Big Foot Print AUG-Sept 2012

What’s in This Issue

Big Foot Prints 2

Don’t Worship the dead 3

On the Trail of Big Foot Six Hundred PoundSquirrell 4

Chuck’s City Cousin Visits 5Map to Moon Dog 6Moon Dog Ranch 7

Conference Speakers 8

Mountain MusicManifest 10

On the Trail of Big FootBig Foot Central 12

ATV Ticket P/Ups 12-13Strange Experience 14

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The past four years has seen many changes to the area of Honobia, Oklahoma. But then, I’m sure everyone reading thishas seen Big Changes in their respective areas as well. We saw them take down the barricades along the road fromHonobia to Bethel going over Wild Horse Mountain. Now what was once a dirt road called “Indian Trail;” is a modernLink between the Southern towns of Broken Bow, Idabel, andHugo. The area known as Oklahoma's, “Little Dixie”, and thetowns over Kiamichi Mountain to the north. One such town tothe North is Tuskahoma, the historical site of the ChoctawNation’s Capitol Building, where the annual Labor Day Festivaldraws thousands of people each year. Talihina, which probablycould not survive without Choctaw Nations modern HealthCare Facility, is just a few miles north of where this roadconnects with Highway 271.

Thanks to the Choctaw Nations leadership of Chief Greg Pyle,Assistant Chief Gary Batton and all the tribal Council, thebeautiful colors of Fall that once inspired the term “IndianSummer” can now be viewed along a road known as “IndianHighway”.

A great philosopher once said “The narrow path to freedom isin the way your story is told. Now, thanks to Pine Cellular you don’t have to wait to get home to tell your story to folksyou want to share the experience with. You can even take a picture with your cell phone and send it through the newcommunication system to share it now. This brings us to the main point of what this article is all about. No this is not atravel magazine, nor a tourist trap publication. The purpose of this article is to encourage you to realign and reconnectwith the very source of Life that is naturally put into each individual human being.

Modern improvements in travel and communication are manifestations of Human Expansion. All these improvementsbegan with ideas, and like a great vortex, drew other ideas and thoughts together until improvements were created.

All the Great mystics and sages of the past experienced some transcendent human moment when union with the source ofLife produced a transformation of their life. That heightened consciousness then allows for barrier free communication, and a collective consciousness, that seems to be a part of every Human life, brings the desired changes.

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In Honor of the Upcoming Honobia Big Foot Conference & Festivalit’s only fitting and proper to give this column to “Big Foot” and allthe prints left around this area. So much so that the Festival wasstarted 8 years ago by a group of Honobiaties led by Katie Cogburnwho saw the vision for this area. If it hadn’t been for her and herbrother Riley Donica this Festival would have never moved from theidea board to Reality. Now in it’s 8th year the interest and attendancejust keeps growing.

Wikipedia lists the most notable citizen in Honobia, OK as “BigFoot”. Now does that mean the spirit of Big Foot resides in most ofthe citizens living in Honobia or are they referring to the entityknown as Big Foot . At any rate Big Foot has put Honobia on themap for Festivals and Tourist attraction.

Speaking of Maps, Honobia was on the map back in the 60’s throughthe 80’s for it’s huge attendance . Over 10,000 men each May cameto the Christian meeting at Christ’s 40 acres, under the direction ofLawrence Layman and A.B. McReynolds (the founder) . Themeeting still happens in May each year, however, the attendance hasfallen drastically. It was said that Honobia Post Office was thelargest “Bulk Mailing” office in the United States for over 13 years.However, the post office is non-existent now.

Now the entity know as Big Foot has been seen in various areas ofHonobia but he has never been in verbal contact with anyone in thisarea unless you call screaming and odd sounds in the night as verbalcommunication.

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DON’T HANG ON TO WHAT’S DEADAND DON’T ABANDON WHAT’S

LIVINGBy Mary Lou Brainerd

Through the years I’ve known of people who would never change athing in the bedroom of a child who had left home, or the favoritelounging area of a mate after they had died. It is a good thing to havefond memories of those who have gone on, but it’s not a good thing toset up a shrine to them and worship their memories. The very bestChristian husband is not going to come back and set in his recliner andpick up the magazine he had put down the night before he died. Themost precious child will not come back here to play with the toys keptjust where they left them. If you were able to ask them, they wouldn’twant to. They are probably looking forward to meeting their familyagain in a much better place. When a plant dies, we pull up the dead branches and prepare thesoil for a new plant. We don’t keep watering it and looking after it asif there was hope that new leaves would pop out on the dead branches.The seed from that dead plant, however, may sprout new life, but itwon’t be the same old plant.

On the other hand, we’ve had quite a drought this summer. Ourtomato plants are not producing right now, the branches are browndown close to the ground and a lot of the leaves are dead and fallingoff. Yet, out on the ends of the stems green leaves persist. If we keepthem watered, they will produce some fruit this fall after it cools downand before it frosts. It would be a shame to abandon them now. We’ve all heard of families that would no longer acknowledge achild because he or she had married someone the parents didn’t like ortaken a path in life that the parents couldn’t tolerate. The story of theprodigal son teaches us a different way. We must continue to pray forthat child. It’s okay to let them know if their choices go against God’sway, but don’t abandon them. Keep watering the plant as long as thereis life in it. It might just sprout to new life. If it is pulled up by theroots and tossed in the trash, it will surely die. It is good to have fond memories of those who have passed on andfond hopes for those who have gone off the correct path, but pleasedon’t worship the dead or quit praying for the living.Romans 12:12

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ON THE TRAIL OF BIGFOOT

THE EIGHT HUNDRED POUND SQUIRREL By Glenn Hyder

The recreational opportunities afforded by Lake Eufaula attracts thousands ofvisitors each year. One of the most popular areas is within the shadow of the dam.That spot is one of the Corps of Engineers’ camp sites. It is a well maintained campground and the favorite destination for a couple from the Stigler area.

