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Chapter Two: Setting the Scene
Alternate Chapter title: Bigfoot Harassment
The time had finally arrived, and it felt like Death was knocking. “Oh God help us” kept crossing Eliot’s lips silently as they sat on the floor of Jae’s second floor bedroom near the second story porch. The same porch where a Bigfoot had crawled up to peep into the house, just two years prior.
Since then, she re-built the porch to collapse like a trap if something heavy got onto it. It has not collapsed so the Creatures must be that smart, and/or watched her do it; thus, smart.
Tonight, the same Creature was outside, or one of its buddies, Just beyond the garden; knocking two limbs of Juniper together, “Crack…crack…crack.” Only forty yards in front of the house!
THE CREATURES:
Context: Jae had identified four possible Creatures that were her woodland neighbor’s on the hillside where she lived, but so hard to be sure as to the actual number, but these stand out:
“Scarred One” was the biggest, maybe 9 feet tall, dark, and only seemed to have an indistinguishable face, meaning it was severely damaged, thus the nickname given to it by Jae. Scarred One, would give off an eyeshine that was one red eyeshine, and the other eye was like a flickering-broken, and weak lamp, and could only be seen at certain times. This was freaky. Freaky upon freaky, Consider that Bigfoot Creatures are generally known for already being scary and different than any life experience can explain.
This Bigfoot was the one she saw most often.
Note: eyeshine, when a light reflects off the eye.
Note: eyeglow, the eye creates its own illumination.
Old One, whom is best known for leaving territorial markers out of tree branches, on Jae’s property, sixty yards from the house, and in plain sight. She had learned that when this Creature is crafting a marker it is distracted and does not notice that he is being watched, then once the Creature realizes that you are watching it, it gets very mad.
Note: Mad, meaning clawing the hard soil, and throwing things.
“Young One,” who would be the one blamed for all other mischievous activity, like stealing eggs, and making mimics of the dog barking, and mimics of the rooster crowing.
Note: Maybe not stealing, but leaving twisted twigs in return. Perhaps, a trade?
And Amiga, named because she seemed less threatening, and in one photo, had breasts; seemingly assigned to watch Jae’s house, when the males are gone. Where do the males go? Well, now that is a different story.
Geographics:
A few miles away is a hotspot of Bigfoot activity, based on a local website that was documenting almost daily, the activity. That is how she chose this area to settle, because she wanted as much Bigfoot activity as possible, to study the Phenomenon. Death was not a factor to her, as if her life was already over, and the fear just came with the territory. If the fear was part of the deal, then so-be it. That’s how important it was to her to study these Creatures.
She also studied the Bigfoot Researchers. She would rank them and one could see that photos of these characters took turns on the dart board.
One area of study for Jae was the question, “Are these Bigfoot Creatures that she sees, the same Bigfoot Creatures depicted in that website, depicting activities just nearby, or is this a different Clan? If the same, then that would have to mean a decently large radius in their daily activities.
She felt like such a spy, and she liked that feeling!
Note: Clans of Bigfoot would be mostly similar, as a family group. This grouping would typically be, an Alpha male, female or females, kid or children, and an occasional straggler.
The Albert Osman account, a Canadian kidnapped by a Bigfoot in 1924, perhaps to be a mate, described the clan as the Old Man, the Old Woman, and then the children, a boy and a girl.
Alpha Male:
The Alpha male is the boss, the father, the husband, the leader, the decision-maker, provider, and the member of the family with a temper. Is the Alpha Male in this case, the Old One, or the Scarred One? Did Old One beat Scarred One into submission? Did Scarred One try to steal the lead role of the Clan? Did Scarred One get into a fight with a stranger-vagrant Bigfoot? Thus, is the Old One, just a respected extra member of the Clan? No, an Alpha Male would not let an elder hang around, would he? Well, this is an area she is seeking answers.
The Remedy:
Due to a Bigfoot related tragedy in Jae’s life, she has sunk the remainder of her years living fully for the cause of understanding the Bigfoot, the Sasquatch, as closure for her torn heart. She blames Bigfoot for the demise of those she had loved and lost. Surprisingly, she is not seeking revenge upon all Bigfoot-kind, but to understand them, and yes to hold any Evil accountable. OK, yes some revenge, so don’t push her. Maybe revenge is the wrong word. Ready to erupt in any intense situation, certainly. She is a stick of dynamite waiting, and the fuse has been lit. So yes, Jae is a very hard lady, but fair. It would come out later that she is ready to go Atomic when given a reason, and she has mastered many ways of doing that. Strategy, weapons, traps, knowledge, she knew it all. This is all she does.
