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It is time for the BFF Census! It's fun and it helps us understand the BFF membership better. Thanks, -g

It’s 3:20 am here in Natick, MA, just a couple of towns west of Boston. Heard coyote yips and howls outside. My two dogs just went ballistic barking. Opened the window but didn’t hear the ‘yotes anymore. Dogs quiet now. I’m still amazed that we have them — even though I’ve read about the hybrid wolf/dog/coyotes in local papers, and the town has had warning signs up by the Town Forest. Anyone else have coyotes? To those who live in wilderness or squatchy areas, do they bark/howl more, or less, when Big Guys are presumed to be around?

Thanks for that info, salubrious. That area is a day's drive east of me, and I haven't been over that way in nearly a decade. At that time I hunted elk in the Yahk headwaters, and rode my mtn bike on several old logging railway grades that were closed to motorized traffic. I spotted more game doing that than I did hiking or driving; on one 3 hour ride, I saw a cow and calf moose, a cow and calf elk, literally dozens of whitetails, a black bear, and finally a monster bull moose that wouldn't get off the trail, no matter what I did, so I turned around and let him own it!

inbreeding. https://www.google.com/amp/s/face2faceafrica.com/article/vadoma-the-zimbabwean-ostrich-tribe-with-rare-two-toed-population/amp

Pepsi and pan pizza freak checking in!!! I prefer coke if I’m drinking a can but for fountain I’d rather have Pepsi for some reason.

Oodles of Coyotes here, these from the other night, just out front. Two groups were howling at each other. I can't say if they howl more if a BF is around. but there is sure room for one here. Another visitor, looks like it's still walking ok from the video but appears something with claws swiped it:

Drove some backcountry farm roads today testing out my new tires. Lots of mud and fresh tracks, but all belonged to deer and coyotes. Tires performed amazingly well, though.

As a lifelong Southerner I resemble that remark.

Hmm, if true that should be reproducible in humans in a couple of states whose names I will not mention.

That's a great article. I always thought that the inbreeding theory was just a shot in the dark to explain the 4 toes, but it looks like it could be a repeatable trait due to lack of genetic diversity. Honestly, l didn't know what to think about the ones that we found. This kind of makes sense.

So that's what I would've chosen as well. In the spirit of a census, I only chose one. Doesn't surprise me we have multiple choice on these types of things this day. Patty checked, Ape, Mythical Creature, Hominid, and Crypto on their version.

The ones that we found did not look like these. The toes were broad like that, but were more normally proportioned. Bigger than what I would expect based on the relative size of the foot, but not so cartoonish as these. Apparently it's not just in the south, as these were found in the snow in Nebraska.

You seem to have skipped from ages 60 to 65.

I don’t like a tight tread for dirt. They don’t clean out and the tire becomes a racing slick. Most men around here have a tall narrow studded snow tire they run in winter. The aggressive wide tires do great on dirt or deep snow. Pavement with compact snow and ice not so much.

Lol.... It is the Pacific Northwest though.... I added Canada to the list. Thanks

The 12.5% for number 12 must be Canadian because Canada ain't on the list. LOL

When in the woods, I am almost always under the canopy of trees. It is darker there and especially difficult to see things 50-yards away. That's especially true if you're in dappled light while the area you're focusing on is the darker woods. I've also found that even during the day using the thermal useful when at a pond to scan the woods around it's perimeter. From across the pond, it is too dark to see anything even 5'-10' in the woods. Here is a good example how much easier it is to see someone during the day:

I ran into that on I-80 in WY last Feb. Road closed to those without M&S or chains. The BFG AT KO2 have that designation but ice is a different matter, softer rubber and sipes do a better job than the AT IMO.

And, depending on ambient temperatures they are a good tool for daytime use as well The cooler the day, even as high as 75-80 degrees in deep shade the better because most animals will be 20-25 degrees warmer when fur "shines" from body heat as well as solar gain so mornings when the environment is cooler would be a better time to things check out. This is where different color palettes can be used more effectively. The general point, though, is that thermals have the advantage of not being only a night time device. I mean, animals can see very well in the dark so it's not like we have an edge where we think we're invisible out there at night, right?

North Idaho is getting ritzy. I would rather live in central Idaho. St. Marie’s and parts south, Orofino, Whitebird, Riggins. Or on the other side. Salmon, Challis, etc. North Idaho has great beauty. Priest lake is a gem. Lake pend Oreille is as well. Lake couer d alene is busy. Most of it is in summer. Much like Flathead is.... Even the Columbia here is getting busy in summer.

Fill your boots..;) Green - Spring Red - Summer Brown - Fall Blue - Winter All Reports are from 2000 to the present day.

Bit of variety, but generally a blurry ring ... the, uh, "predator effect". One or two mentioned the center of the ring being clear and what was seen there not jibing with the background outside the ring. Not sure what to think about that. The best info I've gotten was from my old research partner. She said that in the presence of a bigfoot, her vision has never not been sort of wonky. She described what I imagine a person with macular degeneration perceives .. the peripheral vision is fine, the center is blurred to the point that nothing there is visible. She said that on two occasions, she was able to turn her focus to the side and see a tall, heavy bipedal figure, but if she tried to look AT it, all she had was a big blurry spot in the center of her vision. My theory ... some people might remember my account of a small group of bigfoots, at least 3, entering my camp in mid late August of 2011. I'm going to say in the 18th - 22nd range. I was in my sleeping bag and awoke in great distress, thought I was dying. The relevant part of that to this discussion is it felt like pressure waves moving in the fluid in my eyes. Based on that and other things, I think I was experiencing infrasound from a young, inexperience, and not very skilled bigfoot. It was pitch black out, and I was in a tent, but I would bet dollars to donut holes that if it were daylight, I couldn't have seen what was happening around me, I think what was happening was overloading the optic nerves along with the nerves managing motor control of my facial muscles. I do not, however, consider this paranormal. I think there is a very logical explanation from physics and medicine .. which I just layed out. I hope this is a satisfactory answer. I can't answer that without sharing the theory. MIB