American Bigfoot Society Board of Advisors.
Bill Munns - Advisor on Fabrications and Digital Visualization Analysis
Bill Munns brings two specialized professional areas of expertise to the analysis of sightings and incidents. With any sighting, there must be an analysis of the propensity of humans to fabricate a false incident, and thus a man with vast experience in fabrications for fictional purposes is a valuable resource for an investigation. Bill Munns has made masks, creature costumes, ape suits, and molded and cast anatomical objects resembling bodies, hands, feet, and the like for a career spanning four decades, in Hollywood.
Bill Munns brings to any investigation a critical eye for analyzing incidents and evidence where there may be questions of some fabricated hoax, as well as appraising any visual or photographic evidence for it's potential to provide useful analytical data for distinguishing something real from something fabricated.
Additionally, Bill brings 12 years of professional work in 3D computer graphics visualizations, including archaeological visualizations and reconstructions, to advise and appraise on the potential for 3D visualization processes and technologies to be applied to an analysis. He will advise and consult on the potential for any such technology to further aid in an investigative effort, and may contribute investigative advice for those doing field investigations, on how they may record or document their investigations in a manner to facilitate later digital visualization analysis.
Jimmy Chilcutt - Forensic Expert
Jimmy Chilcutt retired from the Conroe Police Department after 18 years as a latent fingerprint examiner and crime scene investigator. He has over 26 years active duty as a police officer and holds a Master Police Officer Certification from the State of Texas.
Jimmy Chilcutt - Forensic Expert Witness After graduating from Jackson High School in Lubbock, Texas Chilcutt entered the U.S. Army as a Pvt. E-1 and left the service after 9 years, attaining the rank of Chief Warrant Officer W-2. He had tours of duty in Korea and Vietnam.
Mr. Chilcutt has over one thousand classroom hours of instruction in forensic subjects including basic identification at D.P.S. Austin, advanced latent fingerprint comparison F.B.I. University of Houston, advanced latent palm print comparison Mississippi State Crime Lab, advanced crime scene investigation, and many other forensic related subjects. He has testified as a fingerprint expert on County, District and Federal courts in several counties in Texas and North Carolina. In the Crime lab he has developed unique procedures in developing latent fingerprints that have drawn hundreds of requests from Federal, State, and County agencies to process their evidence. These agencies include FBI, DEA, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Postal Service, DPS Narcotic Units throughout Texas, and various County Sheriff Departments.
Awards received for his outstanding service in forensics include, three City of Conroe outstanding officer awards, one meritorious service award, three county wide officer of the year awards, the 100 Club officer of the year award, and the coveted Directors Award from the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Mr. Chilcutt has often been a guest lecturer at Sam Houston State University, Idaho State University, North Harris County College, and for the Conroe High School Criminal Justice Program. He also teaches the State of Texas Intermediate Crime Scene Investigation Core Course at the FBI/Conroe P.D. training facility.
In keeping with the standards set forth by the ABS Board of Directors an Advisory Board has been established to help guide the American Bigfoot Society with the latest in technology and scientific standards.
The Advisory Board is meant to send a clear message to all concerned that the ABS is pursuing its mission statement by consulting and requesting feedback on any questions, concerns, goals, guidelines, objectives, protocols, articles, and/or papers that are part of the American Bigfoot Society. This assures the public, and members that the policies and procedures of the American Bigfoot Society are the best that can be offered at the present time.
Our current list of Advisors are:
The Advisory Board is meant to send a clear message to all concerned that the ABS is pursuing its mission statement by consulting and requesting feedback on any questions, concerns, goals, guidelines, objectives, protocols, articles, and/or papers that are part of the American Bigfoot Society. This assures the public, and members that the policies and procedures of the American Bigfoot Society are the best that can be offered at the present time.
Our current list of Advisors are:
Bill Munns - Advisor on Fabrications and Digital Visualization Analysis
Bill Munns brings two specialized professional areas of expertise to the analysis of sightings and incidents. With any sighting, there must be an analysis of the propensity of humans to fabricate a false incident, and thus a man with vast experience in fabrications for fictional purposes is a valuable resource for an investigation. Bill Munns has made masks, creature costumes, ape suits, and molded and cast anatomical objects resembling bodies, hands, feet, and the like for a career spanning four decades, in Hollywood.
Bill Munns brings to any investigation a critical eye for analyzing incidents and evidence where there may be questions of some fabricated hoax, as well as appraising any visual or photographic evidence for it's potential to provide useful analytical data for distinguishing something real from something fabricated.
Additionally, Bill brings 12 years of professional work in 3D computer graphics visualizations, including archaeological visualizations and reconstructions, to advise and appraise on the potential for 3D visualization processes and technologies to be applied to an analysis. He will advise and consult on the potential for any such technology to further aid in an investigative effort, and may contribute investigative advice for those doing field investigations, on how they may record or document their investigations in a manner to facilitate later digital visualization analysis.
Jimmy Chilcutt - Forensic Expert
Jimmy Chilcutt retired from the Conroe Police Department after 18 years as a latent fingerprint examiner and crime scene investigator. He has over 26 years active duty as a police officer and holds a Master Police Officer Certification from the State of Texas.
