Hoaxing, the worst side of the Bigfoot Community.

Recently it was brought to the attention of Bigfoot Hoaxers Exposed 2.0 on Facebook, of a group of individuals in Western Oklahoma who have been perpetrating hoaxes and posting it in Bigfoot groups.

This group thought that no one would call them out on it until they posted an obvious hoaxed photo, that not only was exposed as a log laying on the ground, but several other researchers who knew where the exact location is, come forward to confirm it was a log on the ground.

Here is the photo in question followed up by the two zooms the person that submitted them posted with it.

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Here is the original post, and it does include the person's name, we do not believe in protecting someone if they are legitimately trying to commit a hoax on people.

Several folks looked at the photo and concluded that it was the end of a log protruding out from the tree.  When Chris was asked for further clarification, here is how that conversation went.

As you can see, Chris got very belligerent when called out on taking comparison photos.  This led him to being removed from the Oklahoma Bigfooters: Research and Bigfoot Sightings group page on Facebook.

Here is what many saw, the second photo shows the red lines where the log is seen extending from behind the log.

It was a log, pure and simple.  But now the kicker, other researchers in Western Oklahoma who had dealt with this guy and knew all about him, know exactly the spot where he claimed this photo was taken, and they confirmed it was nothing more than a log on the ground.  

So about a week later, Chris posts what he claims are comparison photos that he took of the spot to quell the jealousy of those who claimed he didn't have a photo of a Bigfoot.  I'm posting them here for people to compare for themselves.

 Okay, so you ask yourself, well didn't he go back and take the comparison photos like you asked him to?  Not really, if you look closely at the photos compared to the original one, he conveniently didn't take pictures of the same spot, he moved about 75 feet over to the right and took photos of an entirely different spot.   Chris is hoaxing the entire story and the photos to fit into his story.  He fabricated this story, knew the photos if he took them of the same spot would show it was indeed a log, so he had to take photos of a different location.

For anyone who reads this blog, and you live in the Western Oklahoma area, please be aware of Chris and anyone that hangs with him, they have been caught hoaxing other incidents too.

Bigfooter Dr. Thomas Scott Ruh Has Died

From Cryptozoonews.com

Dr. Thomas Ruh is shown with a rack thermal rig in southern Illinois, 2010, taken by Steve Moon.

Thomas Scott Ruh was born on September 7, 1937, and died on September 16, 2016. He was a member of the Bigfoot community.

Steve Moon posted the following on Facebook on September 19, 2016:

It is with a heavy heart that I must inform you that our dear friend and colleage Tom Ruh passed away on Friday evening. He had endured spinal surgery and a lot of physical rehabilitation before a heart attack finally took him. He was wearing a “Keep on Squatchin’” T-shirt when he died. He will be missed.

I have asked Tom’s friend and fellow researcher Steve Moon to say a few more words in remembrance of Dr. Ruh:

Tom and I were in the field together in northeast Iowa, the Michigan UP and in southern Illinois. I first met him in 2009, and possibly 2008.

We became collaborators in eyeglow research by 2010, with BFRO investigator Val Adams of Illinois. Tom quickly provided a physiological framework within which we could consider the phenomenon. I have color drawings that he made to illustrate the photofore cell, the light emitting cell that he felt was the best model for the mechanism of the glow that we observe in the eyes of Sasquatch.

Tom observed the phenomenon at Brush Creek Canyon in northeast Iowa. I’m sure he probably observed it at other times, but he was one of those that for whatever reason didn’t observe it often, unlike Val and I, who tend to see it a lot. We worked closely as a team trying to document the eyeglow with film cameras. Val and I have both been successful doing this, and Tom would always tell me “don’t miss an opportunity” and “make sure you take your camera!”

Tom and I spent a lot of time discussion and comparing notes, and I was hoping to eventually publish a paper with eyeglow photos, a discussion of how it allows behavior to be observed at night with a treatise by Tom showing that it is a possibility that needs to be considered. He knew from our observations that Sasquatch behavior could be observed readily at night by observing eyeglow, and analyzed over a period of time. This we recognized as one of the most incredibly interesting aspects of the eyeglow, and it was Sasquatch behavior that Val and I documented in our photographs. Val has an uncanny ability to see well in the dark, and introduced me to many different aspects of eyeglow, beginning in 2008.

