A Flash of Beauty: Peter Byrne
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- Опубліковано 25 лис 2023
- Peter Byrne was a prominent figure in the field of cryptozoology, particularly known for his research on Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch. Born in Ireland, Byrne's early years were marked by a keen interest in wildlife and exploration, eventually shaping his career path.
In his early career, Byrne served in the British Royal Air Force during World War II. After the war, he ventured into the Himalayas, where he conducted expeditions in search of the Yeti, another legendary hominid creature. His interest in cryptids was not just limited to the Yeti; during these explorations, he first heard of Bigfoot, sparking a lifelong quest.
By the 1960s, Byrne had moved to the United States, drawn by the rich folklore and numerous sightings of Bigfoot in the Pacific Northwest. He became one of the leading figures in Bigfoot research, dedicating his life to investigating sightings, collecting evidence, and advocating for the scientific study of the creature. Byrne's approach to Bigfoot research was methodical and scientific, contrasting the more sensationalist methods employed by some in the field.
Throughout his career, Byrne authored several books and articles on Bigfoot, contributing significantly to the popular and scientific discourse on the subject. He founded the Bigfoot Information Center and Exhibition in The Dalles, Oregon, which became a hub for Bigfoot research and attracted enthusiasts and skeptics alike.
Despite criticism and skepticism from mainstream science, Byrne remained steadfast in his belief in the existence of Bigfoot. He argued for the need for a more rigorous scientific investigation into the phenomenon, believing a biological basis existed for the sightings and reports.
Byrne's work in the field of cryptozoology, especially his research on Bigfoot, earned him a reputation as a dedicated and passionate researcher. His legacy continues influencing and inspiring those interested in studying unknown and legendary creatures.
Peter Byrne's life and work stand as a testament to the enduring human fascination with the unknown and the unexplained, and his contributions to Bigfoot research remain a significant part of the folklore and scientific inquiry surrounding this elusive creature.
We believe this interview was his last. Peter Byrne passed away at the age of 97 years old on July 28th, 2023. Peter will endure. - Розваги
At the age of "97" .., very alert and articulate....!!!
Incredible articulate and Extremely well spoken at his age .. WoW ... quite a Man
Indeed ! RIP Peter ..
3 years ago I got to sit down with him in the local pub in the town that he lives in. he bought me a pint and I got to sit there and listen first hand to some of his stories he also autographed one of his books for me that I have it was truly a fantastic day
You're a lucky man, Tim.
Awesome 👍
I don’t suppose you took the opportunity to ask what made him think it was okay make a living from killing animals purely fun?
@@leighmac1625To my way of thinking, he was grateful to have wealthy clients, anxious and willing to pay high fees, for his Professional hunting experiences with his company hunting wildlife in Nepal. That was when he was much younger, and Big Game Hunting was more accepted than it is today.
Now I wonder why he's never had a sighting. 🤔 Sasquatch doesn't want its head mounted on the wall with his other trophies. Sad, very very sad.
Bingo! I was just thinking this exact thing!! 😀😀😀
it's disgusting that some people, Usually men, have the power to kill hundreds and hundreds of beautiful intelligent tigers, Panther, Moose… Just fucking leave them alone!
thinking that same thing... something about a big game hunter that really turns me off... and the repeated use of the term "these things" tells me everything i need to know about him...
I live in the the West Coast and I see them off and on in my property. I don't think they are dwindling. Flash of Beauty is an interesting UA-cam channel and I love all the different interviewed guests viewpoints. I am glad I found it.
@arpman5261, Maybe parsellart doesn’t need to and is gratified enough people have already. If think that’s the attitude we should have. I feel that way. You may still doubt their existence, I guess. Constantly pursuing them seems to put a wall up, while sitting back and relaxing in a peaceful way might bring them to us. I feel reverent and grateful of them though I’ve never seen one.
I spent an afternoon in 1975 or so with Peter in the Dalles Oregon. I found Peter to be a real gentleman, a solid man. His quest for " Homo nocturnus" as he labeled the large unacknowledged hominid roaming the Pacific Northwest. Rest in Peace Peter. It was great to know you.
