Cryptodome 01: Bigfoot

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Chris and Sam discuss Richard Dawson, Bigfeets, and hyper-aging alien mountain climbers. Also subterranean, humanoid symbiont fungus farmers. Note: The background music is a little loud but still listenable. References http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot Jane Goodall, in a September 27, 2002, interview on National Public Radio’s “Science Friday”, expressed her ideas about the existence of Bigfoot. First stating “I’m sure they exist”, she later went on to say, chuckling, “Well, I’m a romantic, so I always wanted them to exist”, and finally: “You know, why isn’t there a body? I can’t answer that, and maybe they don’t exist, but I want them to.” However, the vast majority of evolutionary biologists, anthropologists and paleontologists completely dismiss the possibility of the existence of sasquatch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bigfoot_trap What is believed to be the world’s only Bigfoot trap is located in the Siskiyou National Forest in the southern part of Jackson County, Oregon, a few miles from the California state border. The trap is a wooden box 10 by 10 feet (3 by 3 m) made of 2×12 planks bound together by heavy metal bands and secured to the ground by telephone poles. A Forest Service special use permit was issued for its construction, but the door has been bolted open since 1980. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ape_Canyon “Ape Canyon is a gorge along the edge of the Plains of Abraham on the northeast shoulder of Mount St. Helens in the state of Washington. The gorge narrowed to as close as eight feet at one point. The name alludes to a reported encounter with several “apemen” in 1924, an event later incorporated into Bigfoot folklore. …[and] was heavily impacted by the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens.” Ape Canyon was reportedly the site of a violent encounter in 1924 between a group of miners and a group of apemen. These allegations were reported on in the July 16, 1924 issue of The Oregonian. Fred Beck, one of the miners, claimed they shot and possibly killed at least one of the creatures, precipitating an attack on their cabin, during which the creatures bombarded the cabin with rocks and tried to break-in. Beck detailed his claims in a book written in 1967, in which he identified the creatures as mystical beings from another dimension, explaining that he had experienced psychic premonitions and visions his entire life of which the apemen were only one component. … This story was dismissed as merely kids from a nearby camp throwing stones into the canyon from its edge, unaware of the miners below. Wouldn’t they have become aware of them after being shot at? …There was another mysterious incident in Ape Canyon that took place in 1950. It involved world ski champion Jim Carter who disappeared while on a ski trip in the canyon. He was with some companions and had then gone off by himself to take some photos. Only his camera case was found. Searchers reported finding his ski tracks in the snow. Carter had apparently taken off at an incredible rate of speed performing jumps and maneuvers that no skier would have taken unless he was very frightened or being pursued. One of the searchers reported an eerie feeling that he was being “watched” the whole time. Carter’s disappearance is a mystery to this day. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsul_%27Kalu The tale [of Tsul ‘Kalu] is one of the best known Cherokee legends and was recorded by Europeans as early as 1823… The name Tsul ‘Kalu means literally “he has them slanting/sloping”, being understood to refer to his eyes… A long time ago a widow lived with her one daughter at the old town of Känuga on Pigeon River. The girl was of age to marry, and her mother used to talk with her a good deal. One day, her mother told her she must be sure to take no one but a good hunter for a husb[...]

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