Vote for One Wonder: Bigfoot/Yeti
Posted by: Loren Coleman on December 20th, 2007
Yeti and Bigfoot need your help!
The second round of voting at the Charles Fort Institute for the Seven Fortean Wonders of the World ends on Friday, December 21, 2007.
There are a final 38 candidates, and after a quick registration (your name and country), you may vote once in this round.
I made a mistake by skipping the first round, waiting for the field to be narrowed. The location of Loch Ness did not make it through that round. I thought “Loch Ness” would be a natural, but I was busy with other matters. My fault. I was the fool on the hill to not vote in that round, especially since my suggestion inspired the idea of the list.
Since this creating of the Seven Fortean Wonders of the World turned out to not just be about locations, but also about things, I am now going to vote for “Bigfoot/Yeti” so that at least one cryptozoological wonder makes it to the final list.
Also, I am only going to register one vote for “Bigfoot/Yeti.”
Why not vote for seven choices, you ask?
It’s an old trick in poll voting that if you make your one true selection, and then go ahead, half-heartedly voting for the others merely to get all “seven” (in this case) of your votes, you actually are voting against your primary choice.
Therefore, I am voting just for “Bigfoot/Yeti” on the following list for the “Seven Fortean Wonders of the World“:
Area 51
Avebury
Baalbek
Forbidden City
Giza
The Zone of Silence
Machu Pichu
Oak Island
Plain of Jars
Point Pleasant
Rennes le Chateau
Roswell
Stonehenge
Teotihuacan
Nazca
Tunguska
Yonaguni Structures
Ancient Copper Mining
Antikythera Device
Belmez Faces
Cocaine Mummies
Bigfoot / Yeti
Crop Circles
Crystal Skulls
Fairy Coffins
Non-Rusting Iron Pilla
Ghosts
Our Lady of Fatima
Piri Reis Map
Starchild Skull
Shroud of Turin
SA Metal Spheres
Tesla’s Devices
Tombstone of Pakal
UFO
Upanishads
Taos Hum
Voynich Manuscript
As of the morning of December 20th, only 63 individuals had voted. Here are the Seven Fortean Wonders of the World poll results breakdown. As you can see, your vote for “Bigfoot/Yeti” can make a big difference in saving these hominoids from extinction from the list. Voting on the choices for this round ends tomorrow.
Area 51
3% (2 votes)
Avebury
2% (1 vote)
Baalbek
2% (1 vote)
Forbidden City
0% (0 votes)
Giza
6% (4 votes)
The Zone of Silence
2% (1 vote)
Machu Pichu
3% (2 votes)
Oak Island
6% (4 votes)
Plain of Jars
0% (0 votes)
Point Pleasant
0% (0 votes)
Rennes le Chateau
5% (3 votes)
Roswell
0% (0 votes)
Stonehenge
3% (2 votes)
Teotihuacan
0% (0 votes)
Nazca
8% (5 votes)
Tunguska
5% (3 votes)
Yonaguni Structures
2% (1 vote)
Ancient Copper Mining
2% (1 vote)
Antikythera Device
0% (0 votes)
Belmez Faces
0% (0 votes)
Cocaine Mummies
3% (2 votes)
Bigfoot / Yeti
6% (4 votes)
Crop Circles
6% (4 votes)
Crystal Skulls
2% (1 vote)
Fairy Coffins
3% (2 votes)
Non-Rusting Iron Pilla
0% (0 votes)
Ghosts
0% (0 votes)
Our Lady of Fatima
2% (1 vote)
Piri Reis Map
6% (4 votes)
Starchild Skull
2% (1 vote)
Shroud of Turin
5% (3 votes)
SA Metal Spheres
2% (1 vote)
Tesla’s Devices
5% (3 votes)
Tombstone of Pakal
0% (0 votes)
UFO
2% (1 vote)
Upanishads
2% (1 vote)
Taos Hum
2% (1 vote)
Voynich Manuscript
6% (4 votes)
Total votes: 63
Please VOTE for Bigfoot/Yeti today at Seven Fortean Wonders of the World!
About Loren Coleman
Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
Seems that this entry moved people to vote. I count almost 80 votes now!
Lestat3407 responds:
December 20th, 2007 at 1:58 pm
Seems that this entry moved people to vote. I count almost 80 votes now!
It’s the power of suggestion. Let’s see if it really works.
Lorrrren, Twas the night before Christmas and all through the Museum.
Sorry Loren, but I have to be consistent. I voted for Teotihuacán the first time and I gotta stick with my decision –you know, national pride and all that 🙂
But don’t worry, the influence of Cryptomundo is beginning to show! The question now is if Bigfoot/Yeti will get the crown of #1 or not.
Wow, one vote amongst all those candidates, that’s a tough call. To make it even tougher, a lot of those items come down to a question of belief or conviction due to a lack of information. Were the Belmez faces faked? They certainly don’t look “real”, but that doesn’t mean they were drawn by conventional means. Is the Piri Reis Map a hoax, what really happened at Roswell, and does Area 51 hold anything stranger than military black projects? I’d sure hate to vote for something that later turned out to have a disappointingly mundane explanation.
Probably best to go with the sure thing, as we all know there’s more than enough evidence for the big guy’s existence. Admiral Radford would hang me from the yardarm, but thankfully, I don’t sail in his fleet.
Vote Bigfoot! Vote Big. Vote Now. (Honestly, I’m surprised he’s not running for President)…
It was kinda tough but I had to vote for Bigfoot/Yeti also cause Mnynames made a really valid point.
I voted for Bigfoot – now the big guy has 35% of the vote! 🙂