It was on one of those long three day weekends that the couple decided to head forthe lake to unwind. As the couple was pulling into a secluded spot on the edge ofthe camp ground, the wife exclaimed to the husband, “Oh look honey, there’s a bearplaying in the water!” The husband confided in me that the bear was not like anybear he had ever seen. He said that what he saw was a tall, hair covered human likefigure with long arms and huge hands splashing in the water. When the hairyhumanoid realized it was being observed, it immediately ran from the water anddisappeared into the nearby tree line.

The couple went about setting up camp, all the while, the husband kept a weary eyeon the tree line. He didn’t tell his wife what he thought about what they had seen, hedidn’t want to alarm her, because he was alarmed enough for both of them.

That night while the couple sat beside the camp fire the husband told me he couldhear a very heavy bipedal entity pacing back and forth in the darkness beyond thelight of their camp fire. It was a sleepless night for the husband as he strained tohear any threat coming from the darkness. None came.

The next day the couple spent the day on the lake fishing. When they returned tocamp they were surprised to find their coolers had been opened and someone orsomething had taken all the sweets: the cookies, candy bars and the husband’scoveted “Twinkies”, everything. None of the lunch meats, cheeses or anything elsehad been taken. The husband had noted two things of interest, the coolers had beenopened by having their latches undone. A bear would have destroyed the coolers toget to the contents. What ever had raided their camp had hands and the owner ofthose hands had left behind, in the loose soil, fifteen inch long human lookingfootprints.

After hearing this story I knew the culprit in the “Twinkie” theft had to be Bigfoot.Shortly after the interview I drove to the camp site to have a look around. The campwas closed for the season. The lots were all deserted. As I slowly cruised up anddown the tree lined lanes, I observed a number of trash dumpsters throughout thecamp site, each having their lids down, that is all but one. As I rounded a bend Ispotted a dumpster with one lid open and swinging back and forth. There was nowind, it was perfectly still that day. I slowed as I neared the dumpster, it was then Ismelled a strong, musty wild animal smell.

I was exiting my Jeep when I was startled by the breaking of tree limbs. To my left,across the road from the dumpster, I spotted a large, dark figure pushing its waythrough the trees and under brush. I was still surrounded by the lingering stench inthe air as I stood by my Jeep watching the dark shape rapidly move away from me.This moment was like the first sighting I had, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing,but it was real, so very real.

Once back in town, I couldn’t wait to tell anyone that cared to listen tome what had just happened. Despite my reputation as being that,“Bigfoot Man”, I received mostly blank stares. That is except for oneteenaged girl who suggested that I had seen nothing more than asquirrel. I remember thinking, “Yeah, an eight hundred poundsquirrel!”To be continued…

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A VISITBy Mary Lou Brainerd

My mom got a letter from Aunt Shirley. She, Uncle Archie and their son Dougwere coming for a visit. They lived in Kansas City. I was really excited. I hadn’tseen them in two years. Doug was about a year older than me and we usually had agreat time together. Mom was fixing fried deer meat, okra, black eyed peas, fried taters and corn breadfor supper. She’d made a blackberry cobbler for dessert. It all smelled great. We heard their car pull into the drive and went out to greet them. Aunt Shirley and Mom hugged, Uncle Archie and Dad shook hands, but there wasno sign of Doug. “Where’s Doug?” I asked. “He’s still in the car playing one of those stupid hand games,” Uncle Archie said. “Now Arch,” Aunt Shirley said, “It kept him quiet all the way here didn’t it.” “The kid’s nearly fifteen years old, he shouldn’t be any trouble on a short trip likethis anyway,” he said. “Doug! Get out of the car and come say hello. You can playthat stupid game on the way home.” “In a minute,” came the bored reply. Uncle Archie walked over to the car, snatched away the game, stuck it in hispocket and said, “You can have it back when we get back into the car to go home.” “Daaad,” he whined. “Mom, tell him to give it back.” “Now Doug, your dad is right. We’re out here in this beautiful fresh air and youhave your cousin to play with. You don’t need that game now.” “Alright,” he said, and got out of the car. I could hardly believe my eyes. His hair was died black, he had an earring in hisear, he had on a black tee-shirt with a silver skull and crossbones on the front andbaggy black pants with a chain that hung from a pocket to a belt loop. I could hardlykeep from singing that song, “Pants on the ground, pants on the ground, you look likea fool with your pants on the ground.” I looked at Dad and could see the shock andthen the amusement. He was thinking of that song too. “Supper’s ready,” Mom said. “Grab your bags and stuff them in the extra roomthere and we’ll go to the table to eat.” “We have to set at the table?” Doug grumbled. “It won’t hurt you this time.” His mother said. Dad prayed and Mom started passing the dishes around. “I can’t eat this stuff,” Doug said. “It’s as good as a heart attack right in the dish.Even the peas have bacon grease in them.” Mom didn’t miss a beat, “That’s just fine, Doug. You don’t have to eat. We haveplenty of milk and water. Of course the milk is raw from the cow and the water comesfrom a well, but you can probably survive for a few days.” Uncle Archie said, “This kind of food is for people who work hard and get lots ofexercise. It wouldn’t hurt you to try the food and the work for a change.” I couldn’t believe the change that had come over him. That sure isn’t the way Iremembered him to be. The next morning, Doug was dressed in the same clothes. I wasn’t so sure butwhat he had slept in them.

