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I actually posted a link to it on page 1 of this topic. Parrot - ANAFI Thermal Drone

One of my buddies met me back at the truck after a hunt with no pockets on his six pocket pants, his shirt pockets and vest pockets. Another time he came back with no shirt sleeves. I have TP in my pack, my pants pockets, my vest pockets and my coat pockets. I'm never without.

Can someone tell a Brit what the difference is between New York and Pan pizza?

Hilarious! And I'm sure you richly deserve it, NW.

Speaking of poo, @Madison5716got me this for a Christmas present...

Funny you should say that, i've been recently (within the last month) speaking with a couple of data Guys at one of the big western State Uni's that you guys have and they are interested in doing exactly that. Potential correlations of precipitation, Ungulate migration, Bear habitat, all stuff that . Fingers crossed we can build a relationship in such a way that it can benefit the subject.

So far, the best thermal video I have seen is still from Stacy Brown Sr.; and that unit cost a bundle. Most field researchers can't afford the high-end ones so I hope that they are coming down in cost. Some of the latest FLIR Scout videos by a BFRO expedition created "blob squatch" images. People can't afford the higher end units which is why I feel there is nothing wrong with asking for money. A simple GoFundMe setup could very well enhance the next expedition.

I'm in agreement with Thermals being the best we have atm. You can't deny a good thermal image as much as you can with a photograph. Thermal is thermal, you can't beat it. Wasn't there a thermal drone device for $1900 that's meant to "chase" game? I can't for the life of me remember the name of it but it's fairly new.

It's a good question. It did produce much fanfare that reached the public, regardless of the result. Perhaps this was the intended purpose.

I think it would be extremely close, close enough I dare say would always come up as human, or human contaminate. If we're dealing with a Hominin (Human line of Great Apes) then our DNA would be near enough the same. Which doesn't make it any easier.

Hello from the Florida Panhandle! I've been a firm believer in the existence of the creature named in this site since I was a youngster playing in the palmetto scrub of central Florida, and the encounter that started my interest (although I didn't have a name for it in 1960) will be outlined in the first post I can make, after this, and after I learn my way around a little better. Suffice to say that whatever it was that ran me and my friends out of that sugar sand and palmetto scrub patch probably contributed to my premature gray hair.

This statement I have also found to be true and I still don't understand it. Most of the field researchers use their own money on their own time and often get shamed when they ask for donations. There is also a need for many different skill sets in the field which either requires a unique individual or a team all focusing on the same goal. Without grants, these field researchers or teams still need to earn a living. I have found merit in anything that mentions the name Bigfoot or Sasquatch. As social media brings stories together, even from a hundred years ago, a consensus forms that says something like, "What in the world have we got here?" In other words, raising the noise level may not be a bad thing. I agree but was afraid to post it. Thank you.

Hello from middle Georgia! I've always had an interest in bigfoot despite never actually having an encounter. Curiosity has led me here to hopefully scratch my sasquatch itch! Lol anyways, looking forward to some interesting conversation!

You ain't lived until you've used snowballs.

Howdy. First post. Located in Rochester, NY, 50 year old computer guy, by trade, hunter, drummer, 4 kids, like to camp. Sagittarius. That said, you don't think of Rochester as a Bigfoot hotbed and maybe it's not, but there are local legends and recent sightings. Surprised it's not on the forum, but Klipnocky state forest south of Rochester has a legend of the hairy women. Started as a Native American story, was anglicised in the early 1900s to refer to a group of kids who fled into the woods after their house burned down and lived wild, but is clearly a bastardized bigfoot story. Especially because sightings continue. In fact, while I haven't seen with my own eyes, right near that state forest I have heard branches break, whoops and yells, something that sounded like language, and seen large swings in deer population that don't seem to correlate to poaching or coyotes. After ten years of hunting and saying these things to hunting buddies, finally the patriarch of the group (who had teased me for a decade with "you are the scariest thing in these woods" and "there's nothing there, plus you're armed..." Was spring turkey hunting in Rattlesnake hill state forest and had something hairy stand up behind him after he had been sitting for hours calling turkey. It stood, turned and walked away much faster than a man could have, and with less noise but not entirely silently. He figured it had been there silently sitting about 20 yards behind him for hours before it decided to bail. It wasnt a turkey hunter, it had no weapon. And he described it as "loped away through the brush". So there you go. I continue to keep my eyes abd ears open while in tbe woods and look forward to learning. As for my opinion? In all of the fossil record of human kind, at least up to the last ice age, our branch has had relatives along side, so why not now? I assume there's camps in bigfoot enthusiast circles I would be in the "human but not sapiens sapiens" camp. Maybe two steps off modern human. Mentally something on the order of animal but not human intelligence, language but like a chimp, more programming less training if you get my drift. And not in the supernatural, glowing eyes, disappears, other dimension camps, assuming that's a thing. There you go. Good to meet everyone and look forward to discussion in tbe future. Regards, Doodler

