The
twitterverse (or at least the very tiny sub-section of people that
are interested in weird things) was all a buzz today over the news
that Justin Smeja, the guy who claims to have killed a Bigfoot, had
successfully passed a lie detector test. According to the person that
administered the test, this meant that Justin Smeja was telling the
truth. Or at the very least believed that what he was saying was
true. For many in the Bigfoot/Cryptid community this brought up a
whole host of issues. Guy Edwards, writing on both Bigfoot Lunch Club and
Cryptomundo, asked a very pertinent question with his article entitled,
“Bigfoot Killer Passes Lie Detector Test. What Does it Mean?”.
Personally I'm not sure that it means a whole lot of anything. Allow me
to elaborate just a little bit. It seems to me that all the
polygraph indicated was that there was “No deception detected” in
response to the questions asked of Smeja. This tells met that Smeja certainly believes he killed a Bigfoot. However this is not
the same thing as actually killing one. As a background to
this whole issue Smeja claims to have shot and killed not only an adult Bigfoot, but also what appeared to be a juvenile Bigfoot. For a more in-depth look at this event you can read Jeffery Pritchett's interview for
Examiner.com with Smeja.
One
last note, my thoughts on Bigfoot actually encompass all hairy
hominids from around the world. So, although I will only be referring
to 'Bigfoot' or 'Sasquatch', please understand that I also mean any other
similar creature you can think of. Including, but not limited to, the following; Almas, Amomongo, Bukit
Timah Monkey Man, Yeti, Yowie, Abominable Snowman, and so
on. Thank you!
I'm
not here to pass judgment one way or the other on this issue. In
fact, this news got me to thinking about Bigfoot and the fact that
I've never really had a chance to sit down and organize my thoughts
on the big hairy hominid. And so I would like to take a
moment or two of your time tonight and try to put down in writing
were my opinion on Bigfoot is at the moment. As with any of my
opinions on fortean topics, this is subject to change anytime, assuming new evidence comes along that causes me to re-evaluate the issue.
Without further delay let's get started!
Undiscovered primate or Inter-dimensional traveler? |
It
seems likely that the most basic question to deal with first is
whether or not Bigfoot is an actual flesh-and-blood creature or some
etheric denizen from some other place. From the many reports I've
read (and some of which I will be including below), I'm currently of
the opinion that at least some (if not the vast majority) of Bigfoot
encounters can best be explained by a creature that is altogether
more paranormal than physical. We certainly don't seem to have much
in the way of physical evidence for this creatures existence and as I
said some of the reports can be quite bizarre. Please understand I
said we don't have much physical evidence, not that we don't
have any evidence. I know there are cases of hair, scat, and other
very physical samples being collected from something that would seem
to be quite physical in nature. However, most of these have turned
out to be inconclusive at best or mis- identifications at worst.
So
for the time being I'm content with having the opinion that there is
a paranormal aspect to Bigfoot that is not typically taken into
consideration, especially when people make claims of shooting one. As
an example, here are just a few of the more bizarre/supernatural
Bigfoot encounters that I was able to locate. Both of the following
were found from a Google Groups post. The first example is from a Val
Power, an anthropology undergraduate from Vancouver who wrote of her
alleged Sasquatch encounters.
Too
much has been written on too little direct observation. The focus of
this report is the phenomenal aspect of the Sasquatch based on my two
encounters in British Columbia.
REPORT
#1
As
we entered the forest via a well worn path, we both noticed and
remarked that we could feel a pressure on the top of our heads. It
was not uncomfortable but quite noticeable. The trail we were on led
to a gulley and I knew this area very well as I was raised only three
blocks away from it. Miriam and I would come here often on walks.
Once
in the forest we did not walk more than one and a half city blocks.
We spent time looking at the variety of vegetation and sitting on a
log talking. This is not an area of thick undergrowth.
As
we got up to continue our walk along the path, I noticed a log by
which appeared suddenly, a Sasquatch laying on the ground facing the
log. Its knees were slightly bent. Its fur was black. Miriam didn't
seem to notice it and continued down the path. I got on my hands and
knees because I wanted to get a good look at this creature.
I
was only about a foot away from it at most, and close enough to
comfortably reach out and touch it. Between the Sasquatch and myself
was a visible, clear barrier. The bottom edge was approximately three
to four inches from the ground. I did not look to see the height of
the barrier nor the length, nor did it occur to me to see if I could
walk around to see its face.
I
wanted to reach out and touch its fur but didn't because I was unsure
if the barrier would have an affect on my hand or my physical being.
As
I knelt on the ground I heard a 'metallic' like 'click-click' and my
eyes became as a microscope. Looking through this new heightened lens
I could examine with clarity a single hair and how it fit into the
light, creamy colored skin. Without touch, I could move aside a hair
to examine it and know the thickness of its fur. There was no sound.
As
I knelt on the ground, I was given a message or a knowing, "When
the barrier touches the earth, the worlds will blend, and chaos will
result".