Females:
It has been said that one or more females are taken by the Alpha male, and he does not share. The females are not seen as often, as Jae can attest. Surely, the Alpha male has limited her role, and is reclusive, but also requires labor from her. Jae felt that the female came around out of curiosity when the males were away. Curiosity or duty. Jae saw her a few times, because Jae was keen on noticing even the slightest detail.
WHERE DO THEY GO:
The roles in a Clan include Day Watcher, who would then probably guard the Clan’s home while resting during the day. Scout, another position within the clan, would go out ahead of the rest, and then wood-knock or yip for the others. Pre-hunting, hunting, and snooping are the evening events that take their time. After a night of scouting and hunting they return to the Clan, but first a knock, and then they proceed, when a return knock that relates, that it is now safe to come back to the Clan’s Lair. This has been Jae’s experience, so don’t get excited if you disagree. You only know what she thinks because we are telling you, but she will never know of you.
Eliot was witness to this, knocking, one day when he had just arrived for a visit. He tried to visit about every four months.
He was on the porch about 9:00 o’clock in the morning and heard a knock, like wood or rock hitting a tree. That was up the hill and to the east. He waited, curious and a bit stunned. “Could it be?” It had only been about fifteen seconds, and that is when he heard a return “crack” from the west, another knock.
This safe approach would especially be necessary, considering the Watcher would have noticed that his vehicle had made an appearance on the hillside.
Eliot came up with another theory, that perhaps they were trying to get “his” attention. But, why?
Fishing the Columbia River is another pastime. The giant river that acts as a border for much of the southern Washington border, and based on testimony is a swim route into Oregon for the Creatures. Eyewitness accounts.
Farms and ranches spread about the southern Washington countryside, and even though ten to twenty miles away from the Clan, is still within the confines of an evening Scouting or Hunting mission.
We will never tell you where Jae lives, especially with what we are about to tell you. Obviously, Jae is living in privacy. It took a long time for her to agree to Shakoda visiting, with Eliot, but agreeing to sleep in the basement, and help with chores, and it was a done deal. For your imagination, you can keep Mount Adams in mind. A creepy mountain, that she can see from her place, to the North of her, but again, you will never find her, and don’t try, it would be too dangerous, especially now.
Star People:
This is another reason the males sometimes disappear, in this case for a few weeks at a time. Indian heritage, and eyewitness accounts from those that have had neighborly relations with a local Clan, can attest that the Star People take young Bigfoot males away, yes, like a field trip. Perhaps, basic training? Training for what? And who are the Star People?
Dedication:
So, how does Jae know that Amiga was watching her little homestead? The answer is that Jae had been watching back. That’s all Jae does is pay attention. How many people are too busy to take notice of odd tracks, strange twisted branches, uprooted trees, scat, or poorly done animal mimics? Some, out of fear, flat out ignore the signs. Some of her neighbors fit this category.
Off-Grid Neighbors: When you live off-grid, you sustain yourself without the comforts provided by local communities. Electricity? Usually not. Water supply? Nope.
For Jae, she was best suited for living in these parts. She had generators in the basement with a secret venting system. This supplemented her solar and wind power.
Her well was run on electricity but she was ready. In the event of not having electric means, she had dug another well. A cave tunnel actually. This was meant to be a way to travel away from her cabin unnoticed, but she noticed how it was also a way to get closer to the water table, and if necessary she knew she was close to accessing it.
Another way was diverting water from the creek, when in season. In fact, this channel was open all year, and when it flowed, it flowed. The water would flow to a room in her basement where she had set up a sand and gravel filtration system. The extra water would simply overflow, and channel back down to the creek.
Defense: That same water channel could be diverted into what she called her moat, for her castle. She trenched out and area around her cabin that was deep and wide, this also allowed her to make adjustments to the underside of her house. Of course the Creatures were probably watching all of this. They are curious, and always watching.
The trench was then covered, like a trap. Anything over 150 pounds, was toast. After falling into the pit, well, let’s just say she had many schemes. Most of them unfinished. Divert water to it, thus drowning the assailant. Divert generator gas to it, this asphyxiating the trespasser. Truth is, Jae would probably just shoot it.
