Journalism
When it comes to my journalism career, I’ve made a habit of boldly going where no one in their right mind has gone before—partly in a flailing attempt to make sense of the insane planet we’re on, and also because it would upset my mother.
I’m most well-known for my reporting on Bigfoot, the paranormal, ”controversial” science, and this one tongue-in-cheek sex column.
Some might call my what I do intrepid, groundbreaking reporting on the world’s most forbidden topics. I just call it writing about fascinating people and things, claiming it’s a job, and tricking publications into paying me for it.
Bigfoot
One day, many moons ago, I was just a science journalist wandering into a Bigfoot film festival. The next day, I became a reporter seeking Sasquatch. Or rather, seeking the evidence, stories, and self-proclaimed “Squatchers” who are keeping the legend alive. Behold: my Bigfoot writing.
Greetings from Willow Creek, Bigfoot Capital of the World
The Man, The Myth, and The Legend of Grover Krantz
A Legend In The Making: The Early Years of Sasquatch Scientist Grover Krantz
Does Science Benefit From the Search for Sasquatch?
So, Why Do People Believe In Bigfoot Anyway?
Is Sasquatch Too Controversial For Science? What Happens When Scientists Toe the Bigfoot Line
There’s No Sasquatch Conspiracy Afoot, Scientists Say
The Backlash Against Bigfoot Journalists: Dodging Barbs on the Sasquatch Beat
Big Fur: A Taxidermy Documentary That’s Stuffed with Surprises
Should I Capitalize the Word ‘Bigfoot?’ The B vs. b Debate
The Man Who Killed Hitler and Then Bigfoot: Behind-The-Scenes Secrets
You Will Find Bigfoot With This New App—Guaranteed
Paranormal
My Sasquatch reporting was the gateway drug to covering everything from UFOs to alternate realities. While I may not be a true believer, I believe in finding the truth.
Here for the Boos: My First Ghost Hunt
Jeepers! Creepers, Havana Syndrome, and Mass Hysteria
The “Great American Eclipse” Passes Over Nicolas Cage’s Tomb
5 Things Philip Dick Got Right: A Total Recall of Electric Sheep
Slender Man: A Perfect Monster for Our Time
Terence McKenna: Did “Masculine Science” Cause UFO Sightings?
They Are Already Here: A Journalist’s Close Encounters with UFO Culture
Mark Twain’s Bloody Kitten Man of Kearny Street
Can Talking to Plants Help Us Talk to Aliens?
Iceland’s Incredible Inedible Sea Monsters
Science
With a decade of experience in science writing, I am an avid supporter and believer in cold, hard science. I like to cover topics that are mainstream as much as those on the fringes—with one of my most popular works being on the scientific evidence we have for plant intelligence and consciousness.
Sentient Plants: A Product of Nature or Human Imagination?
People Are Strange When You’re Sleep Deprived
When Peregrines Take the Plunge: Wild Birds in Berkeley’s Skyline
Science Says Power Doesn’t Always Corrupt
Spinach Can Send Emails (Or Can It?)
Don’t Mind If I Do: Mind-Controlling Fungus Infects, Hijacks Fly
I Learned What Blockchain Is So You Won’t Have To
Flu Vaccines: A Long Shot, But Better Than Nothing
Australian Government May Give Herpes to Carp
Sex
At the start of my journalism career, I got a sex column called Head First that was published in both the San Francisco Bay Guardian and Bay Area Reporter. Immersing myself in the SF kink scene taught me to be fearless, listen hard, and question everything. I saw things I can’t unsee. Did things I can’t undo. Now you will read things you can’t unread. Consider this your final safe word.