While reading recent reports on one of the two major report sites (I forget which), I saw yet another account of a SQ fiddling with a doorknob. Now, that's the stuff goosebumps be made of, I say. Oh yeah.

Also, some of those incidents involved SQ opening a screen door before jiggling the doorknob on the main door, then the screen door smacking shut upon departure.

A couple of things I find interesting: I don't know a lot about the SQ hand, but I think I remember reading reports of an opposable thumb, and it stands to reason that this animal can really put out the grip n' torque. I wonder why I've never read of a doorknob being damaged, because I've killed a couple of knobs with my manly grip. Hell, I can't open my front door at this moment because I murdered the knob.

And jeeeez....forget the knob - I have no problem imagining the whole freakin' door flying off the frame like the DEA had come to say hello, smacking the urinating occupant in the head, and congradulations: SQ is in 'da house.

But that stuff never seems to happen, and I wonder why. I've read a couple accounts of porch damage, one strange one where a little home out in the boonies got penetrated and trashed while nobody was home, and one great, chilling report about someone finding an old shack that had the rotten floor ripped out and the appearance (and smell) that something unusual had been spending time there.

One of the recent reports I remember involved people staying in a house that had not been finished yet, and there was plastic sheeting on a big window on the porch. I believe a SQ is suspected of moving onto the porch, fiddling with the door, and leaving excellent tracks in the snow which were found the next morning.

This led me to consider the structure under construction angle. I'm of the opinion that a SQ would be fascinated by such a thing. The construction noise and activity would alert them and likely interest them. Hey, they even seem to build things out of wood themselves, and a massive, unnatural structure gradually taking form in the wilderness. Workers following a regular schedule, there and gone in a quickly predictable, solar-based pattern of behavior, leaving the darkness for SQ to rule, should equal lots of 2AM visits. It's likely that the SQ that visited the abovementioned house had been there before, maybe many times, and was dismayed to show up one day to find the entrances blocked.

In light of that, I think I remember reading a few reports involving people who went to construction sites during "off hours" and having some sort of SQ encounter. Also some accounts of equipment being disturbed. It makes perfect sense to me. The mountain cabin the researchers were using in Bigfootville would have been a stellar place to put some cameras as it was being built.

The hypothesis would seem to be, based on what I've read and some old-fashioned deduction, that SQ is curious and drawn to buildings, and likely makes incursions within if it is easy and safe. The animal is too cautious to take a lot of chances to satisfy that curiousity, and that's why it does not bust into the house like Fred and Ethel Murtz.

I bet at least one reported burglary/vandalism incident, somewhere, was the work of SQ and none of the parties involved considered that as a possibility.

Does anyone know of any reports where the door was actually OPENED while people were in the building? This could be a pretty good discussion, and anything remotely related to this is most welcome in my lil' ol' thread.

Lastly, I'd like to use this thread as a depository for links to reports that satisfy the subject matter. For the next umpteen years, whenever I run across a doorknob, etc. report, I'll throw a link into the thread. Feel free to do the same. I'd like to get some enduring threads that collect reports into themes on here. There are so many reports on so many sites that it all becomes a blur.

OK, enough babbling on that. Good day, all.

cool ideas.

I just finished reading trough all the Washinton state and BC reports on the BFRO website, and there were some reports there about Sas wandering across porches and rocking trailer homes. They certainly seem to like peering in windows of unsuspecting occupants in the middle of the night!

And I had a similar thought - these things seem to be able to knock down large trees with ease; what's to stop them from crashing right through the wall of a house if they want to?

I'm sure they would have had no problem getting through the walls of the cabin we used to have in Ontario. Glad I didn't know there were sightings there when I was a kid!

-Ray

I read a report here in Arkansas about a guy (or gal) who followed a gametrail to discover it led to a small clearing with a very old abandoned shack. Inside the floor had fallen in or had been broken in and leaves and such had been brought in and a nice cozy bed had been made in it. Strange....

