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I will find the quote when I get home this evening, but a gentleman involved in the study of these things stated that he had absolutely no doubts that a flesh and blood creature exists and will eventually be discovered. He referred to these creatures as Bigfoots or Sasquatch. He also made a clear delineation between flesh and blood Bigfoot and what he classified as 'wildmen'...i.e. those creatures who seem to have more in common with accounts found in folklore than with undiscovered primates/ hominids. Mindspeak, cloaking, portals, etc. don't appear to be traits of a terrestrial animal...even though many researchers attempt to use ultrasound as a catch all explanation for these reported abilities. As far as these proposed ultraterrestrials that you are referring to...they could very well be interdimensional beings that have had a presence (if not a permanent home) on our planet since before the dawn of man. All of this is hypothetical, but there is SOMETHING that we are not getting here. Some piece of the puzzle is missing. If Bigfoot was simply an undiscovered ape or relic hominid, then one would assume that we would have made more headway in documenting these creatures. I am not suggesting that all or even any of the wilder claims about the nature of Sasquatch are true...but, something outside of the realm of our normal understanding of science is going on here...either with Bigfoot itself or in close proximity to it.

We've only been doing this for two years, and the fires six months ago have messed up the forests and, presumably, their behavior. I can't assume. I don't know. One thing NorthWind noticed, though, is that moon cycles matter. My other research friend says the same thing - males like the full moon, and indeed, we had our sighting at the full moon and possibly with the same group he tracks. Beyond that, I can't speculate. Ask me in 5 years

Having dinner at an exclusive restaurant in Manhattan, going to a ski resort in Aspen for the weekend, or jet setting to Europe for a long weekend are things that would bring me no pleasure. I see them as fleeting moments and a waste of money. Mind you, if they are the things that your dreams are made from, all the more power to you. I judge not. Spending a little more on a backpack that will last for years is an investment from my perspective. If I use it 80+ days a year over a 5-year period the marginal cost is peanuts per use and it brings me unbridled joy.

@BlackRockBigfoot @wiiawiwb FLIR service and support is non-existent for my unit (BHS-XR Command). Thus, I would not recommend a FLIR to anyone and will never buy one again. I can't really trust that company anymore. While my unit is still working fine and functional, I will never be able to update the software and/or date-time stamp on the videos. Once my FLIR unit reaches its end of life, I will probably buy a Pulsar. I have seen many of them in the field and they have much better resolution and clarity than my unit.

I think it was Explorer whose FLIR could no longer be serviced. My Pulsar Helion has been working flawlessly and hopefully it continues that way (knock on wood!!!). Pulsar offers the Helion, Helion 2, Axion, and Krypton lines in a monocular. The Krypton has no magnification so I don't know what the attraction would be. Be mindful of native magnification. The XP line is much more expensive than the XQ line because the XP it has 640x480 resolution rather than 384x288 of the XQ. However, the native magnification of the XP is 1.9 vs 3.4 of the XQ. So, to get the same size image, you need to magnify the XP which then degrades the resolution. In my opinion, you only get the value of the higher-priced XP line if your subject is close. In our line of endeavor, a sasquatch is likely not going to be very close so native magnification might be more important than resolution. Also, if the area that you operating in is a dense forest, you won't need one that can detect over a mile away (Helion XP50). Where I go, I am lucky to see anything 100 yards away unless it on the edge of a pond and I'm on the other side. A wider FOV was more important to me in the woods. One other thought. Don't be put off by the prices offered on Pulsars. When I was looking, there were minimum advertised pricing requirements for dealers. They all were about the same. All bets were off when you called them and talked by phone. Then you can negotiate and strike your own deal. Some were willing to horse trade while others not so much. Just make sure they are dealers of Pulsar. I called Pulsar and confirmed the dealer I was buying from was indeed a Pulsar dealer before I laid out any cash. https://www.pulsar-nv.com/glo/products/33/thermal-imaging-scopes/

Thanks, @wiiawiwb. We go out often, but since the incredibly devastating fires, haven't found much, and so haven't posted much. We will continue to look, as the insanity of actively looking for an 800 pound, highly intelligent apex predator on his own home turf helps keeps me sane through the current insanity that is my life right now. That, and my dogs. If THAT makes any sense. But yes. Moon phase plays a role in activity, I am fairly certain. Water. Well, water is never far in Oregon, at least where we are.

You are not getting the monthly checks?

This is where I am at. And at the same time, if clear evidence leads elsewhere, I'm going there. THAT is science and I ain't skeert of what shining a light into the darkness may illuminate.

