Feb 20 2007
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Crossover Cases
As some of you may know, I write a regular column titled View From A Brit for UFO Magazine. In the latest issue (February) the column is titled The Crossover Problem and delves deeper into some of the things that I’ve been discussing on the blog in the last few days - namely those “rogue” cases that seem to incorporate elements of both Ufology and Cryptozoology.
As I have pointed out, those cases are very often either under-investigated or, worse still, completely ignored. The reason, as I have also pointed out time and again, is that those cases, if true, suggest that the researchers who believe Bigfoot to be a purely physical animal and those that believe the UFO presence on our world is evidence that ET is visiting, may have to revise some of those same beliefs.
And radically over-hauling and revising belief systems doesn’t always come easy to those investigators that have staked their careers and reputations on one particular theory. Too bad for them. We have to examine all of the data, whether it sits comfortable in our minds or not.
And it’s good to see that others agree: a good commentary on my ”Crossover” article in UFO Magazine can be found over at Regan Lee’s OrangeOrb blog.
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February 20th, 2007 at 11:55 am
Nick,
Have you ever read Ivan Sanderson’s “Abominable Snowman” book (I’ve only ever read references to it but never the book itself,) and if so, did his work ever indicate anything other than a physical animal for Squatch?
February 20th, 2007 at 12:09 pm
Cryptozoology wants to be accepted as a legitimate part of zoology. They see themselves investigating a mystery that does not defy any of the known laws of science. Even if we don’t agree it is understandable why they do not want to be caught up in the ufo controversy. Ufologist on the other hand should investigate any evidence presented to them as the ufo enigma (or at least our understanding of it)continues to evolve. When the first reports of what seemed to be an interest, on the part of the aliens, in human reproduction many ufologist refused to believe it. When there seemed to be a religious context to some ufo events many in the ufological community dismissed it as not credible. Hybrids, walking through solid objects, levitation, telepathy all aspects of the phenomenon which were at first deemed too strange to accept.
My personal thoughts are, if we humans have proven to be so interesting to these beings then wouldn’t a closely related hominid species, such as bigfoot seem as interesting to them. The capture or return of a bigfoot by the ufo occupants would be what people are reporting.
February 21st, 2007 at 7:26 am
Raven
Yeah, I did read it - a long time ago. He delves deeply into various reports from around the world, but focuses more upon the physical nature of things.
For me, the person who really opened up the idea that these “things” are not flesh-and-blood entities of the type that many assume them to be was John Keel.
His books The Cosmic Question; The Mothman Prophecies; and also FW Holiday’s The Dragon and the Disc are essential reading for anyone interested in such topics.