She knew, however, that they knew. She was sure at how amused the Creatures were at her and her efforts.
One Night Only:
They, Eliot and Shakoda were going to spend one night at Jae’s, that’s it. Eliot was hoping for some Bigfoot evidence to come their way early in the evening, especially since Shakoda was there. He was a junior Bigfoot investigator, junior, because of not having the time to do more about it, but his heart was fully in it. Maybe some wood knocks, or perhaps the Creatures would mimic the rooster. A bonus would be some red eyeshine, which he wanted for Shakoda to experience but not a non-stop, “Crack, crack, crack.” Not this life-experience, which gave a feeling of death in the air. Were they hypocrites? Some would say, “You all got what you wanted!”
It felt like they were going to be attacked. The feeling was, in a sense, choking them.
Eliot Ness:
Eliot was a highly educated military veteran, and currently a Janitor for a Christian private school in Oregon. This is where he met Shakoda since his wife was Eliot’s supervisor. After serving in the Air Force for twenty years, he gave up on the attempts at getting into the Forest Service Organizations, and interestingly enough, satisfied his love for the Forest by ramping up his studies of the Bigfoot Phenomenon.
To this day he has a chip on his shoulder for the Forestry franchise that shut him out, when he most felt passionate about it as a career option. He knew this all may have been divine intervention, but we humans, you know how we are.
The Beast Below:
The Beast below, making all this noise was a big one, and it looked dark, so it was probably the Scarred One. It was seemingly less concerned this time about being seen, which makes it the most aggressive that it had ever been. Now, they knew that the second story porch would collapse under the weight of an eight hundred pound Bigfoot? 700 pounds? 900 pounds? Were they safe from it coming onto the back porch? Would it come to this? This showed they had little faith in the “moat” stopping a Bigfoot Creature. Nor any faith that a collapsing porch would detour a Beast with this much intent. “Oh this structure collapsed, I think I will leave now.” Probably not.
Context: In recent months, Jae felt that a Juvenile Bigfoot was also harassing her, which would explain what ran across the roof in her early days at this location. Removing the trees from around the cabin helped, but occasionally they still found their way to the rooftop.
Juveniles, Juvenile, meaning, less cautious, and more playful. Not the fun kind of playful, but the spooky kind, and mischievous. Like, mimicking the dog’s barking, or the rooster’s crowing. You can tell the difference because the dog and rooster are near the house, and the mimics are coming from further away; plus, no other roosters exist on the hill, and any neighbor dog is too far away to be heard like this. Also, the barking always has each bark end with less strength, when a humanoid is faking it. Same with the rooster, as it pulls in the air, and lets it loose, often needing a second to refresh. In the case of the Bigfoot mimic, the rooster crowing is too close together, and without as full a full crowing blast, always weak at the end of each crow call. This was Jae’s life.
The Set Up:
Mimicking the local Bigfoot hot-spot, she had set up a homestead that may be of interest to a Bigfoot Clan. Especially with barn animals that could be mimicked by a Creature. She found a retired farmer to care for the animals and a garden too. This helped supply the off-grid necessities, while giving her time to keep a look-out.
The clearing of trees, which now covered the dug – out “moat” which has game cameras within it, since the cameras seem to act as a repellent to Bigfoot Creatures.
Gee, we wonder how the Creatures learned to manipulate and avoid game cameras? Not really, we believe the Star People taught them that.
Those that believe Bigfoot Creatures are just really Smart Wood Apes, would say that the skills were honed in due to years of practice, being elusive, and sneaky.
Wood Apes:
When you believe Bigfoot is only a smart ape, then you call it a Wood Ape.
Reading Minds:
If Bigfoot can read thoughts, then it does not seem to stop the visitations to her property, because they still come. If they knew that this was all a “set-up” to study them, wouldn’t they stop coming? No, they are too curious.
Messing with You:
In fact, they would see anything as a challenge. When Jae took down the climbing trees around the cabin, they made it known that they were not impressed. Scratching claw marks in the hard soil, for starters. Next, after she had been away, she noticed claw makers all over that side of the cabin. She restrained that side, and painted murals around the damage, to mess with them.
Sensing Thoughts:
There have been accounts of Creatures knowing you are around, and thus, avoiding you. This could be the heightened sense of smell, and hearing; however, we have been told of more. If you are scared or have the wrong motives a Bigfoot will not show itself. So, somehow they know. Eliot actually met a family in Washington with a habitation with a Bigfoot family that showed themselves all the time, and they told him this. The actual Bigfoot Creatures, who looked like giant people, but hairy, let them know under what conditions were allowed, otherwise they would not reveal themselves.
