Subject: [ParanormalCalifornia] Day 3: Our Amazing Journeys In Santa Cruz California April 23rd 2016
Date: 3/16/2018 2:47:36 AM Pacific Standard Time
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Santa Cruz Beach & Boardwalk 
Day 2

It was day two of our expedition we had just left Purissima which is a ghost town north of Santa Cruz. I was not feeling to up on the up I had gotten at least a thousand thistles broken off in my skin my entire body was having an allergic reaction. To make matters worst I tripped over some barbed wire in Purissima Cemetery which caused me to land on my ribs and stomach. The pain was so intense because I could not catch myself in time with my hands so not only did I have the wind knocked out of me but I had severe bruising. I think the only thing that was going to cheer me up was to get up to Santa Cruz and have some fun besides get drunk and stoned. Thus we would stop at San Gregorio Beach before heading on off to surf city.

From San Gregorio it does not take very long to get to Santa Cruz or the north end of Monterey Bay. I guess some of you are aware that Monterey Bay is home to a trench that is full of USO/UFO activity. Its an area I want to UFO watch but its also full of very haunted historic sites such as mansions, cemeteries and sea cliffs. The ride up to Santa Cruz is very gorgeous along the ocean as you follow these railroad tracks that literally edge the beach and ocean. Then you pass the beautiful Pigeon Point Lighthouse and eventually before you know it your right there at the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. Pigeon Point received its name after a clipper ship bottomed out carrying cargo in 1853 called Carrier Pigeon. The lighthouse is today the second tallest and is worth a stop as I did smoking out of my pipe!!!
 
There are other lighthouses in Santa Cruz I believe some even have ghost stories if you like that sort of thing. Their is also the Wharf where you can drive your car up on the pier and visit one of many restaurants that overlook the bay. The wharf for many years has been the focal point of a sea monster locals called Bobo. I knew where I was going after having fun on the boardwalk to have a harty fishfry at. This was my first time in Monterey I mean how can you go wrong? Pretty girls everywhere, arcades, amusement park rides, hiking in the mountains, pristine beach well somewhat and great food! Do you know what is a pain in the ass though? Its parking there are meters all over Santa Cruz.
 
I paid a bit to park across from the new marine exploration center when I arrived in Santa Cruz. But if you go visit this center they have all sorts of information on marine life, sea shells, geological sediments, maps, Monterey Bay's trench, exhibits and a bunch of fun little hands on games. I had gotten to control a sea turtle through shark infested waters and I did it on my first try wooo! I also had gotten to control a submersible remote control sub they use often to scout reefs and the ocean. Its a great learning center for kids or even people who are old like me lol. I love the ocean as a kid my mom use to take me to Myrtle Beach growing up and I had good memories. I use to body surf, chill with girls, work out, play frisbee on the beach, chase lizards and make sand castles. The Pacific Ocean is different though sea lions are everywhere and so are sharks. I was hoping to see some whales on this trip but I always seem to miss them maybe someday! 
 
See I love to visit the ocean but I could never live by it not since the threat of tsunamis, rising sea levels, earth quakes, underground volcanoes and unstable continental shelf's are becoming more of a threat out west. But the one thing I cherish about California coastline especially in Santa Cruz is the beauty. These areas can date back to the time our country was first founded. When Mexico and Spain were taking territory as well as docking there ships in these bays. Allot of ships sunk along the bay some may be in that trench. When you look out into Monterey you think to yourself man that water out there gets to probably 15k at its deepest point! ANYTHING can be out there so with that in mind I get excited maybe to see a USO/UFO they are heavily reported in the mountains that overshadow Santa Cruz.
 
It was almost 5 PM boy I was lucky there was not one parking spot as I drove everywhere blocks away from the boardwalk. Some guy right across the street from it was leaving and I hurried got in there put money in the meter then we made the Rowe family Wally World Marathon. We had time for one ride as a matter in fact almost every ride was closed except the Big Dipper, Haunted House and some ride that spins till you puke lol. Tammy is not much into roller coasters but I wanted to ride one on the beach especially in Santa Cruz. Whether people realize it or not the amusement park that is on this beach is really the only operable one on the west coast. Back in the day they had many Ferris Wheels and amusement parks along the ocean right on the beach and all of them have closed.
 
