So, you’re hiking in the woods and you smell something “skunky.” You no doubt say to yourself, “I hope that stench doesn’t get stronger.” But, it does. You now hear “whosha” “whosha.” You stop and turn in a circle, looking for what’s making these sounds. There, behind a moss-streaked fir, something black sways from side to side.
Whatever it is seems to be stealing glances at you. You keep very quiet and you dare not move. You glance down at your feet, positioning them quietly to better advantage. When you again search the forest for the fir and black swaying shadow, it’s gone. “Well that was exciting,” you say to yourself. “Must have been a bear, had to be a bear. What else could it have been but a bear?”
When the rush wears off and you’re home, mulling the incident over, you wonder if you had seen a bigfoot. Time passes. One day at work a group of workmates discuss bigfoot. A couple in the group hyena-laugh as one tells of an incident a family member experienced, thinking he might have seen one of these animals. You bite your tongue, really wishing you had the fortitude to relate your possible sighting. But, you hold off and nod knowingly as the group breaks up while openly laughing at the brave soul that told of his sighting.
Will the day ever come when “talking bigfoot” will be accepted without skepticism, without qualm? No doubt, when science finally takes a lead in this subject, then and only then, will bigfoot be taken seriously. In the mean time, you can help by “talking bigfoot” whenever you find it appropriate.
Not much news on bigfoot last week. One comment on Bigfoot Ballyhoo (the online bigfoot magazine by the Perrys, www.bigfootballyhoo.blogspot.com) stated that a sighting by a policeman around the Powers, Oregon area was hushed up. Does anyone know if these police sightings are still leading to the officer being chastised by requiring a leave of absence?
Weekends, on Bigfoot Ballyhoo, are mainly devoted to posting information, bigfoot stories etc. that children may enjoy. Do check it out. It seems children really enjoy the idea that a big hairy animal may exist in our forests.
Linda Newton-Perry, the author of this column, along with her husband, Christopher Perry, is the author of six books: five bigfoot books, fiction and one Viking Age Novel, “Forced Blood The Norseman.”
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