April 6, 2007

Paris, TX Bigfoot Expedition Account

The account below is from a fan of Cryptomundo. He participated in Biscardi’s Paris, TX Bigfoot Expedition to Capture “America’s King Kong.”

Craig,

I participated in the Paris, Texas expedition led by Tom Biscardi this past weekend and thought that your readers might like a description of my experiences. First, by way of introduction, I am a free lance writer with a Ph.D. in Religion and Philosophy. My area of interest includes new and esoteric religious movements. Accordingly, I am the author of “Elvis Religion: The Cult of the King” (August 2006) and “UFO Religion: Inside Flying Saucer Cults and Culture” (forthcoming, August, 2007). I am currently completing research for “Weird Science and Bizarre Beliefs: Mysterious Creatures, Amazing Technology, and Lost Civilizations.” All are published by IB Tauris of London and distributed in the US by Palgrave Macmillan. I participated in the Paris event as a paying ticket-holder without any previous connection to Biscardi or any other members of the team. I was there on Thursday and Friday nights.

On Thursday I was shown a series of Bigfoot tracks from which team members made plaster casts. I was a witness to one of those casts being removed from the ground. I cannot vouch for the authenticity of the tracks – but I can vouch for the fact that there were tracks and that casts were made from them.

Later that night I participated in an excursion with several others in which we were transported by boat across Pay Mayse Lake from the base camp. We were taken over in two groups – I was in the second. When I arrived a member of the first group reported a sighting. Once again I cannot vouch for the authenticity of this report. Shortly thereafter the weather took a turn or the worse. We experienced high winds, lightning, and heavy rain. Base camp reported that the weather would not permit them to return for us so we sought shelter from the wind against an embankment and other members of the team built a fire. We were there all night, until about 6 the next morning. I do not know whether or not there was a tornado but we did experience high winds, rain, and lightning. As an Alabamian, I can assure your readers that the foul weather was not just in the imagination of the folks from California. I’m grateful to the experienced and calm response of our guides who helped us find shelter and built a fire in extremely unfavorable weather. At some point during the night, we were informed by radio that another team had reported a sighting. On arrival back at base camp I observed that all of the tents had been blown over or collapsed.

On Friday night I participated in a team of four whose task was to explore an area on the lake which had reportedly been the scene of various sightings in the past. We used various forms of equipment, I operated a heat sensitive camera, and we explored the swampy areas around the points and coves of that portion of the lake. If anything, the weather on the second night was worse than the first. Again, we experienced heavy winds, heavy rain, and frequent lightning. This combined with near flood conditions made for difficult exploring. We followed a strictly lights-out policy which made things even worse. After completing our maneuver, lasting maybe two hours, I went back to the hotel. Later I learned that another of our groups had reported another sighting.

That is all I know. I had no sighting myself but I can vouch for the fact that casts of tracks were made, that the weather was bad – perhaps the worse I have ever been out in – and that sightings were reported by other members of our group. I later spoke with those folks who made the first two reports and am lead to believe that they are sincere.

ThanksGregory L. Reece, Ph.D.

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