Searching For Bigfoot: May 2007 Expedition

May 2007 Expedition

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After hearing all of the reports of the "MONSTER OF BRAY ROAD", "THE BEAST FROM THE LAND BETWEEN THE LAKES", "THE LIMA MARSH MONSTER", and the "HOLLY HILL CREATURE" or "THE WISCONSIN WEREWOLF" the SEARCHING for BIGFOOT TEAM made the decision to drive out to the Wisconsin area and see for ourselves. Thus began our 15 day, 9,099 mile odyssey to investigate what we could find. We uncovered much more than we expected and are ready to share our findings with you! We began our trip by picking up a film crew at the airport in San Jose, California on 5/7/07. There we met with an award winning Director along with his cameraman, Brian Mazzola. Brian has over four years of experience shooting documentary films for major television production companies, including the Discovery Channel and the Travel Channel. We loaded up the film team’s equipment and began our journey at about 8pm. We all shared the driving, Tom Biscardi, TJ Biscardi, Brian Mazzola and me, JavaBob Schmalzbach. We drove straight through and arrived in Wisconsin on 5/9/07. There we met with Ray Val, a listener of the Bigfoot Live Radio show who flew out from New York to join us on expedition. After meeting the team and having a quick meal, we got back into the truck and set out to meet with Lenny and Stacie Faytus. The Faytus’ own the Richmond House. The Richmond House is a local landmark that has roots back to 1837. It is a beautiful restaurant, bar, and outdoor picnic area where the locals come to eat, drink, toss horse shoes and share the local stories.

Lenny and Stacie Faytus and their resturaunt

The Faytus’ had contacted Searching for Bigfoot earlier this year because they had seen a creature one night, crossing the road in front of their car. The creature came up an embankment from the side of the road, crossed the road in two steps, and disappeared in the woods on the other side of the street in a matter of seconds. The area of the sighting was in the general area between Lima Marsh and Bray Road. Both areas have a rich history of sightings and encounters. After meeting with Lenny and Stacie Faytus, it became clear to us that they are credible and sincere people. They are successful business people and well respected in the area. We knew we had to investigate their story. That very evening, we drove out to the spot where they claimed to have their encounter. The road was dark and heavily wooded. There was a deep, slow moving creek on one side of the road and marshy bogs leading to heavy woods on the other.

This is the spot of the encounter

All of the property on both sides was privately owned, so we could not enter without permission. Stacie Faytus knew one of the property owners where the encounter took place and brought us to their home. We introduced ourselves and explained why we were there. The people we met were fascinated and told us they had never seen anything unusual in the area, but would be happy to show us around their land while we looked for signs of a creature. The owner himself wanted to join us and went back into his house to change his clothes. A few minutes later, he returned outside and informed us he had changed his mind. He told us we had not given him enough notice and we would have to leave his property right now! Of course we honored his wishes and left. The sudden change in his demeanor was a shock to us and was one we never were able to figure out. It left a huge question in our minds that may never be answered. We returned to our Motel and the Faytus’ returned to their home. We arranged to meet again the following day along with a Courtny Gerrish and her crew, the NBC News affiliate from Milwaukee. Courtny, the Faytus’, and the Searching for Bigfoot team headed back out to the area of the sighting along with visits to the now famous “Bray Road” and “Lima Marsh” sites.

Here is the news crew and Courtny with Stacie

We spent the better part of the day searching the areas for signs of the creature, but with little evidence found. Often people in cars would drive by and after seeing the signs on our rig, would shout out to us; “ …WE KNOW IT’S THERE!... or WE’VE SEEN IT TOO!!!...”

Here we are on Bray Road and then out to Lima Marsh

Our hopes were very high, but we can only share with you what we find. At this time, we found nothing to substantiate the sightings. We do not doubt them for a minute, but we could not find any physical evidence at this particular time. As the sun began to set on another day, we set out motion sensitive infrared cameras in the hope that something might come by after sunset.