So for me after the day I had I wanted to do something fun it was not cheap. It cost Jarrod and I $4 dollars maybe it was $16 right when they were about to close. At this point my happiness mattered to me more then what it cost but I still think that is rather pricey for one ride. I was kind of surprised that nobody was hardly on the beach or at the boardwalk. Some games were open while other ones shut down just like food stands for cotton candy or monkey bread were closed. I wanted some monkey bread hell throw a snow cone in there and call it a day lol. It was kind of a lonely amusement park id think with them closing in five minutes they would have given us a deal but what do I know I only run my own business right? lol
 
Jarrod and I ran to the roller coaster they were shutting it down we sat in the front of course who else was riding with us? It was kind of weird but it starts off taking you through pitch black tunnels then look out it has quite a few drop offs. My son said I am crazy I was making faces, jokes, putting my hands up and dancing while it was dropping off at its highest point. I was stoned the ocean was before me and I was on one of the oldest wooden roller coasters on the west coast. I was living the life with my bruised up organs, thorns stuck throughout my body, smeared blood, dirty clothes, mud on the face and the ability to lose almost all feeling in my hands as if I was paralyzed thanks to the toxins found in the plant life over at Purissima!
 
I was kind of sad the boardwalk was closing up you can be there anytime but games, rides, stands etc all shut down. Everything here was closed up as it is I did however notice the arcades and game centers were not so you can guess where I went LMAO. The game centers stay open late ya know they have house of mirrors, arcade games, air hockey, candy, ski ball and all that good stuff. We went and played in front of the mirrors at Neptune's Kingdom. That was a cool place but it was really busy however if you go inside you can read about the history. This use to be a swim center a very old one and today where the giant pool is its all arcade and indoor miniature golf.
 
We went to the boardwalks oldest place of childhood entertainment known as the Casino Arcade. Oh man we had a blast here I wanted to do laser tag was not even thinking that my hands were in serious shock. Hell my body was in shock yet here I was trying to play ski ball and play some boxing game. Their is this simulator they have that vibrates and moves. Jarrod and I took the mine cart adventure it was fun and easier on me. We also played their target practice game and even trivia pursuit. All in all by the time we played games I was ready to cash in our tickets. We had gotten a bunch of things an alien key chain, butterfly sticker for the jeep and no its not a rainbow one folks and some candy for the kiddo.
 
They have on the boardwalk also Laffing Sal which is this huge overweight animatronics lifelike creepy vintage woman. Well not really a woman but no less some of you may remember around 1972 maybe before seeing her in a window or at a carnival or perhaps an amusement park. Although she is one of a kind similar models exist or were made for other parks including Big Bertha who use to be featured at Crystal Beach up near Buffalo NY. My father use to take me as a boy growing up to that amusement park in Buffalo and so I seen Bertha often. Sal looks like Bertha they look very much alike and they both just keep laughing. Sal has no hardly any teeth and she looks like the woman from the movie Misery LOL!
 
After the arcade I went to the jeep grabbed my backpack loaded it up with snacks, drinks and some herb. I like to toke one on the beach I toked one in the cave in San Gregorio very relaxing time. My son he went to play in the water their was a few folks jogging and some splashing on the shore. But their was not many folks out their and the amusement park was closed. It was a nice way to end the evening just to sit back relax have a few drinks chill out. I try to incorporate some family time into what I do between these paranormal investigations. Family means something to me always has always will so it was nice to see the boy run free. He had gotten wet personally I felt that water was far to cold its not like the warm Atlantic plus them great whites are on the rise on a massive level and shark attacks will be something that will eventually happen DAILY guaranteed!
 
We walked along the shore lighthouse in the background it was a nice evening with clear skies. Nothing taking a stroll watching the waves and just talking about the great day you had. I had to put money in the meter twice not to mention it ate my quarters once also which pissed me off. You see folks if you do not carry allot of quarters you might be screwed. Lucky for me we made it back with minutes to spare but its easy to lose track of time on the beach playing games, riding coasters and chilling out walking the boardwalk. It was a fun time for everyone but we still had to check into the hotel and figure out what kind of dinner we would have to celebrate.The historic arcades were cool and besides the fact I almost lost my hands on the Big Dipper life is grand!
 
Our room was okay decent with a Jacuzzi a few doors down nothing extravagant. Of course they put a pull out bed in the room even though there was no room for it so I had to fight with it the two days I was here. I tend to hardly sleep on expeditions I might take a nap but my job is to study maps, research, put the gear, food and batteries all together. Make sure everything is charged and that were all ready to go at sunup. I know that Tammy kind of things god this guy never sleeps and is crazy for aliens or something. On top of that Tammy was pretty upset because we brought a few ticks with us from Purissima she found two one of them was in the jeep with us I told Jarrod to kill it well when he tried to show it off it had gotten lost and probably hitched a ride on our belongings. I do not like ticks lucky for us we did not get any on our skin but it just proves that hiking in Purissima is risky and who knows if they carry Lime Disease so yeah you do have to be cautious always check yourself after a intense hike like this!
 
