Copyrighted artwork used with the exclusive permission of The Prime Ape Objective
In 2011, it was reported that a bear hunter in Northern California shot and killed two Bigfoots. It was an adult and the other one was a juvenile that died in the his arms after being shot. According to the story, the hunter said the Bigfoots appeared sometimes on two legs and sometimes on four legs. They got aggressive with him and moved very close to him. At one point, one got on a ledge above him and seemed to be threatening him. He shot it out of fear it was going to attack him. The young Sasquatch was shot in the neck. The wounded creature fell and rolled down the hillside landing next to the hunter's boots.
The event happened in October 2010 and many have ask Smeja (who held the dying juvenile in his arms) what the juveniles looked it. Commercial illustrator Ernest Boetz wondered the same thing and contacted Smeja directly. Over the course of 9 months, Boetz gathered as much information as he could about the juvenile by listening to Ro's Sierra Kills interview and by listening to Smeja's detailed description. Boetz explained how this all came about in an email to Bigfoot Evidence blog:
Myself and my team research partner, Pat Turner, are Sasquatch researchers. We are both skeptical in our thoughts and approach but we're also advocates for the possibility of these creatures' existence. Our group's name is The Prime Ape Objective.
Upon hearing Justin Smeja's interviews about The Sierra Kills, we were both compelled to believe his story. We listened to every word in Justin's first two call-in interviews as well as the video interview with Ro many, many times. Both Pat and I remarked at how Justin described the appearance of the juveniles, and how nobody had yet done an artists' rendering of them based solely on Justin's words. (The only rendering we saw of a juvenile was a photo-shopped image of a baby gorilla, which looked nothing like what Justin described seeing. -Simply not at all what Justin said he saw.) Pat Turner suggested that we should contact Justin directly and offer our services.
I have been a commercial illustrator for 25 years and I am very experienced in creating artwork for all manner of clients and usages. Pat Turner contacted Justin through Facebook about having me create some drawings and thus began a 9 month -or longer- process of us speaking directly with Justin and making revisions at his request. The drawings attached are the final pieces that Justin personally art-directed, through multiple revisions and conversations. He said that the resemblance is right-on.
The Prime Ape Objective
Copyrighted artwork used with the exclusive permission of The Prime Ape Objective
Copyrighted artwork used with the exclusive permission of The Prime Ape Objective
We shared the drawings with amateur zoological researcher Jay Cooney of Bizarre Zoology blog and these are his thoughts:
With the first reconstruction looking like a photograph of a juvenile gorilla, this new illustration is compelling in the respect that it exhibits hallmarks of both the adult sasquatch which Justin allegedly killed and known ape species (both human and nonhuman). With its scrawny yet athletic-looking build, disproportionately large head, sharp teeth and nails, and human-like feet, it isn't so hard to understand how Justin could be disgusted by such an animal yet still find it scarily human-like. Although I'm still skeptical regarding Justin's claims, I could empathize with him for feeling that he made a mistake in killing such a human-like animal.
Copyrighted artwork used with the exclusive permission of The Prime Ape Objective
Copyrighted artwork used with the exclusive permission of The Prime Ape Objective
Ah, that's it 8:31..It looks like one of those pictures that sidewalk artists draw of you and you're head comes out big and you're body is small..lol...
His story is intriguing but it just doesn't add up. It's not like he's making loot but if those things are even part human, he deserves some kind of punishment.
No one would shoot a baby squatch and just leave the find of the century in the woods, especially since a pickup truck was right there. In the story, the pickup's window frame was used to steady the shot.
Sorry, first learn the difference between emphasize and sympathize. Then please tell the artist that I like their work on monkeyquest.com which must have been the final version of these rough outs
If you guys listened to the interviews "many times", where did you come up with the story that he shot the juvenile because he felt threatened and was in fear of being attacked? I don't remember EVER hearing him say that. Or is this the new spin so his story sounds a little less cold?
These are ridiculous. Looks like the creature on that stupid Lost In Space movie. Anyway, the saggital crest is bullshit. Saggital crest is a function of body mass. As in gorillas, babies and juveniles don't have them
Here you go, PJ. I can't prove that the drawing is of a real creature, so it's definitely a real creature...right up there with Patty and the Leaping Lemur.
The bear samples were obtained on one of the return trips weeks after the shooting...They hoped the samples were from the remains of one of the bigfoots, but apparently a bear died in the same general area... We are left with these pictures, which is as good as an actual body. Better in fact: bodies start to rot but these you can hang on your wall and masturbate to...
^^^^^^^^^^^^^Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Clueless Joe will be here making every excuse imaginable and soon! It's so fun reading his maniacal misguided diatribes.
