Looking at the "Paranormal" Claims in Bigfoot History

The Norse Explorer Leif Erikson is generally regarded as the first to discover the North American Bigfoot in 986 AD. However, as with any story in history which is the first of its kind on record, relating to an unknown species or a cryptid creature, there is debate whether this sighting is accurate or fabricated.

Creatures resembling Bigfoot have been recorded by Native Americans for hundreds of years. In fact many of the creature name variations are from various Native American Tribes who believe in a Bigfoot-like creature. Most of these tribes report the same basic physical characteristics: 6 – 9 feet tall, very strong, hairy, uncivilized and foul-smelling (ironically the same odor emitted in the presence of demons – sulfur or skunk odor). They also claim the creature can mate with human women, though can only communicate in grunts and whistles.  Might these claims have originated from the book of Enoch in the story of the fallen angels.... (Nephilim) mating with women on Earth & remaining in the forests as watchers of humans? But there are differences in Native Bigfoot (Sasquatch) claims as well, primarily in behavior. Some tribes report Bigfoot as shy, occasionally kidnapping a human wife, but never actually harming people. Other tribes regard Bigfoot as the guardian of the forest and claim it will come to the aid of humans in trouble. Yet several tribes regard Bigfoot as a malevolent beast that attacks humans, steals children, and plays dangerous tricks on the Native Americans.  As with any species of animal, you will always find peace-loving, as well as aggressive behavior.  It’s the balance of life.

The first recorded Bigfoot evidence by a “white man” was by David Thompson in 1811. Thompson was a trader for the Northwest Company. While traveling near Jasper, Alberta (Canada), Thompson discovered a large track.

One of the very first known documented cases of the "Paranormal" Bigfoot was reported in 1888.  We learned if this report in 1971, when James C. Wyatt of Memphis, Tennessee (my home town), released a copy of his grandfather's journal, which contained fascinating and startling entries.  The eyewitness account was written in straightforward fashion, which appears to indicate that an association between Bigfoot-type creatures and UFOs has existed for quite

some time.

In a journal dated 1888, Wyatt's grandfather records that he was somewhere along the Humboldt Line in the "Big Woods Country" in California, where his father and several cowhands had wintered with a local tribe after delivering some cattle to a fort further north. Grandfather Wyatt, a long time cattleman, was fluent in many tribal languages, proficient in sign language, and partook of most of the tribal activities.

 

One day he came upon a man from the tribe carrying a large platter of raw meat.

At first the man seemed afraid to answer Wyatt's questions concerning his errand, but he finally bade the cattleman to follow him.

In a shallow cave in a cliff face, dwelt a beast with long, shiny black hair that covered its entire body, except for its palms and an area around its eyes. The human like creature did not seem wild or vicious; it sat cross--legged, Indian-style, to wolf down the raw meat. Wyatt described the creature as built like a big, well-developed man, except for its lack of neck and its long body hair. The creature's head seemed to rest directly on its shoulders.

Wyatt visited the man-beast in the cave more than a dozen times. After much questioning, and receiving two pounds of tobacco, a compass, and an axe, one of the men from the tribe took Wyatt to a high pinnacle of rock one clear night to tell him of the creature's origin.

"Crazy Bear," as the thing was called by the Indians, had been brought to the "Big Woods" from the stars. A "small moon" had flown down like a swooping eagle and had landed on a plateau a few miles away from the tribe's encampment. The beast in the cave and two other "crazy bears" had been flung out of the "moon" before the craft had once again soared off to the stars.

The man told Wyatt that other "crazy bears" had been left in the vicinity over the years. Wyatt's guide

and several of his fellow villagers had occasionally seen the "men" who put the crazy bears off the

small moons. They did not look like the giant hairy ones, but appeared to be more like men such as themselves. The men from the small moon had much shorter hair than the tribes people, though, and they wore shiny clothing. They always waved to the Indians in a friendly manner before they closed the door in their small moon and flew back to the stars.
The crazy bears had been led to the village by the Indians, and at no time had the hairy giants offered any resistance to their benefactors. The Indians believed that the crazy bears from the stars had been sent to bring them powerful medicine, and they would not permit the creatures to stray away lest they be captured by rival tribes.
Some of the most famous paranormal claims today in the Bigfoot and UFO world have been scientists, doctors, psychologists, military personnel and pilots.  Some of the most trusted and reputable witnesses in history.  What do you make of these claims?


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