An intriguing interview with anthropologist Kathy Strain, author of Giants, Cannibals, & Monsters. I think it's very interesting to hear that most Native Americans believed Sasquatch to be a "brother" rather than a primate. But worse - a cannibal. In some cases, their oral history tells of warfare with Bigfoots, due to their use of Indian children as a food source.
In the years of enjoying programs about Sasquatch, I've seen many a Bigfoot hunter bring up the fact that the American Indian believed in the existence of these hairy beasts. They do so as a "Look, I'm not a crazy person. The Indians believe what I believe. So are you calling American Indians crazy?" Funny that they stop short of mentioning the cannibal part. Cherry-picking at its finest.
Kinda makes the Finding Bigfoot episode where they used Girl Scouts as bait to attract curious child-loving beasts somewhat disturbing.
I knew that my life-long fear/hate/distrust of Bigfoot wasn't unfounded. The American Indian backs me up on this.
You calling them crazy?
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Something I've always found interesting are those old Wild Man/Whistling Woman masks carved by certain tribes in the Pacific Northwest. They typically had features that could arguably be interpreted as simian, i.e. long hair, thick brows, squashed nose, big lips etc. But I always remember seeing this picture in a book of a particularly old mask; it was striking in that it appeared to have a sagittal crest, a structure which is unique to great ape skulls, but which wouldn't be depicted in Western art until great ape physiology was better understood (gorillas having not been officially described until the mid-1800s.) Who knows whether it really was a sagittal crest, but it always struck me as a subtle and yet eerily specific feature to add.
i Swear...this stuff makes me Even
more Obsessed with BIG!!!...
& then there's the..Jersey Devil
my word...ever since i read that
entry in Joseph Bonaparte's journal i'm Even more Convinced...
sighhhh...they're ALL out there
just roaming around!!!!...
I don't think I know what that is.
I'll go find it.
Coooool.
the only reason..i found out about the "jersey devil" entry in Joe's journal was when i discovered a house in center city, Joe actually lived in for awhile...& with him being Napoleon's bro, i read up some on Joe & BOOM!!!..the "jersey devil" entry came into the picture...
Isn't that WILD!!!!...i mean Geezzzz, what's the chances...& here's Joe visiting from France & he Actually has a "jersey devil" encounter!!!..Unbelievable....
Ohhh & speaking of the J.D. i did watch a horror movie a few weeks ago called..."The Barrens"
(it's a New Film about a year or so old)...i think it's worth checking out for some "jersey devil" action...
I looked it up..very cool that he saw that and recorded it.
So strange.
I'll have to check that movie out.
I recall seeing a trailer a while back.
Napoleon's brother was living in New Jersey? and saw the Jersey Devil? How did I not here this! And why is this not made into a movie yet? Kinda reminds me of the movie Brotherhood of the wolf and the beast of Gevaudan....
OMG Willow Cove!!!...
it is like Brotherhood of the Wolf!!!...& YES this would make for a Great movie---lots of room for embellishments...... :)
Ohhh & Joe lived in Philly for a bit tooo...ahhhh those were the days..
heyyyyy rot...you & bean should make
the movie version or do a short!!!..
: D
That'd be a neat prop to build...the Jersey Devil...
ohhhh yesssss Pleazzzz you 2...
create your version of the jersey devil...
ok...i'm done...i promise... hahaha
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