Tom Biscardi calling the team back in after a long day

We called it a day and went back to the motel to eat and get a short nap before returning to check the cameras in the early morning before sun rise. Unfortunately, the only things caught on film were some deer and other small animals. Our time schedule forced us to leave the area for now and head towards our next stop in Kentucky. There we would meet with Jan Thompson, the author of Jan’s Tales. She had been chronicling the stories from LBL. The Land Between the Lakes and the history of the “CREATURE OF LBL”. We packed the truck and headed to Minnesota, but we knew we would be back.

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After our exciting and informative visit to Kentucky and Wisconsin, we packed up and headed for Minnesota. We arrived in the afternoon on 5/12/07. We met with Bob Olsen, our contact in Deer River. We had heard of more recent sightings in the area and were anxious to learn more about them. Bob had arranged for us to meet with Don Sherman, a native Ojibwa Indian who has joined us on several expeditions in the past. Don is an expert woodsman and hunter and is always an asset when we are in the field, as well as being a good friend. We also met up with David Just, an old bear hunter and tracker from the “old school”. Dave is the last of a vanishing breed and a real asset to us. This visit was a real reunion for us and we were happy to touch base with so many old friends.

           The whole team together, along with David Just (the local legend)

After our short but pleasurable reunion, the team went to work. Bob Olsen shared some of his newest prints with us. We were very impressed with them. He also had a print that he traded two of his originals for with a well known Associate Professor from Idaho. We were very surprised, even shocked, to find that, in my opinion, the print he received had all of the hallmarks of being a fake! I guess people have to be very vigilant these days and really investigate what they are doing before laying out any money. In this field, as in any, knowledge is power.

 Bob Olsen’s growing collection of local prints

After meeting with our old friends, we went out into the field to see for ourselves what was happening. It seems that all of the sites we saw were pretty dry now and we had probably missed the migration through this part of the state. We headed back to town to try and contact some of the new people who had contacted us over the past couple of months. We were fortunate to be able to find

 Our guest explorer Ray Val and a local who had a physical sighting, Thelberta Lussiour and Tom Biscardi

Thelberta, a Chippewa Indian from the Red Lake Reservation, had called Searching for Bigfoot several weeks ago to share her experience. She had experienced a physical sighting where she had actually made eye contact with the creature. The experience had left her quite shaken. She told us that when she made eye contact, she felt that the creature saw right into her soul. She just knew that the creature knew all about her, who she was, where she lived, and all of her weaknesses. She was quite shaken. Being able to talk about the experience with Tom Biscardi and other team members who had experienced these kinds of encounters was a huge help to her. She no longer felt like she was alone or that people thought she was crazy. We were able to show her that she was blessed and among an elite group of people who are lucky enough to know the truth about this elusive and rare animal. We developed a very close bond with Thelberta and as a result, we were accepted into her family circle within the Chippewa. So much so, that we were invited to a traditional Chippewa wedding ceremony. This was truly a major honor for us. We had to get approval from the elders, the bride and groom, and the family before we received our invitation. Once at the wedding, we met most of Thelberta’s family members. We found that Thelberta was a respected and honored elder member of her family and a matriarch of high esteem.

 The Tribal Insignia and the sign for the reservation

 The happy couple

SEE A SHORT FILM SHOWING A WEDDING PRAYER IN THE FORM OF A VOCABLE

At the wedding, we got a chance to meet and talk to many more native people who had seen the creature. One person told us about a film that was taken. It seems that one young person had just received a gift of a motion picture camera. He was out in the woods trying it out and photographing some eagles. As the eagles swooped down towards the ground and he followed with the camera, he saw a creature coming out of the woods dragging some other animal with it! He took the film home and shared it with his family. His parents called the Department of Natural Resources who came out and confiscated the film. He had made a copy before they got there and was able to show us the copy. It was in very poor condition and we were unable to identify with any clarity what was on it. Our cameraman explained that it had been run and rewound so many times that the film itself had become worn by running over a dirty receiver head so often. Tom contacted the DNR who told him that they did not have such a film… but during the conversation admitted to making another copy of it!?!? We are still hopeful that we will be able to uncover a copy some how. Of course if that happens, we will share it with you!