Tom…was a big round beachball of a guy, and an extremely lovable character, who was sensitive and kind. No wonder everyone liked Tom! And he loved everyone right back. He was amazing.

Tom was an avid recorder of Sasquatch sounds. A few months ago he gave me most or all of his audio and research equipment. There are audio recorders, microphones of every description, pre-amps, mic stands…

He also was really big on using attractants. I received from him plastic bags full of fake flower pedals, laser projection devices, little white plastic cubes that light up, several knocking devices, and so on. At expeditions he would bring a big powerful Bluetooth speaker and broadcast wale sounds, to great affect. It would tickle him to do this. I can hear him giggle now.

He believed in gifting Sasquatch, and had a regular routine going at the family lake house in northern Missouri, of putting out melons, jars of goodies, fruits and candy. He related on several occasions the observations that he had made of Sasquatch interacting with him there. I don’t know any more than that about this research. His wife Mary may have information or documentation on that sort of thing. I will eventually ask Mary if there are any papers that Tom left behind that are relevant to our research.

I will write more later today if anything comes to mind. I really miss Tom. I knew this was coming, but it’s difficult to loose such a wonderful friend and collaborator. Tom and I talked a little about his health. He told me he’d been to his last BFRO expedition. In one of our last correspondences, if not the last, Tom asked when the Iowa episode of Finding Bigfootwas going to air. He wanted to see it, and we both knew he probably wouldn’t. One of the last things I told Tom was “You’ve disturbed the particles.” He simply wrote back “Thanks!”

Steve Moon

IOWA

For more go to Loren Coleman's site at this link

Comparing Purported Bigfoot Vocalizations with both Non-human and Human primates.

Author Randy "Rebelistic" Savig, Missouri State Director, MABRC

Over the years of researching the elusive primate that we have come to call Bigfoot, there seems to be some consistently purported vocalizations in areas of activity.  Even though I suspect that that Bigfoot uses a much wider variety of vocalization, some of which it has probably never been recorded, the most common seem to be the long howls(calls), the whoop, knocks, and screams.  Others that have been reported are grunts, whistles, roars, as well as woohoo.


As we know all primates also use gestural communication also.  The most common of these is rock or stick throwing, thumping and stomping, branch breaking, and bluff charges.  One other thing that seems to be significant with researchers is the feeling of being watched. If you have ever been someplace and got the feeling you were stared at and looked around and found someone doing it you can understand this feeling.  It happen a lot with people.  Other primates such as a gorilla it seems to be for a fairly specific reason.

staring: This where the sender has its eyes fixed on the receiver, the eyebrows are lowered, the head is angled down, and the lips are parted and pursed (Estes, 1991). This communicates aggression or annoyance (Estes, 1991).

We all got that look from our parents and grandparents so we all know what this one means!

With the modern-day advances of the Internet, researching sounds and animals has become easier.  Facebook and YouTube has in a lot of ways made Bigfoot research even harder with all the hoaxing that goes on with YouTube videos, as well as all the fringe groups with their cult-like followings.  However, you can use both as a positive thing.  When looking up primate vocalizations YouTube is full of them.  In doing so it is easy to copy the file and put it on a spectrogram compared to the purported Bigfoot vocalizations.  Facebook is not a great place where you can compare vocalizations with other researchers as very few do the background work and think everything is bigfoot.  I have heard so many normal animal vocals like owls, foxes, even squirrels being said is bigfoot.  But if a person is diligent you can find good folks who are willing to share and compare.    

In doing this paper I find it much easier to post a video with primate vocalizations than it is to try to describe.  The YouTube videos that I am using here are for comparison and educational use only.  And by no means am I claiming ownership of the majority of them.  However I have done what I can to insure that what I have used is authentic to the primate being represented.  I have done a lot of reading of information available on the Internet and come up with this hypothesis.  A list of referenced material are shown at the bottom of the page.  But as a disclaimer goes, this is my opinion based on extensive fieldwork, hundreds and hundreds of hours of audio review, and talking with other researchers about the suspected Bigfoot vocalizations.  I would really like to see other researchers use some of this in their research areas to either help confirm that it is a correct hypothesis or a false one.

