Just wondering if anyone has done any of the following in an area suspected of having permanent Bigfoot habitation.
1. Going to homes either bordering state, federal or forest land, or in very rural areas and inquiring if they have heard or seen anything out of the ordinary.
2. Blitzing a postal zip code of a small rural area with a one page informational paper asking people to respond if they have heard of seen what they thought was a Bigfoot.
3. Advertising in the local small town paper and querying for the same information.
I have checked into the latter two, while they cost a small fee, I didn't know if anyone had tryed this before.
Dinosaurman
Full Version: Advertising for Activity
1. Yes to a certain extent. I've found that talking to a person in a reported sighting area, and letting them spread the word on how to get in touch with you works wonders. I've gotten some things just by being available.
2. I've never tried it, but have given it a lot of thought. I can't see why it wouldn't work.
3. I have the ad typed up, just trying to find the time to take it to the paper.
I don't know about an area suspected of having "permanent Bigfoot habitation". I tend to lean toward the belief that these animals migrate. I base that belief on sighting reports, etc. that I'm keeping a sort of data base on which shows that they are only seen in this area at a certain time of year.
Now if I could just figure out what route they travel, I could talk to people along their route. That's the tough part.
2. I've never tried it, but have given it a lot of thought. I can't see why it wouldn't work.
3. I have the ad typed up, just trying to find the time to take it to the paper.
I don't know about an area suspected of having "permanent Bigfoot habitation". I tend to lean toward the belief that these animals migrate. I base that belief on sighting reports, etc. that I'm keeping a sort of data base on which shows that they are only seen in this area at a certain time of year.
Now if I could just figure out what route they travel, I could talk to people along their route. That's the tough part.
I agree Jay with the migration/permanent habitation. I put that so people didn't think I was planning on advertising in the Dallas Star or the such. I agree if we can just discover their secret routes, we'd be one step closer.
J.C.
J.C.
I once worked on an advertising campaign to advertise for sightings concerning another cryptozoology creature, that was unfortunatly still-born. 
But I see no problem trying the ideas expressed above. However do prepare yourself for a lot of hoaxes, as public appeals brings out the creatures of the swamp 
and I'm not talking about Bigfoot.
But this is something that a funded organization might be willing to try after an outbreak of sightings. When people may be more willing to talk, but might not know who to contact. Just be prepared to spend a lot of time wading thru the hoaxes.
But I see no problem trying the ideas expressed above. However do prepare yourself for a lot of hoaxes, as public appeals brings out the creatures of the swamp and I'm not talking about Bigfoot. But this is something that a funded organization might be willing to try after an outbreak of sightings. When people may be more willing to talk, but might not know who to contact. Just be prepared to spend a lot of time wading thru the hoaxes.
QUOTE(dinosaurman @ Jun 13 2005, 08:42 PM)
Just wondering if anyone has done any of the following in an area suspected of having permanent Bigfoot habitation.
1. Going to homes either bordering state, federal or forest land, or in very rural areas and inquiring if they have heard or seen anything out of the ordinary.
2. Blitzing a postal zip code of a small rural area with a one page informational paper asking people to respond if they have heard of seen what they thought was a Bigfoot.
3. Advertising in the local small town paper and querying for the same information.
I have checked into the latter two, while they cost a small fee, I didn't know if anyone had tryed this before.
Dinosaurman
1. Going to homes either bordering state, federal or forest land, or in very rural areas and inquiring if they have heard or seen anything out of the ordinary.
2. Blitzing a postal zip code of a small rural area with a one page informational paper asking people to respond if they have heard of seen what they thought was a Bigfoot.
3. Advertising in the local small town paper and querying for the same information.
I have checked into the latter two, while they cost a small fee, I didn't know if anyone had tryed this before.
Dinosaurman
Dinosaurman,
I've actually tried the newspaper approach. I did get some responses but none really panned out. I've never knocked on doors but have gotten some people to talk to me when asking about the subject to people I ran into while out and about. One thing that did generate a suprising number of responses was posting flyers on BB's at general stores in communities that are near areas that have had some activity.
Dinosaurman,
Veteran B.C. Sasquatch/Bigfoot investigator and author Thomas Steenburg told me he had fantastic success by placing request for information on Sasquatch sighting/encounter adds in Alberta newspapers. He stated to me that once the adds had been in the newspaper for some time, he eventually had more people calling than he could handle in his spare time.
Might be a good way to get started, but I was also told to be prepared to spend a good deal of time on the phone with jokers and hoaxers.
Veteran B.C. Sasquatch/Bigfoot investigator and author Thomas Steenburg told me he had fantastic success by placing request for information on Sasquatch sighting/encounter adds in Alberta newspapers. He stated to me that once the adds had been in the newspaper for some time, he eventually had more people calling than he could handle in his spare time.
Might be a good way to get started, but I was also told to be prepared to spend a good deal of time on the phone with jokers and hoaxers.
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