Brian D. Parsons has been a paranormal researcher and investigator since 1996. Since then he has worked with a variety of groups over the years including; MUFON, Crypto Squad USA, Centre for Fortean Zoology, Sasquatch Research Initiative, Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society, Pennsylvania Cryptozoology Society, Cleveland UFOlogy Project, and ParaNexus Anomalous Research Association. In 2014, Brian became the Executive Director of ParaNexus. Brian is also the Director of Ohio Cryptid and is the voice of the Paranormal News Insider heard on WCJV Digital Broadcasting every Tuesday at 8 PM eastern.

Brian has authored six books. The first four centers on paranormal group operation as well as his unique client-centered investigation process called the “E4” Method. In 2015 he released, “Handbook for the Amateur Cryptozoologist” with a foreword from Loren Coleman and his latest effort came in 2017 with, “Handbook for the Amateur UFO Investigator”. He has also written articles for Cryptid Culture Magazine.

Brian has appeared on numerous internet radio shows, at paranormal conferences and conventions, as well as his own events where he speaks on a variety of paranormal and anomalous subjects. He holds a Ph.D. in Metaphysical Humanistic Science from the Institute of Metaphysical Humanistic Science and is a licensed wedding officiant in the state of Ohio.

 Whether presented comedically in popular culture or explored as a serious scientific curiosity, giant, hairy, manlike creatures have become well known entities in these modern times. These bipedal monsters have been called by many names - most commonly “Bigfoot” and “Sasquatch” - but these terms have only been in our popular vocabulary since the 1950s. Long before that time people were seeing and documenting the creatures. Many old newspaper accounts tell of encounters with “wild men”, “gorillas”, “ape-men”, and “hairy giants”, issuing unearthly howls and leaving mysterious footprints in their wake. No matter the names given to the creatures, from the descriptions of their appearance and behavior, consistent from the earliest newspaper articles to modern reports, people have been seeing Bigfoot for as long as we have been keeping records.

This volume collects newspaper articles from California, Oregon, and Washington dating from the 1850s through the 1920s. Herein are tales of huge gorillas roaming wild in the California hills, hairy giants haunting Oregon, and wild men attacking women in Washington. Read about a gorilla-like creature killed by hunters who described its appearance in great detail; a wild man who visited the campus of a major university on several occasions; and a strange dreamlike tale of a young man abducted by a hairy biped and taken to its underground lair.