It seems like a lot of times in Bigfoot research.  We hit a spot where what we used to do just does not seem to be working anymore or were not getting the answers to the questions our research is brought about.  I have put a lot of time in thought into this project and I am hoping with using this as a template that may be some more interactions can be made and knowledge increased.  All the skeptics out there will look at this and say that it is a bunch of BS because Bigfoot is not been proven to exist.  However, with all the researchers that have had sightings and other interactions know that they exist.  This entire paper is been written from a researchers point of view.

When looking at the vocalizations and gestural communication of the known primates, there seems to be a pattern of the use of certain vocalization that all primates use.  I believe that if we use what is known in the primates, it could help in deciphering what the purported bigfoot vocalizations may mean, as well as how we can use them in the woods while researching these animals.  By no means am I saying that this is the only possibility for the purported bigfoot vocalizations.  Until such time where they can be monitored by science to where the vocals are seen in context we will not know.    

 Historically, the common view of animal communication was that each vocal utterance corresponded to a particular emotion; screams for fear, barks for aggression, and coos for comfort (Smith, 1977; reviewed in Cheney & Seyfarth, 1990a; Hauser, 1996)

There is an ongoing debate about whether and to what extent nonhuman primate vocalizations are intentional, voluntarily controlled communicative means (TomaselloandZuberbu¨hler 2002). Although vocalizations seem to be largely innate, with a limited number of vocalizations in an individual’s repertoire, there is flexibility in regard to the usage and comprehension of vocalizations, with some species even comprehending the calls of other species, which requires learning (Zuberbu¨hler 2000a). In addition, there is some variation in certain calls as a function of population-specific dialects (Mitani, Hunley, and Murdoch 1999) or affiliation to a particular matriline (Hauser 1992)

There the specific vocals seen by scientists in context are talked about.  When we compare that to the purported Bigfoot vocals, it may be useful in the woods while researching.  Here is a good site for comparing a lot of non-primate vocals.

http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/av/vocals/

The long call.

The long call in primate research doesn't just mean the length of the call but more with the distance that it can be heard.  Most of these are used to as a way to joining back up the troop for food or as a possible mating call.  This is even true for humans.  Years back before texting and cell phones your parents would stand on the porch and yell for the kids and family at dinner time.  Even though we couldn't hear the actual words we knew the call.  Even in areas where there were kids from different families everyone knew who's mom was calling.  

In Chimps:  pant-hoot: This is consists of a series of loud calls which are rising and falling in pitch and often end in a scream (Nishida and Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, 1987). This call is most often given by males, but females may also give it (Nishida and Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, 1987). This call is given at abundant feeding sites, after smaller groups have been reunited after a few days, a response to loud calls, and as a response to charging display (Nishida and Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, 1987).

In chimpanzees, the production of vocalizations varies with rank and social context: at Kibale,
high-ranking males call in all social contexts, whereas low-ranking males and females only call in mixed parties (Clark, 1993). At Gombe, all rank and sex classes also call in mixed parties at the provisioning site (Clark, 1993; Marler & Tenaza, 1977). Call production in chimpanzees also varies with ecological context. Captive studies show that production of loud calls (pant-hoots) in feeding contexts differed by the quantity and divisibility of the provisioned food (Hauser et al., 1993). Earlier work on wild chimpanzees at Gombe and Kibale (Ghiglieri, 1984; Wrangham, 1977) suggested that loud calls (arrival pant-hoots, APH) given upon arrival in food patches by male chimpanzees function to attract allies, mates, or both to abundant food sources.

In Orangutans:  loud call: This call is given by the adult male and consists of roars at first and then rises to bellows and is enhanced by the throat sac. This is used to demarcate territories and to attract a mate, and is important because the orang-utan lives in such dense forests that it is difficult to see other individuals.