Did he ever mention all the letters he recived over the years of people writing to him also seeing UAPs in the area post their Bigfoot sighting/encounter/experience?
That’s kind of important data to collect as it was and still is widely ignored and put on the…. yeah right, that’s not possible shelf.
The whole series of videos in A Flash Of Beauty have been a joy to watch. Top quality and expertly produced. Thank you.
So glad you got this before Peter passed. He is likely the only person to give Jimmy Stewart the finger,lol. Thank you Jill and Brett for posting the full interviews😊
Absolutely. Everyone of these interviews are too important to never be seen. They need to be out for everyone to see. Peter was a treasure. It was an honor to know him and film this interview - and the Jimmy Stewart story is epic!
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7 ft tall, must have been young, not full grown, and inexperienced around loggers.
This is not my response my acct has been hacked.( the real sodarokintn)
Im just sorry Peter didnt realize his dream of actually having a real life face to face encounter with a bigfoot.
Such a daper and well spoken genetleman...
R.I.P Peter
A rich full life packed with memories to hear him tell so eloquently.
This is absolutely priceless. Thank you.
And thank you Peter for everything. Huge respect.
I wonder, if there’s someone out there who would do the man the respect he deserves and update his Wiki page and give him the remembrance he quite clearly should have.
Agreed!
Let’s sort something for this great man. What he achieved in his endeavours we ride on his shoulders. I have nothing but respect for him. Not only was his passing a loss for the community but history as it stands. People of the Bigfoot tribe, stand up and donate to his historic legacy to the wiki page and keep his name in our lives. Considering he gave his life to adventures and discovery we should only at the very least give him a moment of ours.
So I ask you Jeffrey Meldrum and whoever’s left of the old school. Make this man proud and alive in our minds and hearts forever.
Love this channel by the way.
I never had the chance to meet Peter Byrne, but know people who were good friends with him. Peter is a pioneer in this field and is respected for his work. I think the torch may have been handed down to Ron Morehead.
I could listen to Peter all day what a man.
A lot of folks unfairly criticize Peter. I knew him for years through Ray Crowe & the Western Bigfoot society. He did a lot to advance the study of Bigfoot. I really liked & respected him.
I never knew him, but I first saw him when I was like 10 yrs old and saw him on In Search Of. I just thought wow, a true man of adventure. I was fascinated with the esoteric.
He's lead a extraordinary life, I could listen to him for hours. Thanks
I was lucky enough to grow up living right next door to his ex wife and daughter. Whenever he picked her up he would drive up in his Bigfoot Jeep and I'd talk to him for at least an hour each time all about the latest in Bigfoot news. Hella nice guy
Mr Byrne was born in 1925 like my father, also a WW11 Vet. New subscriber here and I love this. Thank you A Flash Of Beauty. Merry Christmas 🎄
Merry Christmas to you as well!
@@aflashofbigfoot Thank You
Real man who has lead one hell of a rip roaring life .
Indeed! A great example for us all to follow.
@@dogsarentdangerous1195OK bye.
( bye ).
You’re going to define this man’s entire life based on what he did for a living for a while…? You are smart enough to realize that hunters paying for “trophies” actually benefit the wildlife right..? What have you done to benefit the wildlife in Africa and Asia…??
@@dogsarentdangerous1195 Being a to guide for hunters of big game was an honorable profession for a long time. Now that the numbers of African wildlife have dwindled - due to human beings turning the wild areas into farms - each wild animal is precious.
@@dogsarentdangerous1195 -don’t be such a duchebag. There’s nothing wrong with hunting…..whatsoever….!! I think I’ll go out deer hunting right now….it’s the last day.
R.I.P Peter Byrne the last of the original and most wisest group of men to ever research Sasquatch. Thank you for everything that you and your other comrades did towards expanding the knowledge on the subject of Bigfoot
What an amazing life that man has lived !! It’s kind of sad that he has never seen a Bigfoot in all his life !
Great Man , Individual , and Researcher . He is 100% Believable . May he rest in Peace ... He Now knows that sasquatch are indeed "real"
Because there are none.
