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@norseman Speedy recovery to your wife, Norse. Today I went to put fresh batteries in my trailcams. Moved them to new locations. One was near a beaver dam and I could see two game trails meeting near the east side of the dam. Here are two pictures taken from above and below the dam and a creek that spills out from it. I like the area. We'll see.

Staying in cell phone service on property back home. Have seen two cows.🙄 Almost didn't get to see my septic wife because of covid rules. She is on antibiotics and doing better.

Glad to hear that your wife is feeling better!

Sorry to hear she's ill, norse. My wife went through that about 6 years ago, not fun! It sounds like she's winning the battle, love and prayers from my family to yours.

OK, I have read the book and I it is very good. If you are in the least bit interested in ME Bigfoot, you should read it. Not a huge number of cases (20), but I have not heard of any of them except for the Durham incident (probably ME's most notorious case). The author does a great job of tracking down witnesses and interviewing them and does not rely on just newspaper clippings from long ago. The book is less than 200 pages so it is a fairly quick read, and it is very engrossing. The bus case is not the only really interesting one in the book, there are several others as well that stand out in my mind. I hope that the book generates a lot of new leads for Michelle and that she can write another one. She is a very good writer in my opinion, and I enjoyed this book greatly! My biggest complaint is that I wish that there were GE images of the locations so that I could get a better feel for the layout of the landscape (even though a number of the reports are decades old and the area has changed). It also helps me to better visualize the incident, even if there have been changes. But this is relatively minor and most reports in any book or site, do not have that info. And really it is just a personal preference for me. Five stars for the book in my opinion. Reading the account in full, my thoughts - There was a line of large, dark, unmarked vehicles along the roadway (bumper to bumper). The witnesses could not see over them into the field. Black vans (Ford Econoline or similar without windows)? They were all the same height which perhaps indicates they were all the same type. The field was illuminated by construction grade lighting (visible over the tops of the vehicles and pointing downward), so the main event was maybe not the creature but something else? No personnel were seen. The witness thought they could have been behind the vehicles, standing in the ditch. Were they making efforts not to be seen, or did it just work out that way? The bus driver remarked she had seen similar stuff in PA. I took it to mean she was aware of BF activities, not the "covert" operation itself. There were clumps of hair around the foot leading the witness to believe that there was a collision. Where was the damaged vehicle, in the field? And if so, what happened to the driver/passengers? The witness went back to the site later and found no evidence of a collision. So if not a collision, then what? The estimated time was between 5:30 and 6:00. It should have been plenty dark by that time in ME at that time of year and it was deer season. When is the deer hunting season in ME and has it changed since the incident? Now some pics. Based on the picture in the book, this is the location: Approaching the scene from the view of the bus: The field: More thoughts: There is little room to pull over so the vehicles would have been blocking a significant portion of the road. Why was no one directing traffic? The ditch/culvert is not that deep, surprisingly. Was the house there at the time of the incident? The book says that the field is no longer empty as a commercial venture was recently built. Is this the building or is there another one? Note that the pic is from August 2018. How many of the other houses in the immediate vicinity were there at the time? What kind of bus was it, Greyhound/school bus size or a mini-bus (airport) type of vehicle? What was the weather like at the time? Did the driver notice blood/other bio material on the roadway as she approached? If not, why the washdown? The witness stated that there was other traffic on the road that night, hopefully some of them will read the book and come forward with more details and information. I would love it if Mr. Lombardo, the male witness, could come on to discuss the incident. I will certainly agree with the author, "it is so darn strange."