Shakoda Hill:
Eliot had brought Shakoda on this trip, a Bigfooting partner from Oregon. This should have been a dream come true for Shakoda. This was a dream of his, to explore and learn more about Bigfoot. But this? It was hard for Eliot not to show his “inner Bigfoot” at work, and so she had shared how she and their boys lovingly teased Shakoda about it, a lot.
Eliot believed in seeing someone’s strengths, and then to nurture them. It Just seemed like an opportunity to not be in the forest alone, while allowing another to pursue a dream. Not Bigfoot researchers; no way. Just two guys looking for evidence. If you are an amateur, and call yourself a Bigfoot Researcher, then you are quickly disrespected and distained by the Bigfoot community. Surprisingly, a group that argues and disrespects each other’s ideas. Often Bigfoot-Exploring-Type People, split up and go their separate ways. Eliot and Shakoda pretty much saw things in the same way however, and this was refreshing.
(Trust)
Jae eventually grew to trust that Shakoda, visiting her homestead may not be an awful idea, and allowed it. Trust has to be earned in the Bigfoot Community. This is important, because you can’t invite those that you can’t trust. The greatest fear is that someone would show up and start shooting. If you kill a Bigfoot, and then leave, then that still leaves Jae stuck with the consequences when the other Sasquatch Creatures show up FOR REVENGE.
Bigfoot Trust:
Eliot came to believe that this Bigfoot Clan was not Jae’s enemy. That, the harassment was, yes, to show who was boss, but that otherwise, were protecting her from other forces. Why would they just take the eggs, but not steal the chickens? Maybe they were smart enough to want more eggs. Why did they never take a goat? The only goat that had been taken returned wounded to the goat pen, and Jae found a dead cougar in that same timeframe, smashed to bits.
Jae, was not fully sure, but eventually began to see it this way. Still, not appreciating the antics.
Time:
The years of observation here on this property has created the frequency needed, to learn. Some go to hot spots and have to travel a great distance, but not Jae, nor the local nearby with all of his sightings. Happening right in their backyards.
Did she ever spy on that particular neighbor? She will never answer that.
She would say that she kept an eye out on all the properties “from a distance.” Like a good neighbor should.
Doubters:
Only the one neighbor believes, while all the rest refuse to believe. Jae was crafty enough to know how each felt on the matter of Bigfoot. Claiming that Bigfoot does not exist, and giving reasons that are honestly not educated on the matter. Why? Because that would be too scary for them, especially, living off-grid.
Bigfoot Encounters:
Bigfoot encounters sound exciting, but in the moment, it actually is the last thing most people want. Well, the people that usually experience Bigfoot feel this way. The non-believers that stumble across the phenomenon without wanting it. Most sightings happen by accident, and usually by someone that never believed in the first place, making them an instant believer. They usually say, “I had to see it to believe it!” Now they haze the many numbers of eye witnesses that are hesitant to share, as family and friends make fun of them. They become the bullied, instead of having once been the one that mocks others. Needing reassurance they often don’t find it.
The terror is literally out of this world. So why do we seek it, like an addiction? It feels so, paranormal, and that is the part that gets to people. This is not like seeing a bear or a cougar. Imagine a giant, covered mostly in hair, not fur, seemingly human, and yet not. Pointy head, no neck, and muscle bound and thick. Reports say they can tear a deer in half, manipulate your ability to think, and feel as if related to demons.
Still, the believer’s search for the elusive Creature. Elusive to these that are purposely looking for it. There is a fascination that seems to be planted in some, and that drives them. Like a love for a hobby that can’t be explained. This is how Shakoda describes it. He is a believer that longs for more knowledge, and searching for this evidence, is his happy-place.
Now Jae did not have to search for Bigfoot, because Bigfoot Creatures found her. In the early years she felt they were harassing her to leave the property, because they wanted it back! This suggests that they had been around this area, for awhile.
Odd things had happened ever since she had lived on this property. She staked out this property carefully before buying it. She had heard about this area from a Bigfoot website, and that was that. She picked it, and literally dug in.
