Facebook Find Bigfoot Suspends Operations!
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on May 5th, 2013
Complete Statement from all of the admins of www.facebook/findbigfoot
The mission of FB/FB has been to curate and analyze all of the evidence regarding the existence of Sasquatch. We have cataloged and analyzed Bigfoot videos to foster a conversation toward understanding their morphology and existence. We have featured hundreds of responsible researchers and witnesses and the compelling information that could give. We endeavored to be responsible and ethical at every turn, treating everyone respectfully.
We are aware, as many of you are, that Bigfoot exists throughout North American forests and look forward to moving the conversation beyond “Does Bigfoot Exist?” to “How are we related to Sasquatch?”
We recognize the need for a specimen to start the new conversation. No amount of video will ever prove that a creature as controversial as Sasquatch exists. We feel we have spent more time curating the evidence than any other group and we are confident in our theories. The power of a social network is incredible.
Are we shutting FB/FB down? No. The “Night Video” in Shooting Bigfoot is compelling and all admins believe it to be authentic. Unfortunately the FB/FB forum is now so toxic that it is unproductive. Our mission has never been to ban the opposing voices. Until we all have definitive proof of what happened on 9/6/2012 in San Antonio Texas we are suspending operations. We feel this best for all.
In the opening of Morgan Matthews’ documentary, “Shooting Bigfoot” he shows Ivan Marx and establishes hoaxers as a part of the Bigfoot Research history. Matthews acknowledges Rick Dyer and Tom Biscardi as hoaxers in 2008, yet he follows them. At the end of the film Morgan is pushed to the ground and injured by something he cannot describe. He reminds the viewing audience that Rick Dyer has hoaxed before, shows the camper video and then contrasts it with his severe injuries from an attack of tremendous force. Morgan doesn’t claim or prove that Dyer hoaxed him. In fact, the film ends abruptly for the audience to decide if he was involved in or a victim of a hoax or a real event.
Morgan edited the film as a cliffhanger, but he surely knows the answer about the body and events of that night. That Sasquatch either exists or it does not exist. Yet he remains silent on the topic. That should give us all pause…. Why?
We have spent a great deal of time following this story, and investing thousands dollars and hundreds of hours of investigations. We have nothing to gain, receiving only pain and derision for our position. If we have been hoaxed, it is more brilliant than we can possibly fathom.
We stand by our analysis of the Camper Tent and now the “Matthews/Dyer Night Video” and the account of Musky Allen. We see no evidence of a brilliant hoax by Matthews and Dyer.
Rick Dyer recently stated that a Bigfoot body will be shown to the world on 8/15/2013. If that promise is held true, that date seems to be a perfect time to start the new conversation, “How are we related to Bigfoot? and what great truth can be learned from their existence.” If there’s no body and this has been a brilliant Rick Dyer hoax, then the FBFB Page will frozen in time forever as evidence of that event.
We are against censorship and feel strongly that preserving the hundreds of thousands of user comments and posts. Just because a handful of hate-filled fomenters that are hell bent on burning everything is no reason to erase years of work. We have experienced this first hand with the organized and mindless take down of our YouTube channel.
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation interviewed Morgan Matthews this week and when he was asked if he believed in Bigfoot.
Here his how Morgan answers the big question:
Interviewer from CBC: “Do you believe BF exists?”
Morgan: (hesitation) It’s…it’s a difficult question.
Interviewer from CBC: “Really?”
Morgan Matthews: (turns question back on interviewer without answering her question) “Do YOU believe he exists?”
Interviewer from CBC: “NO! What is this like Santa Claus or the Easter Bunny?”
Morgan Matthews: (interrupts) “Sorry I think the world is a better place if people believed Bigfoot is out there.”
We couldn’t agree more!
To our true Fans, we hope to dialogue with you again soon. Thank you for your support and patience with the negative comments on FB/FB. You can reach us at [email protected]. Till then, we will work on an update to our book and may quietly re-upload our lost content to the facebookfindbigfoot YouTube channel.
-FB/FB
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005.
I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films:
OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.
FB/FB’s greatest flaw is in the way they “Moneymaker” every inconclusive bit of would-be evidence they critique as “proof” that these creatures exist by accenting incongruous details in the photos and/or videos as “head, eye, shoulder” etc. I can appreciate their enthusiasm and I personally feel that this phenomenon has some substance to it, but being of a critical mind first I find myself wishing that they’d use a little more restraint when it comes to their evidence breakdowns.
So to count that’s two Sasquatch shot dead a juvenile in Olympic state forest allegedly and one in Texas allegedly and if all that is said is true about they are human then someone’s child, brother,father,mate.I only hope if all this is true that one day a new law will be made to protect this species and its habitat. What if they are the natural occupants of this world and we are the genetic experiment of some ancient alien race.that would make sense as to why they are si elusive maybe there terrified of us and all we are capable of. I pray to God for forgiveness for this trespass against nature.
