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OK. I just bought two ThruNite TN4A lights. Got free shipping and a coupon code for a 5% discount. These should do exactly what I am looking for. No ressing buttons repeatedly to change modes. It will remember what you had it set on last and default to that mode. Also has a nice firefly mode that will run for 80 days. And, if I really DID want to light something up, I will have 1150 lumens in my hand. Runs off of 4 AA batteries. Whew. That was a lot of work! I appreciate everyone's help.

Yes but Patty leaves tracks and has some pretty good torque movement. Hulk Hogan can barely walk and leaves Segway tracks, easy to spot.

I'm always impressed by displays of strength because I'm naturally very weak! A friend invited me to train once and I couldn't even put the empty bar over my head. Think he said it was 20kg (44lb). Really embarrassing! I bet BFs have insane strength. I wonder if there are any estimates for BF bicep (upper arm) size? I bet you could wrap a shoelace around one of those arms and get very little overlap! Not that a BF would allow you to do that

I will do as you ask. For I am a gentleman. Perhaps just perhaps you could do the same. Not in denial. Thank you for your concern. I am sure you would. I am nearly 60. Father time remains undefeated. Science lasts a lot longer

Nice find; https://www.thrunite.com/tn4a/ It will run at 15 lumens for almost 4 days so you're covered for getting back to your car. The other feature I like is the firefly setting should give you enough light to allow you to see something in your hand yet not bright enough to give away your location.

Sounds like a plan NW.........hey gigantor, hope you are safe & well,! These woods around here, like most places, turn into something different at night, lotta stuff I wouldn't want her messing with, other wolves, packs of Coyotes, hogs, maybe even a hungry hairyman, can't take a chance of loosing my best gal:)

All that hard work to get my 21 inch 💪. Only to be out done by A mythical beast and cartoon character. At least I am taller than him and her according to "experts"

You say that now, but your tune will change when Hulkamania runs wild on you.

Hulk Hogan and his 24 inch pythons laugh at Patty's measly 22 inch pipe cleaners.

Hi everyone! First time on the site, and i'm excited to talk about bigfoot with other fans. I'm from the UK, from which there seems to be somewhat of a growth in membership recently - having scrolled through a few of the posts here.

Completely agree MIB, with all. I think there's more geographical zones/areas in North America where they wouldn't have the need to migrate south in the ind of range they'd need to, than not. Winter reports for Eastern Washington on the whole for example run virtually parallel to Spring reports there at 19 and 21 reports respectively. When you look at and combine the likes of Idaho, Montana, the Dakota's, Minnesota Wisconsin and northern Illinois, you'll find close to 100 reports (87) in Winter. That's not overly indicative of large scale winter migration. The county that pops out when running the numbers on the above and with the most reports out of all counties in the above mentioned states is Cascade County, MT. Anywhere in MT is absurdly cold in Winter but when you actually dig in to the numbers (yes i know i'm obsessed by them) you can find some interesting things as to 'why ?' things are what they are, such as the below. January has the coldest nighttime temperatures for Cascade County with an average of 15.7°. This is warmer than most places in Montana. In Cascade County, there are 161.9 days annually when the nighttime low temperature falls below freezing, which is warmer than most places in Montana. An annual snowfall of 59.9 inches in Cascade County means that it is snowier than most places in Montana. March is the snowiest month in Cascade County with 11.0 inches of snow, and 9 months of the year have significant snowfall. Yes there are reports from other all other seasons in Cascade County, MT but you won't find too many other county's in North America where there is such a clear concentrated number of reports from Winter like that one. 44% of all reports from winter in a single county is nothing to be sniffed at, especially when summer is at 22%, Fall is at 22% and Spring is at 11%. It's the 'why ?' that is the main question, and the answer to that coincides perfectly with your last sentence..;)

Northwind, I think you're smart to chose a battery format and stick with it for all your outdoor devices. It makes things simpler. I went with the CR123 format. ZebraLight is another popular company and they have several AA models. I have an old headlamp of theirs that uses two small flashlights, one on either side. The nice thing is you can remove the flashlight from the headlamp and carry it if you so desire. I think you'll find that a lot of people on candlepowerforums speak very highly of them. http://www.zebralight.com/Flashlight_c_8.html Another less-known brand is Malkoff. I have one of their small flashlights and it has been super reliable in the outdoors. https://malkoffdevices.com/

You two sharing it with us is much appreciated.

