Where Bigfoot Walks : Crossing the Dark Divide

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Summary: It's about where bigfoot walks, not bigfoot
Review: If you are a "Bigfoot Believer", a "Cryptid Connoisseur", or looking for photographs of huge hominids emerging from UFO's with Greys looking on, this ain't your book. If you are a regular person who loves nature and is intrigued by a good tale of "What If", this IS your book and you'll love it. Pyle shares with us his love for the Northwest and his concerns for its future. Yes this is largely a symbolic book, with "Bigfoot" symbolizing all we love, and fear, of those far forest places dark and deep and why we are fascinated with them. There is also a tinge of sadness in the book; the ravages of thoughtless environmental damage, the childish quarrels of Bigfoot "Experts". But this is largely a love story, about one last Wild Place, and how such places Haunt our imaginations. You'll love this book.

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Summary: more than bigfoot
Review: If you are a "Bigfoot Believer", a "Cryptid Connoisseur", or looking for photographs of huge hominids emerging from UFO's with Greys looking on, this ain't your book. If you are a regular person who loves nature and is intrigued by a good tale of "What If", this IS your book and you'll love it. Pyle shares with us his love for the Northwest and his concerns for its future. Yes this is largely a symbolic book, with "Bigfoot" symbolizing all we love, and fear, of those far forest places dark and deep and why we are fascinated with them. There is also a tinge of sadness in the book; the ravages of thoughtless environmental damage, the childish quarrels of Bigfoot "Experts". But this is largely a love story, about one last Wild Place, and how such places Haunt our imaginations. You'll love this book.

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Summary: It's about where bigfoot walks, not bigfoot
Review: If you're looking for stuff about bigfoot(s),look elsewhere. (Sanderson's and Green's books are the best.) This book is about a trek in bigfoot country, something I've always wanted to do. When I finally do it, I hope I have better luck than Pyle had. This book is OK if you're looking for a story about an uneventful walk in the woods.

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Summary: this autobiographical work shines with wonder and curiosity
Review: In this book you will take a trip through some of America's last unexplored wilderness. The Author takes you on his travels hiking thru the forested wilderness in Washington State in an honest attempt to seek out the animal Bigfoot. Along the way the Author stops to interview the big names in bigfoot research (thereby adding his own to this group). The text is a "good read" and the suspense is present as the Author narrates his own encounter with Sasquatch. That's towards the end of the book, but the entire journey is worth the read. The only bigfoot book that tops this in scientific inquiry is "Big-Footprints" by Grover Krantz. Nice work Pyle!

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Summary: Intellectual meanderings of a naturalist.
Review: Nice read, thoughtful, and provocative. As a psychiatrist I was interested in his ideas about what bigfoot symbolizes and why people obscess about this myth and the fact that until seeing this creature is a group experience, it will be considered a hallucination or projection. I was not impressed with his arguments about there being plenty to eat for a creature this size as when the author did his walk it was in the height of the berry season which would be gone after the fall. Large mammals like bears eat large amounts then hibernate through the winter while other large mammals like elk, moose, etc. have specialized stomachs to process types of food a hominid could never eat. It's unimaginable that an animal of bigfoots size could make it through a long winter without fire, foodstores, and technology which enabled man to live in these environments. One is then left with the interdimensional travel/UFO connection.... an it's inherent implausibility.

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Summary: excellent narative from a naturalist's viewpoint
Review: Not the collection of spine-tingling reports that I have grown to love, but an excellent story of one man's quest to dentermine the feasibilty of the creature...with a couple hair-raising moments.

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Summary: You'll feel like YOU are on the trip along with Bob Pyle.
Review: Robert Michael Pyle's Where Bigfoot Walks may be the closest I'll get at the moment to the Northwestern most part of this country.This man's style of writing is perhaps the purest, most comprehensive & descriptive I've read in a text in years. The manner in which this title is put forth is possibly the closest to this region one can attain without leaving the front door. It's the type of read where you cannot set your mind aside (unless it's nearing 5 A.M. in the morning and it's really time for bed,as I can relate with). For any enthusiast of this amazing vital "beast", and nature lovers, this is a must have in reading material.

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Summary: The worst non-fiction book that i've ever read on Bigfoot
Review: The only time that bigfoot is ever talked about is every few pages almost as an after thought. I've never written a review like this but I feel robbed. The book should have a title like a walk in the northwestern U.S. and some fauna and some animals that I saw. Since 1964 this is the absolute worst. Not even well written. Don't even bother. The title is missleading to say the least. The author mentions a grant. He must have had an attorney to let him know what was the very least that the subject of bigfoot had to appear to be legal.

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Summary: Don't waste your time!
Review: This book is a total bore. Only a couple of pages that holds your attention. More talk about the scenery and walking naked through the woods. Don't waste your time.

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Summary: Pyle, the butterfly guru, hunts Sasquatch.
Review: This is the travel log of Pyle's attempt to cross the Dark Divide in South Western Oregon. Forming the framework of the journey is a search for Bigfoot--not just the beast (although that's there too), but what the idea of Bigfoot means to our humanity, culture and to our place in the universe. He also investigates the people who believe (including everyone from quacks to scientists) and those that do not. The strengths of the book shine when Pyle is exploring ideas. He has some important things to say about the importance of wilderness, and the necessity of wild unknown things lurking in our subconscious. I also liked the balanced treatment he gave the question of Bigfoot's existence. You are never sure if he is a believer or sceptic, but he leaves you with the sense that perhaps the question is more important than the answer. The book is not without faults, the biggest was his nature writing, which sometimes seem to plod along with unnecessary detail. Too often it contained decorative descriptions that reminded me of exercises from a creative writing class. This made reading the book an uneven experience, with some parts of the book so good that I could not put it down, and with other sections I could not wait to put behind me. It was especially annoying when he produced long lists of plants and animals that for me, not being from that area of the country, meant nothing. Overall, however, the book is well worth the read. It left me thinking deeply and seemed to put the question of Bigfoot's existence on a more philosophical plane. I would especially recommend the book to people interested in wilderness, to those exploring why we believe the things we do, or those wanting a balanced and informed examination of the question of Bigfoot's existence.