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XC, your attitude is really refreshing! And I'm philosophically right with ya, only difference being a dislike of cameras in these situations. Glad you're having so much fun, and so much contact! You're doing everything right, and if there's an occasional goof up, you'll adjust, as you've been doing all along. Thanks for your clear-headedness and your open heart, and for sharing those with us. Rock on.

I put in the effort on here first, getting to know people and reading everything I could. Then when I had absorbed everything I could I took what I learned to the woods. I have seen one, I have heard them numerous times, and I have traded with them to boot. Over the course of a year I have had at least a dozen solid experiences with these creatures. It is not impossible to get experiences with them by any means unless you are not open to information, which is what I see all day long on here...people not open to information, running around demeaning and talking down to others on a daily basis when if they were really interested and sincere they would be spending their time learning and putting the pieces together instead. Everything you need to work with this subject is right here in abundance. These things run fast, they take things from you that nothing else ever would in the woods, they make sounds no other animal makes, they talk, they thump and knock in the woods constantly, they work together to avoid you, and they throw things. Pretty easy to put that stuff together if you study up. I have read over 10,000 reports, listened to weeks worth of blogtalk radio, gotten to know dozens of researchers, and spent thousands of hours out in the field. The best I get is having activity about 1/5 times I get into the woods where I am at, it took me over a dozen other locations before I found this one and I regret none of the blood and sweat spent to get where I am now, it is by far the most exciting and rewarding undertaking I have ever done. The key thing to me(Besides not being afraid), atleast with the ones where I am at, is the knocks and thuds. Not real "uncommon" that you hear a vocalization, sometimes a giant raven or a hollering woman sort of deal, but it is usually just for a few seconds and it is done. The knocks and thuds though, that is the key when out in the woods prospecting for a new research area, do your own, I personally use the back of my axe, and then listen for others. Gotta listen to every sound that goes on in the woods and think of what it is or you are gonna blow it.

XC, Thanks much for your detail post and video links. I will need to get up to speed with TimberGiantBigfoot (I am not familiar with his work but got to see the video you linked). I say follow your bliss, if your are really enjoying the field research. I admire the time and commitment you are putting on this effort, and wish you success on your objectives. Best wishes on your future plans.

Thank you for the kudos Here is all of the BFRO data that was complete on January 08th compared to what is done today! You may have to click on the image to see the animation because of the size. On Jan 08 I had completed Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Michigan. Since then I have completed North and South Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas, Indiana, Ohio, Montana, Wyoming, and Colorado. I'm presently plugging away at New Mexico and Nevada, with Utah, Idaho and Arizona to follow. The states I've done (with exception of Michigan and Ohio) probably don't have enough sample size for proper moon phase analysis but maybe we can combine neighboring states where possible.

