What's The Verdict On 'Jacko' Near Yale...

[lookoutman7]

I'm hearing many things on this supposed famous story of the past. Where are we at the moment with this story?? Could it still be true, or have we swayed the other way on this?

Thanks

[Deleted]

I read something on Cryptomundo on this just the other day. Was at work and had to hurry ahaha but it was a neat read. I wont spoil it for oyu but have a gander

[lookoutman7]

Thanks...

I figured so - there's no 'hung jury' either way. It is like any other thing.

lookoutman

[thomassteenburg]

Its one of the "Sasquatch Classics"

Thomas Steenburg

[lookoutman7]

Hi Thomas-

There are a number of 'classics' alright. Just...when I'm writing or referring to such things, I would like to be as close as possible to the truth in things. (Within two or three months I'll be finished the project.)

[bigfoothunter]

Maybe I can offer some further insight .....

Having been probably only one of three researchers that have knowingly been to the Jacko location ... I can say that the story has legs.

To start with: The individuals mentioned in the article written in the Daily Colonnist were in fact real people that were on the train.

The eye witness mentioned in the article must have surely known the location well because when we went looking for the number four tunnel ... we used the descriptions of the location from the story and compared it to the present location around the tunnel as we were there seeing it.

It was true that the number four tunnel comes into view just as the train rounded the last bend. That there was a rock bluff that rose above the tracks with two or three ledges that could fit the story. While it seems possible, I found it difficult to imagine that someone riding the train would have bothered to pick that location for a tall tale ... especially using one that involved so many individuals who could have spilled the beans at any time.

Such a hoax would have needed the cooperation of the doctor. To write a phony report ... while again possible - it seems a bit of a stretch.

Then there is the gentleman mentioned in Green's writings whereas he recalled the stir in the town when they heard about the odd creature just captured above Yale. (If the story was a prank, then it was getting completely out of hand) So many people involved and yet no one ever spoke up and said it was a hoax.

For me as I stood looking at this bluff and walking the tracks as I came around that last bend and saw the tunnel ... the story gained a lot of strength at that moment, as it did for the three other people who were with me that day. Tom Steenburg, Barry Blount, and a local historian from the Yale Museum.

The number four tunnel coming into view from the last bend in the tracks.


The rock face wall.


Bill Miller
Bigfoot Field Research

[bushpusher]

cool shots Bill, i always wanted to see the location!

[bigfoothunter]

Barry Blount took photos of the area that were spectacular. One such shot will be in an upcoming 2010 calendar he is putting together of Sasquatch related images.

Bill Miller
Bigfoot Field Research