I've decided God has hardwired my brain to believe in something so I have settled on Bigfoot. I am going to build a little shrine to him in my house and every night have a prayer vigil to the hairy one.
Bigfoot believers gather in Felton
By AUSTIN WALSH
Posted: 10/18/2009 01:30:50 AM PDT
At the third annual Bigfoot Discovery Day in Felton, Michael Rugg had no qualms about his voicing his confidence in Bigfoot's existence.
The founder and curator of the Bigfoot Discovery Museum in Felton organized the event Saturday, which about 100 people attended, in the museum and the town's community hall to spread the word about Bigfoot.
"Our mission at the museum is to educate the people that Bigfoot lives right here is these mountains," said Rugg, dressed in a brown T-shirts with the words "Bigfoot is real" boldly printed across his chest.
Rugg brought Bigfoot educators and enthusiasts to Felton to share stories and evidence in an attempt to show the creature is mythical.
Bigfoot enthusiast Kathy Strain shared her research examining Bigfoot's existence through the perspective of California's native tribes. Strain says there are many similar stories about the creature from tribes across the state which did not communicate with one another, and the widespread commonalities in these tales indicate Bigfoot is real.
Other materials on display at the show meant to prove Bigfoot's existence were video, audio recordings of a whistle-like call and a tooth recovered that is said to belong to the beast.
Linguist Scott Nelson presented his research which he says indicates that Bigfoot not only exists, but has a language similar to humans.
"We have verified that these creatures use language by the human definition of
it," said Nelson. "With the recognition and acceptance that these creatures do indeed speak and understand a complex language, a greater effort will be made to collect voice recordings and our analysis of the language will improve."
Dave Paulides, author of two books on Bigfoot, spoke to the crowd about his work in exploring Bigfoot's history.
Paulides' books were responsible for converting Jay Bietz from Bigfoot agnostic to believer.
"All the stories about Bigfoot are so similar," said Bietz. "And to simply believe that the tens of thousands of people who say they have seen it are complete liars is insane."
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