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Investigation Conducted: 11-8-2014
Encounter Dates: 11-2-14, 11-4-14, 11-6-14
Witnesses: Wayne, Debbie, Bill and Bessie (last names on file)
City: Garfield
We received a call on Nov 6th regarding the encounters and arranged an investigation at the family’s residence on Nov 8th. Upon arriving at the home we were enthusiastically greeted on the porch by husband and wife, Wayne and Debbie. They were eager to walk us to the locations on the property where the sightings took place! The first spot they showed us was a huge bedding area next to their pond. We searched for hair and even smelled the grass for an odor, but neither was noticed. Then we searched for footprints at the sighting locations, took photos and height measurements. Many persimmon trees and a soy bean field could provide a nice food source—the fruit and beans were still plentiful.
November 2, 2014: Debbie and Bessie were sitting on their back porch at 6:45am when Bessie sees a large branch in the tree line get pulled down, then release back up. See notices a tall, blonde-colored figure, with wide shoulders and no neck, standing on two legs under the branch. She tells her daughter-in-law Debbie, “There’s someone out there!” Debbie walks out of the screen door and off the porch to get a better view and she sees it as well. The creature immediately turned around and ran back into the woods. Debbie explained, “I’ve never in my life seen something move so fast!” Besides the speed, the most significant feature which stuck out in Debbie’s mind was the fur around the face. “It looked like wind-blown, long fur,” said Debbie. She also said the skin on its face looked, “Chalky, light grey when it turned and the sun hit it”. It was too far away and such a quick view, neither witness could recall further details of its face. They both agreed the shoulders were at least 3-4 foot wide and “rounded on the ends, like a bodybuilder.”
November 4, 2014: Bill was sitting on the back porch around 7:30pm and sees a dark, hairy figure walk across the back of the property eating something out of its hand. One hand was cupped, up by its chest, while it picked items out of it with the other hand, placing items into its mouth. Bill only saw a glimpse of it due to the trees. There is a security light on a pole in the backyard. This creature was definitely much darker in color (almost black), opposite the creature seen two days prior. The family’s dogs which stay in a large, fenced-in pen, moved to far side on the enclosure.
November 6, 2014: Just before dusk, Wayne was sitting on the back porch and catches a glimpse of a tall, hairy, black figure standing behind a trailer in the backyard. “It was at least 3 foot taller than the trailer…I only saw it for few seconds,” explained Wayne. The land slopes down into the woods so it was hard to estimate the exact height of the creature. It was most likely walking directly away from Wayne, as it disappeared from view.
Additional Information: On two occasions, the neighbor’s donkey could be heard “wailing away” minutes before the sightings. Tree knocks and odd howls are heard frequently. We did not venture too far into the woods due to it being the opening day of gun season.
This is a pond near the home. “Something” was bedding here.
Look really hard and you can see Travis. He demonstrated where Debbie and Bessie noticed the creature
pull down the branch. It’s the large branch with brown leaves directly above Travis’s hand. Travis is 5′ 11″ tall.
Due to the long arms of a Sasquatch, its height could range anywhere from 7-9 foot.
Travis stands approximately where Wayne saw it standing. The land slopes down and away towards the treeline so it’s hard to tell the height.
Multiple persimmon trees at the sighting location still beared fruit. Persimmon is a possible food source.
Site Source: kentuckybigfoot.com
Researchers: Charlie Raymond,Lead Investigator and Travis Knuckles,Investigator
Lumberjacks Ezra Stretchan and Jack Fischer returned to their cabin at Happy Jack camp. They were getting ready for dinner, Stretchan was outside smoking a cigarette when he called for Fischer to come outside as quickly as possible.
The annoyed Fischer stuck his head out of the cabin door to see what Stretchan was so riled up about. Fischer saw one of the largest black bears he ever laid on upon running full tilt down the side of the hill.
Just as Stretchan was about to speculate on what scared that bear off, the two loggers saw a “huge, red gorilla-like giant crash through the cedars.” The monster was over 15 feet tall, with powerful rippling muscles and feet that defied all science.
