Melissa Hovey-Larsen, president of the American Bigfoot Society and the woman who tried to sue Parabreakdown's Phil Polling (over a photo she copyrighted and wasn't hers in the first place) is "one of the few female cryptozoologist researchers, on dealing with Internet trolls and maintaining a healthy dose of skepticism in all aspects of life." - According to Jessi Phillips from Broadly.
From Jessi Phillips at broadly.vice.com:
When it comes to Bigfoot, there are more than just believers and skeptics. The world of cryptozoology (the study for creatures whose existence is unconfirmed by science) is a highly political one, full of different factions and more than a little in-fighting. For instance, there is the no-kill vs. kill debate between hunter types out to bag a Sasquatch specimen and those who think we should let the creatures live in peace. There's also the conflict between those out to place Bigfoot in the realm of the paranormal and those who see the animal as one of our biosphere's many undiscovered species.
Melissa Hovey-Larsen, President of the American Bigfoot Society, was one of only a handful of woman researchers when she entered the field in 2005. She has since become one of its most respected voices, guiding expeditions all over the country, appearing on TV shows like MonsterQuest, and hosting her own radio show. For her part, Hovey-Larsen is decidedly in the non-kill and "flesh and blood" (not paranormal) camp in the raging Bigfoot debates.
We spoke to her about dealing with Internet trolls, maintaining a healthy dose of skepticism in all aspects of life, and why a woman may be more likely to get closer to a Bigfoot.
Click here to read the enthralling interview.
Actually, females and small children seem to draw Bigfoots so it would stand to reason that a woman might have a pretty good chance at getting the hard evidence needed to prove existence to the scientific community. And I can imagine there are a lot of men who are not happy about it as well. In fact, I predicted back about ten years ago that whomever found the proof of Bigfoot existence they might well have to lay low for a while until all the haters had a chance to calm down.
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