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Yesterdays hike ended up quite an extraordinary experience.......my sweet Lulu the wolf is coming into heat, and I've had issues with Coyotes before when she's in this condition, but this time it was a lone Wolf. He followed us for miles and eventually back to my truck. Obviously it was cool for me to see a wild wolf, he was totally cool, but stayed in the shadows mostly, and near impossible to get a good pic of......zoom in. Beautiful beast, either a Mexican or Red wolf, any experts out there? My female Grey is about 90 lbs., and he diffidently looked bigger.

It was only two or three days. It was not limited to one email. I found him by looking at the University departments and noticed his area of expertise was grizzly. I mentioned recording infra sound from some unknown animal and asked him if bears were known to produce infra sound. When he said no we discussed other animals. I was hoping it would interest him or some graduate student and get them looking into it. Hoping that it might lead them to suspecting bigfoot especially since I found a BF footprint about 1/4 mile from the infra sound location. I never mentioned BF and they did not take the bait. I keep looking for someone associated with a Washington University that is interested in BF.

Humans and other animals with a nervous system have an electric field and a magnetic field. Had an EKG? Lots of electrical pulses moving along our nervous system. We actually create a human body magnetic field that shows up in ELF bands. The human body at rest is putting out about 100 Watts of power. A shark will know the presence of a human at a very long range. Evolution of electric eels is shocking. Seems like that we live on a giant battery. Air is ionically charged. When an object moves, air is energized, + & -- ions. The human body should be neutral when grounded. That changes when we walk. I have a Trifield Natural EM Meter, made by AlphaLab, Inc. It can be used as a proximity sensor. I can walk by it and set it off ( audible alarm). The manufacturer claims that under the correct conditions, movement of a person can be detected through a wall. So we have humans and critters roaming around spewing magnetic and electric fields. Some people want to hide their EMF signature. Shielding and grounding is commonly dealt with rigid materials and fabrics. Magnetic shields do not need grounding. Electric fields need a ground. Low cost grounding is via a wrist strap and foot wear ground straps. If you want to experiment, keep in mind that carbon fiber is not the best shielding. Tin coated copper mesh fabric is available. Lowest cost is aluminized mylar Emergeny Ponco's and tubular tents. They are called 'space blanket poncho', 'Emergency Poncho', 'Survival Poncho'. The 'tubular' tents are about 8' long. Hook a ground wire to them. I posted about the ELF band. I read a paper by a European researcher who may have been in the military. His research was detecting the human magnetic field in the ELF band. One area of future use was to have a handheld receiver in the ELF band to locate persons who are buried by an avalanche. How about a detector that picks up animal presence via magnetic field -- ELF band, not requiring audible or inaudible (infrasound) noise? The research is in the area of the Schumann frequencies. Cheapest available portable detector that I have seen only goes down to 600Hz. Not good enough. Human electromagnetic emission in the ELF band J. Lipkova, J. Cechak

I read this article recently about judging and ranking animal intelligence and found it very informative (see link below). Before I read the article, I had the human bias of expecting a hierarchy of intelligence among animals, but this article changed my mind and makes sense to me. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/humans-are-dumb-at-figuring-out-how-smart-animals-are/ Whatever this BF creature is, it does show much higher intelligence than the woodape folks want to give it credit for. Its ability avoid detection by hi-tech cameras for ~6 years and specimen collection for ~5 years despite being present in a small area (of less than 5 mile radius) and actively being pursuit by smart humans, must not be just dumb luck. They must exhibit some cognitive abilities that we humans do not know about and that other great apes might not exhibit (this is in addition to better senses either on eyes, smell, hearing, etc.). One definition of human intelligence is the mental quality that consists of the abilities: to learn from experience, to adapt to new situations, to understand and handle abstract concepts, and to use knowledge to manipulate one’s environment. Of these 4, I think the BFs exhibit #1 and #2, but am not sure about #3 and #4. Some BF researchers claim that the stick structures, stick shelters, and stick/rock formations are evidence for this. However, I am not convinced by the evidence. I don't recall any report where witnesses actually saw a BF building a stick structure or making a glyph. It is always after the fact; they find something odd and they assume BF. The Ouachita monograph did mention evidence of nut cracking stations; but that does not seem to be a high bar cognitive ability. Can't recall if the Ouachita Monograph had any findings on stick structures or glyphs. My memory fails, but I think they did not.

