"A truly beautiful place all around."

Guest Editor-Blogger: Paula

My husband and I drove to Loon Lake today. We then ask about Coffee Creek Rd and was given directions to it. We wanted to look to see if we could spot the old bigfoot. We didn't see him but fully understand why he is in this area. The orange and red berries were thick everywhere. Also plenty of small streams with plenty of water. A truly beautiful place all around. As we came out on Oregon 138 near Elkton we saw a bear and several big elk along with deer.

Charla Won

Charla won the drawing. Charla please email your address and the signed copy of the children's bigfoot book will be off to you Monday.  Email to : linda.perry@charter.net. Thank you for participating. And we hope you will enjoy the book. Linda Newton-Perry

BRIBE, BRIBE!

Here is the deal: Every comment today, Sat.17 until 10 pm, will be put in a bigfoot mask and a drawing by the hardworking hand of my husband, Christopher,  will take place. The winner OF THE DRAWING will receive the bigfoot children's book, fiction, Bigfoot Stories for Children. Now if I don't get several comments, I will be crestfallen and wonder why I'm even doing this blog. So comment away!

ONE BOOK GIVEN AWAY TODAY, JUNE 17, 2010

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

A Sighting on Coffee Creek Road

Last week on our blog, Bigfoot Ballyhoo, for the first time, we received a sighting report by way of a comment that had happened on the day it was told to us. How exciting! Until then, our most recent was a day or two old. A log truck driver commented that during the day he’d seen the limping bigfoot that has been reported seen at the Elkton tunnel entrance, Scottsburg park and several other places. The consensus is, this animal is old because of his grey hair and limp.

You may wonder what we do with these sightings given to Bigfoot Ballyhoo (www.bigfootballyhoo.blogspot.com). Nothing! We do nothing but make them easy to read by taking them from the comment column, correcting errors in spelling etc. and copying them into the main body of the blog. We do not require a name (often names are given and requested to remain in comments). And often we have deleted information that might make it easy to find the witness (that is where the witness does not wish to be recognized). Why, you ask? The log truck driver mentioned above, after I asked a few questions, admitted that his company let men go if they reported a bigfoot. The reasoning on the part of the company is, if a driver “sees” one of these animals then something is wrong with him/her. Thankfully, he wrote, he no longer feared losing his commercial license, but he still did not report the sighting to the police.

We have no objection to letting our readers know where these sightings occurred. This information is found only in the comments; we do not release further information by way of private email etc. We would be ecstatic if a reader of this blog snapped a good photo of the animal. And, moreover, the people living in the area where the animal was sighted deserve to know that a bigfoot could be in their area.

Bigfoot Ballyhoo and this newspaper column, “A Matter of Time,” desire this animal to be recognized for what he is, a real live animal. Forest lovers should be aware he is there, just as mountain lions and bears are there. How exciting it is to see a bear, or mountain lion in the wild. Much has been written on how to protect ourselves if we should encounter either of these animals, and how thankful we are for this life saving information. No such information is available if you should come face-to-face with a bigfoot.

Until next week, Linda Newton-Perry