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As Old ManWinter begins to gentles release his hold, the world outside will come alive once again. I'm already preparing my strategy for getting out into the woods for a variety of activities. I'll spend a lot of time looking for footprints and other signs of movement. The ground will be soft and hopefully allow for a glimpse of what has been passing through and maybe even staying in the area. Doing both overnight and extended stays will be in my schedule in about a month. We've had a lot of time during winter to ponder about Spring and what we'll be doing during some of the best times to go sasquatching. For me, the thermal will get dusted off, the sound equipment readied for recording, and my outdoor gear generally cleaned up and ready to go. There are always things on our wish list and I'm hopeful to get a parabolic dish in Spring and add it to the arsenal. I've identified two places that border my existing sasquatching honey holes. I'll be studying the topo maps and planning routes to those two areas for both day and evening adventures. New areas are exciting especially when they pull you farther off the beaten trail and don't know what to expect. No one around for miles, and difficult travel for humans, but in an area that is teeming with wildlife. One area has had several sightings and a number of tree falling incidents. Too many to be natural. One happened to me last Fall. I'm eager to see what occurs when you push further into what might be an area you are not welcome in. We'll see. I'm ready to get out and have a productive sasquatching Spring planned. What do you have planned for your upcoming Spring adventures?

You seem to operate under the assumption that humans only do logical and sensible things. You’ve obviously had a different upbringing than me. Must have different news outlets as well.

Wish they made those for southpaws.

I’m curious who said they don’t exist? We built some pretty sweet forts as kids. Logs can be used that are outside human range. Simple Come-a-longs that fit in a backpack will do a lot of work. You may slightly underestimate the ingenuity of some ppl/kids. Serious question WSA, did you grow up in a rural or urban area?

Getting back to the stick structure question though... I am of the opinion that SOMETHING with hands, and without mechanical assist is creating these things that would be outside of the range of human abilities to be created in the same manner. There are no other candidates for the creators of these things. (If you have a theory, please post it. We had pages and pages of descriptions and photos of tree structures/manipulations over the better part of a year here on the Forum, and nothing ever was proposed. Just sayin') And here is the point: If somebody plugged a Sasquatch tomorrow and drug it in through the front door of John Hopkins Medical School, we would not know any more than we do right now about how/why these structures were created. Given that point...and I think it is beyond refute...what difference does the existence of a type specimen make on this narrow question? Of course, I would say it would make no difference at all. We know right now to a reasonable degree of certainty what is making these things. The ability to explain that further is completely independent of the existence of a body or not. Tell me why I'm wrong. And if I am right, take note of just how high the walls have been built around the denial of the evidence, and acknowledge that it is not the lack of a type specimen that is fueling this denial., on this point at least.

There really isn't any way to get around the self-draining issue or the charge time, but remember that you can charge the Scout TK while it is in use. I carry a portable charger in my chest rig along with a long charging cable. If I am going to be using the Scout for any period of time I charge it as I use it.

I am in the same boat. We have found hair on two occasions that I have absolutely no idea what to do with... It sits in a Ziploc bag on a shelf.

↑ You are of the minority in that manner IMHO. Based on my observations and many conversations with proponents. I of course do not understand how people that actually believe in or think they know they exist don't want them scientifically cataloged and protected. Please share some of the numerous reasons why we denialists are not convinced by this overwhelming evidence. I am very interested in your take on this and then I will tell you why I am far from convinced from this evidence you speak of if you are interested. Thanks in advance.

Oh, look. Said individual discovered the downvote tool.

With me it's just my bullshit meter that pegs when ever someone claims to have all these multiple encounters . Come on As rare as it is to even have ONE encounter and we have people that call in saying they have had all these encounters . I guess it could be some people do hear a noise or catch a glimpse of a shadow and just assume it's a bigfoot . If you're always looking for bigfoot then everything you see in the woods is bigfoot

It's called SquatchFest and I think this is the third year. I like it because it's local for me. Cowlitz county fairgrounds. The person who did HopSquatch is involved in organizing it. You can find it on facebook. Olympic project did a review of the nest site again. But they did something new this time around besides the nest site and discussed sasquatch as if it were a real animal and discussed habitat, possible population density, feeding behavior. I found their talk very interesting. Dr Meldrum and Cliff Barackman were also there. Cliff discussed some of where he's been looking in Oregon. And talked about the North American Bigfoot Center. Dr Meldrum discussed comparisons with black bears. Similar habitat, both omnivores, comparative anatomy (for identification purposes). The guys from Mountain Monsters were there from West Virginia. I've never seen the show myself. They identified themselves as hillbillies. David Paulides was scheduled but couldn't make it. The highlight for me was that I got to meet Bobby O. We had a great talk and I took him and David Hallett up to see the Kalama river sighting area from 2001. It was a good time. I just looked. There's a post I made here about it in 2017 I believe. So 4 years now.

Last year a guide in Wyoming carried his Glock 20 without a round chambered and he was was carrying his Glock 20 in his backpack. He was guiding a man from Florida. They got ambushed by a grizzly and the guide couldn’t reach his 20. He couldn’t reach it in time and he didn’t have a round chambered. It cost him his life. its Wyoming. There’s no reason to conceal carry a 20 about the person. Just open carry that 20 in the strong side.

It's the same way with any purported behavior. Wood knocks.. until someone actually sees a sasquatch whacking a tree with a stick, we don't know for sure what's making these noises! *Report published where witness hears knocks then subsequently sees hairy hand/arm swinging a stick against a tree* Well........ ...... there should be hair on that stick! Go put it in a baggie, send it off to a university and stop making excuses! People have certain sets of assumptions when weighing evidence against their hypothesis, and when evidence crops up that doesn't fit, they'd rather throw out evidence than adjust their assumptions. That is by far the most ubiquitous form of unscientific thinking that runs rampant in sasquatchery, and I imagine I'll harp on that til the day I die (especially because this concept is much more far-reaching than just as it pertains to sasquatch). Many will keep clamoring for people to stop making excuses and get their CSI hats on, the rest of us will keep leaving them further in the dust in understanding the nuanced reality of living alongside sasquatch.

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