Wild Women Of The Woods: Sexism In Bigfoot Research

Saturday, March 8th, 2008

Women get used to no one taking us seriously. Strong men are macho; strong women are witches (or the word that rhymes with it). Bigfoot research is no different. The big, manly Bigfoot hunters go out in the wilderness while the womenfolk stay home. Watch a documentary about Bigfoot and who ...

Ufos & High Strangeness: Forbidden Territory

Tuesday, February 26th, 2008

How far will researchers go to hide the truth? If you browse the website of a Bigfoot or UFO group, you’ll probably find a listing of sightings reported to that group. What won't you find on most of those sites? Sightings that cross the boundaries between the two disciplines. A visitor ...

How Smart Are Bigfoots?

Tuesday, February 12th, 2008

Hairy, bipedal creatures haunt the backcountry of our world. Science dismisses them as specters of our imaginations, while many who believe in their existence brush them off as just big, dumb agpes. Certainly, they lack the attributes we associate with sentient life: self-awareness, language, culture, burial customs, art, and music. But ...

The Semantics Of Sasquatch - The Power Of Words In Bigfoot Research

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

These days, many people seem to have forgotten the true meanings of words and phrases. Nobody wants to open up a dictionary anymore, and so the meanings of words become hazy in our minds, vulnerable to misuse. Many Bigfoot researchers like to throw words around like heavy stones, in the ...