The Essential Guide to Bigfoot by Ken Gerhard

Author:Ken Gerhard [Gerhard, Ken]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780578568713
Amazon: B07Y4MXWS3
Goodreads: 52685856
Publisher: Crypto Excursions
Published: 2019-09-19T05:00:00+00:00

Example of a fake Bigfoot print (Public Domain)

Hoaxing

Since the late 1950s, there have been and still are bogus Bigfoot “investigators” who attempt to make money by fabricating evidence that can be peddled to gullible sponsors, media outlets, and the public at large. With the explosion of the internet in recent years, this dynamic has shifted a bit, and the new currency is now online traffic. Hoaxed photos and videos that claim to show Bigfoot rule the day, since it’s a sure way to get thousands of hits on a web page. In my opinion, 99 percent of the alleged Sasquatch pictures floating around online are obvious fakes. And clearly, with photo-editing software it’s easier than ever to fabricate an intriguing image. Still, people send me links to alleged Bigfoot photos and videos on a daily basis, asking for my opinion.

I will abstain from mentioning the names or too many specifics with regard to any of the well-known hoaxers, as the only thing they relish as much as money is publicity. But as with the real investigators, there have been a few generations of them now, and they seem to have all graduated from the same university. Faked Bigfoot prints are manufactured by attaching huge wooden feet to the bottoms of shoes and stomping around in the ground. These cookie-cutter forgeries are easily spotted by an experienced researcher. Another popular ruse used by hoaxers is to manufacture hair, body parts, or entire corpses, or even claims of such items being kept in a secret location. These are always found to be fabricated gaffs, but only after the patsy is taken for a ride. Hoaxers whom I’ve had personal interactions with have come off as borderline sociopaths. Most people will not be able to relate to this concept, but according to Dr. John Tennison, some people experience an intense sense of pleasure when they engage in deception: their brains are wired in a way that they actually experience a euphoric endorphin release, a “thrill,” when they lie. It becomes a game to them. As disheartening as that sounds, the situation at least underscores one of the many challenges facing the serious investigator.

There have been allegations that some rural Bigfoot/monster legends are hoaxes invented for despicable reasons, essentially racism. According to some historians, these stories are intended to be scare tactics, intended to discourage some ethnicities from moving into specific areas. It wouldn’t be the first time that fear of a monster was used to influence or control people. While investigating a famous eighteenth-century French werewolf known as the Beast of Gévaudan, I learned that the monarchy of the time, and perhaps even the Roman Catholic Church, likely stoked fears among the populace as a form of dominance.

Hoaxing can be dangerous. Tragically, in 2012 a Montana man who was dressed in a shaggy ghillie suit and attempting to hoax a Bigfoot sighting was accidentally struck by two different cars and killed.

There seems to be a phenomenon where investigators who discover or come in

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