Eliot Ness had been in a nearby town, and she witnessed him putting his business cards up at a local feed store. A chance meeting. The discussion turned into eventual visits. He had already been visiting the area off and on, so he knew of some key information. She liked him because he was trying to be more educated on the matter of Bigfoot, but was not like some of those “researchers.” He was a small fry, as far as researchers go, and she liked that.
After some friendly-covert-snooping around she found out that the neighbors were turning a blind eye to the suspicious activity. Some never think to put two and two together, to conclude it was Bigfoot activity. Most people don’t, and yet the clues are all around, but most don’t think to consider these signs, in plain sight. Those who do suspect a Creature, they often try to find any reason to explain it away.
A Strategy IS BORN
Eliot had met Jae, a year prior, at a Bigfoot festival, in Happy Valley, Washington (southern Washington), as he was getting more involved in knowing the people in the Bigfoot Phenomenon Community. It was called Bigfoot Bash at Logtoberfest. Fun name, right? Eliot and his wife were advertising their new company, Bigfoot Eruption, advertising every Bigfoot themed store, restaurant, museum, trail, park, statue, in the world. Basically anything with a Bigfoot theme. This festival was a way to get the word out, by selling shirts, giving away shirts, passing out business cards, and meeting the people.
What “Bigfoot Eruption” was attempting had never been done before, but that was by design, because part of the business strategy was that sightings, had already been pretty well covered.” Stories and pictures of sightings were all over the internet, but finding a Bigfoot Steakhouse, now that was harder to find online than an actual Bigfoot sighting. Find a void and fill it, and this was the void that Eliot wanted to fill.
A career counselor once told him that, “FInd a void, and fill it.” So that’s what Eliot was doing.
A rewarding but still disappointing career in the military, then not being able to get hired on, anywhere despite the military training and five college degrees; there was more than one void Eliot was trying to fill. Feeling shunned by all the services that foster our forests, and pursuing Forestry education in mid-life, and then realizing the Forestry jobs were more rare than Bigfoot, he was now pursuing this dream. Having never felt called to anything, but a lifetime search to have a dream, and then this.
Eliot found it very interesting that the services that had no room for him, are the same services that do all they can to cover up Bigfoot sightings as well as human disappearances in the forests. So, he felt at odds.
The partnership, Jo ining of forces for J and Eliot, was an interesting one, because Eliot’s Bigfoot endeavor was to advertise every Bigfoot themed location, in the world, and this was the most unserious Bigfoot effort that J had ever heard of. Considering her life situation caused by Bigfoot, she believed, and now her daily homestead situation, perhaps this perception was correct.
J, walked up to Eliot that day, and like most, J had that curious look on her face, due to the nature of Eliot’s theme for a business and website.
J right away shared her compelling situation. Signs of Bigfoot evidence dating back three years, with increasing activity each year since the first rock was thrown, hitting the house on the north side. Increasing, to the point of having wood knocks every night for the past five months, up to that point. What was going on? It was as if it all, was building up to something; something bigger.
J wanted to help others, but the self-help idea was already being done, so she focused on the reason why Bigfoot exists. know what to do if they also were being harassed like he had been. That is when Eliot got involved in the effort; an attempt to bless people with the knowledge of what to do in this same situation.
For J, she wanted to help others that were being harassed by Bigfoot.
She had heard that Bigfoot Creatures were trying to claim or re-claim a property of a man that lived off-grid in southern Washington State, and make it their own. Over time – it would become more clear that the Creatures had already been there, for decades.
The Secret Past
What many do not know about J was that her family had been tragically taken from her, mysteriously while they were in the Forest. She blamed Bigfoot Creatures for this, and became like a hermit. She poured herself into learning about Sasquatch, Bigfoot, and the Phenomenon of it. She found a property in an area that she hoped was close to the mysterious “off-grid” property, as a research location.
Fortifying the Present
She lived in a house and had made updates to it to be “Bigfoot Proof” which she knew was impossible, but made her feel better.
The Recordings
J had a phone full of recordings that showed the Bigfoot activity, and Eliot, being quite amazed by this, asked for J to send one of the recordings. That, he did. This is when the back and forth email and texting started. It did make Eliot think, that he was helping with something ”Bigger.”
Creating Bigfoot
For Eliot it made sense to help J in her cause. First of all, helping others in this effort, was the right thing to do. Sharing help of this sort, was educational and Bigfoot related; thus, a perfect addition to BigfootEruption.com, certainly. Why not use the platform for good, the platform that seemed to be placed on Eliot’s mind in the first place, for moments such as this.
