Jerry Hestand is a “Howe guy.” He grew up in Howe and his father, Glyn Hestand was even Howe’s former mayor. Jerry Hestand has written a book called Hunting Apes in America: My Life as a Bigfoot Hunter. His book is available on Amazon, but he’ll be signing copies at Howe Community Library this Saturday, May 13, from 10 am until noon. He’ll also have a presentation that includes photographs and casts of footprints. Howe Community Library Director Melissa Atchison says that the event is sure to be an informative, thought-provoking talk, so mark your calendars. Does Bigfoot really exist?
Hestand is a native of North Texas and has been involved in Bigfoot research since January of 2001. Hestand is now a retired elementary educator who has spent much of the last sixteen years investigating and writing witness encounters about Bigfoot sightings in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. He is also a former member of several well-known research groups. His research has extended from the swamps of the Big Thicket, Bayous of Fouke, Arkansas and also led him to the mountains of Southeast Oklahoma in search of the “Wood Ape.” Hestand has appeared in two Bigfoot documentaries and has been mentioned in several books and magazines as well as local news articles. He has had encounters with the Southern Bigfoot over the years culminating with an up close sighting in the mountains of Southern Oklahoma. Come along with Hestand as he documents his evolution from a child Bigfoot enthusiast to years of seeing the Bigfoot phenomena transform from what was thought to be just a figment of the imagination to a possible scientific discovery. He has been a part of Southern Bigfoot research for nearly two decades and has a wealth of information guaranteed to have the reader transfixed by his fantastic adventures. For more information about the author visit www.jerrryhestand.com.