Jimmy Chilcutt - Forensic Expert Witness After graduating from Jackson High School in Lubbock, Texas Chilcutt entered the U.S. Army as a Pvt. E-1 and left the service after 9 years, attaining the rank of Chief Warrant Officer W-2. He had tours of duty in Korea and Vietnam.
Mr. Chilcutt has over one thousand classroom hours of instruction in forensic subjects including basic identification at D.P.S. Austin, advanced latent fingerprint comparison F.B.I. University of Houston, advanced latent palm print comparison Mississippi State Crime Lab, advanced crime scene investigation, and many other forensic related subjects. He has testified as a fingerprint expert on County, District and Federal courts in several counties in Texas and North Carolina. In the Crime lab he has developed unique procedures in developing latent fingerprints that have drawn hundreds of requests from Federal, State, and County agencies to process their evidence. These agencies include FBI, DEA, U.S. Customs Service, U.S. Secret Service, U.S. Postal Service, DPS Narcotic Units throughout Texas, and various County Sheriff Departments.
Awards received for his outstanding service in forensics include, three City of Conroe outstanding officer awards, one meritorious service award, three county wide officer of the year awards, the 100 Club officer of the year award, and the coveted Directors Award from the director of the Texas Department of Public Safety.
Mr. Chilcutt has often been a guest lecturer at Sam Houston State University, Idaho State University, North Harris County College, and for the Conroe High School Criminal Justice Program. He also teaches the State of Texas Intermediate Crime Scene Investigation Core Course at the FBI/Conroe P.D. training facility.
Daniel Falconer - Official Artist
Daniel designs creatures, costumes, props and weaponry for film and television and has worked on big films including The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong. Daniel is deeply interested in the subject of Sasquatch, finding the eye witness accounts compelling evidence of there being something to the mystery, though he has never seen any sign of the creature himself.
He currently offers his services as a professional artist to create highly realistic artwork for witnesses based on their sightings and can also apply his experience in special effects to the analysis of alleged Sasquatch photography.
The American Bigfoot Society is thrilled to have Daniel Falconer not only as the Official Artist of the organization to work directly with witnesses creating life like graphic reconstructions as a Full Member, but he also sits on our Board of Advisors.
DB Donlon, Audio Analysis
DB Donlon is a stay-at-home dad for three awesome kids. He used to be a high school and community college English teacher.
His interest in bigfoot began back in the 1970s when such shows as In Search Of were common fare. Shortly after the family watched the episode dealing with the Honey Island swamp monster, DB's dad got transferred to that area (the federal government had a test facility at a place nearby), and the whole family moved to a small Mississippi town just over the highway from the outskirts of the Honey Island swamp.
Local people were still talking about the filming of the show, and talk of bigfoot and swamp monsters was everywhere. DB caught the fever and started reading everything he could about bigfoot and other cryptozoological creatures, but he didn't pursue the interest any further at that time. In 2004, DB decided to make something of his interest.
He went on several expeditions during the next few years, including in 2005 participating in an investigation of a sighting in Richmond with Billy and Tom of Sasquatchwatch of VA. Though members of different bigfoot organizations at the time, they all kept in touch and did research together many more times over the intervening years. Now DB is very pleased to join the ranks of Sasquatch Watch of VA. DB is also the owner of The Blogsquatcher, a blog that deals with issues in bigfooting.
Daniel Falconer is a New Zealand based designer and writer working in the special effects industry. Daniel has both a degree in design and also studied zoology at university.
Daniel designs creatures, costumes, props and weaponry for film and television and has worked on big films including The Lord of the Rings trilogy and King Kong. Daniel is deeply interested in the subject of Sasquatch, finding the eye witness accounts compelling evidence of there being something to the mystery, though he has never seen any sign of the creature himself.
He currently offers his services as a professional artist to create highly realistic artwork for witnesses based on their sightings and can also apply his experience in special effects to the analysis of alleged Sasquatch photography.
The American Bigfoot Society is thrilled to have Daniel Falconer not only as the Official Artist of the organization to work directly with witnesses creating life like graphic reconstructions as a Full Member, but he also sits on our Board of Advisors.
DB Donlon, Audio Analysis
DB Donlon is a stay-at-home dad for three awesome kids. He used to be a high school and community college English teacher.
His interest in bigfoot began back in the 1970s when such shows as In Search Of were common fare. Shortly after the family watched the episode dealing with the Honey Island swamp monster, DB's dad got transferred to that area (the federal government had a test facility at a place nearby), and the whole family moved to a small Mississippi town just over the highway from the outskirts of the Honey Island swamp.
Local people were still talking about the filming of the show, and talk of bigfoot and swamp monsters was everywhere. DB caught the fever and started reading everything he could about bigfoot and other cryptozoological creatures, but he didn't pursue the interest any further at that time. In 2004, DB decided to make something of his interest.
He went on several expeditions during the next few years, including in 2005 participating in an investigation of a sighting in Richmond with Billy and Tom of Sasquatchwatch of VA. Though members of different bigfoot organizations at the time, they all kept in touch and did research together many more times over the intervening years. Now DB is very pleased to join the ranks of Sasquatch Watch of VA. DB is also the owner of The Blogsquatcher, a blog that deals with issues in bigfooting.
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