Final Thought

This project was started for my father to see if he is just crazy and with a very over active imagination. Through my project I read a book of Robert Pyle talking about his own experience with Bigfoot and his quest to find if he/she is real or not. I even watched videos on the scientist who research these creatures and most well know is Loren Coleman. Which of who I read numerous books he has written on Bigfoot. I even watched a video on when Bigfoot was found in the woods in Georgia. This was later found to be fake and not a real creature and just a mask.

This video just helped me to come to my final opinion about Bigfoot. Bigfoot to me will and always will be fake. My father and I sat down and discussed this project the other day and he was still trying to persuade me to say real. But with what I read in the numerous books and saw in the videos. Even the best researchers could not find anything that could have been held up in court. And Robert Pyle in his book even says that many sightings are old men who wanted to make a name for themselves and to just stir trouble. So after reading that I felt like every sighting was just a fake. My interview with Jamee, it wasn't that I thought she was crazy but just that there could of been so many different things on her farm. And that is why I cant say real.

Now that I have finished the project fully I've wondered what I would have done differently. And I loved what I researched on but if I could go back I would not have picked Bigfoot at all. Something easier that I could have thought more deeply into. Bigfoot just wasn't that interesting to me. I didn't find it be intriguing at all or even remotely interesting so I wish i would have done a complete different topic.

In this video it is explaining cryptozoology and their struggle to find information. Cryptozoology is the study of mysterious animals. They want to know what they saw, or know what is out in their backyard. It is a fear that rises in them and they want to know more to settle this fear. Many are specialized in this area and they are nervous to know what they don't know anything about, and what could be lurking in there backyard. One even says, "It is a problem!"

This video just shows a view into what these scientist that study these creatures think. Because as a outsider I think they are all whacked out in the head. But after watching this video I understand more what they are thinking about and why they research these creatures. I understand what they are truly looking for and that is the unknown. and everyone is afraid of the unknown and want to know more about it. And that is what these scientist specialize in.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRJH4vqkcY

Loren Coleman

There is a interview done with Loren Coleman, and he explains his part and what he does in looking for cryptic sightings. Loren Coleman has traveled the world to research cryptozoological evidence and folklore since alleged sightings of the Abominable Snowmen caught his attention over four decades ago. "Cryptozoology literally means the study of hidden animals. The term comes from the Greek word krypto, meaning hidden, unknown, secret, enigmatic, mysterious plus zoo which means animal and logos means to study... these unknown animals called cryptids are those that are known to human but not verified by science," Coleman comments. He also say that "They have yet to be discovered by zoology, although they may be well known to local or native peoples through sightings, folklore, and traditions. Therefore, in general, cryptozoology only concerns itself with animals large enough to make an impact on humans, and is not about every search for and discovery of microscopic or small new animals." Loren goes on to to say that Bigfoot is the number one cryptic, and every researcher is looking for.

This was a amazing source to read about. Loren Coleman is one of the most popular Bigfoot researchers. I also have numerous books I have been reading written by him. In this interview he is very interesting because to me, its like rambling about something that I don't even think is real. But that he is so passionate and interested, and even dedicated to finding out more on Bigfoot makes me want to find more. Loren makes me want to search for Bigfoot myself, find something unknown and mysterious.

Bigfoot Image

View of Bigfoot have evolved over the years, but it seems Bigfoot has stayed the same. The first images of Bigfoot were described as Sasquatch or "another tribe." These creatures were considered a lost race of humans. Or just "Sasquatch as hairy Indians." And this also includes, back in the 1950's media would carry reports of Yeti or Abominable Snowman. Many movies were starting to be made, an image to visually see and to picture this creature. A movie worth mentioning was The Legend of Boggy Creek. This movie was released in 1972. Many sitings were reported in Boggy Creek, but the reporting in the late 60's and 1971 had great press. Although the movie was of course not real, the footage of river bottoms, fog, and vegetation along Boggy Creek made this town look very spooky. Many after this movie came out and moved away from Boggy Creek. This movie was just a huge part in many researchers to start walking the woods and study was Bigfoot there.

Loren Coleman in his book BIGFOOT! The True Story of Apes in America includes every aspect of what you would need to learn from and research his work. I feel this book helps helped me understand where many get the thoughts that Bigfoot is real. And in this chapter it is huge to think that media started it all. There of course were reports before numerous movies. But the media gave it a face and an original name of Bigfoot. And I think this just came down to the fact that you can't always believe what you see in the news. And a movie is just a movie, for pleasure.
Coleman, Loren. BIGFOOT! The True Story of Apes in America. New York: Pocket, 2003. Print.

Jamee Williams Lutz

Jamee is one of my fathers friends. She lives in Anniston , Alabama. I visited Jamee at her house with my dad. Jamee and my dad are old friends. I interviewed her about Bigfoot. She has had past experience with Bigfoot her self. As a child she lived on a farm and was always running around the family farm. One day as she was running around something caught her eye. A big black figure, she has never thought twice about it since as a child she had glasses but now thinking back on her experience she thinks twice about what she saw. She now thinks and has realized that this black figure she saw as a Bigfoot. As a intelligent women she realizes she sounds stupid saying she saw Bigfoot as a child, but she thinks or knows that is what she saw. Jamee now as a older women tells her friends, "I'm not crazy, I know what I saw. I saw a huge black figure I can't even describe the fear I had."

Jamee was a pleasure to interview. She was very shy though to speak of Bigfoot with me. I know her and my dad talk often about Bigfoot, but I think as, me, a outsider she thought I would think she was crazy. This is how i came to know of Jamee. My dad told me her story and how he even thought this story seemed off. But she answered everything I asked like; how do you think seeing Bigfoot has changed your views about other creatures that could be out there, and did you ever want to see this big black creature in your life again, or did you ever think you were going crazy thinking you saw Bigfoot. As I interviewed Jamee, I'm not knocking her, but it seemed very strange. And that as a kid could remember a black figure she saw. the figure could have been a tree, a dog, anything on a farm, maybe even a cow. Since I know Jamee know I know she is not crazy, but i would evaluate how many people I would tell this Bigfoot story to because its not very trustworthy for research or sightings.