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That looks to be very similar. It is a poly/fleece/spandex which should work that same was as the polartec power stretch. The best part is you got to to see it in person. great job!!

I bought these.

people need to get over the fact that a flir is only one of a bunch of tools in the Researchers tool box. High end night vision is just as important. As for a drone, if you expect to get one in the air and spy bigfoot with it, you're naive. Thats incredibly unlikely BUT, they are awesome for scoping out terrain and the like for the birds eye view, and with a decent range are an extension of your eyes from a distance. Like a flir, its a tool, one of many. I have a spark and a mini, both fit in a backpack and can be deployed on the fly from the palm of your hand, the only downfall of the mini is a strong wind, the spark has hung tough in 25mph winds. I have also gotten a trio of wood knocks when I deployed it in an area where I hadnt done so before. Too close and a squatch could possibly down it with a well thrown rock. And from experience a smaller drone in the forest can be attacked by crows, and hawks and the like. I have some decent video in my library of the drone being narrowly missed by an attacking raven. It happens. Very nice sir.

Thanks. I picked up some midweight long johns from Duluth Trading Company today because I wandered in the physical store (who does that anymore?!?!). Feels quality and was not their heaviest thermal layer. For the price I decided to take a chance. https://www.duluthtrading.com/mens-devil-track-fleece-base-layer-crew-81301.html?dwvar_81301_color=BLK&cgid=mens-underwear-base-layers&ev3=#start=3&cgid=mens-underwear-base-layers I might have to try that polartec gear as well.

Norse---That's a serious drone you have.

The Polartec power-stretch pants beneath hiking pants has been what I've used as my principal cool/cold weather gear for years. I also have a top/hoodie in the same material. When you're hunting, you'll be generating a lot of heat and sweat which the polartec material will wick from your base layer. I even use it for a hat and balaclava (if needed). For years, EMS had its own brand and carried it in everything from head-to-toe but I don't see it anymore on their website. I'll put on a tight, polypro top underneath the polartec and then regulate moisture throughout the day by unzipping or zipping a fleece vest. I don't use a thin polypro layer beneath the polartec tights. The only time I use the merino wool is at night when I stay overnight in cold weather or if it is sub-20F during the day. I might even just bring the merino and wear it only as needed.

Which? I mean, I think so, but maybe in another thread? Once you're out there, 5 miles or more from the truck, and it's getting dark, you're committed. Not a question of "stones" anymore. The dangers walking out in the dark are greater than the dangers staying put. Gotta suck it up and hang on for daylight. Many of my overnighters out there are with a good friend who introduced me to the area. That makes it a lot better. This year's trip will likely include his son. You can read a little about one of their experiences in BFRO report 24892 .. this is the father and son from that report. That was before I knew them. I won't lie, some nights I wonder (real hard) if I've made the wrong choice, but so far I've made it back. MIB

The head was large and cone shaped and may have been a young adult male wondering what we were doing in his territory. I had no fear since bigfoot had only been lightly reported in the news paper at the time before the Patterson event happened so I passed it off as fiction. This creature had me puzzled for years since the visual image remained clear. I passed it off as a bear until several years passed when my sighting began to fit the bigfoot description. When I learned about reports of solo campers that may have been hauled off for the dinner of a starving old bigfoot, I felt lucky. The second I looked away to wake up Bill, the creature vanished. The Bauman report of a Canadian that was kidnapped by a male bigfoot is an example. When it began to stare at me, I'm still puzzled as to what caused me to wake from a sound sleep only to find my self staring at some motionless creature that had it eyes on me. I suppose this would be telepathic communication caused by staring. Many of us have sensed someone staring at us when we turn to make eye contact or visa versa. It has been reported that bigfoot freezes when a person glances at it and then it ducks down when the person looks away. The bigfoot must watch eye movement and knows when to move and hide when a human is glancing around the area

In @norseman's footage, I believe you'd be able to really easily discern if a BF broke that y'all evergreen cover and was walking through the shorter stuff.

I count 14 or more trees seemingly laying and blown down or snapped in the same direction. That would seem to be a factor of windthrown, windsnapped or windblown trees in general. Even age trees dense in cover compete for resources of sun and moisture and become unhealthy too which make them more vulnerable to the aforementioned forces. Takes a lot of evidence to attribute an individual tree snap or grove to something along the lines of a Sasquatch. I am a believer in Sasquatch tree manipulation too.

Not true with mine. You do not need line of sight within reason. We fly over ridges and it will continue. If it loses connection it will automatically fly home. We are not in eyesight and way over the ridge with this flight.

There is nowhere within probably 200 miles of me that doesn't have SOME possibility of bigfoot, often low, but never zero. For me, there's a difference between camping where a thing might happen and picking a place to camp in hopes something will happen. I seek out places where things seemingly are most likely to happen. It can be a bit scary but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Hopefully in time, something ventured, connection made. There is a time to take off my researcher hat and become an experiencer, a participant. MIB

I have a half dozen places I go to but there are two I would consider my current hot spots. One of the is very creepy and both of my fellow sasquatching friends who've stayed there with me feel the same. I can't put my finger on it always but it feels like something is watching you. Always. I'm always on high alert when in this area. I know two people who have had a sighting/encounter in this area. Both were with another person when it happened. I wasn't with them but have known them long enough to believe what they say. One was so scared by the incident he stayed out of the woods for several years. I no longer see either of them because one movd to another region of the country while the other moved abroad. I'm planning to go there in the next week or two with a buddy and poke around several other ponds a mile or so beyond this one. We'll return and stay overnight at the creepy place. If you want to have a sighting or encounter, you have to put yourself in the place(s) you think give you the best opportunity for one.