For folks who post here and feel discouraged by criticism, I found this quote from social work professor/NYTimes best selling author Brene Brown: “If you are not in the arena getting your ass kicked on occasion, I’m not interested in or open to your feedback. There are a million cheap seats in the world today filled with people who will never be brave with their lives but who will spend every ounce of energy they have hurling advice and judgment at those who dare greatly. Their only contributions are criticism, cynicism, and fear mongering. If you’re criticizing from a place where you’re not also putting yourself on the line, I’m not interested in what you have to say.”* Powerful stuff. While I wouldn’t feel comfortable saying this about or to everyone, I’ll put it out there’...if the shoe fits wear it. *”Dare to Lead” Daring Greatly and Rising at Work, Brene Brown, Ph.D., LMSW, Random House 2018

Actually its a sperm meeting an egg.....😜

How can there be DNA differences from Homo sapiens with Denisovans, Neanderthals, Red Deer, and the difference with sasquatches doesn't jump out and wave?

To me the nests are not any different than rock stacks, pole tepees or anything else we cannot tie to BF. While I think they likely are related to BF, the fact that the nests were found at all on remote private land is interesting. That really restricts who can be there to find things. I think hoaxing is odd behavior but hoaxers are willing to do a lot of work to pull it off. You have to admit that hoaxing has always been a big part of the problem with acceptance of existence of BF and can never be discounted completely. To do so puts too much into belief and not enough into science.

The NAWAC is still active in Area X. We had a good summer with several sightings by several members. Part of the mission was captured by Seth Breedlove (Small Town Monsters) and will be featured in his upcoming "On the Trail of Bigfoot" 6 part series. I think release is in March. There was a good presentation on Area X and Tag 7 at the 50th Anniversary of the PG film celebration that was filmed....not sure that ever got released to the public. Anyway, I think I am the only NAWAC member on this forum, so I can update on occasion but not on a regular basis. Thanks for the interest!

You have a hard time because you don't want to. It makes a ton of sense. Process this: there is nothing compelling the people you ask to answer and to answer truthfully. Nothing. If there is a conspiracy to cover up bigfoot, it's been working for 50-75-100 years which means if there is anything to lie about, they've got authority to lie. Knowing this, you are wasting your time. Fine, It's your time to waste. I'll do something else with mine. It is, after all, mine. Good luck in your quest. I can't take it seriously, but good luck. MIB

MindSquatch, I'm not trying to be a troll or dampen your enthusiasm. However, all we have to go on are your photos. That being said, I noticed a problem with parallax between your first and second photos. You are standing to the right of where you took the first photo and either closer or zoomed in. I believe that would put whatever you were viewing, near or behind the trunk of that one tree in the second pic. Since what you saw was behind the trees I would suggest that you could have taken a picture that same direction from under the trees.  Just curious was this something you saw when taking the first photo or something you noticed in the picture later?

Uh, yeah. If you look at them, you'll see physical differences. Covered with hair / not covered with hair. Bergmanns' Rule. So to offset, we wear skins. Someone big and hairy doesn't. Takes a different brain function .. and selection for it. And it all rolls from there in a very predictable way. They aren't US. We aren't THEM. There's a lot in common, but very different ways to get there which have profound implications about things NOT in common as well. This is probably the hardest nut to crack of all because of the similarities yet differences and vice versa. It really forces us to think about what it means to be US ... and we're not all succeeding. (Maybe none of us are succeeding.) Without that success, finding them will be accidental regardless of our efforts. MIB

I and a small group have an area that we visit 6 to 8 times a summer, we go in throw a fit and break limbs and make noise it certainly gets some degree of attention in the form of what ost would say is classic Bigfoot behavior. We have had rocks thrown, limbs broken, pronounced grunts, vocals ( all recorded and photo documented ) and a sighting of large individual in 2015. Here is a video on one of these possible events. We have more content to share in the coming weeks from our work in this area. In this exceptional location we typically experience something strange about once out of every 8 days we spend in the area during the summer. In my opinion, rocking the boat works in some areas on a semi-consistent basis but certainly not everywhere.

Spent the weekend at Lost River, West Virginia. We got 10" of snow. There is an abandoned farm nearby. This is the cabin we stayed at. ETA: a few more pics

