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I separately select items based on my particular needs which can be different than others. The most important are those items which will prevent death from occuring prioritized based on time or the nature of the calamity. Here's my "Dirty Dozen": 1) A way to get help - PLB and Satellite messenger (the latter might not be needed if you are in cell service) to call in the cavalry 2) A way to stop the bleeding - 2 Combat gauze and an Israeli bandage 3) A way to get/stay warm - 2 or 3mil painters tarp and space blanket - see Dave Canterbury video below for how to build shelter 4) A way to get/stay dry - Goretex/eVent jacket and pants and the same tarp 5) A way to make fire - 2 Bic lighters, a ferro rod, tinder 6) A way to have potable water - 2 filters 7) A way to see - 2 flashlights (small) and spare batteries 8) Two knives (neck and bushcraft) 9) Backpacker's Buck saw 10) Map and compass 11) Paracord 12) Power bank Edited - Dave Canterbury's Pathfinder's school is located in Ohio and thus he designed this course for Eastern Woodlands. The concept is universal and will work anywhere where you are cold and could potentially become hypothermic. He has fantastic videos regarding survival techniques. I considered traveling to Ohio to take one of his courses but couldn't work it out in my schedule. Here is the calender of courses offered this year: https://www.selfrelianceoutfitters.com/pages/pathfinder-survival-school-calendar

Ah! We didn't eat there. Dont know. It was a great time and we saw a 12 footer! No skunk apes unfortunately.

I agree with MIB. I think old reports would surface and new reports added. What bothers me about the current reporting scene is that reports coming from "certain" people are valued more than other reports for the most part. You don't need to have a PHD., LEO, military, forestry experience to have sightings/events. Not to mention a chunk of information deemed too odd to report. I actually like reading/hearing about everything that may be connected to Sasquatch. It helps me a great deal. I have no doubt more reports are out there and people are reticent to tell their stories.

The title of this thread speaks for itself. Does anyone think reports would increase, decrease, or otherwise be affected in any way? Would reports coming in that are fabricated by hoaxers increase or decrease? Might there be a potential to overwhelm the report "system" that includes websites other than the BFF, such as the BFRO and other organizations that invite people to submit their reports? Would honest reporting jump if people found out they weren't crazy and could say "I told you so" to their friends, family members, and co-workers? Would local groups suddenly see a jump in people wanting them to come investigate there experiences or encounters? Would opinions on the size of the Bigfoot population in North America be affected? Other ideas for how things might or might not change are welcome to include larger entities such as state and local government institutions like Park Service, Forestry Service, and Fish and Wildlife? The floor is open....

Put one round right in his ear hole......mystery solved

Can someone give me the GPS coordinates of these scary Bigfeet locations, mine in my area are total wimps. I'd love to go scary Bigfeet hunting!

At Boggy crick airboats!

I managed to get out again this afternoon, with more success than last week's attempt. This time I was able to actually reach my target locations, a small high mountain lake that I had never seen before, and a bay on Harrison Lake that was unreachable 2 weeks ago due to deep wet snow on the trail in to it. I didn't get away till noon, but the targets were within an hour's drive, and the weather was perfect. The trail to the small lake was a steep climb from the main Logging road, but not really challenging, with only a few shallow cross ditches and some small patches of snow in shaded areas. I found the right turns to make on Gaia, and reached the lake at 2 pm. I walked around some, looking for tracks, but found only some boot prints and dog tracks. The lake was still iced over, with a layer of snow on top of that, so I didn't venture out onto it, just took some photos and ate a snack, before taking a different route down the mountain towards Harrison Lake. This route was a ;little more challenging, with more snow patches, some washouts that made it very narrow in places, and a couple of dozen blowdowns, that someone had just recently cut through, leaving barely enough room to squeeze the H3 through. Once back on the main FSR, I continued N to the turnoff for the bay I was seeking. As I reached it, 3 trucks approached from the opposite direction, and turned down the trail, so I tagged on the end as no. 4 in the little convoy. In 15 minutes we were down on the lakeshore at a lovely little bay that was the site of a logging camp and booming spot to tow the logs out 40 or 50 years ago. No buildings are left, just an earthen pier and some rusty boiler parts. I chatted with the 4x4 group for a while, and then followed them back up to the main road, and then headed home. No evidence of Sasquatch was seen, but it was a beautiful day to be in the woods.