They do seem to be curious about homes. They have been known also to bang on the walls, I wonder sometimes if that isn't to get you stirring inside the home so they can see you or to see if anyone is even home. Though I'd suspect they would know if someone was.

Never read any accounts of them turning doorknobs. Have heard a couple where they stuck their hand through a window screen, however.

imho it seems if they were vicious I think we would know it. This dainty doorknob thing is hilarious. If they wanted to they could walk through the door or wall. Back to Monk's original thoughts... its only a matter of time or it only takes once, etc. But look at the patterns of reports. Doorknobs just figure in. They are shiny. Seems like a gentle big ape to me. Sure, say that when you are running and they are screaming and lobbing rocks at you. I know I know.

Shiney things, ... Yuppers

The Big Guys are just curious about us (humans), they like us, and they see us doing things, so when alls quiet, they sneak in and try to do it too !!! Monkey see, monkey do.

Doors, doorknobs (huhuhuh he said .. knob), barn doors, shed doors, car doors, truck doors , but not The Doors ( at least i havent heard a deep voice in the middle of the night in the woods doing a karaoke version of "LA Woman" , have you?).

Curious big buggers .... harmful ? I doubt it.

Mr. Mojo risin' -could be a Sassie name?

Why would a sasquatch bother with a doorknob ?

that said, if my sheepdog can open a door, then sasquatch shouldn't have a problem.

uhm .. not so sure i want to see his mojo risin ' ....

Hey Monkey Man

The following is a report listed on the GCBRO board for Oklahoma, Carter county. I grew up in Carter county and I must add that I never heard of this incident. So take it for what you may.

Pegleg

REPORT RECEIVED: From the GCBRO Online Reports Submission Form
DATE: 10-13-83

TIME: 9:30 pm

LOCATION: Wilson Oklahoma, Carter County
Hiway 70 A one mile south of Wilson City Park, Dimmijon Creek
and Hiway 70 A

TERRAIN: Wooded

Observed: MoMo coming through a door he just ripped off it's hinges. Loud roaring and thumping on back outside wall of house. Parents watching television, children in bed.

The father in this report was a friend of mine even though he was and is sort of a bad apple. Would prefer to keep his name private. He's currently in prison and his family probably doesn't need the attention. However, the report should be made public due to it's potential to get others aside from me to bring out some more info. The father is an avid hunter and probably angered bigfoot hence bigfoot came to his home [which was isolated] and went around the house knocking out windows and beating on the walls. The father got down his 12 guage and fired a shot through the kitchen window at a shadow as it moved toward the back door. A loud yowl was let out, leading the father to believe he had hit the bigfoot. Shortly thereafter the screen door and door to the back porch were torn off their hinges. The father knocked over the refrigerator and lodged it against a substantial back door. He heard the creature trying to
tear the back door off it's hinges as he was getting his family to the pickup truck.

The father ran back into the house to retrieve his shotgun and left it due to the bigfoot being half way in the kitchen [he tore the door in half length ways, the door had steel panels.] The family made it into town and called the Police Department. I and three of my deputies went back out to the house to investigate the report shortly after the
father called in the report.

I had known the father for a long time, and even though he was known to throw a punch every now and then he was no liar. What my deputies and I found was a house that was so damaged that it looked like a twister had gone through part of it. Every wall in the house had been demolished, the kitchen and bathroom facilities torn out, and the only
reason I could figure the bigfoot didn't completely destroy the house was that there was evidence that it had probably nearly electrocuted itself by biting the back of the television.

The fathers shotgun was an 870 Remington and it looked like a pretzel instead of a firearm. The next morning we went back out there and the place looked even worse in the daylight. The family moved in with there parents for awhile after
that. They never returned to the house and later burned it down.

Hair samples was gathered at the scene and was sent off for analysis. They could not be identified as belonging to any known animal or human. They are still in the evidence room at the Police Station but due to me not being able to get along with the Chief of Police there now, there is no way I can get any samples of them. There is many more reports of MoMo or the Muddy Creek Monster from this area as well. This is one mean creature, that has a nasty reputation with the local folks.