Well I don't see how I can make a short post here...I am notorious for long winded rants, so here is a good example of one! 1.The current objective is a face to face, eyeball to eyeball, sighting with a bigfoot. I guess you could say I want to "Meet" one of these creatures I have been interacting with. Once that is done I will join the military, I am holding that off until I have had this sighting. Either during that time with the military(During leave) or whenever, I do very much so want to video one, even if just for the fun of doing it. I guess part of the drive right this moment is that I believe I need the military to move ahead in life, for my future, and want to get it on as soon as possible, but I know if I start that before I have resolved my goal with bigfoot after I have put so much effort in and been so very fortunate that I will feel like the world's biggest fool the whole time I am in the military. I have had so many experiences but the whole thing is just bunk until I can put a face on it all I guess...That is the perfect ending to this chapter of my life and research. I would like to drop a good 2k+ on a camera in a couple of years. I think maybe the best method is in person, just a macho thing I guess...or atleast the most exciting way to do it. I will over time brain-storm ideas about how to do this and not be seen as a intruder or unwelcomed thing in the woods(This stems from my own beliefs, I just think it may irritate them), like maybe only do it for a short time then set the camera aside, because personal experience is the most important thing I figure. Never let your quest for proof/documentation corrupt or get in the way of your own personal experiences. Of course always make sure your documentation is spot on accurate and honest, never blow things out of proportion or lie, it gets a ton of people in some boiling hot water in this field VERY fast, and once you have slipped up, you are done! Don't worry so much about getting evidence or proving things to others, it will dull your senses and make you boring out there I believe. If you are not having fun out there you WILL burn out, don't burn out! Honest personal experience comes first. Honesty and integrity is everything. Trail Cams just don't seem to cut it...and lets face it that trail camera crap is boring anyway, I look at it that if someone was trying to film me in person I would respect them alot more than some doosh putting cameras up all around my yard and house trying to do it, I would see him as being a coward! I will typically video things I find in the woods(Like the prints, camera isn't that good but it is better than nothing, about 13 megapixels with garbage microphones in it) i figure interesting, sometimes I try to get knocks and what not on video, and I have been successful only once, I need much better equipment(Especially audio) than what I have now is the main problem I have, in the future I do want to get audio and video recording of what goes on out there, I think that will help alot of researchers, I think most researchers don't recognize the sounds the bigfoot make and this totally cripples their success in the field. PAY ATTENTION when you are out there! What is going on around you sound-wise is so, so important, and never be afraid to assume such and such a thing is a bigfoot and follow through accordingly...just be sure to keep those thoughts to yourself unless you are totally sure. otherwise you will quickly end up falling into the common trap of looking like a romantic idiot running around the woods saying everything you hear and see is bigfoot, this is a huge fear of mine personally. A big trap alot of researchers fall into though is writing everything off as NOT bigfoot, that is even worse I figure, as it will hurt actual progress. Here is my Youtube channel...http://youtu.be/Qp6tli_Qmp0 Video of a treebreak I found, I really believe this is the doing of a bigfoot. 2. I don't specifically know what drives me, I am just driven by the subject itself I guess tbph. I enjoy interacting with them, and the thought of there being potential for it is enough to get me going. There is the excitement of checking on food I have left out to see how it got gone(If at all), the excitement of potentially getting to see a bigfoot, the excitement of being graced with the opportunity to participate in some small way in one of the greatest discoveries in centuries, the excitement of possibly being able to act in a way that will improve and even in a way defend the lives of a species that may just be at a crucial turning point in it's history, the point where it becomes totally known to ours. I can dream up alot of things that get me going into the woods I guess, knowing that the area I do research in is a pretty good spot for activity(Historically and from personal experience now) is a HUGE morale booster though, easy to burn out on it if you don't believe they are even there, took me several tries to finally get it right. This area is known by SOME of the people who live in and around it to have always had bigfoot activity. There are people I know of locally(And some personally) that just so happen to have had bigfoot experiences(One guy a straight up face off with one to my understanding, while he was hunting). 3. I will say that States I have been to are North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and North Georgia. I believe there are bigfoot that live in each of these areas for sure, but only in one of them have I ever had experiences(Granted I didn't try real hard in the other places lol). The area I do research in is big and wild, lots of big deer, several black bear...it's a very lively place, much more so than anywhere else I have ever been! Could be a thing to keep a eye out for too when you go to pick a research area, how many other animals live around there within say a 5 sqmi range? Alot? Spend some time there. The area I am in is pretty solid wilderness that is over 7 miles long and 5 miles wide. Over a hour drive from my house. I will never give out the specific location but would be more than happy to lie about it and give out false information to mislead someone, especially over the internet lol. But if you use this information you could probably find it or a very similar area to do research tbh, I'm not that clever. 4. I work a basic and decent paying full time job, and am off 2 days a week with no family obligations whatsoever, with fantastic cold weather camping gear. I figure I can go down to 0F before I even really get cold out in the field. http://www.amazon.com/Danner-Pronghorn-Snake-Boots-Multicoloured/dp/B007L4DRV2/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1424232081&sr=8-2&keywords=danner+snake+boots These boots are probably my favorite piece of equipment, besides my headlamp! 5. As far as videoing goes I am a fan of Timbergiant, I think his fear will stop him from being totally successful unless he drops it, but I think his best video is the only time one has been clearly filmed, with out question...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM_oVOg3hBk It shows it can be done, it also shows a good video is worthless in about all senses of the word. What I saw was very similar to this, but with broader shoulders, it was closer to me than this(mine was about 70 feet if I remember, his is about 150), and mine was redder, similar to the squiggles that appear when you misspell things.