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🙄😂😂😂 ooook…
@@larrywakeman4371 l do believe that they exist myself !! But l haven’t seen one !! But I have heard some strange noises deep in the woods before
It really makes one wonder why doesn't it?
He is a legend, an inspiration! Thank you for sharing this interview! ❤️🙏
So very interesting. Rip Peter Byrne🙏
Peter Byrne is the best argument for NO TERM LIMITS. He was one of the best, one of the Four Horsemen. Sorrily missed. This is a beautifully produced epitaph.
@@arpman5261 John Green, Rene Dahinden, Dr. Grover Krantz and Peter Byrne. Hm. They all held stories to tell. Krantz and Byrne were honorable men, that's what I think. The others fibbed about Bluff Creek's series of events.
A true ICON into this phenomena. Thank you Peter for ALL your hard work. I hope and pray one day all your efforts come full circle with THE TRUTH on this subject matter.
Thank you Peter Byrne for your great work in this important field of research. God speed.
He had an extraordinary memory! RIP
I can't imagine spending that much of my life for one possible interaction and a few footprints. Talk about dedication.
Dr. Melba Ketchum!!!
Keep up people.
We haven’t had a chance to interview Dr. Melba Ketchum, but we would love too!
Dr Melba Ketchums Sasquatch Genome Project results were poorly presented and never peer-to-peer reviewed. The chewbacca costume and mask she used for the alleged female Sasquatch Matilda also undermined her credibility.
@@AranRinzeithis is an incorrect statement. Revisionist history being gossiped.
@7eyesopenwide168 No, it is not incorrect. Please state the scientific journal that the Sasquatch Genome Project results were peer-to-peer reviewed.
@@7eyesopenwide168 So you believe that picture of Matilda is a real Sasquatch.
Thanks for interview. A shame he never got a proper sighting to back up his excellent life work in the field.
He was truly a tough adventurer, I'm not a big fan of meeting celebrities and such, but I wish I would have had an opportunity to shake his hand and spend some time talking with him!!! So glad you got this time with him for this interview!!! 2:50
Wonderful interview! So glad you all got to speak to him before he passed away.
The one thing that I would challenge in what Mr. Byrne said is that there are no reports of aggression toward humans, such as people being kidnapped. Those reports are very much present in both Indigenous American and European-American accounts.
There are native American stories about young native girls possibly being abducted and impregnated by sasquatch yes but there's no way to verify if they are true and they probably aren't based on modern reports. I think Peter's referring to modern times rather than native American stories though and he's right. There's never been any credible reports of a bigfoot killing or abducting anyone except for albert ostman and those beings never harmed him. There's a ton of stories about evil bigfoots in alaska killing people or bigfoot eating humans but these stories are all ridiculous and easily debunked. John Green, who personally interviewed over 1600 witnesses wrote in his book "Sasquatch The Apes Among us" that he never heard one case of a bigfoot acting violent towards a witness. Nearly 100% witness sightings are peaceful with the bigfoot walking away after a few seconds. If these beings were dangerous to humans we'd see evidence of it in the missing persons and unexplained deaths in our forests statistics. Millions of tourists, hikers, campers, hunters backcountry hikers venture into the forests of North America every year and come out just fine. It's completely asinine to try and make a case that these beings are a threat to humans any more than black bears.
I believe that Bigfoots stopped kidnapping people because it leads to hundreds of people, dogs and helicopters coming out to look for the missing person.
Indeed. I spent last evening reading old newspaper accounts 1860's-1930. There were many accounts of extreme aggression from SW Oregon, especially the headwaters of the Sixes River. Also three miners were allegedly killed near the Rouge River in Oregon. I also don't agree that the sightings are dwindling. All one needs to do is ask, in rural areas...the stories come pouring out. I had my own encounter on May 5th 1993, on the Bald Mountain trail in the Mt. Hood National Forest.
@@krisaguilar6699Right on. If you don’t mind me asking, what source were you using to look up old accounts of encounters? Perhaps Chad Arment’s work? And was your own encounter aggressive, passive/benign, or somewhere in between?
Met with Jimmy Stewart and gave him the finger, I love it. This guy held nobody in any kind of regard.
