Our Authors

Born in 1967, Michael John Quast is a lifelong resident of Minnesota who grew up on a dairy farm, achieved a degree in Commercial Art, and is employed in a maintenance position for a school system. He makes his home in the city of Moorhead, across the Red River from Fargo, North Dakota.

Since childhood, he has had a deep interest in the paranormal, especially cryptozoology, which was bolstered by his own sighting of a Bigfoot in 1976. Since graduating high school, he has traveled extensively throughout Minnesota, seeking out and investigating Bigfoot reports and exploring wilderness areas in a physical search for the creatures.

He is the author of five previous books on the subject as well as the editor of the former newsletter “Sasquatch Report.”

Ronald C Meyer was born in Appleton, Wisconsin where, at the age of 10, he had a powerful oneness with nature experience. Shortly thereafter he began collecting fossils, which became a lifelong passion. In the process he made a number of world-class discoveries. Eventually the study of biological evolution activated a force that has driven his life ever since. In the early 80s he began practicing Aikido and became a fifth degree black belt

Career wise, Ron pioneered early biofeedback studies in human sensory systems and early childhood development at the University of Wisconsin's cybernetic lab. He then made a career switch, forming a film production company that produced programs for public television. In the mid-80s he moved to Boulder Colorado and acquired a video distribution company, Centre Communications.

Ron has produced and/or directed four feature films and numerous award-winning educational programs and documentary series that have sold over a million copies.

He is also the co-author of two bestselling books on Aikido: Aikido in America and Center: The Power of Aikido. His written two thrillers incorporating the evolutionary perspective..

Ron lives in Boulder Colorado with his wife of 25 years, Diane Evans. He has two wonderful children, Joel and Anna.

Jay Vernon grew up on a rural farm in Central Wisconsin in the late '60s through the mid-'80s. From there, he'd experience many strange and unusual things throughout those years, unforgettable sightings as a teenager in the deep woods where he spent so much of his time. He was always conscious and knew that there were dangerous animals in the woods of Adams County but not just how much.

Nicholas Barker is debuting his work and creativity in the writing world with his first book, Inhumanity, which he wrote over several years while discovering what truly terrifies him. This is in addition to his second novel Faces of Inhumanity. Nicholas has taken his time to craft stories and poems to entertain audiences. He has deep roots within the folklore of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina and draws upon this to entertain his fans. He draws heavily from his knowledge of the supernatural and mythology to bring new worlds to life. He dreams of becoming a full-time writer and poet for all the world to enjoy through his passions.

Some people are just more comfortable in the outdoors. Whether hunting, fishing, hiking, or simply looking for Bigfoot evidence, Jeff Harding prefers the solitude of the wilderness. Growing up the son of a hunting and fishing guide, he became familiar with being off-grid in Montana, Wyoming, Northern Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Manitoba starting at a young age.

Following high school, Jeff spent several years in the U.S. Army. After attending Columbus University, he made a career in Real Estate and development but always retained his outdoor roots. His family still guides big game hunters in some of the most remote areas in the Northern US and Canada.

At 18 years old, he had an encounter in Northern Manitoba that would change his life and his peripheral in the outdoors. Today, Jeff is a father of two teenage sons who love the outdoors. He enjoys researching in Minnesota and surrounding states as he explores different approaches to moving the ball forward in proving the existence of Bigfoot. Jeff also hosts a Podcast called Pine Island Research on the UNTOLD Radio Network.

Christopher Noël lives in northern Vermont, where he has often interacted with real Sasquatch people.

To see his videos and books go to: www.TheNearnessofYou.net

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Born in Bournemouth during the nineteen sixties and brought up in many areas of Dorset, I have gotten to know my county like the back of my hand. Being passionately interested in all things natural history, I was introduced to the subject of large non-native cats living in the UK while still a teenager, not by design but by circumstance or accident, as I watched badgers during the night… I got more than I bargained for! This set a president that led me to encounter more unusual goings-on in our countryside and suburban areas, I had more encounters and learned a lot about the subject as I indulged in my basic wildlife hobbies, leading to the realization that this subject must be delved into, the people educated, and all manner of investigations.

Since 1983, I have been at work, with escalating success in not just investigating this phenomenon but having multiple sightings, finding an inexhaustible supply of field evidence and data, which in turn led me to be well known within the subject. I have given lectures nationwide and been involved from many angles. I have been involved in wildlife conservation for the whole of my life and have worked both professionally and voluntary within these fields, including a 22-year membership with the Bournemouth natural science society and have been the chair of the zoology section for two decades, as well as helping out with curatorship of our museum specimens, president and trustee, lecturing and leading field meetings. I am a taxidermist, teacher and lecturer, philosopher, ufologist, artist, photographer, musician, and have many hobbies and interests.

I decided to write a series of books on wild living large cats in the UK, as I had so much data and believed that knowledge should be available to all, especially something as controversial as this subject. I decided that there was no field guide to identifying field evidence or guidelines from which people could work, enhancing that knowledge.

Also, realising that so many people were in the dark regarding such knowledge, and with so many skeptical minds that refused to acknowledge it, I needed to prove a few points.

In this book, I relate my observations and experiences and relay my findings regarding the numbers, behavior, and species of the animals involved, with many photographs of field evidence. One has to limit the number of photos for publication, and with my thousands of photos, I had to shortlist the whole lot, perhaps picking the best. The images in this series are only a fraction of the overall amount of field evidence I have come across. My Studies have been mainly concentrated in my home county of Dorset, but overlap Hampshire and Wiltshire, and I have investigated other areas of the UK.

Born and raised in Maine, Nathaniel Brislin has always been interested in life on Earth, both living and extinct, known and unknown. Nate is an artist, writer, and filmmaker who has released two documentaries; Pine State Phantoms (2019) and Eyes from the Pines: The Pine Ape Project (2021).

Gareth Patterson is an award-winning environmentalist, wildlife researcher, public speaker, and author who is known internationally for his efforts to greater protect the lions and elephants of Africa. Born in England, he grew up in wild areas of western, eastern, and southern Africa. Several of his books about his life with lions and elephants have been published in many languages and editions. Gareth’s work for Africa’s wildlife has been featured in the media worldwide, as well as in international documentaries. During the 2000s, Gareth rediscovered and studied the most southerly free-roaming elephants in the world: the highly endangered and elusive Knysna elephants of the southern Cape, South Africa. It was during this time that he became aware of the existence of mysterious relict hominoid beings known to the Knysna forest people as the ‘Otang’. Beyond the Secret Elephants is Gareth’s twelfth book.