The two loggers stood petrified as the creature lumbered down the side of the hill, growling and grunting as it slowly chased after the running bear.
While neither Stretchan nor Fischer talked about what they saw until years later, Fischer admitted that the two went out and bought shotguns to keep in their cabin with their next paychecks.
https://bigfoothistory.wordpress.com
Have you ever wondered what the Patterson-Gimlin might look like up-close and personal? The Ohio Bigfoot Conference just posted an awesome rendition of Patty’s face and it’s pretty deep:
A gorgeous Bigfoot bust of what’s supposed to be a artistic rendition of Patty just in a darker coloration by DougFX. Looks incredible
Credit:
http://bigfootevidence.blogspot.com/2015/01/this-is-what-patty-would-look-like-up.html
While canoeing in a swamp outside of Tampa, Florida, the witness spotted something “walking” and diving in a gator infested area. He starting filming what he thought was a bear. The only problem is that Lettuce Lake Park is a 240-acre Hillsborough County-run park where bears tend to stay clear from.
http://bigfootevidence.blogspot.com/2015/01/breaking-very-compelling-footage-of.html
El Paso County, Colorado
Colorado Springs Early 1990’s
I am currently deployed, so I won’t give you my name or where I am deployed at the moment, please do not list my email and do not reply, I don’t know if my mail is read or not and this business is not something we talk about over here. But as kids at the Academy, most of us knew about it.
The story you have there about the cadets and that bigfoot in Jack’s Valley are true. It was known in my class at the Academy as “the watcher.” The moniker was given to the resident bigfoot because every now and again alert cadets reported seeing the thing watching the cadets from the western edge of the course and often let itself be seen. Almost like it couldn’t stand not being a part of the action, or maybe it was lonely and curious.
Truly I don’t know if it was always the same bigfoot or not, but to myself I presumed it was, it looked the same everytime I saw it (about 4 times in the years I was in the Springs) but could have been a different individual. Most of the time it would be in the same spot for hours, apparently curious about us, or maybe we were entertainment. Who knew?
To my knowledge, it was reported often and matter-of-factly but we were never told to keep quiet about it, but I do know many of us knew it was a resident of Jack’s Valley and said nothing. The Watcher was not there every time I was.
We joked about it among ourselves, like that’s what you end up looking like when a cadet flunks out of the academy!! Stupid stuff like that. We never thought of it like we would a bear, it was more like a man with a shoulder span that was enormous and very black, sometimes just a shadow that moved.
In the sunlight, it had a heavy coat of fur, slick like a bear, stood around in the tree line most the time just like any man but this man was butt ugly. The report you have on your website mentions hearing screams, that is probably exaggeration or a scare story!! No way I could have heard anything in my quarters.
I didn’t have too much time to think about it while I was there, it was never general conversation, it was 15 years ago now, and of course the the Jack’s Valley Watcher was like a local mascot, we talked about it and pulled some rank bull shit pranks, but this story was true.
What I find surprising is that more isn’t made of the situation. Nobody cared back then, it was just there, and most stayed pretty squared away with it, no sweat, you know? It wasn’t headlines or anything of particular interest back then like it is today.
There you have it, I wonder if the Watcher still exists at the Academy today.
Source: bigfootencounters.com
Vernon Parish, Louisiana
June 1986
Closest road US Hwy 171; nearest city is Leesville
Castor Creek area
It was approximately 2 AM Two of my cousins and me were asleep in our open-air tent alongside of Castor Creek. (Known to the locals as “Sam’s Old Bottom”) At 2 AM one of my cousins was awakened by the sound of something walking alongside our ten area. When he was awake enough to realize that he was looking at he screamed. My other cousin and I immediately awakened and saw an approx 6 to 6½ ft tall creature running around alongside our tent the wooded area on the other side of our tent. At no time did the creature make any moves toward us to cause us any harm. However, after it was on the other side of the tented area from where my cousin first saw it, the creature did stop for about 5 – 10 seconds and looked back at us and then turned around and went into the wooded area and out of our sight. At sunrise (approx. 5:45 AM) my cousins and I packed our tent and left the area on our way out. We did observe some broken tree limbs around our campsite that were not there when we set up our campsite the day before.
