Scott Taylor, a field investigator with the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, speaks to a standing-room only crowd during a presentation on the Sasquatch at the Centralia Timberland Library on Saturday afternoon. Taylor indicated that the Sasquatch is watching us all the time.
Since giving a presentation at the Centralia Timberland Library in April and leading an expedition into the Gifford Pinchot National Forest in June, bigfoot researcher Scott Taylor has stayed busy.
Shortly after the Gifford trip, Taylor led a group into the Olympics.
As an investigator for the Bigfoot Researchers Organization, Taylor helps collect evidence of Bigfoot’s existence. The researcher says he has had multiple interactions with the controversial creatures — including one during his Olympics expedition.
“It went really well. We had a family of five sasquatches that were watching the people walk by,” Taylor said. “It was pretty interesting and fun for those guys.”
The alleged 7- to 8-foot-tall creatures — which are humanlike with ape attributes or apelike with human attributes, depending on who you ask — have long been a source of fascination in the Pacific Northwest. They are said to primarily reside in forested regions with plenty of protein sources, and Washington historically has been a hotbed of sightings, according to the BFRO.
Of Washington’s 540 reported sightings, 39 were reported from Lewis County, 37 from Grays Harbor County and 66 from Pierce County, according to BFRO data.
Taylor frequently counsels people dealing with sasquatch squatters.
Often, the sasquatches are living in a field or a barn or, in the case of one Washington family, a front porch, BFRO researcher Scott Taylor said Friday.
Over the summer, Taylor worked with the family to develop an amicable relationship with their visitors. He hoped to create a non-threatening environment, by sharing gifts and other gestures of goodwill, he said.
Evidently it worked: “The sasquatches took to swimming in an above-ground swimming pool,” he said. “We pulled a huge wad of hair out of the filter.”
Taylor, over the summer, also was invited to the inaugural Sasquatch summit, put on at the Quinault Resort and Casino in Ocean Shores. There, he spoke about the mechanics of leading an expedition.
“It went really well,” Taylor said. “It will be even better next year.”
Recent months have been a little slow — Taylor takes time to enjoy hunting season — but he anticipates things will speed up again in a few months.
“I’ve been asked to speak at a function at Renton Technical College to a seminar where they teach people to create video games,” he said. “I’m not sure if it has to do with modeling or adding characters — I think mostly they’re just interested in sasquatch.”
