Jon-Erik Beckjord dead at 69

krelnik · 27th July 2008, 10:37 PM

SF Chronicle: Paranormal believer Erik Beckjord dies at 69 (Friday, July 25, 2008)
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BA2A11TAA8.DTL

Quote:

Erik Beckjord, a paranormal investigator who tried to share his theories at his UFO, Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster Museum in North Beach, has died at age 69.

Mr. Beckjord, who had prostate cancer, died June 22 near his home in Lafayette, where he was caretaker of the Crosses of Lafayette, a monument dedicated to the more than 4,000 American troops who have died in the war in Iraq.

Starthinker · 28th July 2008, 06:26 AM

We lost one the truly great minds in bigfootology. I'm sure he's just in another deminsion somewhere sipping tea and dodging freight trains with bigfoot himself.

kitakaze · 28th July 2008, 10:17 PM

Beckjord (I was in the habit of calling him Cedrip after RayG) was a character and there's no argument there. He's certainly injected a lot of the weirdness into bigfootery and his other exploits and inspired some emulators. The last time he was through here on a sock was one of his longest runs here I think. It was funny watching him interact with his mini-me, Neil Burgstahler before they got banned. Those who were familiar with him knew of his illness so I doubt his passing comes as much a shock. I personally would like to try and say something positive about the man so...

Kids, if you're going to be a troll, learn from a master and bend it like Beckjord.

Sayonara, Cedrip.

Gilmar · 28th July 2008, 10:30 PM

I actually met him about 20 years ago, when he lived in the hills inland from Malibu. I was trying out Mensa at the time, until I'd had enough demonstrations that "smart" isn't synonymous with "sane". He had guests at his house for some event or other, and there was hot and cold running woo. I think the house burned down in a big brushfire a few years later.

HghrSymmetry · 29th July 2008, 12:39 AM

Hadn't heard he was ill. I imagine Neil will miss the woo battles.

manofthesea · 3rd August 2008, 06:25 PM

Originally Posted by kitakaze

Beckjord (I was in the habit of calling him Cedrip after RayG) was a character and there's no argument there. He's certainly injected a lot of the weirdness into bigfootery and his other exploits and inspired some emulators. The last time he was through here on a sock was one of his longest runs here I think. It was funny watching him interact with his mini-me, Neil Burgstahler before they got banned. Those who were familiar with him knew of his illness so I doubt his passing comes as much a shock. I personally would like to try and say something positive about the man so...

Kids, if you're going to be a troll, learn from a master and bend it like Beckjord.

Sayonara, Cedrip.

Master shmaster. Have you seen Jane Goodall's new show, When Animals Talk? They had ESP parrots. Thankfully, she's disavowed bigfoot.

Anyway, Monstro seemed pretty run of the mill considering the subject. Maybe he'll come back as a bigfoot, the real type though.

kitakaze · 3rd August 2008, 07:24 PM

Originally Posted by manofthesea

Master shmaster. Have you seen Jane Goodall's new show, When Animals Talk? They had ESP parrots. Thankfully, she's disavowed bigfoot.

Anyway, Monstro seemed pretty run of the mill considering the subject. Maybe he'll come back as a bigfoot, the real type though.

Cedrip was a master troll, Goodall had a show featuring allegedly psychic parrots.

And this is one of those times where I find myself looking at a weird MOTS non sequitur reference and almost being tempted to try and suss out the association he made. Almost.

Anyone interested in a firsthand account of just how far Beckjord's trolling would go can just ask our RayG for his horror story. Two words: Police involvement.

manofthesea · 3rd August 2008, 10:08 PM

Originally Posted by kitakaze

Police involvement.

What do you get when two footers have opposing footing views?

manofthesea · 3rd August 2008, 10:13 PM

Originally Posted by kitakaze

Cedrip was a master troll, Goodall had a show featuring allegedly psychic parrots.

Anyone interested in a firsthand account of just how far Beckjord's trolling would go can just ask our RayG for his horror story. Two words: Police involvement.

Don't forget she lived with those chimps for years. But the interesting link is that psychic parrots are in the same league as invisible bigfoot, mapinguari, jersey devil, or one of those other infeasible phenomenon, unlike real bigfoot.

Unless, you'd like to disagree and promote that psychic parrots are more plausible than bigfoot. If so, then explain.

William Parcher · 4th November 2010, 10:50 AM

Beckjord died too soon. He would have loved the new Bigfoot Forums (BFF). He would automatically be unbanned and now there is a group of paranormal Bigfoot believers posting over there. Of course he would violently disagree with their interpretation of Bigfoot's supernatural nature but at least they would all be in the same ballpark.

"The Web's Most Popular One-Stop Shop for Sasquatch Talk^TM" has come a long way. It's too bad that he had to miss its evolution.

HghrSymmetry · 4th November 2010, 06:38 PM

Well said.
----
P.S. Bonk!

William Parcher · 5th November 2010, 08:46 AM

He would have fit in perfectly. This is what the new BFF is all about...