As best I could tell because it was pitch dark, the creature stood approx 6 feet tall or maybe taller. It has what seemed to be reddish-brown hair (short) all over its body. There seemed to be no neck at all. I would guess the animal would have probably weighed between 350 and 400 lbs easy. The thing that I’ll remember most is the smell. It was worse than what 100 rotten eggs would smell like.
Richard Sanders, Jerry and Paul Elliott.
Source: bigfootencounters.com
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The Valley News; Orwell, Ohio; July 1, 1981
STRANGE BEAST ROAMS IN ROME OHIO
ROME – A Rome family has reported a large mystery animal roaming around its home and terrorizing horses and other farm livestock.
The family on Johnson Road reported that it shot at the black animal described as between seven to nine feet tall Sunday. Sheriff deputies did not find any animal, but did find some large footprints near the home.
The animal reportedly showed up Wednesday. The family said loud growling and commotion in the yard awakened it. The family said every time they shined a light on the animal. It would return to the woods.
The animal came back Sunday, and the family chased it into a clearing, where several shots were fired. It is unknown if the animal was hit.
The family said since it came to the property, four ducks and some chickens have disappeared.
The Valley News; Orwell, Ohio; July 8, 1981
ROME’S STRANGE BEAST: IS IT FACT OR FANTASY?
ROME – Principal figures involved in the mystery of a strange beast or beasts that once again are being reported on Johnson Road here are refusing to comment or talk to the media.
The Valley News has learned at least three area residents spotted what they believe is a nine-foot tall animal, which walks on its hind legs Tuesday night in the same area where sheriff’s deputies found large footprints a week ago.
Ducks and chickens continue to be found dead or missing in the same area.
Other residents on Johnson Road feel the “creature” might be a bear. One long-time resident of the area reported hearing grunting and growling sound from the woods this week. He remembers bears in the area many years ago and feels there might be one or two still living in the thick, rugged country near the Grand River by Johnson Road.
One Rome resident had reportedly made plaster casts of the creature’s footprints.
Most area residents are passing off the sightings as nothing more than someone’s vivid imagination. However, one person whom The Valley News contacted swore the creature is real and is not a bear.
The Valley News; Orwell, Ohio; Wednesday, July 15, 1981
ROME’S BIG FOOT: FACT, FAKE OR FANTASY?
Several Sightings:
ROME – Is there a Bigfoot type creature in this rural area of Ashtabula County?
Two people who have devoted their lives to studying such phenomena think so.
One is Dennis Pilichis of Roaming Shores. For 18 years, Pilichis has recorded, documented and written about UFOs, Bigfoot creatures and other perhaps-unexplained happenings.
He first found out about strange sightings now being described as “in the vicinity of Johnson Road” in an initial story two weeks ago in the Valley News. He sought out the family in question, which still prefers its name not be printed.
“I told him I was sincerely interested in getting foot prints,” Pilichis said. “I got some plaster of Paris and we gout our first prints on July second. I didn’t go out there until after I had seen the police reports.”
The family first reported hearing “grunting screams” and later found four domestic ducks with their heads bitten off. Pilichis, who is affiliated with a nation-wide network, was intrigued.
As described in earlier stories, the creatures, which have been seen, bear no resemblance to bears. By comparison with trees and manmade structures, which the creatures have stood next to, are believed to be nine feet tall. Most often, a six-foot Creature has been seen with one about nine feet tall.
Besides the strange sightings, an awful smell usually is noted when the creature or creatures are seen. Several people from the initial family and other individuals have now sighted the creatures.
The creatures are described as gorilla-like. Even those people who have seen the creatures at close-range seem to have trouble describing the things accurately.
Pilichis took plaster casts of footprints found in the vicinity. He described the ground as quite hard, indicating that the creature must be quite heavy to sink one and one-half to two inches into the earth.
