Announcement: Bigfoot Ballyhoo has been under attack, in the past, by a couple of people who wished Ballyhoo and its editors to look as if they were hoaxing information.

One of the biggest examples would be the claim that we made up the ESP Team, Bill Emery, Cole Saxton and the late Hank Parchell. A well-known bigfoot researcher found photos that looked like Emery, Saxton and Parchell. He claimed the three to be the real men and not any part of the ESP Team. (In fact, he claimed there was no ESP Team).

And then while the Emery Team was processing trail cam photos a couple were sent to Ballyhoo. These photos turned out to be well-known bigfoot photos, one from a movie and one of Patty. The technician’s son that was processing the trail cam photos replaced the real photos with fakes. In good faith Emery sent the dallied-with photos to Ballyhoo. When it was found out what happened it was explained.

Another photo of a footprint with a believable history was given Ballyhoo to post. Turned out to be Tim Fasano’s photo from Florida. Again, we’ve given explanations for each occurrence. We were hoaxed.

We in time recognized each hoax and explained what happened



Monday, September 5, 2011

Conversation with a retired police officer.



Recently,  I had an interesting discussion with a retired police officer. I believe he worked in Oregon. He doesn’t use the internet since he is advanced in age. (And he doesn’t believe in bigfoot.)  I decided to talk to him because I was thinking he just might say something like, “Oh, yes, I remember a time or two ...”

What I spoke to him about was what has happened in the past when an officer reported a bigfoot sighting (if it can be believed). It seems from the posts on Ballyhoo, that when this occurred in Oregon, the officer was asked to take a leave of absence until he could be checked out by a head doctor. One post, I remember, the officer had to lie and say he didn’t see the animal, before he could go back to work.


Well, we spoke amicably for a few minutes and finally he blurted out, ending the conversation: “I don’t believe a word of it!”  ... Linda Newton-Perry