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I am from Scotland now live in Canada. I turned 50 yesterday. I remarried 10 years ago, to a terrific fellow, and to be honest I have no clue how it all happened! He is an entrepreneur, all business, and has conducted his life in a suit and tie. But he is now joining me in my madness, and we are turning our hand to farming, and I think he looks smashing in overalls. We are building a new house which will take most of this year to complete. As many of you know I trained as a Vet Tech, worked with wildlife and in the Agriculture industry way back when, also for a big SPCA. I trained dogs and horses…my love was heavy draft horses, and driving teams. I worked one summer as a cowboy, in the saddle all day, branding cattle and roping.
After I remarried I went back to university, just for fun, to see if I could still learn…studied law; it was contract law so I could be of some help to hubby in his field…the goal was never to become a lawyer. I always drew and did art, which led me to become a potter as well, and I have had an art studio for the last 6 years or so. We are also building a public retail gallery and studio on the farm as we are in a tourist area and wineries, micro breweries and artists abound in this area. Great fishing here too, which I also enjoy. We currently are living about 10 miles from the farm in a wee little apartment in one of the buildings my hubby owns, and I am counting the days till we move into the house…and I can get my hands into the garden, and collect eggs in the morning. I love canning, and baking sour dough bread. I love cooking on an old fashioned wood cook stove, although I often use the gas range too. Love sharing dinner with friends and having folks over. And hubby and I golf a good deal, I suck, he is great, but it is always a wonderful day. My art is mostly images of Scotland and animals; I did try and draw the creature I encountered 11 years ago, I will try to add it here. Not a great job, lots I want to tweak, but it gave me nightmares for a long while so I have not mustered the courage to try again.
I am basically a simple old fashioned kind of girl who loves nature, friends and family. Love fishing, and BBQing and can field dress a deer…and nothing better than finishing the day with good single malt or a great glass of wine.I am from Scotland now live in Canada. I turned 50 yesterday. I remarried 10 years ago, to a terrific fellow, and to be honest I have no clue how it all happened! He is an entrepreneur, all business, and has conducted his life in a suit and tie. But he is now joining me in my madness, and we are turning our hand to farming, and I think he looks smashing in overalls. We are building a new house which will take most of this year to complete. As many of you know I trained as a Vet Tech, worked with wildlife and in the Agriculture industry way back when, also for a big SPCA. I trained dogs and horses…my love was heavy draft horses, and driving teams. I worked one summer as a cowboy, in the saddle all day branding cattle and roping.
After I remarried I went back to university, just for fun, to see if I could still learn…studied law; it was contract law so I could be of some help to hubby in his field…the goal was never to become a lawyer. I always drew and did art, which led me to become a potter as well, and I have had an art studio for the last 6 years or so. We are also building a public retail gallery and studio on the farm as we are in a tourist area and wineries, micro breweries and artists abound in this area. Great fishing here too, which I also enjoy. We currently are living about 10 miles from the farm in a wee little apartment in one of the buildings my hubby owns, and I am counting the days till we move into the house…and I can get my hands into the garden, and collect eggs in the morning. I love canning, and baking sour dough bread. I love cooking on an old fashioned wood cook stove, although I often use the gas range too. Love sharing dinner with friends and having folks over. And hubby and I golf a good deal, I suck, he is great, but it is always a wonderful day. My art is mostly images of Scotland and animals; I did try and draw the creature I encountered 11 years ago, I will try to add it here. Not a great job, lots I want to tweak, but it gave me nightmares for a long while so I have not mustered the courage to try again.
I am basically a simple old fashioned kind of girl who loves nature, friends and family. Love fishing, and BBQing and can field dress a deer…and nothing better than finishing the day with good single malt or a great glass of wine.
Hey Pam, it is amazing isn’t it! I had never heard of Chaga at all. After her first talk with me and her description of what she called a hard black fungus thing stuck on a chunk of birch bark, I went searching to try and figure out what it was. I knew that the mint and cramp bark both had healing properties, and I thought even wild plantain leaves had some good health benefits, but I had no clue what the black fungus was, but after digging around I discovered Chaga. It also grows here in Ontario,so that was a good sign. The more I read the more I could not believe I did not know about this stuff and that doctors are not telling us to have a shot of chaga tea daily. I was able to get a big chunk of one from a local first nations group that sells it and collect it along with other wild craft herbs. I talked to an elder there and gave her a readers digest version of why I was interested in chaga. She did not seem at all surprised but told me how to use the chaga for myself…which is to put it in a crock pot with spring water (no chlorine or fluoride) and just use the keep warm cycle for 8 hrs and pour the dark liquid off into a mason jar, and keep it in the fridge. It looks like coffee, but tastes like smokey dirt. I am told it is such a great immune booster, which so far I have found to be true. I never get through Christmas without antibiotics to fight chronic bronchitis (often turns to pneumonia) I get it every year. This year I have had none…not even a head cold…so far.