We met and interviewed several other eye witnesses who had stories of seeing a creature crossing the road at night and taking only one or two steps to make it across. Most of the stories had happened too far in the past for us to substantiate, so we did not investigate all of them. The most recent story we heard was from about a year ago. It was told by Kathy Sheffield, who saw the creature in her own neighborhood, but once again, it was too long ago for us to follow up on. All of the people we talked too seemed to be sincere and credible, but we could not verify any of the stories because of the time involved. We were on a tight schedule, so we thanked everyone and decided to move on towards Kentucky.

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On 5/12/07, we arrived in Kentucky where we met with Jan Thompson. Jan is the writer of Jan’s Tales and a chronicler of the history of many of the unusual sightings and encounters in the area. Jan began her work several years ago, while she was working at a local gas station and mini market.

                                   Jan Thompson, Tom Biscardi, and Angie Kinsey

One day, several Sheriff’s Deputies came by who were clearly emotionally distraught. Jan overheard them discussing what they had just seen. They were talking about a “crime scene” from an area called LBL. LBL is a section of Kentucky called Land Between the Lakes.

“Land Between The Lakes is an inland peninsula formed when the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers were impounded, creating Kentucky Lake and Lake Barkley -- one of the world's largest man-made bodies of water. In 1959, when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began construction of Barkley Dam on the Cumberland River, many recognized the recreational and environmental education benefits of what would soon become a near-island between two man-made lakes.
In 1963, President John F. Kennedy created Land Between The Lakes National Recreation Area. LBL was formed to demonstrate how an area with limited timber, agricultural, and industrial resources could be converted into a recreation asset that would stimulate economic growth in the region. LBL is the country's only such national demonstration area.
LBL became a reality in 1964 when Rushing Creek Campground, LBL's first public recreation facility, opened. Today, LBL is the focal point of a $600 million tourism industry; it remains one of the most visited attractions in Kentucky and Tennessee.”
(reprinted from: http://www.kentuckylake.com/lbl/index.htm )

The discussion was about the finding of a family of campers who had been attacked and literally torn apart by an unknown assailant or animal. The deputies where in shock and clearly shaken by their experience. Although the incident was known about locally, the story quickly went dormant. It seems that some type of “gag order” was placed on the story and it disappeared over time. Possibly to protect the $600 million dollar industry surrounding the area? Now, we are told it never happened. However, Jan insists that she did hear it discussed by the deputies and she has researched it ever since! The Searching for Bigfoot team decided to go to the area where the massacre was supposed to have happened, at LBL. We made arrangements to meet Angie Kinsey of the Paducah Sun, a local Kentucky Newspaper. (www.paducahsun.com) We headed out to the area of LBL to meet with Angie at the Park Docent’s Office. We arrived several minutes earlier than Angie and went in to talk to the Docent. I asked the Docent if she had ever heard any stories about a creature in the area. She began to tell me that there had been stories from the area, but they were all false and probably told by local “pot smokers”. She went on to tell me that there was a local woman, a very talented writer who had written some stories about the creature, but she must have been a “pot smoker” too. She went on to produce an article written by a JAN THOMPSON, who happened to be standing right along side of me at the time. She explained that this person (Jan) must be a “pot smoker” too. The Docent’s story sure changed when I gave her my card from Searching for Bigfoot and then introduced her to Jan Thompson! If that wasn’t enough to make her quiet down, Tom Biscardi came over and let her know in no uncertain terms, just how seriously we take this matter! A few minutes later, Angie Kinsey from the local newspaper arrived… The poor Docent was left speechless!

From there, we headed out to the reported site of the reported massacre. It was near a section of park that contained a Civil War Cemetery specifically for black soldiers. One of which was the first Black Soldier to earn the Medal of Honor, Andrew Jackson Smith!

We had walked into the surrounding woods about 10 minutes when we came across a small game trail. TJ Biscardi headed off the path and began following the game trail. Within a few yards out, he found a print in the leaf litter! It was a clear left foot print that showed the foot with three toes. The two outside toes appeared to be missing. This, as it turns out, was to prove to be a major factor in verifying the authenticity of the print! Angie Kinsey was right there when we found the print and took several photos for her newspaper. She, along with Jan and the rest of our crew were totally shocked to find this print so close to the spot of the alleged massacre. We cast the print and headed on farther down the game trail.

