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Another month of wet weekends, family obligations, and a 10 day nasty chest cold kept me out of the woods for a while, but today weather and circumstances allowed a day long get away. I went to the valley where I had my sighting and trackway find about 45 years ago, as it's only 45 minutes from my door. I first went to the top of the peak at the mouth of the valley, which has a great lookout at a rustic hikers cabin overlooking the Fraser Valley. On the way up I spotted a large hawk circling overhead, and when I parked at the trail to the cabin, I could hear several grouse doing their whoop call in the timber. I met 2 couples at the lookout who had never been there before, so I was able to point out landmarks visible from there to them. After a pleasant 1/2 hour chatting, they continued further along the ridgeline, while I went back down the very steep grade to the main FSR leading further back into the watershed. On the way down I heard a very noticeable noise from the area of the left front wheel, which I assume to be either the brake wear indicator tab, or I somehow got a rock between the brake rotor and the stone guard. I'll have to get that checked out this week, before I do any more trips with the H3. Once back on the main road up the valley, I was watching for a mine adit that I had spotted years ago, just up the bank off the roadside, but I couldn't spot it. As I explored the side branches off the main FSR, I found that most led to snow patches in the shaded areas that can be vey easy to get stuck in when the spring melt makes snow heavy and wet, so I didn't push my luck on those. I did check for tracks in those areas, but found only boots, dogs, and tires had left their marks. After meeting several more people out there enjoying the better weather, I headed back out towards pavement, still watching for that mine adit, and finally located it. This time I pinned it on Gaia, so I can find it again, when I bring the right footwear and lighting to go more than a few feet into it. I got back home in time to fire up the BBQ for the family for the first time this year. A good day all around.

I'm happy to announce that we may be seeing some bold new PGF research, because Doug Hajicek (of MonsterQuest fame) is launching a new funding campaign for "Legend Meets Science 2" as seen here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/hajicek/legend-meets-science-ii-film-sequel-a-bigfoot-documentary?ref=3icq5m&token=6ab15f4a Doug did an incredible job on LMS 1, providing researchers with some of the best frame scans and video renders of the PGF for many years, and he and I have been in talks for some time now about taking PGF research to the next level in this new LMS 2 project. So please support it, or share the info with friends, and if it is successful, we can look forward to some bold and exciting new research. Mods: I hope this notice is appropriately placed. If not, move at your discretion. Thank you.

No, but at least in my area it does appear they do migrate from warm weather areas to cold weather areas depending on their home range. I came to this theory after having 6-7 encounters over the last 15 years, all of which have been in the winter or early spring.

I've not used any of the AI's, but I would ask it to do a limb ratio comparison for Patty to humans. I believe it is the most compelling evidence since it is something that cannot be faked with limb extensions. Let it do the math and then come to a conclusion.

The BFF would donate if they accepted Paypal...

I doubt that Doug will have sufficient budget to do suit tests, given he has a very aggressive slate of research objectives already. But the best news is he can do the show properly, without some network program executive demanding more eye candy to satisfy the sweet tooth of the couch potatos who are glued to History channel and similar media venues. I've had enough conversations with him to know he's sincere in striving to make a profound difference in the status of Bigfoot research and awareness.