Punk Rock, Bluegrass and Bigfoot A Marriage Made In Heaven!

Sometimes we need to step back from the seriousness and drama of the Bigfoot community and enjoy ourselves a little. My brother sent me this video by a band called Old Man Markley. Their For Better For Worse video features our furry friend and is quite entertaining. Old Man Markley is singed to Fat Wreck Chords, a popular punk label. Who'd have thought that you could mix punk, bluegrass and sasquatch and get this sweet sound?

Did Rick Dyer Buy The Minnesota Iceman? Updated

Recently the Minnesota Iceman came up for sale on Ebay. It was sold by Ebay user Hauntedarmada allegedly for the price of $20,000. So who bought the body? Rumor has it that it was none other than Rick Dyer or someone closely connected to Mr. Dyer.

The sale ended February 20th, 2013 and it has been confirmed that Rick was in St. Paul the very next day. The timing is odd to say the least.

This is a screenshot from Rick's Facebook showing his return ticket to Las Vegas from St. Paul:

Here is the Ebay auction:

 

The seller listed the Iceman as being located just south of St. Paul in Cottage Lake, Minnesota.

So how does this connect to the tent video and the alleged dead Bigfoot body? We do not know that answer at this time but we are vigorously investigating and will report the facts as they become available.

If you are not familiar with the Minnesota Iceman story you can get an overview of it here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota_Iceman

I have asked Rick about this rumor and am awaiting his response. Unless Rick confirms this story it is circumstantial at this point until we can get more information. I would like to thank my source for tipping me off on this.

UPDATE: It seems that Musky Allen was also in the area a short time before Rick was there. On February 14th Musky was in  Stillwater, MN a short distance from St. Paul. What does this mean? I do knot know. It is an interesting development though.

UPDATE: According to a post in the Facebook group Bigfoot WARZ, Musky's trip was planned well before the Iceman was put up for sale on Ebay.

UPDATE: Rick Dyer Responds:

 I have the real deal! Why buy something fake?

The Bigfoot Whisperer Returns! World Exclusive!

The Reverend Doctor Rob Fairless returns to Bigfooting with a new video talk show! Moments ago the good Dr. shared the following announcement on my Facebook timeline:

I want to announce to the world on your page Steve that I will be starting my own video talk show. I will be calling and talking to the biggest names throughout America about Bigfoot in full Bigfoot Whisperer Attire. I will record the show in my "Lair" deep in the woods where I have my captured Sasquatch in the Well. At the moment I do not have any guests scheduled but hopefully the word will quickly get out and I will start getting people wanting to be guests. As always I will have my co-host "Anthropology Man" (Randy) as my co-host. These shows will be available on YouTube in full HD. Tentative name "Inside The Lair Starring The Bigfoot Whisperer & Anthropology Man"

Check out the new Bigfoot whisperer videos at Rob's Alieninformation channel on Youtube.



 

Will The Real Musky Allen Please Stand Up?

It has been reported over on Steve Kulls blog and also by Dr. Matthew Johnson that Musky Allen's real name is Allen Issleb. I took a few minutes to see whether or not this claim is true. There is in fact an Allen Issleb that lives in Illinois. Allen is 43 years old and resides in, or at least did reside in,  Wauconda Illinois. I can't 100% say that this is in fact Musky's real name but all roads are pointing in that direction.

Musky has claimed on several occasions that he was sued by Matt Moneymaker back in the day and that as a condition of the lawsuit his website had to be shut down. Well, what does Matt have to say about this? Matt say's he only recently heard of Allen and that he has not sued anyone ever.

Musky, or Allen, or whatever your name is, it is time to stand up and prove your claims just as you have asked others to do. Prove that Matt sued you, prove that you researched with Dahinden, Prove that Rick Dyer's Bigfoot body is real.

Breaking My Silence on Rick Dyer -- Follow up

Rick claims I said that hoaxing is ok as long as you never admit to it. Never said it, never thought it, never implied it. I said Rick Dyer is an admitted hoaxer. Simple. To the point. Easy to understand.

It is never, ever ok to hoax anything ever. Is that clear enough?

Not A Real Bigfoot

Breaking My Silence On Rick Dyer

Never Forget 2008

Rick recently met with Musky Allen, an alleged "super skeptic" and made him a "believer"
Since October I have been following this story and working diligently to come up with the facts. In this case facts are hard to come by. There are some that even Rick can't deny and the following are some of those.

Lets look at the verifiable facts of this case

Fact #1. Rick Dyer is an admitted hoaxer
Fact #2. Rick Dyer has claimed he could hoax the Bigfoot community again.
Fact #3. Musky Allen's entire online persona has never been verified by anyone.
Fact #4. Rick Dyer LIED about getting a permit to kill Bigfoot in Canada.
Fact #5 Rick Dyer and Musky Allen are the ONLY ones making claims that anyone besides Rick Dyer are involved in any of this.
Fact #6. Rick Dyer's Vice President of operations at Bigfoot Tracker LLC, D.J. Brashears (or Bashers depending on how he decides to spell it) claims he is a video analyst but his own profile on Facebook mentions NO such experience, in fact it states that he is a used car salesman and studied to be a Sous chef.
Fact #7. Minnow Films has never made any claims about this movie and so far have refused to answer any emails from anyone in the Bigfoot community.
Fact #8 Tom Biscardi is the only verified subject of the Minnow Films documentary.
Fact #9 Rick Dyer has continually stated that he is lying about certain aspects of this story just to throw us off.
Fact #10 Rick claims to have seen a Bigfoot at the same location in San Antonio in 2009 but has made several statements since that time that Bigfoot is not real, Rick only recently came out with the 2009 story.
Fact #11. Musky Allen has made several statements that Rick Dyer and hoaxes are good for the Bigfoot community.
Fact #12. Rick Dyer's "film company" Big Lion Films has a movie in production called "Year Of The Bigfoot 2013" and another called "Men In Black The Proof" I think you can see where this is going.

