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I think one of the best advantages the Bigfoot/Sasquatch subject has over a substantial number of researchers is the prevalent underestimation of the subject’s level of intelligence and their extraordinary physical abilities. To assume they can easily be herded, lured and baited like a dumb animal didn’t work for me when I began I my quest for reliable answers. They were always one or two steps ahead of me. To believe that a stranger can enter their forested areas of habitation without detection is a primary mistake that I made early in my field endeavors. They are born and raised in these places and know it well like the back of their hand. I eventually learned they know you are there long before you may ever hear a snap, crack, knock, vocal call or tossed rock. If they perceive you as a threat (i.e. carrying a firearm or large camera equipment, lights etc.) and are furtively sneaking and moving about, you are very likely not going to experience any activity at all. I discovered by field experience that their Achilles heel is the powerful nature of curiosity. They can be very, very nosey at times!! LOL! If you casually enter an area looking like just a hiker or day packer-something they may see often-and just hang out in one location, they will come to discreetly observe you and try to figure out what you’re up to. Freely talking and laughing only stokes their curiosity. Cooking food is even a greater attraction especially if they are down wind from you. That doesn’t mean they will come strolling along the roadway or trail to see you. They will use cover and concealment to perfection. Usually staying in the second or third level of cover using the openings and gaps to side peek or peer up from foliage. They may even belly crawl in short grass. From a distance, it may only look like an unremarkable knot on the side of a tree, a shaded area under the dark canopy of trees or a small knoll in the grass. Ninjas of the forest who won’t look out of place. The first photo I have attached as an example was taken while I was working in central Oklahoma at an oil well site out in the middle of nowhere. It was miles off the public highway at the end of a controlled company access roadway. I was in my company truck soaking up the A/C entering work notes that hot summer day. I wasn’t Squatching, but I knew this was a prime location with wood cover, nearby creeks and food sources. The only other person there was a bull dozer operator about 200 yards away working on a new well pad, the noise of it could be heard for over a mile. At some point I began to sense that distinctive feeling of being watched. I looked up over the dash and scanned the front perimeter carefully considering the second levels of cover. As I tuned to my far right, I noticed movement under a canopy of trees about 50-75 yards away but couldn’t make out anything in the dark shaded cover. I kept looking then turned my head back slightly to the left but kept my eyes cut to the far right. Bingo, I saw the sneaky Booger raise up then moved to the left behind a higher clump of brush. He stood there peering at me as I acted like I was interested in something directly in front of my vehicle. The glare on the front windshield possibly prevented him from seeing I was looking right back at him. Without looking down I felt for my camera always keeping my head pointed forward. I got it turned on and lifted it up using the flip out LED screen to locate the subject, zoomed in the telephoto and snap this picture. Right after this, they must have realized I had a camera and ducked away and ran. The way these subject blends in with the vegetation under the dark canopy and the distance (Telephoto make it look much closer than it is) most people would never notice them. The next picture clip is taken from a FLIR scope video I shot earlier this year in southern Kentucky. I was sitting in a folding chair along a closed access road chatting with several other people. We were just hanging out and letting the locals draw into us. It was a partial, late rising moon night, cool with a few light rain showers. The subject in the middle never let more than about a quarter of his face show even in the pitch-dark conditions. Occasionally his shoulder and head would drift out a bit then vanish back in for a brief time. The one that appears to be up in the tree on the right is on a sharp rise peering out from behind the side of the tree more openly. The last FLIR picture clip was taken last year in southern Missouri. I watched this subject and at least two more observing us and moving about on a sharp ledge above a creek throwing rocks at other members of our party. I remained in one location on an opposing rise (30 yards away) partially occluded by a pine tree. I have found they have problems tracking multiple targets of interest. They sometimes overlook or forget about someone remaining still with cover if other individuals move around the immediate area. A sleeper position if you will. It amazes me how even with dark conditions, these subjects can locate and move around so easily and hardly making a sound. Their bursts of speed are amazing too. I really enjoy sharing this stuff I have been blessed with obtaining with interested people. I am not trying to offer proof of their existence and don’t care about changing the skeptical public’s mind. They will believe what they choose to believe. No harm done! Be blessed and safe Midnight Owl

The only thing in this discussion I am not in agreement with is that sasquatch know everything that goes on in their environment. Yes, eventually they do but in the interim hunters in tree stands have sightings. That tells me you can get lucky as they're passing through and they will have no idea you're there.

I have heard this as well from multiple sources. Tactical geniuses they may be, but clearly math is not their forte. There are some that think they are simple wood apes. I disagree with that notion but where they lie between simple wood apes and super intelligent alien creatures is one of the enduring mysteries.

The connection boils down to the tactics and methods employed, nothing more. You can provoke and predict an encounter, it requires an investment into report history, area knowledge, examining their perspective of human activity and lots of time. The failure is either born from a lack of discipline or thinking of the situation from a single position, the human position.

Arvedis, I was told by a habituator that once you are a marked person by them no matter where you go, the locals will know who you are. I can't definitively state that's absolutely true, but I do know I have had a whole lot of success with contact since my close encounter with a family group who extended their trust in me. Several months ago, I was camping out with a newbie and I told him they were coming up to the trailer late at night and lightly tapping on the wall where I slept. I'm sure it sounded like a bit of a stretch to him until he stepped out the side door late one night and a Big Guy sprinted off beside the trailer. He about crapped in his pants as he came flying back into the trailer screaming something just ran off out there. I just chuckled and continued to do work on my computer. Learning about them come in levels if your are sincere and of a pure heart IMO. That is a very hard pill for some to swallow...

Cougar and black bear populations will increase in Washington State. The black bear population is under estimated in WA. With the addition of recently enacted Wilderness Areas ( read no hunting ), we will have the "Park Deer Effect". Deer populations increase and so the predator populations increase. Norseman pointed out that bear spray is a condiment. The carrier for the irritant is vegetable oil. Bear treat. That is why no one signed on to Smiths research when he was testing bear spray in Alaska during the early 90's.. The work is considered anecdotal. Smith watched Brown bears roll around on the ground where the irritant faded to no effect. I think wolves rolled on it also. Your can of bear treat has diminished range in cold weather. Practice cans are available that do not have irritant. Good idea to get the feel of range and spray pattern. If you practice with a test can or expired bear spray, please do not dump the vegetable oil where humans travel. I carry bear spray. I have trekking poles. I snowshoe and carry an ice axe. I carry the ice axe all seasons. I keep in mind the 'sabre tooth tiger thing'. Cats like to strike from behind. Many prehistoric skulls have puncture holes from large cats. The cats dragged the victim away by the head, especially children. Years ago I was snowshoeing and was passed by a young cougar, not quite running but not dragging it's tail. About 100' away, in a biting snowstorm, the cat had other plans and besides, I don't taste very good. I like to travel off trail so I can hear the ground snaps. Cats are quiet and i don't expect to hear them. I look behind frequently to remember the terrain for the hike out and to see what is following me.