by Loren Coleman (no login)
Rethinking Mary Green's Work
On Friday, Dec 27, 2002, at 11:57 am, on the Bigfoot list, I mentioned,
along with Chester Moore's and Vance Orchard's new books, a forthcoming work
would soon be out. That book was "50 Years with Bigfoot: Tennessee
Chronicles of Co-Existence" by Mary Alayne Green and Janice Carter Coy.
During most of January 2003, the Bigfoot list and others debated the
Green-Coy book. To some it seemed fantastic that a family could have lived
so close to a group of undiscovered hairy hominoids for so long. Other
skeptics asked why in fifty years had no one taken any photographs. Others
supported the findings, and for the few that traveled to the farm, evidence
was easily found in this eastern location for the long term existence of
this local band of Bigfoot.
Those that remember all this recall it as a time when I said little but
fostered an open discussion of this book. Some people read my quiet
incorrectly and thought they knew my feelings about that book, thinking I
did not like the essence of their treatment. However, if you look back at
the Bigfoot list archives you will see that I asked a reflective question of
the skeptics on January 17, 2003, that was, are "there any photographs of
Bigfoot - other than frame images pulled from the Patterson-Gimlin footage -
that exist?" Why should Green-Coy be held to a higher standard than every
other researcher who has encountered Bigfoot or had lengthy contact with
them, I wondered.
While the self-published nature and uneven editing of the book may be
difficult for some to take, I think it is time to look beyond the initial
reactions that some had to "50 Years with Bigfoot: Tennessee Chronicles of
Co-Existence." I have a sense that we are coming into a time in which close
and remarkable examinations like that of Mary Alayne Green's and Janice
Carter's will be re-viewed as having tidbits of important information and
details about the basic behaviors and lifestyles of some of these unknown
hairy hominoids. Thom Powell's new 2003 book, "The Locals" is another facet
of this effort, which extends some of the close-to-the-ground revelations of
such books as Jan Klement's "The Creature: Personal Experiences with
Bigfoot" (1976) to the modern era. The Green-Coy book belongs in this
subsection of the Bigfoot library too.
It is time for a rethinking of "50 Years with Bigfoot: Tennessee Chronicles
of Co-Existence." It contains much you may find incredible, but within it,
there are truths that assist the quest. I recommend it be open-mindedly
considered as a work worth your time.
Sincerely,
Loren Coleman
http://www.lorencoleman.com
Posted on Nov 14, 2003, 6:52 PM
from IP address 24.198.18.32
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and just when I thought I had it figured out......along comes another grand-mal WTF ????
man
The story is back up on him stealing Film from Peter Byrne. Looks like
