Photo courtesy of Tom Yamarone.
Steven Streufert (shown above), the owner of Bigfoot Books on 40600 Highway 299, Willow Creek, California, is leading the efforts up in Willow Creek and Bluff Creek to preserve important pieces of local Bigfoot history.
Writing recently, Streufert noted that a location that might be in most immediate danger is the “Bluff Creek Company store, where [Roger] Patterson and [Bob] Gimlin bought supplies in 1967. According to owner, Phil Smith Sr., the old store building and adjacent Bluff Creek Resort with mountain and river acres are going up for sale. Someone in the Bigfoot community should buy this place before the decrepit yet historical Bluff Creek Company Store is demolished! He warns the building is slated for destruction soon. Back behind the store Mr. Smith showed this writer the slab where The Greasy Spoon Restaurant once stood.”
Photo courtesy of Tom Yamarone.
Today, Streufert (above, with Scott McLean) updates the matter for me:
“I spoke with the owner, Phil Smith, Sr., on my way up to the Yakima Round-Up. He told me then that the building was not usable, and that it would have to be torn down eventually. He’s planning to sell the place, and to put it up on the market soon. I think he’d thought that it would be a selling point to the property if he ‘cleaned it up’ a bit. I tried to convince him of the value of the building, its historical significance (which he agreed with), and that the building would be an asset for that reason. I told him I’d spread the word around the Bigfooting community.
“The asking price would be around $300,000 he tells me, including the going concern of trailer park/campground, riverfront access, and something like 19 acres of nice mountain land. It would make a great Bigfoot museum or expeditionary supply store, I think. It SHOULD be preserved by someone in our field. We can still save it. Phil is getting pretty up in years, and tired of the upkeep.
“The last time I was up in Bluff Creek I noticed there were some bulldozers in the lot right next to the old Company Store building. It put the fear into me that it might be torn down right then.
“BUT no! I called the Orleans Community Services District today, and spoke with Shirley Reynolds, who runs the office there. She says the thing is still standing, and that she hasn’t heard of any plans to destroy it yet….Orleans, she says, is the HEART of the Bigfoot Territory (and Willow Creek is only the ‘Gateway’ to Bigfoot Country).”
Bigfoot Books carries all the finest literature, mostly used, about the big hairy guys and gals.
Meanwhile, on the East Coast, your assistance is also important in supporting and saving the museum.
Please…
Thank You.
Various photos of the Bigfoot Books location are courtesy of Tom Yamarone, thanks to permission of the store owner.
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