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A while ago, I was with a friend and we were out at night doing our sasquatching. We had moved about a mile away from our camp stopping for minutes at a time and listening. At one point we heard light movement in the woods and when it stopped, we crept toward it with our flashlights on a few lumens to see what we were stepping on. When we got close to where we thought it was, it took off and we pursued. Turns, out it was a deer but, when it was over, we had moved all over the place in pursuit. Now, we were "somewhere" in the woods at night with everything looking the same and not confident what direction we were before the chase. Eventually, we found our way out and would have been fine if we had waited until dawn. I remembered a guy I used to go sasquatching with who used reflective thumbtacks. He would put them on trees every so often as we moved about at night. They work. Nowadays, they have much better options and I use a reflective marker called Firetacks. You push them into a tree and they can be seen at a good distance and really glow when your flashlight hits them. The achilles heel of thumbtacks was you had to be nearly 180 degrees to see it. The Firetacks come in a square and pyramidal shape and can be seen at many angles. I use both although I find the pyramidal provides the greatest angle of visibility. The Compay also offers a reflective strip that you can velcro around a branch that works very well too. If you do night opts, and are looking for a way to mark your path, it's a good option. https://firetacks.com/collections/firetacks/products/3d-pyramid-firetacks

Doodler, I'd say that depends entirely on your wife. Is she the sort who would be panicky or fearful if she knew there was the possibility of an encounter? Would it affect her enjoyment of these outings, and if so, is it going to get you in trouble? Or would she be wildly enthusiastic?

I just lick pine trees at night and that tells me which way north is. The pitch is sweeter on the north side of the tree. Ole Indian trick! For some reason I keep ending up in Canada in the morning... I can’t figure it out. The Mounties are not amused!

I had to dig it out but here's the parabolic I modified. https://imgur.com/a/AcjJ2TC

I modified my dad's old bionic ear parabolic with a PowerDeWise lav mic off Amazon. To install the mic I used a small section of pipe insulation and a piece of fishing float. That way I can adjust the mic in and out for best reception. Coupled with a tascam dr-05x digital audio recorder you can hear the air flowing over birds wings at 50 yards. it's cheap and works. Eventually I'll get a bigger dish. I'm thinking about a big stainless steel wash bowl from the dollar store.

Has anyone here actually watched the final 'evidence presentation' show and heard what they had to say about the eDNA?

Looking for conspiracies where there are none isn't a fruitful use of one's time.

Some Bigfoot enthusiast had a sense of humor. Went on a Jeep trip into the desert on the Barry Goldwater military range near Yuma, AZ today and spotted these stickers on a few targets

This kind of general thinking is so WRONG! The elderly and the infirm may be smart but they are NO LONGER fast. There's no doubt in my mind that some are going to be left behind and lost to these fires. This has been one of my unspoken grievances regarding the Finding Bigfoot episodes. It taught people the wrong message regarding these creatures. The they are all big, strong, fast and smart. It never took into account that some of these creatures might be pregnant or have infants, or be old and slow or even dying with the when the team went out howling and tree knocking. The general disrespect and disregard for these Bigfoots and other animals was disgusting. And they, unthinkingly, taught the public to go out and do the same. That attitude prevails to this day when I read a statement like the quote above. "Someone" who so obviously didn't get it back then STILL doesn't get it.

The Dennis Martin case can’t be your evidence.

You’re trying too hard Yes. The Pacific Northwest primarily. Anything tangible that isn’t hoaxed. Look at some of the larger mammals on the scale of a Squatch. It’s a more confined Habitat. Unless you want to go down the path of different types.