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MOON DOG RANCH HONOBIA, OK

Pack up your campers, tents, pick-ups, cars, motorcycles, whatever you haveand come on out to the Honobia Big Foot Conference & Festival

at MOON DOG RANCH.This year more interest than available space has been shown,

so in order to accommodate all our Festival & Conference Attendeesand ease the minds of the local residents–

MOON DOG RANCH with its spacious 60 acreswill be the place for all your Big Foot entertainment and learning experiences.

MOON DOG RANCH in Honobia is absolutely breathtaking when you enterthe gate and see what the wild-life lives amongst. It will make you appreciateall the glorious wonders this earth has to offer each of us.

There will be a $5.00 charge per person per day for ages 13 and up. Ages 12 andunder come in FREE. This admission ticket allows you to attend all theentertainment events and this year the conference break-out sessions are open toEVERYONE. Also, with this $5. Ticket you will be eligible for any of the 20 door prizes to be given away Friday and Saturday every hour. YOU MUST BEPRESENT TO WIN. From 10 A.M. To 7 P.M. Gates will open at 8:00 AM

If you want to camp on the grounds (there’s ample room) it is primitive campingand primitive R.V. camping with some limited electricity. Please bring drinking

water and wash water for yourcampsite.

Don’t forget to bring your ATV(four wheeler) to join in on theATV guided tour through

“Big Foot ‘s Living Room.”

There will be four 90 minute toursavailable at $50 a person. You canchoose from Friday or Saturdaymorning or afternoon.

Make you reservations atwww.HonobiaBigFootPRINT.com or sign up when you arrive atthe Festival Grounds. There must

be at leastfive for atour and nomore thantwelve at atime.

Please Note–We will be visiting in Big Foot’s home so bring your best Manners and don’t forget to ALWAYS think GREEN–(extra Trash Bags

for your discards).

EVENTSOur Conference Presenters this year are so eager to share their findings andhear your questions and discussions . They will be under Brush Arbors on thegrounds and you can attend their hourly sessions both days at your choosing.The Vendors will be nestled among the trees for your walking and shoppingpleasure and our Food Vendors will be centrally located when the hunger bugstrikes you they will be in your site.We’re planning several kinds of daily tournaments for you to be a part of andof course there will be the Big Foot Softball Tournament. Go to the Web Siteto enter your team.The Big Foot ART Show will be managed by Mary Lou Brainerd in the ArtBarn. If you have paintings, photos, or sketches you would like to enter bringthem out Thursday night between 4 PM--9 PM $10 per entry. They will benumbered and set up for the Art Contest Friday & Saturday. There will be twowinning places in each median of art work and a Best In Show, to be announcedSaturday at 5 PM.Artists!, you have a chance to display your other art works to be sold on

consignment. You can bring them out Thursday afternoon or Friday Morningtill noon and set up your display for $10. Each Piece must have a price on itbefore it will be displayed.This year’s Mountain Music Manifest will be a continuous flow of talentedmusicians on the Main Stage both days. Their music will blend with beautifulsounds of nature and you will be so glad you chose to experience it. Sign up for the Big Foot Music Idol Contest–on the web site or you can enterup till 10 AM Saturday The winner receives a trophy . FRIDAY Night Camp Fire Story Telling will begin at 6:30 PM This will becentrally located on the grounds. If you’ve never attended this you should comeon out. Some of the best stories will be shared here that you might not otherwisehear. Anyone will be able to share.Saturday Morning begins Bright and early with the Choctaw Nation’s Big Foot5K Mud Run and Boggy Bottom 1 Mile Run. OMG this is going to be onefor the record books. The runners will run through the festival grounds as youcheer them on to the wilderness and all its obstacles–with a little mud. Thiscourse is planned to make even Big Foot proud to run it. The 1 mile run will bechallenging but not as primitive. Your shoes will stay somewhat clean.On Saturday Night there will be a Big Foot Stomp with music provided byStraight Shot. So if you like 2- Step Waltz or you really get into LineDancing, come on out early. The final Door Prize drawing will be given awayat 7 PM.,and the coveted JCL International ATV winning ticket will be drawn.The” Stomp” will begin after the drawings and end at 11:00 pmOn Sunday Morning we invite you to a Glorious sunrise and Spiritual gatheringon the main grounds where the creator of all our surroundings will be praised,friendships will be confirmed and promises for a bigger and better return to thissame place next year. DON’T MISS this 8th year gathering–it will be a blessedone for you and your family.

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PLEASE READ THE RULES1. ABSOLUTELY NO ALCOHOL

or DRUGSaround or on the grounds will betolerated – Security will be watching and youwill be escorted out. Our mission is to have apleasant visit in our wild life ‘s back yard andhopefully allow our youngsters to appreciate andlearn from it.