NorthWind and I go out a couple of weekends each month, regularly. I've been utterly amazed to discover that we live within prime habitat, here in Oregon. It's been an amazing journey.

Always. I've got 4-5 different flashlights that run on 3 AAA batteries arranged in a removable cartridge. Some specific part numbers (google search) coleman 2000028653 -- They call it "Divide", 200L, has a high, low, and off. Real bright on high. coleman 2000006532 -- This is usually what I backpack with. I have 2, one for my day pack, one for my backpacking pack. Not as bright as the one above, but good. I have a couple Streamlight keychain minis, green beam, run on 4 hearing aid batteries. These are great backups, clip on to stuff, weigh next to nothing, and they'd get me out of the woods if my main light dies, might not see real far, but won't walk off a cliff. One in my day pack, one in my backpacking pack. I also have a handful of headlamps. For the most part, they're more pain than they're worth. People give them to me thinking since I don't use one I must not have one. I've got 'em, just not that fond of them. Most run on 2-3 batteries and that's more weight than I want on my head. One exception, which I have but haven't used much, is Nite Ize "Nitecore" NU20. It's about 1/2 to 2/3s the weight of the others, rechargeable via USB if you happen to carry a battery pack to recharge phones, etc. .. kinda convenient. And **bright**. I used to pack the 2 AA maglights. They work well especially with LED upgrades, but since my audio recorders all are AAA 'cept for one, I've switched to AAA flashlights so I only have to carry one size of battery and, in a pinch, I can cannibalize the batteries out of any device to make any other device function. MIB

Definitely, but it sounds like you're quite a bit older than I am. I was introduced to the topic via reading some copies of The Bigfoot Bulletin back in the early 70s on my great grandfather's porch. Many of the write ups from Coos and Curry counties involved people I knew of via my grandfather (mom's dad) and great grandfather (dad's mom's dad) who seemed to respect them as being solid citizens. Both grandpa's were. So when I found a track line in '74, though I was only 11 .. 10 going on 11, maybe ... I knew exactly what I was looking at and I didn't want to be right there anymore. I had an extended sighting in '76 .. probably 5 minutes-ish? .. long enough for it to cover over a quarter mile moving down the middle of the river. Looking back there was a fair bit of weird, unexplainable stuff we shrugged off which may well have been bigfoot activity but i never paid it much mind, they just "were". Some stuff happened about 2007 that drew me into the community actively and headed me down the path of investigating reports for a group. In 2013 I had a second sighting, that one in broad daylight, open / sparse 2nd growth forest with scattered firs and a good bit of grassy area between them. No doubt at all. None. So I research / investigate. My general area is SW Oregon from the coast to about Highway 97 and from about Eugene south to the OR/CA state line. Within that I focus a lot on the Cascades south of Crater Lake (where Paulides says he won't go alone ... I go alone), into the edge of the siskiyous, and the SE part of the coast range ... kind of a circle around the Rogue Valley. There is a lot of activity .. a lot that never gets formally reported. Lot of stuff a local with their ears open can pick up on and follow up on. MIB

Hoaxers make field work more difficult. When you have to sort of what might have been done by humans and what was done by something else. I consider call blasting, making vocal calls, and making wood knocks nearly in the same category as hoaxing. It forces field researchers to have to figure out if humans are in the area making those sounds. Even worse than that, I have seen little evidence that it increases the chance of having visual contact with BF. Evidence seems to show that it just scares BF away once they determine that the sounds were made by humans. Another factor related to that is what those who have had extended contact with groups of BF tell me. BF do not like humans to be deceitful or tricksters. They seem to have no sense of humor about that sort of thing. I guess it is a matter of trust. They need some level of trust with a human to want to have contact. Trying to lure BF in with vocalizations and knocking would create an atmosphere of distrust.

