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Hi all, I firmly believe in the possibility of a bigfoot. I grew up in flat, treeless, corn farming land in IL. I used to find it odd that there could be an undiscovered large animal in North America, particularly the US. As a recent transplant to the PNW (WA), and seeing the mountains and forests in the area, I can definitely see how we might miss something out there. Thanks for having me. JRJ

You are new and don't really know my story that well. Like you I figured they would get used to me, trust me, and hoped they would show themselves. I had what I think was a juvenile throwing stuff at me, one left a glyph on a stump, and things were sort of friendly but I think I got to be a pest for them because I was there several times a week. When they did not voluntarily show themselves, I tried to get one to break cover to see it and got growled at. After that, things got unfriendly, the pranks stopped, and I got hit with a dose of infrasound. Shortly after that, they moved out of the area which was being clear cut logged. I do not know if it was the stress of having their area logged, or me disrupting their life, but they let me know they were not happy with me.

That is precisely why I don't emit cow or bull moose calls at night in the fall. Ditto predator calls. Many years ago, my uncle got beaned in the head by a horned owl in the night as he called for coyotes. Owl talons are sharp. It tore him up good.

Here's a pic of the two way (electric/propane) freezer inside the trailer. It's @ 3 cubic feet in interior size, and will freeze @ 25 processed sockeye salmon, which is @ half my seasonal limit set netting from the beach (my limit is 45 salmon, including sockeye, pink, and chinook). It uses less than a single 5 gallon propane tank for the 3 weeks I'm there, including the time before I'm even catching fish, but have steaks, pork, and chicken in it for me and my visitors to eat. When the freezer gets full, I transfer the processed and wrapped meat to a large ice chest which I bring to a nearby town @ 25 miles away where there are businesses that rent space in big commercial freezers. I start all over again filling my own freezer until the season ends, then pick up my ice chest on my way home. This allows me to stay on site and not have to run around like everybody else looking for ice (@ $5 per bag) to keep my fish cold, and it allows me to process on site. When I get home, all I have to do is put the fish in my upright freezers at home. In late fall, when hunting season is over and I've winterized my home and vehicles, I thaw what I don't think we'll cook and smoke/can it. Canned fish will keep for 2-4 years. Old cans are great doggie treats, but we're really good about eating them up, or giving them to folks way before they're old.

Came across that yesterday (4/1) while looking for nest site updates. As usual, the article plays it safe with the level of information it talks about. In other words, no interest whatsoever in solving the mystery- just a soft approach with the same talking points about existence. As in "even if Bigfoot isn't real" which again is a safe article. It's business as usual where journalism keeps to their typical, no stance, no risk, middle of the road. Didn't do a thing for me but reinforce that Laura Krantz is getting a lot of mileage out of the subject. She's keeping the discovery in the public eye though so I guess that says something.