Post by hopeful on Dec 12, 2007 16:19:02 GMT -5
Paul Freeman
From squatchopedia.com - All things bigfoot and sasquatch
Leon Paul Freeman (1943-2003) was a sometimes controversial bigfoot researcher best known for his work in the Blue Mountains and Walla Walla region of southeastern Washington state.
While working as a watershed patroller for the U.S. Forest Service in 1982, Freeman claimed to have encountered a sasquatch near Walla Walla. His account brought him a great deal of criticism and disrupted his family’s life, causing him to quit his job and relocate. He returned to the area in 1984 and essentially devoted the rest of his life to a search for sasquatch evidence. He collected suspected sasquatch hair, photographs, and variety of casts of footprints and other body parts. In 1992 Freeman followed a series of tracks near Deduct Creek and obtained close-up video of what appeared to be a large dark-haired creature walking through the dense forest. This clip was included in the DVD extras section of the 2003 Discovery Channel documentary "Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science."
(NOTE: Click here to view the Paul Freeman Bigfoot Footage on YouTube.)
Bigfoot researchers were divided regarding Freeman’s reliability and the validity of his evidence. Rene Dahinden, for example, suspected his motives, and others dismissed Freeman as an admitted hoaxer. However, some argued that Freeman’s supposed admission to hoaxing was misconstrued and voiced support for his credibility. Supporters from the scientific community included Grover Krantz, W. Henner Fahrenbach, Jeff Meldrum, and John Mionczynski. Fingerprint and forensics expert Jimmy Chilcutt, who has extensive knowledge regarding primate dermal ridge patterns, observed dermal ridge evidence on some of Freeman’s casts that helped convince him of the existence of an undocumented primate. An analysis and discussion of some of these dermatoglyphics and why they were unlikely to have been faked is available here in a journal article written by Dr. Grover Krantz.
Further Reading
For a generally critical assessment of Paul Freeman, see Michael Dennett’s article, written after Freeman’s death at age 49.
Paul Freeman’s obituary, written by Loren Coleman.
www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/freemanobit.htm
www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/skeptical.htm
www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/forslund.htm
www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/paul.htm
www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/fact.htm
The above information was retrieved from squatchopedia.com.
NOTE: Regarding the following information retrieved from Wikipedia.com, please make note of a correction posted by Bittermonk (and concurred with by Kathy Strain) lower in the thread. The original information in need of correction is highlighted and clarified in the following paragraphs.
Paul Freeman (cryptozoologist)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Paul Freeman (August 10, 1943 – April 2, 2003) was an American Bigfoot hunter who claimed to have discovered Bigfoot tracks showing dermal ridges. (Clarification - Freeman never claimed to have discovered dermal ridges. The alleged dermatoglyphs were discovered after the fact by Krantz, Meldrum, and Chilcutt.) The plaster casts Freeman subsequently made were convincing enough to be considered critical pieces of evidence by anthropologists Grover Krantz and Jeff Meldrum (Idaho State University), who both put considerable time and resources into studying them. Others, like Rene Dahinden and Bob Titmus thought Freeman was simply a hoaxer seeking attention. The fact that Freeman hoaxed photos and videos, and admitted on national television to forging footprints renders much of his material suspect in the eyes of many, but not all, Bigfoot enthusiasts. (Clarification - To date there is also no clear evidence that Freeman deliberately hoaxed any material. Freeman stated he had created fake sasquatch tracks around his neighbor's property as a joke, a statement that was later used against him by his detractors.)
On June 10, 1982, Freeman reportedly sighted a Bigfoot near Walla Walla, Washington which he described as being nearly 8 ft (2.4 m) tall and covered in reddish-brown body hair. In 1994 Freeman captured a purported Bigfoot on video near the Blue Mountains region. The footage is considered to be authentic by some Bigfoot investigators but is considered of too low resolution to be conclusive by most. It was also spoofed many times by Kokanee beer ads.
Freeman died at his Airway Heights, Washington home at the age of 59 from complications of diabetes."