( Parental Notice:  This one was only selected for the long call and does show mating so it should be watched by adults only)

Bonobo vocalizations have been studied in captivity (van Krunkelsven et al., 1996; deWaal, 1988) and the wild (Bermejo & Omedes, 1999; Hohmann & Fruth, 1994; Mori, 1983). It has been suggested that the long range vocalizations of this species, such as the high-hoot, are structurally better for localization of the source than for carrying over distances greater than 500 m (Hohmann & Fruth, 1994; deWaal, 1988). Male and female calls differ in pitch (Hohmann & Fruth, 1994). Krunkelsven et al. (1996) found that production of soft, “food peep” vocalizations was related to both social context and food quantity, but did not find sex differences in calling behavior in either context. De Waal (1988) described more than a dozen distinct types of loud and soft calls used by bonobos in captivity. During his study, most loud calls were used in exchanges between parties out of visual contact rather than being directed at individual conspecifics. Loud calls were also given during party movement and were associated with feeding (de Waal, 1988).  More recent captive studies have shown that bonobos change their foraging behavior in response to food-associated calls from others (Clay & Zuberbühler, 2009, 2011). Wild studies have found that bonobo loud calls vary through the day and were most frequent in late morning and late afternoon. The later peak was associated with travel to and construction of night nests. Observed parties’ most common response to calls of distant parties was to vocalize and/or travel (Hohmann & Fruth, 1994)

Using this information I think it is reasonable to suspect that vocals like the Missouri Scream and others have the same function. If one is to use call blasting as a way of trying to draw in possible bigfoot from a distance, this is one that I suspect will work.  

The biggest drawback for using call blasting is that with the equipment most researcher can afford can not get an adequate volume or sound quality of the original call.  However it is worth a try and there are those who have had success.  Just try and keep the volume mid-level to keep the mechanical sound to a minimum.

Here is some of the vocals purported to be bigfoot.  It seems to pretty much cover all the categories I've covered here.

Whoops, and other short abrupt calls.

One calls that Bigfoot is purported make is the Whoop.  In primates it would appear that these loud sharp and short vocals are used as an alert or mild aggression. From my personal experience while researching it does seem to be a alert call.  When we spotted what we took to be a juvenile and was mimicking what it was doing there was the vocals about 30* to our left that seemed to warn the juvenile that we had seen it.

Here is a compilation of some of the whoops I have recorded.

An example of the ways in which a communication system is not arbitrary is that across all known animals that make noise, a quick, high, sharp sound means danger. Conversely, a low, sustained sound is reassuring.

Wilson, Hauser, and Wrangham (2001) showed that, in response to the playback of the pant-hoot call of a single extragroup male, parties with three or more males consistently joined in a chorus of pant-hoots and approached the loudspeaker together, while parties with fewer adult males usually stayed silent and approached the loudspeaker less often.

In gorillas
wraaa: This call is given as a fear vocalization especially the fear of something strange (Estes, 1991).

wraagh: This call is also an outburst, but not deep as the roar, and is monosyllabic in nature (Estes, 1991). This call is mostly emitted by the silver-back male (Estes, 1991). This is emitted when the individual is experiencing sudden stress, and group members scatter when hearing this call (Estes, 1991).

pig grunts: This call consists of a series of short guttural noises (Estes, 1991). This call is given by adult males and females, and communicates mild aggression (Estes, 1991). This call is emitted when the adult wants access to preferred foods or right of way (Estes, 1991).

question bark: This call consists of a short series of three notes, the first and third being lower in pitch than the second (Estes, 1991). Mostly this is given by the silver-back male, and he emits this when he discovers someone that was concealed or another individual that is making noise but can not be seen (Estes, 1991).

chimpanzee -- Pan troglodytes

Tanzania, Kigoma 

http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/196297  ML 196297 © 2016 Cornell University (In the middle of the vocal sounds a lot like a whoop.)  

