The claim was intriguing but not unprecedented. There are many 19th and early 20th century reports of the unearthing of giant human, or humanlike, skeletal remains in the Bluegrass State. Most were said to have been taken from Indian burial grounds, but not all. M. F.’s own mother had told him how she had witnessed the excavation of one such skeleton in Beals, Kentucky back in the 1920s. Workmen had unearthed the skeleton while trying to bridge a creek. She said it was measured and found to be 12 feet tall! As with all the old reports, the remains fell into the hands of private owners and out of common knowledge. Admittedly, this was the first time that I had been able to personally view an alleged tooth from one of these giants.
“The whites don’t know about this place,” M.F. said. “If they were to find out...”
He didn’t need to finish the statement. I knew exactly what would happen if the location was ever made public. Hordes of relict hunters would descend upon the location and have it stripped clean, all 15 acres of it, within a week.
SECRETS, TRUST AND FRIENDSHIP
“Can you keep this secret, Bart?” he asked.
I looked squarely into his wizened, intelligent eyes. “You can trust me,” I said.
He smiled good-naturedly. “I know.”
As the last feeble rays of the sun disappeared and we were left standing in the darkness surrounded by trees and human graves, I knew it was time to take my leave. I vowed to return again soon, however, for better pictures and more conversation if he’d have me. “Any time,” was his reply. I had made a new friend, it seemed, one who struck me as being perhaps the most knowledgeable person regarding Bigfoot that I had ever met. I had obtained both the story and the pictures that I sought. And much more.
I took many photographs of this extraordinary location, both out of my own fascination regarding the history of the site and the significance of the fact that the giant tooth had been found there. I am indebted to M.F. for the opportunity to do so. With his help I was also able to sketch a facial study of these particular humanoid's features for all to view. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to this man for agreeing to speak with me, sharing some secrets and showing me such an interesting and historically significant location. A location unlike any other that I have ever personally witnessed.
Bart Nunnelly is the author of Mysterious Kentucky, scheduled for publication in Summer 2007.