Thank you! My perspective on the forum topic is relatively recent as I have only been very interested in the Sasquatch for about a year now. I'm embarrassed to say that my initial interest was spawned by watching Season 1-5 of "Finding Bigfoot" on Amazon Prime. By the second season, I was already pissed off at the format and hoped it would change with each new episode I watched. While they did cover some credible evidence on the show, it was the overall exposure to the subject that got me searching Google and YouTube channels. Each entity I found, like the BFF, BFRO, and various YouTube channels had a unique wealth of information. I then started reading books on the subject. I still find that I have many gaps in my knowledge so it is nice to be able to ask questions here instead of always viewing information coming at you. The BFF seems unique in that aspect. Cheers!

hiflier, I have to agree with you, which is why I started this thread...to simply ask if I am missing something. Arvedis, Thanks for the interview link. It was indeed interesting! All my searches for this project seem to end in 2015. Along the way, I found other interesting links that I had not seen before. "Stephen Barclay is the designer of the Aurora MK II airship. The Aurora is a 35-foot dual-cell catamaran-style airship." Bringing in Bigfoot With a Blimp Gets a Boost (2015) Bigfoot Lunch Club (latest news on this site is from 2016)

**** leaves get a little itchy sometimes. Reminds of a camp out with an ex girlfriend.

In order for this (the alert signals) to be a valid hypothesis, then it has to be repeatable. Not just by his experience, but universally. So if others can present evidence that they're experiencing the same thing, then it has validity. If it's only happening in his experience, it is likely something else. Knowing what I know of the Chequamegon forest, it is very swampy in many places. In the summer months that means very high humidity and in turn, the trees do a lot of popping from expansion and contraction from temperature changes. I also wonder if there's a gate that he might be using going in/out of the location, or a culvert he's driving over. Unlikely to be wood chopping given the time of year and single "knocks". How far to the nearest residence? Could be a screen door slamming. Maybe Driftless has ruled all these things out and we just don't know? It's interesting as an observation, that's all. I don't think he's trying to convince anyone of anything; he's just putting it 'out there' for consideration. That's fine by me.

Yep, where the nests are concerned and databases, it's all about attempting to detect patterns, depending on what the objective is of course. I've lost count of the number of 'potential patterns' i've found within the numbers over the years whilst literally just looking at nothing in particular, or following up on something i've read/listened to that has piqued my interest. Wrongly, the only place this is logged is in my head. The Colorado movement pattern (Colorado Springs general area to 'The Triangle') to literally right on top of confirmed Elk/Mule Deer migration routes further west. The Arizona (Coconino County in August) and the specific location of mid-summer reports that are narrowed completely to the only area of the State that receives ample precipitation at that time The Western WA Gray Animal/Animals that in recent times show a clear liking for specific areas in specific seasons within a certain range. The notability of Spring where the Western Washington potential breeding grounds are concerned that were picked up via listening to a podcast and what a witness was experiencing each year. The Douglas County, OR Reports where 100% of All Reports there come from the Summer and Fall, where the Salmon runs begin in late July and taper off in to September. The possible insight in to the shy yet inquisitive nature of our subject in how so few Reports (around 80% Continent wide and higher than that in the States with a large number of Reports) coming from people that were Camping that actually have a Visual Sighting. That's literally just what i can recall off the top of my head as i've logged on this morning waiting for my daughter to get ready as we are going out. The answer is in the numbers, we just have to do a better job at finding the right questions imo. Have a good weekend all.

