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You aren't going to sneak up on anything out there. If you pay attention you'll notice the songbirds give you away, they signal to others you're coming, then the squirrels and like chime in, anything within a quarter mile knows you're there pretty quick and thats just the "dumb animals", that said.... Vocals and woodknocks in my opinion work against you, when they do it, they are doing it back and forth with each other to alert others YOU are there and similar, so staying quiet just makes more sense. Besides, I have never had any problem hearing a typical conversing set of hikers way off so with "them" attuned to their surroundings as they are going to hear you to, but the whole kocking/calling/whooping thing is just stupid.

The only time that we try to be quiet is when we are actively trying to hear something. We operate under the assumption that these things know that we are there the moment that we enter their areas.

I pretty much loathe dragging techy shite out into the wilds, incongruous and frustrating with just my digital camera gear. Oddly, my beast, the Canon 1D is the easiest to deal with if big and clunky. A small video cam with all of it's "ability" is a PITA to navigate thru menus...blablah That drone footage though, I'm tempted. Slight decrease in outings around here but I'm still getting out, primarily to an an area with no sighting reports that I've come across, but then again, not many people go there--at least not since the Polynesian Mormons skedaddled back to HI in 1917. There is one from the 70's in the mountains to the East, on the far side of the valley that these here are the Western edge of. I'm just parking along the road and wandering up, no trails, which is nice. Just sharing the view with Ravens, Zone-tailed hawks, Northern Harriers, Prairie Falcons, Bobcat, Coyote and who knows what else...No signs of hairless bi-peds up here. Clambering around the mountains above the Valley of the Skulls: IMG_4574 by LIght Pirate, on Flickr IMG_4571 by LIght Pirate, on Flickr IMG_4689 by LIght Pirate, on Flickr Luring 'em in with some aromatic smoke:) No luck yet.... IMG_4615 by LIght Pirate, on Flickr And from up in the Uintas, lots of Elk and Mule deer sign up here, no Cougar tracks as of yet and no big guy... IMG_4502 by LIght Pirate, on Flickr

Same here. I don't know what is going on with this. No one does.

NA will tell you why but it's woo . I communicate with some who grew up on a reservation and he says they are not flesh and blood all the time. He is wrong and the ones who say they are just animals right? So far the ones saying just animals aren't batting 1000 I don't discount anything when searching now , not a thing

I used to live in Illinois. That is were my 2 sightings were and were i got pictures and saw the bedding. We moved to east Tennessee 4 years ago, and now have 20 acres mostly wooded. We also live close to Catoosa, a wildlife management area. Since being here many things have happened including the house being hit, seeing a shadow in the window which would put it at about 8 feet tall. Have seen a few tracks that look like it might be a bigfoot. Can't say for sure. We have had so many different things happen here but haven't seen anything yet, and hope not to.

Here's a few things. The first is most important. Be respectful. You are in their home Talk to them. Tell them why you're there and what you want.

We all have different opinions, my opinion is science has to deal with the natural not the spiritual.

No i haven't had anything weird happen but if I did I would rebuke it. They are flesh and blood. I have been grunted at and it sounded just like a gorilla. It ran past me about 40 feet away. It was brown. The speed is just as fast as any other animal, and yes i believe it's an animal. I have seen a bedding site. I have pictures of prints including a knuckle print. I have also seen a black one that was 8 feet tall from a distance. We went back to measure the height. I don't go looking for them. I now have a home on 20 acres that are mostly wooded and have animals. I haven't seen one here yet but they have made themselves known.

Who exactly is going out there and spending time trying to friend them like Jane Goodall ? I haven't heard of anyone. People are afraid to get close to them. It's not so simple. It's terrifying. When you see how fast they move and the fact that your not leaving unless they let you leave. So unless someone has the courage and no fear of dying I don't see them being discovered for science. Except one being shot. There are not ton's of people out there trying to prove they are real. Most people still don't believe and don't go out into the woods. I also don't believe in the woo part. NA also believe all animals are spiritual and have powers.

georgerm, I believe the answer to your question is a lack of patience on the part of those involved in the hunt. Think of Goodall and Fossey. Some of the reported habituators have spent years in building relationships. Most people use the "Finding Bigfoot" approach, when in their environment they are smarter than we are. Just my opinion.