We decided to go out to the Wharf for dinner that night basically you can drive a good mile out in the middle of the ocean on this massive pier. In the distance you could see the amusement park and boardwalk shrink. Basically if you are in fear of being out over the water this is not for you. However I was starving if a tsunami came through oh well at least ill die doing what I enjoy and that is chowing down lol.  We tried to go to the Dolphin Restaurant they had everything open and we were told they were closed. It was not even 8pm I do not think but I needed a nice hot cup of Joe I really did. I was hurting pretty bad you have to understand PGS is me without me there is nobody to run the show or our case files. I had three more days of hiking and climbing so I needed to spark on up lol.
 
I walked on over instead next door to Stagnaro Bros. its a nice little seafood restaurant and I have to say I was impressed. I did think they were quite over priced and they should make a more broader menu just because some people are allergic to certain things. They did put hot bread on the table and the coffee was really good! I ordered a nice flavorful sea bass, mixed veggies with a beautiful rice dish. I have to say dinner was good but I was starving. Not sure why plates cost around 20 dollars at least some do considering your on the ocean seafood should be a little more affordable. I will say the Sea Bass was fresh everything was flavorful. My son ordered a fish fry it was loaded with beer battered white fish. I also ordered some Stagnaro Bros.Ale! All in all it was a good way to finish the night the full moon was out we could hear sea lions from the pier and yes you are out over the ocean its pretty cool!
 
I went back to the hotel boy was I tired still did not get to bed till about 4 am took a light snooze then the alarm rang. It was time to hit up Bigfoot country and head into the backwoods of Santa Cruz that would take us to a rain forest full of giant redwoods all the way to a historic beach where native tribes once thrived. We were on our way to taking on some of the strangest yet most historical sites in all of Santa Cruz. How was I feeling? Well lets put it this way I could not wait to see more but we were on day two and I was looking like I came back from the depths of hell TRUTH lol. What would day three bring if day two was as intense as this? A mystery spot? Haunted cemetery? Bigfoot crossing the roaring railroad! Only time would tell Purissima had been conquered not once but twice and I survived this cursed place only to live for another day!

Natural Arches/Bridges State Beach
Day 3

I had just left the Court Of Mysteries trust me guys its just down the road from here. More then often when I am out journeying I get a bit on a role one location after another. Kitchen who once built the Court also built his anti submarine listening device. Thus he was only a short walk away from the beach and even Natural Arches which today is one of the more well known beaches on the west coast. I was just excited to feel the sand on my feet, play some football, check out hot girls in bikinis, do some exploring and see some history. While most people probably are surfing or swimming I only cared about one thing and that was the hiking trail which goes through a preserve full of wildlife.

This is one beach nobody should miss if you are heading out to Santa Cruz. You have to understand that yeah its a beach with allot of people coming here to party. But it also is a place of history which dates back before the Spaniards arrived so this little natureous area along the ocean has been the site of many uses. While the natives had villages here they were nearly wiped out when the Spaniards brought disease almost the entire tribe. Eventually early pioneers came here after California became a state and Mexico along with Spain lost this place to American Pioneer Ranchers.

The Uypin tribe a branch of the Ohlone Indians use to inhabit these lands utilizing this beach and the forest that surrounded it. For hundreds of years they watched Humpbacks and other whale migrate along these shores with their tail breaching out of the water. When the white man came to the area the Spanish had missions the grazed cattle here. Eventually a hotel, dairy farm, Brussels sprout ranch, housing for the Anttonelli Mill Pond, South Seas Movie set and undeveloped housing. Today not so much so its all really gone but people come here to journey along the oceanic cliffs, bird watch, BBQ, swim and hike around some of the nature trails.

Over the years many people lost there life on this very beach. Keep in mind this is not a big state park but its big enough to spend sometime exploring tidal pools or some of the history. I did a little bird watching I also sat on the beach for a little bit. With my ADHD I really cant stay still I have to go go go and so that is what I did. If you look out into the water there is a massive arch where the waves of the ocean pass through it. Keep in mind there use to be three arches in all but due to storms they have collapsed leaving the last one standing.

I did a hike along Moore Creek but you can also hike out to the Natural Bridges State Marine Reserve if you feel bold. I feel bold so my plans were to go do some hiking see some nature. The thing about ghosts is that they can be found anywhere all these places I hike around at sure nothing may stand the ranches might be gone. But when you walk on a trail or through the woods exploring you might be walking over what use to be an old homestead where someone lived out there days. You just do not know for certain but if you do not do it up you surely will never find out now will you?

