Irish familiar with legend of Bigfoot (Sasquatch)?
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mdvaden Hazel Tree


Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 39 Location: Oregon, USA
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 3:56 am Post subject: Irish familiar with legend of Bigfoot (Sasquatch)? |
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In our area, there are legends of unseen big hairy ape-like creatures in the forests, called Sasquatch of Bigfoot locally.
Do people in Ireland ever hear about this legendary stuff on television much?
It came to mind this week, because I was working on one of my accessory web pages about a hiking trail about 20 minutes away from our home...
http://www.mdvaden.com/collings_mountain.shtml
That trail in the local national forest, has the only Bigfoot Trap in the United States. A group of people from the city of Eugene, about 3 hours to the north, actually carried heavy materials into the forest and built a giant trap for a Bigfoot.
No Bigfoots have ever been caught
I watch the History and National Geographic television a lot here, but don't recall any imaginary creatures in your area. Are there any local legends there? _________________ M. D. Vaden of Oregon
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Joined: 30 May 2006 Posts: 1220 Location: West of Ireland
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:03 am Post subject: |
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Are there any local legends there?
Plenty, in fact Ireland gave the world Halloween.
We also have leprechauns and the banshee, which may or may not be legends. _________________ If you benefited from irishgardeners.com, please link to us or tell others, so that the site can grow and benefit more gardeners.
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mdvaden Hazel Tree


Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 39 Location: Oregon, USA
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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| GPI wrote: | Are there any local legends there?
Plenty, in fact Ireland gave the world Halloween.
We also have leprechauns and the banshee, which may or may not be legends. |
Are there any buildings or citizen groups associated with leprechauns or the banshee? _________________ M. D. Vaden of Oregon
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Posted: Sun Dec 24, 2006 12:11 pm Post subject: |
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| mdvaden wrote: |
Are there any buildings or citizen groups associated with leprechauns or the banshee? |
Not as such.
What we do have is fairy bushes (usually hawthorn) or fairy forts which if disturbed are alleged to bring great misfortune to the person involved. _________________ If you benefited from irishgardeners.com, please link to us or tell others, so that the site can grow and benefit more gardeners.
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mdvaden Hazel Tree


Joined: 27 Nov 2006 Posts: 39 Location: Oregon, USA
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Posted: Tue Dec 26, 2006 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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| GPI wrote: | | mdvaden wrote: |
Are there any buildings or citizen groups associated with leprechauns or the banshee? |
Not as such.
What we do have is fairy bushes (usually hawthorn) or fairy forts which if disturbed are alleged to bring great misfortune to the person involved. |
I found a few web pages about those fairy forts.
So are they protected or avoided when areas of land are developed, or roads are built? _________________ M. D. Vaden of Oregon
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