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I've heard something a couple times that .. just didn't fit. Once it was like kids giggling but moving at crazy speed through brush without any thrashing or crashing. I'm at a loss. One was like 3 pre-teen boys yelling back and forth. As they got nearer my location, they also got closer to each other. They passed me, in brush, at about 75 yards. They seemed to be within arms distance of each other but were still yelling. That was weird. In the middle of that was another sound which reminded me of elk "cow talk." Couldn't see them through the brush. Sounded like a tonal language .. sort of like my Japanese neighbor. Big question: what three pre-teen Asian kids were doing up there alone. No cars but mine at the trailhead, 5+ miles, 1700 foot climb, 500 foot drop .. bit of snow on the ground. Doesn't make much sense. One .. I thought was a younger girl "shushing" a dog just around a sharp corner in the trail ahead of me. Basically came around the corner expecting to want to step off the trail and give them space so I didn't get bitten. There was nobody there. Nobody ahead, nobody behind, nobody to the sides, empty woods and trail. Again .. I'm at a loss. I think there's a psychological thing going on here. I think this happens to a lot of people, but if it does not fit into a nice pigeonhole, we don't know what to do with it so it gets forgotten by normal people, it's only weirdos like me who don't sweep inconveniences under the mental carpet so as not to have to deal with discomfort of uncertainty. I don't think not remembering means it hasn't happened to you, it means you didn't have a comfortable category to put it in so you swept it aside and have "forgotten". MIB

Just based on the trailer, I like the potential of this documentary as it focuses on what I feel is the best evidence we got, eyewitness reports. It looks like it's taking a very scientific approach on where the reports are coming from and how that matters:

I liked this interview because you get to listen to Matt in a relaxed honest conversational way and he takes his time to explain issues/stories in detail. At the beginning of the interview, he goes over his 1995 Ohio encounter that led him to create the BFRO. He then explains why the BFRO was needed, the work it does and how it is organized. He mentions that about 75 K reports have been submitted but only about 5 K have been posted on the public database. The main reason given to not post all of the reports is the lack of resources and time to investigate them. Of interest (at ~1 hr 4 min), he states that he does not consider glowing eyes, zapping, and mind-speak to be woo and paranormal but just part of the bigfoot phenomena. He draws the line on portals and other weirder stuff. Glad that Cameron Buckner did this interview in order to inform the public about the BFRO directly from the founder.

Although I see your point about the number of reports not being released, the interview actually provides some perspective on this topic. He states quite logically that they do not release reports till after they have been fully investigated. I'd imagine this would help greatly reduce the number of people interfering with an active investigation by flooding the area with people "sightseeing". They also reiterate that the BFRO Database, although public, is meant to first and foremost be a tool for actual serious investigstors. I guess if an individual has that much interest in the unpublished reports, they could of course become a BFRO Investigator and be granted access to those reports.

Multicam hat plus Bigfoot patch 511 tactical. Bigfoot has been lifting rocks and arm wrestling! The poor logger in the red plaid! 🤣 (Sorry, had to share!)

IDK BlackRock, that was word for word from his email. I've got another email out to him for more info.

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I would prefer simple honesty to wild goose chases in the woods. Don't produce bogus reports to carry some sort of narrative. Just say we don't share reports…

Science relies on accurate data so that any scientist can reproduce what you have claimed. I see the BFRO data base as nothing more than a story telling tally sheet. Basically it says…. Look at all our reports! Bigfoot must be real! When I’ve investigated some BFRO reports? The location description doesn’t add up. I can’t find the site of the encounter. I’ve had a insider tell me this is because they don’t want people going to the site and screwing up their research. Well…. Scientifically you might as well as well point a shotgun at your foot and pull the trigger. For example, I make a report that a flying saucer lands in my backyard. I report it to a investigating body. And they take the report but change the location by one mile. So follow on investigators go to the reported location and find….NOTHING. a) As the investigator finds ZERO collaborating evidence? He or she assumes…. 1) The report was fabricated by the witness. 2) The witness did not see what they thought they saw. 3) The body that the witness made the report to does shoddy work. 4) The body that the witness made the report to are liars. b) If the investigator is a skeptic? Then a bogus report is just more ammunition for their gun. And a very good way to get the whole mystery dismissed by the public and decry witnesses as crack pots. And if the flying saucer really did land in someone’s back yard? What a shame this report gets tossed out…. It MUST end! Why has the PGF withstood the test of time? Todd Standing has much more clear and concise footage of Bigfoot than the PGF…. Here is why. We KNOW where the film site was. And it was gone over with a fine tooth comb. We know the length of logs, the width of trees, the depth of footprints. We can watch Patty make the foot prints. This isn’t a short film in which the owner will not divulge the location of the film! It has WITHSTOOD the scrutiny…. Full stop. The BFRO should be taking accurate reports. And they should share that accurate report with pro investigators and skeptics alike. Because the TRUTH will stand on its own merits. Only a LIE needs protection from a tape measure or a magnifying glass.

Right? I’m sorry! Thanks Bud! Same goes for you too if you ever come south!

I suspect that they've culled the best or most promising ones first with the rest sitting in a bin to be reviewed at a later date. Anyone one of us could go through a pile of a hundred reports and determine quickly which ones were of interest and which ones were not.

Fish trap? Those are illegal. Did they report it to Fish and Game? That's likely the only way to get them to look for sasquatches, if they think they can write a citation for an illegal act.

On almost every TV bigfoot show thermal videos are shown scanning the nearby area using a color palette. I've never understood the use of anything other than black and white. Using my Pulsar Helion, I've found "hot red" to be pleasant to the eye and makes a fully-visible deer jump pop out to the eye. That said, in my experience the greatest detail is achieved using black hot especially when the target is only partially visible. I've experimented with different palettes using sasquatching friends and had them barely peek out from behind a tree or rock. I found black hot was best followed by white hot and always more detail than any other palette I've used. YMMV

I like how the camera points straight ahead until they get to the creature…🙄

Flesh and blood, intelligent, and rare. No "woo".