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The Bigfoot Casebook

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Janet and Colin Bord are writers best know for the subject material of unsolved mysteries. They have written numerous books on different subjects such as sea serpents, black dogs, ghosts, etc. In this volume they have collected reports throughout North America of the elusive creature known as the Sasquatch. Neither of the authors are investigators, they are reporting the available sightings on this subject. Therefore, there is some para-normal events mentioned in this book as they report what was told by witnesses whether or not it's true is debatable. However the bulk of the information presented is based on the work of serious investigators such as John Green, Rene Dahinden, Peter Byrne etc. The books covers early sightings up the time the book was published in the early 1980's. At the end of the book is a chronological listing of all the reported sights they were able to amass. This book is a valuable resource for the available sightings up to about 1980-1982. Since this book is out of print, it may be difficult to find, however it is not impossible. The book is well written and enjoyable to read and an essential addition to the libarary of those interested in this area of crytozoology.

Being an avid follower of this phenomenon, I must say, this is one of the nicest books that deals with the subject matter of sasquatch/bigfoot. The only downfall is the book is dated. You have coverage from around 1818 up to 1980. This covers a lot of sightings. The best thing about this book is that it deals only with sightings/contact and doesn't bog down with "Farmer Jones found some really big footprints behind his barn". Janet and Colin Bord stay away from footprint only cites.

This is an excellent book for the person with a casual interest in bigfoot. It covers lots of stories and has a 'Chronological Sighting' in the back of the book that gives very brief entries for 1000 sightings. The main text of the book is 143 pages and has a very wide selection of encounters. That text runs choronologically throughout and although many of the encounters are just a few sentences, the book far outweighs Philip Rife's "Bigfoot Across America" due to Bord's book is pre-internet which Rife clung to for stories.

The Bords due a very nice job of including all kinds of sightings, even some that are 'out there' such as UFO related ones. This is an excellent reference book and can be used for some very good research. Someone could easily use this book to make a nice data chart using the info contained within.

Overall: For the passing interest person, this book is perfect for you. For the avid follower, this is a splendid referal guide to a multitude of sightings up to 1980. I just wish there was an updated version that provided coverage from 1980 to the present as a companion guide without using unreliable internet sources.

Anyone interested in Bigfoot needs to read this book. The Bords have collected thousands of sightings into an easy-to-read compendium that doesn't neglect the paranormal aspects of the phenomenon. Bigfoot researchers may prefer to ignore the UFO connection, or the other strange occurrences associated with Bigfoot, but this book demonstrates how widespread such phenomena are. From historical sightings to recent encounters, this book leaves no aspect unexamined.

I really enjoyed this book. I found it to be very interesting, informative, and well written just the opposite of "where bigfoot walks" by pyle-he got the pyle right-his book is a pile.