J asked Eliot what he could do to get the message out, and thus the new website was created off of Eliot’s current web domain, and so Creating Bigfoot, was born. A part of Eliot’s site that focused on the WHY and WHAT of Bigfoot.
This helped, as it gave her a place to put her thoughts on the matter, and opened the door to communicating with outsiders that could help in her understanding of the Phenomenon.
Ape Canyon
So now here we were, waiting. Is this how the miners felt in the Ape Canyon attack, when miner shot a Bigfoot, and then the whole group of miners faced an all night attack of Bigfoot pelting their cabin with large rocks and screams all night. However, we had not killed anyone’s Bigfoot kin, so what was up with this revenge upon us.
Tree Strategy
J, had reached out to the Bigfoot Community for help, and received some advice. She had learned of the strategy of cutting down all trees that had importance to the Bigfoot Creatures, but chose to leave the trees that were around her property.
Instead, she did cut down the trees within a forty yard radius around her house, and had a moat dug around her house Just fifteen yards radius from the house, and used all the fallen trees to lay over the trench as cover.
In her basement she had an adjoining door to this moat, that was heavily secured. Inside the moat, which felt like a tunnel, with no water of course, so not like a moat, but a covered pathway, she had game cameras.
Bigfoot and Game Cameras
haunt J’s homestead primarily among these Junipers Just sixty yards in front of J’s front door. Why? J had three years to put together the pieces of many facts. In this case, taking a baseball sized rock in his hand, and striking a nearby oak tree; “Thud” went the sound waves. Then he took a piece of limb, a limb that now looked like a piece of firewood; however, had once been the creature’s favorite wood-knocking tree. Striking the rock against the fallen Juniper, and, “Crack!” The thinner bark made for a much better tree knocking sound, for inducing fear perhaps, or possibly to create a diversion. Could it be communicating to other Bigfoot creatures in the woods? Then why, over and over, crack, crack, crack? Whatever the reason, the Creatures preferred the Juniper for wood knocking.
One tree in particular had a branch that had been stripped of bark, and the branch had been broken. The end of the branch that was still connected to the tree, had been frazzled at the end. A definite territorial marker and right in the face of J, as it was pointing right at the front door of the house. Mentioned early (Old One).
J actually caught one of the Creatures, in the act, working on frizzing the tip on this branch. The Creature was not happy. The next day J found claw marks from a foot, angrily clawed into the hard dirt, at the base of that Juniper.
The advice to cut down the trees that were actively being used in the harassment, was given by a relatively well known Bigfoot researcher, one of the only people in the beginning to reach out to J with advise. “Show that you are the boss,” was the desired message.
These trees that J had cut down, now making their home in the wood pile; were alive and well as the creature had picked up two pieces from the pile. “Crack, crack, crack,” called out the dead pieces of Juniper, as the monster kept making the wood knocks, out in the open where the trees had once stood; in defiance of J, in defiance of his many efforts to persuade the unwanted perpetrator away from his homestead. Standing in it’s favorite wood-knocking-harassing spot, where the old Juniper tree used to be. Again, why did J cut down the favorite Bigfoot Juniper trees? Why, would J do that? To prompt the creature…to go away!
Taking away the tools of harassment, had not been working. Thus, here I was, Eliot Ness, now sitting on the bedroom floor, on the second floor of
a house, on property that had been harassed by Bigfoot Creatures for over three years. Actually over a decade, but most notable over the last three years.
To make things much worse, sitting next to me was, Shakoda; again it is important to state that he was the husband of his boss. Eliot failed, in saying the words to tell her how dangerous this potentially was going to be. Failed to use the words most people don’t think to say, “Bigfoot, the giant bipedal hominid creature, is a killer!” Instead, most discount it as not even being real. Tell that to all the missing hikers that never return from the forest.
The dog’s barking and rooster’s tone had changed in the last few minutes. From normal barking, to stressed and repressed efforts to make sound, as if under great duress or manipulation; struggling with less ability to fully breathe. The rooster’s crowing also hindered as if being strangled, only without anything physically touching them. The barking and crowing now a ghostly sound compared to previous glory; much lower struggling-tones.
What rooster crows for hours during the night, anyway? A rooster in great anxiety.
