Martin Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Is bigfoot a creation of the Harrison Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce? http://furtradefamilyhistory.blogspot.com/2011/01/sasquatch-story.html This article was written by a historian not a footer of any fashion. Excerpt below: "Green's July 1, 1957 editorial complained that "Most of our readers will have noticed by this time that the Harrison Sasquatch Expedition (under Rene Dahinden) appears to exist only in the newspapers." The problem, Green explained, was that no one outside Harrison Hot Springs had contributed money to the fund, and if local business people wanted the publicity that this expedition would bring to their area, they would have to pay for it themselves. Finally, Harrison Hot Springs Council convinced itself of the marketing potential of the Sasquatch, and contributed $1,000 towards the Expedition's supposed expenses -- money which probably went toward erecting a welcome sign graced by an enormous neon Sasquatch on the outskirts of Harrison Hot Springs. Just as tourist season kicked off, Green reprinted an old story about a humming Sasquatch that attempted to hypnotize a local woman. He followed that story up with others, and the stories were more unbelievable every week. But other newspapers picked up the stories and the tourists flooded into Harrison Lake Hotsprings." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 http://bigfootforums.com/index.php/topic/40331-bauman-story/?hl=bauman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roguefooter Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) Green may have helped the tourism in that area but certainly didn't create anything. Harrison Hot Springs had been holding Sasquatch Days since the 30's- that was the big attraction. That celebration was based on the local Indians and they're legend of the wild man. Of course there are wild man stories that go back 100's of years so no, they didn't create anything. Edited July 26, 2015 by roguefooter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantor Posted July 26, 2015 Admin Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) These were all posted by Tirademan in the regular forum, thus I can re-post without violating the rules. The premium section has the entire collection of Tirademan's historical articles available. There are hundreds of them. Edited July 26, 2015 by gigantor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagniAesir Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 (edited) http://www.bigfootencounters.com/legends/jwburns.htm at the bottom of the article it talks about the 1929 article in Macleans magazine talking about sasquatch and JW Burns Another website http://www.sasquatchcanada.com/the-sasquatch-ldquoclassicsrdquo-gallery.html Edited July 26, 2015 by MagniAesir Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 These were all posted by Tirademan in the regular forum, thus I can re-post without violating the rules. The premium section has the entire collection of Tirademan's historical articles available. There are hundreds of them. Exactly. That is why it worked so well. Hairy Wildmen were already a big part of pop-culture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Either 1957 is the birth place of wild hairy men aka bigfoot? Or its not........ which is it? Or are you looking for the birth place of the term "bigfoot"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagniAesir Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Exactly. That is why it worked so well. Hairy Wildmen were already a big part of pop-culture.You obviously didn't look at either of the links that I postedMacleans magazine is a national magazine here in Canada and in 1929 they published a story by J.W. Burns, a government agent that worked with the Chehalis band Mr. Burns "invented" the term sasquatch when he misspelled/mispronounced the word that the Chehalis used And I agree with Norse 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunflower Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 I recall that a reporter was the one who coined the term "big foot" then it got shortened to "bigfoot" but please search the story for yourself. Wild man stories have been around for hundreds of years. Indians have had stories as well it's in their lore. Peace Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Posted July 26, 2015 Author Share Posted July 26, 2015 Sorry. Maybe the title was errant. Obviously not the birth of hairy wildman stories but the birth of the modern social construct of bigfoot. I read both of your posts and links. Both are appreciated but I haven't had time to address yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 post number 2, follow the link when you have a lot of time on your hands. this has been discussed in depth before. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MagniAesir Posted July 26, 2015 Share Posted July 26, 2015 Sorry. Maybe the title was errant. Obviously not the birth of hairy wildman stories but the birth of the modern social construct of bigfoot. I read both of your posts and links. Both are appreciated but I haven't had time to address yet. address whathere in British Columbia the "modern" concept of the sasquatch started with J.W. Burns There is no doubt that here in British Columbia, John Green probably did more to bring the stories of Sasquatch to the public then all the other early researchers (possibly all of them combined) If you are really interested in learning about the history of Sasquatch here in British Columbia (including Harrison lake) I suggest that you contact Thomas Steenburg ( sasquatch@telus.net ) as he probably knows this history as well as anyone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Holliday Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 the birth of the modern "social construct" was, imo, based on ......... 1........the old NA stories / legends / accounts ( that included at least a certain % of them that defied the norm ) and fascination in them...... combined with folks still reporting sightings , of course. and 2....greed. others figured out ways to cash in for $ and / or attention and then the curious and gullible helped fuel it. but the construct doesn't explain away all the folks still seeing something out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Walker Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 but the construct doesn't explain away all the folks still seeing something out there. People in Milwaukee have reported seeing a lion on the prowl in suburbia and the authorities are taking it seriously. Is it a large lion-like predator? Or is it a small lion-like predator (ie domestic house cat)? People trust their senses and tend to believe what they see but it is sometimes not as simple as seeing and reporting what was objectively there. In ambiguous situations we can be influenced by what we expect (or perhaps hope) to see: Cat found mauled - must have been the lion! Man sees lion then shoots it - oh, it was just someone's pet dog. People may be sincere when reporting unusual sightings but it doesn't mean they are at all objectively accurate. I'm not sure on exactly how or why people can mistake a house cat for a mountain lion but it does happen. Also see the case of the "Essex lion". Same thing applies to Bigfoot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) the tracks i saw were doing things no man could do. At some point size does become the issue. and unlike a fleeting glimpse? tracks dont lie, your not mistaking a cougar track with a house cat. Edited July 27, 2015 by norseman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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