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The annual Bigfoot Festival and Conference in Honobia, OK (LeFlore, Co.) will be held on Oct. 4-5. Among the speakers will be M.K. Davis, Igor Bourtsev and R. Scott Nelson who is a retired naval Crypto-Linguist. https://www.honobiabigfoot.com/ Below is a link to a video someone in the media did about Honobia and Bigfoot. The link will bring up a page from Travelok; scroll down until you see the squares of pictures; click on the one at the upper left corner that shows the shoulders and head of a Bigfoot. Then just click on the very small arrow at the bottom left corner. If you're hungry, go to the 2:21 mark of the video and see what the most popular order is at the local cafe. It will almost make you want to attend. https://www.travelok.com/listings/view.profile/id.21807

Just got back from seven day Alaska cruise with my wife. I haven't been very active the past few years due to health issues. Doing better now dropped 50 lbs getting out walking and plan to get out there and do more time in the forests. We saw dozens of hump back whales some Orcas, porpoises, sea otters, seals but no bears. Lots of salmon in Sitka AK.

Good point about how to buy it. When I was looking, Pulsar required dealers to advertise at a required price. If you called them, they could offer a lower price, they just couldn't advertise it. I got a heck of a deal and would suggest to those looking for a thermal to actually call a dealer to see what they'll offer it for. The small dealers who have an internet-based thermal business are the ones I found who were willing to negotiate a price.

Congratulations on the Scout. You're going to have a great time with it and it will open up your approach to doing night-time ops. Now, you'll be able to see what's going on out there. Let's us know what you think and post up a video or two.

Welcome, Watcher333. You might want to check out the Sightings area and then go to the Midwest section. You're most likely to find what you're looking for over there.

An update now that I have used the HPG bag for a few months... This thing is great. I keep it pretty lightly packed, but having the ability to carry my pistol concealed at chest level is much better than trying to carry it in a waist holster. I usually carry a pistol, spare mag, lighter, compass, flashlight, keys, and a space blanket. It does get a bit hot in the Carolina summer, but what doesn't? I found a horizontal MOLLE pouch for my Leatherman, so it is easily accessible. I also found a MOLLE attachment for an action can, so my camera is mounted at chest level. It has held up extremely well...no loose threads or anything of that nature. My girlfriend goes out researching with me, and uses the new HPG Snubby Recon. It fits her smaller frame well, and allows her to carry a M&P Shield and her phone, along with an ESEE 3 attached to the MOLLE in an Armatus Carry sheath. That pretty much maxes out her space for gear, although she does have empty space on the front MOLLE straps so she could attach some additional exterior pouches. All in all, I think that either the HPG or the Emerson would be a great addition to anyone's gear... especially if you want to conceal carry a firearm.

Thanks guys! Yes the 'Local' sassyman that I saw was real freaky looking, but no doubt was something in the human family tree, not even close to an ape. We starred at each other what seemed like a long time about 25' apart, but was 10 seconds or less, then it made 3 unbelievably powerful and skilled moves to get away without hardly a sound......jumped 25'-30' feet down in a ravine and hid, because by the short time I got to the edge of where it jumped, there was no sound of it running off, and there surely would have been plenty of noise if it did. The dogs and I did not go down there either, it would still have to be real close by hidden.....the dogs and wolf were on high alert with hair bristled up and sniffing the air. We circled back around from the back side, about a half mile loop, but nothing further. Here are a couple of pics that I took, my 13 year old son standing where it was, indentations/tracks where it was crouched down, and the mark it made after jumping down in the ravine. The blue cross in one of the pics is where I was standing, and a huge water source to the right where it was standing. This happened around 10:30am a few days before New Years.

Fossils are by definition organic material that has been replaced with inorganic minerals. A genuine fossil would contain zero organic material and its associated DNA. Bone or teeth in various states of preservation may contain DNA because of being encased in hard material that protects it from being destroyed by bacterial action.