The illustrator should have spent more than 2 minutes looking at simian anatomy illustrations before putting these drawings out. Stop trying to be Pixar and draw something useful from an investigative standpoint! Sorry, but I can say this being a career professional illustrator myself. The head is waaaaaaaaaaay too large, even by baby-primate standards. It's ridiculous. I guess this is why he's got "commercial" tacked to the front of "illustrator"
I concur. I have worked as an Illustrator for twenty five years. This person has a poor grasp of anatomy, the reflections in the eyes show an almost amateur skill level. Frankly, it is not good work.
Is Justin trying to say he shot Daffy Duck?? This is the best. ^^^^^^ To be fair, illustrator did say he had been working with Justin for nine MONTHS before he signed off on the final drafts. Meaning, these renderings came from Justin's head. Too funny if you ask me. If you want to know what an actual bigfoot looks like, maybe better 'not' to ask Justin Smeja?
hahaha, SMEJA to ILLUSTRATOR "no, no, seriously, the head still has to be MUCH bigger, listen man, I saw what I saw, I know it sounds weird, but I'm telling you, head was twice, no, three times the size of its body!" Finally, now make sure the eyes are HUGE like saucers and way more sad, now we're getting there..." Smeja is an idiot liar!
There was this girl in my neighborhood named Betty Nolan. She had a pot belly. Everytime I saw her, I would yell, "Pot Betty belly Betty belly Betty Nooolan!"
One day she got sick of it, knocked me off my Schwinn and caved in my nuts.
Okay, so an artist's rendering of the make believe juvenile Smegma "supposedly" shot and killed. Okay. Assuming that were true, how then does he mistake it for a bear or for something that he alleges was going to kill him or hurt him? He's such a freakin' liar. So tired of his bullshit story. Disappear already!
This story was circulating the internet way back in 2004, or maybe as far back as 1999. Back when everybody was on 56k dial-up modems and a "Facebook" was just a regular book with directory listing of names and headshots. This story was so disturbing and so shocking that nobody believed it at the time. It was the Robert Lindsay " Bear Hunter: Two Bigfoots Shot and DNA Samples Taken " story of the time. And like Robert's Bear Hunter story , this witness didn't have a name. The only thing known about the witness is that this person was a government employee, anonymous of course. The author of the story was a science teacher named Thom Powell who believe it really happened and that the whole story was an elaborate cover-up. Powell said the anonymous government employee alerted the BFRO about a 7.5 feet long/tall burn victim with "multiple burns on hands, feet, legs and body; some 2nd and 3rd degree burns". Sadly, there was no DNA samples taken from...
Rumors abound on whether or not Finding Bigfoot will continue, but hopeful news is on the horizon. Snake Oil Productions, the production company responsible for Finding Bigfoot, is seeking a permit for filming in the Monterey, Virginia area. Monterey lies between the Monongahela and George Washington National Forests. Definitely a good place to look for bigfoot. We can only speculate if this means Finding Bigfoot has been signed on for additional seasons, or if perhaps a new bigfoot show is in the works. We'll keep you updated on any further announcements for sure.
Editor's Note: This is a guest post by Suzie M., a sasquatch enthusiast. Crypto-linguists believe that the species known Bigfoot/Sasquatch/Yeti/Yowie ect speak and understand a complex language, which by all accounts seems to stem from Asia. When one listens to it there is definitely a sense of it being Chinese or Japanese. It is a very odd mix of sounds, clicks and what could be actual words. This is the reason some experts are looking into the Asian dialect theory, some have said it could be a lost dialect, which was carried from Asia by the Bigfoot species that colonised America.
Pwned like mulder in the dark
ReplyDeleteok so he shot a Furbie?
DeleteLooks like a monkey! Hey got monkey dude -there it is.
DeleteSquatch don't have fangs. I read that in a report somewhere I think.
DeleteIs it just me, or do those drawings look ridiculous?
DeleteRidiculous is putting it mildly.
DeleteThey look like caricatures.
I want the last one with the big sad eyes painted on black velvet. I'll hang it in the shitter as inspiration for taking a dump.
DeleteAh, that's it 8:31..It looks like one of those pictures that sidewalk artists draw of you and you're head comes out big and you're body is small..lol...
DeleteSounds ( & LOOKS) like a load of bunkum to me. Iseriously doubt a juvenile Sasquatch would look anything like this . If anything , this is comical.
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ReplyDeleteBlew it again. Amateur.
DeleteTug it wanker soonka.
ReplyDeleteI prefer to think of Smeja as a liar. Because if his story was true then he is a cold blooded killer who deserves what he dishes out
ReplyDeleteMMC
His story is intriguing but it just doesn't add up. It's not like he's making loot but if those things are even part human, he deserves some kind of punishment.
Deletewhat about all the kids they ate in Yellowstone? I say get some payback!
Deletelol
DeleteWhat kids?
DeleteBURRRRP !
