Three Comments on Saxton's Field Photos and the 1962 Bigfoot Body

Guest Editor-Blogger: Milred

We wish we could get your column in our local paper. We really do enjoy them. When the Columbus Day Storm hit, my husband and I lived in Kerby, Oregon. We are positive there was a picture of that hairy ape like thing on the wall in the Junction Cafe in Cave Junction. I wonder if the cafe is still there. It was truly a sight to see. It showed the hands, feet and fingers of it, and the face was not that of a bear. It was quite ugly, it seems. The huge fir tree that fell on it didn't do it any good.

Guest Editor-Blogger: Darlene

I don't think you're being fair Anonymous about this guy. What makes you think he's not experienced enought? He may have a special bond with folks in the FS. Just because your favorite hunter didn't get in there doesn't mean anything. It needs to be said: I have been to a lot of websites that claim to be searching for Bigfoot and the only thing that keeps coming up is they need $$$$$$. This man has been a good source of information on this blog. I think he's really in it to find the thing, not get rich!

Guest Editor-Blogger: Viola

I really like your website Mrs. Perry. There's one thing I would like to write down here: Several years ago I had a run end with a Bigfoot investigator who kept calling me up and harassing me. He wanted me to sign affidavits and all kinds of things. He made me feel like I was a criminal because I submitted a report to some people. This is not right! People who see these things are traumatized without these experts trying to trip folks up. Shame on them Please folks be careful who you contact after seeing one.

"A Matter of Time" Newspaper Column by Linda Newton-Perry

Decomposed Bigfoot Body, 1962

PPerry's Jan. 25 (week of). 2010, Bigfoot Column


Exciting information has come from Guest Editor-Bloggers of my blog, Bigfoot Ballyhoo, Greg and Brandy. These two Forest Service employees told of a decomposed, unidentified animal body found as workers cleared roads of fallen trees after the Columbus Day Storm of 1962. Greg wrote that it was found by a Griffy and Laird crew on Greyback spur road.

The animal was huge, decomposing for, they thought, about a month. Those that found the animal and took pictures couldn’t tell what kind of animal it was. All agreed it was too big to be a bear. And here is the exciting evidence that the animal could have been a Bigfoot: it had hands and feet like a human, not paws. And its face appeared to be man-ape. According to Greg the corpse and photos taken were all shipped off to the Department of Interior. He reminded us that the information could be accessed by the Freedom of Information Act. I went on the website and found there are forms to fill out and possibly a fee. I didn’t pursue it, but possibly there are those that read this blog and column that may wish to.

Greg, if you should find one of those photos, please share it with us. I would think someone would have kept one of them for a keepsake; or if you find an old record of the submission to the Department of Interior, that would be exciting information for all of us who believe in the existence of this animal.

Brandy, mentioned above, submitted a thrilling encounter with a Bigfoot. In September of 2009, she was called out in the middle of a lightening fraught night to spot for fires on the Keely Mountain near the Kalmiopsis Wilderness, Oregon. It was around 4:30 AM when she arrived. She couldn’t believe her eyes when she spotted an unusual appearing beast about 25 to 30 feet from her pickup. At the time she thought it was at least ten feet tall, but after thinking about it she believed it more like eight and a half or nine. She said it stood on two legs and had dark hair all over its body. She didn’t feel threatened by it, but she was sure rattled. When she returned to the office she told her boss, Greg, about it and he said, “You wouldn’t be the first one to see one of those things.”

Linda Newton-Perry