I had fun walking in tidal pools to cool off however the ocean ehhh its a bit to cold for my liking. There is allot of bird life here as well so pay attention. My second adventure after hiking in the wetlands was to climb a sea cliff or rather land bridge that us to connect to this giant series of rocks out in open water creating the first arch. Since the arch is gone you can only walk out so far but its dangerous. You could fall off the cliff and get hurt or even die. I climbed the slippery sandy rocks to the top then walked across the rocks on this narrow land bridge with the ocean below me on both sides. Who knows if sharks lurk below or if one fell if they might get swept out to sea! The ocean was very rough nobody was swimming there was a couple of people doing some surf gliding. It was pretty cool to stand out over the ocean what a great view of the bay.

Jarrod and I eventually would hike to the Natural Bridges State Marine Reserve. It resides below the cliffs north of the park along the coastline. The waves are pretty big so they were crashing into the rocks and we had gotten wet a little but it was fun. You can also see a couple miles away the Santa Cruz Boardwalk. The cliffs are riddled with these bright purple and yellow flowers. This time of year or rather in the Spring the state park is rather colorful.

We had to climb quite a few rocky shelf's to get down to the bottom of the cliffs. You might climb up on a flat area below the cliffs where the ocean soaks your feet then be stuck having to climb down a wall to the beach and back up on some rocks. Its a rugged coastline but if your looking to get in some good old fashioned rock climbing then this place would be a good start. Jarrod and I were hiking along the ocean but the tide was coming in. You do not want to be down here below the cliffs when it happens if the water comes in to far which it was you could get swept out to sea or worst get thrown against the sharp rocks. So our time here was very limited believe me.

There are pools of water within the rocks where you can find starfish and crabs its pretty cool. Jarrod and I found this massive bundle of buoys, sea weed and got knows what else that was washing up. It had to be almost 200lbs when he could not pull it in I ran out there helped grab it dragging it across the beach. Who knows this may have been fishing for great whites for all we know. We found this sea shelter or small cave also that we sat in for a bit watching the ocean out in front of us. Trust me there are allot of sea caves found along the Cali coast if you hike along the cliffs you will find them.

The tide was coming in so the rocky shelves do extend out into the water. I was standing on one as water was hitting me and a gust of wind blew. My hat had gotten caught in the wind and blew into a channel. When I say channel I mean between these two massive rock faces separated by about 20' of ocean or sand. The channel was filling up with each wave coming in from the tide more or less crashing every time. I waited about five minutes and the waves kept pushing my hate towards us. When the water receded my son ran real fast between the rocks grabbed it and ran as the waves came towards him. It was good team work really on both are parts. My hate is suede its nice my friends like it and hell I liked wearing it on the beach except that the winds almost carried it off forever lol.

You can climb around allot if you look above the reserve there is a building its actually the Seymour Discovery Marine Center. We would actually visit it the next day after we did our investigation at the Santa Cruz Memorial Cemetery. Also this is where NOAA is located and the Long Marine Laboratory! Monterey Bay is home to some of the richest marine life in the world. As a matter in fact just off the coast where I was hiking is Submarine Canyon which is larger then the grand canyon. Everyday new ocean life is being discovered in this canyon and besides with all the strange USO/UFO reports surrounding this area just off the coast its prime real estate for a guy like me to be exploring!

The Discovery Center gives you a real look into a marine research lab. I had gotten to pet sharks, star fish, sting rays and see a variety of aquatic life. They have recreated many oceanic environments here for the public to enjoy. Also on site at the entrance is a Blue Whale Skeleton at a length of 87' one of the largest in the world. Just above the cliffs is also the skeleton of a Gray Whale that had become stranded in the San Fran Bay. The Blue Whale washed up not to far from where we were hiking at the reserve so really everything kind of ties into eachother here.

I have to say I seen some very weird aquatic life here they even have a massive whale vertebrae. All in all its worth the stop if your a lover of the ocean like me. Honestly over the years my heart has grown to love all forms of nature whether its birds, dolphins in the ocean or plant life in the forest. The discovery center has great views from on top of the cliffs, flowers and you can whale watch here. Jarrod and I were directly below the same cliffs that we would stand on the next day. At the time we had no idea that the ocean laboratory for the Monterey Bay area was directly above us.

We would have to make it back the tide was coming on in but we did do some more rock climbing to make our way along the cliffs and down to the sandy beach. We were pretty far north into the reserve at times I had my son take photos of me standing on the rocks as giant waves hit them splashing me everywhere. This is a great place it was worth paying the fees to enjoy the state park.

When we had gotten back onto the beach we played some football and boy was it hard to run in the sand. I dove a few times to catch some balls for sure and have no regrets lol. I had one happy kiddo and I got my exercise for the day. Nothing like playing football thousands of feet on top of the world or at sea level to me football is football ill play anywhere anytime!

