Page 34 - 201006 - The 'X' Chronicles Newspaper - June 2010

June 2010_june_july_2009.qxd 30/06/2010 11:48 PM Page 34 34 Bigfoot / Sasquatch Review North Carolina man claims Bigfoot killed his dog Stephanie Dearing Charlotte - Tim Peeler who lives in Cleveland County North Carolina called police in early June to report a Sasquatch had killed one of his five dogs. Tim Peeler was calling coyotes when the Sasquatch turned up. The Bigfoot was around ten feet tall, which is what most people expect when it comes to the mythical creatures. However, the creature was not dark-haired, but instead had yellow-blond hair, reported the Charlotte Observer. Peeler, who lives in the woods and rolling hills of Cleveland County said the Sasquatch had beautiful hair. After an investigation, police wrote up the incident as a "suspicious person report." The Charlotte Observer was able to access and release to the public the original 911 put on the wildlife exhibit at county fairs. first folder and spent the whole hour and a half "I was driving back from Memphis and call Peeler made to the police. In the call, Peeler crossed a bridge near Waverly. It was about 2 on it. That's when Gary said he had to pick up does not sound distressed. his wife, and I was on my own." "This beast, a thing ... my dog ... I've got o'clock in the morning. Another driver clipped Thus began OTJ training. five dogs ... and I shined a light on this thing but the bridge and rammed into the trailer I was "It's been fun and challenging," said towing." I would not shoot it ... It looked like an ape with Carter. "I'm glad for the opportunity to lead the a man's face but I was afraid to kill it." bear. Inside that trailer was a 200-pound black agency. The staff has been great." Peeler was afraid to shoot the beast, But he couldn't have arrived at a more "It flipped the trailer into the air. I got thinking that might land him into legal trouble. out and checked on the other driver. He wasn't perilous time. Peeler told the police the same creature had hurt too badly, but I needed to get some help. With the economy in a tailspin, dozens returned repeatedly to his home that evening. of jobs vacant, budgets frozen, numbers of "I walked to the other end of the bridge Peeler is an experienced hunter. where a car was parked. The guy had his hunters and anglers flat (and falling in some Sargent Mark Self told NewsChannel 36 instances), the agency faces monetary struggles the police would attempt to apprehend the window rolled up. I tapped on it, and he finally on a daily basis. rolled it down just a little bit. About the time I creature if they encountered it, but they were started to speak, he said, 'Uh, buddy, is that a At the same time, Carter has had to more concerned with running into an angry come up to speed on a wide variety of fronts - bear, reported the Charlotte Observer. bear behind you?' " everything from commercial fishing to Hmm. Yes, it was. Described as a mountain man, Peeler endangered species to dealing with legislators. The dazed bruin had survived the wreck has said he had seen the same Sasquatch several and was walking along the bridge. Carter yelled "One commissioner told me, 'You're on times in the past few years. out to Bruce Anderson, his companion: "We probation every day.' That's a good definition of Apparently Cleveland County was a hot this job." spot for bigfoot sightings some 30 years ago, gotta catch this bear!" What's more, Carter has discovered that From that point on, Carter's not quite but the stories had died away, leaving the region running the entire show demands a decidedly with a legend. The lone legendary Sasquatch sure whatever happened to the motorist he had higher profile than just the boating program. summoned. was called Knobby, reported the Shelby Star. "I just remember me and Bruce trying to "I'm starting to adjust to the hectic The Shelby Star was the first newspaper to run schedule," he said. "For over a year, I didn't Peeler's sighting, and the story has since gone corral that bear," he said. "It didn't work. The know what an 'off weekend' was. Now, last I saw of that bear, it went lumbering off into viral. sometimes, I even manage to go eat lunch!" Knobby also generated an enormous the night. We never heard of it again. And forget his own outdoor interests. "But a few weeks later, a radio station in amount of interest in the late 1970s, and people Nashville started running reports about Bigfoot For the time being, Carter's recreation with rod, travelled from all over to try to spot the creature. bow and gun is stored in the "Ancient History" Police were not able to confirm or deny Peeler's being spotted. They even sent a reporter down file. there to investigate. I'd say 'Bigfoot' was that sighting. [] "I enjoy turkey hunting better than bear." anything," he said. "I took my granddaughter on A 1971 University of Tennessee the opening day of the youth hunt this year. But Lost bear or was that graduate, Carter eventually moved up in the that turned out to be the only time I got in the Bigfoot? I&E division, then was assigned to boating in woods all spring." 1990. He was chief of that section until being By Sam Venable selected in March 2009 to replace Gary Myers, whose 34-year tenure as TWRA director was The ‘X’ Zone Radio Show For a guy who oversees 700 employees and an the longest of any state wildlife agency in the with annual budget of $70 million, Ed Carter got off nation. to a rather inglorious start with the Tennessee "Gary and I had a quick transition," Rob McConnell Wildlife Resources Agency. Carter said with a chuckle. "It lasted a full hour He lost a bear. and a half. www.xzoneradiotv.com "It was back in 1973, and I'd just been "I came into his office on a Sunday and the all new hired with the Information and Education afternoon and he had all these three-ring binders division," said Carter, 61, who now serves as and manila folders stacked up real high. They ‘X’ Zone Store executive director of the state's wildlife and were everywhere. fisheries activities. "One of my first jobs was to "We started with the first page of the www.xzonestore.com