Kentucky Bigfoot Resarch Organization Archives

knowing if they remember

they’re still with them

in the vast expanse
bigfoot turns the page
does he advance
like us in age

is their calendar lined
as the  New Year arrives
do they share minds
like in a hive

in the New Year
as their souls soar
do they shed a tear
for those no more

or do they leave December
over the hills in rhythm
knowing if they remember 
they're still with them

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Yesterday I put a slide show up on You Tube. It is from the Woodbooger Festival in Norton VA that I attended back in September. I had planned on doing the slide show soon after the festival. But when I looked at the pictures for some reason the camera had taken every photo in jpeg and raw form. And it took the computer a little while to merge the pics into something that I could use. In the future I have to pay more attention to the camera settings before I shoot a lot of pics. I will include a link to the post with the video below.

Link to Woodbooger Festival 2025 post.

I hope that this is the beginning of what will be a wonderful year for you. Smile a lot : )

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.

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it may be time

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31DEC25

for more reflection

as the year ends
and then begins
my mind bends
and looks within

another rhyme
a word selection
it may be time
for more reflection

from the years before
we have leapt
how many more
do we have left

continue to ride
like the big blurish ghosts
it may be time to decide
what we cherish the most

I wish you bliss
and an inner light
and maybe even a kiss
on this midnight

Enjoy what is left of 2025. Be careful. Be safe. Count your blessings and smile.

Poems

we are TV for bigfoot

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28JUL25

we play his notes

a new week beginning
it is already here
somewhere bigfoot is grinning
ear to ear

that's how it goes
he has played us
he already knows
he will evade us
 
it is his turf
we play his notes
as he surfs
on his remote

we are not able
to find him as we wish
not sure if we are cable
or satellite dish

but evidently
we are just free
but on his tv
we are must see

we always take it
from that son of a gun
just hope we make it
into reruns

if our growing numbers
 are any indication
pretty sure we will lumber
into syndication

I am still in the holler. I will probably return tomorrow. This poem is from a theme that I have used before. I posted a video at the end of May before the Red River Gorge Bigfoot Fest of Charlie Raymond, the founder and president of the KBFRO giving a presentation on bigfoot. In that video he made the statement that we are entertainment for bigfoot. That we are kind of like his TV. That statement has been made many times before by many other bigfoot researchers and enthusiasts. Many even suggest that instead of searching for bigfoot it is better to go somewhere you think they might be and just hangout and wait and see if they initate contact.

I am fully aware that there will probably be a lot of people that may read this with the mindset that bigfoot does not exist. And that is cool. As a matter of fact we have stated numerous times that is probably what the big guy wants and that is probably the best for all concerned. But to those of you who may be open to the fact that there is more out there than we have been told well maybe this will give something to smile about today and thru your week.

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bigfoot on the tracks

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it’s bigfoot’s train

the night is as dark 
as it is long
leaves it's mark
even on the strong

creatures of the night
fold their wings
the crickets quiet
as the bird sings

it's their paddle
laid on their canoe
as the shadows
let the light thru
 
now they hide
they'll be back
to this side
of the tracks

it's bigfoot's train 
in the in between
you can't explain 
what you've seen

Yesterday I shot footage on the drone. Now we’ll see how long it will take to get it on the blog. Today I will attempt to edit it. And by that I mean I will try to learn the editing software. Not sure how long that will take. But you will be the first to know.

Last night I happened across a bigfoot podcast on you tube. It was Charlie Raymond and his wife Lyndsey. They run the Kentucky Bigfoot Research Organization. I wrote quite a bit about the KBFRO in the 2 weeks leading up to the Red River Gorge Bigfoot Fest 2025 at the end of May.

They call the podcast Bigfoot Hangout. Their guest last night was a guy named Carter Buschardt. And a lot of their conversation was fascinating. There was some discussion on the flesh and blood vs paranormal front. And it was very respectfully and thoughtfully done. Which in the bigfoot world is not always the case. I was doing several different things at the same time and only caught bits and pieces of the program. But I definitely intend to go back and give it my full attention. I accidentally typed in “intention” instead of attention. And I probably mean that as well.

From what I saw last night Mr. Buschardt seems to work with a lot of families who have habituations. In the bigfoot world that means that a family claims that they have and have had bigoot on their property or usually farm for years. You would be surprised at the number of people who claim to be in this situation. That always makes me wonder how many people might be in the same situation and not telling anyone.

As always we’re not trying to convince or convert anyone. But it is an interesting topic. I am including a link for the KBFRO’s Bigfoot Hangout podcast below. The video is 1:38:32 long. I’ll let you decide how long you want to hangout.

If you don’t pursue the podcast I hope that you find something else today that gives you a sense of wonder and makes you smile!

Here is a link for the video.

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bigfoot drinks magic water

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out of the ether

the words come
hear them call
beat like a drum
as they fall


take a breather 
a story to tell
out of the ether
to cast a spell
 
I am a sailor 
I am not a witch
I am a tailor
my job to stitch

box the clothes
that we make
the box goes
to the lady of the lake

as the box sinks 
forever more
bigfoot drinks 
from the shore

For any. of you checking in to see your photos from the Red River Gorge Bigfoot Fest I posted a link to them in Monday’s blog post. The title of the post is “bigfoot fun in the Gorge” and the title to the poem is “KBFRO throws a bigfoot party.” The link to the photos and the videos is at the bottom of the post. I hope you like your photo.

More than one article that I have read about bigfoot has tried to draw a connection between him and Merlin. Both seem to exist in the land of magic and myth. And having some myth and magic in your life is probably a good thing.

