Hacked Emails From Mike B. and Joe Fitz: Erickson Project

Mike B. and Joe Fitz are two of our most outspoken readers in the comments section. Apparently, some guy who claims to be from a skeptics forum (JREF?) got a hold of their passwords and decided to release their email conversations. It's quite a fascinating read and it looks like this latest email is about the Erickson Project and some photographs of Bigfoot. The hacker claims to have more emails and we'll be posting them all here on Bigfoot Evidence.

Mike B

Joe, as I lay here falling asleep last night, large letters floated above my head and they read; "A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far away (cue the John Williams music), a Sasquatch Enthusiast and Canadian real estate developer named Adrian Erickson had an idea to privately fund a 5 year 'Quest' for Sasquatch" The documentary 'Sasquatch the Quest' was to many called the Erickson Project and within its galaxy was the heroic Colorado Bigfoot Researcher/Photographer Dennis Pfohl as Han Solo, Dr Leila Hadj Chikh as Princess Leija and wise old John Bindernagel as Obi Wan Kenobi. Rounding out the cast of my dreams Joe was a fresh faced Jedi named Luke Moneymaker.

Through exotic settings like the moisture farm at Cittendon KY where a young Matilda was falling in love to the exotic Moon of Endor (Golden Ears Provencial Park) where the Sasquatch played like Ewoks in the trees, the universe was primed for its happy ending. But, Vaders theme kicked in Joe... And suddenly two droids appeared, Robert C3PO Lindsay and his computer R2. They told us Melba Ketchum and her Sasquatch Genome Project had purchased some of the film rights to use Erickson's project for her study and it would be released soon with the eagerly awaited results of her Sasquatch DNA Paper. All would then be well in the Bigfoot Galaxy. But, Joe you don't know the power of the Dark Side of the Force!

Melba released her findings in DeNovo, her own journal, with only a snippet of the footage of Matilda breathing heavier than Miley Cyrus in mid-twerk. All was lost and then we see the side by side shots of Matilda and The Chewbacca Wookie Costume on Shawn's Bigfoot Evidence Blog with the nose, the mouth, and all the uncanny resemblance... Did they do it all for the Wookie, the what? The Wookie.. So we thought, but then yesterday at WFAA News out of Dallas, Texas (I once dated a weather girl there years ago) an announcement came that as part of a special report they would be running 3 clips of the Erickson Project Footage and what were they you ask? Well Joe, as WFAAs Marcus Moore stated in his report, they were three clips from a soon to be released documentary on another network. Hmmmm... Clip one was touted as a running juvenile and all I can say Joe is that grainy film did not depict the droids we were looking for. Clip 2 was Matilda up close and her mouth moved less than the weather girl I previously mentioned and Clip 3... Well Joe... That's your specialty; the magic carpet ride. The six breaths a minute I once blew for a State Trooper.

Well Joe, while we await the release of this documentary I have a few questions for you. What was that large hairy breathing thing? And why was Adrian Erickson seated next to a tan smiling Goateed Dennis Pfohl and some Richard Branson look alike looking like he'd rather be at a colonoscopy? Could it be that they need to promote Ketchum's study and Erickson's future release before a certain Professor steals their thunder? Will Leila Hadj Chikh date me? I'll leave those questions and more for you to decide when you wake your hung over ass up and answer me.

Oh and Joe? That Dallas reporter Marcus Moore kept repeating the public interest that sparked this story in Texas was due to 'numerous new reports of Bigfoot sightings across the state'. Now if only you had a face shot of a Texas Bigfoot Joe, we could settle this nonsense once and for all. Just Matilda and Chewie side by side and a real subject to compare them with. Wouldn't that be too good? So many questions and there you lay, tucked into your little bed in Wales dreaming of soccer matches and bread puddings.., well wake up fool! The public wants answers and I'm going back to sleep... Just as soon as I catch the weather!

Joe Fitz

Poor Adrian Erikson. I genuinely feel for the guy. The look on his face sums up the task that researchers are up against when they not only have to defend their hard work against the entire world who try and belittle as best they can, but also have to try and negotiate people from within, trying to make a quick buck for themselves at their expense. Here you have someone with the greatest of intentions, who managed to accumilate all the hopes and dreams of most enthusiasts into one basket, only to be hoaxed by the landowners of his habituation area to which, in all his enthusiasm, not only convinced most in the community, but some big names too... Some of these names would be none other than the head of BFRO himself.

Is it no wonder that skeptical thinkers who await such slip-ups from the big hitters of the field react to such endorsements? It plays into their hands and at a glance; this field looks destined to more likely collapse from within, regardless of the pressures from the skeptical world to provide the holy grail. It almost begs a question with undertones of paranoia; IS THERE AN EFFORT AT DIVISION FROM WITHIN TO MAKE THIS SUBJECT LOOK THE WAY IT DOES FROM THE OUTSIDE?

Competitive top researchers would be more prepared to stick by other top researchers if they were all a little more honest sometimes, and that would sometimes require these people coming clean when they have made poor judgements or ill promotions, but due to the fear of looking bad, this never materialises. All research fields are self correcting mechanisms and with this field, and in light of what people like Erikson was up against (the hoaxers), researchers should always bare this in mind and not be so concerned with the potential judgement of contributing to hoaxes, they get that regardless. It would take some of these big names an hour of their precious time to put together an explanation for endorsing such a piece of footage like Matilda... but with the silence and failure to comment it merely makes these people look more guilty than what they probably are, when even an admittance to a small episode of poor judgement or gullibility would in fact, in the eyes of many, do their reputation more good than harm. This would as a result lend credence to their honesty, would it not? What are we left with however? We're left with a psychadelic 70's bath rug that lookes like it's worn by a linebacker whilst he's run through the storage room of a Xytex Bank, and a Chewie mask that looks like it was won at the sketchiest carnival fair ground games stall ever.

(Sigh)

I think that in the light of recent events, and the fact that Timbergiant still hasn't come forward with a statement, I think we should indeed give the public what would highlight further the poor decision making of supposed 'experienced researchers' in comparison to that of a rookie researcher with nothing to lose, which would highlight further the elements of the Erikson & Timbergiant footage that just didn't add up. But we have agreements Mike! We have an advisor in John W Jones, one of the best and very hardest working researchers out there, that we have approached for all this time, to come to an agreement with... Without him, I find it difficult to move on your proposal! But, I think you're right. Now's the time... I just hope John forgives us.

Mike B

Whadda ya say Joe?! Lets toss two more sticks on the blaze. Except this time, use the real photos Joe. These people deserve to see a Bigfoot you can't purchase at a Halloween shop, and I aim to see that they have it!