OCTOBER 18th, 2022—For Redwood Voice Community News from Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: overdoses in Del Norte schools will be no more with a revision to distributed medication; an infection of the beak delays a condor’s flight; new ultrasound services are coming to Humboldt County; there’s now a rabies outbreak in Humboldt; Sara Bareilles’ Sunday performance brought one heck of a crowd; and COVID relief dollars make way for electrical system upgrades in two Del Norte schools. This and much more alongside all our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
Redwood Voice Community News airs every weekday at noon, with a rebroadcast at 5pm, on KFUG 101.1 FM in Del Norte or streaming on kfugradio.org worldwide! We’re also airing on KZZH 96.7 FM every morning at 6am.
OCTOBER 17th, 2022—For Redwood Voice Community News from Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: the Del Norte Unified School District is being granted some much needed funding; we got a barrel full of updates on the monkeypox outbreak; another kind of outbreak started in Alexandre Family Farms birds; and Eureka is performing a smoke test in their sewers. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
Redwood Voice Community News airs every weekday at noon, with a rebroadcast at 5pm, on KFUG 101.1 FM in Del Norte or streaming on kfugradio.org worldwide! We’re also airing on KZZH 96.7 FM every morning at 6am.
Something special happened right here in the heart of Del Norte. From the office of True North to the Howland Hill Outdoor School and back to the Cultural Center, a team of California Endowment senior program managers met with numerous members of our community. After a tourism and economic development collaboration and a day of viewing the county they’ve never seen, what does this gathering of minds have in store for Del Norte?
OCTOBER 13th, 2022—For Redwood Voice Community News from Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: teachers battle it out for the position on the school board; a local contractor does work without a permit; and the Red Hot Chili Peppers are back again! All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
Redwood Voice Community News airs every weekday at noon, with a rebroadcast at 5pm, on KFUG 101.1 FM in Del Norte or streaming on kfugradio.org worldwide! We’re also airing on KZZH 96.7 FM every morning at 6am.
OCTOBER 12th, 2022—For Redwood Voice Community News from Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: Del Norte County’s juvenile detention facility is having some dire staffing issues; local duck hunters are quacking about the sudden closures of Lake Tolowa; and a surprise concert by the Red Hot Chili Peppers is coming to Hoopa! All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
Redwood Voice Community News airs every weekday at noon, with a rebroadcast at 5pm, on KFUG 101.1 FM in Del Norte or streaming on kfugradio.org worldwide! We’re also airing on KZZH 96.7 FM every morning at 6am.
OCTOBER 11th, 2022—For Redwood Voice Community News from Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: a unique alliance of Tribal Nations was launched on Indigenous Peoples’ Day; the Wiyot Tribe’s new Cultural Center opens today; two condors aren’t ready to fly the nest while we wait on condor time; and a ship with a past emerges from Shasta Lake. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
Redwood Voice Community News airs every weekday at noon, with a rebroadcast at 5pm, on KFUG 101.1 FM in Del Norte or streaming on kfugradio.org worldwide! We’re also airing on KZZH 96.7 FM at 6am every morning!
OCTOBER 10th, 2022—For Redwood Voice Community News from Redwood Voice Youth Media, today’s news: an installment of a roundabout is inbound for 199 and Elk Valley Cross; Alan Bongio steps down from his chair as a Humboldt County Planning Commissioner; and scammers have started utilizing lost pets for their heinous deeds. All this and our regular segments from the Pacifica Radio Network and National Native News.
Redwood Voice Community News airs every weekday at noon, with a rebroadcast at 5pm, on KFUG 101.1 FM in Del Norte or streaming on kfugradio.org worldwide! As of now, we will also be airing on KZZH 96.7 FM at 6am every morning!
Welcome to The Lycaeus Frequency’s Cryptid of the Day, a month-long series detailing a cryptid one day at a time for the month of October—by Redwood Voice’s Sebastian Monroe.
Today’s cryptid is the one and only, Bigfoot. Bigfoot is a familiar phenomenon to us here in Del Norte County, but where did he come from? Reports of the massive hairy gentleman have been traced back to the time before the Europeans arrived on the continent, with many Native American tribes having cave paintings of the big hairy fella. The earliest recorded report of him was in 1811 made by one David Thompson. Thompson spoke to The Spokane, a local Native American tribe in Washington State.
The infamous original sighting of Bigfoot, frame 352 of the Patterson-Gimlin Film. This was shot along Bluff Creek, in Del Norte County on the Six Rivers National Forest. Because the ape appears to have a sagittal crest, a feature found in Female chimpanzees, it’s believed this may be an alleged Female Bigfoot.
According to Thompson, The Spokane told him of a race of hairy giants that lived in one of the nearby mountains (Possibly Mt. Saint Helens or the Cascade Mountains) that would steal salmon and people while they were asleep. This was also the first time a foot-print was mentioned for a Bigfoot. Thompson said that the “giants” left footprints one and a half feet long.
In 1957 a report came from someone supposedly abducted by the giant hairy men. A man named Albert Ostman reported being “stolen” in his sleep by a Sasquatch, similar to the stories of giants told by the Spokanes. He claimed that in 1924, when he was searching for gold, he felt that someone was carrying him while he was sleeping. Ostman claimed when he woke up he could see eight feet tall Sasquatches with long arms and hairy bodies except for the padded feet, which lacked hair. Ostman also stated that the Sasquatches appeared to live as a family, like modern apes.
The alleged people-snatching, salmon-stealing giant ape may be feared by some, but Bigfoot has become a beloved symbol all over. Take this logo from the local DNATL Food Council for instance (which humorously references Bigfoot’s fish-theft days—at least he’s keeping it local.)
This situation is similar to modern accounts where baboons have reportedly stolen infants while they were sleeping. It is unknown why primates perform such behavior, however it may be related to the Ostman account. I’m sure you brave listeners all have heard a story or two about Bigfoot here in these parts, but it sure is interesting to hear where he came from.
This has been the Lycaeus Frequency Cryptid of the Day.
Edited with Pictures & Context by Persephone Rose. Thumbnail by Sebastian Monroe.