The lady who’s story this is, is not well. I have been speaking to her daughter, and suggested softly we record the story, but right now there is bigger stuff on their plate, so I am not pushing it. She did not try any of the herbs, and did not view it as more than birds nest building material, even when I said that at least some of it was healing herbs she was not really interested. I don’t know her well at all, and our only common ground was a shared belief in Sasquatch. I wish I did know her better, but I see the daughter in the neighbourhood, so will keep softly trying to keep in touch.
Happily for hubby and I we now drink “Bigfoot Tea” as he calls it,daily and both feel it has benefits. Hubby loves to tease me about it…but I don’t care…if it helps with health I will take the good hearted ribbing, and laugh my way into old age and good health!
Thanks for the links Pam, I shall check them out!
Hey Debbie…just to be clear I do not have cancer and Bigfoot was not sniffing me at all. This was a story told to me this past fall by a lady I met who was in stage 4 cancer.
Seamus, you are one interesting, thought provoking guy!
Carolyn, i am not sure I have actually formulated any conclusions as of yet. Perhaps I have ruled a few things out; but just where the rest of it all falls, I am still searching. But it is good to search with like minded folk who are thought provoking, tolerant, and not dismissive when you don’t instantly agree with all they say.
I so very much appreciate those who have ventured forth and offered up their thoughts on such a delicate topic…going where angels fear to tread! I find nuggets of “good stuff” in those kind of conversations, and find myself pondering the words of others for days or weeks as my mind grapples with new thoughts or ideas. I always find it interesting to hear some speak about Bigfoot with an open mind, acknowledging that there is so much we don’t know because as Wes so eloquently reminds us “there isn’t one in the garage being studied. Yet those same folk when speaking of God, have no tolerance, and dismiss those who’s ideas fall outside of their interpretation of God and faith. All I can hope is one day to be invited to their garage where God is caged and studied, so I can see for myself what they are so dogmatic about. I think it was Carson who first pointed that out in a wise and witty way. I was touched to read the personal testimonies of some, who shared their own personal experiences where God and faith were concerned. I always respect that…as it takes courage to be so open and vulnerable. Thanks again to those who took the time to share their thoughts. The quest continues!
thanks m99! I am continually humbled and amazed by so many here who want to share their views in a thoughtful and respectful way. I feel privileged to hear other’s ideas even when they differ from my own…it causes me to examine my stance…and at times to alter my preconceived ideas. That is such a great thing…to understand the position of others…to empathise with others and have an open mind. I love that so much about this site.
Well for me after I discovered that Sasquatch existed, for sure, no doubt, saw it with my two eyes, no one can convince me otherwise…I hear those in authority and in the know, adamantly denying the existence of creature… it made me question who else is lying? Who else is hiding the truth?
One area I began looking at was my own faith at that time, based on the possible Nephalem connection I began reading some unrecognised texts like the book of giants and writings from the book of Enoch. At one time I had firmly believed, and taken for granted the bible as being the “truth”. I began looking at the gospels, and studying how the canon of the bible was compiled. I had thought it was the inspired word of God, compiled by the power of the Holy Spirit. But history and the facts did not bear out that belief. I had started down a rabbit hole that I could not simply undo.
My acceptance of Sasquatch, lead me to look at so many things that I personally had never explored the back story and history of, and I had simply accepted the version fed to me by another. So I began to look deeply at the faith I had always adhered to and discovered my spoon fed diet to be wanting.
I could go into detail, but that is not something needed I believe, most can do a quick internet search and find the many many discrepancies in the accepted canon and volumes of recognized gospels and works that were disregarded at the time of in the council of Nicaea. One can also quickly compile a list of dogma and doctrine that were in fact in practice and part of pagan beliefs in Mithraism and the Cult of Attis; not to mention the similarities between the life and times of one called Jesus and the Egyptian God named Horus. I am not trying to promote my own discovers, but trying to understand where others are coming from. If someone wants to know some of what I speaking of I will send them an email, and not post it all here.
