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Hi guys as anyone read THE LOCALS by Thom Powell.
If anyone as is it worth buying???
Anyone who as any good books on bigfoot please let me know.
Thanks guys
Tony.

MrHead181 wrote:Hi guys as anyone read THE LOCALS by Thom Powell.
If anyone as is it worth buying???
Anyone who as any good books on bigfoot please let me know.
Thanks guys
Tony.

Can’t say I have read that one but it’s supposed to be one of the better ones out there. It delves into the some of the paranormal aspects of bigfoot which I like and its a credit to the authors for doing so. As good research in my opinion should look at all those different sides of the coin.

Here is my list of Sasquatch Yowie related books I own recommended in no particular order

Some are purely scientific in there nature and others deal with the Paranoramal aspects.

This list of books are scientific but also delve into the Paranormal aspects
*The Yowie: In search of Australias bigfoot By Tony Healy and Paul Cropper
*Bigfoot By B.Ann Slate and Alan Berry
*The Psychic Sasquatch By Jack Lapseritis
*Hunt for the Skinwalker By Colm A. Kelleher Ph.D and George Knapp
*In the Big Thicket on the trail of the Wild Man By Rob Riggs
*Backyard Bigfoot By Lisa A. Sheil

This list of books deals with Purely Scientific issues and or cases
*Meet the Sasquatch By Christopher L. Murphy
*Raincoast Sasquatch By J. Robert Alley
*Sasquatch Bigfoot the continuing Mystery By Thomas Steenburg
*In seach of Giants By Thomas Steenburg
*Bigfoot By Loren Coleman
*The best of Sasquatch Bigfoot By John Green
*On the trail of the Sasquatch By John Green
*My quest for the Yeti By Reinhold Messner

Well that’s it, it’s probably a small list compared to most people but I can recommend reading them all, they all have there good and bad points to them.

I think any book you get your hands on in the field is a worthwhile read as it makes you realize where your beliefs and truths lie.

Anyway thought I’d add my 2 cents worth

Well at i know where to come if i need to borrow a book on the subject, i am assuming you have copies of these, i'm flat out trying to get a copy of Paul's book.

Ive read The Locals, and it wasnt bad, but there are better books. Raincoast Sasquatch by J. Robert Alley is great, also Thomas Steenburgs 3 books are all very good. Perhaps the best book ever is John Greens Sasquatch: The Apes Among Us. You can get a softcover reprint quite cheaply. His first few softcover magazine books are also good.

I have remained very much in the background on cryptids, particularly the large hairy apparent primate types, for several years, tho my interest persists. I just want to mention this book I purchased recently.
When I have seen lists of recommended texts for reading on Bigfoot/Sasquatch, I have not seen the following text included: 'Where Bigfoot Walks' by Robert Michael Pyle. People have quoted Grover Krantz many times in the attempt to relate reliable professional types to booster the possibility that Bigfoot may exist, due to his credentials as a respected scientist.
Pyle has similar qualifications, but as a lepidopterologist (pursuer of butterflies). However, he appears to well known and respected as a scientist and the work he does in his field, plus as a conservationist. He is, of course, well aware of the scientific method, and the professional risks associated with anybody in the scientific field allying themselves with supporting the possible existence of any cryptid, including Bigfoot. His book outlines his involvements in the subject, including his dalliances with first hand encounters of real animals in the field: butterflies (sorry to disappoint).
More significantly, he covers a variety of objective and rational ideas regarding the likely existence of Bigfoot as a blood and flesh creature, his meetings with a variety of established people involved in Bigfoot, and his perception based on a scientific background of a variety of issues regarding why it may exist in reality, or in the minds of a variety of people. I was lucky to come across it on sale in a bookstore while on holidays in Hobart, Tassie. I read mainly science texts, but have also read many references (many) concerning large, hairy bipeds occurring throughout the world (and 100s of fruitless hours in the Blue Mountains optimistically believing I would have my own Yowie experiences, either on my own or with others. However, it was lovely just to spend time in the bush). Now, I'm more armchair.
Pyle's book was a very refreshing insight into this study, simply due to the realism, professionalism and plausible arguments he contributes. He avoids alternative ideas associating Bigfoot with other dimensions, eg. UFOs, and he disagrees with Krantz's unfortunate ideal: get a dead one on the slab. What I am trying to say here, really, is that this study appears to have another established and credible scientist that supports the existence of these hairy bipeds, and maybe this area of study give him his due.
Has anybody else come across this book?
I'm returning back under my rock now. Bye