2. The gateswill close at 11:30 Thurs & Friday nights and12:00 am Saturday night. No one will beadmitted in or out unless prior arrangements havebeen made.

3. CampfiresThere will be no campfires at the camp sites. Werespect the burn ban in affect and ask that youdo too.

4. ATVSIf you have a golf cart or ATV to bring we askthat you respect the central grounds of theFestival and the break out sessions of theConference while riding around.

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HONOBIA BIG FOOTCONFERENCE SPEAKERS 2012

Scott NelsonRetired from the U.S. Navy as a Crypto-Linguist withover 30 years experience in Foreign Language andLinguistics, including the collection, transcription,analysis and reporting of voice communications.He is a two timegraduate of the U.S.Navy Cryptologic VoiceTranscription School(Russian and Spanish)and has loggedthousands of hours ofvoice transcription in histarget languages as wellas in Persian. He iscurrently teachingRussian, Spanish,Persian, Philosophy andComparative Religions at Wentworth College in Missouri.We have verified that these creatures use language by thehuman definition of it. The months of hard work that wehave put into the study of the Berry/Morehead tapes isfinally coming to fruition. The analysis is finished,although I am still working on parts of the final write-upsuch as frequency count tables, morpheme lists, etc.

Ernest D. Ables was born andraised Southeast of Hugo in Choctaw County, Ok.Hunting and fishing was a way of life and a meansof putting food on the table. At age 20 he enlistedin the Army andspent his tour inGermany.After service heenrolled atOklahoma StateUniversity earninga B.S. in ZoologyWildlife. He wenton to earn hisMasters and Ph.D atthe University ofW i s c o n s i n ,Madison. Hisgraduate work wasradio tracking of thered foxes. He spent one year in Kenya, East Africaradio tracking Impala Antelope in the northernFrontier Province, and a few years later in a tentcamp for 7 months studying the impact ofcommercial game harvesting on gazelle and impalapopulations.In the Fall of 1967 he taught in the Wildlife ScienceDepartment at Texas A & M University. 1973moved him to the University of Idaho at Moscow astheir Professor and Administrator in the WildlifeResources.In 1999 he returned to Talihina where he and hiswife call home.

After retiring from the education community,several special projects for the National ParkServices in the Pacific NW have his name on them.Projects like “study of the impact of beaver onwillow growth on the Big Hole Battlefield inMontana, or field surveys for the WSFS on theOklahoma Range District of the Ouachita NationalForest for 8 years.

The 2012 Conference will be somewhat different. Rather than have an admission charge to enter theConference hall and listen to each presentation, this year there will be break out sessions; (4 a day) witheach speaker set up under individual brush arbors located on the grounds. At these sessions anyone willbe able to attend and then have the opportunity to meet the speakers and ask them questions.So many of the Big Foot Fans are of School Age and this will encourage them to be a part of theConference. Make your plans now to attend the Honobia Big Foot Conference & Festival Oct 5,6, &7.2012. We are proud to announce SOME of the Speakers that will be at the 2012 Conference.

During that time he did call counts for quail &turkeys, trapping snakes, searching for raresalamanders and conducting bluebird nest surveys.His varied publications are too numerous to list inthis column. If you Google Ernest Ables you willfind his notoriety for the study and publication awardregarding the Axis Deer in Texas. Although he isan avid hunter and fisherman, and has fulfilled hischildhood dream of hunting dangerous and BigGame in Africa, he states the bugle of a bull elk inthe early morning on an Idaho Mountain can’t beequaled.His topic will deal with “Science Research outsidethe Box”.

I believe that the study of these tapes will never (andshould never) end. With the recognition and acceptancethat these creatures do indeed speak and understand acomplex language, a greater Effort will be made to collectvoice recordings and our analysis of the language willimprove. Now that we have a precedent and techniquesestablished for this study, this process will certainlybecome easier.

Troy HudsonTroy Hudson was bornin Henryetta, Oklahoma(Creek Nation). Troy hadhis first Bigfootencounter in the summerof 1980 while attendinga Boy Scout camping tripin the KiamichiMountains of SoutheastOklahoma. Joined the Bigfoot Field Researcher'sOrganization (BFRO) in late 2004. While with the BFROhe handled field investigations for Oklahoma, Texas, andArkansas. Also organized field expeditions from 2007-2009 for Oklahoma, Texas, and Arkansas. He worked onsome high profile investigations such as the Lucky StarCasino Video, Boggy Depot Hoax 2006, and San AntonioIncident 2009 (Documentary with WOAI Channel 4). Hecurrently is one of the organizers for the Honobia BigfootConference held each year in Honobia, Oklahoma. Hehas been a guest on several bigfoot blog talk radio shows.He has spent the last 8 years working with locals that livewithin the vast Kiamichi Mountains to gain a betterknowledge of the Sasquatches that live in those regions.He also helps educate people around the country that haveSasquacthes living near their homes and property on aregular basis. Troy has lineage of Choctaw and Cherokeefamily ties and understands the need to respect thepresence of Saquatch existence.

Troy is a veteran of the US Navy specializing inUnderwater Marine Warfare and served in the First GulfWar. He is also a 20 year veteran of law enforcement.Serving in municipal and federal law enforcement. Hehas a lengthy experience in criminal investigations,evidence collection, counter-terrorism, executiveprotection, and other homeland security related topics.Troy's formal education includes Rose State College andUniversity of Maryland. In his spare time he teacheswilderness survival and is heavily involved in the martialarts.He is the Chairman of the Big Foot ConferenceCommittee.


