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I literally have no idea what these things are. I thought that I did years ago before I started spending a fair amount of time actually looking into the phenomenon rather than just studying it by reading the works of others. I think that hardliners on both sides are approaching the topic with their minds already made up…and will selectively decide with reports and evidence they want to accept in order to reinforce their theories. The undiscovered ape idea doesn’t hold water for me anymore. You end up doing more mental gymnastics to explain away even the slightly stranger stuff than you do to wholeheartedly embrace a total paranormal approach. Just an ordinary ape… with abilities so far beyond any other creature on earth that it might as well be alien. A 100% success rate of avoiding a provable death or discovery. The ability to use infrasound in a manner which is impossible (since we have at least scientifically studied infrasound and know its limitations) and which is unparalleled in the rest of the natural world. The ability to avoid sophisticated infrared cameras, but it couldn’t avoid a couple of cowboys with 1960s technology. Strength, speed, agility, and stealth which have no near equal anywhere in the animal kingdom. Physical senses that seem to excel in every category with no accompanying weaknesses. The fact that they seem to be everywhere, yet nowhere. At least the paranormal approach allows one to accept that there are rules to the universe of which we are currently unaware. However, the paranormal theory can be kind of an excuse to present any crazy theory you choose to adhere to without presenting any of your own findings or evidence. So much of that world is unquantifiable. If that’s the case…why even bother looking into it? Also, so many hardcore supernatural Sasquatch proponents are just so obviously bad storytellers desperate for attention. Both worlds are so riddled with fraud and lies. We spend more time speaking with first hand witnesses nowadays then we did in the past. The amount of lies that are told for no reason at all is staggering. Not everyone, not even a majority… but, a very sizable percentage just seem to make this stuff up for no apparent reason. Either attention, casual mischief, or maybe they want the world to have a little bit of magic so badly that they are willing to lie to total strangers for no reason just to foster the idea that there is something strange going on in our mundane world. The slow roll UAP disclosure kind of reveals that we don’t know as much as we thought about how the physical world operates. If you can’t see parallels between that paradigm shift and what might very well be going on with the Sasquatch phenomenon… For myself… I had a sighting of something when I was a boy in the George Washington National Forest. I have never had another Sasquatch sighting, but I have seen some weird stuff that shouldn’t be possible. I have found footprints and other physical evidence that match up with what people associate with Sasquatch… tree twists, structures, heard whoops. I have also seen weird lights… flashes and orbs. Seen other things that I would have previously thought impossible. Things that I have shared other members of this forum for their own analysis. So, at the end of the day…I don’t think either camp is 100% right or wrong. I basically just made a long winded post to say “I don’t know and I honestly don’t think anyone else does either.”

How often do you think tracks are misidentified? Here is a short clip of a video I took about 10 years ago in Alaska on a bear hunt. You can see where the bear stepped into its own tracks to elongate some of the tracks on a sand bar. This was certainly extremely easy to identify since multiple other tracks can be seen along with some wolf tracks. I have often wondered if only the elongated tracks were seen what what one might conclude? Bear Tracks.mov

Hello everyone, Glad to be back here, was a lurker on here about 20 years ago. Been interested in Bigfoot and the unknown since I was a kid, staying up late watching new episodes of Sightings and the X Files. Lifelong fan out of the outdoors, I have not had an encounter. I am from Northern PA. It is possible I heard a whoop howl close to 10 years ago at an old house we were staying at at the time. I have a strong belief that these creatures are indeed real and I am happy to finally be back on here. -Jimmy

Been called worse things. Mostly by my ex. But blanking may have been a part of it.

So now your Native American name is "Two Skunks Blanking." Heh!

Thant's pretty special indeed. I once heard a small, rapid grunting / sniffing sound right outside. Still in my sleeping bag, I unzipped the tent window, and lit it up outside. There were two, uh, "amorous" skunks not three feet from my face busily doing their thing. I killed the light, and zipped up the flap quietly and went back to sleep, chuckling. Cool sound. Never heard that before. I can see how bear tracks can be misidentified. But I have seen them so many times now it just looks like "bear".

It's pretty special to be tucked into your sleeping gag in a tent in pitch blackness and hear wolves howling for hours. One night I had a wolf sniffing the corner of our tent while we were in our bags. My head was literally less than 3' from his/her nose. How do I know? It was snowing (which added a special sound to the night as it landed on the tent). The sound of the snow hitting the tent somewhat masked the sound of the sniffing. The next morning, at that corner of the tent, were the wolf prints in the snow.

Greetings from New Jersey! Although I've seen many unusual things here in the Garden State, I have not yet seen a Sasqustch, but would be honored to! I am a believer and am particularly fascinated with Native American lore regarding them. I look forward to many hours of reading and learning. Great to be here!

I’ve had that experience hunting Elk here. Now I have two Wolf tags for Idaho.

After nearly 60 years of interest and reading about the subject, I am now of the belief that these creatures are a hominid; a species of primitive man. I also believe that hybridization with homo sapiens occurs.

I see on Twitter that they're claiming their flashlights caught the shadow of a cloaked creature on the last episode as they investigated a supposed fish trap. This is leading quite a few to embrace the "extraterrestrial" or "interdimensional" theory. I watched it. It's a weird shadow. But I saw no evidence of anything going on that would indicate a creature was present. You heard the sound of rocks falling. But of course, they caught no rocks falling on camera nor did they have a FLIR to scan the overlooking ridges for heat signature. Just flashlights. This show is entertaining. But rapidly getting into the same vibe of Ghost Adventures.

Hello from WA state. I am a part time Sasquatch researcher with multiple encounters in the Western and Eastern Cascades. I hope to bring some useful knowledge to this forum and learn from other researchers and folks with encounters.

On the trail to Pangboche….

PG has his own opinion. He is our lovable skeptic. Unlike a few of us, he's never seen one, so he is doubtful of their existence entirely. I can respect that position. I was in a similar place before I became a knower.

I'm sure it can be terribly disappointing if someone's principal objective is to prove to the world they exist. Undeniable, fully-verifiable proof. Me--I could give a hoot. What keeps me out in the woods day-after-day for weeks, months, and years on end is the desire for a sighting. I'll take a sighting that is a fleeting moment or a mere glimpse. No need to tell anyone, no need to prove to anyone, no need to document, although that would be fantastic. The satifisfaction I saw one of God's magnificent creatures is all I ask. There is no frustration whatsoever with failure. Fieldwork provides me the opportunity to be out in the woods, experiencing nature in all its glory and gloom, while putting myself in the position to see one. In many ways it's a mirror of life itself. If one can only find pleasure setting an objective and conquering it, sadly you'll miss the absolute joy of the journey.