Comments on: Cryptids in Suburbia – Part 1 http://www.theparanomalist.com/1314/cryptids-in-suburbia/ Because reality is not always as it appears... Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:34:08 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Carlson http://www.theparanomalist.com/1314/cryptids-in-suburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-294 John Carlson Sat, 30 Jan 2010 14:17:09 +0000 http://www.theparanomalist.com/?p=1314#comment-294 Yep, still alive :) Thanks for asking! I've been a little overwhelmed with work and family issues the past three months, but I've really missed blogging and I'm getting back to doing it again regularly. Working on finishing the second part of Cryptids in Suburbia today, and I've got a few other ideas for blog posts. I was contacted this past week by writer and director <a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0356372/" rel="nofollow">Bruce G. Hallenbeck</a>, who is co-authoring a book about New Jersey Monsters. Mr. Hallenbeck asked if he could include some of the information on the Paranomalist blog and ask me a few questions. Very flattering! Thanks again for asking. I've been receiving a number of emails recently, asking where I've been. It's been nice to hear from people and very gratifying. I truly appreciate the concern, and as of today I'll be back to writing consistently. Yep, still alive :) Thanks for asking! I’ve been a little overwhelmed with work and family issues the past three months, but I’ve really missed blogging and I’m getting back to doing it again regularly. Working on finishing the second part of Cryptids in Suburbia today, and I’ve got a few other ideas for blog posts.

I was contacted this past week by writer and director Bruce G. Hallenbeck, who is co-authoring a book about New Jersey Monsters. Mr. Hallenbeck asked if he could include some of the information on the Paranomalist blog and ask me a few questions. Very flattering!

Thanks again for asking. I’ve been receiving a number of emails recently, asking where I’ve been. It’s been nice to hear from people and very gratifying. I truly appreciate the concern, and as of today I’ll be back to writing consistently.

]]> By: Son of Bigfoot http://www.theparanomalist.com/1314/cryptids-in-suburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Son of Bigfoot Sat, 30 Jan 2010 06:07:37 +0000 http://www.theparanomalist.com/?p=1314#comment-293 Is John Carlson still alive?? I heard he was having some issues and may have had to go away for awhile. Get well John, miss you!!! SOB Is John Carlson still alive?? I heard he was having some issues and may have had to go away for awhile. Get well John, miss you!!!

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]]> By: John Carlson http://www.theparanomalist.com/1314/cryptids-in-suburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-143 John Carlson Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:04:50 +0000 http://www.theparanomalist.com/?p=1314#comment-143 Those are good points, Nicole. You often here the same thing about paranormal phenomena (which Bigfoot might fall under): often people don't see what they don't believe in or their minds can't conceive of. A famous non-paranormal example of this is the Native Americans that couldn't see the great Spanish sailing ships as they approached the shores of the New World. Their minds couldn't comprehend that such great ships could exist, so they simply didn't see them. BFRO.net is a great site. Just looking at the NJ sightings, and not surprisingly most of them are in Sussex County and Burlington County. Sussex is in northwest Jersey near PA, and it's very mountainous and wooded. Burlington County is where the heart of Pine Barrens are located, and that's a very densely forested area. Thanks for the input. I'll finish up part two of the article tonight. Those are good points, Nicole. You often here the same thing about paranormal phenomena (which Bigfoot might fall under): often people don’t see what they don’t believe in or their minds can’t conceive of. A famous non-paranormal example of this is the Native Americans that couldn’t see the great Spanish sailing ships as they approached the shores of the New World. Their minds couldn’t comprehend that such great ships could exist, so they simply didn’t see them.

BFRO.net is a great site. Just looking at the NJ sightings, and not surprisingly most of them are in Sussex County and Burlington County. Sussex is in northwest Jersey near PA, and it’s very mountainous and wooded. Burlington County is where the heart of Pine Barrens are located, and that’s a very densely forested area.