Welcome to the forums! I would like to give my opinion on your questions. 1) Fear. Fear makes humans do illogical things. I remember the story of the skier on Mt. Hood. Your alone or lagging in a group you turn around and a Pleistocene monster has stepped out onto the trail. You try to scream for help and your voice fails you. And instead of running uphill to your friends you bail over the side running through the brush and head long off a cliff. Or fall into whitewater. Or maybe the monster pursues you and you lose the foot race. I’ve seen people with that kind of fear packing mules in the mountains. Horses have that kind of fear too. Fight or flight? They choose flight. Often right off a cliff and breaking a leg. Humans frozen on their horses or screaming bloody murder. Some humans have that trait. And you won’t know until the chips are down. It’s also possible that humans could have some ancient fear of giant apes imbedded in them. That could also be a two way street. Which leads too.... 2) I have a sneaking suspicion that no one would want a pack of hungry Homo Erectus on their trail. Our ancestors WERE cannibals. Heck even some primitive tribes STILL ARE! I also think that Bigfoot would have a healthy respect for pack hunting ancient humans that could track like their life depended on it. Because it DID! Loose the trail? Go hungry. Repeat that too many times and your a Dodo bird. So big tough Bigfoot may also have a ancestral fear of groups of men with fire and sharp objects. And steer wide unless they can safely pick off a straggler. But kick the hornets nest? Heck no. 3) There is actually other cryptids that we know existed in North America that may explain some of that. They are still looking for Dire Wolves, Short faced bears and saber tooth cats globally. I try to stay away from woo because it simply muddies the waters. I really think we should exhaust every tangible Avenue before becoming ghost hunters. And I don’t think we are there yet. I’m not trading my rifle in just yet for a proton pack just yet.😉

MIB, thing is, like I replied to Arvedis, if this civilization is thousands of years older than ours, then their technology and knowledge is too. We may pose no more of a threat of discovering them than say...a chimp in the Congo trying to prove humans live in a place called Manhattan. It's just totally beyond them as smart as they are compared to other animals. On top of that, if I were them I would add another layer by employing "managers" to control the chimp population and ensure they always head in the opposite direction. I would have a manager over their media and education systems also.

I just upgraded to the 5.11 Tactical Amp 24 ( 32 L capacity), I really like the hexgrid positioning options for anything molle. The entire pack is modular and can be designed around a battlefield layout or a specialized daypack setup for photography/gear hauling. https://www.511tactical.com/amp24.html

Now that I'm a knower, I am more open to the possibility that they could be in more places than we assume - whatever their mysterious reasons might be. It was somewhat surprising where we had our sighting, and yeah, right off a road.

I have created a map of sightings in my county over the past 30 years, and it says exactly that.

I am using the factory cable and the unit was on when I plugged it in. Still no joy after several minutes. I'm going to charge it a bit as the battery was quite low and try it again. If that doesn't work, I'll try plugging it in to my backup laptop and hope that works.

There's that old bit 'o advice that when one finds themselves in a hole, to stop digging. YMMV

Are you saying that 98% of the country has been logged many times over and that any undiscovered species would have been found, as if it were all logged in an instant? Taking N Maine for instance, where I like to tromp around. It's by no means an ecological wilderness but by "civilization" or population standards it is. There is one patch of 5000 acres that has never been logged, virgin forest. Outside of that, miniscule amounts in 5000 sq miles, 3.5 million acres of that owned by a private timber consortium. Take a look at guggle sat, old logging roads a-plenty but about as near to wilderness as one can get on the E coast and most of the US. There will be a hunting camp here and there, most times of the year unoccupied. I've been up there for 3-4 day stints, driven hundreds of miles on old logging spurs and not seen another human. When I bushwhack in a few miles off of an old spur, I'm sure I'm not the only critter who feels it's in "the wilderness"

Utilize the thousands of trails, forestry roads, and secondary roads that already run through habitats, and the thousands of already established primitive campsites. Many already do this and still there are sighting reports and encounters of all kinds day and night. How many times have people said they weren't ready for that perfect photo or video, or even audio, when their encounters occurred, or that road crossing happened. But if they were, then we'd have tons of images and videos just form people being in normal places. A footprint along a road or trail is just as good as one three miles in. No remote footprints, and they are indeed found, has led to proof so far. Those prints say the same thing as prints that are more local- that a BF was there but is no longer. And then active areas that are newly discovered go dormant. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to put all of this together with the experiences at the nesting sites to figure out what's going on. The common denominator is that our presence isn't appreciated. even areas that people say are continually active and shows signs of presence haven't produced much of anything. I truly think that deep research into habitat is counterproductive. A recent study miles into remote locations north of British Columbia deployed hundreds of camera traps over many square kilometers and caught just about every animal one could thing of- except the one we're interested in. I will bring in some data and maps on that in a little while. I'd also like to talk more about the purpose of the study.

Better quality. I'm not part of the "us" that bigfoot comes to in open fields. The interactions I've had in more populated places have been very tenuous / ambiguous. Those I've had out in deep woods tend to be less ambiguous. Why? I think because they feel safer and more in control "out there." Even if that were not the case, I LIKE wilderness, like getting away from people. In a very real sense, bigfoot is an additional benefit but not often the main purpose for being out there. MIB

There have been two sightings involving road crossings here over the past few months. Both in areas that have been developed over the past few years. We went and scouted them out, but won't spend any time on actual research there. Why? Because if the sightings are legitimate, then this was obviously a case of a creature just passing through. If they lived in that area, there would be continual and constant sightings based upon the human population density. Going deeper into the woods also cuts down on the possibility of human interference. As far as knocks and howls at night...I can't speak for others here but I don't do that.

UH HUH sure you have, I believe everything I read on the internet.

There are reports of very large hairy men, sometimes up to 20 ft. tall, in Alaska and Canada. These reports are rare but these reports do exist. They seem to differ from bigfoot in that they are tall but lean and sometimes are reported with four toes. Here is a short video: So the question is---are you on-board with this? Do you think they are real or are they legendary?