Guest Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I just joined the forum to comment on this subject. I live in New Jersey and have managed to find or collect a number of different encounter stories from some of the more populated areas of the state. As others have suggested, it looks like most are just passing through, but its bewildering a lot of the time trying to figure out where they are passing through from and to. The most urban setting that had what sounded like bigfoot activity was in Jersey city around 2000. The Weird NJ article that described the activity could have been a one off letter from a nut, however, someone else wrote into the Magazine about a year later describing seeing something strange in the same general area. It's certainly possible two people decided to make up stories for the magazine, but the context of the articles didn't really suggest they were written just for fun. In any event there are other stories that are within 20 miles of Jersey City so maybe one has occasionally wandered into the area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 SOME of the best reports come from wildlife corridors that other species utilize. Some of those go through or on the edges of some cities. So black bear, cougar, elk, bobcat, and wolves have all been documented to occur not far from big cities or on the outskirts of them. In addition, raccoon, opossum, skunks and fox regularly den around buildings.. in some cases to stay away from some of these predators.. so in my humble opinion.. after dark.. when people are sleeping .. or maybe sleepy and full of spirits.... its interesting to see the wide open spaces in the dark that could be explored.. where things go bump in the night.. Some cities I have heard or read about that had activity: Columbus OH, Cincinnatti OH, Detroit MI, Minneapolis MN, Denver CO, Chicago IL, Miami FLA, St LOUIS, MO and many more. Are these accurate reports? Some are backed up by private or public footprint work.. so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest wudewasa Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Finding Bigfoot- Suburban Sasquatches The team travels to a secret location where endless strip malls, fast food establishments and big box stores populate the ever sprawling landscape, complete with the obligatory SUV or sports car that is driven by an indignant, entitled person of privilege. The team holds a town hall meeting to collect accounts, and are met with a gaggle of yuppies that have been severely inconvenienced by the purported presence of bigfoots in their midst. One irate soccer mom recounts how a bigfoot ran onto a field where her son was playing a game and stole his soccer ball just when he was about score. An upset, upwardly mobile gentleman describes hitting a squatch while driving his hummer, and the creature ran off without exchanging insurance information. An adolescent boy tells a sad tale of playing "Skyrim- The Elder Scrolls" and glimpsing a bigfoot looking at him through a window, causing the poor teenager to become distracted and his "dark orc mage thief" character to die. While the rest of the team investigates these purported encounters, Bobo sallies forth to explore the wastleland that is suburbia. He camps out in a park with a lake, hoping to catch a glimpse of a squatch coming by for a nocturnal drink. The police show up and arrest Bobo for vagrancy. Cliff and Ranae rush to bail Bobo out of jail. Meanwhile, MM interviews all three of the witnesses, who demand that he rid their territory of these problematic creatures for free, because their opinions are correct and better than everyone else. MM has a meltdown, saying that he has been doing this for a long time, and that he's the leader. Disgusted, the team reconvenes and decides to leave this area, postulating that a sasquatch would never frequent such a wretched place. Edited July 25, 2012 by wudewasa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Sharon Lee did a investigation at a suburban Applebees parking lot. Perhaps someone should ask her opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDL Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Well, Since there are no deer in suburbia, no gardens, no restuarant garbage bins, no food sources whatsoever, and since there are no trees, and since there's no one walking around furtively in dark-colored hoodies, and since all of this stuff isn't avaliable in suburbia in the winter months when its hard to find food in the woods..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VioletX Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Thanks for everyone's replies Suburbia is a perfect place for Sasquatch after all the new seekers starts hootin' and hollerin' and encroaching on their land in the wilds, no one will expect them to be lurking in the cul de sac. Edited July 25, 2012 by VioletX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salubrious Posted July 25, 2012 Moderator Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Well, Since there are no deer in suburbia, no gardens, no restuarant garbage bins, no food sources whatsoever, and since there are no trees, and since there's no one walking around furtively in dark-colored hoodies, and since all of this stuff isn't avaliable in suburbia in the winter months when its hard to find food in the woods..... Huh?? I saw a dead deer on the freeway where hiway 280 and I-94 meet, less than a mile from the border between St. Paul and Minneapolis. I've seen deer a block from my house, a fox a block from my Mom's house, a bear was spotted (and killed by the police) that had been in my girlfriend's backyard... she is in St. Paul a mile south of I-94... This is just my own personal experience. There are a number of BF sightings *within* the Mpls/St. Paul suburban area, one is on FB/FB (with video) and other is on the BFRO. Edit: I just realized there could be a tongue in cheek aspect to JDL's post.... Edited July 25, 2012 by salubrious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 There are tons of