Monkey Wrench Podcast Previews Bigfoot Expedition and Mapping Project

If you've been following the Sasquatch research community for any length of time, you already know the name Carter Buschardt. The guy has been out in the woods chasing evidence of Bigfoot longer than a lot of today's researchers have been alive, and he recently sat down for a chat on the Monkey Wrench Podcast over on the Bigfoot Project YouTube channel. The conversation wanders through a bunch of topics, but there are some genuinely interesting nuggets for anyone who follows this stuff. Carter's been on the move lately, bouncing between North Carolina, Illinois, and Pennsylvania. The big takeaway for the Sasquatch community? He's got an expedition campout coming up in October at his research site in the Allegheny National Forest, with Sheffield being the nearest town. For those unfamiliar, the Allegheny is one of those classic Sasquatch hotspots in the eastern U.S., and Carter has been working that area for years. If you've been itching to get out in the field with seasoned investigators, this might be worth keeping an eye on. He also dropped a mention of the Bigfoot Mapping Project, which is always worth paying attention to. Crowdsourced data from witnesses and researchers continues to build a clearer picture of where Sasquatch activity is being reported across the country, and any time a researcher of Carter's caliber plugs into that kind of resource, it's a good sign for the broader community. The conversation drifts into some fascinating paranormal territory too. Carter brought up Edgar Cayce, the so-called "Sleeping Prophet" out of Virginia Beach. For anyone who hasn't dug into Cayce's story, this guy was doing psychic readings back in the early 1900s, reportedly putting out around 15,000 of them over his lifetime. He claimed to tap into some kind of higher consciousness while in a trance state, and supposedly about 85% of his predictions came true. He also claimed to have psychically visited Atlantis and described what he saw there. Wild stuff, and it's the kind of topic that tends to come up a lot when researchers start comparing notes on the more mysterious side of cryptid investigation. Carter also gave a shoutout to his friend Brian Sichich, who runs the Center of Unexplained Events in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. Brian's been at this for over 40 years, covering ghosts, cryptids, and UFOs, and apparently he's got a special event coming up at Brady's Run Park. Anyone in that part of Pennsylvania might want to look into it. There's also a brief mention of a psychic medium named Jerry Wills that Carter brought up, though he admitted he's not super plugged into that particular corner of the paranormal world. Still, it's interesting to see researchers open to exploring different avenues of investigation beyond just the traditional field work. The chat was pretty lively too, with regulars like Diane, Michigan Sandman, and a few new faces popping in to say hello. Carter's down-to-earth personality always makes these conversations easy to listen to, even when the topics get a little out there. If any of this piques your interest, the full episode is worth checking out over on the Bigfoot Project channel. Carter Buschardt is one of those researchers who always has something interesting to say, whether he's talking about his latest field work or diving into the stranger corners of the paranormal world.