In his book Bigfoot!: The True Story of Apes in America
, cryptozoologist Loren Coleman states, "Frankly, the subject of sex and the Sasquatch is avoided. Never mentioned are Bigfoot bestiality, Sasquatch penises, and that more human males than human females have traditionally been kidnapped by Bigfoot." There have been some reports of encounters involving some sexual overtones and he makes some references to Jan Klement's first-hand accounts of his interaction with a Sasquatch in his book The Creature: Personal Experiences with Bigfoot
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According to Klement, on one occasion he noticed "Kong" (as he had named the animal) sporting a difficult-to-conceal erection and being a bit fearful of what he might be capable of he yelled at the Sasquatch to get it away from him. A short while later he noticed something in the distance. "“As I approached the bottom of the hill I could see the cows on the pasture on the other hillside," he wrote. "There was a commotion among the cows and I when I put the water jug down and walked over I could see Kong. He was mounted on a large Holstein cow and was shoving away.” Upon seeing such a sight (obviously it can't be called "beastiality"... perhaps "inter-species relations" is better) his first thought was probably, "Better Bessie than me!"
During an April 7, 2001 lecture at the 13th Annual Bigfoot Conference / Bigfoot EXPO 2001 in Newcomerstown, Ohio Coleman lightheartedly remarked that he wondered if "10 percent of the Bigfoot population, matching the figures we have for Homo sapiens, might be gay." That one statement was blasted out of proportion my the media with claims Loren stated, "Bigfoot is gay." In all fairness, it was an interesting thought. With so many animals in the world showing signs of homosexual interaction and intercourse, why not? If the creature is, in fact, real it's certainly a valid question.
But of course, many people have turned the exaggerated misquote into a point of heckling. Soon after his appearance he received angry mail from people outraged that he could make such remarks... even though many hadn't even been there to know exactly what was said. Some people started calling him a "homo", "gay", and that perennial favorite: "f*g". But in 2007, some people in cryptozoological circles showed a little more ignorance when a few women expressed interest in Bigfoot and unexplained creatures. One female blogger was told that women "don't want to get involved in Bigfoot research because they’re afraid of the woods." A few other comments were made toward a few such women that they "must be lesbians."
Yes, that's right. Ghost hunting isn't the sole domain of sexist and homophobic remarks. While all of this isn't exactly recent news it helps show that in light of some recent events, nothing has really changed. Isn't the point of researching, investigating, and pursuing claims of ghosts, UFOs, Bigfoot, and other unexplainable phenomena to unite people in a quest for truth and knowledge? Or have we all regressed into caged chimps too busy flinging feces at each other?
2 comments:
It's easy to fall into the trap that these various paranormal fields are bastions of openess and inclusion. After all, who are THEY to heckle anyone else? Sad truth of the matter-as I'm sure you well know-that the same ignorant, intolerant individuals that populate every other niche of society have found their bigoted ways into these enclaves as well. Shame.
As for... "According to Klement, on one occasion he noticed "Kong" (as he had named the animal) sporting a difficult-to-conceal erection and being a bit fearful of what he might be capable of he yelled at the Sasquatch to get it away from him."
It should be noted that among many animal species (apes and monkeys included), sporting an erection is often a sign of dominance and aggression. It's not always 'me so horny'. This man's story reads like sophmoric (or perhaps sophmoronic) tales that are churned out by tabloids. I don't say this from any squeamishness about the subject, rather from the fact that it's an absurd tale that reads rather pruriently: "He was mounted on a large Holstein cow and was shoving away."
I still find it ironic that a field dealing with sensitive subjects and always demanding open-mindness from people has so many closed-minded pretending-to-be-omniscient people. But yes, ignorance knows no topic or field limitations.
In defense of Klement, that's one tiny excerpt from an entire book that I plucked out for the blog as an amusement. Of course, he isn't trying to be a scholar, just someone who had first-hand interactions with the animal and saying what happened through his eyes.
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