I was on one of the expeditions stated above and I know who Historian is. I have no wish to get into a war of words with him, but I do not appreciate being labeled as someone who believes in paranormal aspects of sasquatch
This is completely untrue.
I would like to state for the record that I believe sasquatch is a flesh and blood animal. I do not believe sasquatch is paranormal in any way. I have stated this both publicly and privately. Anyone who states that I believe otherwise obviously does not know me.
To the best of my knowledge at no time did anyone on my particular expedition state anything about hiding or denying paranormal beliefs. At the time of this particular expedition I was a curator with the BFRO. I was well informed on all aspects of this trip. I am no longer a member of the BFRO. Several of the people mentioned in the post made by "Historian" have also left the BFRO.
I will also state that I have never heard of or taken part of any telephone harassment towards those with paranormal sasquatch beliefs. However, I have been known to argue online with those who try to convince me of their paranormal beliefs. I have found (especially in this case) that my time and energy is better spent elsewhere.
Thank you for your time
Redwolf
Rats! I guess, we can officially scratch Redwolf off of the closet paranormal list. It is encouraging that she has chosen to take an admirable approach to addressing this subject, though. Apparently the BFRO way, has finally worn off. My recollection of her experiences at the little ladies room, would cause me to question her claim, however. But we will take her word for it. She was not however, on the following October expedition in the same general area.
First thing out of MM's mouth on the October trip, once he got everyone assembled at the old campsite was, "Bigfoot are paranormal". He may have followed up that and stated "paranormal meant invisible". But there was a long list of BFRO people who mentioned to me particularly on the first trip that Bigfoot was paranormal, since there are still others not yet crossed off of the aformentioned list. I would add Tom Yamarone and Mel Skahan to that list in place of Redwolf, just so the list does not get any shorter. We can't have that. It's not our way, ya know. I know for a fact that Todd Neiss was there and was and still is a flesh and blood believer, even though he personally related an experience on that trip where he described a nearby invisible bigfoot, but failed to accept it. Mel Skahan was there and has apparently finally come out of the closet after a scolding for not listening to his own tribe, and you can see that from the Canadian interview here: http://www.mid-americabigfoot.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=2363
Bob Gimlin was on both trips. He is a 24/7 flesh and blood die hard believer. And of course, Kathy Strain publicly claims to be a 24/7 flesh and blood believer, but I personally have my doubts as she is well aware. So we can save her the time of reposting that apparent fact here.
The defining evidence was the Paranormal Potty procedure that was developed for the women on the first August trip. They apparently lived in fear of using the latrine, because of what they thought was the possibility of being abducted by an invisible bigfoot, while caught in an unladylike position. Which is one of two reasons why they moved the following expedition's central camp to a developed campground by the thunderous ocean with masonry block restrooms and lights. Where you couldn't hear someone yelling in your face, much less hear an invisible bigfoot sneaking up to the main tent, which is exactly what happened at the August trip. The other reason was of course, was so MM could sleep in a warm hotel next door and take warm showers. Can't fault him for that. It was the beginning of winter.
