Synopsis
After sitting for two years in the publishers limbo, I resecured rights to this book series. In failing health, figured I’d better get what I have published, so am sending out pretty much the raw document, sans frills. I can relax knowing that “I did it my way.” I’ve read through the text twice and used Spell Check. Hope I didn’t miss too many typos. Pictures are often fuzzy from being scanned from the original publication of the Track Record. A CD of the entire 17 years is on the NABS Website or avalible from Amazon…just look up “Ray Crowe;” there are several other books that I’ve published. Be sure to keep your skepticals on at all times. With improvements all of original Vol, I material is included. There are long lists of sighting reports sorted by behavior traits for reader comparison. And, several questions that you can have answered...ever wonder how often the Big Fella’ gets hit on roads…and how many don’t? And what becomes of the bones or the bodies? Or what a Bigfoot life was like from little Bigfootlet to a screaming adult. Where do they go during a forest fire? Or…do they have a religion? They do like to throw or stack rocks, or even trade things. And, how smart is the critter really…smarter than a dolphin maybe? And they sure do like the water; swimming with several different methods and often for long distances. How about an interesting Sea Man…a type of Bigfoot or not? And then there are things like Littlefoot and the dog-headed creatures…the American Werewolf. Had a lot of fun speculating on that one. Or wondering if there are more than one species? A chart of differences is for the reader to decide. The Forest Man seems to have several health considerations…and no Blue Cross. He seems to have a big problem breathing or rickets and mange, or just old age and failing teeth. There is a pretty good hour to hour activity graph indicating a cathermal nature. Some have white in their eyes (human trait) while others are reported as just plain brown. There seem to be some pretty odd adaptations. A population count is tried with family habitat range, black bear counts, using wildlife counting methods and finally trying to estimate numbers from genetic defects. Seems 10,000 in the Pacific Northwest works. And a try at estimating average adult weight. I wind things up with a chapter: “An End or a Beginning.” The results of Dr. Melba Ketchum’s work with DNA Genomes. Many doubters, but she is still the FIRST to crack the code and give us a peek at what a Bigfoot is… Homo sapiens cognatus. Reprinted her DeNovo Scientific Journal abstract. There was a description of some of the 111 samples, which led up to a coverage of the Sierra killings…with some surprise revelations. Then I did a bunch of wild speculating on origins.
About the Author
The Author I have had years of experience with many of the sciences which steered me in the direction of writing a newsletter, the Track Record, and this book combines many of those disciplines. A sample of my interests and memberships should give the reader a brief glimpse of my background: Collector of minerals, rocks and fossils, Fellow Geological Society of the Oregon Country, Lepidopterists’ Society, Missoula Floods Chairman, amateur astronomy, stamp and coin collector/dealer, owned and operated an antique shop and later a used book shop. Was proud of winning a Coleman Stove as first prize in an archery contest at the Quiver Rattlers Archery Club. Hated school but loved reading and did complete a year at Portland State University and completed several military USAFI academic courses and classes. As Director of the Western Bigfoot Society from 1991 until the present, I interviewed hundreds of Bigfoot witnesses and wrote about them in more than 174 newsletters. In the field I have found possible Bigfoot hair and scat, several different tracks, participated in their mysterious “wood-on-wood” conversations, found broken trees that they probably damaged, been “zapped,” and witnessed their tremendously loud bird-like calls and a distant long call. So...I do believe Bigfoot exists, but I won’t try killing him, harming him, or eat ‘em. They are people! But, I have never seen one either. Note...I think Sasquatch are people and deserve to have their names in capitals and it’s - One Bigfoot, two Bigfeet, they have a baby Bigfootlet. A Bigfootologist might study them and they speak a Bigfootenese language. Ray Crowe
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