My Newspaper Column on Bigfoot

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My Newspaper Column on Bigfoot

"A Matter of Time" is the name of my weekly newspaper column that I write on Bigfoot. I will include my most recent each week. I am simply a Bigfoot Believer, and can't wait until the animal is found. I believe he is real and not supernatural as some believe.

I live with my husband in the beautiful state of Oregon, Bigfoot Country. Indeed, a couple of people have mentioned to me sightings just this past year in this area.

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Did Teddy Roosevelt Believe in Bigfoot?

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So, Did Teddy Roosevelt Believe in Bigfoot?



Good question. In his book, The Wilderness Hunter published in 1890, he writes two interesting stories. One was told to him by his guide, simply known as Bauman, and the other his own story when hunting in the state of Washington. The argument goes that since Roosevelt wrote of the encounters he at least gave some merit to the stories.
The Bauman Story takes place when Bauman was very young, possibly a teen. He was paired with an older trapper, unnamed. They hunted along the Salmon River in Idaho. The trappers went as far as was safe for their ponies, left them tethered and traveled on foot deep into the evergreen forest. They agreed on a spot to camp and built a rough lean-to. Since it was early in the day they went off to find places to set their traps. When they arrived back at camp, it had been visited by what they thought was a bear. Footprints were aplenty. Nothing out of the ordinary until the older trapper took time to examine them. He proclaimed whatever it was walked on only two feet. The prints overlapped, so it was hard to tell what type of prints they were. During the night they were visited by something, looming at the opening of the shelter. A shot was fired, evidently missing the animal. It thrashed off through the brush. After this, they built a larger fire and slept little.
The story ends by Bauman returning to camp a day later to find his partner’s neck broken with fang marks on his neck.
This story, Roosevelt’s own, tells much, in my estimation, of Roosevelt’s personality. He was told of the encounters of Sasquatch in the area of Washington State and his guides tried to keep him from going there. But he insisted and doggedly pursued that end.
He heard sounds coming from the forest that he couldn’t identify. Whether Roosevelt believed or not in the animal, Sasquatch/Bigfoot, he did write about them in his book, The Wilderness Hunter.
The subject of Bigfoot has intrigued us for centuries. Here in the Northwest over a hundred sightings are reported each year. Who knows how many more have not been reported because of the ridicule that is sure to come if a report is turned in. Let me know of your sighting; I’ll need a full name, but will only use an initial. Email it to lindap@douglasco.net.

Linda along with her husband, Christopher Perry, is the author of three children's Bigfoot books and a Viking Age novel. The three children's books are Lock Your Doors Country Folk, Eye of The Beast and The Little Red Car and Bigfoot. The Viking Age novel is Forced Blood The Norseman. Order where books are sold or Amazon.com.

Order a signed copy from the Perry's Website:
www.christopherperryandlindanewtonperry.com.

Another Sighting

The above illustration is a photoshop masterpiece and is the work of Linda Newton Perry.

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Yet, Another Sighting!

I prefer to report on sightings and news of Bigfoot/Sasquatch in the Northwest, but I cannot always find suitable material. The following information comes from the Bobbie Short Bigfoot Newsletter #221. You can go straight to the full article at http://texaslesstraveled.com/bigfootcountry.htm (no period at end of htm). I will admit, it hints of a travel advertisement, but it does tell an interesting story, that of sightings going back a century or two.
I went to the sight from the heading in the newsletter, “Hunter Has Encounter” or such like. I never found a recent “hunter” encounter, but found the web page interesting. The page begins with the local Indian’s story of how Lake Caddo came into existence. You will see an intriguing foggy, sepia tinted print of the area.
Craig Woolheater, head of the Texas Research Center in nearby Jefferson, says “…hundreds of unofficial reports filter in every year,” and “Caddo Lake is a land of Bigfoot.” He says further, “So strong is the belief that Bigfoot inhabits this wilderness area that the Research Center stages an annual conference each autumn in Jefferson with multiple field trips into the back country scheduled every year. And while proof positive has yet to be unearthed few will disagree that the Caddo Lake region is a place that lends itself to [Bigfoot sightings since it is] a place that is both wild and untamed.”
In conclusion, I’ll tell you of a conversation I had with my mother a week or so ago. I reminded her that Bigfoot had been sighted many times in her state of Oklahoma. After telling her that my husband and I had just completed a children’s book on Bigfoot she said, “Well, I don’t know if that would be too interesting, and anyway don’t you think Bigfoot is dead, by now.” So there, even my own mother is an unbeliever. But I will soldier on, I will … Oh, never mind. If you have a sighting you’d like to report, I’d like to hear about it and use it in this column. I must have a full name but will use only an initial. Contact me at linda.perry@charter.net (no period at end of net).
(The photo is not the lake mentioned in this article.)

Death of a Bigfoot (Yeti) Believer

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Writer and hunter, Pete Serafin, dead.

I was sorry to hear, last week, of the death of Pete Serafin, a well-known local writer and hunter.
Pete Serafin believed in Bigfoot-like creatures. In fact, he sent a photo of a footprint in the snow, taken at 16,000 ft. in the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal. In the photo, his boot print is clearly seen next to the animal’s very large print.
Here is the letter to the editor of the Roseburg Beacon sent by Serafin, April of last year. (The letter is just as it appeared in the paper. I’ve made no corrections.)
“Recent letters to your paper have again raised the question as to whether or not Bigfoot creatures exist. Above is your answer. This picture was taken at an elevation of 16,000 ft. in the Himalayan Mountains of Nepal while I was hunting Bharal blue sheep on a 22-day bacpack trip. A sherpa was with me, but no one else saw it, because we were miles from camp.
“Notice my tiny shoeprint alongside the monster Yeti’s. Like a human or bear track, this one is plantigrade, which means that the entire foot touches down at the same time, like a bear, but unlike cats, which walk on their toes.
“Notice also, the unusual four toes instead of the usual five. No whole other prints were available because of the rocks. Pete Serafin.”
In April, 2008, Jean Ivey was the editor of the Roseburg Beacon and my column “A Matter of Time!” was included in that paper.
My husband and I have written a children’s book on Bigfoot. I’ll let you know when you can order a copy or buy it at local bookstores. One of the reasons I’m sorry to hear of Pete Serafin’s death is, I was hoping to have a book signing party when the new book is available. We will, however, plan some sort of festive occasion. If you have some ideas, let me know. And don’t forget to email me your sightings of Bigfoot/Sasquatch. I will need your full name but will only use initials. Email me at linda.perry@charter.net. (Linda Newton-Perry, along with her husband Christopher Perry, is the author of the Viking Age novel, Forced Blood The Norseman. The novel is written for both men and women. Order your copy on line or anywhere books are sold.) For a signed copy go to the Perry's Website at

www.christopherperryandlindanewtonperry.com