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Wyatt and I went in behind lake Ellen yesterday. Just got back. Found a suggestive track but no toes, and then we found a hunting blind, hay and salt back in there. Probably bow hunters in December. The blind was smashed..... too bad. Lots of Moose sign too. Also found a ancient face cut that they never came back to. Yesterday was pretty nice. Today we had a lot of rain and hail. The roof top tent did a good job keeping us dry and warm.

Seneca Rocks? You are right near my old stomping grounds. I grew up in Staunton, VA and went to college in Harrisonburg...just a couple of hours away from that area. Good area to look for Sasquatch in...The Appalachians are a strange strange place...

Agreed, but "deliberate" and "mysterious" can look very similar. For example, just last week here in Alaska, and in our best sasquatch habitat: https://www.ktva.com/story/41948849/troopers-search-for-missing-5yearold-in-ketchikan She left a 5 year old child because he didn't want to continue? Agreed, but the opposite is also true: a collection of strange cases doesn't establish anything except a collection of strange cases, which is simply a regular part of life, and thus not even all that strange.

Glad to see that you can get out. That's gotta feel good. Nothin' like fresh air and a good rifle in your hand!! The roof top tent idea has some appeal but a problem in my situation. It's a great solo solution but I would not trust my GF's balance or coordination on a ladder. I'm not sure the steps up into a camper would be that much better and I haven't seen a trailer that'd go the places I want to camp. Kinda stuck between a rock and a hard place. It .. sucks. MIB

There are no homes within 10 miles. I have not been there to the area for about 2 years. Mostly due to a series of lung issues and the lack of foot print finds after all the clear cutting. All of the events I mentioned and a couple more event locations that I did not visit, are within a mile of each other. My first footprint find was 7 miles North of there, beside a trail that runs to the cluster of events. While it was clear cutting that finally stopped the activity there in my research area, before that clear cutting pushed me along the trail, in the direction of the cluster of events. So clear cutting both started and ended my research area activity. Footprint finds are rare. But if an area is active they will be found with enough frequency to signal you have found the right place. The problem being that you have to spend a lot of time, boots on the ground, hiking around looking for them. Probably more time than most would want to spend. That put me in the mix to have contact. My gut feeling is that there was something there to hold them in the area as the clear cutting moved closer. Has to be something like a cave or lava tube where they had shelter. I cannot imagine that spring bubbling up was the only draw. At this point, I am too old to continue that kind of field presence. I was pretty tired after I got home. Had I found anything the other day, I would be back but there is so little cover there now, I cannot imagine BF are even in the area any longer. My gut feeling is that they moved East, deeper into the Gifford Pinchot where there is very little logging. That has to have pushed them into a winter survival quandary, because they would be in snow much longer each year. My research area was at an elevation it was in and out of the snow level most of the winter. They could move up and down to avoid snow, move to more moderate temperatures, and still avoid humans. I could also take the field year round. But East has snow cover most of the winter, closed roads, and limited access. Just getting deeper into the GP makes a day trip very difficult. I took a few pictures so will post them.

Not yet...I'm still haven't decided between the 66i and the Mini. It will be one or the other. Part of me would like the latest and greatest while another part of my yearns for simplicity. I currently have a Garmin eTrex 30 and am hoping that could lessen the learning curve, even if a small amount, with the 66i. I suspect it will take a lot of time to learn to use it. Contrast that with the Mini needing a cell phone to pair with the Mini to get the most from it. Decisions, decisions.

We only saw deer and squirrels, it's early and cold still. It's in the mountains, so Everytime it rains it get foggy. It was a foggy day, but in the summer when WVFooter and I got followed. Today was nice... Below is Seneca Rocks. We tried to hike to the top, but I couldn't do it, got 75% of the way there . I have a new goal now.

West Virginia.