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The Searching for Bigfoot team met a man named Tom Burnette through our radio show, Bigfoot Live Radio Show, (www.bigfootliveradioshow.com). Mr. Burnette has written a book titled Nature's Secret Agents. The book is a fascinating journal of his experience on his property in Old Fort, North Carolina. The book chronicles Mr. Burnette's experiences from August, 1991 through April of 1994. The following is a quote from the prologue of that book;

"The only reason this book was written is because the events which
surrounded me were too unbelievable and almost unrealistic for
myself or anyone else for that matter to comprehend or understand.
I quite simply was in the right place at the right time,
or the wrong place at the wrong time. I really never thought of
myself as a writer, just a man with one hell of a story which borders
on the edge of real life science fiction.

I swear on a sacred oath that the events you are about to read are true,
and they were as real to me as the sunshining..."

After reading his book, we had to meet this man. We made arrangements and loaded up the rig to drive from California to North Carolina to see for ourselves what was happening on Mr. Burnettes property!

Mr. Burnette lives by himself on over 100 acres of deep forest land, backed up by a watershed and wilderness area. He had set up a small cabin for us to stay in, but it was not quite finished when we got there. The electricity did not work and there was no running water or bathroom facilities. However, we were thankful for the shelter and we were prepared for a much more primitive environment.

The road up to Mr. Burnette's property

Once at the make shift camp, we met Mr. Burnette. Mr. Burnette, (Tom), is a physically fit and fluent individual who seems to prefer his life out in the woods to a life in the midst of a city and all the trappings that come with city life. He welcomed us to his world and did all he could to make us comfortable.

Brian Mazzola in front of our shelter and Leonard Dan with Tom Biscardi Sr. at camp and our host.. Tom Burnette

After "breaking bread" with our host and getting to know each other, we started to have Mr. Burnette answer questions about his experiences from his book. The book chronicles his experiences with "Bigfoot" type creatures that live on and around his property. His earliest experiences were simple ones. He began by noticing foot prints of different sizes in several areas around his property. Following some of the practices of other local people who like to watch bears in the area, he began putting out food for these creatures. He would put out food and knock on a nearby tree to see if he could "train" them to recognize when he set the food out. Soon, individual animals and even small groups of the creatures were coming out to the areas he was leaving food.

The regularity of the visits was beginning to concern him. They seemed to begin to get more and more demanding for their feedings and it began to worry Tom Burnette. He was unsure of what might happen if he stopped feeding them!

A sign showing that this area is a 'Bear Sanctuary' and a safe home for many animals

It would seem that Mr. Burnette had created his own monster, in a sense. He wanted to show these creatures that he was friendly and not a threat to them, so that he might live in harmony along side of them without fear of them. However, now he was afraid that if he should suddenly stop feeding them, they might be angered and therefore a physical threat to him!

Of course, we have not covered all of the details of this transition, but they are all spelled out in his book, Nature's Secret Agents.

In another part of the book, Mr. Burnette tells about an infant "Bigfoot" that was left in a field. He tells us that he believes that the infant was in danger of being killed by a dominant male to help bring the mother back into estrous. He, (Tom Burnette), suspects that the mother, knowing that Tom feeds them, may have left the infant in his, (Tom's) care to protect and feed it. However, his, (Tom's) instinct was to attempt to return it to the mother. He placed it in a field near where he found it, in hopes that the mother would return and claim it.

Unfortunately, the infant did not survive and was dead in a short time. Mr. Burnette did save the skull and claims to have it in his possession to this day. This story is explained in detail in his book as well.

Our team was intrigued and set about to find anything we could to verify any or all of these amazing stories. We searched for signs all through the nearby woods and stream beds. We tried to view the skull, but unfortunately, Tom Burnette explained to us that it had been sent out for DNA analysis and had not been returned yet. Neither had the anticipated DNA results. He did, however, call the DNA house and allowed Tom Biscardi to talk to someone there. Mr. Biscardi asked that they email us a digital picture of the skull and they agreed. Unfortunately, they never sent any pictures to Mr. Biscardi or anyone else at Searching for Bigfoot Inc.

We set out food for the creatures in several areas and set up trip cameras to see if we could catch what ever might be eating the food left at each area. We did get pictures back of smaller animals such as porcupines, raccoons, rodents, and birds eating the food, but no creatures. We heard and saw some black bears around the camp site, attracted by the smells coming from our camp stoves, but no creatures. We searched for miles in every direction looking for prints that might suggest that a "bigfoot" type creature may be in the area, but unfortunately we found no conclusive tracks. We did find a track or two near the stream that could possibly be interpreted as man like, but they were not conclusive. We did find many signs and tracks from bears in the area.

One of the places that Tom Burnette normally sets out food for his "friends"

We did hear loud "wood on wood" sounds one evening. There were two loud bangs, then nothing. In a heavily wooded area like this, these types of sounds can be attributed to large branches falling through the forest canopy and hitting other branches. It has been our experience that "tree knocking" is a form of communication for these creatures and is seldom done without a reply. With just two quick bangs, we cannot say that this is actually "tree knocking".

As much as we wanted to be able to verify any of the information shared with us by Tom Burnette, we were not able to do so at this time. Mr. Burnette's stories and encounters seem to be authentic and had an air of truth about them, but unfortunately, we were not able to verify them during this visit.

Our plan was to stay for at least a week, but we got a call from another area and with no verifiable signs of any creatures after four full days of investigation, we made the decision to move on. We will attempt to go back again after we get the results back from the DNA house. We need to make certain that we leave no stone unturned.

I recommend that you get the book and read it yourself. The stories that Tom Burnette chronicles in his writings have a ring of truth to them and I am quite sure that he truly believes all that he has shared with us. Unfortunately, we were unable to verify anything at his particular time. Read the book and make up your own mind... in the mean time, we will keep on SEARCHING FOR BIGFOOT and share with you what we find... as we find it... and when we find it...!

Written by JavaBob - posted by JavaBob

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