Episode 11: Hunting for Monsters- Bigfoot in the Bridgewater Triangle

Today we are hunting for Monsters with Bigfoot researcher Dave McCullough.  Dave was born in 1965 in Lowell Massachusetts, where he still resides. . As a young child, the television show “In Search Of” with Leonard Nemoy sparked his interest in Cryptozoology. He learned about the ridicule factor in 6th grade while getting laughed at by his teacher while looking for books on the subject.   After a longtime interest and reading information on the internet in the 90’s his eyes were opened to the fact that it wasn’t just a West Coast phenomenon. The book Monsters of the North Woods by Paul Bartholomew really hit home and he realized that New York and New England have had a long history amongst native people and early explorers involving the Sasquatch in the Northeast.   In 2005 he went from being an avid reader to someone who wanted to be more hands-on. His interest increased after attending a BFRO expedition in White Hall, NY. After talking to several local eyewitnesses, one being a police officer, about their experiences, he was completely hooked. This started his love of the outdoors, having never experienced hiking and camping growing up in a city environment.   Having the accessibility to travel the East Coast as an adult, He started investigating the sighting reports in his area. After the BFRO Expedition, he joined the NESRA Research group and attended several expeditions with them in the years since. One of them being part of the group that was used in a Monster Quest episode “Big Foot in New York”.   Not long after that, in September of 07, he was researching alone and shooting video in an area with many reported sightings. He inadvertently recorded some unusual sounds in the woods that were very similar to Wood Knocking. Along with the knocking he also recorded some animal sounds that remain unexplained. Dave hopes to have these professionally analyzed by a bioacoustics lab and welcome anyone skilled at deciphering and identifying these sounds.  In 2008, he attended one of the first expeditions that included several different research groups of the East Coast in Virginia. These groups investigated continuously for two weeks straight.  Since April 2012 he has been researching with Squatchachusetts where he is currently active in Massachusetts.