Lyle Blackburn is aprofessional writer and cryptid researcher fromthe Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas. He has always

been fascinated withlegends, lore and sightingreports of "real-lifemonsters" and is the authorof the critically acclaimedbook, The Beast of BoggyCreek: The True Story of theFouke Monster. During hisresearch, Lyle has oftenexplored the remote reachesof the southern U.S. insearch of shadowy creaturessaid to inhabit the densebackwoods and swamplands

of these areas.Lyle is also a staff writer and cryptozoology advisorto Rue Morgue magazine, oneof the leading horror mediapublications in print today. His"Monstro Bizarro" blog isfeatured on the Rue Morguewebsite and his "MonstroBizarro Presents" newscolumn appears monthly inthe magazine.Visit Lyle's website at:www.lyleblackburn.com

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Ronald MoreheadI produced “The Bigfoot Recordings” (Vol. 1 & Vol.2) and formed the partnership in Sierra Sounds withAl Berry. The following is my account of how I gotinvolved with this phenomenon.Bill McDowell and I were serving as board membersfor a church in Merced, CA., and we had becamegood friends. Bill, a part of the Sierra camp huntinggroup, had recently told my wife and me that theyhad been experiencing some unusual sounds andseeing large five toed foot impressions around theircamp. I was intrigued by his account. I knew Bill asbeing a highly ethical, honest and credible individual.Bill is soft-spoken and when he talks, most want tolisten.When I was asked into the Sierra camp I jumped atthe chance. It was late in October 1971 when Donald,Bill’s brother-in-law, had a concern that his huntingbuddies had not returned from the mountains asscheduled. He had previously fled the remote campthe morning after an evening of frightening displaysfrom these creatures. He did not want to make thelong return trip to camp alone and asked me to joinhim.I thought I was in good physical condition, however,I had no idea that the journey into this remote campwould be so physically taxing. We arrived in earlyafternoon just as the men were packing to leave. Billgave me a quick tour of the camp area and lead meto a huge 18″ five toed barefoot impression. The menwere in a hurry to leave because of the daylightremaining. Fortunately Bill suggested that I ride hishorse back. Bill may never know just how much Iappreciated that gesture.The snow came and the camp was inaccessible forthe winter– not that I could have found it againanyway. I am a private pilot and the men wanted aview of the area from the air, looking for a possiblemigration path these creatures may have. Aftercircling the area many times on many occasions andhaving been allowed to sit

in on the discussions of this phenomenon I becamepart of the small group.During the winter of 1971 it was decided that whathad happened in the Sierra camp should be disclosedto someone who could possibly help define thesituation. Warren wrote a letter to Ivan Sanderson.Peter Byrne, a recognized Bigfoot researcher inOregon, was eventually contacted. Peter asked AlBerry, a California resident, to interview the meninvolved. Al was an investigative reporter fromRedding, CA., and was invited to the camp in 1972.We all agreed that the camp’s location should remainprotected.For over 25 years I have been traveling to purportedBigfoot sites and interviewing people claiming tohave seen these creatures. I believe my knowledgeof this phenomenon is continually being fine tuned,coupling years of credible witnesses with my ownexperiences. I attended a symposium in Vancouver,B.C., “Anthropology of the Unknown,” in 1978when the results from the study of Al Berry’srecordings were first given. I thought it strange, butnot really surprising, that during the 20th anniversaryof the event in 1998 people still showed a lack ofinterest in our evidence.Many believe that Bigfoot has both feet on theground at all times– just an undiscovered ape. I findothers believe in the paranormal, mystical side.Remaining open for the answer to this mystery is myway of receiving input from a wide range of people.Many interviews I conduct are considered unreliableand some I believe to be credible.Most all Bigfoot reports are of a singular sighting, alarge foot impression, or perhaps an unusual odor–never a prolonged series of events, especially witha report of interaction. Even though the recordingswere studied by the University of Wyoming andshowed no sign of fakery, most folks could notbelieve the account.What does all of this add up to? Nothing, other thanthat I will offer my input to any serious researcherwanting to learn about these creatures. Perhaps we,collectively, can come a step closer toward aresolution to this mystery.

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Doug Russell, a newspaperman whocurrently doubles as a singer, songwriter and performerin venues large and small around Eastern Oklahoma,usually with only a single guitar for accompaniment.

Born in Carrizozo, NM, Doug took an early interestin music as he traveledthe country as part of amilitary family, fromthe vinyl albums and45s he’d sneak from hisparents’ recordcollection to the guitarand mandolin hisgrandfather kept hiddenin a closet in a futileattempt to keep tinyhands from grasping the strings.

Almost since receiving his first guitar at the age of12, Doug has been playing and singing publicly, nomatter where he was. That includes everything fromprivate parties to concerts, from groups of three or fourpeople to much larger audiences.

Doug Russell believes music is a form ofentertainment and expression that can touch manypeople in many ways. Although he briefly considered amusical career, he prefers to keep it simple, as a hobby.After all, he noted, “When people make music abusiness, it stops being fun. When it stops being fun,it’s not worth the trouble.”