Each of the creatures has “large red glowing eyes”. A mystery even to Pilichis is that after clear sightings, often no tracks are left even though grass may be matted down and branches broken.
While these reports may sound bizarre at best to the uninformed, to Pilichis they are almost normal. For The Valley News he introduced books and reports from Pennsylvania and several surrounding states.
The large three-toed tracks, glowing red eyes, the stench and other similarities make the Rome reports sound nearly identical.
“I want to make it clear that I have spent at least 60 research hours on these sightings,” said Pilichis who has spent several nights in the area. “I firmly believe these people have not made anything up. There is always a slight percentage factor of exaggerating but these people have seen something.”
In similar cases, the sightings have continued for several months and then suddenly stop.
A year ago in Lisbon, Ohio similar reports of strange noises and breaking limbs were noted. As in the Rome case, even the most fearsome of dogs cowered in fright.
In June of the same year in Russell’s Point, Ohio, a six- foot tall creature, which had a horrible smell, scared a farmer and his dogs and left a 16-inch footprint.
Other Ohio sights dated back to 1973 have been recorded in Minerva (1978 to present, East Liberty, Mecca, Mansfield and Oberlin).
It must be noted that in none of these cases were humans harmed or any great amount of damage done. Other than fright, these creatures seem to do no harm to humans.
According to Pilichis, there were some minor incidents earlier in the year that had relevance to the incidents during the summer. A deer had been found dead in the woods and it appeared that its side was ripped open by claws. An Amish group claimed that feed bags had been ripped open by something with claws.
Around June 15, a farmer claimed that four ducks and one chicken were found dead in the tree line on the back of his property. They were physically mutilated. Something had bitten their heads off and gashes were found on their bodies. Footprints were found that resembled claw marks.
The strange activity then shifted to Robert’s family within their property. For the sake of simplicity, I will produce a listing of events in chronological order that is further detailed in NIGHT SIEGE.
June 25, 1981 (In the a.m.):
Robert and his boys saw a “thing” in the front yard when he heard his DUCKS acting up. It had two big glowing eyes, was on all fours. No body detail given. Robert shot at it and it ran down a field, screaming in a high pitched-low pitched sound. They estimated the animal to be 8 feet tall.
June 26, 1981(2 a.m.):
Robert went outside to see why his dog was barking and shinned his flashlight out back to see a gorilla-like animal that he described as black with two bright red eyes. It was making snorting and growling noises. Robert also saw the face, teeth and chest area. He ran back into the house and grabbed his shotgun and told his sons to get dressed. They got into their truck and chased the creature until it vanished in the wood line. On their way back to the house, Robert said their truck stopped running in the driveway. Robert told a neighbor what was happening. This neighbor related a story that his kids were afraid to campout in the backyard because they saw an animal that looked like a bear. After a few minutes, Robert was able to get the truck running again.
Further descriptions:
9 1/2 feet tall; long shaggy hair; red glowing eyes, about the size of baseballs and self Luminous; very large, flat noise; 1 1/2 inch fangs; the arms hung down below the waist. The chest had small white patches about the size of half-dollars where breasts would be. No details given on hands or feet.
June 28, 1981 (In the a.m.):
Late this night, the family saw some unusual forms in the wood line out back. They put their youngest boy on the tractor and drove out into the field. They saw these forms waving what looked like flashlights with a dark blue light. As they proceeded closer, the forms had red glowing eyes. Robert started shooting and emptied two boxes of 12 gauge shells. He appeared to hit one of the animals and saw two eyes fall to the ground. They thought they killed this animal when they saw the same type eyes coming from all directions. They hurried back to the house and witnessed the creatures roaming about all night through their window. The following day, Dennis Pilichis arrived on the scene to do a field investigation. They discovered three-toed impressions throughout Robert’s property: a least 40 or so.
Descriptions of tracks:
3-toes, 7 inches by 8 inches, with the middle toe sinking deeper in the ground than the others.
