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I looked into that with some other researchers when it first came out. I remember the gunshots. There were a bunch of seemingly independent reports coming off the Umatilla reservation in a 2-3 week period. They seemed to be from different people experiencing the same events from different locations. We didn't have anyone able to go investigate in person. It comes to me that Scott Violette might be a good person to talk to about this as it is more or less his area. MIB

Hello, everyone. I just made friends with a current group member (Kerry) and she sent me this way. I'm looking forward to troll-free discussions. I've not had any experiences of my own (I live in Nebraska) but wholeheartedly believe Sasquatch exists. I've been fascinated with the subject since first seeing the Patterson film as a child in the late 70s. Of late, I've been reading, watching, and listening to everything I can find. I'm a published author and am currently working on a book about all things cryptid, paranormal, & ufo.

Well the science is all based on the available data at hand, and if what you have shows the earliest KNOWN interaction to be 80,000 years ago, then that's what you go with. If later down the line you discover evidence that pushes that back another 300,000 years you make that known, adjust the models and timelines, work out the possibilities and ramifications and go on from there. Sure, it'd be swelli if the fossil record was complete and absolute, and lying somewhere exposed in a chronological manner so we could easily see who we is and who we aint(baby) but that's just not the case. Every new find holds the potential to rewrite nearly the whole book, or rearrange the chapters. It does demonstrate how there are many paths to the same result even if only one is right! Science isn't perfect, nor is it absolute, but it never claims to be. It differed from other systems in that it doesn't claim to hold the absolute divine knowledge that can't be questioned or contradicted, but rather a progressively more complex model that is continuously modified and improved, integrating ever more elements in networks of interaction and effect reflecting ever more grace in its expression. It's a dynamic model rather than a static doctrine.

In my post at the bottom of the previous page, I mentioned a lead regarding footsteps heard by a young man I met on that outing, in the next valley east of where we met. I managed to spend a few hours in that valley this afternoon, after being rained out the last couple of days by torrential downpours. I was lucky enough to find the gate to that road system open today, which is not always the case when I go up there. The last time I was in this watershed was about 4 years ago, and I soon saw that there had been very extensive logging in there since that time, leaving many new branch roads and dozens of new clearcuts, which didn't bode well for seeing sasquatch or game, as all the activity would have sent those deeper into the wilderness. I drove to the end of the newest logging road, where some equipment was still parked, only meeting one other vehicle in the whole valley, a couple and their 2 dogs, getting ready to explore some of the side branches on their ATV. After scouting around the area at the end of the road looking for tracks, and finding none, I took a few photos and turned back for home, as the change to DST this weekend meant that sunset was at about 4:45. This valley is about 30km long, and the roads end at about the 15km mark, so there is still a lot of untracked wilderness in the upper reaches. The recent heavy rains had the main creek and the smaller tributaries roaring and seething, not something you'd want to fall into! IMG_1500.MOV