I am out the door this morning to try to get the drone memory card formatted and practice capturing flying video footage so I can begin learning how to edit it and get it up on this blog. I live within the 5 mile radius of of a small airport so I have to travel out of that before I can fly the drone. A big part of learning to operate a drone is trying to obey all of the FAA rules that govern their operation. And I am still very much in the learning phase of almost everything to do with it.

There is magic out there waiting for all of us to find it. I hope you find some today and that it makes you smile.

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(bigfoot) tracks of his appears

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bare feet flat

close your book
turn off the car
when you look
be sure to look far

to make a decision 
forget about speed
your soul's vision
is what you need

the King has risen
defeated hell
but in prison
do you still dwell

the doors unlock
and become free
go out and knock
on some tree

swing your bat
make your sound
bare feet flat
on the ground

For any of you who are checking in to see your photos from the Red River Gorge Bigfoot Fest I posted a link to them in Monday’s blog post. The title of the post is ” bigfoot fun in the Gorge” and the title to the poem is “KBFRO throws a bigfoot party.” The link to the photos and the videos is at the bottom of the post. I hope you like your photo.

The title of today’s post is a feeble attempt on my part to make a play on the words in the title of Smokey Robinson’s song “Tracks of My Tears.” Yesterday after I veered off of the bigfoot trail onto a mushroom coffee commercial I promised I would try to get back on track today. I mentioned we may even do something with bigfoot tracks and plaster casts of bigfoot tracks. Two of the speakers at the 2025 Red River Gorge Bigfoot Fest were Thom Shay and Cliff Barackman. As you can read from the above paragraph there are photos of them in Monday’s blog post. I am including a link at the bottom of this post to a video with both of them in it. The video is from the Animal Planet show Finding Bigfoot. The video is 4 minutes.

I hope that you have great day and that you remember to smile a lot!

Here is the link for the video.

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bigfoot is my guide

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only important things

time is a trip
bigfoot is my guide
on a rhyme and a quip
together we ride

to Heaven we bow
filling our souls
that is just how
thrilling we roll

sail the miles
serving our ships
it's all smiles
curving our lips

we use our wings
to flee the gold 
 only important things
do we hold

At the Red River Gorge Bigfoot Fest I told everyone that I photographed that the photos would be up on the blog by Tuesday or Wednesday. So if you are checking in today to check out all of the photos the link is in Monday’s blog post. It is titled “bigfoot fun in the Gorge” and the poem is titled “KBFRO throws a bigfoot party”. It is the post right before this one. The link is on the bottom of the page.

I hope all of the photos make you smile. They certainly make me smile!

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Don Neal bigfoot story

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Right Around the Corner

Red River Gorge Bigfoot Fest

May 31, 2025

Here is the link for information.(Link removed after event.)

alms in the dark

he gave alms
in the dark
his great palms
on the bark

for the earth
mother & host
to him worth
more than most

he stood there
with no sound 
great feet bare
on the ground

full of grace
there in between
with his face 
remaining unseen

he walked in
wisdom of sages
how it's been
for the ages

his great spirit
remained unbroken
his wisdom hear it
as it is mind spoken

This Saturday is the Red River Gorge Bigfoot festival being put on by the Kentucky Bigfoot Research Organization. Last week I wrote about Charlie Raymond and his book and decades of dedicated work for all things bigfoot in the state of Kentucky. Don Neal is an investigator for the KBFRO. He is also an ordained minister. And like most men who have invested a lot of time and effort in wading thru the scriptures he is a very entertaining and compelling storyteller.

There is a poetry that exists in the scriptures. It is timeless. There is an unseen organization that somehow orders your mind if you spend enough time in them. I guess that is part of what they mean when they say that “as you read the Bible it reads you.” To me most of the time when you listen to someone who has spent a lot of time studying scripture tell a story it feels almost like you are traveling on a road where a lot of wisdom has flowed. It is kind of like your brain is a hard drive or memory card and the scriptures slowly over time formats it.

And here you thought that the only unbelievable thing that you would find here would be bigfoot : )

I have heard Don Neal tell his stories before and they are always very good and very well told. Enjoy the video(3:30) & the rest of your day!

Here is the link.

Bigfoot

my first bigfoot book

Red River Gorge Bigfoot Fest

May 31,2025

Here is the link for information.(Link removed after event.)

night in the day

a shadow
is the night
knows that slow
hides in sight

as it sneaks
thru the day
does not speak
it hides away

it is still
remains and lurks
the canvas it fills
like a painter works

it is where 
mind rarely sees
like the blur
there in the trees

Try to take some time to look at the information on the Bigfoot Festival at Red River Gorge. It may be educational to just look at the list of speakers and list of activities. The line up of speakers is impressive.

The Kentucky Bigfoot Research Organization has been around for 3 decades. Its founder and president is Charles or Charlie Raymond. He has kind of been the ambassador for all things bigfoot in Kentucky for some time. He is also the author of Bluegrass Bigfoot. This is the 1st bigfoot book I ever read. I have read a lot more books since then. But that is still the book I would recommend that you start with.

Who better to write a book introducing you to the world of bigfoot than someone who has travelled all over the state and country doing it for thirty years. It’s a good first step into the world that this blog draws inspiration from. I still find myself going back to look something up in it from time to time. After you have read several books on the subject it will probably become a little more difficult to remember exactly which book a story was in. Or if it was in an internet podcast or video. At that point you are probably getting pretty well versed on the subject.

Hope this is a great day for you!

15OCT25

I am linking a You Tube Short that I shot at the 2025 Pope Lick Goatman Festival. In it Charlie talks about his new book.

Here is the link to the video.