The beach was still busy even though we were nearing sunset. The one thing I notice about this place is that it kind of draws in a very young crowd. I kind of felt like an old peeping tom on the beach. I mean there is allot of free love going on here people humping, french kissing, touching, making out etc etc. The problem is there are allot of little kids and well if I was a parent I am not sure id want to bring my son or daughter to this place. I mean there was a group of women and men making out like an orgy going on while I was playing football lol. Ehhh so goes life if you want to bare all its better you then me LMAO. The ocean appears to make people horny meanwhile I am chasing the ghost of the Ohlone Tribe!

If you hike on the north side of the state park their is a Monarch Butterfly Trail of course the butterflies were all gone because they already have left the building. You see this state park is one of the largest over wintering sites in California. They come here in the Fall roosting in the leaves and trees then begin their amazing journey for 1500 miles across the west laying eggs. In the winter months Id say between October and Mid February you can see them roosts and clinging together. When it warms up they search for nectar and dew breaking out from their clusters during the cooler weather. The clusters kind of look like leaves so its easy to miss them. I was sad I did not get to see any Monarchs but I have seen them recently further to the north which means that the ones I probably were viewing at one time may have wintered here last year ago!

This is a nice state beach its really an important part of Santa Cruz's history! Santa Cruz is a strange place at one time it was home to more serial killers then anywhere else in the country. Alfred Hitchcock sought to inspire his audience by writing his stories here and tried to integrate some of the more creepy looking places into his works. The natives have been here for centuries and the first white men to stand on these shores were the Spanish. Its ashamed that only one arch stands what will they do if this one also collapses? When you look at massive rock formations that protrude out of the water in the ocean one can imagine that back a few centuries ago wooden ships were often thrown into them and sank. People died on beaches like this and the ocean is very fierce here then again just miles away is the Big Sur which is perhaps the surfing capital of the Pacific West C oast.

Trust me if you head out to Santa Cruz you have to visit this place its a must. Hike along the creek which drains out into the ocean and wetlands. Their is allot of bird species and marine life surrounding this beach. There are woods if you need shade and up at the top of the hill you can BBQ. Its a bit packed and hell when I was leaving the parking lot to people needed to get a room. Id prefer to call this place make out beach because ill tell you what man everyone seems to be hornier then a toad meanwhile here I am looking at the sky with my tripod in search of a UFO that could fly out of the bays deepest trench!

After my journey along the ocean climbing wet rocks nearly falling and cracking my head just as almost being swept out to sea I was ready for a serious change in pace. I decided to visit Evergreen Pioneer Cemetery. This is an amazing burial ground built in a small canyon and the mouth of it on a hillside. It is rumored to have various haunting's and contains many notable historic figures of the Santa Cruz area. I could not wait to finish the evening off here thus we would head off to the regions oldest burial ground and I ended up have a ghost encounter of my own here!

Lord Rick

History

The Thompson's Scenic Railway was built on the site of the current Giant Dipper in 1908 as the longest roller coaster in the United States. In October 1923, manager R.L. Cardiff and Walter Looff began negotiations to build a new ride to replace the Scenic Railway. The price was set at $50,000, $15,000 more than the Scenic Railway. In January 1924, the permit to build the Giant Dipper was granted to Arthur Looff. He wanted to create a ride that had "the thrill of a plunge down a mine shaft, a balloon ascent, a parachute jump, airplane acrobatics, a cyclone, a toboggan ride, and a ship in a storm." Demolition of the Scenic Railway began in January 1924 to make room for the Giant Dipper. It took 5 months to demolish the Scenic Railway and construct the Giant Dipper.^[3] The actual construction of the Giant Dipper took 47 days.^[4] The ride opened to the public for the first time on May 17, 1924.^[5] The ride had a few incidents over the years in which three people have died.^[6]

In 1974, the ride received a new coat of paint with Victorian-style architecture around the station.^[7] In the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, the Giant Dipper was almost completely untouched. The ride was closed for about a month to be inspected. The park held a benefit for victims of the earthquake.^[8][9] In 2002, the ride celebrated its 50 millionth rider.^[6] Ten years after the 50 millionth rider, the park celebrated the Giant Dipper's 60 millionth rider on July 27, 2012. The park gave out trivia coasters leading up to the event. The 24 riders that were on the train when it hit 60 million riders received a hoodie among other prizes.^[10]

The Giant Dipper was built by Arthur Looff and designed by Frederick Church. It required 327,000 feet (100,000 m) of lumber, 743,000 nails, and 24,000 bolts to construct. The lumber was provided by Homer T. Maynard Lumber, and the 70 horsepower motor, which is still used today, was provided by Santa Cruz Electric. The concrete was done by T.F. Costello, and the steel work was done by Berger and Carter.^[3]

Fatalities

The first death on Giant Dipper occurred four months after it debuted, on September 21. A 15-year-old boy fell from the ride while standing up near the end of the ride. The emergency brake was applied, but the^[3] boy fell head first onto the track and was crushed by the roller coaster train. Other fatalities also occurred in 1940 and 1970. Several modifications have been made to the trains as a result.