There is no hair??? David Paulides, Scott Carpenter (RIP), Randy Brisson to name a few. There’s a lot of “credible” researchers who have hair samples and it’s tested half human half unknown. This is common result with all of these researchers.
Exactly; hard to believe that Peter Byrne, of all people, thought that no bigfoot hair had been found, which makes one wonder what else he didn't know about this subject. My State Fish and Wildlife Biologist friend and I had two samples we gave to Dr, Farenbach (his name spelling is wrong, I am sure) to try to identify. One sample was given to us by Washington state police, who found it attached to top strand of barbed wire fencing, near where several people saw a bigfoot. The second sample we, my friend and I, found, following a bigfoot reports to our F&W Commission. We found then attached to brush, near bigfoot tracks we were studying. I, myself, kept a few strands from both locations, studying them under microscope, comparing them to known bear and other wild animals, dog hair, cattle hair, etc., even to samples of gorilla, chimpanzees, etc., given to me by Dr Farenbach, who worked with a Primate Center nearby. The alleged bigfoot hairs are much different from bear hair; not similar either, to any sample I had from various aforementioned animals. The bigfoot hairs I have, showed characteristics like human hair, AND characteristics that are Not human like human hair. Dr. Farenbach gave me his assessment, which pretty much was my assessment too, though he certainly knows much more than I, about hair. Interestingly too, they do not compare favorably with chimp or gorilla hair either. Go figure!
Hunters suck but they are dumb enough to believe this guy LOL😊
Mad Respect for you...Mr Byrne!!
Well done mate,well done 😑✌️🍻
RIP Peter
You don't find them but rather they find you.
He kept quite sharp until the very end, the world was a better place when he was around. He came awfully close.
So interesting and thorough. What an phenomenal life.
There are lights in the woods, definitely. In the dead of winter or fall, and not fireflies.
Incredible wonderful interview
Rest in Peace sir an amazing life you lived
Thank u for your service sir
Great to see this interview here. Was fortunate to have met Peter in 2016 at Todd Neiss's event Beachfoot.
Total respect for this cat.
Rest in Peace Legendary Pete.....I really hope you've NOW found what you were looking for! God Bless you kind Sir! Your research was not done in vain,it will go on!
Wow what a great life he lived. Thanks for everything you have done in this world. Late.
I love listening to the stories of older generations, it's always fascinating. Good surname btw
I have seen one at 25 yards seen footprints about 4 times seen structures and tree breaks and trees pushed over vocalization tree breaks/wood knock 1 or 2 times the only reason I noticed these things because I had read about bigfoot and watched youtube videos another person would have walked by without noticing in my approximately 5 years of hikes I have concluded 100% they are real and much more numerous then people believe and even come into city wooded areas and right upto popular forest resorts ( like bears ) right into picnic areas in national parks right into farms not afraid but stay out of sight anywhere their game is they are there and don't migrate stay in their territory for life approximately 5 sq. km. in families of about 1 to 5 this is what I learned in those 5 years they are quie shy and careful but not afraid
100 💯 AGREED ON EVERYTHING YOU SAY.I HAVE AROUND 25 THAT VISIT MY FARM EVERYNIGHT IN NORTHEAST TENNESSEE NEAR THE CUMBERLAND RIVER.
RThis film was possibly the best or at least tied for best on the topic to come out in the last couple. Just a great persepctive that wasn't at all a rehash. I'm glad to be getting this extra material, thanks.
Thank you! Considering becoming a member as you'll be able to see the new interviews a week early and we'll have some exclusive features in the new year.
I have nothing against this old man, I respect his work and his life. but, it's funny how he spent his whole life , looking for yeti and sasquatch, to prove these are alive, but at the same time... killing snow leopards, rhinos and tigers, Sending them to extinction. Humans. 🖤 Greetings from Patagonia Argentina.🇦🇷 Love this Channel.
Thank you for your stories Sir
RIP thank you for your service
Great story ❤🥂
8:53 I can't believe Peter flipped off Jimmy Stewart! 🖕 LOL!
Incredible story, right? Talk about legendary! We knew we had to capture that story forever.
great video , thank you.