It would seem as if using whoops or other short abrupt call may not be of benefit to have Bigfoot approach.  With that in mind I would like to have others help to test this hypothesis.  I know it is hard for any of us to imagine that a researcher would want to take the chance of stopping an experience that may be bigfoot related, but if a person is getting spooked I would like them to try it to see what response they get before using white light.  Until more data is compiled I wouldn't suggest using this as a way of drawing them in.  


Screams:
Even though screams are a long distant call it appears to a single focus for primates.  

Gorillas scream: This call is loud and is a shrill sound repeated many times (Estes, 1991). This call is emitted by all gorillas, and is given when the individual is upset or fighting with other gorillas (Estes, 1991).

This video is covers pretty much all the known vocals of the Gorilla.

Chimpanzee screams

I highly suspect this to be true with the purported bigfoot screams to.  This has been reported in sightings reports and may also be the "Woman being murdered" vocal that we hear reported.  I have recorded screams in the woods that I have suspected to be related to bigfoot.  There was one time in particular where they seemed to respond to our granddaughters screams.  It even did appear as if whatever was screaming was moving closer.  However there were no possible sightings or suspected close activity so I'm not sure what was going on.  

This next one was recorded at an active research site in Oklahoma.

We do know that in human a scream is usually done when we are startled or scared.  Could on going screams mean that there is something to fear in the woods? In call blasting or mimicking this could be a way of drawing them in.  The researcher should be ready in case this is a scared or threatened bigfoot vocalization.  It could take make for a negative experience. 

Grunts, Knocks, Woohoo,(Woo) and Whistles

There is a unique way that primates keep track of one and another in the forests. Some of the ways are listed below.  I suspect the purported bigfoot knocks and other vocals are used for this purpose.  With the Silent Hill Project showing that knocks do NOT carry long distances, it can be assumed that it is a location type of call.  Each primate has a way of determining parent and offspring vocals through various vocalizations.  Although the differences may be subtle and only seen on the spectrogram each is individual.

Japanese Macaque coos

The coo is a common short-range vocalization between group members. It didn't seem to be restricted to any particular situation, but was just a noise that they made sometimes. He looked at spectrograms of the coos, divided them into different types, and realized that certain types happened during certain circumstances. This suggested that primate repertoires might be bigger than we had thought- and also that their calls were more context-specific than we had thought, which raised possibility that they might also be more representational than we had thought.

Here is what I suspect is the calls of the Woo, Woohoo vocals reported with possible Bigfoot activity.  These are some of what I have recorded during my research.

Knocks.

Knocks are the one of the most common sounds associated with suspected Bigfoot activity.  Even though we do not know the exact mechanism used, whether the wood on wood, rock on wood, or even could be a hand clap, chest beat.  The mechanism used is not known as it has not been observed. Recently we have started to respond when we hear what we suspect is knocks. 

Here is a few times where we did have success to that. 

Here is a real odd one.  A two tone double knock.

Even though we have had some success at getting responses to knocks, we always mimicked them and did not start the knocking sessions.  Again, these are not long distance sounds.  So if you are in the woods and hear one, I would suggest trying to reply.  It may extend the experience. 

Grunts.
This is one of the vocals that is reported and in my opinion is the least understood. As shown above gorillas can make a pig grunt type of vocal. 

pig grunts: This call consists of a series of short guttural noises (Estes, 1991). This call is given by adult males and females, and communicates mild aggression (Estes, 1991). This call is emitted when the adult wants access to preferred foods or right of way (Estes, 1991).

However the belch vocal that gorillas also use is a sign of contentment.

belch vocalizations: This call is given by all gorillas, generally when they are stationary, and generally communicates contentment (Estes, 1991). These noises consist of purring, humming, rumbling, crooning, moaning, and soft-grunting noises (Estes, 1991).

