By: Murphy, Christopher L.
ISBN: 978-0-88839-657-0
Binding: Trade Paper
Size: 11" X 8.5"
Pages: 319
Photos: 825
Illustrations: 101
Publication Date: 2010

PHOTO Highlights: Over 800 photos, line drawings throughout, 28 maps.

 

Limited Edition: includes signed and numbered copies of only 6 remaining in stock. Also includes a signed plate. Edition produced specifically for the 150th anniversary.

 Description:  Learn about the sasquatch/bigfoot from various perspectives. The reader will gain from this work an appreciation of the creature far beyond that provided in most other published books on this subject. In 2004 the first edition of this work, Meet the Sasquatch, accompanied a sasquatch exhibit at the Vancouver Museum, British Columbia, Canada. In that same year, it won the Anomalist Book of the Year Award in the category of best illustrated book. It went on to accompany another major exhibit in 2006 at the Museum of Natural History, Pocatello, Idaho. Over the last four years, the book has found its way to thousands of sasquatch/bigfoot enthusiasts world-wide, and has become an acknowledged classic in its field. General feedback and comments from numerous researchers, together with new findings, indicated that the work should not be simply reprinted. As a result, it has been updated, with a considerable amount of new material added, and has now become Know the Sasquatch/Bigfoot. For this new edition, Chris Murphy again consulted many major sasquatch/bigfoot researchers, scientists, and others. The information provided is the latest available, and again is highly authoritative. 

The title is intended to convey the message of knowing the sasquatch/bigfoot from various perspectives. The reader will gain from this work an appreciation of the creature far beyond that provided in most other published books on this subject.

Christopher L. Murphy retired in 1994 after 36 years of service with the British Columbia Telephone Company (now Telus). During his career, he authored four books on business processes. After retirement he taught a night school course on vendor quality management at the B.C. Institute of Technology. An avid philatelist, Chris has written several books on Masonic Philately. Chris got involved in the sasquatch mystery when he met Rene Dahinden, who lived nearby, in 1993. He then worked with Rene in producing posters from the Patterson/Gimlin film and marketing sasquatch footprint casts. In 1996, Chris republished Roger Patterson's 1966 book, Do Abominable Snowmen of America Really Exist?, and Fred Beck's book, I Fought the Apemen of Mt. St. Helens. In 1997, Chris published Bigfoot in Ohio: Encounters with the Grassman, a book he authored in association with Joedy Cook and George Clappison of Ohio. In 2000, Chris embarked on a project to assemble a comprehensive pictorial presentation on the sasquatch. This initiative led to his 2004 sasquatch exhibit at the Vancouver (BC) Museum and the publication of Meet the Sasquatch, the first edition of this book. In due course, Chris wrote a supplemental section to Roger Patterson's book, which was republished in 2005 by Hancock House Publishers under the title, The Bigfoot Film Controversy. The following year, Chris updated his Ohio book, again with his two previous associates, and it was published in 2006 by Hancock House under the title, Bigfoot Encounters in Ohio: Quest for the Grassman. Chris's sasquatch exhibit next traveled to the Museum of Mysteries in Seattle, where it was displayed for five months in 2005. In June of the following year, it opened at the Museum of Natural History in Pocatello Idaho, where it was shown for 15 months. Chris has also attended and presented at many sasquatch symposiums, and has taken part in several television documentaries on the subject.

Southeast Sasquatch Association
Early Book Review by Henry May
August 2008

The author sent this to me via a series of .PDFs, and it is a GREAT one. Murphy takes his 2004 New Classic Meet The Sasquatch and greatly expands on it, adding in material which is basically up-to-the-minute, such as the new Snelgrove Lake findings, as well as findings by Hoopa Project author David Paulides on the humanness of the Sasquatch. There is also quite a bit of new photos and illustrations throughout the book, as well as expanded sections on early sighting reports, pictographs and petroglyphs depicting possible Sasquatches and even supplemental material on the Patterson/Gimlin Movie.
There is also a good bit on evidence which is expanded upon, such as the Skookum Cast, footprints (including the Matt Crowley findings), nesting and bedding areas, hair samples, vocalizations (The Sierra Sounds are discussed in Alan Berry's own words) and other bits of evidence. There is also a section about the main area of sightings, The Pacific Northwest, with some gorgeous photography from Alaska, British Columbia, Washington, Oregon and Northern California (an especially terrific shot of the crater of Mt. Saint Helens). The tribute section is greatly expanded, to include Robert W. Morgan, Peter Byrne, M.K. Davis, Craig Woolheater, Loren Coleman, Michael Rugg, John Kirk, Gerry Matthews and West Coast Sasquatch and Thom Powell. There is also a section on some of the Paranormal aspects of the Sasquatch mystery, focusing on Jack Kewaunee Lapseritis, the late Fred Beck and his assertions that the Sasquatch is not of this earth and Henry Franzoni. Murphy even notes it made him uncomfortable to include that section in the book, but felt that if he ignored it, it would be no better than the entire scientific community ignoring the question of Sasquatch in general. This book is not available for the public yet, and will probably not be till sometime next year, but getting a sneak preview of it, I highly recommend it. When this one comes out, make sure to get a hold of it. It is a worthy successor and sequel to the 2004 volume, and a worthy edition to any bookshelf.

