad; but it shows how things can change in a major way in just one season.

PGF Site Features as of 2011. See how things have changed! Click to Enlarge.
The upper middle creek course is now gone, as are the features seen in
the upper right two photos. That pool and creek course are now gone.

We were happy to find that the upper sandbar, where the PGF was actually shot, was still intact and unharmed. Our survey flags were all still there, save for a few chewed up by animals, and the test tracks we had made in the sand were still there. This latter confirms what John Green said, that he and Jim McClarin had returned to the site in June 1968, upon its first opening after the winter right after the October 1967 film was shot, and that they found the trackway of the film subject based upon tracks still visible in the sand and gravel. Well, folks and debunkers, it IS POSSIBLE. We proved it. We left our test tracks uncovered, in unsheltered areas, and dug them down to the approximate depth of the PGF creature's tracks. They were easily discernable after the eight months elapsed since we'd left them in late October. If our tracks lasted, there is no reason that the ones left by the film subject could not have. This means that this part of the claims of debunkers is wrong. Bob Gimlin did not lie about the tracks being covered, as Titmus found and cast them in good condition. Green and McClarin almost certainly did not lie about the trackway being found the  following summer, and in fact could have replicated the course of the subject accurately. They could even have found the boot tracks of Patterson at his filming spot, for that matter, if they were dug in distinctively and deeply in one area. The sand of the Bluff Creek bar does in fact have the capacity to hold disturbances for a number of winter months, it is now undeniable.

First Track Test, still showing clearly.

Track in the Ground, larger context.

The Second Test Track, showing clear depth and shape retention.

Front End of the PGF Site, near where the first frames were shot.
Also looking past where the test tracks were made to left.

Up by the upper sandbar, right in front of the filming spot, we found the big pool with the logjam that is probably the spot where the duo first saw "Patty" squatting by the creek is now gone. The damming of the creek below apparently had effects several hundred yards upstream. Now the pool is empty, with a large wall of exposed layered PGF site sandbar exposed for the interest of geologically minded squatchers. The creek has formed a new course to the south a bit, now flowing right up to the tree and bank where Bob Gimlin identified the spot where they were when they first saw the creature. The historic spot is still there, but just barely. All of this demonstrates the malleability of the creek's course, but also the durability of the big, high sandbars created by the massive flood of 1964. One can see how the PGF site itself has outlasted the years due to these factors, and still sits quite elevated and aloof from the changing torrent of the creek beside it. We have observed and shown over four years now that the sandbar of the PGF site does not get over-washed by creek flooding, nor has its substantive part been washed away by creek erosion. Later this summer we will have numerical data estimating the amount of loss to the "front" of the site on its southern side due to erosion of the creek banks there. It is not a significant amount of loss, by my own eyeball estimation. Bill Munns should be able to tell us the distances with a high level of accuracy from frame-by-frame film analysis compared with on-site measurements.

Area Below the Pool at the Crook in the Creek, below the PGF sandbar.
This is near where the creature would first have been seen.
The pool is now gone, and that flow of the creek a mere trickle; the main
flow now is toward the top of the photo.

The following photos were all taken by me, and copyrighted, even though they are often kind of blurry due to the low light conditions in the overgrown sandbar woods, which my tiny cell phone camera does not like too well.

Below the Site, Looking Toward First Sighting Spot, just upstream from
the previous photo spot. This is where Bobo walked in the Finding Bigfoot
TV re-enactment.

Our geologist, Jamie, in front of the Big Tree.

Jamie with Tree, looking toward the northeast and the Middle Tree, past the Maple.

The BIG TREE. 

Big Tree and Maple, from the east somewhat.

More Big Tree

Middle Tree and Spiky Snag.

Closer up to the Big Tree.

Small Wash Creek, that flows into the northeastern end of the PGF Site sandbar.

Me, with the "Bowling Alley" behind, end of film site.

Jamie Snowhorse and Rowdy Kelley, at edge of "Bowling Alley,"
Bluff Creek is seen flowing in the background. Eastern end of site.

Lovely Bluff Creek with alders and vine maples, near where the PGF
subject retreated, either up the creek or across to the other side.
The old fir debris piled here is an example of the remains of the 1964 flood
and salvage logging of 1965-66, still present on-site.

Site growth density, showing how thick it is in there on the sandbar.
It also shows how difficult it is to get a non-blurry handheld photograph in there.

Jamie in the Creek, looking upstream below PGF Site.
"Where Bobo Walked" in Finding Bigfoot.

Rowdy in the Creek, looking downstream past the trickle coming from
the former big pool at the crook in the creek. Log Jam still present.
This is where the creature was first seen, approximate camera location.

Rowdy, showing new creek course behind him, near Gimlin's first sighting spot.

The former pool at the crook in the creek, now just a trickle. This image
shows the height of the 1964 sandbar, compared to current creek depth.

Close-up, showing the nature of the PGF site gravel
layering and accumulation.

Downstream from the pool, looking at the logjam and the spot where the
film subject was first seen squatting by the creek. This was the main bed
of the creek's flow last fall. Now look at it... a trickle.

Blurry it is, but look to the very center... that pink flag is where Gimlin stood
last summer and identified the spot where they stood and first saw Bigfoot.
The flag is on the small side-leaning branch at middle.

