Dr. Bindernagel Does Not Like Bigfoot to be Called "Squatch"

Dr. John Bindernagel

Author Loren Coleman of cryptozoonews.com recently posted this article about how Dr. John Bindernagel has a strong dislike for people using words like "squatch" and "squatchin". Bindernagel recently had a surge of publicity for speaking out in support of the controversial Todd Standing of the Sylvanic and Bigfoot North projects.

"I would be remiss if I did not register my disappointment at the recent and increasingly widespread use of the terms “squatch,” and “squatching,” which denigrates the Halcolmelm (Coast Salish) name Sasq‘ets, anglicized many years ago as “sasquatch,” and which has been more-or-less accepted by the relevant Aboriginal people.

Along with many of my Aboriginal friends, co-workers, and colleagues—and more than a few non-native investigators—I am saddened and disappointed by the lack of sensitivity displayed by the increasing use of the term “squatch” to describe a being of cultural importance to North American Aboriginal people. As if, by so doing so, we have appropriated it as our own.

It is similar disappointing to hear dedicated research into this subject by both serious amateurs and professional investigators denigrated as a trivial or recreational activity, increasingly referred to as “squatching.”"

To read the entire article by Loren Coleman, visit cryptozoonews.com by clicking here.