Thanks for the input. I’ll finish up part two of the article tonight.

]]> By: Nicole B. http://www.theparanomalist.com/1314/cryptids-in-suburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-141 Nicole B. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:34:09 +0000 http://www.theparanomalist.com/?p=1314#comment-141 I think an animal with a brain at least the size of ours and that's been avoiding us for this long would have an easy time avoiding interstates and turnpikes. I mean, they are really loud roadways! Lol! I also think people seem to forget about the extensive cave system all over the Appalachian mountain range and that it's extremely plausible for larger animals to utilize these caves, even in more humanly populated areas. Most of the caves are unknown and few have ever been explored. Duh! Lol. Also, take into consideration that it's easy to hide when no one believes you exist. Their minds are not able to let their eyes see something that doesn't 'exist' to them. There is a good example in the movie "What the Bleep Do We Know?!". People tend to not look down or up much. They tend to stare at their phones mostly now a days. Most people do not go into the woods, either. Most people don't even know how to recognize a small mammal burrow, like a chipmunk, or a squirrel drey in a tree, let alone a hidden cave. I think it's totally plausible and more likely than one might think at first. There could be shapeshifters from other dimensions and our own, granted. Regular people can shapeshift if they teach themselves. So, that's plausible. To me, it seems more fitting that there is another species altogether, like BigFoot. Have you seen this site, http://www.bfro.net/ ? I would love to go on an expedition with them one weekend. Pretty cool stuff. I think an animal with a brain at least the size of ours and that’s
been avoiding us for this long would have an easy time avoiding
interstates and turnpikes. I mean, they are really loud roadways! Lol!
I also think people seem to forget about the extensive cave system all
over the Appalachian mountain range and that it’s extremely plausible
for larger animals to utilize these caves, even in more humanly
populated areas. Most of the caves are unknown and few have ever been
explored. Duh! Lol.
Also, take into consideration that it’s easy to hide when no one
believes you exist. Their minds are not able to let their eyes see
something that doesn’t ‘exist’ to them. There is a good example in the
movie “What the Bleep Do We Know?!”.
People tend to not look down or up much. They tend to stare at their
phones mostly now a days. Most people do not go into the woods,
either. Most people don’t even know how to recognize a small mammal
burrow, like a chipmunk, or a squirrel drey in a tree, let alone a
hidden cave.
I think it’s totally plausible and more likely than one might think at
first. There could be shapeshifters from other dimensions and our own,
granted. Regular people can shapeshift if they teach themselves. So,
that’s plausible. To me, it seems more fitting that there is another
species altogether, like BigFoot.
Have you seen this site, http://www.bfro.net/ ?
I would love to go on an expedition with them one weekend. Pretty cool
stuff.

]]> By: John Carlson http://www.theparanomalist.com/1314/cryptids-in-suburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-117 John Carlson Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:04:15 +0000 http://www.theparanomalist.com/?p=1314#comment-117 Hey man, don't spoil part two! I was actually going to bring up that idea in the second part of the post. Dang, now I gave it away. Couple interesting articles about just such a possibility, which you can read here: <a href="http://www.theheavystuff.com/" rel="nofollow">www.theheavystuff.com</a> and Nick Redfern's article about a guy who claimed to have seen a furry <a href="http://www.mania.com/lair-beasts-new-york-monster_article_118724.html" rel="nofollow">gnome in Central Park</a>, NYC. Also, the post that I wrote about <em>Hunt for the Skinwalker</em> suggests the same. That's not to say that there aren't real, undiscovered animals living here on earth, in the same physical plane or dimension as us. And as far as the big cats in Britain, I think those may actually be animals that were kept as pets and released into the wild and not anything otherworldly or ethereal. I do think Keel and Vallee were on the right track about a lot of these types of entities, though. If there are flesh-and-blood bigfoot inhabiting NJ, I have no doubt that one of them would have been splattered on the Turnpike or Parkway by now. Thanks for the input! Hey man, don’t spoil part two! I was actually going to bring up that idea in the second part of the post. Dang, now I gave it away. Couple interesting articles about just such a possibility, which you can read here: http://www.theheavystuff.com and Nick Redfern’s article about a guy who claimed to have seen a furry gnome in Central Park, NYC. Also, the post that I wrote about Hunt for the Skinwalker suggests the same.