Quote from NIGHT SIEGE: “Mind you, the creature who is directly connected to this trail was in the front yard after the ducks on all fours at the time of discovery. The field was mostly mud, dirt and chunky parts.” Pilichis has no explanations for the series of strange lights and black forms seen, although he believes they are not the same phenomena as the “Bigfoot-type” creature(s).
June 29, 1981:
The Ashtabula County Sheriff’s Department was called twice on this date. (5:00 a.m. and 11:00 p.m.) They drove their cruiser around the field and saw some ground indentations. The police did not see anything unusual, but Robert claims that members of his family witnessed strange forms coming from another direction. When Robert used the cruiser’s spotlight to shine in that area, there was nothing to be seen.
Source: web.archive.org
YEAR: 2014
SEASON: Winter
MONTH: December
DATE: 6
STATE: Illinois
COUNTY: Shelby County
NEAREST TOWN: Findlay, Illinois
NEAREST ROAD: Bruce and Findlay blacktop
OBSERVED: I’m a retired paranormal and cryptid researcher and I had a personal encounter this year while deer hunting in Shelby County Illinois which is considered south central Illinois. I will not disclose the exact location but I will say it happened in a very well known state park. I had two encounters in two days one after another. The first was a grey color and second one was a dark black color. The second encounter I got a series of pics that aren’t the best but show a dark figure walking away. I have the details all recorded and theories as to why in the area that I have seen these creatures. I am also a well known tracker and guide in the area and I know my wildlife very well. If u would like to know more please contact me. I’m submitting this thru my phone and kind of difficult. On a side note I’m not some young kid I’ll be 41 yrs old soon.
ALSO NOTICED: Found a few trees that were twisted and broke off. These breaks were taller than me and I’m 6’3.
OTHER WITNESSES: I alone on first encounter first day and my son and I on second day but he was on the ground. He didn’t see it as I was trying my best to stay calm and not alert him.
OTHER STORIES: Yes I have researched my area and others.
TIME AND CONDITIONS: Very calm little to no wind. Overcast but not too cold that day. Happened in late afternoon.
ENVIRONMENT: Wooded with also thickets. Valleys and streams in the area. Hardwood mostly with plenty of deer and plants for food source.
Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Stan Courtney:
I spoke with the witness by phone.
The witness reported two sightings two days apart while deer hunting .
In summary:
Possible sighting on the 6th of December 2014.
• Witness saw a greyish colored head through the brush.
• The witness estimated the animal’s height at 8 foot.
• The witness was unable to make out any facial features.
• The witness was 70 yards from the animal.
Second sighting on the 8th of December 2014.
• The witness was 15 feet up in a deer stand.
• The witness estimated the animal’s height at 8 foot.
• The witness estimated the animal’s weight at 600 lbs.
• The animal had a crowned shaped head.
• The animal’s coloring was blackish with a silverish sheen.
• The animal had broad shoulders and long arms.
• The witness was unable to see the face.
• The witness was 60 – 70 yards from the animal.
During this time the witness took several pictures with his cell phone (Samsung Galaxy S3). Unfortunately the photos do not show much detail, here is one of them:
Source: BFRO.net
Investigator: Stan Courtney
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In 1998 I took a sojourn in India, I lived there for a while in NW India’s Himalayan foothills, the closest airstrip would be Bhuntar. I did the usual stuff, hiking, playing hours of karrom and generally soaking up the sights. We took walks that lasted days through places like the uninhabited Sanj valley, met the strange people of Mallana (who haven’t bred outside their own village since Alexander the Great, or so the local opinion goes, indeed your not even allowed to touch them!) but it wasn’t far from a pretty busy little place called Kasol where I had my rude awakening. If you look on the map I suppose the closest place you will see is Manikuran. The country there is pretty dammed wild, you can hear boulders migrating down the river beds at night in the powerful course of the glacier melt waters! We were staying in a chai house about 2 miles from Kasol and after a trip into town for a hair cut and something to eat other than chick pea Dahl! I had to turn off the road to take care of nature. I knew I couldn’t get lost as the path ran parallel to the river so I veered iff for some privacy, it’s hard to come by in India!
