baritone voice only brought warm thoughts.
“I’m good, sweetheart. How you doing?”
“Pretty good. Just getting everything ready so I can get out early in the morning.”
Eric knew the ins and outs of all Tess’s research, and he fully supported her. In fact, he kept a file in his office of all the reported sightings and forwarded them to her. And a few years back, he’d informed her that most state parks had one person in each department that unofficially did the same. The official company line might be that bigfoot didn’t exist, but unofficially, park rangers knew better than most what was out in their woods. Tess had contacts in more than a dozen other state parks as a result.
“Find anything lately?” Eric asked.
“Not this last week. But I’m going to pull the memory cards tomorrow. Maybe there’s something on them. How’s Jeanne?”
“She’s great. Wants you to come visit soon.”
“I know, I will.”
“We understand you’re busy. Which, actually, is why I’m calling. We’ve had an incident.”
Tess stopped what she was doing and took a seat on the ATV. “Where’d it happen?”
“Up by Handerson’s Hill.”
Tess was familiar with the area. “Any prints?”
“Yup. And I already photographed them for you and cast them as well.”
“You’re the best.”
“And the couple who reported it, Bernie and Leanne Hudson, they’re still in town. They’re leaving tomorrow, but I told them about you, and the husband at least wanted to speak with you. I got them to agree to meet for breakfast. So if you hightail it, I can introduce you.”
Tess’s mind was already racing, trying to rearrange her plans for the morning. “I’ll be there.”
From the blog Bigfoot Among Us by Dr. Tess Brannick
This week's question comes from Candace Wallace in Alberta, Canada:
How can bigfoot be a Gigantopithecus ?
I thought they only lived in Asia.
That is in fact the most common argument against bigfoot being Gigantopithecus — Gigantopithecus was believed to have lived only in Asia.
Or at least, most scientists believe that. Some speculate that perhaps the great ape, like early humans, crossed to North America across the Bering land bridge. The land bridge between Asia and North America existed around one hundred and fifty thousand years ago—during the time of Gigantopithecus . When it existed, it would have been able to support a large primate. Fossil records indicated it contained a large coniferous forest and numerous deciduous broadleaf plants.
The idea isn’t as crazy as it sounds. Fossils of other animals formerly believed to have lived only in Asia have been found in North America. Take for example the red panda. From 2002 through 2010, parts of two red panda skeletons were found in Tennessee’s Gray Fossil Site. Apart from one found in Washington, they were the only red panda fossils to be found in all of North America. The problem was, the red panda was not supposed to live in North America. It was believed to have been limited strictly to Asia.
So how, then, did these bones end up in the US? Perhaps the red panda also crossed the bridge. But the very existence of the red panda bones in North America opens the door to the possibility that other animals also crossed the land bridge. And Gigantopithecus could have easily been one of them.
CHAPTER 17
T ess and Shelby pulled into the gravel parking lot of the diner just before six thirty the following morning. There were only a handful of cars there. Tess recognized Eric’s old Ford Escape. After letting Shelby out to do her business, she locked her back in the truck, the windows rolled down, and a bone on the back seat.
Tess pushed through the diner door and immediately saw Eric. He stood up with a big grin. Standing at six feet tall with dark skin, a bald head, and the beginnings of a paunch, he was noticeable. Add in his personality—which seemed to bound out a few
“I’m good, sweetheart. How you doing?”
“Pretty good. Just getting everything ready so I can get out early in the morning.”
Eric knew the ins and outs of all Tess’s research, and he fully supported her. In fact, he kept a file in his office of all the reported sightings and forwarded them to her. And a few years back, he’d informed her that most state parks had one person in each department that unofficially did the same. The official company line might be that bigfoot didn’t exist, but unofficially, park rangers knew better than most what was out in their woods. Tess had contacts in more than a dozen other state parks as a result.
“Find anything lately?” Eric asked.
“Not this last week. But I’m going to pull the memory cards tomorrow. Maybe there’s something on them. How’s Jeanne?”
“She’s great. Wants you to come visit soon.”
“I know, I will.”
“We understand you’re busy. Which, actually, is why I’m calling. We’ve had an incident.”
Tess stopped what she was doing and took a seat on the ATV. “Where’d it happen?”
“Up by Handerson’s Hill.”
Tess was familiar with the area. “Any prints?”
“Yup. And I already photographed them for you and cast them as well.”
“You’re the best.”
“And the couple who reported it, Bernie and Leanne Hudson, they’re still in town. They’re leaving tomorrow, but I told them about you, and the husband at least wanted to speak with you. I got them to agree to meet for breakfast. So if you hightail it, I can introduce you.”
Tess’s mind was already racing, trying to rearrange her plans for the morning. “I’ll be there.”
From the blog Bigfoot Among Us by Dr. Tess Brannick
This week's question comes from Candace Wallace in Alberta, Canada:
How can bigfoot be a Gigantopithecus ?
I thought they only lived in Asia.
That is in fact the most common argument against bigfoot being Gigantopithecus — Gigantopithecus was believed to have lived only in Asia.
Or at least, most scientists believe that. Some speculate that perhaps the great ape, like early humans, crossed to North America across the Bering land bridge. The land bridge between Asia and North America existed around one hundred and fifty thousand years ago—during the time of Gigantopithecus . When it existed, it would have been able to support a large primate. Fossil records indicated it contained a large coniferous forest and numerous deciduous broadleaf plants.
The idea isn’t as crazy as it sounds. Fossils of other animals formerly believed to have lived only in Asia have been found in North America. Take for example the red panda. From 2002 through 2010, parts of two red panda skeletons were found in Tennessee’s Gray Fossil Site. Apart from one found in Washington, they were the only red panda fossils to be found in all of North America. The problem was, the red panda was not supposed to live in North America. It was believed to have been limited strictly to Asia.
So how, then, did these bones end up in the US? Perhaps the red panda also crossed the bridge. But the very existence of the red panda bones in North America opens the door to the possibility that other animals also crossed the land bridge. And Gigantopithecus could have easily been one of them.
CHAPTER 17
T ess and Shelby pulled into the gravel parking lot of the diner just before six thirty the following morning. There were only a handful of cars there. Tess recognized Eric’s old Ford Escape. After letting Shelby out to do her business, she locked her back in the truck, the windows rolled down, and a bone on the back seat.
Tess pushed through the diner door and immediately saw Eric. He stood up with a big grin. Standing at six feet tall with dark skin, a bald head, and the beginnings of a paunch, he was noticeable. Add in his personality—which seemed to bound out a few
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