"Bigfoot Hair"?

7/31/01: I have kept the article below unchanged, despite the fact that the "strange" evidence described has been explained. Read to the bottom to find out what these hair clumps really were. Can you guess?

4/15/01: This article is the first preliminary update on the strange material I found during an expedition to the "Bridgewater Triangle" on April 14. I am unable to draw any conclusions as to what it is I have found at this time. I am not claiming that I have any solid evidence, but I am looking into having the material evaluated.

I went to the Bridgewater Triangle on the morning of 4/14 to investigate and to take pictures to illustrate the article on this web site. I visited the Dighton Rock State Park and spent a great deal of time in the Freetown/ Fall River State Forest, mostly in the vicinity of the Wampanoag Indian Reservation.. Nothing unusual was seen. I also drove through the area of the Hockomock Swamp along Route 106 in Bridgewater and the surrounding areas. Then, around 4 PM, I came to a place on Route 138 that I had heard about from multiple sources. At this time, pending further investigation, I am not going to disclose the exact location because I want to protect the site and keep it in its current condition. However, I will say that I had received more than one report of strange activity in that particular spot, including Bigfoot-type creature sightings.

My friend and I walked into the woods and found the path I was looking for. The path moves through a swampy area that has alternating patches of brush and grassy meadows. There were dirtbike tracks all along the trail, and at least one low stone wall crosses the path. We had not gone very far before my friend pointed out something unusual on the ground in the middle of the path. It was a small pile of clumps of hair, ranging in color from light brown to tan to gray. There were about four clumps, and some associated material. Each clump is a few inches long. The fibers are coarse, thick hairs, varying in length from very short to an inch long or longer. It looks similar to matted clumps of coarse human hair. Nobody who has seen this stuff can tell me what it is. It reminds me of horse hair, or a pile of bristles from the mane of a boar. I am fairly certain that it is not human, or plant fibers of any kind. I immediately gathered up as much of this stuff as I could. To go to a place where a Bigfoot creature has been reported and come upon a mound of strange hair in virtually the exact place where the monster was seen is pretty interesting. I did take some black and white photos of the hair on the ground before collecting it. I also took several photos of my friend  pointing at the ground showing the exact spot on the path where the material was found. The material filled two cardboard film boxes (the type that hold a single roll of film) and there was some left over, which I put in an envelope.

Not much further along this same path, a seasonal pool of water made the trail impassible. We backtracked, heading back to the car. We passed the place where the hairs had been, and about 100 or 150 feet further back on the path, we found a few smaller piles of the same stuff. Again, I photographed my friend pointing out the location of the objects. These pictures will be posted on this site in an update as soon as they are developed. When we went to collect the material, we found a strange object in the clump of hair. It looks like a piece of bone, similar to a tooth or claw. I have no idea what this object actually is. I gathered up this stuff and put it into a cassette tape case. Later, when I got back home, I transferred the stuff into plastic bags.

What is it? Well, as much as I would like to hope so, it is probably not the elusive proof of the existence of Bigfoot. But I am at a loss to identify it nonetheless. It does not appear to be the hair of a dog or other domestic animal. Owl pellets that I have examined have been denser, surrounded by some kind of coating, and full of bones. Also, why a pile of owl pellets would have been on a path in a field far from any owl roost is hard to explain. Nobody who has seen these hairs has been able to propose any other explanation. I invite anyone who can give me an idea what this stuff is to e-mail me at soccorro64@aol.com. Please check out the photos below.

This is the hairs gathered at the first site, still in the plastic bag. I put the CD in the picture for scale.

A better view, showing the clumps.

Two of the clumps removed from the bag.

One of the clumps in my hand. The clumps seem to be composed of nothing but hair, somewhat loosely matted.

Another clump. The clumps shed hairs easily whenever they are handled.

The small amount gathered at the second location.

What is it? If the clumps were full of this, I would say they were owl pellets. But this is the only object I found in the hairs.

7/31/01 Did you figure out what that stuff was? It turns out, it was coyote droppings. Believe it or not, when a coyote eats a small animal like a rabbit or squirrel, it eats all the skin and fur as well. The fur is undigestible and comes out in the animal's feces. Over time, weathering takes place and the organic matter washes into the soil where the dropping fell. Only the hair remains, in neat little clumps like I found. I have to thank Bigfoot researcher Bruce Rutkowski for explaining this "mystery."

 

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