As
suddenly as it appeared it disappeared. I stood up and saw Miriam
walking towards me. I asked her what she had been doing to which she
replied, "Looking at a house in the trees". The house was
small, on a branch approximately ten to twelve feet up in a tree. I
didn't see the house and she didn't see the Sasquatch.
Later
on in the article, Val analyzes what she believes happened to her and
her friend during the events. It's a fascinating read and I suggest
you check out the link to give it a glance yourself. The same Google
Group post also has an excerpt from the book The Psychic Sasquatch
by Jack “Kewaunee” Lapseritis.
[p.
27] This story was related to me over a six-year period through a
series of letters, numerous telephone calls, and personal interviews.
The account took place west of the Rocky Mountains; the names and
places are changed to protect the family involved. These events
occurred in the latter part of the 1970s and throughout the 1980s.
Mr. Jeffrey and family are well established members of their
community.
[p.
29] On the first night, they [the Jeffrey family] decided to walk
along the lake after dark thinking they might see a Bigfoot further
away from their trailer. After a while, they heard a banging of
sticks on a hollow tree. Then loud thumping noises at a distance, as
if something with huge feet was carelessly stomping the ground as it
ran.
The
banging on trees seemed to be coming from different directions,
evidently by two separate individuals. The noise was heard
repeatedly, which greatly perplexed them.
The
Jeffrey family decided to hide in the brush in an effort to catch a
glimpse of a Bigfoot. Before long, they were astounded by an ungodly
cry [p. 30] unlike anything they had ever heard before.
What
they observed in the moments that followed was beyond their wildest
imaginations. They reported that the Sasquatch stepped out of the
forest holding a flashlight device, and directed the beam up in the
air while howling upwardly.
During
this time, other unseen creatures hit their sticks against hollow
logs making a loud drum-like thud. There were three bangs, then a
pause; three bangs, then a pause – always three.
Within
minutes, a round, saucer-shaped glowing object appeared on the
horizon and hovered over the trees directly above the Sasquatch. The
frightened family huddled in the bushes, observing the peculiar
ritual.
There
is a little bit more to the excerpt to be found on the Google Groups
post, but of course to get the full story you'll have to check out
the book. This particular account doesn't necessarily rule out a
physical creature, but it certainly doesn't sound like an
unclassified species of hominid. At least not in the classical sense
of some kind of animal. This creature seems to have a pretty healthy
grasp of technological understanding. Again, doesn't mean that the
beings aren't from around here but that they are certainly stranger
than we may know.
Just
like any other fortean topic, my mind isn't entirely made up on what
Bigfoot is. I do tend towards the explanation that there is some
paranormal/supernatural aspect to Bigfoot that makes it far more than
just another member of the hominid family. Cases such as the ones
sighted above have definitely led me to this tentative conclusion.
But like any good Fortean, I haven't completely settled into one
camp or the other.
This
makes my opinion on this whole Smeja/Bigfoot killing issue a little
hard to pin down. Assuming that he isn't lying, as indicated by the
polygraph test, then what does that mean exactly? It makes me wonder
what he actually shot and killed. If the creature related in the
above accounts is indicative of a Bigfoot, then how in the world did
Smeja shoot them? Maybe he shot one of the biological Bigfoots
(Bigfeet)?
These are just some of my random thoughts on Bigfoot. I realized that this post was getting a bit long so I'll be wrapping it up for now, but rest assured I will be returning to the Bigfoot issue from time to time in the future. As
usual be sure to follow the links below for all of the additional
information. Also let me know what you think in the comment section
below. Do you think Bigfoot is some kind of inter-dimensional
traveler or a surviving member of some long thought to be extinct
member of the hominid family tree?
Additional Info:
Bigfoot Killer Passes Lie Detector Test. What Does it Mean?
'To Kill Or Not To Kill' Interview with Bigfoot killer Justin Smeja
Supernatural Bigfoot UFO Connection - Google Groups
The Psychic Sasquatch
Additional Info:
Bigfoot Killer Passes Lie Detector Test. What Does it Mean?
'To Kill Or Not To Kill' Interview with Bigfoot killer Justin Smeja
Supernatural Bigfoot UFO Connection - Google Groups
The Psychic Sasquatch
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Tony, why didn't the "authorities" take the shot bodies of the adult and young Bigfoots and do what authorities do? What happened to the bodies? If you or I or anyone else had killed two of these creatures don't you think we would be telling everyone about it? Did he just leave the bodies there to rot? If he buried them, why?
Tony, why didn't the "authorities" take the shot bodies of the adult and young Bigfoots and do what authorities do? What happened to the bodies? If you, I, or anyone else had killed two of these creatures, don't you think we would be telling everyone about it? Did he just leave the bodies there to rot? If he buried them, why? Why wouldn't he take advantage of the opportunity to get concrete info? He knew enough to report the shooting incident itself, but was too lame to follow through with autopsy? Why wouldn't local authorities follow up and insist on being told the location of the bodies? Does all common sense fly out the window when the Bigfoot is around?
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