I agree that it was trying to lure me but very strongly disagree that it was doing so so it could kill me. I was just fast asleep the night before right in that same area, if it wanted to kill me it could have done so without me knowing I was dead. The first real experience I ever had with one it was within arms reach of me but did nothing, I think 99% of the time when people describe "Aggressive" or "Dangerous" behavior(Like charging, roaring, trying to grab at you, actually even grabbing you, throwing things, stalking, etc..) from a bigfoot they are friggin full of it/super ignorant, it's not aggressive at all, it is just how something that doesn't speak our language communicates or even a very bored creature entertaining itself. Aggressive behavior from a Bigfoot is it squeezed your guts out, punched you in the face, or bashed your brains in with a rock the size of your fist from 50-60 feet away, pretty easy things to do for them it seems to me. Not that many people really go missing or die in the woods statistically speaking, so I wouldn't worry about crap like that at all so long as you don't act like a butthole in the woods. If one of them wants you dead, you are going to die, pretty much guaranteed. My advice to fear mongering cowards that think everything that a bigfoot does is mean and scary is to simply grow a pair, seriously...Everyone else should just ignore such BS. There are alot of these nasty little fear mongerers doing their dirty work in the community, and some of them are very popular/even make money at this stuff. Fear mongerers and people twisting every experience they have into a reason to kill a bigfoot/proof that they are not human or were some sort of wicked monster was one of the main things that drove me into the woods in the first place to get my own experiences, to find out the truth because I will never know if other people are telling the truth, but I will always know I am telling the truth, no matter how fantastic it is...especially when one of these big furry mythical things runs off with a chewbacca toy. Still the most remarkable experience I have had! So in short...people say they have short fuses and are deadly because they can be very "in your face"(I have never experienced this personally), but I know that they are just very good communicators. Start walking into people's back yards and lets see how long it is before one pumps you full of lead, you want to see short fuses? Then what you want to see is us. A person's own nature will always pollute their perceptions, always. I think when you try to interact with them the way I do they are going to be doing just as much research as you/me are, just wanted to see what I would do and maybe have a little fun in the process, I really believe they get a kick out of screwing with our heads. We are probably blind, deaf, and dumb in the woods compared to them. They are insanely fast and quiet. I wasn't worried the bigfoot was going to stomp my guts out while I was crawling around, I was really mostly sure I would wear myself out for nothing, they usually just run away when I follow them(Or hide, can't tell the difference o.o, never hear them run but sometimes see the evidence, like a near 4 inch wide heel track in the mud or 14+ inch long track, and a pretty dang good one at that) and I have NO clue if they find me following them like that to be a negative or a positive thing, usually I will have a opinion or assumption on matters like that but I don't even have that much! The area it was in was one I had always wanted to get to, but I wanted a really good safe way of crossing the brush and creek to get into those hills, I always believed they spent alot of time there as there are simply NO humans that enter that 1 sqmi and heavily watered area. When I finally did figure out how to get into this hilly area a few weeks ago I finally got my first sighting after a pretty solid year of trying(Big red one, from behindish, decent sighting) and found enough deer poop there to fill a house...sheesh...

I think most of the people dishing out the burn are just ignorant and or inexperienced. There are alot of very bitter ignorant people in the bigfoot community all to ready to rip anyone and everyone apart who says they have had a experience related to bigfoot...Alot of people who get the burn don't deserve it, but that is the nature of this crap anyway. I have a solution to this problem, get your butt out in the friggin field and get some experience, and stop dropping all of your emotional baggage off on other people...Or better yet stay out of the woods and find a new hobby/interest...or just grow up, because people like that don't need to be out bothering these creatures/the woods in general...They cannot contribute anything positive to this subject and in my experience do NOT have the best interest of the Bigfoot in mind, by their very nature.