Some of His involvements include:• Promotes family-friendly musical events in and

around Haskell County, Okla.;• Helped establish a weekly jam session open to

musicians and singers of all styles of music;• Helped establish JamFest, a once-a-year

gathering of musicians who just want to get together tocamp and play;

• Continues to play and sing at venues large andsmall, including private parties, clubs, camp outs andsuch events as Reunion Days in Stigler, the BigfootFestival in Honobia, Okla., and the Woody GuthrieFree Folk Festival in Okemah, Okla.

“It’s all for fun, so just about any place they’ll letme, I’m going to do something.”

Gatling & Hoffpauirhave been together forover fifteen years. Thisdynamic duo has madenumerous live televisionand radio appearances.They are accomplishedsinger songwriters andveteran musicians.David Haffpauir wasborn and raised in AustinTx., where his mothertaught him to play guitarat an early age. Heplayed and toured withthe popular fusion banFreefall, in the eighties. David has palyed withseveral different types of bands over the years. Hehas his own style of Texas music and has studiedunder such great guitarist as Pat Martino andHoward international Roberts.

Connie Gatlingbegan playingprofessionallyat the age ofnineteen inVirginia. Shehit the road at

the age of twenty two and has played all over thecountry, including Washington D.C., NorthCarolina, Nashville, TN., Santa Fe, NM Colorado,Hawaii and California where she opened forguitarist Chris Proctor. In 1990 Connie recordedher first album of original songs, Another PlaceAnother Time”

Connie and David joined forces in 1996. They haveopened for several quality acts such as : Willis AlanRamsey, Shake Russell, Jack Saunders, & ElizaGilkyson. The duo has recorded three CD’s oforiginal music. Payin Our Dues, One More Angel,and Wintertime in New Mexico. They have aunique sound and with beautiful harmonies andintriguing guitar parts their music is soulful,heartfelt and unforgettable.

John “Butch” Cusheralso known as Johnboy's Country Gospel, One-Man-Band, uses a variety of instruments to bringout his musical style. He designed and built hisvery own foot-operated “contraption” which playssix acoustic instruments, simultaneously. Theseinstruments consist of a bass box, guitar, mandolin,kick drum, tambourine and cowbell. All the whilehe uses his upper body to play the banjo or do-broand sing or play harmonica.

You’ll certainly enjoy watching him control thisband with two arms and two legs and a “SuperFocused Brain”

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COUNTRY TOUCHa husband & wife duo consisting of Ralph & BeckyElmore moved to the mountains of Southeast Ok.,several years ago, from Mid-west states. Blendingright in with the Mountain Music style of the area,they toured the Northeast doing a “Touch ofCountry Gospel”. This couple does a smooth blendof country and Bluegrass both of which has its rootsin Appalachian Mountain Music, and will entertainyou with this style. Being community minded, this


MARY LOU BRAINERD

Mary Lou has a voice thatsounds like Patsy Clinewhich further enhances herability to sing heart stirringgospel songs. She hasrecorded several albums in

Little Rock Ark. Born in Mena Arkansas she hasthe background of Mountain music in her soul.Her style of singing will take you back to an eraof “good sounding harmonies”. Her latestrecorded album was done by WindWalker Soundstudios just last fall. It is called “OuachitaMountain Christmas”. It was recorded at BethesdaRecords in Mena, Ark. Mary Lou is a retired appraiser for Arkansas StateBoard of Appraisals. She is also a minster in theState Correctional system. Her ministry project iscalled “Right Turn Ministries”. She has developedseveral programs to help people get free frommental and spiritual incarceration, while beingphysically imprisoned. After this freedom hastaken place, she enhances the environment withher enthusiastic music that frees every spirit tosing along.

HALEY JAMES Big Foot Music Idol 2011

In 2011 this young ladyentered the contest to competefor the title of Big Foot MusicIdol. When she sang for thejudges they were awe struckat the clarity and beauty of hervoice. One of the judgescommented that her voice isreminiscent of the voicestyling's of Nora Jones, one oftoday's more prominentfemale jazz singers.

Haley went on to win the Big Foot Music Idol andduring her reign she performed on several occasionsincluding a performance at the Little River Opera. Shewill be scheduled to give a performance at this yearsMountain Music Manifest during the Honobia BigFoot Conference & Festival 2012.The Idol Contest will be held Saturday. You can Signin that morning., or download your application.

JOAN BABCOCKThis multi-talentedperformer is truly anentertainer in her ownright. She firstcaptivates you withher abilities on theauto harp. Whowould know the AutoHarp could be used asmajor melodicinstrument rather thanan accompanimentinstrument. Then

she switches to the accordion and your music earwill hear a whole band as she sings and swiftlyand accurately moves over its keyboard–all thewhile working the massive bellows that powersthe accordion.Her music ranges from gospel to mountain countrymusic or ballads. This will truly be an entertainingshow for your listening enjoyment.

==========STRAIGHT SHOt============a 5 man band that plays traditional country western and some outlaw country will be the entertainment on Saturdaynight during the Big foot stomp.The stomp will begin at 7:00 pm with the last door prize of the Festival given away and the winning ticket for thecoveted jcl international atv will be drawn and given away. Make plans to be there early. Then the bandStraight shot will entertain you until 11:30 for the BIG Foot stomp. Don’t miss it.

OKIE TROUBADOURSThis mountainmusic duo willget your toestapping as theyentertain youwith somebanjos andguitar pickincountry westernsongs. They’lleven get you going with some train songs.You’ll hear Nat Atteberry on the banjo and C.Branson on the guitar.