I'm in the UK, there is absolutely ZERO, no chance of a single BF in any part of the UK. You've got bigger golf courses than we have wild areas you lucky sods.

I was in my early 40's when I saw him but had followed his music for years before that. He was only a couple of years older than me. He started the song with about a ten minute freefalling piano solo that was nothing like the song itself. Then he launched into the songs famous intro and everyone went nuts........"I saw a werewolf drinkin' a pina colada at Trader Vic's...and his hair was perfect" AAAOOOO!

If I want visibility, I go with the hammock. I use the Warbonnet Ridgerunner with the built in bug net. If you position with your head propped up a little you can get excellent 270 degree views. Only blind spot is directly behind me. Tucked away in the Ridgerunner with nightvision, flashlight, bowie knife, and 9mm, I feel pretty secure and can lay there enjoying the stars and soaking up any forest noise. Eventually I drift off, but sleep so lightly, that almost any sound in or near camp wakes me right up.

Our group often overnights in BF areas (We hope, it's where I had a sighting and found a snow trackway years ago). The local night life includes black bear, cougar, deer, bobcat, lynx, and noisy owls. Some of us tent camp, but since I now have trouble bending/kneeling, I use the back of my SUV. It keeps the bugs off, and allows 360* vision. We usually carry bear spray and rifles/shotguns when hiking. Cougar visits at dusk have been the most exciting encounters so far.

I am in the Roof Top Tent (RTT) category. No brand recommendations. My tent has 2 ways to enter and leave. One side has the ladder and the other side is the emergency bail out door. I have views on 4 sides, bug mesh and covers. The door flaps have small diameter weight rods across the lower edge. I recommend weighting the door flaps so that when the door flap is lifted and dropped in the middle of the night, it will wake you up. I have an 8'X8' canopy where I cook away from the tent / vehicle. It is possible to erect a canopy by yourself. Canopies usually come with a stake down kit with small cord. Optional weight bags are available for the legs. Never leave food out. I fold the vehicle mirrors back and remove the rear wiper arm. Don't need pesky bears tearing up vehicle equipment. Learning an animal inventory takes time. I take notes about the start and end times of bird activity. Small owls can make huge noises. Unusual 'bird like' noises when it is pitch black are noted. A small bounding rabbitt on dry leaves sounds like bipedal type walking. Be patient. Stay safe.

We go into active areas at night, but we are usually set up with equipment. We don't try to sleep and usually hike out while it's still dark. It's strange, but in a few areas we seem to get more activity while we are on the move. On our most recent outing (where we found that print that I posted in the research contest thread) we were having constant activity around us while we were on the move. We started to hear a slapping sound...the closest thing that I can compare it to is a gorilla's chest beating (as stereotypical as that sounds). We stopped to set up in that area for the night. As soon as we got our cameras and recorders set... nothing. It was like an off switch got flipped. We sat there for hours with nothing. The only weird thing that happened was that the forest itself was much quieter than usual. Once we got packed up to leave and began moving, weird stuff started up again. I wouldn't attempt to go into an active area and spend the night in a tent. I wouldn't want to be blinded by nylon walls. As far as chickening out goes, @MIB is right. Once you are in there, you are committed. It's 8 or 10 miles back to our vehicle usually, so we're not getting out of there quickly. I'm not outrunning whatever is out there, even if I dropped my pack. If it's something that I can't handle, I hope that I at least give it indigestion.

No experience at all. My favorite area requires backpacking in. I've done it as a round trip day hike but it's pretty brutal. Climb 1700 feet in 3.5 miles, then back down 500 feet in a mile. Trail is pretty rough, big loose rocks, some places stairsteps in the rocks, plus it traps runoff so it continually gets carved deeper. There is another way in, not as steep, but a mile farther and more exposure to direct sun .. hotter. There is no chicken out option. If you're not well on your way back to the trailhead 2 hours before dark, you are committed to staying. The trail is bad enough that a twisted or even broken ankle in the dark is a real good possibility. If you buy the ticket, you have to ride the train. I've had two fairly terrifying experiences in there. We had bipedal visitors the very first night I was ever there, at least 3 of them, and I got introduced to infrasound. It sucks. And the last night I spent there, last summer, started pretty cool with an hour or so of light wood knocks coming from 30 feet or so away in the dark while I laid in my sleeping bag and bivy. It stopped being cool when "whatever it was" decided to leave. It was the most chilling, "alien", crazy sound I've heard in over 50 years in the woods. I thought I knew what was knocking, now I'm not sure. 7-1/2 miles back to the trailhead, in the dark, on a barely maintained trail .. nope, the die was cast, we had to stay and ride it out. Fortunately nothing further happened. MIB

Between the elbow and the coupler is just a short section (about an inch and a quarter long) of 3/4" pipe. In the photo, you can see it sticking out of the elbow. Just slide it through the hole in the dish, and slide the coupler on the pipe. Easy peasy. The hole in the dish is just large enough to accommodate the pipe, but not the coupler or elbow. The coupler is female on both sides. As is the elbow. The cap is female, too. PVC cement. The squirrel baffle hole, not sure. Maybe someone else would have an idea on that. Here's a YouTube video on a guy that made one... and the squirrel baffle mic plans are here: https://makezine.com/projects/squirrel-baffle-spy-microphone/ They both do it a little differently. Maybe that'll help.