Table 1.
Overview of close call types and their contexts described for mountain gorillas (MG) and
western gorillas (WG).
Call type Species Context
Syllabled calls Grooming, in response to noise, by mothers to
infants, towards the end of resting periods
(Harcourt & Stewart, 1986; Harcourt et al., 1993;
Stewart & Harcourt, 1994)
Single grunt MG/WG Feeding, resting, travelling (Salmi et al., 2013)
Double grunt MG/WG Individually distinct (Seyfarth et al., 1994);
feeding, resting, travelling (Salmi et al., 2013)
2 subtypes MG Spontaneous and reply call (Seyfarth et al., 1994)
Triple grunt MG Unknown
Inverted grunt MG Unknown
Train grunt/whinny∗ MG/WG Mating (Harcourt et al., 1993; Salmi et al., 2013;
Watts et al., 1991; Sicotte, 1994)
Non-syllabled calls As chorus when individuals are feeding and
moving close together (Harcourt et al., 1993)
Grumble MG/WG More by low ranking as compared to high ranking
individuals (Harcourt et al., 1993); feeding, resting,
travelling (Salmi et al., 2013)
Hum MG/WG Mainly feeding, rarely resting and travelling (Salmi
et al., 2013)
High hum/sing MG/WG Feeding (Salmi et al., 2013)

Dog whine MG Unknown

In Chimps

pant-grunt: This consists of a series of soft, low grunts (Nishida and Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, 1987). This is given by subordinate individuals to dominate ones as a response to dominance displays, such as the charging display (Nishida and Hiraiwa-Hasegawa, 1987).

Here is where you can compare a lot of gorilla vocals with.  By listening to this the above vocals will make more sense.

Here is a site with some of the best Chimpanzee vocals I have been able to find for comparison purposes.  Do to high number of vocals that chimps do for the range of reasons there is a lot of stuff here.

http://gombechimpanzees.org/activities/vocal-communication/

Some of the grunts that are reported as possible bigfoot may have the same purpose as some of the grunts we hear could be like the Belch Vocals of the Gorillas and the pant-grunt in the Chimps, a relaxed vocal.  However some of the grunts seem aggressive like the Pig Grunt in Gorillas.  I do think that a seasoned researchers should try to mimic these types of vocalizations to see how they are responded to.  If they are a non threatening vocal it may help to extend the encounter and possibly add to it.  Until this type of vocal is studied more I would not suggest to be alone if you do it. 

Aggressive vocals, Roars, Charge Displays
Roars are I believe with every animal as sign of aggression.  Here is one of a gorilla roar.  Notice the way it charges the people behind the glass.  Because of the glass and it knowing it is there it is really unknown if this was a bluff charge or would have been a real one.  

Here is some of the possible roars that I have recorded over the years.  Even though I can not say definitely they are from a bigfoot they don't seem to match with the known animals in my area.  With primates known to use roars when aggravated it is not out of the realm to think that a bigfoot wouldn't.  Here is some of what I think are roars from my research area.

chest-beating: This behavior is done by all gorillas and the either one or two open-fist hands are clapped against the chest (Estes, 1991). Adult males produce a sound when doing this because of air sacs they have which are located on both sides of their throat (Estes, 1991). For the adult male this is a threat display (Estes, 1991).

http://macaulaylibrary.org/audio/126334

In Chimps 
charging display: This is where an individual is running and/or throwing objects such as branches or stones and/or pant-hooting, drumming, slapping, stamping, and screaming (Estes, 1991). This display is performed by adult males and occurs when a dominant meets another individual after a long time or done by the alpha male to keep all others subordinate to him (Estes, 1991). This display also occurs by an adult male when there is a heavy rainstorm (Estes, 1991).

This type of thing may account for the for some of the broken branches and trees that some have attributed to bigfoot.  When other primates use these things to display dominance or as a way to show off to a possible mate it would not be a huge leap to suspect bigfoot could also do displays like this.  

We all know this happens in humans too.  All the behaviors we see such a bullying, trying to gain attention from the opposite sex, even the favorite line of "watch this" in childhood and adulthood is to try and show worthiness.  

Here is an audio clip that was recorded of what I suspect is bigfoot.  It shows all the characteristics of aggressive sounds that is used by primates.  It is unknown of why the vocals were made as it was recorded with a recorder left on the truck during a day hike.

(This is a long vocal event and has not been altered in time or quality)

(This is a shorten clip with comparisons to a gorilla and some of the audio cleaned up for better clarity)

And it is not a one time event.

