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https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/world/ancient-humans-skull-evolution-fossils-scn-trnd/index.html Interesting account of competition between Homo erectus, Australopithecus afarensis and Paranthropus and how it all plays out hypothetically re: morphology, brain development and migrational patterns And this re: Homo naledi https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0230440 And loving the great taste preferences of Neandertals https://www.newscientist.com/article/2238767-neanderthals-feasted-on-seafood-and-nuts-according-to-fossil-remains/?utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=echobox&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1585245771

.........or both. I thought it was bizarre. Negligent? At the very least. Agreed. Those strange twists are what make his books pertinent.

I agree that the 411 books do not establish anything. But not strange? I disagree with that. Your example in that tragic story definitely shows negligence on the part of the mother.... but nothing strange. Strange would be after three days the body of the five year old is found 100 feet up the trail where searchers walked 1000 times. Or stranger yet after three days the child is found unharmed and when asked where they had been, the child replies they have been living in a hollow log with a bear to keep them warm. The common denominator of most of the 411 stories is some unseen force that is unexplained by conventional wisdom. Bears do not sleep with children in hollow logs. And yet after three days of exposure here is a healthy child. There are just too many cases like that too ignore.

The Portland morning news had a picture of a big cougar prowling a womans back yard someplace in the Portland area. She had seen it more than once. DNR showed up with a dog but could not locate the cat. The woods are pretty quiet now based on what I saw the other day. BF has to wonder where we all went.

That is a magnificent view. Looks like it could be perfect for squatching. Access to water, ability to retreat to mountains, lots of forest and cover. Thanks for sharing.

"It's springtime in Alaska, and it's forty below........." A pair of trumpeter swans flew over my camp headed north, though...... I caught three pike. They fileted out 2.5 lbs of meat. It was a 36 mile snowmobile trip, and I feel it. I'm getting a bit old for this silliness. I return home to news that ADFG closed all spring bear hunting due to coronavirus. Spring bear hunting is when I don't see anybody. I could understand closing all hunts that require commercial services, but why residents hunting our own backyards? I'll be registering my complaint along with thousands of other hunters.........

Seems a bit early for snakes. But I'm in snow anus deep to a tall giraffe here. I guess that's why there are no snakes here.