More aggro from the British Bigfoot research community

Wednesday 9th June 2021

Apparently, the great unwashed have been taking a pop at my old mate Nick Redfern, for daring to say that sightings of BHM phenomena across the United Kingdom cannot be of flesh and blood creatures. I don’t know why the so-called British Bigfooting research community get so het up on the subject, but they have done for years.

I don’t know why the so-called British Bigfooting research community get so het up on the subject, but they have done for years.

Back in 2003 when I had my sighting of a BHM phenomenon at Bolam Lake I engendered and enormous amount of venom and bile. I even received death threats, all for pointing out that the idea of an unknown species of higher primate living in a tiny area of forest less than 14 miles from Newcastle city centre, was completely ludicrous.

Is it any wonder that Cryptozoology itself is seen as ludicrous in some quarters? Here is Nick’s article, and please take it as read that I agree with every word.

Why the “British Bigfoot” Cannot be a Flesh-and-Blood Animal: It’s a Supernatural Thing…

Over the past few days, a number of people have criticized me for daring to say that the so-called “British Bigfoot” is a paranormal entity. Of course it is!
Jonathan Downes
Cryptozoologist, naturalist, musician, singer, composer, poet, novelist and Director of the Centre for Fortean Zoology since 1992. Jon was born in Portsmouth in 1959 and spent his infancy in Nigeria and his childhood in Hong Kong. His wife Corinna died of cancer in 2020, leaving him with two stepdaughters and a six year old granddaughter called Evelyn.