Pictures posted on the internet used for discussion and analysis are fair game.   If you were to print them in a tshirt to sell...  that's different.    

I'll start be saying I don't have any good pics of what I'm about to describe, but I can get some if there is interest as this tree isn't far from my home. I also apologize if this isn't thread worthy but I have wanted to hear some opinions on this for a while. Every time I pass it, I stop and stare and try to logic out what I'm seeing.   I spend a lot of time outdoors but have only started paying more than cursory attention to tracks and sounds and anything out of the ordinary fairly recently(previously too busy fishing). Anyway, there is a large tree I have noticed that looks very strange. It is a tall old spruce at the bottom of a small creek valley and it has a lot of branches that have been bent/snapped so they point straight down, but are not broken off. Often there will be multiple affected branches at the same height. This repeats at different levels, from a few feet off the ground to 30 or more feet up, and also appear to have happened at different times.  There are too many, pointing in too many different directions, and at too many levels for easy explanations like heavy snow load given all the unaffected foliage.   Any thoughts? TIA

There have been mentions of crows in this thread, how they can learn to identify guns, etc. I have been feeding and interacting with my local crows for a few years and they definitely know when someone is trying to be sneaky vs just moving slowly. I have no doubt other creatures can tell as well. I also know that there are always eyes on us when out in the bush.   As to avoiding cameras and messing with other items, it could be as simple as their reported dislike of electrical energy. Humans may leave lots of stuff in the woods, but very little of it is electrical.

There's really not that many people dedicating time to researching Bigfoot.    I think there are very few Bigfoot in existence and a small amount of people actively searching. Yet, people still report sightings and encounters somewhat often.   Even people that say they've spent their whole life hunting or hiking are only in the woods for a portion of a day. And they only visit portions of land to do a specific activity.    I believe sightings mostly happen when a Bigfoot wants to be seen or is overly interested in investigating the humans and/or trying to threaten them. Turning the corner on a road and seeing one crossing has to be like hitting the lottery.   It's hard to have a lot of progress when the majority of people don't care/believe and the animal is extremely rare and only existing in extremely remote areas.

I can't say Bigfoot is MY Bigfoot.  I can't say they belong to anyone, though I have throughout my life of interest in Bigfoot seen "The Four Horsemen" all seem to lay claim to, and be jealous of, any evidence brought forth by the others.  Dahinden wouldn't share files or info, and seemed to scoff at Krantz, and John Greene hated Dahinden according to Steenburgen....on and on and so it went. Personally, I can't poo poo anyone else's thoughts on the subject.  After my face to face encounter in November, 1993, I went from being convinced by evidence that they were real and  flesh and blood biological hominem, to knowing they were real.  It took me a long time to tell anyone other than my maternal grandfather what had happened because I thought people, especially the police community of which I was a member would ride me mercilessly.  But knowing didn't make me take possession of the one I saw, or have the temerity to claim I knew anything more about the creatures than I did before I saw one....I only knew that they were real.  Nothing more about lifestyle, culture, habits, etc. Now, regardless of who it is that brings in incontrovertible proof to the public, and the scientific community, I will be almost sad for them because neither  they nor the remaining Bigfoot in the area where it was discovered will know another moments peace for a long time.