Really enjoyed this video. He was a great man in the Sasquatch / Bigfoot ‘World’. 👋🇨🇦
Thank You
Rip Peter❤️
Great story.
Awesome!!
Enjoyed your information Mr. Byrne. Very informative. Also like the PRIMO sign next to you on the wall: reminds me of a stray dog who wondered to my apartment in Hawaii who was eager to lap up some PRIMO that was spilled on the sidewalk. That was his name since he didn't leave. Beautiful dog,. Thanks for your knowledge.
This man won’t have a sighting because they know that he lacks empathy.
grow up child
I remember him on Mutual of Omaha's , Wild Kingdom. This guy was a time capsule.
Fascinating, although i will never understand what moves anyone to want to hunt & or kill other species.😮
This is hair. There is DNA.
Wow what a Wise Man 🤍
Legend
Legend Absolute Fricken LEGEND
Thanks
Mr. Byrne, you need to visit RMSO, as well as a few others. The sightings are picking up.
Sasquatch Ontario claims to show two clear pictures of a face.
Oh primo beer❤
Wow🇺🇸
Rip Peter 🙏🏾
Great Interview 👍 I grew up in Rural Shasta County from 1962-68. Packed Hunted all over the deep wilderness of N CA. Packed up through OR & parts of WA. When the Gentleman stated Yes they Exist-but in very small numbers -I completely agree, and that has been my assessment for 50 years. The population was very very small back when Patterson/Gimlin’ filmed the Female in 1967’. And the population is still that way. Go back and read the small local newspaper accounts in those remote N CA Counties after Paterson filmed the female on Bluff Creek! That tiny group of Sasquatch was probably 3-4 adults and 3-4 young in that entire swath below the Oregon border! The local newspaper archive sightings from that region after fall of 1967’ were a few accounts south towards Trinity’ County and surrounding areas. That small family population was uprooted from the Bluff creek area and was looking for a new area. I suspect that small family group ended up in remote Southern OR just North of the CA border. There’s probably only a few small family groups one possibility in N CA. Maybe 2-3 in OR. Maybe 2-3 in WA. Possibly 1 in N Idaho and a few scattered in British Columbia! All the Nonsense of Sasquatch in all these other regions is hype.
I agree, though I think you are somewhat low, on your estimation of bigfoot numbers, in Oregon, Washington state, and British Columbia.
I swear I seen an interview with him from the 70s and he said he seen it once.
Truth is, he TOLD me that he encountered one when he was cross country skying, but now, based on what he said in this video, he was not truthful, though maybe doing it only for gain, to learn details about my encounter. There are a few other reasons why I lost a lot or prior respect I had for him.
What did the Yeti hand look like I wonder? He never said.
He is interesting to listen to and has spent quite a significant amount of time looking for answers.
You can't help but wonder what happened or where did the finger ended up!?
They were checking him out, near the clearing.
Rest in peace Peter.
R.I.P.
Respect him 100% and R I P.. however, there are plenty of reports of sasquatch being aggressive and not walking away, plenty of reports or lore of women and children being snatched.. I believe there are sub sets, aggressive and dangerous through to peaceful. Just like humans I think it depends on location and surroundings. For example a human in a small farming town is drastically different than a human in the city or on say north sentinel island, all human, very different reception from outsiders...
Just like Living Humans , Some are Benevolent and Others are Malevolent .
None are exactly alike ... just like we arent ...
Plenty of "reports"? I think the correct word is "stories"
@@ricabel321 Report: 'give a spoken or written account of something that one has observed, heard, done, or investigated'.
@@moustachecashstash1607 Story: Tell a tale about something fictitious that you want to believe in or make others believe in so you can say they are fools!
Yes, there are humans that eat other primates and human cannibals so its not such a stretch to think there might be sasquatch that eat people
I’m looking at the whites of my dog’s eyes right now. What science blog is this guy following?
I think Byrne really believed most everything he has said, but he still had things to learn, but did not get it done.
He talks as though he knows everything or knows what other research was carried out, he didn't know. Hes obviously never spoken with the first nations people either.