trash bins in suburbia, including restaurants, nursing homes, schools. And gardens, parks, creeks, lakes, what have you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VioletX Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I am pretty sure JDL was being ironic ;} Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Taking out the trash... I personally haven't met the Big Red Eye... (yet).. but my friend's brother, who lives in Paddington Square, apparently saw it in the middle of the night about 2 years ago when he went to go take out the trash; he heard a weird noise, looked to the side and the thing was just standing there, staring. He claimed it true that it had red eyes and it was at least 6 ft tall. http://theweirdusmessageboard.yuku.com/topic/3000#.UBBP3GFbe8A There are three reports from separate people in Weird NJ about encounters in Paddington Square (a condo complex), which is in Mahwah near the NY border. There is also a fourth about a mile and half a way. When you look at Paddington Square on google maps its hard to see where one could have come from, but there is at least one corridor of forest area that might offer concealment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toejam Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Regarding the truth about their proximity. All I have to say is truth is sometimes stranger than fiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) <em>I am pretty sure JDL was being ironic ;}</em> OH.; <img src="http://bigfootforums.com/public/style_emoticons/default/blush.png">; Sorry. They are not invisible, in my opinion.; Here is how they hide, I think.;<strong> Just IMO.</strong> Put your head down so they see the top of your head, hug; your ankles, and freeze in sitting position--you’re a tree stump. Kneel, crouch down low on all fours, tuck your head down so you’re looking at your knees, freeze--you’re a boulder. Stand still, put your head down so they see the top of your head and not a face or eyes, and just freeze.; You can be close enough to touch them and they still cant see you!; Please do not take their hat off of their head and throw it, not even once.;; Dig; or scoop a shallow hole almost as long as you are tall, and about half as deep, and lie in it.; Sprinkle local debris on yourself, and freeze.; Now, you’re part of the ground.; This is very easy to do in forest duff. Find a boulder or log.; Right beside it, dig or scoop a hole almost as deep as you are tall when sitting or kneeling.; Throw the dug-out dirt or leaf litter in all directions, as far as you can throw it, because you cant have; that giving away your location.; Fill the hole with leaves, etc. ; Sit or kneel in the hole and then cover yourself up to the eyeballs with the leaves.; ; Now, you’re part of the ground.; You put your hiding spot next to a boulder or log in the hope that no one walks by and kicks you in the head. Lie down right up against a fallen log and freeze.; You are now part of the log.; Stick your arm up in the air like a branch if you are feeling puckish. Stand behind a bush, tree trunk, or boulder, etc; Okay to peek. Stand in front of a bush, tree trunk, or boulder, etc. and freeze.; Can you believe they still cannot even see you???;; How do they do that?; Is it a paranormal thing? Stand inside a bush. Sit or lie underneath a bush. Find a naturally shadowy spot and go sit or stand there. Climb a tree and lie still along a branch. Climb a tree and stand on a branch behind or in front of the main trunk . Climb a tree and weave a screen of branches to hide a spot where you can rest comfortably. Lie in the shadow of an object, try to conform your shape to its shape, and freeze.; You’re a shadow. Sit with your back against a tree trunk, splay your legs, and you’re part of the; trunk, legs are roots. Lie flat and freeze. In water, go to edge of water and stick up your head enough that you can breathe, with head right up against the bank. Or stay under and swim away or hold your breath. Invisible sneaking:; Lie on ground and slink carefully, as low to the ground as you can get. Dodge from tree to tree in woods. Edited July 25, 2012 by Kings Canyon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VioletX Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 (edited) Kings Canyon, those camouflage ideas sound plausible. Has anyone had the feeling you were being watched associated with a Big Foot sighting or encounter? It would make sense in a suburban setting that we would need to be very observant and trust any instinctive feelings or signs that a Bigfoot is hidden and watching. Edited July 25, 2012 by VioletX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I read a story many years ago (circ. 1978?) in a local Chicago newspaper... it very well could have been the Tribune. I remember it because it was one the stories that first got me interested in Sasquatch because it was near where I lived. Two men golfing at the Medinah Country Club reported a Bigfoot sighting in the daytime. Yes, very hard to believe such a story but almost along the lines so unlikely they could not have made it up. If I recall correctly they said it jumped a fence like it was nothing and were adamant about what they saw. Although a little more rural back in the 70's, the area around Medinah CC was very much in the middle of suburbia, and certainly not Bigfoot country. I also saw ajciani's posting from reports in the same area. Hey, I just Googled it and I do see other references to that sighting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Also lots of cameras in suburbia...street cams, webcams, security cams...and people with guns, and dogs to wake these people up. It just isn't happening, otherwise there would be as much evidence as there is of porcupines or raccoons ripping it up at night. Even the coyotes can't make it through my neighborhood without being noticed, and I'm not talking about the missing cat posters at the mailboxes either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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