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The term “Bigfoot Central”, is used by many in the Bigfoot Research communityto describe an area in their domain that they deem to be a hot spot for Bigfootactivity. For me the area surrounding the Lake Eufaula Dam fits the descriptionperfectly. The incident involving my “good witness”, was but the first of many talesof Bigfoot encounters to occur near the dam. I spoke to one witness that was also searching for Belle Starr’s grave one coldNovember day when he spooked a giant specimen of Bigfoot that wanted no part ofhim. The witness had been following the twisted trail that was encumbered by deadfall from a recent ice storm when he rounded a bend in the trail only to surprise agiant, hair covered monster that took one look at him before calmly walking off intothe nearby woods. A year later and only a half mile to the east, a volunteer arrived at a countrychurch to clean the building and its grounds. The volunteer went to the back of thechurch to assess the property when he too surprised a Bigfoot. The creature didn’tstick around for introductions. It took off at a dead run, vaulting a five strandbarbed wire fence before crashing through the dense undergrowth at the back of theproperty. The stories up to that time numbered only three from the location at the dam, thatwas all about to change. In August, 2008 I began, as a free lance writer, publishing my Bigfoot stories insoutheastern Oklahoma publications. Soon I was no longer pounding the pavementand knocking on doors looking for stories, people were coming to me. One witness from a small town northeast of the dam told how he and a number ofhis teen aged friends had gone to a rock quarry near the dam to shoot off their illegalhome made fire works one Forth of July evening. Their first successful attempt todetonate one of their devices would be their last. When the small bomb exploded itilluminated the entire area. In the glow of the fire ball they could see a massive, redhaired Bigfoot standing a few yards from them. The giant screamed and took offrunning past one of their vehicles. It caved in the hood of the truck as it ran off intothe night. That incident took place in the eighties. It was not the first. In the mid 1920’s anelderly woman had told a local historian how she and her family had camped alongthe banks of the Canadian River. She told that as her family, housed in a “walledtent”, began to stir at daybreak the family was visited by what she described as beinga, “giant monkey”. She said that the tent flap suddenly opened and a “giant monkey”looked inside at the horrified family. The creature calmly closed the flap, leaving thefamily quaking in fear. It took some time before anyone dared to venture out. Whenthey did, they found giant, human looking foot prints in the sand leading to and awayfrom the tent. I didn’t know it at the time, but my research into the goings on at the dam wouldsoon lead to my personal involvement with Bigfoot in the area I had named, “BigfootCentral“. —––––To be continued…


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The 2012 Honobia Big Foot Conference & Festival is about change and expansion. My Grandfather oncetold me that when the path you are traveling is not taking you where you want to be, you don’t have to goback to where you started. You can make a new path to where you want to be, beginning where you arenow. While the Festival and Conference can no longer be held at Christ 40 Acres, the Talihina Chamber ofCommerce refuses to be involved and the original Honobia Big Foot Organization has all assets raised forfuture events on hold, Big Foot continues to make new tracks.There have been several sightings in the past three years, but the Locals simply don’t talk about them exceptamong themselves.Wind Walker Sound and the Honobia Big Foot Print has access to a large piece of property that can be andis currently being developed to host this event and others through out the year. The Honobia Big FootConference Committee, the Entertainment Committee, and Story Telling leaders are still intact. Many of thefriendly faces you are familiar with are still working hard to make this year’s Conference and Festival thebest one yet.