That’s not to say that there aren’t real, undiscovered animals living here on earth, in the same physical plane or dimension as us. And as far as the big cats in Britain, I think those may actually be animals that were kept as pets and released into the wild and not anything otherworldly or ethereal. I do think Keel and Vallee were on the right track about a lot of these types of entities, though. If there are flesh-and-blood bigfoot inhabiting NJ, I have no doubt that one of them would have been splattered on the Turnpike or Parkway by now.

Thanks for the input!

]]> By: Stephan http://www.theparanomalist.com/1314/cryptids-in-suburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Stephan Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:36:14 +0000 http://www.theparanomalist.com/?p=1314#comment-116 Come on now, if you're willing to consider such an outlandish idea as thinking that some of these animals could live in such crowded places, then why not go a step further and think of another solution, one that to me actually seems more plausible: These sightings are of some sort of transiently corporeal phantasmal entities, disguised to look like various odd animals. John Keel talks about this frequently in his books, explains his theories on it well, Jacques Vallee refers to the idea constantly albeit in the context of UFO encounters. Its the only way I can bring myself to take seriously sightings of a bigfoot type animal in places like Arkansas and Oklahoma, or New Jersey. Are you kidding me? New Jersey?! there is no rational way to think that an actual natural animals the size and nature of a bigfoot could live there undetected. Come on now, if you’re willing to consider such an outlandish idea as thinking that some of these animals could live in such crowded places, then why not go a step further and think of another solution, one that to me actually seems more plausible: These sightings are of some sort of transiently corporeal phantasmal entities, disguised to look like various odd animals. John Keel talks about this frequently in his books, explains his theories on it well, Jacques Vallee refers to the idea constantly albeit in the context of UFO encounters. Its the only way I can bring myself to take seriously sightings of a bigfoot type animal in places like Arkansas and Oklahoma, or New Jersey. Are you kidding me? New Jersey?! there is no rational way to think that an actual natural animals the size and nature of a bigfoot could live there undetected.

]]> By: John Carlson http://www.theparanomalist.com/1314/cryptids-in-suburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-112 John Carlson Wed, 11 Nov 2009 03:56:08 +0000 http://www.theparanomalist.com/?p=1314#comment-112 Bill - Just reading the description of your bigfoot sighting on your website, http://billgreen.weebly.com/my-sighting-report.html. Interesting that you described the creature as having glowing red eyes. I guess that's not just a Jersey thing. Also interesting in that it was in a very populated east coast state. Bill – Just reading the description of your bigfoot sighting on your website, http://billgreen.weebly.com/my-sighting-report.html. Interesting that you described the creature as having glowing red eyes. I guess that’s not just a Jersey thing. Also interesting in that it was in a very populated east coast state.

]]> By: John Carlson http://www.theparanomalist.com/1314/cryptids-in-suburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-108 John Carlson Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:04:24 +0000 http://www.theparanomalist.com/?p=1314#comment-108 Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! I'm working on Part 2 now. Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! I’m working on Part 2 now.

]]> By: bill green http://www.theparanomalist.com/1314/cryptids-in-suburbia/comment-page-1/#comment-107 bill green Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:52:26 +0000 http://www.theparanomalist.com/?p=1314#comment-107 hey researcher & everyone wow this is very informative new article about cryptids to be continued indeed. ty bill green connecticut sasquatch researcher & updated ok :) hey researcher & everyone wow this is very informative new article about cryptids to be continued indeed. ty bill green connecticut sasquatch researcher & updated ok :)

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