October 6, 1958 - A Very Slow News Day, Part 6

This is the sixth and final episode of a multi-episode series on the events that took place in 1958 in the area around Bluff Creek in northern California. The front page of the October 5, 1958 edition of the Humboldt Times in Eureka, CA featured a photograph of a respectable looking gentleman holding a plaster cast of a 16 inch footprint, one of many the gentleman in question, one Jerry Crew, had found at his job site near Bluff Creek in northern CA. The accompanying front page article related, among other things, how the road construction crew had taken to calling the maker of those footprints bigfoot.

The Associated Press Wire service picked up the story and on Monday, October 6, the story went nationwide. Yes, fellow babies, October 6, 1958 has gone down in history as the very slow news day on which bigfoot entered American culture. We're going to take an in-depth look at the events leading up to the publication and the aftermath of the publication.

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⁠⁠⁠⁠Credits and Attribution: The voiceover during the intro and outro is performed by Darrell Williams.  Theme Music - The theme music for Bigfoot Crossing is entitled "Mars Colony Theta" by Per Kiilstofte. It was obtained from Machinamasound.com through a Creative Commons CC BY NC ND license.  The "Tuning the Radio" Segment of Intro/Outro - These segments are offered as a homage to one of Michael Willey's favorite television programs - WKRP in Cincinnati. In order of appearance, the following voice artists and musicians lent their talents to the "Tuning the Radio" segment of the Intro: Jason Tomlin ("morning DJ"), "Sentinel" by Kai Engel, which was obtained from the Free Music Archive through a Creative Commons CC BY license, and Tom Lawrence ("news reporter"). In order of appearance, the following voice artists and musicians lent their talents to the "Tuning the Radio" segment of the Outro: "Chaotic Bliss" by Jens Kiilstofte, which was obtained from Machinamasound.com through a Creative Commons CC BY NC ND license, Darrell Williams ("Brock Whitmore") and Michael Willey ("Yeah I did").Jason Tomlin, Tom Lawrence and Darrell Williams are all available for voice work and can be reached by calling WAKM AM 950 in Franklin, TN at 615-794-1594.

Attribution for Certain Sound Effects

"Shameless Plug," "No Sale" and many other contributions by Darrell Williams - 615-794-1594.

"Well shoot!" by Kelly Byrnes "Foot Fetish,"

"That's Correcto" and others by Alan Duffy

"Keep it Clean" by Ellie Duffy

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