The October National Geographic magazine arrived in our box this last week.  The article that caught my attention was the one on the redwoods. It mentioned that they are the tallest trees on this planet (Redwoods the size of Saturn rockets sprouted from the ground like giant beanstalks, their butts blackened by fire.). But, then, most of us know about these huge trees, so why am I writing about them this week?

     In David Paulides’ book, Tribal Bigfoot, it is mentioned that perhaps ones interested in glimpsing Bigfoot should look up. That is, look up to the tops of the trees. Adding weight to this theory is that in the Geographic’s article it mentions that at the top of the redwoods, “hundreds of feet above the ground,” there is another separate and distinct forest.  On the wide limbs and deep crotches of the trees, there can be as much as three feet of soil, supporting berry bushes and in short, its own ecosystem. This soil has come about by decaying foliage from long years of growth and was only discovered in the 1990s.

     Another interesting fact is that in these trees, high above the ground, are fire caves. Some of them are massive and can hold several people. These caves are formed when the trees have caught fire during forest fires. One tree had two of these caves, which indicated that the tree had withstood two forest fires and still towers high, still lives. The reason I mentioned the caves, it seems that these would make great shelter for Bigfoot/Sasquatch.

     I read every word of the series of articles. I studied carefully every beautiful photo. And not once was Bigfoot/Sasquatch mentioned. How grand the day when National Geographic sends a team to find out the truth of this animal. Maybe they have. I certainly haven’t read all their magazines.

     Back to Paulides’ book, Tribal Bigfoot, and on page 413, it tells the story of a dead Bigfoot/ Sasquatch having been hit by a car on an Oklahoma road. It was observed when a breeze blew the tarp off enough for a witness to see that it was a Bigfoot/Sasquatch. The witness was warned by a uniformed man not to say anything to anyone, in fact she was threatened with the words, “We know where you live.”

     Linda Newton-Perry, along with her husband Christopher Perry, is the author of the Viking Age novel, Forced Blood The Norseman, and three Bigfoot children’s books, Eye of the Beast, Lock Your Doors Country Folk and The Little Red Car and Bigfoot. Order signed copies at the Perrys’ website, www.christopherperryandlindanewtonperry.com.