If you are going to look for Bigfoot, well, at least make the location an atmospheric one! And, maybe, there's few better such places than Caddo Lake (which borders Texas and Louisiana), on which I took a boat-trip (and a Sasquatch-seeking trek) back in 2005.
Caddo Lake happens to be the largest natural freshwater lake in the south, covering approximately 26,800 acres.
Originally home to the Caddo Indians, the lake’s murky depths and incredibly dense black cypress trees today help to create a truly spooky atmosphere within which Bigfoot is said to firmly thrive.
Every now and again, I get reports of people encountering huge, ape-like animals in the area, including - very interestingly - several I have on-file of people seeing the beasts actually swimming in the lake!
Well, I guess even Bigfoot needs to cool off when the southern weather reaches 100 degrees-plus!
"Every now and again, I get reports of people encountering huge, ape-like animals in the area, including - very interestingly - several I have on-file of people seeing the beasts actually swimming in the lake!"
ReplyDeleteKind of weird, since humans are considered the only large apes who can swim. Orangutans drown in Sumatra during the rain season whenever the jungle floods.
The fact that Bigfoots are considered to be so heavy and hairy would not make them candidates for the Olympic swimming team ;)
But what the heck do I know? Polar bears are incredibly heavy, and they are great swimmers. Maybe those Squatchy feet are natural paddlers :P
Kind of weird, since humans are considered the only large apes who can swim.
DeleteRPJ: I know nothing of Sasquatch and tend to care even less, but I've had an adventure or three on Caddo Lake and can attest slogging is as useful a survival skill there as swimming. Much of the lake, especially on the Texas side, is extremely shallow, 2' to 4' feet deep, and dense with winding, swampy fingers, hidden coves, very old dredges here and there, and Who Knows What.
It is a magical place, though, rich in history and mystery. Tragically, mercury contamination has long been a problem - fish is not safe for consumption - and it isn't getting any better.
For a closer look without actually getting in the water, check out "Southern Comfort" (1981) with Powers Boothe and Keith Carradine. Many years since my last viewing, but it's pretty good for a "He was just here a minute ago" flick.
Thank you for the tip, Arvin.}
ReplyDeleteInterestingly enough, I remember a time when i suggested at a Cryptomundo thread that slogging would have helped our species in attaining our bipedal gait :)
Saludos,
RPJ
No reason the wild man can't swim. He is still a man! Just a bit different.
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