Something odd, “”Wooof!” Again, “Wooof!” That was not the dog! We all knew it. Oh no! The Creature was now mimicking the dog. Wait, no it sounded more distant. Another of the Creatures was out there, but further back.
Next the clincher. The dead giveaway. They now heard a distant, “Craaaw.” Imagine a fake rooster sound, as if being mimicked by some humanoid. J knew this was another of the Creature’s out in the distant darkness. How was he so sure? No one else on the hillside owned roosters!
The dog and rooster, now especially tried to retort, in return. This change in the vocalizations for our farm animal friends prompted Eliot to glance at Shakoda. While turning to face him, he was shocked to see blood running down his face. Immediately, Eliot began to feel paralyzed, mentally. Fighting the confusion, he whispered to himself, as he considered the potential widow Shakoda may leave behind, “If we survive this night, SHE IS GOING TO KILL ME!”
Bigfoot Eruption: One Night At J’s
(2) The Backstory of Things
If you are reading this in the first place, then you probably already know what a Bigfoot is. Just in case, back in 968 AD, Leif Ericson and his Vikings encountered what is the detailed description of Bigfoot Creatures, in the northeast of what someday would be Nova Scotia, Canada. Large, hairy, and scary. Ever since then, the description is accurate. A bipedal (meaning it walks on two feet, like a human), hominoid (human-like), giant (big in every way), stinky in many cases (putrid wet dog garbage pit smell that makes you want to throw up), mean (in many accounts, certainly to Mr. Lief Ericson), covered in hair, face with some human similarities, and ugly (very ugly). Our apologies.
Note: Some say Leif Ericson was referring to the natives, but OK, why can’t that count. Can’t a Bigfoot Creature be a Native? Especially if part Human, or should we say the potential variation of them that are part Human.
Meaning, in most cases, the most evil that witnesses have ever encountered. Evil, is usually a word not associated with most animals. This is a word usually seen in humans, and demons. If a bear kills, no one says, “That bear is evil!” Instead they say, “Be careful, bears can kill.” That is a difference in thought.
So they were here back before Europe famously colonized, North America. This will be covered in the future, so Just keep reading.
So we have the “covered in hair” part down, now imagine the musculature as being very full and ripped. If not ripped like a bodybuilder, then muscular and not ripped, but still very big, and very freaky.
Strong enough to grab a tree, three to six inches in diameter, with one hand, and then reaching above that point with the other hand and “snap!” Communication, that’s what this is. Territorial markers; these can be found almost everywhere, it’s Just that people don’t think about it. Another territorial marker is two trees crossed, or five trees or more intertwined like a structure, and we can’t forget the inverted tree. Imagine, pulling a tree out of the ground, and shoving it back into the ground in the opposite way. Territorial tree marker, that required more than super-human strength.
As far as being ugly, many have said that the face looks old and weathered, often a dark greyish color. Sometimes lighter, and sometimes darker. Much distance in between, the large eye sockets, with darkened eyes. These eyes give off an eyeshine, which is often red, or yellow, and sometimes green. Animals commonly have eyeshine if a light is flashed in their eyes. It has been said that the kind of bulb in your flashlight affects the color of the shine. Others, feel that the color is based on how evil the creature is.
Eliot had a Cousin would had many encounters with Bigfoot, and even knew where to find them, near Salem, Oregon, and then also in the central Cascade Mountain Range. He said that if you see one with green eyeshine, then you are ok. Yellow/amber eyeshine, then you might want to leave. Red eyeshine, run!!
Now what is eyeshine, or do the eyes glow. Sorry, this is not the book for that, but we know what Eliots’ Cousin said, we know what J has shared, and then the thousands of other accounts, we know that their is often eyeshine, or eye glow.
Not understanding some of this? Don’t worry, we are Just getting started. Keep reading, and when this book is over, keep reading some more. Never stop researching.
The nose is like a human, but flat and wide. This is generally the most consistent report, whether the report states it looked human, looked more gorilla/ape, or something else, the nose is often like a human. In lesser cases the nose is more like an ape.
Not to be confusing, but there is more than one kind of Bigfoot, in fact four main categories. For now to keep it simple, Bigfoot Sasquatches, Bigfoot People, Bigfoot Dogs, and Bigfoot Primates.
Why such a variety? Reports are consistent that in different regions around the world, Bigfoot has different physical features. Whatever, or whoever dispersed (hid) these Creatures around the world, knew that interbreeding with the local humans would Create traits best suited for that area.