This type of thing is also somewhat in the grunt category so as I said above using any type of grunt is a risk.  Only researchers that are ready for the possible results should attempt to use it either as a mimic, or in call blasting in the field. 

One other thing that is reported with bigfoot is smell.

There are numerous reports of a smell associated with Bigfoot.  Some primates have a smell at times.  If this holds true with bigfoot as it does in other primates it could also explain why it is not reported every time.  People also have more odor produced if they are nervous or excited.  

In Gorillas

fear smell: This is produced by the silver-back male, and comes from glands under his armpits (Estes, 1991). This signals excitement or an aggressive threat (Estes, 1991).

Information of the Author

Randy "Rebelistic" Savig
Missouri State Director for the MABRC
Investigator/Researcher for the MABRC
Member of the MABRC Evidence Review Board

(This is the link to my research thread on the MABRC forums)

http://www.mid-americabigfoot.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=5477

(This is my personal YouTube channel as has the audio that I have collected over the years of possible bigfoot sounds.)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuv6YBrCjndC78609PtIr9g 

References. 
http://www.primates.com/welcome.htm
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1207/s15516709cog2403_5/pdf
http://primate.uchicago.edu/2008CA.pdf
https://sites.sas.upenn.edu/sites/default/files/seyfarth/files/seyfarthcheney-alb-97.pdf
http://bmcevolbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2148-11-362
http://www.britac.ac.uk/pubs/proc/files/88p059.pdf
http://pin.primate.wisc.edu/av/vocals/
http://www.brockferguson.com/writeable/custom_uploads/52c29163b37ad0b2181b038322574418.pdf
http://www.iupui.edu/~mstd/a103/primate%20lecture%203.html
http://gombechimpanzees.org/activities/vocal-communication/
http://www.eva.mpg.de/documents/Brill/Hedwig_Acoustic_Behaviour_2014_2043808.pdf

Acoustic structure and variation in mountain and
western gorilla close calls: a syntactic approach

Daniela Hedwig a,∗, Kurt Hammerschmidt b, Roger Mundry a,
Martha M. Robbins a and Christophe Boesch a
a Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Department of Primatology,
Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
b German Primate Centre, Cognitive Ethology Lab, Kellerweg 4, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
*Corresponding author’s e-mail address: hedwig@eva.mpg.de
Accepted 10 January 2014; published online 14 February 2014

Western Gorilla Vocal Repertoire and Contextual Use of
Vocalizations

Roberta Salmi*, Kurt Hammerschmidt† & Diane M. Doran-Sheehy‡
* Interdepartmental Doctoral Program in Anthropological Sciences, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA
† Cognitive Ethology Laboratory, German Primate Center, G€ottingen, Germany
‡ Department of Anthropology, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA

Operation Sea Monkey

Despite its whimsical name, Operation: Sea Monkey is a very serious, professional expedition into the Canadian wilderness in search of Bigfoot or Sasquatch.  Sponsored in part by the American Primate Conservancy, this adventure is set to take place from September 23rd through October 2nd of this year.

Our team of distinguished researchers include: Todd Neiss, Ron Morehead, Thomas Steenburg, Tom Sewid, and Gunnar Monson.  They will be joined by internationally recognized cinematographer, Darrin O’Brien, who will document the entire expedition on video.


https://www.gofundme.com/sea-monkey

BFG GoFundMe Project

The BFG media group would like to raise funds for researchers in the field who have been bringing in evidence to buy them better equipment.  For those who donate, you will get to see the evidence as it gets brought in first before the public does.


Bigfoot Field Guide Blog GoFundMe Project

Bigfoot Sighting near Provo Airport???

I always have to question video that proclaims in it's title that this is a Bigfoot sighting, never do they ever say "possible" or "probable" sighting.  But let's take a look at the video along with what the YouTube poster had to say about it.  (Save yourself some time and just skip to the 0:33 second mark)

Published on Sep 1, 2016

As I was driving to the Provo airport, my daughter was playing with her ipad.. I think she caught Bigfoot running into a corn field!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Now i'm a beliver!

