In the tradition of sharing fun facts about subject matter I find fascinating, may I present a few tidbits regarding the evidence for the existence of Bigfoot. While much of what you’ll read here is largely anecdotal, I hope you’ll approach it with an open mind. Ask yourself the obvious questions. Maybe there isn’t a mysterious offshoot of the hominin tree hiding in the deepest, darkest forests, but I don’t want to live in a world where the possibility doesn’t exist.
—Despite being geographically isolated from one another, nearly every Native American tribe throughout North America has a story of a hairy manlike creature incorporated into its oral tradition.
—In the 1960s, Dr. Grover Krantz, a research scientist at Washington State University, examined an extensive collection of casts and photographs of footprints from the Pacific Northwest. One set of casts demonstrated the distinct anatomical features of an injured foot that were “either made by a real upright-walking primate, or an artist with an expert understanding of primate foot anatomy.”
—In 1965, Bigfoot was officially placed on the endangered species list in Russia. France and Germany followed suit two years later.
—From 1971 to 1974, Al Berry and Ron Morehead recorded a collection of strange noises believed to be vocalizations in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California. The “Sierra Sounds” feature what many believe to be a primitive spoken language accompanied by ancillary means of communication including whistling and rapping stones. Samples are available online at bfro.net. Feel free to judge for yourselves.
—In the late 1990s, fingerprint experts examined casts of footprints from various parts of the country and discovered distinct dermal ridges. Microscopic evaluation demonstrated healed scar tissue where the skin had been previously damaged.
—In 2013, the Sasquatch Genome Project extracted DNA from 111 specimens of purported Bigfoot hair, blood, and tissue samples. According to lead researcher Dr. Melba Ketchum, the samples had “unique morphology distinguishing them from typical human and animal samples.” She concluded that the DNA represents an unclassified hominin species that diverged from the human lineage 13,000 years ago.
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Michael McBride is the bestselling author of Ancient Enemy, Bloodletting, Burial Ground, Condemned, Fearful Symmetry, Innocents Lost, Predatory Instinct, The Coyote, and Vector Borne. His novel Sunblind has been nominated for the 2014 DarkFuse Readers Choice Award. His novella Snowblind won the RCA in 2012 and received honorable mention in The Best Horror of the Year. He lives in Avalanche Territory with his wife and kids.
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SNOWBLIND:
THE KILLING GROUNDS
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