Texas Bigfoot Spotlighted
Posted by: Loren Coleman on January 9th, 2008
The blog the Paranormal Insider has a nice overview of The Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy, founded by Craig Woolheater.
It is always good to see the great work done by Craig highlighted, as his almost annual conferences are quite enjoyable to attend.
Texas does have some of the most attractive, fun-loving people on Earth.
Large groups of like-minded folks gather in Jefferson, Texas, often to exchange insightful thoughts on the region’s Bigfoot.
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.
hey everyone this is a great new article with photos of texas bigfoot spotlighted. thanks bill green 🙂
And of course there’s the old fingernails-on-chalkboard connection of an unlisted primate species to “the paranormal.”
[sigh] guess you take positives anywhere you can get them in this biz.
DWA ~ Infrasound? Instant fear generation? Night vision? IR vision? Disappearing trackways? Silent passage thru thickets?
What does it take to justify the “para-normal” appellation?
I also have concerns about linking cryptids to the “paranormal”. Obviously, we are assuming cryptids are simply unclassified, generally and scientifically unknown, flesh and blood animals.This is mundane and far from the notions of the “paranormal”, which are usually super-naturalistic and/or extra-sensory in content and belief.
On the other hand: (in)famous cryptids such as Bigfoot and Nessie share a common element with “paranormal” entities, such as ghosts, space aliens, fairies, etc. They are often “sighted” and/or “believed in”, but never verified. They become cultural entities without or before verification.