Bigfoot here
No one would shoot a baby squatch and just leave the find of the century in the woods, especially since a pickup truck was right there. In the story, the pickup's window frame was used to steady the shot.
DeleteThe Sierra Kills story is BS from top to bottom.
Amen brother ^^^^^*
DeleteMMC
I hope Justin is a liar other wise this is terribly sad,it's nothing short of murder!
DeleteHilarious. Where's the exit hole?
ReplyDeleteVery interesting illustrations. Thanks for quoting me Shawn :)!
ReplyDeleteSorry, first learn the difference between emphasize and sympathize. Then please tell the artist that I like their work on monkeyquest.com which must have been the final version of these rough outs
DeleteOops, my apologies. I must've been thinking 'share empathy.' But you know what, it's summer so I'm not THAT focused on grammar and such.
DeleteSorry again reread and the word was empathy used as empathize. My bad good sir.
DeleteYah, I just checked and empathized can be used to mean 'share feelings.' It's absolutely fine.
DeleteJAY, UR SUCH A GOOD DUDE.. U DON'T TRY TO HAVE A BEEF WITH ANYONE!
DeleteALL CAPS
ACHTUNG!
DeleteWe are going to keep a close eye you. We have ways of making you use proper grammar.
If you guys listened to the interviews "many times", where did you come up with the story that he shot the juvenile because he felt threatened and was in fear of being attacked? I don't remember EVER hearing him say that. Or is this the new spin so his story sounds a little less cold?
ReplyDeleteShawns creative editing, not the guys who made the drawings
DeleteIs this supposed to be a joke?!
ReplyDeleteI know, right. Those illustrations are like spit your milk out laughable.
Delete..Ridiculous conception..This is the best he can come up with after 3 years?..ugh...
DeleteKim & Kanye are gonna be pissed you are using a drawing of their little monkey and saying it's a juvi bigfoot.
ReplyDeleteJealous, much? ^^^
DeleteKim and kanye...LMFAO.
DeleteHey man that's not their kid. He looks to handsome
DeleteIt's "too" not "to" ya' dumb fuck!
DeleteJealous of what exactly?
DeleteHuh,why so cartoon like I thought this guy was a Pro
ReplyDeleteGood thing he shot it. I haven't seen anything that horrible since a Disney animation.
ReplyDeleteYou've got to be KIDDING me. What a JOKE.
ReplyDeletehahahahahahahahahahha
Sharon Shill, is that you?
DeleteThese are ridiculous. Looks like the creature on that stupid Lost In Space movie. Anyway, the saggital crest is bullshit. Saggital crest is a function of body mass. As in gorillas, babies and juveniles don't have them
ReplyDeleteI would like to commission the artist to portray a couple of over-affectionate young female sasquatches.
DeleteI see no pronounced saggital crest in the drawings.
DeleteNot to mention that they do develop in childhood.
Damn thing looks like half the NBA
DeleteA little bit, no, a LOT, of spin going on in those.
DeleteClearly distancing himself as much as possible for killing a child and stuffing him under a tree.
HOW MANY TIMES DO WE NEED TO HEAR THIS STORY,OH THE POST WITH THE N WORD NEEDS TO BE REMOVED SHAWN.
ReplyDeleteToo much censorship.
DeleteStop it with the politically correct bullshit.
DeleteI will call the young Squatch "Heed"
ReplyDeleteLooks like a Dr Suess character....I will shoot him in the head... I will shoot him in a bed....I will shoot him til he's dead.
ReplyDeleteI will shoot them in the head
DeleteI will shoot them in their bed
I will even shoot them behind the old wood shed
"KILL 'EM ALL" I say
"KILL 'EM ALL UNTIL THEY'RE DEAD!"
Metallica
DeleteJustin Smeja is an American hero!
ReplyDeleteWhen all else fails, which is pretty much ALWAYS, just post old stories with new illustrations...and we will like it.
ReplyDeleteN word.... how dare you ....from Paula Dean...
ReplyDeleteHere you go, PJ. I can't prove that the drawing is of a real creature, so it's definitely a real creature...right up there with Patty and the Leaping Lemur.
ReplyDeleteDon't let mental incapacity get you down, skeptard 6:46!
DeleteTake heart!
Human head transplants are coming your way soon!
Your new human head will include a brain! It will be a grand new experience for you!
Watch for the Human Head Transplant Wagon coming to your town in no time!
Congratulations.
PJ? Do you mean Joe?
DeleteThat my son, is the Raging Butthurt Footer. They tried a spinal block butt the butthurt is too deep. It has affected his mind.
DeleteDiddy Kong.
ReplyDeleteThat's weak, bro. I don't know you but I'm sure you can do better than that. Maybe not. Either way, You'll get nothing and like it.
ReplyDeleteoops, meant for HELPING SKEPTARD. Not you, Hamburger Head.