Big Foot sightings in Santa Cruz

Felton -- The legendary Bigfoot is not a legend after all, and has been seen in remote parts of Santa Cruz County, according to the sponsors of a June 7 discussion and exhibit on the reality of Bigfoot.

The event will be held at the Bigfoot Discovery Museum located on Highway 9 in Felton.

Museum curator Michael Rugg said not only is Bigfoot real, but he himself once saw the primate with his own eyes.

"As a boy, when I was 5 years old I saw Bigfoot," he said. "My family had a saw mill in Laytonville Humboldt-Mendocino county line. We vacationed and fished on the Eel River. We were camping on a beach and my parents were fixing breakfast, and I wandered off one morning. I came to a sand bar in the river and saw a very large hairy man, completely covered in bushy dark hair, with nothing on but the remnants of a torn shirt hanging off one shoulder. I looked at the hairy man, and he looked at me, and then I heard my parents screaming, Mikey! Mikey where are you?'"

Rugg said he ran to get his parents and return to the site, but Bigfoot was gone.

Called the Bigfoot Discovery Project, the June 7 event will feature a talk by David Paulides, a former police investigator and noted Bigfoot researcher who wrote a book titled "The Hoopa Project, Bigfoot Encounters in California," focusing on areas in Northern California where the greatest concentrations of alleged Bigfoot activity exist. Many of the witnesses featured in the book are American Indians. They have signed affidavits testifying to what they saw, he said.

Bigfoot allegedly has been seen in wooded areas of Santa Cruz County including the region between Santa Cruz and Half Moon Bay, the northwest side of Loch Lomond, the Nisene Marks Forest along Aptos Creek Road, and the Quail Hollow Sunset Trail area near Felton.

Rugg is also writing a book on the subject of Bigfoot and said much of the information to be presented is based on personal interviews. He described Bigfoot as a large bi-pedal primate, not a missing link as some people wrongly think.

"Missing link is a misused term," he said. "That's a link in a chain showing a transition in evolutionary traits between prosimian animals and monkeys."

Famous film footage taken in 1967 in the Six Rivers National Forest near Crescent City in Northwest California, called the Patterson/Gimlin film, Rugg said shows a genuine Bigfoot, or "Sasquatch" as it is sometimes called. A similar creature called a Yeti has been seen in the Himalayas.

"We even have a tooth that might be from a Bigfoot," Rugg said.

Rugg, 63, a resident of Felton, was a graphic artist involved in the high-tech industry before retiring and going into Bigfoot research full time. He said the subject often provokes derision and skepticism among disbelievers, but people need to be open minded about the possibility.

Aliens Off The West Coast?

By R.W. Sanders - 5 years 5 months ago

In 2008, Linda Moulton Howe reported on "The Isaac Story" which opened some eyes around this bay. Isaac, a false name for anonymity, claims to have worked on alien ship parts obtained from crashed or captured craft. He said he worked for the government at an installation near San Jose, California at the southern tip of San Francisco Bay. The NASA Ames Research Center is also located there, as well as the S.E.T.I. headquarters. In her report at earthfiles.com Linda, an Emmy Award winning investigative journalist, explains that Isaac claimed that the government was in possession of a weapon that could make ufos visible and shoot them down! Now, this is astounding information if true. But therein lies the question and a part of the great mystery of Monterey Bay.

MONTEREY CANYON

Monterey Canyon which originates at the mouth of the Salinas river, is a very deep canyon that runs into the bay and then exits at the deep ocean floor. This canyon is still one thousand feet deep right at shore, and quickly drops to average 5,000 feet inside the bay. After meandering a bit through the bay, it exits and drops to a huge alluvial fan at 11,800 feet deep. This fan contributes to this mysterious bay. As main stream geologists do not believe this deep canyon and particularly the fan, could have been produced by the small, and often dry Salinas river. In fact, the prevailing theory is that it was produced by the Colorado river before Baja California broke away from the mainland. And not only does this canyon exit into the deep ocean, so does the deep canyon system in the Santa Barbara Channel to the south and seen from Los Angeles. These canyons are very significant as they provide deep cover for all manners of submersible craft. In fact, Gordon Duff of Veterans Today Magazine, a Chinese submarine fired a missile that the main stream media tried to write off as a contrail from an approaching jet. Perhaps you'll remember it was filmed by a television news camera over Los Angeles. In fact, there have been so many unidentified submersible objects in that channel, that many including Duff believe there is an alien base located there in the depths.