Yes, and I can guarantee you that he never fully learned what my State Fish & Wildlife Commission biologist and I learned, over 27 years of working on the subject. Byrne only thought he knew, typical British arrogance.
I despise sport hunters, and Peter Byrne was one. I'll save my respect for far more worthy people.
Fágann saol maith ina dhiaidh oidhreacht álainn.
Great guy Peter,,but am sorry Dogs doo have white of eyes,,i have seen a few breeds with white cornea,,only small but its still there..
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Have you seen Bigfoot? Hmmm, not Yeti! :P
Holy cow, he's a WWII vet? He has to be one of the very last. I am still perplexed by this channel's name - Flash of Beauty? Based on my one experience with these beings, I wouldn't say there's any beauty involved, only serious strangeness. If what he is saying about their 'benevolence' is true, does this mean all the reports of their attacking people, dogs, property, etc are all untrue? What about the reports modern and not of these beings kidnapping women and children? Is he ignoring the evidence that doesn't fit with his belief system? No lights? So is Ron Morehead and imagining things or a liar? I doubt it. He also apparently doesn't think the Freeman footage is credible, he seems to completely disregard it.
Any photos of this finger ?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pangboche_Hand
@@aflashofbigfootIF i recall correctly, eventually the finger was found to have been fabricated by combining animal bones/tissue, etc. so it was never proven a thing, regarding bigfoot, giant ape like animal.
So he’s a big game hunter killing animals including Tigers yet he’s concerned about the extinction of animals such as the Clouded leopard.
Ironic.
What's wrong with hippies on bikes? And who decides what is credible and what isn't? A person's job? Their financial status?
Again, we saw a glimpse of typical British arrogance.
The godfather of Bigfoot and yeti research!!
Not sure he considered dimensions as a possibility of their hiding abilities.
Seems stuck in 3d. That way.
Also lots of hair samples have been collected and turned in and comeback unknown hominid.
not a fan of the big game hunters or the data engineers who are tracking and out of capture "these things..."
just something messed up with that kind of mindset... but i suppose these kinds of interviews give me an idea of what to avoid and of what i'm working against...
An oil baron named Tom Slick?? Huh.
It is true, as Byrne told it. Slick was killed in an airplane crash in Montana, close to where I was attending college.
Sorry you lost me at trophy hunting.
Keep in mind that Peter was almost 100 years old when we filmed this, the world was much different when he was a trophy hunter.
What is the name of the book?
Have you seen all the other videos that use “chilling”, “terrifying”, and many other sensationalist words? They’re such a contrast to this channel. On AFOB you hear so much reverence, awe of BF beauty, gratefulness. Why is that?
Americans are sensationalist in nature it seems, but this channel relies more on a Native American perspective. The other channels seem to focus on the Midwest or rural eastern states.
Do you think the BF populations’ cultures are different? One being more violent, maybe because they’ve been negatively affected by Americans wanting to torture them by stalking them or prove masculine strength and mount their heads on the wall.
If you think I’m off the wall, I’ll even go further. Maybe we who support the AFOB perspective can convince the other channels and their viewership to lighten up, put less pressure on the BF and maybe develop a nicer relationship with their forest neighbors.
Wow. Agreed 100%! Thanks for the comment.
@@boa1793 Yeah. What we’re trying to say is that Sasquatch are just like people. The difference seems to be the extremes. The bad ones are really bad but the good ones love like nothing else in the universe. We've interviewed A LOT of people and that seems to be the consensus with many of them.
@@aflashofbigfoot , So, do you get stories from the PNW about the mean ones?
@@boa1793 Yes. They're in clusters around Mt.St.Helens and in the Southern Oregon Cascades - from what we've been told anyways.
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I have seen one ,15 yrs old ,daytime ,bright sunny ,I think they can manipulate there irises,like a camera, he walkedup to me ,stoped 20 yds from me! I think it’s a rare type of unknown BEAR species! 😮
Wow! Bear species! That's a new one, and it could be the case. Thanks for watching.
Hope this guy feels ashamed he ran a game hunting operation.
I never ever saw any shame, regarding that period in his life, running a Professional Hunting firm. I knew him well, for around 30 years.