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I agree with that your comment about a mess. Should someone find a suspected BF bone weathering out of an embankment the best thing they could do would be to photograph it carefully in situ then bring in a scientist to extract it. That sort of spreads the legal issues out and could keep you from breaking the law somehow. The scientist would know what permissions and permits need to be obtained. More importantly than that is the layers the bones are in are just as important because they can provide dating and how the bones are arranged tells a great deal too. Fully expect to lose possession in the process. The best you could hope for is a honorable mention in the scientific literature. Related is those that follow the Oak Island treasure hunt have to be aware that the hunters , including the modern Leginas brothers have basically destroyed the whole area with shafts, drilling, and sinking caisons. They talk about the historical significance of the Templar connection and even the chance that the Arc of the Covenant might be buried there, but if it were, it likely has been destroyed by over 200 years of treasure hunting. They have archeologists working digs on the surface but apparently ignore the damage they are doing underground. It would be a shame for an amateur finder of a BF fossil to destroy it removing it from the rock or soil. .

We are in the field all through the fall and winter. However, we’ve had a ton of other commitments over the past month and a half...and haven’t been out once. I have been speaking to two separate witnesses that are about an hour from each other, so my plan is to do a preliminary solo scout next weekend to familiarize myself with the area and met the people involved in person. My partner is actually taking a wilderness survival course this weekend, and she let me know via satellite text that the instructor has had several Class B encounters as well as a possible class A. The messages are brief, so I look forward to learning more when she gets home. This guy is on an area where we haven’t really had much experience in, so I am hoping that he opens up a new avenue of investigation. @wiiawiwb& @NorthWind, Good luck out there and be safe! Hopefully we will all have a great summer and get plenty of interesting experiences to share with one another!

I had a vague idea that they were in the nightshade family...which tomatoes are too, of course...and that might have sent me down a path of confusion about them. I suppose the little lantern shroud falls off of them late in the season. Thanks for the clarification. You see these a lot in fields that have been cut over or hayed.

Not all researchers can say this. WB may know exactly how to approach such a find, professionally or privately. And certainly do it better than myself.

I've just become unschackled from the drudgery of work. This past year offered once-in-a-lifetime challenges, and untold hours spent, on Covid-related matters. I'm used to getting out in early Spring, long before this, looking for activity, such as prints, in muddy areas. Can't wait to get out this week, backpack loaded with gear, and just focusing on the forest. What secrets lie there waiting to reveal themselves? I will likely miss many, perhaps almost all of them, but a few await detection. I hope others revel in the beauty of Spring and rebirth of the forest. It's the time of year for enjoying outdoor adventures and allowing ourselves to experience all that lives within. Better late than never....and hopeful for many "Field trips 2.0" posts in the months to come.

Very cool, BRB!

Looks like a TS Muppet man cousin. Another poorly made hoax.

She’s loving it so far...at least from what I can tell by the Inreach messages. At this point I am just getting preset “I’m still alive “ messages. Lol. We’ll see how she feels when she gets home. This was a fairly short course...three days.

@Northwind Thanks! @ BlackRockBigfoot Thanks also. For no good reason, I've never immersed myself into encounter followup. I think it would be absolutely fascinating. Seeing and hearing about encounters and experiences, some recent, and listening to and watching the reactions of people. I think that is a great idea. I've taken wilderness survival training and it was life changing. The one I took was an 80-hour course in 1995 offered by a three people who were Tom Brown survivalists that had formed their own survival group. It provided the foundation for being able to go out and survive if circumstance, or fate, required you to do so. Friction fire, building a shelter, wilderness navigation, and so much more. It was a confidence builder. You knew you could handle most nasty things that nature could throw your way. I hope your partner will share her experiences and you both can have fun in the process.

I ran it through edge detection, there is no bigfoot there. canada-edge-720p.mp4

Hoaxer revealed!

"Cry once" as I've heard it expressed--when you pay for it, not every time you use it. I try to buy the best I can afford, and if I can't afford new I'll find a good used version. I have so little tolerance for crap and we're inundated with it nowadays. So much nicer to use a quality piece of kit.