Further Bigfoot research

Funny, the title I just gave this blog entry reminds me of an album by a Southern California band called Further. The band is long gone, and I don't think that you can even buy their albums in stores anymore. We're talking ancient times here, like 1994-1995! Ok, well, that was stupid, but I do believe that the band Further released and album called "Griptape" and on the cover was a fuzzy, blurred out image of a boy with a rifle confronting a Bigfoot type creature, which was sorta looming there in front of him. The photo looked like it was lifted from a video image. It occurred to me right when I saw it--I knew exactly where this image was taken from! It was from one of the greatest Sasquatch/Bigfoot films ever made: The Legend of Boggy Creek. There is a scene in the film where an unsuspecting, Opie-esque young boy takes off into the woods with a small caliber rifle to go do some rabbit hunting or something. Traveling deeper into the Faulk Arkansas woods, he is suddenly surprised when a hulking Bigfoot appears, seemingly out of nowhere, and towers menacingly in front of the kid. I think the kid managed to fire off a couple of shots as he ran, terrified, from the Bigfoot. I'm sure the feeble bullets just bounced off the creature's fur. You can't damage a Bigfoot with a puny .22 caliber rifle, Ha! Nonetheless, the creature let out a blood-curdling howl (for cinematic effect, I'm sure).
If I ever find that album again I going to buy it. Further was a decent band, very lo-fi, but with a sort of charming early Dino Jr./Sebadoh kind of feel. I already own a VHS copy of The Legend of Boggy Creek. On Feb 4, 2006 I along with good pal, Matt Pamatmat, and a host of friends will watch another '70s classic Bigfoot related film...er....TV show: The Six Million Dollar Man and the Secret of the Bigfoot. I recall seeing this a very loooong time ago on TV. I haven't seen it since, and I recently ordered a copy of it on DVD. Suffice to say, it will be extremely campy and goofy, complete with bionic sound effects and everything. I believe Steve Austin actually fights with a Bigfoot. I can't wait to see it. Just another stop along the long route to complete, campy, 1970s Bigfoot discovery. Alright then.