So the Bigfoot Field Guide ran the video through our analysis software and made two different videos at different slowed down speeds.  We also captured multiple frames from the video and will post them below.  Can we say it's a Bigfoot or Human, no there is not enough detail to make it out, but we have to wonder why a Bigfoot would be that far out in a field in a populated area like that.

At 60% reduced speed and magnified.

At 35% reduced speed and magnified.

We present this information as is, you the reader will have to make up your own minds.

Never give up!! Never surrender!!!

I try not to post anything on this blog to make it into a political blog, as in the Bigfoot Community, there seems to never be a shortage of politics.  But every once in a while, something happens that just boggles the mind so bad, the it eats away at you like the plague until you say something.

Ryan Reading, yes, that Ryan Reading.  He is like the squirrel above, he just never gives up.  To Ryan, the entire Bigfoot community is like a rattlesnake, always ready to strike at him and in his mind, he is the great crusader who must take on the whole community.

Ryan has tried to make comments on this blog, and each time, I have to shake my head why he would think anyone would let him rant and rave on their blogs.  Recently, Ryan has tried multiple gofundme projects, from paying his fines, to buying a thermal, to now, his quest to fund a field trip and gift cards for the 6th graders at the school in his town.

So Ryan wants $15,000 to fund all this for the kids at his local school.  Yet he directs this solely at the Bigfoot community instead of his local community where the local populace should be more interested in taking care of their own community.  When the Bigfoot Community balks at the whole idea because Ryan is associated with it, he resorts to name calling and bashing of the Bigfoot Community as a whole.  Here are just a few examples of the many that exist out there.

There is more, but we have to keep this post short.  The issue is, Ryan has attacked everyone and tried to portray himself as the victim throughout.  Ryan even admits that he posted this in 88 Bigfoot Sites but never mentions posting his gofundme on non-Bigfoot sites, yet wants to bash Bigfooters because they don't trust the person running the gofundme project to fund these kids.

Todd Neiss, a person I have tons of respect for said it best.  "Bridges burned."

Todd asked questions, and did take offense when Ryan called the entire Bigfoot Community a lot of bad things because they didn't jump on his band wagon on the gofundme project.  Ryan in kind, blasted Todd, finally Todd could take no more of the stupidity that Ryan was throwing out there, including using foul language as if that was the only words he knew.

Ryan then goes and begins posting bible verses on his page as if he is trying to make himself look good to everyone.

Like this will endear him to anyone???  And then, he posts this.

Yeah Ryan, you sure do have the Bigfoot Community by the tail, too bad you are such a small nuisance.  Maybe if the entire community would just ignore you, you would get tired and leave us all alone.  But I'm sure you will rant and rave in your next 45 minute to an hour video about how the Bigfoot Community is so against you.  Maybe it's because we are so tired of your attacking everyone, and making videos that just ramble on and on and heaven forbid, on.

Most people have tried pointing out to you that what you are trying to do best suits your local community, and as such, those who do not live in your area have their own children in their own communities to worry about.  Also, you have zero credibility to be spearheading any fundraiser, and if this was truly a fundraiser for a school, it should be done by the school, not by you.

To hammer away at the Bigfoot Community for not contributing to your gofundme is so laughable, that you are now the biggest joke in the community.  No one is trying to hold you down, you just have burned every bridge you have come to and you have no one to blame but yourself.  

But what really blew my mind of what is going on is this.......

You try to take credit for donations that was made to the school in question that came from National organizations.  What the crap???  You take the cake boy, you had nothing to do with those supplies being donated, but you want the credit for it???

For anyone wanting to donate to this gofundme project that Ryan is behind, do yourself a favor, donate the money to your OWN public school system.  Or better yet, go down to your local Angel tree this Christmas and help out by buying Christmas presents for a needy child there.  Help out in your own community, let Dunkirk take care of their's.  And for those who will no doubt attack this blog for saying what is on the minds of many in the community, go ahead and contribute your money, it's your business and your right to do what you want with your money, but don't attack those of us who are more concerned with the kids in our own communities.