I walked to the river, about 10 feet from the bank, and found a suitable enclave, the noise from the river cuts out all other noise. Without going into to much personal detail I had my back to the enclave looking out through the bushes towards the water, and had been there maybe five minutes. Something moved to my right and when I turned, which I did cautiously because there are black bears there and this thing was about 10 feet from me, I saw what can only be described yeti, standing also looking out towards the river, the sighting could have only lasted a couple if seconds, it was stood slightly higher than me on the same rocky enclave I was squat behind. Horrible to faced with that when your pants are round your ankles!!
It wasn’t that tall, maybe a little taller than me so say 6-7 ft but was extremely heavy in the shoulders, and had immense thighs, I could see a suggestion of stomach and chest as the fur was extremely thin around this area. I didn’t notice a smell or anything but then the air is constantly moving that close to such a fast river so I can’t say it didn’t smell, just that I couldn’t smell it. It’s shoulders were massively built, I remember the biggest impact it made were it’s thighs and shoulder. It’s arms were very thick and I think longer than ours would be in proportion to its body. It’s face wasn’t easy to discern because I was lower than it and I was squatting put I do remember the powerful jaw line and heavy brow that I could just about make out, it did have ears though, slightly obscured by the fur but small like a child’s. I couldn’t make out the top of the head. It’s fur or hair was thick around the front part of the shoulder but shorter and thinner else where, and was brown where it was shorter and became slightly grey at the longer parts.
Anyway, it popped through the bushes and stared out across the river, it was slightly crouched with its right hand about shoulder height on a tree, I was down against the enclave and to it’s left. I froze. Don’t think I even blinked. It never did see me, which I cannot understand to this day but I guess the closeness of the river, with the noise and the misty spray you get must have dulled it’s senses. It turned to its right then moved very quickly across the back of the tree and was gone, I couldn’t hear it go because of the river. It’s the one and only time I never bothered wiping my arse, that’s for sure, I made my way quickly back to the path and headed for the chai place, I was dammed glad my room was in the first floor. I never did report it, Indian police wouldn’t have given a toss, and I didn’t tell fellow travelers at the chai shop, I didn’t know them well enough to blurt that out, I did feel a little guilty, as perhaps they should have been told for their own safety, but I chickened out, not proud of that. I’ve never even told my wife of 11 years, she doesn’t believe in anything she can’t touch or see, so I don’t think I ever will. I’m absolutely positive of what I witnessed, I was damn close, this was not someone hoaxing me, people struggle to exist out their financially, no one would possess a million dollar special effects suit solely to scare me shitless. When I look back I wish I’d seen it’s face, but then I guess it would have seen me and I don’t know what its reaction may have been, animals don’t react well when you surprise them.
These are pictures of the general area, and not of the actual sighting location.
Audio from the Brown’s-the final two are looped 5x.
A controversial new theory published in the journal Nature suggests that the remains of Homo floresiensis, nicknamed the Hobbit for its small stature, do not belong to the Homo lineage at all, but rather are descended from a more ancient pre-human group called Australopithecus. It was always assumed that Homo sapiens were the only hominid species to have left Africa. But what if other species also made the journey and left their mark on the world and perhaps even our DNA?
The ‘Hobbit Human’ was first discovered in October 2004, when an excavation of fragmentary skeletal remains from the island of Flores in Indonesia yielded what was called ‘the most important find in human evolution for 100 years.’ Its discoverers dubbed the find Homo floresiensis, a name suggesting a previously unknown species, dated to have lived between 95,000 and 17,000 years ago – that means the Hobbit lived at the same time has modern humans and appears to be the latest surviving human species, aside from our own. It is estimated to have had a height of around 3 feet 6 inches.
Cave where the remains of Homo floresiensis were discovered in 2004, Lian Bua, Flores, Indonesia.