DeleteMayor, you're the BOMB, but that Hamburger Head comment is frickin' funny!
DeleteMayor, i'm beginning to think you have a little sugar in your tank! All you think and talk about lately is.......Dick!
DeleteBest evidence yet! So sayeth me and all of these naked women I've just drawn. Ilsa's the one with the axe.
ReplyDeleteI didn't realize the evidence for Bigfoot was this compelling.
ReplyDeleteJustin Smegma is still on the Bigfoot radar? Didn't his samples prove to be bear?
ReplyDeleteThe pictures look like stills from some soon to be cartoon.
Quit posting this crap or I'll have Bob Heironimus come over and put his foot up your ass.
The bear samples were obtained on one of the return trips weeks after the shooting...They hoped the samples were from the remains of one of the bigfoots, but apparently a bear died in the same general area...
DeleteWe are left with these pictures, which is as good as an actual body. Better in fact: bodies start to rot but these you can hang on your wall and masturbate to...
yheah, not olnly that, but was bear meat contaminated with human blood or something like that
DeleteI thought this was proven to be a hoax and debunked already too
this thread is hellafunny though
Nah, the boots from Sykes showed bear also. The entire crew knows the results that's why they've all been so quiet on he subject the last few months.
Delete^^^^^^^^^^^^^Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! Clueless Joe will be here making every excuse imaginable and soon! It's so fun reading his maniacal misguided diatribes.
DeleteThe illustrator should have spent more than 2 minutes looking at simian anatomy illustrations before putting these drawings out. Stop trying to be Pixar and draw something useful from an investigative standpoint! Sorry, but I can say this being a career professional illustrator myself. The head is waaaaaaaaaaay too large, even by baby-primate standards. It's ridiculous. I guess this is why he's got "commercial" tacked to the front of "illustrator"
ReplyDeleteI concur. I have worked as an Illustrator for twenty five years. This person has a poor grasp of anatomy, the reflections in the eyes show an almost amateur skill level. Frankly, it is not good work.
DeleteGuys, you're being a bit unfair to the illustrator. The article states he worked with Justin and Justin said "They were spot on"...
DeleteIf Justin said this is exactly what he saw, could it just be he mistakenly ate some bad shrooms on that trip to the woods that day?
DeleteGot to hand it to the artist for bringing Justin's imagination of a juvi bigfoot to life, this rocks!
DeleteSmeja is an American hero !
ReplyDeleteThis story exemplifies Bigfootery.
ReplyDeleteThat's one freaky ass looking bigfoot.
ReplyDeleteCrazy Frog. Ding da da ding da da dinga da ding bonk bonk
ReplyDeletei like eggs
The Simpsons... Dah da da dah da dadada
ReplyDeleteSpeaking of which, this monkey big foot character's head reminds me of the professor's on Futurama, what a noggin!
DeleteThe fact remains, he knowingly killed a stressed juvenile. QED
ReplyDeletewith puppy dog eyes evidently
DeleteIs Justin trying to say he shot Daffy Duck?? This is the best. ^^^^^^ To be fair, illustrator did say he had been working with Justin for nine MONTHS before he signed off on the final drafts. Meaning, these renderings came from Justin's head. Too funny if you ask me. If you want to know what an actual bigfoot looks like, maybe better 'not' to ask Justin Smeja?
ReplyDeletehahaha, SMEJA to ILLUSTRATOR "no, no, seriously, the head still has to be MUCH bigger, listen man, I saw what I saw, I know it sounds weird, but I'm telling you, head was twice, no, three times the size of its body!" Finally, now make sure the eyes are HUGE like saucers and way more sad, now we're getting there..." Smeja is an idiot liar!
DeleteSmeja: And you have to capture its funky walk.
Delete..lols..
DeleteThere was this girl in my neighborhood named Betty Nolan. She had a pot belly. Everytime I saw her, I would yell, "Pot Betty belly Betty belly Betty Nooolan!"
ReplyDeleteOne day she got sick of it, knocked me off my Schwinn and caved in my nuts.
..Good for her.. Fat bottomed girls make the rocking world go 'round..
DeleteBetty, get on your bike and ride!!
You guys need to remember that these baby Squatches were hybrids, they were half Dr. Matthew Johnson and that Butt ugly psycho vet Dr. Melba Ketchum.
ReplyDeletehahaha that's a good one doc!
DeleteOkay, so an artist's rendering of the make believe juvenile Smegma "supposedly" shot and killed. Okay. Assuming that were true, how then does he mistake it for a bear or for something that he alleges was going to kill him or hurt him?
ReplyDeleteHe's such a freakin' liar. So tired of his bullshit story. Disappear already!
Weirdest looking bear I ever saw..wow...
DeleteSo Justin Smeja shot this baby bigfoot in Toon town?
ReplyDelete