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I'll definitely be getting a Garmin InReach and something like that Pow'r Pull very soon. I've had many fully tricked out 4x4s in the 50+ years I've been going out in the back country, but don't have the space or the money for that sort of thing any more, so I make do with a mildly off road dual purpose vehicle. I just need to learn to adjust my level of trail attempts to suit. I think the rig I most regret getting rid of was the '76 Ford E350 camper van, converted to 4x4 with an F350 solid front axle, winch, Detroit lockers front and rear, and 35" tires. It was pretty much an unstoppable tank, with most of the comforts of home when I shut the key off at the end of the trail.

I think Stick Structures make a good example for misinformation; I have yet to see a single case where someone has claimed to see such a creature arranging sticks, trees, stumps, etc, no photos, no video, no direct observation, nada, just assuming based on...…?" 99% of what is presented, even much of the odder stuff is gravity, wind, snow load, nature. I frequent areas where this kind of stuff is common enough that you would thought bigfoot would be trailside selling tours of it. Then it balloons through copycatting on social media and the hoaxers add it to their repertoire. Rinse and repeat.

I got out for the day on Sunday, with my daughter Andrea. It was a multi purpose trip to the East side of Harrison Lake. We took metal detectors to search old logging camps and beaches, my rifle for black bear and cougar, both open till June 15th, and camera for the money shot of Sasquatch. The metal detecting produced lots of rusty nails, some melted aluminum slag (old beer cans, probably), and 1 modern nickel. The hunting got us a close up look at a nice chubby blacktail doe, but no sign of bear or cougar, though we've had sightings of both in the past in this area. The search for Sas was fruitless, with no sign of tracks or anything else. The real adventure started at about 5:30, when a moment of inattention on my part got the right rear tire of the SUV over the edge of the trail, putting me in a position where I had no traction to go forward uphill, and no option to go backward downhill, as that would roll the car onto its side in the ditch. After 30 or 40 minutes of trying to use rocks and logs to make a way out, we gave up on that, and walked a km back down the trail to the main logging road to flag down a 4x4 to help pull the car 3' forward to get me back on the trail. After 45 minutes with no traffic, we started walking west from the km 43 marker. At km 35, we finally found a dirt biker with a Garmin InReach gps with satellite text capability, and I sent messages explaining our predicament to my son, who has a 4x4, and to fellow BFFer MagniAesir, who also knows the area and has a 4x4. Before either could reply, a couple in a Toyata Tundra 4x4 came along, and offered to help out. I sent follow up texts to let my son and Magni know that we now had help, and off we went to rescue my SUV. The actual pull out was very easy, and both our rescuer and I got turned around to head back down the trail. I offered to buy the couple a 24 case of beer, a bottle of whiskey, or at least pay them for their time and gas, but they refused to take anything for their help. By the time we were back on the main logging road, with 43 km still to go to reach pavement, it was fully dark, at 10PM. At km 9, we finally got a cell signal, and I was able to call Magni and my son to let them know we were safely headed home. At that point, my son answered that he was already coming up the logging road, at km 6, so we met him just a few minutes later. We finally got onto pavement in another 10 minutes, and started home, stopping at a Tim Hortons in Rosedale for BLTs and hot choclates, since Andrea and I hadn't eaten since about 2. We finally got home at 1:00AM, completely beat, and legs aching from the long hike. I'm going to Cabella's this week to buy an InReach unit, since a text out sure beats a long hike on a dark logging road! I didn't think to get a photo of my driving boo-boo, but I did get a few shots of the location during the day:

I've been on a couple of BFRO expeditions now, and I can say that the local organizers are very thorough, and they are very serious when it comes to Bigfoot. The money that is charged does not all go to the BFRO. A fair chunk of it goes back to the organizers for the time they spend, as well as the fuel and food required, to go out on their own, on their own time, to locate a good spot outside of their own research areas, where chances are likely for expedition members to have some sort of an encounter. A good example of that is the organizer for this year's Vancouver Island expedition. He is a military veteran, and a friend of mine, and he has spent the past 2 years researching all over Vancouver Island to come up with a location that he feels can reward expedition members with an experience they will remember for a long time. He is a serious researcher and spends a lot of time in the woods. He has also written a book, "Wood Knocks and Tossed Rocks" about what it's like on a BFRO expedition (Note: in his book, he's not all that kind about Matt Moneymaker, LOL). I have personally been out on one expedition, near Harrison, where there was a sighting on thermal. On other expeditions, there have been knocks and rocks thrown, as well as prints found. I know a lot of members here like to dis the BFRO, but their expedition leaders are quite serious about what they do, and spend a lot of time beating the brush.

1) It is private land. While that does not make the nests impossible to have been made by humans, it makes it much less likely. 2) The Olympic nests were not reported. They were found by researchers, virtually eliminating the likelihood of hoax. 3) These are not the only such nests to have been found. There was even a nest reportedly found on Scorpion Ridge above the PD film site by Lyle Laverty before the film was shot. Another such nest found in the 1980's on Prince of Wales Island in Alaska, again on private native lands in a roadless area. 4) Didn't you and I have an understanding about interaction?

Totally random comment - and not worthy of the scholarship many in the post have demonstrated...but I have always found the Jack LInk's ads annoying. Poor Sasquatch ends up looking like a reactionary jerk. In my mind I don't see Bigfoot as chasing people for beef jerky. I realize the ads are for all sorts of things that have nothing to do with scientific scholarship - but still, when I read the great list and this excellent commentary I am just disappointed that many folks only experience with Sasquatch is those commercials.

I went with forest people because I am now convinced that they are human. Bryan Sykes has really thrown me for a loop concerning human hybrids vrs various homo species in his book The Nature of the Beast. AFAIC now, it's like polar bears, brown bears, and prizzlies, which is also brought up in the book, especially regarding the Pleistocene polar bear DNA found in the Himalayas.

Ohioprimate If this was my find I would start to investigate to see where these two branches came from first. Did they fall from any trees above or were they placed there. If they were placed there then I would investigate from where they came from. Rule out the obvious before going down the road that screams out Bigfoot. Where there is one tree formation the is bound to be another one that may not be explained which will leave with a wow reaction. or like these which I am still not sure on how to decide How about this if you get very lucky you might find this. This was found during turkey season while hunting. Mode of getting in very sneaky on these boogers. But some times bad for me.

True, but my accurate listing of the points will discredit your denial in the opinion of others, and that alone provides me comfort and pleasure. Your opinions are meaningless to me. It's your attitude, behavior, and aura that I don't like. I probably wouldn't like your looks or odor, either. In short, I just don't like you. Again, I don't care about your opinion. If I have quoted or addressed you, it has been to agree with your comments. I have even plussed some, although you wouldn't know it was me. But it wasn't you I plussed. It was your point/words. That's because I don't like you. Yes, you have every right to express your opinion with respect to the forum rules, but I have asked you to avoid me on the forum. All that really means is to not quote me. You seemed amenable to that request, but as I expected, you couldn't live with it. Thus, I will again request you to stop quoting me, or I will post in a way that will both conform to forum rules and denigrate you as much as I can. That's because I don't like you. At all. The future is yours to guide. I've asked nicely.

I don't ignore. Anything. Ever.

Don't say I didn't ask nicely........again.........