I agree with Gridbug, FB/FB says everything is a bigfoot based on the most laughable criteria. If it had a cone shaped head – its a bigfoot. If it was covered in fur – its a bigfoot. If it swung it’s arms when it walked – its a bigfoot. If it turned its body instead of its neck – its a bigfoot. I honestly thought the site was satire when I first found it.
“We hope to dialogue with you….”
Maybe they could come back as “Facebook Verb Another Noun.” Maybe they could kiosk at the edge of the forest; it’s trending there as a good place where Squatches are often found evidencing…
Everyone on this post so far I think has missed the point. FB/BF was forced off YouTube for doing what every other channel does every day, yet it’s singled out. Why? It has been attacked relentlessly on its FB page. One of the most innocuous organizations is history, that actually does some interesting work? Why? Were they getting close?
FYI: gridbug and thesmith, go to the Facebook page, they do sometimes debunk videos they don’t think are real, but generally, and they admit this, they only post videos they think are authentic. So of course all of the videos are purported to be real! What is really interesting is, if you watch ALL the “good” videos (not the interview ones), and then put them in chrono order. You get the impression that if bigfoot exists, it looks like a really big, dumb guy in a suit. The problem is that it’s the same dumb guy, in the SAME suit, for an over fifty year span, at locations thousands of miles away.
Regardless, I do agree with the comments on other posts that blindly siding with Dyer was mistake, whether or not this event really happened. When the stream is poisoned, it’s over. I am NOT holding my breath until 8/15, because, and here is a news flash: NOTHING IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
FB/FB When I hear that, all I can do is laugh! Gridbug hit the nail on the head. They have even endorsed fake and known hoaxed videos as real. They have zero credibility!
With that being said, I do think it is unfortunate that they are no longer on YouTube. Why, you may ask? Well, I enjoy a good laugh from time to time, hearing the monotone announcer describe known fakes as authentic Bigfoots. It just shows the general public how deluded some people can be when they have a strong belief system. Even facts and truth will not stray them away from their beliefs.
I do believe in the freedom of speech though. And for that reason, even though I despise FB/FB, I think their videos should have been allowed to remain on YouTube. It is as simple as that. They have a right to their beliefs, no matter how deluded and subjective they are, they have a right to those beliefs.
jimmy crack corn….
I find no reason to believe that YouTube deleted all of their content & suspended their account. All we have is FBFB’s claim that this is what happened. Unfortunately, they don’t have a firm grasp on reality, so I find it hard to accept that this is fact.
What really happened? FBFB removed their YouTube content willingly…likely due to shame from involvement with Rick Dyer’s hoax. Case in point, they are willingly shutting down their Facebook page.
It’s not hard to spot a liar hiding behind a thin veil of lies.
@PhotoExpert
This isn’t a freedom of speech issue with YouTube; multiple copyright strikes is the issue. YouTube automatically removes videos when copyright infringement complaints are filed.
FB/FB can file a DMCA counter-notification.
If they were false DMCA claims? Then it’s unlikely that whoever filed these copyright complaints will counter back.
Hucksterfoot–yes, I hear what you are saying. However, none of us know why their videos are no longer there. Perhaps they were taken down by FB/FB themselves. Maybe they were removed by YouTube for copyright infringement. We just do not know. To say anything else would be pure speculation on our part.
When I spoke about freedom of speech, I meant Constitutional Freedom of Speech. There are limitations to that as well. Since I am an ethical person as most here at Cryptomundo, I assumed that everyone knew I was talking about legal freedom of speech. Your post does spark some more questions though. What you stated about the DMCA counter-notification is interesting. In fact, FB/FB filing or not filing, will say a lot about what is really going on with them and the truth may come from that. So that was a very interesting point you bring up. Kudos!
bigyeti–I think you are on to something there. And I think you are correct!
bigyeti: Yep, in the absence of any direct evidence, I pretty much agree with everything you said. FB/FB is looking to save face by acting as if they were “censored”, which is not the case. They could have avoided a world of embarrassment and grief by not aligning themselves with such scurrilous grifters in the first place. I didn’t name any names!!!
you guys are kind of right and wrong. FB/FB got there youtube channels shut down because these guys at the Ontario Wildlife Research filed copyright complaints becuase of FB/FB guys using artwork of peoples without permission. they were putting it in their videos and in the books they were selling. lawyers even got involved. look at their forum where they talk about it. the thread is about dyer but starting with this post it’s about the FB guys getting pissy and making threats to make the ontario people look bad. lol