Bigfoot, Part 1 - Mythillogical Podcast

What’s that sound coming from the trees? Today, Charles and Crofty travel the forests and mountains of North America, hot on the trail of the elusive Sasquatch, following it from Native American legend to the mysterious Bigfoot of the 20th century.

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[TheHistocrat]

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[jeremysmith]

The best part of "Bigfoot part 1" is knowing we are going to get blessed with a part 2 at the very least, but hopefully a 26 episode series of Bigfeets in myth providing 3 full days and nights of hairy man ape action.

[JLB]

I grew up in the mountains and was terrified of this dude when I was a kid. He was my boogeyman. Now I listen to his story while I drift to sleep. Love it!

[wubbazugg]

I live in the pacific northwest, and listening to the pronunciations of local and native names has been hilarious.

[TheHistocrat]

A minor correction some people have point out, Loren Coleman is a man not a woman. Apologies for the mistake folks, Coleman comes up in part 2 so we will make sure to correct this then.

[maybecole]

Don't forget Leif Erikkson's account of running into large hairy people when they hit the shores of North America about 400 years earlier than Columbus.

[RowieSundog]

I don't find it odd that people wait until the topic is in the news to share; imagine if you saw Sasquatch but you're worried people will call you crazy, you're gonna keep it to yourself, but there's then the same topic in the news, you'd feel like you're in good company and feel safe to share

[UATU.]

I almost left when I realized there were two presenters. I avoid those because it feels like being trapped in an elevator with two over talkative obnoxious strangers. You guys are actually soothing, and I appreciate your scientific presentations.

[peteralbert]

If you read the Ostman account more carefully, you'll see he does say he was kept as a prisoner by the father and that when he tried to escape through the one opening in this enclosure, he was blocked and not allowed to leave. Ostman describes how he deliberately played up the joy of chewing his snuff to get the father to gulp it down, and then used the disorientation and distraction of the father's plight to escape.

[doublestarships]

These long episodes are a treat and I love the extra content. It's just simply more enjoyable this way.

[christosvoskresye]

I was really hoping you would get into the comparative mythology of Bigfoot. Basically, EVERY culture is almost certain to have stories about creatures that are somehow halfway between humans and wild animals -- and also stories about creatures that are halfway between humans and birds, between humans and fish, and between humans and gods, just like every culture is almost certain to have ghost stories and stories about magic.

[ambassadorcartwright]

“And who would that creature be Charles?”
“Exactly.”
😂

[hadtheschlad]

'Skeptics' in the woods are rarer than Bigfoot! Haha

[DarthMatusHolocron]

You guys should do an episode just on Native American mythology and legends that would be dope, especially with your thoroughness in research

[arthurbach]

Me and my friend were going to work in 1988 Central Florida and four of them crossed the road right in front of the vehicle there was one Large male he was over 7 half feet the other three possibly female possibly male I saw them walk in front but I got a good look at the big guy gigantic jaw not barrel chested but not super muscular kind of lanky maybe 500 to 600 lb I am no anthropologist or scientist but the closest I can find in the fossil record is dryopithecus .later that day on the return trip home we stopped at the same location and I found where they came out of a ditch way. I have traveled extensively in my life been to all the lower 48 states and Alaska Northern caribou in Canada and I've never seen anything like it since then or after.

[brianhayworth]

There have been bigfoot sightings here in Tennessee and in North Carolina (Apalachian Mountains) also, which is farther east than Arkansas, just saying.

[all-in-eye]

This was Nice guys, thanks, it took me through a 30 mile bike ride, the woods in southern France don't even have regularfoot but it was good to fill them with your story accounts.

[davidpepin]

My family has had multiple encounters at our camp in the middle of Michigan's Upper Peninsula. A couple of sightings, a footprint, a couple of trees snapped at a very high points making an X and a handful of screams have been witnessed by my family in the last 15 years or so.

[dinosaurkingcoal]

Fun fact, in washington state it is illegal to kill bigfoot!

[BlueOtterTradingCo.]

Hello. I have grown up in the North West. I grew up hunting and camping. I have been a wilderness survivalist for over 20 years. I spend as much time as I can in the woods. I sleep on a cot and under a tarp. all year. sun, sideways rain and the snow. I am 50 years old. I have one story. late one night. I woke to what is called Samurai speak. I had my pistol in my hand and heard it for just a few seconds. That is not proff but made me think maybe. 35 years of wilderness experience in the deep woods. My uncle was with me at the time. He's a prolific hunter and he also heard it. He is a bigfoot believer and was excited as hell. The next morning we looked for tracks and found nothing. So take it as you will. That is my story. I know animal sounds and never heard anything like that. Thanks for your show it was fun.