 

Bigfootencounters.com
Ray Crowe Reviews: 'Know the Sasquatch'
another new book by Christopher L. Murphy October 2010...

Christopher L. Murphy came out with a new book, one that I applaud as new work of art by a master and experienced craftsman. Know the Sasquatch Bigfoot, an update with new info and a sequel to Meet the Sasquatch. As before, the 300+ page volume is crammed with great photos and lots of graphs and comparison; pictures with numerous sidebars. I lost track of trying to count how many photos and art drawings there were.
I see many names of friends and associates, many I haven't heard from in years; some sadly passed on... Chris hasn't left much out of the 8 X 12 book. There are 14 chapters that define all aspects of the investigation into the Bigfoot phenomena, from tracks, nests, and sounds, to some of the latest DNA research currently in process by the North American Bigfoot Society. There was a part that speculated that the Sasquatch ancestors migrated from Asia to North America VIA the Beringia Land Bridge into the New World. It portrays the creatures coming south through a gap between continental glaciers. I don't agree with this part, thinking more of a coastal route though I could be wrong. Recent science suggests also that access by an Atlantic route might be involved.
Early on, an investigation into the Native American, or First Nation, ideas and examples of Sasquatch art...several carved stone heads and feet being fascinating, and certainly ape-like. Kathy Moskowitz Strain presents an interesting insert concerning cave pictographs found in California. I'm sorry that I've never met her. There is a review of early historic and classic records that is an interesting section for many and great for novices. An early one I never heard of and the oldest that Chris recognizes, gives a good description of a Sasquatch from an early Boston Almanac in 1785. For Patterson/Gimlin buffs, there is an extensive review and consolidation of all things concerning Patty...lots of photos. Dr. Henner Fahrenbach has contributed several statistical graphs concerning physical attributes. A lot of speculative opinions are expressed...some I agree with, others not. Good to keep your skepticals on. Another part discusses the possibility of a possible hoax (unlikely to me). Did note the inclusion and study of the so-called 'Skookum Cast,' which many still believe to be caused by other than a Sasquatch. M.K. Davis had several interesting observations from photographic analysis. An interesting section concerns biographical sketches of many researchers, old and new. Sorry to note, that some of the names are new to me. One such, Michael Rugg who has started an apparently successful museum in Felton, California, is to be congratulated. I understand that some of the material acquired by Dave Paulides from my collection will be donated there. Appreciated the long bio on Bobbie Short and did note that her newsletter had 1,410 subscribers at the time of writing. In a recent note from her, she stated that the numbers had grown substantially; she has now some 2,302 subscribers as of Oct. 28, 2010. She was amazed at the high number of professionals, scientists, academics, law enforcement and government officials that had subscribed. Some space has been allotted to Sasquatch-like creatures from foreign lands. The Almasty, Yeti, Yeran, and Yowie mainly. Others were ignored...South America had nothing though old records record its presence. Europe has been covered in an encyclopedia of photos of early hairy creatures by Scott White. John Kirk did studies on the African Baka, which was mentioned in his bio. But, Chris had his hands full with other things, so I understand the lapse. A really surprising section considered the paranormal, starting with the Fred Beck report on Mount Saint Helens in 1924. It was quickly followed by researchers in the Psychic Sasquatch book by Kewaunee Lapseritis on the telepathic abilities of the Sasquatch. A recent postcard from him indicates he has almost completed another book.
In conclusion, Chris states that the Patterson film remains the gold-standard in the investigation of the Sasquatch phenomena. He does point out though that other avenues have been examined... It comes to mind the many miles on miles of track-ways that have been found and examined. There are also many thousands of reports, that more hardly seem necessary. And Russ Kinne reports from a fly-over of western forests, that it would be possible to hide a herd of elephants in the region. A final paragraph speculates on what would happen if the Sasquatch is confirmed as a new species. Speculations, imply that the Sasquatch might be closely related to humans, and there would be a great many scientists doing an about-face, with probably egg on their face's, as biologists come to terms with the addition of the next 'Great Ape' to the menagerie.

Ray Crowe, Hillsboro, Oregon
October 2010