Most definitely, especially for Alaska. Even on islands, there's almost guaranteed to be seasonal movements in elevation. I fully expect the same of sasquatches, which are clearly omnivores, and who would move often following food sources just like bears and aboriginal homo sapiens did.

I don't think that we will be able to answer that question until we have actually 'discovered' them. Then, with the benefit of hindsight, we will be able to see what factors contributed to their elusiveness. I think that if we really knew why they were so hard to find, then we could adjust our efforts to overcome those obstacles. We won't know until we KNOW.

It depends, is correct. Are we trying to allow it to come to us or try to see or catch one coming through? If the latter, I'd be in camo (or a ghillie suit), sit silently, and not move. If it's coming through area, and I do what I'm supposed to do, I highly doubt it would ever know I'm there until I move or make a noise. Maybe all of their senses are all highly developed...they can hear a leaf fall, smell a human a mile away, and see better than an eagle... but I doubt it.

A sciency sounding story? That terminology sounds rather JREFery......

It depends on what you are trying to do. If you are trying to sneak up on a stupid monkey, "be vewwwwy quiet." (Best Elmer Fudd imitation, of course.) If you are trying to pique the curiosity of an intelligent ape or alt.human, then you need to let them know you are around to look at and a bit of noise is a good way to attract their attention. Personally, I don't bother trying to sneak around them. Who am I kidding, they know I'm there, so all I do by sneaking is behave in a worrisome way. I don't yell, holler, etc, but I do talk to the people I'm with. We tell jokes, play catch, .. interact peacefully. Generally it is family or friends, so ACT like it is a family or friends outing, not like you're doing paramilitary sneaky ops. MIB

This is the answer I would give. You beat me to it. Kudos!!! I truly don't know why we can't find them. If I did, I'd find a way to overcome that. I think we have to be open to all possibilities, to studying whatever factors seem to come to the table with as much science as we can muster, but not discard any answer just because we can't find a way to apply science to it. MIB

Most likely a bird, or could have been transported by different animals along the way.

I have read the paper and its not worth the paper its printed on, its just a sciency sounding story, but it is well written and they have always done a great job of documenting the failures to prove anything they claim is happening. There's no doubt in my mind a bird either flew into the trap or it was on the ground and a bird picked it up. If they do implement this in the future, just put a game cam on the trap and they will save themselves a ton of time or make a great stride in moving the ball forward.

Meh.....I don't really buy into the appeal to authority argument when it comes to the subject of Bigfoot. What about someone being a doctor grant's them more creditability than you or I on the subject matter? Now having a doctor around is no doubt a great move on their part since they are shooting at something walking on two feet adjacent to a National Forest!

When you enter a BF zone, and walk quietly into the wind with forest colors on, then chances of seeing a BF would be better in my opinion. However if several BFs are spread out with some down wind then things change. The down wind BFs will probably tree knock, whistle, or make bird calls to inform the others of your presence. This can be called group coordination and is one way BFs remain hidden and are hard to find.

This question is very simple, but there are many answers that begin to create a complicated picture. There are many researchers looking for Sasquatch, and the use of technology is becoming more complex yet the results are still poor. The quality of researchers is improving with some having advanced degrees in primatology. The question is simple, “Why have we not been able to find Bigfoot, film, and study this creature in its natural habitat?” Are bigfoots too rare? Do bigfoots have super keen senses and brain power? Do they hide in steep mountain hide outs? Do they detest humans which motivates them to hide better? Are they dying out? Are they migrating north to Canada?

I haven't either nor am I suggesting that, a bird most likely flew into the trap, the device got tangled up on the bird and it flew around with it until it fell off. Pretty obvious in the photos below how that could happen. But you make a great point on why and how the experiment was flawed from the very start about the burr, It was set up to fail from the very beginning by the very thing every researcher of any type or subject matter has to be aware of confirmation biases. As a long time lurker I'm quite aware of how beat that horse is on this website and I only bring it up as it relates to the experiment and what was trying to be accomplished. The experiment was way to specific to the assumed target that all other possibilities could be ignored, its not a bad concept for tracking known targets but is an utter failure when it comes to this subject. I get it put it nine feet up, something that's most likely going to stick only to fur, small and lightweight, Bigfoot will never notice that! Opps you put it right in the flight line of numerous large birds, that's why the game cam should have been on the trap. But hey its a great effort and great story!