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Product Reviews:
Bigfoot! : The True Story of Apes in America |
Rating: 5 (out of 5)
Summary: Fun Book
Comments: It's a fun book to read.
The neighbor kid asked me about big foot1day after seeing something on television. I gave him this book. He loved it.
there is theories on both sides and both sides have some evidence to support their views.
you are either a believer or you aren't. I am waiting for the big guy to appear on a slab at corner's office, and then I am in.
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Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: great historic summaray, strange conclusions
Comments: Coleman's once again managed to repackage all the old saw horses of Bigfootery and tell it in an informal, entertaining fashion. Sadly, he still can not be bothered to crack open an anthropology text and figure out what species belong in what genera and what are valid taxonomic names in the present.
The photos are reproduced far too dark to see any useful info.
Perhaps not amazingly, the thought that any of the Bigfoot stories he's heard over the years might just be fiction never seems to enter Coleman's head. Exceptions being when a forgery is just so gob-smackingly obvious, it simply can not be ignored (ie, Ray Wallace's Bluff Creek tracks that kick started the entire phenomenon).
Over all, this is a great intro book to anyone who knows next to nothing about Bigfoot. It is heavily biased to support Coleman's personal belief that wild apes and apemen are running around in e state and e major geographic province in the US, however hey...that's Bigfootery!! |
Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: One of the Better Bigfoot Books Around!!
Comments: There is no question that this is1of the better bigfoot books ever written. however it's only a Bigfoot 101 course. So be forewarned. This is not a book for a field researcher who is trying to target a geographical area to study.
I rate this book just a notch below Jeff Meldrum's book "Legend Meets Science" simply because Dr. Meldrum is a real scientist.
The reason I give this book4stars instead of5is because it's still only an introduction to the bigfoot subject, which is great if you are just getting into it. However, I have always had my reservations about Coleman because I think he's part of the problem. He's just another armchair bigfoot book author (hiding in the woods of Maine), content with the mystery persisting. He's even said on television that he's happy with the real physical evidence never being found because "in his mind" he knows it's real.
Sure...so he can keep writing and selling more books. Just like those who capitalize on conspiracy theories and paranormal subjects like UFOs.
With that said. purchase the book as a minor addition to your personal bigfoot library. however do not expect ground breaking news. For those looking for high quality bigfoot books or DVDS...1st check to see if the producers and/or authors actually get out in the field and meet witnesses. This is where you will find the gems. A great example of this is Alley's book "Raincoast Sasquatch." This is real investigative research...not "Internet" or "phone" research.
And by all means...stay away from Tom Biscardi crap. |
Rating: 3 (out of 5)
Summary: No longer innocent fun...
Comments: Let me make it clear right up front: I do NOT believe that Bigfoot/Sasquatch exists. However, when I was a child I was fascinated by this phenomena, and read several books on the subject.
In picking up this volume, I have returned to the topic after several years of not giving it much consideration. So initially, the book served as a sound and fairly measured refresher about the history of Bigfoot sightings and the search for more clues.
All this changed, however, when I reached the chapter about that "taboo" subject of Bigfoot sexuality. I was not sure whether I should be bemused or offended--that is, until the spurious account of a Bigfoot supposedly engaging in an indecent act in the middle of a field with a cow.
As a child, reading about Bigfoot was innocent fun. Of course, living in this society, it was inevitable that I would eventually be over-exposed to all of the problems plaguing our society. however at least for a time there were things that were safe and clean. Well, not anymore.
The inclusion and content of that chapter really shows how things have changed, and I suppose someday even this will be considered tame... And it's also a little absurd (considering what little amount of documented evidence there is for this probably non-existent creature) to even be speculating on such a subject in the 1st place.
So I give this book a 3-star rating; 5-star for the content exclusive of that chapter, 1-start for the chapter.
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Rating: 4 (out of 5)
Summary: Review from David
Comments: Although a comprehensive and well-referenced history of sightings, testimonials, evidences, and analysis is presented, I am left with more of an inclination towards disbelief and that Bigfoot advocates are simply motivated by the intrigue of the search, the mystery and fun of the puzzle-like assembly of facts and conspiratorial theories. Their brainy tendencies make them adept at explaining away the dearth of evidence. |