SW, I would say, talk to the Olympic Project, they are not a government secret. They are transparent, run a good ship and Derek Randles is approachable, and very local to you. That said, Thom Powell has contributed much and knows how important it is to extend a hand of friendship to those who do not agree with your approach to research. Case in point, so called professor of BFRO shared the same tent platform I did on Powell's property within 6 months of one another. I didn't have the same appreciation as others of said person, but that said we are on a mission, take what you learn and run with it. Don't burn bridges. Essentially, we all know one another, strengths and weaknesses and all of that. This is a small planet for the search and we must get along and roll with the Zeitgeist. Sure, roll with your opinion, no prisoners and all of that. There is no need to shut one up, just a need to exposit your point of view to counter that of those that may be hoaxers, have alternative views or have not seen them up close and personal. If you don't weigh=in you have no biped in this fight! PS not taking anything away from handing it all over to BobbyO, if you only knew! And, big shout out to Thom Powell in his retirement from middle school science teaching! And, his enouement into UFO phenoms! My fave BF book is Shady Neighbors as I lived the plot years before its publication!

As WSA probably knows, Gainestown is about 3 miles west of the Barlow Bend of the AL River. About 25 miles downriver it joins the Tombigbee river where they become the Mobile River. The basins of those rivers probably contain one of the largest populations of Bigfoot per square unit of measure in the Southeast part of this country. After spending many weeks down there "Booger Hunting" over a period of about ten years, I can truthfully say the area mentioned, and the adjoining Monroe and Washington counties, has many resident Bigfoot that are brazen around people, easily PO'ed by them and their dogs, and can can be aggressive as the devil himself when confronted. The Sheriff's statement is BS; not only has that office received complaint reports about them, deputies from that office - maybe not during his term - have had their own personal encounters with the animals. The newspaper editor, Jim Cox, while a young reporter for that same newspaper group, actually photographed and published a picture of a Bigfoot crossing highway 69 between Coffeeville and Jackson. It was a scenic shot he made early one morning on his way to work. Apparently most older folks that live in that area knew the figure in the photo was a Bigfoot, as the location was a known road-crossing location for the "Boogers" foraging in the Tombigbee River bottoms at night and returning to their bedding areas on the hills north of the highway. Mr. Cox just thought it was a scenic shot of a man working on the road across the creek valley from him, with the sun coming up behind the man and a layer of fog over the valley. When I heard about it I began searching the newspaper's files. Many hours later, I found the photo. When I met him and we discussed it. he conceded; (1) it was unlikely that there would be a highway worker working that early in the morning, (2) there was no sign a man at the location as he passed the spot about a minute later, (3) there were no houses even close to the spot and, (4) when the height of the figure in the photo was compared to the known width of the black top road, the "man" would have been at least 8 feet tall. He wrote and published a column about our meeting and discussion in which he attempted to have a little fun; but did ask in THAT column for information from residents who had knowledge of Bigfoot. Later I found out it backfired on him. None of the folks that DID personally know about Bigfoot would respond because of his flippancy. (One lady did write in to tell about her mother seeing one dejectedly sitting on a dead log.) As a side note, there are several African-Americans who live close to Gainestown. One of them had several "bad-to-the-bone" pit bulldogs that he kept tied on chains in the open pine forest behind his home. He discovered that one of the dogs deepest inside the woods would often go "nuts" after the man put out his feed at night. The dog lost weight, and at times its food container would come up missing. The man began putting food out a little earlier, and hid in his truck to watch. He saw a a huge red Bigfoot walk toward the one dog - which began barking and growling, and backing away as far as the chain would allow. The BF walked to the feed pan, scooped out most of the food, turned and walked away munching. Not trying to derail the thread WSA, but Clarke County rung a big bell in my old gourd.