These are just a few of the verifiable facts. There are many more. I do not believe that Musky had been conspiring with Rick all along but I do believe that he is now. Rick believes that we are all fools but he really does not care what the Bigfoot community thinks because we are a small piece of the pie, he want's the whole pie and will stop at nothing to get it. Rick has made claims that there is no money involved until the body is sold but in early October he told me that he doesn't do anything unless money is involved and he does not care as long as he can cash the check, in fact he said he was getting money wired to him, this was what he told me when he claimed he was on his way to London to meet with TV people.

How far will Rick take this? Well if 2008 is any indication, he will take it to the farthest limit that we and the general public will allow him to. Yes, there will be a news conference, yes there will be a "body", yes there will be a scientist or doctor that "verifies" all of this and YES Rick will laugh all the way to the bank.

One last note, I saw this posted on one of the Facebook groups or forums somewhere and I apologize to the original poster because I can't seem to remember who it was but they made a statement that, to me, held a lot of truth. It went something like this: If a criminal broke into your house and then claimed to be reformed would you then let that same criminal house sit for you if they asked you?
Same goes for an admitted hoaxer.

Mormons and Beards and Bigfoot Oh My! Provo Canyon Footage

If you have not seen the Provo Canyon Bigfoot video uploaded by Youtube user Beard Card yet, well first, where have you been? It has been an internet and media sensation since it was released on October 30th. The footage allegedly shows a short clip of a Bigfoot standing up from a squating position. Immediately the videographer and his/her companions take off running. I must admit when I first saw this video it looked rather compelling and I had high hopes that it was the real deal. Upon further research it appears however that it indeed may not be all it seems.

Whats in a name?
The one thing that stood out to me was the username of the uploader, Beard Card. In my research it has occurred to me that most internet users use the same username over several sites, it makes it a lot easier to remember log in information. I did some research on the username Beard Card and found that the only occurrence of this username appears on that one Youtube channel and does not seem to appear anywhere else on the internet. Red Flag in my opinion. When the video first appeared on the 30th it was the only video on their channel and all the subsequent videos added since then are enhanced, slowed down or news coverage of the original. Red Flag again.

So where does the username Beard Card come from any way? And what does it mean?

Enter the Mormons and the Beards
Upon a further search I found the term beard card. Beard card is a very specific term and is used only one place that I am able to find. On the campus of Brigham Young University. At BYU male students are prohibited from growing a beard. A student may get an exemption from this rule for medical or religious purposes, this exemption is  referred to by the students as a beard card. BYU happens to be located in Provo, Utah and approximately 4 miles or so from Squaw Peak where this video was allegedly filmed.


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So I think it is now safe to assume that whomever the filmer of this video is, with near 100% certainty has ties to BYU. Perhaps a current student or former student. It is also safe to say that the filmer lives in or near Provo.

Did we find the videographer?
Further in my research I came across the domain name BeardCard.com. BeardCard.com is the brainchild of Lorne Sleem. According to this article  http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/provo/byu-student-changing-the-meaning-of-the-beard-card/article_7acb613f-16aa-574e-afb0-3686be411a5d.html

"Lorne Sleem grew up in Manchester, England, where he was required to wear school uniforms and as a result expressed his personal sense of style through his facial hair. At BYU Sleem has to keep his face clean shaven.
So he started a business creating multiple beard looks and selling them on different colored T-shirts for students to wear."


 My first thought immediately turned to Mr. Sleem as the person behind the video. I contacted Lorne through his email and he responded. He says it was not him but it certainly has been a boon for his T-Shirt website.

"Hi Steve.

Sorry I am not the creator of the youtube video. It's just a coincidence that whoever made that video named their profile name Beard Card. It's been good advertising though for me, but I have nothing to do with that video. Sorry.

Lorne."

Although Mr. Sleem says he is not responsible for the video he is from Provo and is a graduate of BYU. He works in advertising. Go check out his site, even though the shirts are directed at BYU students, they are rather cool.

Further evidence points to a BYU connection

On Friday the 2nd of November, someone was passing out fliers on the BYU campus announcing the Bigfoot video. Each flier had the bottom left corner torn off according to this article: http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/central/provo/bigfoot-near-squaw-peak-video-of-mysterious-creature-goes-viral/article_4df99b1e-6beb-599c-ad82-faedf45efb69.html?comment_form=true#comments

"By Monday evening, the video had more than 3 million views, with comments offering explanations, criticism and a variety of typical Internet vitriol. Fliers announcing the encounter appeared on the south end of BYU campus on Friday. Mysteriously, the bottom left corner of the fliers was torn away."

I spoke with Steven Streufert on this subject and he said:

"Fascinating. The clue we need is in that little corner of the paper. I wonder if full sheets were distributed at all?" 

Indeed, the clue is in the corner. If you or someone you know has a copy of this Flier please send it to us here at Sasquatch Scoop. 

Now what?

It leaves us wondering who is behind this video. We may know where they are from but we don't know the who. Is this a viral marketing campaign? Is this a student prank? Is this perhaps a real Bigfoot encounter? These are the answers we are still looking for. In the meantime, I hope that what I have presented here gives some insight behind the story. Perhaps it gives further investigative clues to help determine the validity, or not, of the claim. While we are waiting for the answers, Please enjoy Phil Poling's breakdown on his ParaBreakdown channel at Youtube.