From squatchopedia.com - All things bigfoot and sasquatch
Leon Paul Freeman (1943-2003) was a sometimes controversial bigfoot researcher best known for his work in the Blue Mountains and Walla Walla region of southeastern Washington state.
While working as a watershed patroller for the U.S. Forest Service in 1982, Freeman claimed to have encountered a sasquatch near Walla Walla. His account brought him a great deal of criticism and disrupted his family’s life, causing him to quit his job and relocate. He returned to the area in 1984 and essentially devoted the rest of his life to a search for sasquatch evidence. He collected suspected sasquatch hair, photographs, and variety of casts of footprints and other body parts. In 1992 Freeman followed a series of tracks near Deduct Creek and obtained close-up video of what appeared to be a large dark-haired creature walking through the dense forest. This clip was included in the DVD extras section of the 2003 Discovery Channel documentary "Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science."
(NOTE: Click here to view the Paul Freeman Bigfoot Footage on YouTube.)
Bigfoot researchers were divided regarding Freeman’s reliability and the validity of his evidence. Rene Dahinden, for example, suspected his motives, and others dismissed Freeman as an admitted hoaxer. However, some argued that Freeman’s supposed admission to hoaxing was misconstrued and voiced support for his credibility. Supporters from the scientific community included Grover Krantz, W. Henner Fahrenbach, Jeff Meldrum, and John Mionczynski. Fingerprint and forensics expert Jimmy Chilcutt, who has extensive knowledge regarding primate dermal ridge patterns, observed dermal ridge evidence on some of Freeman’s casts that helped convince him of the existence of an undocumented primate. An analysis and discussion of some of these dermatoglyphics and why they were unlikely to have been faked is available here in a journal article written by Dr. Grover Krantz.
Further Reading
For a generally critical assessment of Paul Freeman, see Michael Dennett’s article, written after Freeman’s death at age 49.
Paul Freeman’s obituary, written by Loren Coleman.
www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/freemanobit.htm
www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/skeptical.htm
www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/forslund.htm
www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/paul.htm
www.bigfootencounters.com/articles/fact.htm
The above information was retrieved from squatchopedia.com.
NOTE: Regarding the following information retrieved from Wikipedia.com, please make note of a correction posted by Bittermonk (and concurred with by Kathy Strain) lower in the thread. The original information in need of correction is highlighted and clarified in the following paragraphs.
Paul Freeman (cryptozoologist)
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Paul Freeman (August 10, 1943 – April 2, 2003) was an American Bigfoot hunter who claimed to have discovered Bigfoot tracks showing dermal ridges. (Clarification - Freeman never claimed to have discovered dermal ridges. The alleged dermatoglyphs were discovered after the fact by Krantz, Meldrum, and Chilcutt.) The plaster casts Freeman subsequently made were convincing enough to be considered critical pieces of evidence by anthropologists Grover Krantz and Jeff Meldrum (Idaho State University), who both put considerable time and resources into studying them. Others, like Rene Dahinden and Bob Titmus thought Freeman was simply a hoaxer seeking attention. The fact that Freeman hoaxed photos and videos, and admitted on national television to forging footprints renders much of his material suspect in the eyes of many, but not all, Bigfoot enthusiasts. (Clarification - To date there is also no clear evidence that Freeman deliberately hoaxed any material. Freeman stated he had created fake sasquatch tracks around his neighbor's property as a joke, a statement that was later used against him by his detractors.)
On June 10, 1982, Freeman reportedly sighted a Bigfoot near Walla Walla, Washington which he described as being nearly 8 ft (2.4 m) tall and covered in reddish-brown body hair. In 1994 Freeman captured a purported Bigfoot on video near the Blue Mountains region. The footage is considered to be authentic by some Bigfoot investigators but is considered of too low resolution to be conclusive by most. It was also spoofed many times by Kokanee beer ads.
Freeman died at his Airway Heights, Washington home at the age of 59 from complications of diabetes."
