You say it’s all a hoax?

Ok – I really am trying to tie the last three posts together with what is to come but it may not seem like it until the very end. Your in the middle right now, and I really need to talk about all of this first.
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Why are there people hoaxing Bigfoot evidence? My list seems rather short, but maybe I missed something. If you can add anything to help, please do:

1. Publicity – People seek publicity in an otherwise boring lifestyle they feel trapped in. I remember John Green telling me that I underestimate the power of publicity especially when you are not getting it. Telling tall tales has been a main staple for many in creating riveting attention to themselves. I am going to have to label Ivan Marx and Tom Biscardi’s antics here.

2. Revenge – Getting back at those who think themselves better or that make fun of the ones who live on the outskirts of human population. Classic example of this one is Ray Pickens who told his story on film in one of the earliest Bigfoot documentaries.

3. Entertainment – Some people are just born to entertain others. It is in their blood and they don’t feel complete unless they are able to do so. This is where I firmly believe Ray Wallace started but when I actually finally met the man I think he may have started developing some type of disorder so drops down to…

4. Deranged behavior – Some see things, hear things that aren’t really there. It could actually be a mental disorder, or the things they do see and hear are so far away from their current knowledge base that their mind make an erroneous connection in explaining it. There are a couple of people I could place here, all but one most would not know.

5. Validation – After finding some really good evidence and then nothing ever again makes one question everything about the subject, maybe a little too much. It could start with the simple over cleaning a "maybe" impression before casting it to the outright fabrication of a Bigfoot track. Here, artistry would come in handy but there is some real funny stuff out there. I know of only one person I feel confidant has traveled to this place. Many times they put the evidence in someone else’s hands and say that they were handed it, they actually had nothing to do with it but have exclusive information about it or own it outright.

These are all hard to detect, especially if all you have to go on is the evidence they bring in, or the lack there of. Some can read people pretty good – like Matt Moneymaker and John Freitas. I am not one of those so I have tried to fine tune looking at the evidence and when I finally got fed up doing that (the Elaine picture) I started to think that the best route is more direct. Stop chasing this stuff and get out in the woods to look for yourself. If all these people are out there and they find this stuff you can do it to, maybe even better. So I have but you know what…

You go way out into the woods, at a time of year where nobody is going to be walking very far without their shoes on and you find these big bare foot tracks. You know what the first thing I do is?

Look in back of me to make sure someone isn’t in the tree line laughing. Do you think the music is too depressing?

Rick Noll About Rick Noll
Rick Noll has been actively searching for the Sasquatch since 1969 and continues his pursuit with extended field trips into the Pacific Northwest's most remote regions. Rick has worked with Peter Byrne, René Dahinden, Grover Krantz, John Green, Jeff Meldrum and the BFRO during all this. He helped with many documentaries on the subject including Animal X: The Skookum Expedition and Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science.

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