Tribal Bigfoot by David Paulides

Tribal Bigfoot Reviews

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  Matt

  Following up his initial investigation into Bigfoot incidents and witnesses, a former police investigator expanded his search area in northern California as well as expanding out to Minnesota and Oklahoma. Tribal Bigfoot is David Paulides follow up to his first book, The Hoopa Project, in which he gathers more evidence and proposes a new theory about bigfoot today.
  
  Expanding his research area to the northern California countries surrounding the Hoopa Valley, Paulides methodically examined the terrain and wildlife before looking for witness testimony for the viability of bigfoot in the area. Like his previous book Paulides spends most of his time going over the witness testimony—which are back up by affidavits—followed by his personal observations of the area where the incident(s) took place in each interview. Once again Paulides hired law enforcement forensic artist Harvey Pratt to draw sketches from the memories of witnesses he interviewed, and it is the result of these sketches and local Native American knowledge that Paulides made his big conclusion at the end of the book. Paulides believes that bigfoot isn’t an ape as some researchers believe but a homininan that can reproduce with humans which seems to be showing with the amount of a more human-looking bigfoot seen by witnesses than the ape-looking bigfoot of the Patterson-Gimlin footage. Like his previous book Paulides’ is a little dry in his style though his writing did improve as did his referencing between witness accounts.
  
  Tribal Bigfoot continues David Paulides’ research into bigfoot in northern California as well as glance at Minnesota and Oklahoma. The book not only contains Paulides well done research, but also a theory that bigfoots and humans can produce offspring.
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  Michael Delaware

  David Paulides has compiled an impressive follow up book to the Hoopa Project including more sketches by Harvey Pratt. It is a compelling line of research into the subject of Sasquatch with several witness accounts and results from hair and blood DNA evidence. The author and his research team venture into the conclusions that Bigfoot is actually an ancient race of indigenous people that have a unique set of features, strengths, skills and characteristics that have enabled them to elude survive outside the reach of man for hundreds of years. Overall, a very interesting book.
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  S.E. Ellis

  I commend David Paulides on all the hard work he puts into his books. The effort tracking down stories, people, making them feel comfortable, interviewing them (extracting the truth) and collating it all into a book makes this well worth the read.
  
  I can only give this 4 stars though. I understand David's choice in keeping to "just the facts ma'am" but it can make for some dry reading. This doesn't read as much as an engrossing book detailing a close look at bigfoot from the perspective of native americans as much as it feels like 500 pages of police affidavits. But I can't fault David for doing so, as 500 pages of affidavits is what his goal was.
  
  The bigfoot community owes a huge thank-you to all the hard work he's done. While everyone else is busy in-fighting, back-stabbing and adjusting their tinfoil hats, David is out in the field doing real investigation.
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  Mary Coder

  This book is a case study in Sasquatch where the author, David Paulides has brought science, data, sworn affidavits and statistics to that which is usually scoffed at.
  There is a connection between the tribal people of America and "te people of the forest"that is ever-present, timeless, beautiful and mystical. Some fear them, some do not but all know & respect them and all from the cradle to the grave believe in him.
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  Tina

  Very thoroughly researched book. If you are not a believer in bigfoot after reading this book, I don't know what to tell you. The drawings of bigfoot are absolutely fascinating, especially when the hair is removed from their face and you realize how human they look!
  
  My only complaint is the book isn't more updated.
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  Stacie Morris

  Wonderful Reading
  
  This is truly one of the best Bigfoot books I have ever read. I have read a total of over 50 books. Mr Paulides does a very thorough job of researching this mystifying being. Thank you for your knowledge and your efforts to help those of us who are trying to have a better understanding.
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  Jean T Torres

  Evidence is everything
  
  Very well written and very in-depth about this situation that goes on to be continually denied, it is a great read.
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  Whisper

  A must read
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  Vasilis St.

  The author brings the police procedure in his investigation of bigfoot. (His former law enforcement background is unverifiable.) First of all, eyewitnesses must sign affidavits. An affidavit is a written statement from an individual which is sworn to be true. It is an oath that what the individual is saying is the truth. In our case the only way to prove definitely that someone is lying, you must prove that bigfoot does not exist. The witnesses also must provide enough information for an artist (who as claimed by the author has to be a believer) to sketch their "human" suspects. Human because all the drawings have typical human traits, Native American, like the witnesses. Coincidence? Even female witnesses describes female bigfoot! According to the author all these people are genetically related with bigfoot. This is fairy stuff, little people, big people living in a parrallel world with humans. Every year we hear about hunters killing other hunters because they thought they were bears. If somebody (with or without gun) is so positive that a human can be a bear, the opposite could also be true.
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  Michael

  Fascinating to read about a number of first hand accounts and historical records of encounters with something that is arguably very real to the people whose accounts are presented. I really enjoyed Dave's investigative and forensic approach to this subject.