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You should ask @NorthWind. He likes trail cams!

I think the authorities will need strong evidence no matter what the reason for the deaths. It’s likely that many people will doubt the results, and mystery will surround this case for quite a while. For the safety of any other hikers who venture to that area after they are allowed in, I hope something concrete can be determined. Citizens living near the area (or anywhere for that matter) should be proactive in demanding extreme rigor.

I highly recommend the Nemo Dagger 2-person tent. 3 lbs of the Taj Mahal on your back. Spacious for one person, sufficient for 2. I got all my gear in with me, and room to spare. Super simple set up - easiest I've EVER set up to camp. I LOVE this thing!

Blocking off Route 1 would've generated more attention. Not blocking it off and letting vehicles go by would give a more low-key of an impression? The report said that the event (1997) was viewed as they were nearing a place called Point Lookout. The area and fields are somewhat built up now but not by much considering the time from 1997 to the present. It was pretty rural then with no way around the area beyond a very long detour inland. There's still no short way around that location.

Good points, Nathan. One area that we don't have enough data is whether the odds of capturing a BF in thermal imager increases by going deep in the wilderness (or as you say bushwhacking off trails) or just staying close to the campground (either on human trails, dirt roads, or game trails close to camp). I did a brief (not comprehensive) study of these 5 videos to extract (at a high level) where and how they got these videos. The table below is a summary and the links show where I got most of my information. What is interesting is that all these 5 videos were taken close to the campgrounds or in private property. So nobody went deep into the wilderness or bushwhacking to get these videos. My understanding is that 3 of these campgrounds (#2, #4, and #5) are not official NF campgrounds with facilities but just campgrounds that folks set up by pulling off a dirt road in a National Forest. I suspect that in those 3 cases (#2, #4, and #5), the folks doing the research were by themselves and did not have strangers camping nearby - since the area was probably targeted as isolated and amenable to private research. I don't know about the Torreya State Park and whether it has campground facilities (like picnic tables, bbq pit, toilet, running water) or if it is like the others (no facilities) or whether it has lots of visitors. I think 4 of these were car-camping outings and not backpacks, so they drove there and camped close to cars. Regardless, these 5 videos demonstrate that BF comes to you at your campground (or private property) and we don't need to go too deep into the wilderness (or bushwhack) to capture them. Maybe if we set up a camp deep in the wilderness and make them come to us, we would have similar results, but not sure the extra effort is worth it if the odds are not known and we know already that BFs visit camps close to dirt roads. I have gone backpacking deep into the wilderness with the belief that it will increase my odds of thermal capture, but maybe that is an assumption (still to be verified). Video Year National Forest Location Videographer location Source 1 The Brown Footage of WA 2015 Grays Harbor, WA Private property scanning the ridge of his property https://cryptosightings.com/tag/brown-family-bigfoot-video 2 The Brandenburg Footage of NM 2011 Jemez Mountains, NM (within the Santa Fe National Forest or the Valles Caldera National Preserve?) Campground scanning the area close to campground https://cliffbarackman.com/home/research/field-research/2011-brandenburg-thermal-footage/ 3 The Brown Footage of FL. 2012 Torreya State Park, FL Campground walking trail from camp and then walked off-trail https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i1PznuAPnx8 4 The Sierra Footage of CA. 2012 Tahoe / Plumas National Forest, CA Campground walking on dirt road behind campground https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsSpmdkZR3c 5 The Squeaky Footage of NC 2009 Uhwarrie National Forest, CA Campground Left thermal on tripod recording at campground https://www.prweb.com/releases/2010/06/prweb4079494.htm