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STRANGE EXPERIENCEHere’s a few words I’ve heard that may help you along your way. “ With all knowledge, onceyou know it, you can’t imagine how it was that you hadn’t known it before.” Knowledgebefore you knew it was taking place right before your very eyes, but you were lookingelsewhere.I’m Me-me, Meme Strange. I spend most of my time floating along in the Infosphere,sometimes barely visible from the physical human view point, but all the while compellinghumans to explore and observe through the detailed deciphering of their physical senses.Sometimes when the physical eye can no longer pick up vibrations of light to see, otherphysical senses kick in. Then the sensuous fragrances of the earthly environment with all itsdetail and vividness, causes humans to breathe deeply and say “that’s reality”. Indeed, theattention paid to the physical senses is worthwhile and serves both you and the spirit of all-that- is extremely well, but there is more to the picture and more to this story of reality thanwhat you are observing with your physical senses. Even the story of the creation of the world and the creation of you is not a story aboutsomething that has happened. It is a story about something that IS happening NOW!!Fortunately, all species, ours included, comes naturally equipped. With an inner guidancesystem that is directly connected to the source of all-that-is. Here’s an example: We were just making our way back from our last gig in the greatnorthwest. We visited in smaller circles of our kind. As we were crossing over the windingstair mountains of southeast Oklahoma, we saw a human trudging along the trail. “He looks almost like one of us.” Hey-Hey commented (visual perception). He looked to beat least seven feet tall. Had long flowing black hair, whiskers on his face, and even hair on hischest. But he was definitely human, “He seems to be in bad shape”, added Solo, as he sniffedthe air. “Smells like he could use a bath”. (olfactory perception) “I believe that’s ol’ StandsBack,” Said Uncle Chuey.Now Stands Back was one-half Choctaw Indian, one-half some other kind of human. He wasborn on the head of Little River, right after the Great Land Rush that helped transform IndianTerritory into the State of Oklahoma. He had gotten into some kind of trouble with the newLegal System, and was carried off to Sculleyville to stand trial. Apparently, he had eitherescaped, or been set free to make his own way back home. We kept our distance, but observedthe Incidents. As darkness closed in, he approached a farm house, walked up on the porch andknocked on the door. As the door opened a tall white haired immigrant appeared. “Could I geta little help?” We heard Stands Back ask in the Choctaw Language (audio perception) theImmigrant stepped back into the house, came out with a Winchester, and fired three shots intoStands Back’s chest. After the echo of the gunfire ceased, there was a deafening sound ofsilence. Solo dropped his cup, wheeled around, and ran face first into a large oak tree standingin his way. “Uhhh uuhhh that smell,” he murmured “That’s not the smell of death”commented Uncle Chuy. “That’s the smell of pure fear and it’s coming from the man with thegun”. Humans have that odor when they experience fear, they usually blame it on us, but it’sfear manifested to the max.” (Fear is part of that inner guidance system I was talkin about) The Immigrant tried to move the body, but couldn’t budge it. So he hooked up his mule anddragged it off into the woods. “We can’t let this go” said Uncle Chuy “Ya’ll come give me ahand.” We went down carefully picked up the physical body and carried it over Kiamichimountain to the home place where Stands Back’s physical journey ended. His father lookedinto his face and displayed grief (an emotion) when he said in Choctaw “Stands BackKill.”We made our way back to the house where it happened to help with the guidance program ofthe Immigrant. Sure enough, he came back to the site where he left the body with anotherhuman and a shovel. When they found it gone he really freaked out. He displayed panic(another emotion) as he went back to the house. That night, Uncle Chuy ran up on the porchrattled the door knob, and disappeared into the woods. Solo took his turn by pecking on thewindow and making ugly faces in the glass. The immigrant came outside, fired a few shotsaround and went back inside. Hey-hey and Meme stood out in the woods and shoutedobscenities in our own language. After several nights of this harassment, the immigrant loadedup his wagon and headed out for an altered state.

“Boy, we really scared Him” Hey-Hey laughed as we watched the wagonwith spoke wheels go bumping down the road. “Nah” said uncle Chuy,“He’s just dealing with his own guilt. He’ll wave that filthy rag a longtime” (guilt, another emotion in our guidance system) We turned andstarted on towards home and I swear there was Stands back or at least itlooked like him out there on Little Horse Ridge. He took one step, turnedand looked back over his shoulder then like a grey ghost disappeared intothe woods. Strange, very strange indeed.


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“VISIT” Continued from Page 3 “Come on Doug,” I said after breakfast. “Let’s go exploring like we used to.” “Aw, that’s kid stuff,” he replied. “I don’t think so,” I said. “Daniel Boone and Davey Crockett and those guys weren’t kids.” “But there isn’t any wilderness like that any more.” “You come with me and I’ll show you some wilderness,” I said. Grudgingly he agreed to come. Mom said she’d pack us a lunch in case we didn’t get backbefore noon. I fixed a jug of water and we headed out. I knew where there were some very interesting spots to visit. I wanted to make a believer outof him. We started down a trail that went from the back of our place across some creeks and up to thetop of the mountain. We hadn’t gone very far when some briars caught the seat of his pants andpulled them down around his ankles. There he stood in his “bat-man boxers” trying to get the briarsloose and all the time getting even more tangled up. After a minute or two, I helped him get free. We hadn’t gone very far when the same thing happened again. I had known it would. When wegot him free that time I took a piece of hay string out of my pocket and said, “Here, tie this aroundyour waist and pull your pants up where they aught to be and that won’t happen any more. Hedidn’t even protest. We waded the creeks and were part way up the mountain when I remembered a cleft in therocks. “Come over here and look in there. You think it’s a cave or a snake pit?” “It looks like a cave to me,” he said. “Well, before we go in, lets toss in a couple of rocks and see what happens.” We each threw in a rock and the sound of rattles echoed out the cleft. “Hear that?” I asked.“That’s a rattle snake den. You wouldn’t want to go in there.” Doug turned white and said, “I thought that was just stuff out of the movies.” We got to the top of the mountain and found a little clearing where a few old graves were. Wetried to decipher the names and messages that had been chiseled in the old stones. Sometimes wecould read a date. The dates were back in the mid eighteen hundreds. Doug was really fascinatedand he looked at every stone. We went to the highest point of the clearing and ate our lunch. It wascold deer meat in biscuits left over from breakfast. Doug didn’t say a word, he just woofed themdown. We walked down the mountain to where the old reservoir was. I didn’t suggest we try to walkacross the dam. He didn’t either. We had a rock skipping contest. Then we started throwing insome big rocks just to see them splash. Doug had a big rock and was nearing the edge of the bank when he stepped on the cuff of hispants and fell in. He was floundering around in the water. He sure couldn’t swim in those pants. Iran to get a long stick for him to grab hold of, but when I turned around with it he was already onthe bank. “How’d you get out?” I asked. “I’m not sure,” he said. “It felt like something came up behind me and kind of tossed me ontothe shore,” he said. I told him that I thought I’d seen Big Foot there one day. He didn’t even question it, but said hewas ready to go back home. It was nearly supper time anyway so we headed out. When we came to the table, I could see that everyone noticed the hay string around the waist ofDoug’s damp pants, but no one said a word.

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