We live at 4,400 feet in the Elkhorn Mountains about five miles SSE of Helena, Montana, where my wife and I grew up, and the mountain range is aptly named. We have two acres and a small creek and a tiny apple tree that looks half dead yet never fails to produce about four dozen small fruit annually. We don't put out any attractants other than an occasional bit of fruit or veggies that have passed their prime. Besides Elk there are lots of white tail and mule deer as well as black bear, lion, bobcat, fox and the normal small critters. Officially no grizzly, wolf or sasquatch though something large and powerful played pat-a-cake on our and our nearest neighbor's house late at night in the summer of '09 before running off fast over broken ground on two legs in the dark (we don't have street lights). The FZ300 does provide full EXIF data. Here's a bit of my photo background. I first became interested in photography in 9th grade, starting with an Argus C-3 that set me back $5 at a second hand store in 1965. Bought my first SLR, a Kowa SE in about '67, built a darkroom in the folk's basement, did Senior portraits for a few friends and had a weekly photo basics column in the school newspaper. Enlisted in the Navy in '69 and picked up a Canon F1 and extra lenses in Singapore. It's been a great hobby ever since, and after getting a Canon S2IS in '05 I've been hooked on digital. There's a bin in my man cave with an SLR, lenses, a couple of rangefinder and one point and shoot 35mm as well as a couple of flash units, and a case in the office with a Graflex Speed Graphic view/press camera and a couple of 120 roll film backs. Haven't exposed a frame of film in 14 years. In 2010 I went to the Canon S20-IS and in '12 added the T3i though still used the S20 90% of the time. I'm somewhat mobility challenged by arthritis so having the wide zoom range trumps a larger sensor for my purposes. I wanted a new camera before our 40th Anniversary Maui vacation in August of '17 and did a lot of research. I had about settled on the P900 when I came across a review of the Panasonic. The deciding factor was the lens maintaining max aperture throughout the zoom range and the Leica optics (Leica cameras are ridiculously over priced IMHO, but there is no question of their quality). The FZ300 allows me to make good prints up to the the limit of my Canon PIXMA PRO-100 (13 X 19) and has a number of unique features and programmable options. One of my favorites is having dual zoom controls, the usual around the shutter release and another on the left side of the lens base that allows a traditional hold with my left hand under the lens and thumb on the zoom switch while keeping my right index finger on the shutter button. I appreciate the low noise level compared to the DSLR and the lack of viewfinder blackout, especially in burst shooting with wildlife. I may eventually get a mirrorless, but for now this camera fills my needs.

I've been very happy with my Panasonic Lumix DMC-FZ300. Max zoom is 24X but it maintains the maximum f2.8 aperture throughout the zoom range. It's allowed me to get a number of photos that would have been missed using my old Canon S20IS with 20X zoom that dropped to f5.6 at maximum telephoto. It is far faster to turn on and focus than even the Canon EOS T3i DSLR that I used to have. Here are a couple of recent elk photos. The first was taken on 11/18/18 of a critter that had been in our back yard when we went out the front door to do a bit of landscaping. He ran across the neighbor's back yard then angled up hill to the county park across the road. Distance is between 230 and 260 yards from my driveway and the photo was handheld at maximum zoom. The next shot was on Christmas morning taken from my bedroom window with the elk grazing in the yard at about 80 yards. It was also at maximum zoom with elbows braced on the window sill. ISO was 200 for each photo. This camera will shoot up to ten frames per second and will shoot 4K video and can also shoot raw files. Cost was $499 and currently down to $399 on Amazon. I'll add a cautionary note; when shooting most any digital camera on a tripod most all manufacturers recommend turning off the anti-shake/auto-stabilization feature. I also always keep a UV filter on, it cuts haze on distant shots but mostly protects the front lens element from damage without the hassle of lens caps.

I have very little doubt they are BF artifacts. I'm equally convinced the nDNA of a Sasquatch can only be discerned from a human after a high percentage of the genome has been sequenced. This is waaaaaay to big a leap for anyone who isn't even reasonably certain BF exists. The number who can entertain that idea though is growing.

You have posted the photo several times and each time I find myself staring at it. But today, it just struck me. Two sticks, two rocks, two individuals. I guess what I'm saying is that whether BF, feral Human, or whatever, it doesn't make much sense for one individual (two hands?) to carry around doubled up items. So I don't look at it so much as one "thing" configuring the glyph as much as two "things" placing the pieces onto the stump.

And I am too. But don't forget, I just a little ol' random person, remember? You know what I what I really like? Being dumped on by members. And for what? Trying to go head on with a source that MUST KNOW if Sasquatch exists? Yep, that's certain to draw out criticism and calls about how useless the endeavor is. Reason? Because rather than get on board and write emails themselves they have chosen the path of ranking on one of their own members for it. No support, no encouragement. Just out and out PUBLIC slaps to my face. There is such thing as integrity and TBH, in this regard, I have seen very little of it. There is no excuse for any of that kind of treatment really. No one wants to take on the DNR? Fine. Don't. But don't condemn someone who will take on the DNR and does. Why? Because if the DNR has time to go to a nesting site and thinks it is important enough to do so then the whole idea that they cannot pursue Sasquatch is smoke and mirrors and some of that smoke and mirror stuff comes right from this Forum. In y honest opinion? There is no good reason to NOT write these emails because I'm not content to see the same discussions go round and round like they have for the last 5+ years. Or in reality, the last 50. Wanna hang me out to dry? Fine. Do it. But I'm not stopping until I get a response from the DNR. Maine has not sent its DNR to any nesting sites. Washington has. Big difference folks. Or haven't you noticed? Or don't you even care.