Bluff Creek

Poems

bigfoot, Bonanza & Gunsmoke

16JUN26

ruled the ’60s

lines I'm fillin'
rhymes & jokes
like Marshall Dillon
on Gunsmoke

words I throw
into a stanza
little Joe on a pinto
in Bonanza

themes I toss
with all that
kinda like Hoss
in a tall hat

bigfoot may test us
with a case of trouble
along with Festus
& a face full of stubble

a fire burns
across the screen
we try to learn
about the unseen

bigfoot is a riddle
that's still in the night
he won't play second fiddle
to Matt Dillon or Ben Cartwright

laying down big tracks
talking with mindspeak
a cowboy on horseback
filmed her at Bluff Creek

Enjoy your Tuesday. Do not remain aloof from the goof.

NOTE: The blog has a menu with more video content. On a computer it is at the top of the screen. On a tablet or mobile device it is the 3 stacked slashes to the right of the word ASTRA. Enjoy the blog.

bigfoot with video

bigfoot in the wind

bigfoot’s prayers

the wind sings
as it blows
about things
we do not know

of its history
the time is long
of its mystery
the rhyme is strong

blows on the hills
& over the knolls
knows how we feel
in our souls

in the in between
calls at the door
it has seen
it all before

it is freeing
the blind to see
like the being
behind the tree

all of his prayers
it has known
as thru his hairs
it has blown

At the Red River Gorge Bigfoot Fest last Saturday I met and briefly spoke with one of the speakers. His name is Jeff Meldrum. I was very impressed that they brought him in to speak. He is a highly respected and known researcher with academic and scientific credentials. Very often people with science and academic credentials are terrified of being associated with anything to do with bigfoot because of the damage that the perception will do to their careers. A lot of what they do depends on securing funding and good luck with that once you become associated with bigfoot.

Probably the most impressive proof that exists about bigfoot is the Patterson-Gimlin film from October 20, 1967. It was shot at Bluff Creek, California. Growing up I had a wonderfully colorful uncle named Bob. Uncle Bob probably is deserving of his own blog. I am sure that the stories and antics from his life time could keep me busy for a long time. And as far as entertaining, I am sure that he could give bigfoot a run for his money. The reason I bring him up is that I remember him loading me up along with his two kids and wife into either a single cab pickup truck or a Ford Torino and taking us to a theatre in St. Paul, Virginia to watch the “Bigfoot Movie.” Everybody should have a colorful uncle. Every kid should be so lucky!

For years there has been a giant debate about whether or not the film is a hoax. And that is the topic of today’s video. It is a short clip but the speakers are giants in the world of bigfoot. Meldrum is the only one that is still living.

The link for the video (4:08 minutes) is below. I hope you have had or have a colorful someone in your life that has left you with memories that make you smile. Or even better maybe you are or could be that for someone else. Enjoy the video.

Here is the link for the video.

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