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
“Nonsense,” you say, when bigfoot is mentioned in conversation. Or, you may be one of the few to say, “I know they exist, I’ve seen one.” Then again, you may know of someone you love or trust that has seen a bigfoot and so you believe.
I use none of these reasons for my interest in bigfoot. Four years ago I had to come up with a subject to write a newspaper column on. How did I settle on the subject of bigfoot?
Well, I enjoyed quipping with the editor of the local paper about bigfoot. She’d roll her eyes, shake her head, and do a great impression of pretending to feel sorry for me and my interest in bigfoot. Granted, my interest was mild and I didn’t know if I believed the animal existed or not. But, within a year of writing the column, Bigfoot: A Matter of Time, I had become convinced that these majestic animals live in our forests.
Once I concluded the beings existed, I knew that they were some species of animal and not some kind of primitive man. And why are my beliefs on this rock-solid?
Simply put, I’m a woman of faith. I’ve spent much time contemplating the Bible and studying it in depth. The result of study and prayer is that I believe God made humans and the animals. Adam was made fully-grown and, in fact, he named the animals. (If you read carefully the first few chapters of the Bible, you will see this first man had the work of studying the animals and naming them.)
Now, it is anyone’s guess as to whether bigfoot was one of the first animals created or it came about by selective breeding, brought about by living conditions and so on. For a reasoning point, I give you the example of the dog: Probably, when created there was just one or two “types” and look now at the many breeds.
And what’s more, I don’t believe Noah had on the ark the great variety of dogs we now have that man has taken great effort and time to breed. I believe the same is true of bigfoot, that is, Noah did not take onto the ark all the different apes, but just a few types.
In the end, whether correct in determination or not, science will label what species bigfoot is. Let’s remember, science believes the chimp to be the nearest human relative. Wow, what a huge gap a little difference in DNA makes. Right? ...
I write along with my husband Christopher Perry. We are the authors of a Viking Age Novel, Forced Blood The Norseman and several bigfoot children's books. I author the blog Bigfoot Ballyhoo. I'm a bigfoot believer and I hope the animal will be "found" soon.
Linda and Chris, we had great success last night and early this morning. Bigfoot came within 25 feet of me and Hank. We put out salt licks last night to see if the animal would try to take it and he did. I am enclosing a snap of #6 camera. DO NOT put it on the site yet. We don’t want another thing like last week. You may tell your readers of it though. All together we got 4 shots. They will have to all be enhanced but we believe all are very good. This shot was at 6 AM, Sunday Aug. 8, 2010. The image in the background is an old rotten cedar stump. Thanks for your support!