Still pretty hot & dry....hope you guys aren't sick of seeing the Sotol snacks, but the easiest way to follow the Hairyman's movements this time of year, plus they are eating it pretty good. First pick shows one of their trails, and the discarded Sotol leaves as they drop them along the way.....Hansel & Gretel dropped bread crumbs, the Hairyman drops Sotol leaves, in the South anyway:)

About the only thing worse than hoaxing is the people who spend all of their time rooting out potential hoaxers. Only in this field can people who are basically self appointed hall monitors gain fame. And, that's often why they spend so much time looking for hoaxers... because they themselves like the attention. So, on one side you have people commiting hoaxes for attention, while on the other side you have people trying to constantly expose hoaxers...also for attention. Also, let's be honest here...a lot of people involved in this field are proverbial crabs in a bucket. If they see someone getting the attention that they themselves want...they are going to do their best to tear that person down. As far as I am concerned, either people are smart enough to see through a hoax for themselves...or they are just going to believe anything that is presented to them the right way. Why spend any time at all trying to disprove someone like Khat Hansen or Dr Johnson? Their followers are just going to latch onto another cult to follow in short order. People who spend all of their time attempting to disprove stuff are just trying to get that same attention fix themselves.

Animals learn from their parents and elders. Especially primates. I doubt many if any BF's ever get caught in a bad seasonal situation that would result in their demise. Centuries of adaptation to locales that work best for survival keeps all but the weakest alive.

Lol. As if the search will EVER be in the mainstream until an irrefutable type specimen is provided. Even then, watch the mental gymnastics by many to explain it away. I may not be one of them, but there are credible individuals on this forum who have had encounters with what could be termed mind speak. I steer clear of the extreme stuff about Galactic Councis and stuff like that, but I have become more open to some of the more offbeat ideas. I used to think infrasound was a crackpot idea until we experienced that or something with similar effects. Generally, anyone who claims to have all of the answers to this phenomenon, whether it's biological or supernatural, is instantly dismissed. Someone who goes "I don't know what is going on, but this strange thing happened to me" can be credible.

I have never took stick structures very serious. Mostly made by humans not hoaxing and declared as Sasquatch by hope.

Where does that leave the woo? Claims into mindpspeak, interdimensional travel and all the fringe stuff hinder and harm the search as well. Hoaxing is essentially pranking, woo will always keep the search out of the mainstream. I think folks underestimate the amount of hoaxing attributable to stick structures, in particular the weaker examples, easily done by anyone and folks out on Social Media lap it up, seems like seldom is it ever questioned to the degree that it should.

Yeah. Northern Rockies have BF reports. "South", for practical purposes, has to be upwards of 1000 miles, otherwise they're still in snow with seriously sub-zero temperatures. I don't think that's too realistic. I think they are physically adapted to cold and compound that with seasonal behavioral adaptations. The east slope of the Cascades has winter temperatures not too dissimilar from the foothills of the Rockies. The east slope of the Cascades is active in winter. Same for the Rockies. The challenge for humans is getting into the right places during very very cold temperatures with deep snow to stumble across the sign that is there. MIB

I never had to go looking for them, because throughout the late 70's, all of the 80s and into the mid 90s, they came looking for me. I don't mean that literally. I just lived on a property with lots of activity and had a couple of hunting areas that also had a lot of activity. I don't go looking for them now because of time and the fact that they scare the heck out of me.

It'll be interesting to see how it all plays out. I have a feeling we will be long gone as a species before we ever really know our origins and how it all started for us.

Even with the Bering Straits underwater, people and polar bears walk across on ice regularly, not to mention aboriginal Alaskans and Siberians crossing regularly in skin boats to trade. Following coasts from Portugal to Chile in a kayak requires an intercontinental passage of just 50 miles across the strait, not counting a rest on the Diomede Islands midway. That's shorter than the passage between New Guinea and Australia or between Key West and Cuba. Magellan most definitely went the long way. Even today's aircraft fly from the American west coast to east Asia along the North Pacific/Gulf of Alaska coastline rather than straight across the Pacific because it's shorter. Academics are simply wedded to their climate change/land bridge religion. That's okay by me. I can respect their religious beliefs even if I don't worship them.

This is the Kalama, bear in mind this was back in January.

Right. Can you make it anymore obvious, Rod?

Wow, I doubt I could fit both hands around that!

As a former strongman competitor I have an interest in feats of physical strength. I would be interested to hear about incidents of people witnessing super squatch strength. Rocks thrown that a human can barely lift? Trees uprooted? Vehicles overturned?