Originally Posted by Sasfooty

Also, the "fake donkey" that I was hearing only added the whooo the two times that it was looking for the whoop.

Starthinker · 6th November 2010, 06:25 AM

Funny this thread should pop up again. I was just trying to contact Erik the other day with my ouji board and he said that he met all kinds of bigfoot in the afterlife but they only talk about trains all day long and they are boring as hell. If he had known they were so boring he would have hunted chupacabras.

Oh, and he said to tell everyone Hi!

William Parcher · 17th November 2010, 12:41 PM

Vintage Beckjord from 21 years ago (1989).

Quote:

...juggling and dancing by the side of the road with elaborate arm swings...

...I believe thay are uncatchable...

He knew the truth - even back then. Uncatchable!

captain koolaid · 17th November 2010, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by William Parcher

Vintage Beckjord from 21 years ago (1989).

He knew the truth - even back then. Uncatchable!

Uncatchable and delightfully entertaining. Much like Erik.

Quote:

"...'one day I saw Bigfoot'. Said Beckjord, 38, rising to imitate the movement of a sasquatch. 'It was a black thing, six feet tall, juggling and dancing by the side of the road with elaborate arm swings'..."

I'd pay money to see that. Both the original roadside production and Erik's awesome sounding reenactment.

HarryHenderson · 17th November 2010, 11:07 PM

Originally Posted by captain koolaid

Uncatchable and delightfully entertaining. Much like Erik...

Solely to keep history from being rewritten: Beckjord was 'entertaining' but in a can't-look-away-from-the-train-wreck kind of way. Humorously perhaps, 'delightfully' never. To generalize, he was an insolent SOB. Although, he pretty much did wear his insanity on his sleeve. One could rarely claim there was no warning. But in the end, Beckjord never got it was never going to get it. Maybe your experiences with him were vastly different than a good many...errr, virtually everyone else?

27th July 2008, 10:37 PM	#1
krelnik Graduate Poster Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Atlanta, Georgia Posts: 1,185	Jon-Erik Beckjord dead at 69 SF Chronicle: Paranormal believer Erik Beckjord dies at 69 (Friday, July 25, 2008) http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...BA2A11TAA8.DTL Quote: Erik Beckjord, a paranormal investigator who tried to share his theories at his UFO, Bigfoot and Loch Ness Monster Museum in North Beach, has died at age 69. Mr. Beckjord, who had prostate cancer, died June 22 near his home in Lafayette, where he was caretaker of the Crosses of Lafayette, a monument dedicated to the more than 4,000 American troops who have died in the war in Iraq.
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28th July 2008, 06:26 AM	#2
Starthinker Philosopher Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 5,014	We lost one the truly great minds in bigfootology. I'm sure he's just in another deminsion somewhere sipping tea and dodging freight trains with bigfoot himself.
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28th July 2008, 10:17 PM	#3
kitakaze Resident DJ/NSA Supermole Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Behind the decks in Tokyo, Japan/Victoria, Canada Posts: 9,461	Beckjord (I was in the habit of calling him Cedrip after RayG) was a character and there's no argument there. He's certainly injected a lot of the weirdness into bigfootery and his other exploits and inspired some emulators. The last time he was through here on a sock was one of his longest runs here I think. It was funny watching him interact with his mini-me, Neil Burgstahler before they got banned. Those who were familiar with him knew of his illness so I doubt his passing comes as much a shock. I personally would like to try and say something positive about the man so... Kids, if you're going to be a troll, learn from a master and bend it like Beckjord. Sayonara, Cedrip.
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28th July 2008, 10:30 PM	#4
Gilmar Muse Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: From the desert to the sea. Posts: 567	I actually met him about 20 years ago, when he lived in the hills inland from Malibu. I was trying out Mensa at the time, until I'd had enough demonstrations that "smart" isn't synonymous with "sane". He had guests at his house for some event or other, and there was hot and cold running woo. I think the house burned down in a big brushfire a few years later.
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29th July 2008, 12:39 AM	#5
HghrSymmetry View clearer from above. Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,378	Hadn't heard he was ill. I imagine Neil will miss the woo battles.
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3rd August 2008, 06:25 PM	#6
manofthesea 2wu4u Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,354	Originally Posted by kitakaze Beckjord (I was in the habit of calling him Cedrip after RayG) was a character and there's no argument there. He's certainly injected a lot of the weirdness into bigfootery and his other exploits and inspired some emulators. The last time he was through here on a sock was one of his longest runs here I think. It was funny watching him interact with his mini-me, Neil Burgstahler before they got banned. Those who were familiar with him knew of his illness so I doubt his passing comes as much a shock. I personally would like to try and say something positive about the man so... Kids, if you're going to be a troll, learn from a master and bend it like Beckjord. Sayonara, Cedrip. Master shmaster. Have you seen Jane Goodall's new show, When Animals Talk? They had ESP parrots. Thankfully, she's disavowed bigfoot. Anyway, Monstro seemed pretty run of the mill considering the subject. Maybe he'll come back as a bigfoot, the real type though.
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3rd August 2008, 07:24 PM	#7
kitakaze Resident DJ/NSA Supermole Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Behind the decks in Tokyo, Japan/Victoria, Canada Posts: 9,461	Originally Posted by manofthesea Master shmaster. Have you seen Jane Goodall's new show, When Animals Talk? They had ESP parrots. Thankfully, she's disavowed bigfoot. Anyway, Monstro seemed pretty run of the mill considering the subject. Maybe he'll come back as a bigfoot, the real type though. Cedrip was a master troll, Goodall had a show featuring allegedly psychic parrots. And this is one of those times where I find myself looking at a weird MOTS non sequitur reference and almost being tempted to try and suss out the association he made. Almost. Anyone interested in a firsthand account of just how far Beckjord's trolling would go can just ask our RayG for his horror story. Two words: Police involvement.
	__________________ Until better evidence is provided, the best solution to the PGF is that it is a man in a suit. -Astrophotographer. 2 prints, 1 trackway, same 'dermals'? 'Unfortunately no' says Meldrum. I want to see bigfoot throw a pig... Is that wrong? -LTC8K6