             The print in the leaf litter...    TJ beginning the cast...           TJ finishing the casting process

We eventually came to the foundations of an old building. The foundation created a small brick shelter that could be used for shelter to this day. We inspected it for signs of habitation, but found none.

The weather was beginning to change, and it looked like a summer storm was on its way, so we decided to head back to town for lunch. By the time we got to town, it was storming! We stopped into a small local restaurant to eat. We stayed there about an hour then went out to get back into the truck. There was a car parked right next to us with a large man sitting inside. It appears that this man had seen our truck and waited for about an hour in the storm for us to return! The man introduced himself as Steven . Steve began by telling us we would not believe his story, but he needed to tell someone. It seems that Steve had been out at LBL about two years earlier. He was there collecting muscles from the waters. He had stopped up near the cemetery to smoke a cigarette when something attacked his car! He described it as a large ape like creature! He told us that it picked up and threw a large tree stump at the car which did substantial damage! Steve went on to explain that he was a power lifter and at 6’ tall and 300 pounds, he was unable to move the stump that had been thrown at his car! Steve went on to explain that as soon as he was able to start his car, he left the area. However, he came back the next day to investigate what had happened… He found foot prints in the mud… they were about 17 inches long and the left foot was missing the outside two toes! This matched the description of the print we had just found, in the same area! We had only cast this print about two hours earlier and had not shown it or told anyone about it yet! This verification of the description and location was amazing!

                                                 Steve and Tom Biscardi

Soon after our discoveries, the local paper printed our story. Angie Kinsey was there with us when we made our discoveries and printed it as she witnessed it. Both Jan Thompson and Steve have since contacted us to thank us for bringing closure to their stories. Prior to Searching for Bigfoot coming to their town and investigating what they had claimed to experience, most people thought they must be crazy or high on something, or both... now, the people in the area know that there is actually something out there that has not been classified by science and that these people are only sharing what they saw! Now the local people are actually interested in hearing more about Jan and Steve's experiences. The Searching for Bigfoot team will be monitoring the action in the area and planning our next trip to this area in Kentucky to continue this investigation. In the mean time, Jan Thompson will be working with us to monitor the area and document reports as they happen.

Soon after this experience, the Searching for Bigfoot Team headed back to re-visit some of our contacts in Kentucky area from our 2006 The Mystery Of The Clandestine Project . We wanted to check in and see if there was anything new to be found. We met with Mary Anne, the woman who lives down the street from where the now famous “Pancake eating video” was taken. Mary Anne told us that not much has happened since our last visit, other than the neighbors were less friendly now and she has been felt some harassment since sharing her story with us! However, she is glad she did and is strictly in our corner. She wants the truth to be known and is not afraid to help us find it! It seems that Mary Anne, being an octigenarian, is willing to stand up for the truth no matter what!

Mary Anne and Tom Biscardi

We took some time to take a few photos of the area before heading back to Wisconsin to meet with Steve Kruger, the DNR worker who had a creature remove a deer carcass from the back of his truck.

The area behind Mary Ann’s home

We left Kentucky and headed back to Wisconsin to meet with Steve Kruger, the Department of Natural Resources (DNR), contractor who had reported an encounter with some type of strange creature back in November of 2006. Steve was not willing to talk to any reporters, but he was willing to talk to Tom Biscardi, the first person to contact him after his original encounter. We talked to Steve back in 2006, see our page WISCONSIN '06 . Steve is a large man, who didn’t seem like someone who would be easily shaken. He shared his story with us again. This time, it was eye ball to eye ball. The story did not change… Steve said he was picking up deer carcasses near Holly Hill. He had just placed an eighty pound carcass in his truck and pulled off the road to do his paperwork for the pickup. Suddenly, his truck moved violently. He looked back through his rear view mirror and saw a large creature picking up the carcass! The creature lifted the deer, and a steel ramp that had gotten tangled in the antlers, out of the truck and ran off. Steve doesn’t know what the creature was and never called it a “Bigfoot”. He did describe it and it fits the description we commonly refer to as “Bigfoot” except for the ears and the muzzle. This part of the description matches the sightings from the other areas of Wisconsin and Southern Canada… After meeting with Steve, we headed off to Florida. We had heard stories about the “Skunk Ape” swimming from island to island on the southern most tip of Florida. We had to go and see for ourselves what was really happening down there!