Activities of Witness: Parents watching television, children in bed.

Description of Creature:

Other Notes:

Other Other Notes:

I'm sorry, but this doesn't read as authentic to me. Witness now in prison, house now burned down, hair samples now unavailable. Where have I heard this kind of thing before?

-Ray

Suscinctly put Ray....

If it comes from GCBRO you just have to expect this sort of thing. I personally dont even bother reading any of their reports because at best they are not investigated at all and at worst they are pure fabrications intended to entertain and promote the GCBRO membership scam (paying members get to read reports first).

As far as I am concerned any report from the GCBRO database is suspect.

Ok, sounds reasonable to me. Like a little kid playing witha Christmas tree ornament? Playing with the shiney little ball? Just jiggle it around a couple times and it pop's open? Think that big ape couldn't figure that out? Sure he could break the door down. Course he doesn't know what the hell a door is? He's not expecting it to open???

There's lots of animals that can figure out how to open a door. Like Paul in the UK said. His dog can do it? I actually had a cat that could. I live in an apartment above my business. The whole biulding is steel security doors. I have one door that goes down to the office spaces below.

It's not like there was any security issue. They'd need a six foot crowbar to get through them things. I kept noticing the door to the downstairs was left open? So I started locKing it. It was still open. I thought I was starting to lose it. I mean this door was locked. If I forgot and locked it up I had to go downstairs, out one of the security doors, and walk around to the other side of the building to get in.

I was sitting there one night at about 4 in the morning. I kept hearing this thumping noise. I finnaly looked out the door and there was my little cat. He weighed all of about 5 pounds. I always thought he was kinda retarded? He was sitting there beating his head against the door. He just kept bumping the bottom of it. And about the 10th bump the door popped right open. I just had to satisfy my curiousity. So I pulled it shut and locked it. I damn near beat that door to death. I had to go down and around to get back through it. Bit that itty bitty cat figured it out????

So I guess what I'm trying to say that an animal playing with a doorknob is kinda standard stuff? It's shiney and pretty. But for an animal to learn that knob opens a door would be pretty special. But a stupid cat can figure that out. To him it's just another playground on the other side. And that's what it would be to that big animal too. And I think if they grabbed that pretty little shiney knob and the door popped open it wouldn't be that much of a stretch for them to figure it out. Guess it would be easier for them to break out the doors and windows, Course I guess you'd have to presuppose that they were smart enough to know what doors and windows are huh? Isn't that kinda scarey???????

In a Country & Western song, maybe?

I may write a country western song about the retarded cat who could open locked doors. I think is would be a hit!!

Hey now LeeLoo. He wasn't retarded. He was just a touch slow

... bumped his head against a doorknob a few too many times

har har har. That does kinda look like the little retarded cat. He was orange, but his head was kinda flat like that

I get the giggles when I read what you guys write.
"I searched the werld over and I thought I found true love but you were another and
pphhhhhttttt you was gone. You were in prison after the house burned and the cat's head went flat and da hair samples were still awwwwll gone.
They said it was a tall one and that he liked door knobs and banging on house doors was the thing
It wan't I didn't believe yas but Man you know its hard to but when I seen the footprints then SCHWING I was gone... that didnt rhyme so good

Forgive me if you have heard this joke before


Q: what happens when you play a Country & Western song backwards?



A: you get your car back, your wife back, your house back, your dog back and your job back !

Forget about writing a song ....

I think you should write a book instead!

Fifty Years with Blackie - The Retarded Cat Cronicles

And we could take pictures of Blackies poop in your barn after he opened the locked door to get in there ...

And we could take more pictures of your best china out in the yard because Blackie opened the locked door to your kitchen and took the china out there ...

And we could take pictures of your daughter after .... er ... well nevermind I think this is just getting too silly to keep going with it ....

Too bad someone else didn't have that same thought while there was still time!

ROFL!!!!!

No kidding!

BAAAAA-HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!