So with NASA Ames at the tip of San Francisco Bay, and the very deep canyon systems scattered on down the California coast, there is ample cover for the covert. But why suspect this area? Because it is just plumb full of government folks. High up government folks, like Monterey hometown hero, Leon Panetta, U.S. Secretary of Defense. He and his wife operate the Panetta Institute there, and feature world leaders being interviewed and answering questions from the very well heeled crowd. But the Panetta's are not alone there, as this beautiful seaside town is home to the Monterey Institute of International Studies, the Defense Language Institute, NOAA, a Coast Guard station, old Fort Ord, and last but certainly not lease, the Naval Postgraduate School where our cyber warfare takes place. It is also the location of many who pilot our drones in Afghanistan and elsewhere. But perhaps the most convenient reason for this location, is it makes a perfect place for the movers and shakers of the military/industrial establishment to show off their wares.

Monterey Peninsula is home of the world's wealthiest people as they either visit often or reside there. There is Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill, and Cypress Point, the three most famous golf courses featured for years at the Bing Crosby Clambake P.G.A. tournament, now sponsored by AT&T. Cypress Point is home to only the most powerful and rich, as even professional golfers need to be invited by members, whose number is very, very low. But for the decision makers at the Pentagon, they only need look up from a putt to see our latest black operations marvels. In Carmel By The Sea, where a former mayor made a fairly controversial speech at the republican convention this last summer, is a town where a million dollars might buy a thousand square feet. Very exclusive and not the most expensive area on the peninsula by far!

WHAT HAPPENS HERE

UFO sightings! Lots of them. My wife and I have seen three strange things, that Occam's Razor indicates that are military in nature. But let's begin clear back at Isaac. In Linda's report, photographs and testimony are featured that show the same craft over the bay, and at Lake Tahoe. This makes sense as the Naval Top Gun Flight School is located at nearby Fallon, Nevada and their favorite gunnery range happens to be the Farallone Islands, just off the coast from San Francisco and inside the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. This sanctuary extends from approximately the Golden Gate at San Francisco and out to sea to encompass the Farallones. Then a fairly straight line down the Big Sur coast and ends at Morro Bay. This area is protected from commercial fishing and freight traffic. Convenient, don't you think? As this area also provides deep water access to the Santa Barbara Channel, and the suspected bases underwater there.

Isaac made his report in 08. In October of 2010, my wife was grocery shopping at Nob Hill Foods, in Pacific Grove where we lived at the time. As she completed her transaction, the lights in the store dimmed to an eerie orange glow and all machines went off. As we have lived in the state long enough, we have experience with the many famous "brownouts" that have happened over time. This effect looked nothing like those. In fact, the same effect was happening at our apartment where I sat a few miles away from the store. Now, on the way home we always drove right along the bay as we are avid sea life observers and know what to look at. She saw roiling water, an indicator of a feeding frenzy where predators round up bait fish into a rapidly whirling ball. These predators, usually tuna, can also be dolphin, or even humpback whales. You might remember a recent viral video on the web showing a surfer, two guys in kayaks, and a whale that surfaces with open mouth and just misses swallowing 3 people. That happened right off Santa Cruz on the bay. So she pulled over.

But what she saw was perhaps a predator, but not a native of the ocean. A beam of what she describes as white energy emerged from that roiling water. At a forty five degree angle, she followed this beam with her eyes to find a space, then a craft that looked very much like the one photographed in the Isaac case. This craft glowed blue, and the surrounding marine layer, at approximately a thousand feet, glowed orange just like our lights. An interesting detail is that I could turn the wall switch on and off, and the glow would respond, though all our lamps and anything plugged into the wall ceased to operate. Just as the beam reached its end, this craft shot off towards NASA Ames at an incredible speed. When my wife came home, her first words were, "thank God the lights are this way!" She felt, as do I, that that supports the reality of her sighting. As you may know from your own experience, one always tries not to believe his lying eyes!

Then just a few months later, during the week between Christmas and New Years Day, I saw my own unexplained sight. A string of lights far off the coast, almost to the horizon. Mine took place at night, my wife's sighting was in broad daylight. This string of lights had a few particular characteristics that exactly duplicated a photo taken by a soldier over one of our Afghanistan bases. And the craft which later buzzed the coast, looked like many others photographed in many places, one such being over the mouth of the Thames river near London.