Tom and Steve and the steel ramp like the one lost with the carcass

Steve Kruger has also put up a website: http://www.DFPENGUIN.COM please give it a look!

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The Searching for Bigfoot Team had heard stories about the "Skunk Ape" swimming between islands at the Southern most tip of Florida. This is an area known as the 10,000 Islands area reaching down for over 100 miles from Chokoloskee Island and Everglade City, Florida. Our plan was to head southeast from the southernmost tip of Florida's, Chokoloskee Island. Chokoloskee is one of only two of the 10,000 Islands that are inhabited. Chokoloskee has a population of only 250 people, including our host, Captain Judy Caseley. This 140 acre island is made up of oyster shells discarded by the Calusa Indians over their rich history. Chokoloskee means "old house" in the Seminole Native American language. We left Chokoloskee Island in the afternoon because we had to go and see for ourselves if this story could be true. We had contacted our old friend, Captain Judy, who arranged for us to go out in two boats. Judy arranged for us to utilize her boat and set up a backup boat through her neighbor. Many of you probably remember Judy Caseley as the person who shared those wonderful photos of the famous "Skunk Ape" in our report FLORIDA '06 . You can see a picture by visiting Captain Judy's website at http://www.focusontheeverglades.com/ and scrolling down the page.

Captain Judy

Our plan was to head south from the very tip of Florida, Everglade City. We would go out about 20 to 60 miles into the area known as 10,000 Islands. We would look for signs of large animals on some of the islands and hopefully, we might see a creature swimming to or from an island.

A map of the area of our interest

By the afternoon of 5/18/07 we were ready to head out. It was a hot and humid day and slightly overcast. The water was a little choppy, but we were in good hands with Captain Judy at the helm. We headed south with Captain Judy Caseley, Tom Biscardi, and me.. JavaBob Schmalzbach in the main boat.

Tom Biscardi on the ride out

The backup boat carried TJ Biscardi and Brian Mazzola and was captained by another person. We wanted to be able to photograph the main boat from our backup boat.

TJ and Brian the cameraman on the way to some islands

Captain Judy took us out towards some of the larger islands first, then into the smaller and shallower areas. For much of the expedition, we stayed in visual contact with both boats. The ride was a little rough, but very beautiful. Captain Judy was even able to call some dolphins to her boat by using rhythmic drumming sounds on the hull. This was something I had never experienced before!

Some of the dolphins Captain Judy was able to "call in"

We traveled about two hours before we came to an island that Captain Judy had told us about that was the site of a previous skunk ape sighting.

Captain Judy brought us to shore and we began exploring. I was amazed to see the damage done by last season’s hurricane and how quickly the island was being re-populated with plants. The islands themselves were made up of mostly crushed sea shells and shone white in the sun. To my surprise, there was an abundance of food items, including berries, cactus, grasses, date palms, and coconut trees, just to name a few. We found small ponds of fresh water as well. It was clear that even the smaller islands could support a few large animals at a time. As we explored, we found many animal foot prints in the sand. We found raccoon prints, deer prints, and other animals as well. It became clear to us that many animals must be swimming between these islands.

White shell sands and trees coming back from the hurricanes

Once on the islands, our search began in earnest. It wasn’t long before we began finding large bedding areas and even a huge heel print from a very heavy animal. There was not enough print for us to tell definitively what type of animal it was, but it was clear it was very heavy, what ever it was! The bedding area we found was one of the largest the Tom Biscardi had seen in his 30 plus years of "Bigfoot" research!

We found a huge bedding area. Clearly for large animals! The heel print speaks for itself!

We spent most of the day on the islands where it became very clear to us that many animals swim between these islands. We have no problems believing the stories from the locals about the “Skunk Ape” swimming the islands. There is plenty of solitude, food, and cover on the islands to warrant a visit from a large animal. If there is a “Skunk Ape” in the area, it would be un-thinkable to imagine that it would not travel to these rich areas of habitat. We headed back to the mainland, with a new appreciation of the many stories we had heard from the locals. I decided to join TJ and Brian in the smaller boat so we could travel down some of the narrow inlets between the islands in hope of filming an animal swimming in the water between islands.

