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It has been resurrected from posts that are several years old by an individual who is already famed for such pot stirring. If you refuse to feed the pest, maybe it will migrate?

How does a elk get out of its bed without pulling its hooves under itself? I’m not saying the skookum cast was a Bigfoot. I think it was likely a Bear. But it sure wasn’t a Elk! Bears roll around and lay on the ground a lot. Without leaving tracks. Especially at a bait site. Pic1 Bear laying down Pic2 Elk bed....notice hoof tracks? Elk do not crawl like bears do. You can skip towards the end. Bears typically lay down at bait sites.

Just came back from WA a couple of weeks back, the Olympics. The Olympic Project are still the most progressive research group within this subject in my mind, without doubt. Really enjoyed listening to DR and Shane at the Cowlitz conference give a 2 hour presentation on the nests. How they move forward with them is completely up to them imo but knowing those involved, i can't imagine they're gonna jump through hoops to update every BF Forum/website/social media page etc with where they're at with them. They do their presentations pretty regularly and are generally open in them taking lots of questions from the general public. Not sure what else they're expected to do to be honest.

I think that one reason the U.S. death rate is so high is because the first several deaths came from a single old folks home in Washington state.

Thank you so much. I really look forward to being a member here.

Great video Norse, thanks! I liked the bit of humor suggesting a portage around the 90 meter falls.

Welcome to the BFF Q42 and All Other New Members. I Hope You All Enjoy the Forum.

You're hearing what you want to. I never said their efforts were futile. I said they were not documenting species behavior because no one knows if they do it or not. On the long chance they do...what are you learning about stick teepees in the woods without seeing them being created or a creature reacting to it? No one has come forward saying they've seen either...or at least no one credible. So, like I said...if you enjoy it and the "what if" aspect of maybe being right, go have fun in the woods. But those people are not scientifically documenting the behavior of a species. That's a bridge too far. It's a hobby right now.

I bought a new trail camera and as soon as a little more snow melts I am setting up in a area I have had a lot of animal traffic. I have a alpine trip planned which involves a lengthy jeep trip with about 10 miles of hiking at the end. There is a winter cabin there I could overnight in and has been some reported unusual activity by the locals. It is Grizzly Bear country and as remote as you can get.

If Elk had wings...

If you CANNOT prove the thing real? How are you documenting it? If Jane Goodall and Diane Fossey disappeared into the jungle for long periods of time and claimed they were documenting an unknown ape? Without proof? They would have been committed to a white padded room....

Yes, but we're probably doing a reasonably fair job of that anyway......without the help of some kind of disease. Even without the Bigfoot or any other creature to worry about, we're paying a pretty heavy price for our greed and consumption. In truth, we shouldn't be depending on proving the Bigfoot's existence to start saving and protecting our wild habitats. If the creature's elusiveness has taught us anything, it should be that little piece of reality.

Amazing how much wishful thinking there is after all this time. It was an elk.....

Or, Skookum was merely an Elk lay, which it very likely was.