3rd August 2008, 10:08 PM	#8
manofthesea 2wu4u Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,354	Originally Posted by kitakaze Police involvement. What do you get when two footers have opposing footing views?
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3rd August 2008, 10:13 PM	#9
manofthesea 2wu4u Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,354	Originally Posted by kitakaze Cedrip was a master troll, Goodall had a show featuring allegedly psychic parrots. Anyone interested in a firsthand account of just how far Beckjord's trolling would go can just ask our RayG for his horror story. Two words: Police involvement. Don't forget she lived with those chimps for years. But the interesting link is that psychic parrots are in the same league as invisible bigfoot, mapinguari, jersey devil, or one of those other infeasible phenomenon, unlike real bigfoot. Unless, you'd like to disagree and promote that psychic parrots are more plausible than bigfoot. If so, then explain.
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4th November 2010, 10:50 AM	#10
William Parcher Show me the monkey! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 8,508	Beckjord died too soon. He would have loved the new Bigfoot Forums (BFF). He would automatically be unbanned and now there is a group of paranormal Bigfoot believers posting over there. Of course he would violently disagree with their interpretation of Bigfoot's supernatural nature but at least they would all be in the same ballpark. "The Web's Most Popular One-Stop Shop for Sasquatch Talk^TM" has come a long way. It's too bad that he had to miss its evolution.
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4th November 2010, 06:38 PM	#11
HghrSymmetry View clearer from above. Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 8,378	Well said. ---- P.S. Bonk!
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5th November 2010, 08:46 AM	#12
William Parcher Show me the monkey! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 8,508	He would have fit in perfectly. This is what the new BFF is all about... Originally Posted by Sasfooty Also, the "fake donkey" that I was hearing only added the whooo the two times that it was looking for the whoop.
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6th November 2010, 06:25 AM	#13
Starthinker Philosopher Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Denver, CO Posts: 5,014	Funny this thread should pop up again. I was just trying to contact Erik the other day with my ouji board and he said that he met all kinds of bigfoot in the afterlife but they only talk about trains all day long and they are boring as hell. If he had known they were so boring he would have hunted chupacabras. Oh, and he said to tell everyone Hi!
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17th November 2010, 12:41 PM	#14
William Parcher Show me the monkey! Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 8,508	Vintage Beckjord from 21 years ago (1989). Quote: ...juggling and dancing by the side of the road with elaborate arm swings... ...I believe thay are uncatchable... He knew the truth - even back then. Uncatchable!
	__________________ Bigfoot believers and Bigfoot skeptics are both plumb crazy. Each spends more than one minute per year thinking about Bigfoot.

17th November 2010, 09:34 PM	#15
captain koolaid Critical Thinker Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 331	Originally Posted by William Parcher Vintage Beckjord from 21 years ago (1989). He knew the truth - even back then. Uncatchable! Uncatchable and delightfully entertaining. Much like Erik. Quote: "...'one day I saw Bigfoot'. Said Beckjord, 38, rising to imitate the movement of a sasquatch. 'It was a black thing, six feet tall, juggling and dancing by the side of the road with elaborate arm swings'..." I'd pay money to see that. Both the original roadside production and Erik's awesome sounding reenactment.
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17th November 2010, 11:07 PM	#16
HarryHenderson Muse Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: All up in your business Posts: 706	Originally Posted by captain koolaid Uncatchable and delightfully entertaining. Much like Erik... Solely to keep history from being rewritten: Beckjord was 'entertaining' but in a can't-look-away-from-the-train-wreck kind of way. Humorously perhaps, 'delightfully' never. To generalize, he was an insolent SOB. Although, he pretty much did wear his insanity on his sleeve. One could rarely claim there was no warning. But in the end, Beckjord never got it was never going to get it. Maybe your experiences with him were vastly different than a good many...errr, virtually everyone else?
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