If legends and even many eyewitness accounts are to be believed, since ancient times we have shared our planet with various "man-beasts" - monsters that are more or less in our image. While monsters are often consigned to ancient legend and literary fiction, many are held to be in some sense real. Such paranormal beings (those beyond the normal range of science and human experience) include supernatural ones, such as the werewolf, as well as others (like the Yowie, Australia's version of Bigfoot) that, if they indeed exist, could be perfectly natural creatures. These are those embraced by cryptozoology, the study of unknown or "hidden" creatures (i.e., cryptids).
I have been studying these and other reputed paranormalities for 40 years. By 1995 I had become, apparently, the world's only full-time professional paranormal investigator. I have studied mythological, folkloric, and literary monsters; traveled to remote regions in search of legendary creatures; sought vampire graves in Vermont; visited carnival midways to meet human "monsters," look behind the scenes at exhibited spiderwomen and the like, and witness the transformation of a lovely girl into a wild gorilla; took part in a nighttime expedition with Bigfoot hunters; and explored the Pacific Bigfoot country.
In the slides that follow, as well as in my new book "Tracking the Man-Beasts," we set out to track the man-beasts - to separate fact from fancy.
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An analogy is the relationship between smoking and cancer. No one disputes the connection, but it is nearly impossible to prove that any individual case of smoking caused that person's cancer. The tobacco industry has demonstrated that point rather effectively.
However, once the states sued, the tobacco companies were forced to settle. Why? Because all the states had to do was prove the case statistically.
The same situation applies for ghosts and E.T.'s. The large numbers provide statistical significance, where individual cases do not.
I only mention this because the comments thus far seem to indicate that a lot of people don't recognize the name. (Which surprises me but perhaps it shouldn't.)
They're the spirits of devils working miracles. You might want to get to know Jesus.
I've seen some wacked out stuff too. I turned to the Lord and He saved me big time.
Let's all get more real and stop looking to magic, fantasy, or anything else for easy answers to whatever haunts us.
What is happening to science, reality, and truth anyway? Oh, yeah! The right keeps making sure that our young stay dumb by cutting education budgets every chance they get.
I am sick of the education cuts, along with the inept tenored staff that continue to stay in a system that helps them instead of helping our children, our future, no less! God save us, we need reform that will put the education system back to where it should be teaching the ABC's, not putting money into the pockets of people like the Supt. of Atlanta schools. Did you know that the Principals and the Supt of all schools get a pesonal bonus in their pockets if the scores are great? Not the teachers who do the work. Why do you think most male teachers last only 3 years in the classrooms, they know that administration is the best route. Three years means tenure, then they can apply for anything in the school district. The bonus's need to go into the school to apply for new books, new technology for our children. Without tenure, our teachers would be working very hard to keep their jobs........like the good old days. Tenure to me, is a dirty word! Even Universities and colleges use it! No wonder the cost of education is exploding!
> evidence of fakery. Costumer Phil Morris reports he sold Patterson a
> gorilla suit and material for modifying it, while a man named Bob
> Heironimus says he wore it for the hoax.
While I'm not going to defend the Patterson film, I just want to point out that several different people have claimed to be or to know the faker or the man in the suit or the man who sold the suit. Their stories have as much credibility as Patterson's. Since they all couldn't have done it, at least some of them just seem to want attention. Also, Patterson's partner Bob Gimlin, who was cheated out of any money from the film by a scheming and underhanded Patterson and who is not fond of the man, still swears to this day the film is to the best of his knowledge authentic, and if it were a hoax Patterson kept the plan secret even from him. Maybe we'll get a juicy deathbed confession from him someday (Patterson himself died many years ago) but so far there's really no convincing proof about this film either way.
It seems odd that Patterson would go so far as create a female animal. Breasts are clearly visible on the film. Also, it appears that on the right leg and knee there is some kind of injury that left the creature with an uneven stride.
The true focal length of the video has been determined and when its checked against human size and equivalence… it would almost be impossible to be a human. Not only from the size, but the stride.
In my humble opinion, the Patterson film is absolutely authentic and clearly shows a living, real creature. With the increased use of higher quality video cameras, I imagine the evidence will continue to mount.
I am an avid hiker and camper and to speak to the question as to why no bones have been discovered: I have never in my travels seen bear, elk, deer or any other skeletons. Wild animals and scavengers drag them off. What is found is usually an unrecognizable pile.