TJ and Brian along with JavaBob looking for swimming animals

It was time to get back on the road. We still had to go to Tampa, Florida to meet with Scott Marlow, a local college teacher who was teaching the only classes in crypto zoology that we are aware of. We were exhausted from our day’s adventure, but duty called so we packed up our gear and headed north to Tampa. Once there, we met the good instructor at a local restaurant and enjoyed a good meal and some good conversation. Scott told us about his goal of being the first professor to teach an accredited program in crypto zoology. After meeting this man and hearing his story and feeling his passion, I believe he just may succeed at his goal. Our best wishes to him and we feel good to have made another friend and supporter on our way!

Tom Biscardi and Scott Marlone

Off we head for our next destination; Benton, Mississippi to meet with our good friend MK Davis.

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We left Florida late in the afternoon on 5/18/07, and headed to Mississippi to meet our friend MK Davis at his home. We miss-calculated the directions and timing and didn’t arrive until 3am on 5/19/07. MK, being the gentleman and friend that he is, still graciously welcomed us and took the time to show us some of his newest discoveries! We were amazed at his findings and will only share some generalizations about them. It is up to MK to announce his findings. I will only say that they are truly amazing! He shared four major items with us. The first was something he found in the hair of the creature, the second was what he found under the hair, the third was a way of comparing the size of the creature with that of a man, and the fourth was a large scar. I am sure that Mr. Davis will be sharing his newest finds with the public very soon, hopefully on the Bigfoot Live Radio show!

SEE A SHORT FILM THAT MK DAVIS HAS CREATED SHOWING THE BUTT MOVEMENTS

After our short, but informative visit with MK Davis, we headed off to New Mexico. We were on our way to meet with Father Ray. Father Ray is a Catholic Priest who works closely with the local Native Americans in Farmington, New Mexico. Father Ray Mahlmann is a major supporter of Searching for Bigfoot and invited us to New Mexico to meet with, and interview some of the local people who had encounters with the creature. Father Ray also shared with us the biblical basis for his belief in the creature we commonly refer to as “Bigfoot.

Father Ray Mahlmann (Debra Mayeux, a local newspaper reporter is in the background)

The Searching for Bigfoot team got to meet with several very interesting people while we were in New Mexico. People like Richard and Shannon O’Neill. Richard O’Neill is called Sergeant Major by the locals. Richard reports directly to the Governor as a Sergeant Major in the New Mexico State Guard. In talking to the Sergeant Major, I realized that he had a unique outlook on our understanding of “Bigfoot”. The Sergeant Major claims to be a psychic and shared some very interesting psychic experiences about the creature with me. I am not in a position to question his experiences or his abilities, but I am more comfortable with what I can learn from the physical world. Many of his stories were fascinating to me and very interesting. The one thing we were able to agree upon, was that the creature truly does exist! The Sergeant Major was one of the most interesting men I have ever met and I would have enjoyed spending more time listening to his stories and ideas, but we still had a lot more people to meet and territory to travel.

The Sergeant Major and Shannon sharing stories

We filmed an in depth interview with Father Ray. The interview will be part of Bigfoot Lives II and includes his biblical verification of the probability of the existence of the creature. Follow this site to see when we will be able to offer the new movie for release!

JavaBob and more of the crew enjoying dinner

After our meeting with Father Ray and his friends, and after the filming, we headed to our motel room and slept for an entire night! We were exhausted and still had to drive through to Arizona to meet with our friends on the White River Apache Reservation. They were expecting us by the 21st. It was already the 20th of May and we had a long way to drive. We got up before sunrise and headed west to meet our friends.

