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I typically stay away from our local national park in the Summer for that reason but was over last weekend, my gods man--inconsiderate idiots abound-- swarms of them. Some batting rocks down onto the hikers below the edge to a soundtrack played by another group that could be heard the whole way down the mountain. I've not seen this there but sure it's not the first time. No respect for where they are, no consideration, no relationship--it's only a backdrop for the petty human drama. It's experiences such as those that get me thinking: Homo-notso-sapiens--what a failed species, we just don't know it yet.

Yup. Whether it is caused by, is related to, or is completely independent of Sasquatch...weird stuff happens. With the level of detail that he has supplied in his account....I believe that @MIBmight have struck the nail on the head with his 2nd possibility, "Something terrifying happened and was reinforced in a way that he believes the account he shared."

It may have been the Elbe Trackway that I was thinking of as a claimed hoax. Here is a thread that rings a faint bell:

I went backpacking into Emigrant Wilderness over labor day weekend. I read an old report of a daylight BF sighting on the southern end of the Relief Reservoir and wanted to explore that area. Went in at Kennedy Meadows trail-head and climbed up to Upper Relief Valley. Distance was about 9.6 miles and climb about 3,600 ft. Took me 2 days to climb. Unfortunately, the Creek Fire (NE of Fresno) dumped ash and soot on the whole area on Saturday afternoon and I decided to bail out on Sunday (instead of Monday). At 5 pm on Saturday, I could not see the sun and it was a dark as night. But the worst part was that my mesh tent and everything inside was covered with black soot and I was breathing that bad air. I was disappointed with this trip because: 1) Both lower and upper relief valley had cattle grazing (Don't like cows in wilderness areas because they change the wilderness and make non-local sounds). At least the cows did not have bells, like they have in other wilderness areas that I have been to! 2) Kennedy Meadows during labor day weekend is a ghetto - too many people crowded together (though not many people were climbing 3,600 ft to see Upper Relief Valley) I heard a bear at midnight and at 2 am on Sunday, but my Tascam DR-05 died on Friday (day 1). It was probably far away from my location because the granite walls of that area carry sound very well. My FLIR only captured rabbits, squirrels, and cows. Below are some photos of that beautiful area. Probably best to visit on a non-holiday weekend. There were lots of horse back riding into that area via that trail. So I took a photo of a group of horseback riding on the 2nd bridge from KM.

That's really interesting that his long time partner in research would comment like that. Kind of sounds like there's a lot going on with Mark but it's not bigfoot related . When a story starts off with a lie and in my opinion his does I then mostly discount everything else a person says. I also believe something weird happens around them .

@BlackRockBigfoot yes, I did. I used an old stainless steel mixing bowl...not parabolic, but it does work. If I recall correctly, you can pick up just the dish, an actual parabolic shape on eBay, but they were a little out of my price range at the time, and a cook at work was tossing out the mixing bowl, so I used it instead. I posted photos of the build somewhere in the In The Field section, I think. Here's the link:

Personally .. I have no arbitrary limit to how close I'd get. I've thought this through a number of times. If I'm looking at a BF looking at me looking at the BF .. etc .. and both aware of it, nobody running off screaming or getting hostile, I'd start with a single step forward, then wait 'n' try to signal it to do the same. It's going to be a serious gut check for both of us, an exercise in managing fear, but if we can do it ... I have a dream. I'd like to sit on a log with a BF, take off my shoes, and compare foot anatomy. And if allowed, take pictures of feet and hands. It ain't likely but if the chance comes up ... nothing worth doing is without some risk. MIB

He made both trips AND to his 13th birthday on August 28th! We have just returned home from the vet after finally saying good-bye to our lovely friend. He will be greatly missed. Have another trip in two weeks for yet another two-week stay. It just won't be the same without him, but we are taking his ashes with us to leave there. It was his favorite haunt for his entire life and we have always said we would make sure it would be his place of rest. We miss him already