But as far as the four categories, their are a few thoughts on that. Eliot felt the reasoning for this was of the Biblical variety. More on all of this in the future.
The mouth is also more wide than the proportion of a human, and with not much to call, lips. The teeth are not canine, but flat edged like a human, and surprisingly white for a raw meat eater.
They are seen all over the world; thus, having different features, and different names. Bigfoot (Northern California), Sasquatch (southwest Canada), Blue Man (Missouri), Booger (Appalachian States in America, like Alabama) Skunkape (Florida), Grass Man (Ohio), Wild Man (Michigan), Yeti or Abominable Snowman (Himalayas – Nepal -India – Tibet), Yowie (Australia), Yeren (China), and much more. So much more. You get the idea. With each category comes a variety of sub names. Like, the Yowie, in Australia, has many other names for it, based upon where you are in Australia. In Russia and Mongolia, not Just Alma, but Almas, Almasty, and so on. How is this possible? Just keep reading.
How do we know all of this? Thousands of sightings. People giving accounts of it, with more detail than is possible to be made up. Don’t believe? That’s ok, again, Just keep reading.
Jae lives in southern Washington state, southeast of Mount Saint Helens by many hours, and thus, a dryer looking terrain. Great for farming, and yet large hills with woodlands, and cliffs.
Note: Within range of the Gifford Pinchot National Forest, the home of many Bigfoot Sightings, Bigfoot movies, and the front door of Mount Saint Helens. Also can be seen another mysterious mountain.
Note: Gifford Pinchot was the father of the Forest Service, so they named a forest after him. He is the reason we now re-plant after harvesting.
The Creatures harassing him at his homestead, he calls them Bigfoot, and sometimes Sasquatch, Boogers, and “the Creatures.”
Bigfoot is a term created by a newspaper article in California back in 1958, calling it this because of large footprints (big foot-prints) left on the side of a logging road. They were footprints, that were Big! That created a Bigfoot craze; however, sightings go back to 968 AD with Lief Erickson, as mentioned earlier, and American Indian tradition takes it back further than that. That is AMerica, but worldwide sightings go back in history. When Alexander the Great fought in the mountains of India, hairy people with clawed fingers, that resemble what we now call Yeti, or the Abominable Snowman.
Depending on what you believe, the beginning of the Bigfoot story could go back as far as the Creation Story. Many mysteries to uncover, yes. Keep reading.
As mentioned, the term Sasquatch, is a term out of Southwest Canada, and is derived from indian heritage of Mainland Halkomelem and their word sέsq̉əc, pronounced suhsq’uhich.
Booger, is a term mostly used in the Southeast of the United States, but hey, J, liked to use the word.
The Creature, or Creatures, J and Eliot started capitalizing because to them this was a Personal Noun, because these were certain Creatures. The Creatures, Scarred One and Old One, were the first two, and then more recently a Juvenile Bigfoot was suspected due to odd behavior, like mimicking roosters, and leaving gifts after taking eggs.
Jae, first encountered this phenomenon eight years before our current story takes place, it was hard to believe, so he ignored it like so many others would do. It wasn’t until five years later, that he started putting the pieces of evidence together, which was right in front of him the whole time.
Three years before this current story Jae saw white eyeshine, but it was as if it was floating above another object. Two eyes, with white eyeshine, below it was Scarred One with red eyeshine. Scarred One carrying a deer. Wow! At first it was too odd to believe. Eliot asked if they could start calling the Creatures by name, and thus the name : “Scarred One” was coined. In Indian tradition, calling them by what is a trait that stands out.
Two years before this current story, a grey Bigfoot was spotted by Jae. Yes, the Old One. It was shredding a limb on a Juniper tree, into strands; a territorial, marker. J shown his light on it, and the Beast was so focused on its work, did not notice right away. Finally, it turned around, and became very angry. This fits into J’s idea and learning, that a light in the eyes, at night, is disorienting to Sasquatch. Introducing, “Old One.”
Hence the tree she cut down.
Two years before this current story, J was hit by infrasound, and fell to the ground. He forgot what he was doing, but eventually redirected the watering effort in the garden since that is why he was there, and then again became disoriented and had to go inside until he could remember. It took him 45 minutes to get right with his thoughts.
One year before this current story, J started hearing wood knocks almost every night. This was the point she started documenting all he heard and saw, in his logbooks.
Next chapter, THREE: Infrasound Manipulation…