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We drove through the night and arrived at the casino at Hon Dah, in Arizona about 8am on the 21st. We were already exhausted, but we had a lot of work to do. We called A.K. Riley, the Chief of Detectives for the Apache Police Department and our contact while on the reservation. A.K arranged for us to meet Isaiah Redbird, who had found several prints up near Christmas Tree Lake. It is called Christmas Tree Lake because that is where the Christmas Tree set out in front of the White House in Washington DC comes from. It is a remote lake sitting at about 9,700 foot elevation. We also met with Armand Armstrong, a large man in his forties who gathers elk antler sheds in the same area. Armand told us he has seen the creature up there. Armand brought along his friend and partner Fernando Nosie who often accompanies Armand on his hunts for the elk antler sheds.

Here is Fernando, Armand, and Isaiah

When we met all the individuals who were willing to share their experiences, several officers from the Department of Wildlife and Outdoor Recreation Law Enforcement division came out as well. They did not want to be named or identified on camera because of their positions, but they wanted to support us and support their friends who could share their experiences. One officer, who was on his day off told me that he was skeptical and had never seen any signs of the creature, but he knew Armand to be an honest man with strong Christian values and if Armand said it, he would believe it.

The official emblem on the truck door

The group at the initial meeting, and part of an interview at the site

The group met for about forty five minutes and then we decided to go out into the field and see what we could find. It was nearly a two hour drive out into the woods and we finally reached an area where there had been prints spotted. It was about 10,400 feet in altitude and the air was a bit thin for this old man! It is a beautiful place with thick cover, lots of running water, meadows and steep hills. The sun was shining and hot and we were all excited and anticipating what we might find.

We four wheeled up to Christmas Tree Lake, then up farther to a site about 10,400 feet high

One of the Chief Rangers came out with us as an unofficial status just because he was curious as to what we might find.

Some of our un-official visitors

Once at the site, we split the group up into two teams. Isaiah Redbird took a team including a cameraman out towards the north. Armand Armstrong took out a team with a second cameraman towards the south. Both teams would go up the rim of the surrounding mountains and circle back meeting in the middle. Our Director of Field Operations, TJ Biscardi oversaw the progress and safety of both teams. They headed off and where gone about three hours before we saw them again. We kept in touch by radio and Tom Biscardi and I stayed at base camp to listen and monitor their progress.

The first team to report back was Armand’s. They had seen a lot of large elk, but found no other signs of our subject, “Bigfoot”. A few minutes later the second team returned very excited. They had located several tracks and told of being “stalked” by something large as they broke brush. TJ and Isaiah headed back into the brush with water and about 30 pounds of plaster to see if they could cast a print. They returned about an hour later with a plaster cast of a large print. Tom Biscardi Sr., checked the cast very closely. After very close investigation, he found it to be from a black bear. There were more prints to be cast farther up the mountain, but they were several miles up the mountain and it was already getting dark. Our cameraman was convinced he saw and photographed legitimate tracks and was “stalked” by a large animal while out in the field. We will need to review his films once we get back to our facilities. The people we had met and gone into the field with are still quite confident that there is a family of creatures living in this remote part of their reservation. Tom Biscardi shared some of his knowledge about these creatures with these avid outdoorsmen who agreed to use his teaching to help them find and photograph the creatures who live in their forests. We made new friends and associates. By doing this we know that we are several steps closer to solving the mystery surrounding this creature. We will be following the work done by our new associates and waiting for the time they call us back for a live capture!

Armando assures us, he will find the creature and bring us too it!

Sides note to our visit, we found that Isaiah Redbird is a talented song writer and musician. Our Producer was so impressed that he offered to help Isaiah make a music video! With a little luck, you may all be hearing him on the radio! Just remember where you heard that! In the mean time, we will keep on Searching for Bigfoot!

Earlier, I mentioned that we had a guest explorer with us. Ray Val came out and joined us in Wisconsin and stayed with us for 72 hours before he had to leave to go back to work. When he returned to share his experiences with his co-workers, they found it hard to believe that he could have traveled so far and done so much in a mere 72 hours! I am here to tell you, we just finished a 14 day, 9,099 mile expedition! We still have a 20 hour drive to get back home to California. If you don’t believe people roll like that, talk to Ray and find out how you can join us… you can see for yourself, IF YOU HAVE WHAT IT TAKES!

In the mean time, listen in to Bigfoot Live Radio and hear first hand inputs from the people we met along the way, and watch for the movie… Bigfoot Lives II….

Written and posted by JavaBob

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