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I don't think the refresh rate is important for what we do. Most of the time, we're panning and looking for that one thing that pops out. In white hot, everything on the screen is black or some shade of grey. Once we find something that is white, we immediately lock onto it. At that point, it is a cat-and-mouse game of trying to capture a video of something peeking from behind a tree. A high refresh rate may only slightly improve what is being seen, if at all. Here is a person walking in the woods filmed at 7.5hz vs 30hz. This is exactly the type of scenario we hope to encounter. There is almost no difference. If someone is using a thermal on a drone that is moving, I would opt for the faster refresh rate. Other than filming from a drone, or trying to film a sasquatch running through the forest at break-neck speed, I don't see any benefit.

Two weeks ago, I spent a week in the High Uinta Mountains of Utah, camping and hiking with some friends. It is a beautiful area with easy access to high alpine lakes from the Mirror Lake Scenic Byway (Hwy. 150). While the trip was not a BF focused trip, I was fully aware of several BF reports around several of the lakes we visited. I also was aware of the claim by some Utah BF researchers, that the Weber River drainage was a hot-spot. Thus, I decided to take one my hikes overlooking the Weber River drainage and to follow a similar path as one of the BFRO reports (see link below). http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_article.asp?id=188 In this report, two men and their 5 boys, claimed to have hiked to the top of the ridge between Pass Lake and Cuberant Basin at the head of Weber River drainage. When they reached the top of the ridge they looked down upon a small alpine lake about one half mile below and saw the BF like creature standing on its edge. While I don't know exactly where they were, if they were at the ridge above Cuberant Lake, that was about 11,000 ft and Cuberant Lake was down at 10,400 ft. I did not climb the ridge. Instead I followed the trail from Pass Lake to the largest of the Cuberant Lakes in order to see the Weber River drainage to my west and check out one pond and 2 of the Cuberant Lakes. Below is a map extract showing were Pass Lake TH, Cuberant Lake, Fish Lake and Notch Mountain are located. That morning it was 48 F at 9:30 AM and had rained all morning. Thus the dark clouds on the photos. It did not rain anymore until after 2:30 PM. The first photo is of Notch Mountain and the 2nd photo is an unnamed mountain. Both of these were to the west of our position and you can see the Weber River drainage down below. The 3rd photo shows the hike down from the pass into the pond on the way to the Cuberant Lakes. Fourth photo is the first Cuberant Lake and the 5th photo is the largest of the Cuberant Lakes. Overall the whole area is beautiful and I will probably return (with a backpack and to go deeper).

A closed mind is a sad thing.

I am not aware of any model of the Scout TK at 640x480 resolution ( the viewing screen is 640x480 ) in the 500$ to 600$ range.

In the interest of clarity, I have no qualms with those who want to put one down respectfully. I also understand that my hands-off approach is likely not the norm. I'm not a hunter and couldn't kill anything unless it attacked me. With that said, hunting is needed and hunters provide a valuable service to the continued existence of a species. I applaud them. A sasquatch is special to me, as it likely is to all of us. I think they are very close to us genetically and also think they are near human. I could be way off the mark, only to find they are close to being an animal, but I doubt that's the case. For those who hunt to bring one on the slab, in the furtherance of science, I only ask it be done respectfully. The thought of high fives and the "I'm-the-one-the-whole-world-will-want-to-speak-with" goal saddens me. It's either one of God's magnificent creatures, in very small numbers, or a cousin of ours. In either case, its death is to be mourned not celebrated.

No. My results, whatever they may be or not be, have always been kept close to the vest and not shared. My efforts are only to prove to me what's out there. If I'm ever blessed with something remarkable, it would only be seen by a few but never offered for public consumption.

Good shout Mark, here's the BFRO report of it too - http://www.bfro.net/gdb/show_report.asp?id=22434