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Yep, will do. Not much other option, LOL!

Plussed for using your Glock to measure.

Relating to the discussion that footprints falling in the range of humans in terms of length could be feral humans rather than juvenile Bigfoot, I disagree that the two could be commonly confused. My direct observations tell me that there exist 6-15 inch long footprints with width ratios greatly larger than those that fall in the human range. I feel confident that they were left by Sasquatch - not by feral humans. See the accompanying illustrations from Farenbach (1997). Fahrenbach W. H. 1997-1998. Sasquatch Size, Scaling and Statistics. Cryptozoology, Vol. 13, p. 47–75.

Headed out today by myself to find a hidden ground squirrel colony fairly deep in the Idaho mountains that I had stumbled upon while hiking a couple of years ago. Incredibly, I was able to find it. It's off a fairly good gravel road, but it's a steep hike up the mountain. You can barely see my 4Runner parked down on the road... But then when you reach the top, you are rewarded with thousands of acres of old clear cut with ground squirrel colonies everywhere... I settled into a sniper spot with my 10/22 and plenty of action about 100 yards away. It was a sad day for the ground squirrel community. Spent some time also sitting in the shade and glassing the open areas but saw nothing. No tree markers, no broken trees that were suspicious, and no tracks in the mud or soft dirt. It had just rained the previous three days, so the ground was nice and soft. Headed back to the 4Runner and decided to head deeper into the woods and go over the Palouse Divide. Just beautiful country. Stopped and took some glamour shots of the 4Runner. Then, was going up the mountain and had my camera up and taking a picture... When I saw a flash of fur right at the corner in the road leap into the trees to the left. It was a wolf! It was so fast, that I couldn't get a picture of it, even with the camera already up and taking photos. I sped up to the corner and stopped and jumped out of the truck to see if I could get another glimpse but it was gone. I then started surveying the area and found the tracks it left when it leaped into the trees... I then found multiple piles of super fresh wolf scat in the middle of the road, so I must have come up on a pack passing through. I then continued on up the mountain, but encountered snow. I still had another 500 feet in elevation to go, so it was only going to get worse. I don't do spring snow. It's unpredictable and usually like wet concrete. So I turned around and found a different route. Also came across some really old wolf scat... And some giant moose scat... Headed the 35 miles or so back to the nearest town without getting stuck or breaking down. Hmmm... Must be a Toyota thing... Stopped at little redneck bar in a logging town and had a PBR to make it an official Idaho outing...

It had two sets of holes in the mesh on one side of the tent. I could have lived with fixing it but only if I got a deep-discount concession.

Spit balling here but we should be finding possible BF tracks of all sizes leading up to the huge ones. BF are not born adults. We should encounter Juveniles. Could it be that there are areas where the young are raised? We may encounter what look like normal human tracks but are in fact juvenile BF and they tend to be clustered in areas to protect and “control” where they are taught survival? IDK, just a thought.

Congrats on the new tent. That's a great tent and perfect for backpacking. Ultralight, 42" height, 90" long, two doors, vast netting area, huge vestibules, and more. That's everything you could want and I hope you spend many nights in it. Speaking of which, you'll be able to see the stars at night with the fly off or pulled back. It is also completely freestanding which I prefer. You can set it up, pick it up, and carry it to a spot that is perfect for it. I've set up a tent only to find there was a tree root I didn't see and had to take the tent down and start over. Freestanding eliminates all of that. It is very satisfying to be able to load a backpack knowing that everything you need is within it. Now, you can go whereever your want if your legs can bring you there. No longer do you have to get back to the vehicle before the sun sets. You can keep going deeper into the interior and plunk down your tent and make camp where and when you choose. It also begins the quest to become a gram weenie and lighten the load. Sawing your toothbrush in half is always the first step in the process! Welcome to the club! People on backpackinglight.com, whiteblaze.com, and other backpacking sites will make a list of everything they bring in their backpack, weigh each item, then look to see if they can eliminate or reduce the weight of items on the list. Some people are very creative. I hope you get out soon and keep us posted on your experience with it.

May you enjoy many camping nights with this tent — and go wherever your heart desires. Or your feet can carry you!😊😛

As we usually try to do with all our fieldwork results, we took this year's casts in for peer review and had several researchers including cliff barrakman and Tom Shay take a look and get their opinions. The general consensus on the 2 tracks is that they are infact genuine and copies have been requested for their own collections and to be sent to Meldurm.