Cliff Barackman

Oh, absolutely. A lot of weirdos and freaks. There's a decent dash of mental illness put in there as well. But there's also a lot of serious people. Like, I obviously have a pretty good sense of humor. I'm a serious person. I'm rather eccentric. You know, you can kind of tell. But we had Dr. Jeff Meldrum, a professor of anatomy and physiology, speaking at the same conference.

Oh, absolutely. A lot of weirdos and freaks. There's a decent dash of mental illness put in there as well. But there's also a lot of serious people. Like, I obviously have a pretty good sense of humor. I'm a serious person. I'm rather eccentric. You know, you can kind of tell. But we had Dr. Jeff Meldrum, a professor of anatomy and physiology, speaking at the same conference.

And he is completely convinced Sasquatches are real. His specialization is the primate foot, so he's uniquely qualified to examine the evidence. And there's other people who, there's a strong paranormal bent in the Bigfoot world today, which I'm a little disappointed in.

And he is completely convinced Sasquatches are real. His specialization is the primate foot, so he's uniquely qualified to examine the evidence. And there's other people who, there's a strong paranormal bent in the Bigfoot world today, which I'm a little disappointed in.

Sasquatches, and I've been doing this for a long time, I've never once seen, heard, or observed anything in the woods that would lead me to believe that Sasquatches are anything but a perfectly normal animal of some sort.

Sasquatches, and I've been doing this for a long time, I've never once seen, heard, or observed anything in the woods that would lead me to believe that Sasquatches are anything but a perfectly normal animal of some sort.

But there's a lot of people who think that they're UFO riding, shape-shifting, interdimensional whatevers, and I say, okay, well, I guess, but if they're doing that, like if they're riding on UFOs or whatever, why are they eating roadkill? Can they just go to the holodeck and order a steak sandwich or something? I don't get it, man.

But there's a lot of people who think that they're UFO riding, shape-shifting, interdimensional whatevers, and I say, okay, well, I guess, but if they're doing that, like if they're riding on UFOs or whatever, why are they eating roadkill? Can they just go to the holodeck and order a steak sandwich or something? I don't get it, man.

Well, you know, you got to remember, I live in that kind of world. You know, to me, it's weird when people don't think Sasquatches are real. And in my life. Yeah, right. Yeah. So I live in a very odd place, you know, and I live out in the woods and I surround myself with this. I own the North American Bigfoot Center. So that's my work.

Well, you know, you got to remember, I live in that kind of world. You know, to me, it's weird when people don't think Sasquatches are real. And in my life. Yeah, right. Yeah. So I live in a very odd place, you know, and I live out in the woods and I surround myself with this. I own the North American Bigfoot Center. So that's my work.

I'm out in the woods between one to three days a week doing my best to gather more evidence. I speak at these conferences. I am literally drowning in the subject. So I try not to pay too much attention to the outside world because it kind of stresses me out.

I'm out in the woods between one to three days a week doing my best to gather more evidence. I speak at these conferences. I am literally drowning in the subject. So I try not to pay too much attention to the outside world because it kind of stresses me out.

I live in a great world, I really do.

I live in a great world, I really do.

Not the anal glands. See, Sasquatches, being perfectly normal animals, have been around pretty much forever. And the word Sasquatch was coined in the 1920s. The word Bigfoot was coined in 1958. But they're around, right? So the local people who lived in the area who saw these things had other words to describe them. And one of the terms is skunk ape. They use that down in Florida, right?

Not the anal glands. See, Sasquatches, being perfectly normal animals, have been around pretty much forever. And the word Sasquatch was coined in the 1920s. The word Bigfoot was coined in 1958. But they're around, right? So the local people who lived in the area who saw these things had other words to describe them. And one of the terms is skunk ape. They use that down in Florida, right?

And it turns out only maybe 10% to 15% of sighting reports have a smell associated with it. this stuff. It's very, very rare. But in the Trinity Alps, I smelled one in the Sierras immediately after a sighting. And then I also smelled one a day after a woman saw one on her property in Kentucky. All three times, it smelled exactly the same to me. It was very, very jarring.

And it turns out only maybe 10% to 15% of sighting reports have a smell associated with it. this stuff. It's very, very rare. But in the Trinity Alps, I smelled one in the Sierras immediately after a sighting. And then I also smelled one a day after a woman saw one on her property in Kentucky. All three times, it smelled exactly the same to me. It was very, very jarring.

I think if I were to encapsulate that odor with words, the best description would be dog shit Parmesan. Parmesan.

I think if I were to encapsulate that odor with words, the best description would be dog shit Parmesan. Parmesan.