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| Mary Green "The Bigfoot Lady" |
I first talked to Mary Green in February of 2011. Bobby
Short was able to introduce us because I had encountered a Bigfoot clan near
where the Carter Farm was located and wanted to talk to Mary about the Bigfoot
possibly being from the Carter Farm Bigfoot Clan. The Carter Farm was the
subject of Mary’s ground breaking book
“Fifty Years with Bigfoot: Tennessee Chronicles of Co-Existence”.
Mary and I had an instant connection and talked for several
hours over the phone. She was also kind enough to autograph and send me a rare
copy of “Fifty Years with Bigfoot:
Tennessee Chronicles of Co-Existence”.
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| "Squeaky" at the Carter Farm |
Mary was truly a great pioneer in the Bigfoot Research
Arena. She broke new ground and confounded the experts many times. She was unfairly attacked over the years because of her experiences. In the early
years she was criticized by the Bigfoot Research Establishment because she
reported that the Bigfoot in Tennessee looked human in appearance and had round
heads. This drew sharp criticism and scorn. Mary was also taken advantage of by
several well-known names in the Bigfoot Research World. Many you would know if
I named them. So much of what we know now about the Bigfoot can be attributed
to Mary’s tireless research.
Her vindication finally came when the Sasquatch Genome
Project’s DNA Paper was published. In the Spring of 2011 I went to visit Mary
Green in her home. We had a great time, we watched videos, shared stories, and
talked Bigfoot. During our conversations I had ask her if she could spare a few
hair samples for the DNA Project (aka Sasquatch Genome Project and/or Ketchum
DNA Study). She said she would think about it and we continued to talk and
visit. When it was time to go, I said my good buys and was walking out the door
when Mary said “wait, I want to give you something”. She went back into her
bedroom and came out with a white three ring binder. She handed it to me and
said “Here are all my Bigfoot hair samples that I have kept, I want you to send
them to Melba. My daughter and son in law have found many of the recent
samples. All I ask is that you give them and me credit in the paper. I want
people to know where they came from.”
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| One of the many hair samples from Mary Green |
Inside this folder were dozens of hair samples. Everyone
meticulously labeled with the date found, who found it, where it was found, and
the circumstances around the discovery. I tried to give it back to her and
suggest I just take a few hairs from the abundant samples, but she refused. “No,
No, I want them all to go in the study. I know these are real Bigfoot hair, and
I want everyone to know I was telling the truth all these years, that I was not
crazy or paranoid. Grumpy, Fox, all of them are real, and you have the proof in
your hands, just please give us, my daughter and her husband the credit they
deserve for collecting these samples.”
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| One example of the thorough documentation |
Amazingly I left Mary Green’s home with all her hair
samples, her work, her legacy entrusted to me and to the DNA Project. I sent
the hair samples off to Dr. Ketchum to be tested. I did however, pull hairs out
from several samples and send them back to Mary. I just could not take them
all. A few weeks later I get a call from David Paulides telling me every sample
Mary had was “pure gold”. They all were Bigfoot and one sample was possible “Dogman”.
Later when the DNA Paper was published Mary
would have her vindication, her samples
played a major role in the paper. Mary had other DNA test done on hair samples in the past dating back to 2003 and
the DNA Paper confirmed the previous work done. That the creature known as "Bigfoot" was in fact a human hybrid. We talked after I sent her a
copy of the paper and she was very and satisfied that her work had been both
verified and vindicated.
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| Close up of "Squeaky" |
I was blessed to know Mary and to be a friend if only for a
few short years. Like with the passing of Bobby Short and Chuck Prahl, we have
lost another legend, a pioneer. Mary embodied what is a true “Bigfoot
Researcher”. She will be missed. God Bless you Mary, thank you for all the
years of tireless devotion to your research. Rest in peace Bigfoot Lady.