In failing light, here is a blurry view leaving the PGF Site and heading downstream.

And here,
I will leave you with a better photograph from the next day's investigation of the Dry Lake BFRO Thermal Sighting. More on that in the next blog entries....

View of the Klamath River Valley, with Bluff Creek stemming out to left.
Taken from the ridge south of Bluff, near Dry Lake.
All photos above copyright 2012, Steven Streufert.

UPDATE: Jim McClarin himself commented on this post...

"McClarinJ, July 19, 2012 6:57 PM
Oh boy, I'm not a liar ;-) Let me say that the tracks John and I saw in the summer of '68 during our recreation shoot were not distinct enough to have been recognized as Bigfoot tracks by us if I had not seen them shortly (two weeks?) after Titmus had been there or if we had not recognized the site from the film."

Hey Jim, I'm always happy to prove that the good old boys were telling the truth!

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ANGRY BIGFOOT SPEAKS! 

What me Angry? That be my name. But me not angry, for real. Me say thing I heard hu-man say, which make sense good. "I used to be disgusted, now I just try to be amused."

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This blog is copyright and all that jazz, save for occasional small elements borrowed for "research" and information or satirical purposes only, 2003-2012, Bigfoot Books and Steven Streufert. Borrowings for non-commercial purposes will be tolerated without the revenge of Angry Bigfoot, if notification, credit, citation and a kindly web-link are given, preferably after contacting us and saying, Hello, like a normal person would before taking a cup of salt. No serious rip-offs of our material for vulgar commercial gain will be tolerated without major BF stomping action coming down on you, hu-man. 

Walking Tour of the new North Bonneville, WA Bigfoot Statues, with Larry Lund

Larry poses with his Bigfoot family.

BIGFOOT'S BLOG
Mid-July 2012 Edition

Since I'm getting a bit weary of all the serious stuff lately, here is a little bit of fun for you blog readers. Yes, I know, this is the second blog post featuring Larry Lund in a row, but it just so happens that Larry sent in these cool photos today. I can't resist posting them here.

The statues are installed throughout the park in North Bonneville. It is a fun little walking loop with educational features and clever Bigfoot statuary along the way. Enjoy! All of these photos shown here are actually larger than they appear on this blog page, so click to enlarge or right click them and open in another window to view or read them. All photos were taken by Larry Lund, and should be considered copyright by him. They are used here courtesy of Larry.

A start to the walking tour. Click to Enlarge and read it.

From Larry:"Here is the first set of photos taken at the park in the Columbia RiverGorge at North Bonneville Washington This is a very nice drive upriver from Vancouver, Washington and was just dedicated on the 6th of July 2012. Two more sets will follow. Hope you all enjoy them. On a side note, for those of you who know of him, John Kirk of Vancouver, B. C. is the son of former Mayor of North Bonneville."

All of these statues were created by Ken Craig of Washougal, WA. 

Here are a few links to his artworks, which you should enjoy, and which go way beyond Bigfoot sculpting:

http://www.quinnmountain.com/Ken_Craig_carvings.htm 

http://shotawoodcarving.com/ 

From THE COLUMBIAN Newspaper:
"The biggest Bigfoot in North Bonneville will be unveiled at 7 p.m. today at the main entrance to the town off Highway 14.
The arrival of the Great Elder will cap — at least for now — a program of regular Sasquatch sightings coordinated by the city's Heritage Trails Committee. A whole family of the legendary Northwest woods inhabitants created by Ken Craig of Washougal has been placed on a quarter-mile paved loop around the community park.
The Great Elder, which is carved of wood, is by far the largest, standing 12 feet tall and weighing 2,000 pounds."
Read the full article here:http://www.columbian.com/news/2012/jul/06/bigfoot-sculpture-be-unveiled-tonight/

Are these real, verifiable Bigfoot behaviors?

Click to Enlarge and Read

The Great Elder

All photography on this page is copyright Larry Lund, 2012.
Thanks again to Larry for more cool blog bytes.

Well... There you have it. I've never been to North Bonneville, but I now have a good reason to go, as do all of you fans of Sasquatch Art. You know I am a big fan of Bigfoot statuary. By the way, this reminds me. Here is a link to an old web site I did before this blog began... Click It.

BIGFOOT BY THE ROADSIDE. Willow Creek, Humboldt County, CA and BEYOND: Sasquatch Kitsch and Culture in Northern California

http://bigfootbytheroadside.webs.com/

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ANGRY BIGFOOT SPEAKS!

Me not angry. Me glad me not have to live in hu-man park. Me not want statue of me not either. Me not like it if hu-man climb on me and stick gum wad on foot. Me rather be free. Be wild. But it all good. Me tell you me not angry.

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This blog is copyright and all that jazz, save for occasional small elements borrowed for "research" and information or satirical purposes only, 2012, Bigfoot Books and Steven Streufert. Borrowings for non-commercial purposes will be tolerated without the revenge of Angry Bigfoot, if notification, credit, citation and a kindly web-link are given, preferably after contacting us and saying, Hello, like a normal person would before taking a cup of salt. No serious rip-offs of our material for vulgar commercial gain will be tolerated without major BF stomping action coming down on you, hu-man.