Hale County, Al Sheriff's Office Searching For Possible Gorilla

[Guest]

There aren't any wildlife reserves that have gorillas close by, Hale County is also part of the Talladega National Forest. Maybe some of the Alabama folks can check it out or find out some more details for us.

Branco did in post number 5...lol!

[Guest]

Sighting was 7:30 pm. Gorillas are not nocturnal and since the time change had not happened yet, it was certainly dark out. My best guess, certainly not a gorilla!

[Branco]

Grayjay: Don't think very many folks here even know there are (at least) two types of Boogers; so what I posted ain't gonna mean much. You have probably already done so, but if not, look at the photos at the end of the "Black Thing" report on Mike's site. At least YOU will know what their foot prints look like. The Black Warrior river runs through Dale County. A lot of reports from over the lenght of the river. As a note about another post; some of the best information, reports, evidence seen and personal interviews have been obtained through help from MANY African Americans who know about both types of these creatures. Their children may not.

[Cotter]

@Branco, I don't suppose you could expand a bit on your knowledge of the different types of BF in North America? When you say there are at least 2 types, is one of the types the 'dog faced' type BF that people sometimes report?

To not hi-jack the thread, you could PM if you like. I've got some folks down south that have some pretty interesting takes on the different varities of BF out there, their behavior, and how they are being 'addressed'.

Thanks Branco.

[Guest Thepattywagon]

I think it's that escaped gorilla named "Arnold" from the local carnival in Williamport, Pa. in 1920 ......

hmmmm.... that would be one old ape.....

As in a petrified Wood Ape!

[Guest Jodie]

Branco did in post number 5...lol!

No about this particular sighting, gigantor did it already.

I stand corrected Bronco, the community I lived in never spoke about them, or ever indicated they were interested in the topic.

[Guest Jodie]

Well now they are talking about three gorillas?? Here is a you tube spoof on it.

[Guest tirademan]

The family just took awhile to get there from Calhoun county!

tirademan

Edited March 13, 2012 by tirademan

[gigantor]

I'm glad you're back tirademan... your archive is awesome!

[bipedalist]

...Footprints look somewhat like a cross between a orangutan's and a baboon's. Several in that general area.

I noticed one or two out of the six or so seemed to have that "banana foot" appearance to them that has so often been described and documented occasionally as well. What do you make of that? Are they four, five or six toe prints...... hard to make something out of all of them? Do you think this is an instance of them purposefully walking on the outside of the foot to reduce impact on soil and duff?

Edited March 14, 2012 by bipedalist

[Branco]

Cotter: I'll be happy to PM you. If I don't the thread will surely be derailed.

[Branco]

Jodie:

It took me a few months down in some rural black settlements in south Arkansas and south Alabama (where I knew there were BF foraging nearby) to gain the trust of those folks and assure them I was not there to make light or fun about what I suspected they knew. When it happened, the flood gate opened in black settlements in several nearby counties. You are right; they do not generally talk about the subject to outsiders. But they sure know a lot about them (both the Black type and the "Reds), and they sure like to talk about them among themselves. I was lucky enough to be included in many discussions, and received many encounter reports from them. Most witnesses went into the field with me to the encounter locations, but some witnesses were too old to go, and had family members take me to the sites.

I didn't mean to offend you are your opinions; I just felt obligated to post my experiences with Southern Black folks because of the way they treated me as a kid and as a crazy old Bigfoot "hunter". It was a ton of fun!

[Guest Jodie]

Well I guess it is kind of hard to bring up the subject of bigfoot when you are doing a PAP smear on someone, time and place matter.

[Branco]

Do you think this is an instance of them purposefully walking on the outside of the foot to reduce impact on soil and duff?

One of the animals was the injuried or deformed Black one which was described in the reports. Those narrow, elongated tracks with the toe off to the side were made by other Black ones. To complicate the issue, there were "Reds" in the group and theirs are more human-like, but somewhat atypical. There is a very distinct possibility that the "deformed" Black female was a result of cross-breeding between a "Red" and a "Black". I should point out that there were many more imprints in that sandy soil than those included in the report I wrote. I tried to show the variations in the impressions at the site. As noted in the report the witnesses also cast many of the tracks after the photos were made. Unfortunately, two "Bigfoot Investigators" from B'ham, and from an unknown "research group", stole the casts by telling the owners they would be returned to them later after they examined them closely.

Most of the foot surface of the "Blacks" are pretty well shown in the photos. They are just very much different than those of the big Reds that most people talk about.

[Guest]

Yeah you don't want to say, "that looks squatchy" at the wrong time.