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Thank YOU JDL! I checked and saw there are two published sighting reports on the BFRO site from Cape Fair area of Stone County. There are several more from that county that are unpublished. I would love to talk to those folks! I did an investigation, wrote a report, and testified in case heard in the federal court at Springfield several years ago. During that trial we took a break, and those that did, went outside to smoke. The attorney, the couple that I did the work for and I were discussing - of all things - their encounters with those boogers on their property. Unnoticed by us, the judge had also walked down and heard our discussion. He was an older and pleasant gentleman who grew up in an area close to the upper end of what is now the Harry S. Truman Lake. He walked over to us, smiled and asked if we were talking about MO-MO. The attorney, who also knew about the boogers from his parents and grandparents - told him we were - and went ahead to tell him about my hobby. The judge turned to me and grinned and told me about some the encounters he and his family had had with Mo-Mo when he was growing up. Before we went back inside he told me I should go to the upper end of the lake a little after dark before I went home. I spent two more days and nights at that location after the trial. Didn't see a booger but heard two "singing" the second night. (The judge is probably retired now, but I don't think he would give a flip about this post if he isn't. Straight shooting and no-nonsense "country" man.)

I've packed mules above the bitter root valley on the Idaho side. From Lolo pass all the way down to the magruder corridor. And even into the Salmon country to the south. One of my most favorite places on the planet.

LCB: I have a small hand held, battery powered UV light that I have used on old roads and trails to see what was using them, but you are apparently wanting to cover much more ground than that. Portable UV lights are now much cheaper than when mine was bought and hunters use them to follow animal blood trails after dark. Police have used them for years. As Hiflier mentioned flour would show tracks, but rain or dew would mess it up outside. If you care to check limited areas for track, you might try this option. Get a UV light, a "professional" (that's the way they are labeled" hand held spray bottle, fill it with canola oil and spray the area you want to monitor with it. Check the area later - several days or more - at night with the UV light. The oil is fluorescent and you will be able to see the outline of animals' feet that walked over it. The oil will adhere to the feet of soft soled animals and the fluorescent material can be seen past the treated area. There are other dry or liquid materials you could use that fluoresce - gypsum, talc, calcite or laundry detergent - but rain would wash if off sooner that it would the oil. Disclaimer: Personal use of this procedure has so far confirmed what I knew before hand; there are bear, coyotes, cougar, raccoon, deer hogs and people who walked the trails and old roads. Your results might vary.

Hummm... if there are families of BF stealing entire fruit crops, wouldn't it be reasonably easy to track them? let me guess, the witnesses are not interested in providing evidence that BF exists, they don't want to ruin their relationship with the animals, so we shouldn't even ask for evidence because they won't help no matter what. They just want to pass along the experience so we all know that they are "knowers". And of course, Branco will respect their wishes and won't reveal the location or any data that would allow confirmation. He just wants us to know that he is connected to knowers and that he is a knower himself. Next!