When I really became a student of history my faith began to implode. My new found “knowing of Sasquatch” did not cause a lack of faith, but rather my lack of willingness to go forward in blind acceptance of everything…caused a fall out…my faith being one of them. When someone in authority has an agenda to promote a set of beliefs that gives them control and power over money and or thoughts, be it government or religion I think it is worth examining. Unfortunately my examination has left me questioning the faith I once held dear. My original question was not a debate about ones beliefs, but rather a question about the “fall out” once you accept that Sasquatch is real. My question was if any others had “fall out” after their own encounters.
I would not call it a crisis of faith. Perhaps in the light of Sasquatch; my faith was found wanting. I look at things very differently now. I question everything, I have become a real sceptic on all topics when someone in authority speaks. My question was not meant to pit views against each other. I was asking if others struggled with their own believes being turn on end. If not, what compelled them to feel secure with the status quo when the mind bending truth of Bigfoot became known to them.
I am not especial acquainted with the apocryphal gospels or books. I have read some of them a time or two. The closest reference to the quote you gave that I know of is sayings of Jesus in the Nag Hamadi text; Bk of Thomas
The Kingdom of God is inside you and all around you
Not in a mansion of wood and stone
Split a piece of wood and I am there
Lift a stone and you will find me.
.Thanks for the reply all…I hope to hear more, but I am truly grateful for the fearless who dare weigh in on this topic. I think the one thing that seeing a Sasquatch settled for me, is this. In my past life prior to seeing them I had faith and was a believer and yet I was also very science based in my thinking. I think it was very easy for me to keep those two worlds apart, as many people do. Once faced with a new paradigm that we share this planet with something that is almost human…maybe at least partly human, where does my naive faith fit? Does Sasquatch have a soul then? If I believe in Jesus , did His atonement cover two species? Is it blasphemy to even entertain the question? Okay, so those questions aside, and we look at the UFO phenomena that exist it seems in conjunction with many Bigfoot sightings I have had to accept that there is very defiantly some kind of extra terrestrial creatures out there. I followed Ron Morehead’s travels to South America and the study of the Paracas skulls, which are absolutely Non-Human. My acceptance of Sasquatch has also now led me to accept things I have not experienced firsthand, like UFO’s and Aliens. It also has left me unable to accept the Biblical narrative of history that only extends 6-10 thousand years back. Like Wes stated on that broadcast with Ron, I also have concluded that we are not an advanced evolving species, but rather we are in a decline, and the megalithic structures around the world are evidence of advanced civilizations that did exist long ago with knowledge now long forgotten.
The Genesis 6 statement that Keith raised is valid and I have spent a good deal of time researching that very passage of scripture as well as the Book of Enoch, the Sumerian texts, and any other ancient writing I could find. All that has done for me is make me very wary of what is “truth”, those that decide what truth is, those that have chosen the current accepted canon of scripture. It made me question the Bible as authority on anything. I used to be one who believed in the infallibility of scripture and the divine hand of God in the words of the Bible, now I see a self serving Niacin council that chose epistles that promoted their own point of view and disregarded anything that would challenge it. As it becomes easier to research things like the Dead Sea Scrolls or the writings of the Esseans and Caithars from my home office I find it becomes more and more difficult to blindly believe what I once unquestioned. Why are the Sumerians not the ones to follow? Their narrative is the oldest we have? I don’t know if I am making sense to anyone, but Sasquatch was the tip of the iceberg for me, the whole can of worms that goes with it is what has shifted my world.
M99 I don’t know if you were referring to James 1:5&6 “If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you. But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.” Or to Mathew 7:7 or Luke 11:9 which generally say the same thing “So I say to you: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” I love those references and in the past I would draw such comfort from them…but if Sasquatch has made me question everything to the foundations….how do I find faith in the Bible if I think that the same multi generational group of elite governing controllers had a hand in hiding the truth centuries ago and continue to do so to this day.
I really am not trying to be argumentative at all. I am desperately looking for a grain of truth, a wee nugget of something that can allow me to regain faith. For me the Pandora’s box has been opened and try as I might I can’t find a way to close the lid. But I am still seeking, still asking, still looking. The one thing I do know , is I know nothing…so be open and curious.
As we often hear Wes say, “be careful what you wish for!”…seeking a Sasquatch is one thing, but the fall out afterwards is the minefield of the mind that I am now trying to find my way through.Hey PJ aka Petra here from #317….those in Ontario feel free to contact me cocoandkenzie@gmail.com
