"Finding Bigfoot", the 'Animal Planet'

[mick063]

26. My childhood

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I spent my childhood growing up in Mckenzie Bridge, Oregon. The Western face of the Cascade Mountains about halfway between Sisters and Eugene. Thick, mossy, old growth forest. I saw deer, squirrels, blue jays, bats, and a variety of wildlife on a daily basis.

This is smack dab in the middle of Bigfoot country. I never saw bigfoot or heard of anyone that saw one. I had 26 cousins that lived within a 50 mile radius. My great, great grandmother followed the Oregon trail as a pioneer. One of my distant relatives was the first government territory laison to the local natives. My family ran a logging company for four generations until the protection of old growth forest forced them in to new occupations. I have seen photgraphs of huge teams of horses pulling primitive log wagons in our family archives. Many of my relatives worked as loggers, log truck drivers, lumber graders, fire watch, or for the Federal government in some forest related capacity.

I heard of Bigfoot from magazines. I never once had a relative even mention bigfoot. Not even once.