This summer, on the night in August featuring the "blue moon", we saw two. We both observed a second moon, just offset and to the upper right of the real one. How did we know? The false one was surrounded by a blue ring. This sighting lasted long enough for us to drag our little telescope from our RV and observe this second moon through it. The entire event lasted at least a half hour. Yet, why did we not use the camera that was much, much easier to retrieve than that telescope? Well, that is the subject of a different column I think. But suffice to say that with both of us observing the same thing for so long, when it turned into a beam of white light and shot away, we were just not that surprised.

CONCLUSION

Gordon Duff appeared on Tuesday, October 16th on Coast to Coast radio with George Noory. On this show, this highly placed person claimed that the Chinese, Japanese and to a lesser extent the U.S. are fighting an action right off San Francisco against malevolent aliens. He says their base is located in the Santa Barbara Channel and that the action is farther north. The U.S., he believes, is not as involved due to our operations in the middle east. So the Chinese missile off Los Angeles is not too surprising. And considering that almost all our black operations involving space are done at Vandenburg Air Force Base on Point Conception near Lompoc, a ufo just might find interest in that area.

If what Duff says is true, then it certainly jives with our own sightings, and further supports what I will not call my belief, but certainly a pet theory. I think there may be a tunnel connecting Monterey Bay with NASA Ames Research Center. Here is why.

Fort Ord processed hundreds of thousands and perhaps millions of our soldiers from their basic training, to their assignments in so many of our wars. This was a huge fort built on the eastern side of Monterey Bay, just east of town. It is built upon hard, compacted sand dunes. Perfect for anything built underground, and protected by a disturbing fence that warns of unexploded ordinance. While I am sure copeiuos amounts of ordinance was exploded there, I am somewhat doubtful of this claim, or at least the apparently unsuccessful clean up effort there. While closed during the purges of so many military bases in the past, this base is still largely unoccupied. There is a branch, small though it is, of the Cal State University system that covers a small percentage of the former base, but most is fence and vacant, supposedly!

I think it just makes sense to locate an underground submarine base and tunnel right under those dunes. Highway 101 travels a natural pathway from nearby Salinas, north and goes right next to the NASA facility. This road is built in that place due to the natural geography, its proximity to the San Andreas fault zone, and the fact that that rock strata is somewhat stable and easy to work. It really sets up well for one of our new tunnel eating machines being spoken of in various internet forums. With nice smooth walls, then either flooded with water or perhaps home of one of the mag trains, it could as easily transport a government ufo (for lack of a better term) as a nuclear sub. Duff says our government has developed seven craft that use nuclear fusion as propulsion, and can go as fast as 16,000 mph in atmosphere and approach the speed of light in space. Now, this man has credentials! He is probably not some nut job trying to make a name in the ufological world. In fact, he claims to possess high security clearance and could be the second "secret" person to come forward recently. William Binney claims to also be a government employee with news to share. This leads me to speculate.

DISINFORMATION

Could this be so? Why, has our government ever lied to the public, or even their own military soldiers? Repeatedly would be the correct answer. Let's take the "witnesses" who were assured their safety while observing a Nevada nuclear test up close and personal. In fact, John Wayne of Hollywood fame, believed his cancer was a result of such an "observation", or so they say. Some who definitely believe their fate was sealed by such a test, are the "downwinders" of southern Utah. One fine day a test was done, and the wind blew the wrong way. Some poor meteorologist probably got fired that day, but that is little comfort to all those grieving families. And there were the famous LSD experiments on unknowing people. In fact, the government, or their former members, have publically admitted to lies. Robert McNamara, former Secretary of Defense who was a main protagonist of the escalating involvement in the war in Vietnam, said the Gulf of Tonkin Incident never happened. Yet, that was his main selling point for escalation.

So, can these witnesses be believed? Well, can I? I think we could doubt our own testimony if not for that double sighting of the second moon. We both saw that, talked about it for months, and there is absolutely no doubt in my mind that we both observed something. Now, was it just inside our heads? If so, then how? I suppose there could be instances that psychiatrists might cite, but I know what we saw. I know we are not loony. And I know there is something very suspicious going on in that area. Duff says our secret space program, which has been spoken of by Richard Dolan, is a hundred years ahead of what has been shown to the public. He is not alone in that belief. After all, in the early seventies did our space program just put on the brakes and die for a decade or more? I hardly think so. I think it just went underground into the world of "black operations."

So is there a tunnel? Can Duff and Binney be trusted? I am inclined to believe them, as I too have reached the same conclusion. I've tossed our sightings around in my head for two years now, and Occam and I can reach no other conclusion. Our government, as well as others, must possess technology which could change our world so much for the better. Allow us to do away with our dependence on petroleum. Open our minds to the cosmos. And so on. Unfortunately, until the military/industrial establishment can make the big bucks on our usage of these new technologies,they will remain underground.