Another Monster Quest Followup
Posted by: Loren Coleman on November 12th, 2007
There is a rumor going around ~ I literally have now read it from individuals in three countries ~ that the “Sasquatch Attack” documentary “occurred five years ago.”
I’m not sure where some people get their information, but I think the dating of the nail board incident is being confused with the making of the documentary.
Supposedly, the nail board events took place in 2003 or perhaps 2004. There is enough vagueness about whether one or several animals might have stepped on this trap to raise some questions. But the board held only an old sample or samples, that’s for certain.
The board events may have happened in 2004, because in some accounts, the board was said to have been gathered two years later, during the production of the documentary, after something stepped on it. The date when the film production crew and Meldrum was in the field is known.
Doug Hajicek has directly answered my question about when the episode was filmed, and it occurred in 2006. The sample vials clearly are labeled with the date of their collection, August 14, 2006, in the series.
Dr. Jeff Meldrum indicated at the Texas conference no further DNA testing would be done, but Doug Hajicek told me overnight that qualified labs may be sent further samples.
One more thing. It was against the law for those devices to be used in the woods, in the first place.
According to Canadian law, the use of “nail traps” (sometimes with screws instead of nails) is illegal. Here’s a tidbit picked up from the Bigfoot Forums, posted by a former Canadian police officer:
Criminal Code ( R.S., 1985, c. C-46 )
247. (1) Every one is guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for a term not exceeding five years, who with intent to cause death or bodily harm to a person, whether ascertained or not,
(a) sets or places a trap, device or other thing that is likely to cause death or bodily harm to a person; or
-b – being in occupation or possession of a place, knowingly permits such a trap, device or other thing to remain in that place.
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Who or what trashed the cabin? Obviously, neither we, nor apparently the cabin owner KNOWS, but possibilities include Sasquatch, bear, ‘hermit/wild man’and teens- all mentioned- but other options include- small animals (raccoons, etc. can cause a lot of damage, especially over time), and, of course, fraud or hoax. We really are not shown enough to know- and in the intervening time there is probably no enough evidence to worry about.
Hair, blood, tissue sample? 1 in 5,000 chance it is not human? Is this another way of saying that about 200 people in a million show this characteristic?
The outline on the screw board? Assuming the outline is reflective of the actual stain shape, there is simply no way of knowing at this point if it was made by one footfall or several- as if the maker repositioned itself or placed different feet on it, etc.
Rock-throwing? I in no way wish to suggest that the central people on this were guilty of anything, but considering that filming crews consist of several people who are under the direction of people other than the good doctors, and those people are being paid for interesting footage, I would feel better if they could somehow positively state and document that ALL members of the crew were accounted for at all times and that none of them employed any form of catapult or anything.
Also- one of the ‘missiles’ was a ‘cord of wood’- which sort of implies that it was firewood… so did it come from close to the cabin?
Rock-throwing is one of those annoying things that really really does not prove much but is nice and dramatic- like the ‘orbs’ on night-vision footage of ghost hunts.
Could not have been locals? Why not? Surely people from all over the area knew that the small army it takes to do something like this was there. Such crews often use locals for many of the jobs. This is even more likely if the lake and cabin are closer to people as others have suggested.
It is just so dang frustrating that we have all these film crews out to ‘prove’ or ‘investigate’ things and we don’t seem to be any closer to any good proof. Planet Earth gets these great ‘first time on camera’ shots of rare leopards and such in remote harsh environments, and we cannot get even a decent photo of a creature that lives, literally, in our back yards.
I would like to point out that DNR biologists routinely fly airplanes at night over woods etc and use infrared cameras to count the number of deer. They can even see the shape of the critters and they are usually bedded down in groups. I am an excellent bowhunter for deer so I have read a little something on this. It would be very hard for a Big Foot to hide in the woods if someone were to go after it with this kind of equipment. There is a lot of equipment that could be used to find this creature if is exists. I think these scientists have simply not put much effort into it. Up until now I have been very skeptical. A good story can mean a good income for some locals. However I believe there have been enough witnesses and evidences to indicate that there just might be something out there. If they are it would have to be an extremely timid and shy creature that definitely would not get angry as one of you has suggested. It would instead get scared and run. Because if it was not extremely timid and shy we would have much more proof of its existence by now.