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Look into permethrin for your clothing. I may have to get @Madison5716 one of these:

Boys and Girls, here's first dibs on the soon to be released 'lite' version of the Nest Area analysis that i finished for 2021. This report prior to today, has only been viewed internally by Olympic Project members and a very selective few others. As mentioned, it's the 'lite' version that i just wanted to release due to time restrictions and going forward, i need to analyze both weather conditions and moon phase correlations among other things, when time is a little easier to come by for me. Anyway, it's important to me that BFF members get a first look at it and i hope this thread can ignite productive conversation among us. It's important to note that all Bird and Mammal recordings analyzed were clarified by multiple people using the MaCaulay Library of Sound. As and when i make edits due to people pointing out grammatical errors etc, i'll update the report and post the most recent edit here as we go along. The recording project is continuing and recording as i write and i can tell you that 2022 and the first Winter that has been recorded so far, has been extremely productive and Winter was the season that was most interesting to us due to the timing of both the original Nests found (February) and the 2020 new 'under construction' Nest find (February). If anybody has any questions at all on anything, please add to the thread and i'll try my best to answer them, checking in to the thread on a minimum of every Monday and Tuesday at least. I'd be really interested on peoples thoughts and/or experiences of the possible Coyote Warning/Locator call correlations that were found. Sharing is caring, enjoy ! Edit : If anyone wants this on PDF, just message me your email address and i'll send it across soonest.

Yeah, I'm a magnet for disaster, but it always works out with me in the hospital, and my companions free and easy.

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt. I was in Northern British Columbia, and at times the skeeters (they are two feet long there, I swear!) were completely relentless. I got bit so many times that season that I gave up trying to swat them. Growing a thick beard helped. And cigars, to a degree. After a while, I didn't even get itchy anymore. The constant drone of them around you. But I know what you mean about breathing them, and you're not exaggerating. I have swallowed so many in my lifetime that it could feed a small army. I know what they taste like (as I am sure you know, too), and that is one of the main reasons I hate trout. To me, trout tastes just like what they eat - mosquitos. Blech. I'll take a nice ribeye any day. It was such a blessing when the first real cold snap hit.

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I look for wide game trails and twigs snapped off or bent at head level or above. Where I'm located it's usually some place near a river or stream. Water is always a good starting point if you're trying to locate these creatures without use of a reported sighting as a starting point. Obviously, a reported sighting is always a great place to start any kind of investigation. Once I find good sign I'll usually attempt to orchestrate a "chance encounter" by camping, hunting or fishing in the area if possible. These are curious creatures and will often watch from a distance if you're in their area. Heck, I know people who have been chased out of areas by aggressive Bigfoot. Just listen and watch closely.

That's a good point, like the recent Yowie thermals and I can see the odd situation where that is worthwhile now and again. However, I just think just stomping around in the dark you would think may be counterproductive and thermal footage can be shot in the daytime too where visibility is obscured by foliage or whatever. I suspect they do it on TV shows as its moody, makes for suspenseful TV and every noise becomes a potential bigfoot without the actually having to back up with evidence............I've said this before, but I feel what yielded the best footage to date is probably still the best way to go, by horseback into a region with recent sightings in daytime.

If concerns about DEET / Permethrin come up, alternative spray/ lotions are out there. Here is the recipe for 1 alternative: 2 cups white vinegar 2 cups Avon Skin-so-Soft bath oil 1 cup water 1 tablespoon eucalyptus oil Mix and split into 2 spray bottles. Avon Skin-so-Soft bath oil and real eucalyptus oil are expensive. Avon Skin-so Soft is one of those hate it-love it substances. It has never been advertised as an insect repellant but has regional popularity. I just learned from a woman that Avon Skin-so-Soft is a good zipper lubricant. The zippers on your tent might repell insects and you will have Foo-Foo smell. PNWexplorer. Do you know if your blood is acidic, neutral pH or basic?

@BobbyO thank you! This is amazing work. I was particularly interested in the differences between unknown sounds during spring transitional months compared to fall, and am taken with the data reported that 79% of fall/winter recorded whoops, screams, yells and whistles occurred before 1:00am (85% of these sounds were made before 1:00 am in spring/summer). I feel better about not being routinely able to stay awake after that time. I really appreciate the opportunity to access this content. Thanks again, bravo!

Hello! I grew up in the Pacific NW, and like many others that have replied here, I've had a life long interest in Bigfoot. I like to think of myself as an agnostic when it comes to anomalous events. That doesn't mean I am a skeptic, only that I want to believe - but I also want rigorous evidence. Any serious group is exciting to me. I've been meaning to join these forums for years, but was just too lazy.

The areas I go to are ones that I've heard first or second-hand accounts of a sighting or encounter in the past. That tells me that at least there has been activity there at some point. The most important feature for me are ponds. Not one but several in the general area. I'm looking for ones that are remote and access is difficult to physically get to. You mentioned several...maybe a long hike up a mountain, a swamp as a barrier to access, or a dense forest with lots of blow down, and hopefully no trail to the location. Most people stay on trails so having to bushwhack creates an environment that will keep most from coming near or through. After that, I'm looking for access to an elevation change from a pond as it offers a safe retreat or spot to view me without it being seen. Nowadays, there is access to an almost unlimited number of maps. You can do a lot of legwork at home with CalTopo and Google Earth. Triangulate sighting locations to see if you can figure out why they are producing results. Good old-fashioned gumshoeing. With that said, perhaps a sasquatch prefers a more populated area, such as designated camping spots, where it can reliably find humans to do its own investigation. I happen to think if I can get as far away from others as possible, and make myself known through some type of sound, that I'm a more likely target for it to pursue. Fewer humans to account for, safer environment, and terrain that allows for access to easy escape routes for them.

There's a chance that it was. It wasn't a visual encounter so you'll never truly know for sure what you ran into in the woods that day. That being said, I can definitely sympathize with you when you say that you're just as happy with not knowing. I had a little auditory encounter with something unknown right outside of my apartment window at one o' clock in the morning several years back. Something with a DEEP lung capacity passed by my apartment breathing heavily. It only lasted for a few seconds but it really left an impression. It was something very, very large. I could tell by the deep gutteral vocal pitch. It was something that you would expect from something that is 500 lbs or bigger like a bear or a lion. The thing almost sounded like a miniature freight train, and till this day I have no idea what it was.