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P-G, he took the one pic below of his boot next to the track. It's not real distinct and hard to make out a lot from the photo, so I'm betting it showed up better in person than in a picture. He thought the tracks were a few days old. He had worked for the Dept. of Fish and Wildlife and was not really a believer in Bigfoot's existence, but after seeing the trackway and the size of the tracks, along with the other observations about them, and knowing they weren't bear tracks, he felt a sasquatch was the only explanation for what made them. He said he regretted not taking more pictures; it was the last day of elk season and he said he was focused on his hunting. So other than this one photo, we only have his account of what he discovered.

Just found a Goblin Knob Im gonna go check out in the Selkirks. Anyone purposely target place names like Goblin, Devil, Skookum, etc?

Accepting of what? Do I not advocate for the need of a dead body as proof? You act like this is a poker game and the player with the most chips wins. So you try to block the other side from receiving chips…. This isn’t a popularity contest. Or a contest to sway belief or disbelief. If I’m gonna follow tracks to shoot one? One must be prepared to follow hoaxed track ways too. The only set of tracks worth anything are the ones the creature is standing in. But I will pay attention to what Cliff or Jeff thinks are good tracks versus suspect ones. Because it will save me a lot of hiking, yes? Your pretty dismissive of all of it. And that’s your prerogative. Usually it takes a experience to knock you off the fence.

When I mentioned Broadwater Co., Montana, I was referring to BFRO report #37974. It's been on here before. It's a pretty compelling report. A brief synopsis: an elk hunter was in an area where he had hunted numerous times before and never saw another hunter. He came across a trackway that was 15 miles from the nearest drivable road, on the side of a mountain, Barefoot prints that appeared to be 6-7 inches longer than his 12" boots and twice as wide as their 4" width; it was thought snow melt may have accounted for a little of the length and width, estimated 5ft. step length, clean with no drag marks, curving uphill, he had to leap to match the estimated 5ft. step. He thought it very unlikely they were from another hunter, considering how remote and rugged the area was. MIB, your very last point was a good one. If the elk hunter in this report had not been on the mountain at that time, the trackway he came across would very likely have never been discovered by anyone else and would have simply disappeared in time.

That’s the problem with kit bags and weapons lights. The switch needs to be easy enough to engage under duress, which makes it easy for the compression of the kit bag to accidentally turn it on. That blade is the perfect size for that bag, Norse.

All the time. Blood Mountain. Devil’s Creek. Booger Hollow. Bit off more than I cared to chew with Corpsewood Manor. Lol.

Can't flex toes under control putting variable amounts of pressure to the ground via the toes between successive steps.

In the 1960’s, what other medium would there have been? What medium did Ray Wallace use? Wood. So if we have track casts from the 1960’s that exhibit a mid tarsal break? Chances are they are made from a real foot. Yes? Of course a type specimen would seal it. But we are talking about track casts. If Sasquatch is a real animal? It’s going to leave behind tracks. Hoaxing could be more sophisticated now, I agree. But even then if following a trackway there are tell tale signs. Like stepping over a four strand barb wire fence. Or digging in toes to climb a bank. Even rubber stompers cannot flex it’s toes, like a real foot can.

Put er on the recon bag. Pulled the pistol cuz it keeps turning on my stream light and killing the battery. Need a different setup.

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