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> Bigelow's decision to completely close the property to entry by other researchers, and hiring a small security force to keep people out, has been taken as a b
by jerrysievert 3y ago
> Bigelow's decision to completely close the property to entry by other researchers, and hiring a small security force to keep people out, has been taken as a bit of an affront. This coincided with his signing a number of media deals including a "Curse of Oak Island"-esque History Channel series, creating the appearance that Bigelow is more interested in finding funding and press than finding the truth.
as noted in the linked article, Bigelow sold the ranch to Brandon Fugal, who has continued research with a private team, closed off access, and now has two television shows about the ranch and other phenomena.
- jcrawfordor 3y agoI think it's totally reasonable to just blame this on Fugal, but Bigelow and Fugal are also not totally independent actors. At the time some felt that it was an arrangement to Bigelow's benefit, and Bigelow's ongoing involvement at the site seems to make that idea at least reasonable. But you could take the perspective that the monetization was an independent strategy of Fugal. Certainly they've taken different angles, and sideshows like TTSA show that the federal contractor approach is probably a better one than mass media. For my own part, I think that things have gone largely according to Bigelow's plan.