First of all, Bigfoot or Sasquatch? What’s the difference?
Sasquatch is a term coined by the Native Americans in the pacific northwest. Bigfoot is a term coined in October of 1958 by a newspaper editor after a series of tracks had been discovered in the mountains of northern California.
Where are the Bigfoot hot spots in northeast Ohio?
The Minerva area, the Newcomerstown area, Coshocton county, Wills Creek vicinity, Woodbury Wildlife area and Salt Fork State Park.
How many sightings in Ohio?
Well over 200 since the mid-1700s.
Why hunt for Bigfoot?
Why not? Seriously, it’s like looking for a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. You know the rainbow exist, but can you be sure there’s a pot of gold as well?
How does one hunt for Bigfoot?
Go to active areas and hike them. Go to areas where a creature has been spotted recently or tracks were discovered. Just scan out the area and keep your eyes and ears open.
So, let’s say you come face to face with Bigfoot, what the hell do you do then?
If possible, photograph it. If not possible, then take in as much as possible and report it to a Bigfoot researcher.
Do you think Bigfoot is like Chewbacca in the sense that you can hang out with this huge hairy creature and know he’s not going to use his massive body to break your neck? Or is he more like a wild gorilla?
Not like Chewbacca in my opinion, but not like a gorilla either. I think you’re dealing with an unyet discovered primate but apparently not a dangerous one, unless you make it mad.
People report Bigfoot sightings all over the country, so why do people still refer to him as a singular “him” and not a plural species?
Because the name or word Bigfoot has been planted in our minds. How many times have you heard someone say Bigfeet? How silly does Bigfeet sound compared to Bigfoot?
Describe one of your hunts for Bigfoot that standout in your mind:
It would have to be when I was four miles south of Newcomerstown, Ohio, on September 15, 1985. We were staked out at this residence because of numerous sightings throughout the summer of 1985. There were four of us overall. At 10:04 p.m. I spotted a light or white colored Bigfoot walking through four-foot high goldenrod weeds in an open field. I had it in sight for probably twenty or thirty seconds. This sighting took place just over a year after I began my research and investigations. To this day that is probably the single incident that stands out the most, for obvious reasons.
The 18th Annual Bigfoot Conference/EXPO will be held at Salt Fork State Park in the lodge.