Ever since its discovery exactly one decade ago, Homo floresiensis has been the subject of much debate and intense research to determine whether they represent a species distinct from modern humans, or whether the remains belong to a modern human (Homo sapien) with a disorder such as microcephalia, a condition characterized by a small head, short stature and some mental retardation.
Modern human and Homo floresiensis (‘Hobbit’).
Discovery News reports that the prevailing theory is that “the Hobbit was a member of our family tree, belonging to the genus Homo and having descended from a population of Homo erectus that made its way to the island and shrunk in stature over evolutionary time due to the “island effect.” (Because islands are relatively closed communities, evolution tends to lead to smaller forms.)”
A facial reconstruction of Homo floresiensis from a skull that was recovered in Flores
But now a new perspective has been thrown into the mix. This human-like species might not have been human after all. Renowned paleoanthropologist Chris Stringer from the Natural History Museum in London, suggests that the Hobbit species did not belong to the Homo lineage but was descended from Australopithecus, a genus of hominids that evolved in eastern Africa around 4 million years ago, spread out across the continent, and eventually became extinct around 2 million years ago.
Stringer explained that the jaw and chin of the Hobbit skull resemble pre-human fossils of more than 2 million years ago, while the body shape and small cranial capacity look more primitive that those in the Homo genus.
Skull belonging to Homo floresiensis, which Chris Stringer believes is more similar to the Australopithecus genus.
“This presents a real mind blower,” writes Discovery News. “We’ve tended to assume that only Homo sapiens left Africa, interbred with locals in Europe and Asia (like Neanderthals and Denisovans), resulting in today’s non-Africans. But what if other species, like Australopithecus, also left Africa, made it to places like Indonesia, and successfully settled there until more recent times? The plot thickens.”
If this is the cases, the Hobbit species may have also interbred with other hominids, causing further complexity to an already confusing family tree. Research last year revealed that the genome of one of our ancient ancestors, the Denisovans, contains a segment of DNA that seems to have come from an another species that was neither human nor Neanderthal. Could Homo floresiensis provide a missing piece to the puzzle?
“If the H. floresiensis lineage had a more primitive origin than the oldest known H. erectus fossils so far identified in Asia, then we would have to re-evaluate the dominant explanation for how humans arose and spread from Africa,” Chris Stringer wrote. “It would mean that a whole branch of the human evolutionary tree in Asia had been missing.”
Source: http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-evolution-human-origins/new-theory-hobbit-species-out-africa-theory-0109832
Garry Montcliff had rented a cabin at Cross Timbers on Toronto Lake. Montcliff planned a week of relaxation, hiking, and working on his novel.
On the third night of his vacation, Montcliff was disturbed from his late dinner by sounds just outside the cabin window. Montcliff describes the sound like a class of fourth graders parading past the cabin. Still chewing a mouthful of his dinner, Montcliff inched toward the window hoping to catch a glimpse of whatever animal was outside.
Montcliff was startled to find when he peeled the window curtain back two huge red eyes peering in. Once Montcliff got his bearings, he recognized the gigantic ape features as a black fur Bigfoot. The creature’s breath fogged the window. The two locked eyes before the Bigfoot snorted and stood fully upright. The stunned Montcliff watched as the monster padded off into the darkness.
To scared to leave the cabin the rest of the night, Montcliff did not sleep. The next day, he crept outside to investigate the spot where the Bigfoot stood. He measured the footprints at 14.7 inches long and 10.9 inches wide.
Sean had contacted the show to share his encounter. He had a clear daytime sighting of the creature and goes into great description of the face and what he saw. Take a listen in the podcast section.
From the Bigfoot Evidence
Thanks to Ray S. for sharing this very interesting photograph of what he believes to be a Bigfoot. According to Ray, they’ve seen the creature the other night in their yard, and woke up to find this large footprint:
“11:30 last night there was a creature seen in the yard of a trailer house in mt sterling ky.
This was found today. Covered by a bucket n big rock now.” – Ray S.
http://bigfootevidence.blogspot.com/2015/01/a-witness-had-class-sighting-and-found.html