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Academics like @hvhart or @Darby Orcutt might have a reference. Henner Fahrenbach?

I recall another story, again I think from Peter Byrne (therefore, in a book, not a researchable internet source) where a sasquatch was hanging out near a camp for disabled kids somewhere in south-central BC. Eventually, a camp administrator, counselor, or employee (I can't remember which) sat still by a campfire one night as the sasquatch approached to within a few feet. The guy wasn't even armed. I have no doubt whatsoever that these creatures could respond well to body language, especially the females.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lesstroud/the-question-of-bigfoot?ref=2zt7i7 Certainly worth kicking in a few bucks if you have it.

If it's a she, I'll give her a chance to be nice. If it's a he, I'm shooting. If neither he/she or I know the gender, I'm definitely shooting........

Well, you know....they're wily critters. Hell, I've been in some Walmarts that look like they were shopping there.

I am shooting.

With all our fires, I wonder that, too. Those are pretty neat photos. Whomever found them had a good eye. Most people would not notice.

I admit I haven't read the whole thread, so if this has been discussed, forgive me. With Dr. Meldrum gone now, if there was physical evidence in hand, what do we do with it? And no, I don't have anything, but I've been wondering.

Death by Snu Snu

Yeah, I doubt she was thinking, "I sure would like to mate/hang out/party with this guy". But I wonder how it could have gone if the guy wasn't terrified and used more welcoming body language?

How I interpret the encounter. 1) Growl- What is this thing (tent) doing in my spot! Whoa! A human male popped out and is shooting at me! Run away! 2) Rock tossing- Get the hint! Pack up your garbage and leave my fishing spot, NOW! 3) Human is now outside tent- Wow maybe I won’t have to fish after all! He is kinda cute though. I will approach him in the open this time and see what he does. Nope! He is shooting at me again! Run away!

Oh, I can assure you that I (personally) am NOT going to have a "Sasquatches in the Mist" experience. My time in the mist for any reason is coming to a close. Yeah, that appears likely. So I'll just leave it alone. Heck, I can't even get Mrs. Huntster to go down to the PNW in winter anymore, and I'm certainly not going down there in summer, so I'll probably never even see one from the safety and comfort of a car. I remember a story from (I believe) Peter Byrne about a woman who lived in a house in a wooded area who had a pregnant sasquatch hanging around. She'd see it from the window on occasion. Then she saw it once with the baby, and didn't see it again. No pics makes it somewhat suspicious, but she might have had my attitude. This story was interesting. I wonder what this sasquatch wanted? http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=15821

I don’t think you’re gonna have a “Gorillas in the mist” style experience with Sasquatch. In my opinion they will choose the time and place of most encounters. And only three reasons for an encounter. 1) They kidnap you as a potential mate. Albert Ostman? Indian Folklore? 2) They kidnap you as a potential adopted offspring. Dennis Martin? Indian Folklore? 3) They kidnap or attack you as a potential food source, or revenge or territorial. Russell Annabel Gilyuk, Bart Schleyer, Indian Folklore, Ape Canyon? And you’re not likely to survive any of the three encounters. We are not dealing with a tropical hominid, we are dealing with something that spends a great deal of time in cold, wet and winter conditions. It must then hunt to sustain itself. It must have a very high caloric diet. With many stories of Sasquatch hunting ungulates and eating fish and shellfish. In the right setting at the worst time of year? I could see an isolated human being taken for food easily. That’s just not something that Gorillas do.

Very cool!

I had my encounter in Glennie Michigan on Nov 13th, 1993. I was not a believer, nor was I even interested in Bigfoot at that time. I was at the cabin cutting firewood and getting the place ready for my maternal grandfather and great uncle to get there for opening day of rifle season which started on the 15th. So, yeah, I KNOW they are in MI.

I got out for a solo run on Sunday afternoon to the Bear Creek watershed on the east side of Harrison Lake. The weather was mild and broken clouds, until I reached the summit of the east ridge of the valley, when the wind picked up and brought in cold showers. Of course, I didn't take any pictures on the way up, so all I captured was cloudy views of the lake, 4600' below. The only signs of wildlife were some deer tracks, bear scat, a few squirrels, and 1 skunk, but it was refreshing to get out in the mountains after a few weeks in town.

We do not know. We can't prove or disprove anything. We don't have a confirmed Alma to test any more than we have a confirmed Bigfoot to test. We need to get away from this weird human quirk of preferring an unsupportable answer over an unanswered question. We can't have science when our personal dogma is stopping us from looking at answers. We need to be careful about investing ego in answers we really can't back up with facts. This aspect of the BF community, here and elsewhere, is wearing me out and truly tempting me to walk away.

I also did a one day 185-mileJeep trip through some very remote Idaho backcountry. No BF sign, but some beautiful country...

To be clear, I am not defending Standing, I am defending Stroud for using Standing as a guide to get into the remote Canadian rockies and for being open minded and making his own judgements on people. Groupthink isn't good and Stroud doesn't do it. That's my point.

I'd be a little more optimistic and positive for this if Stroud hadn't been tainted by the Todd Standing fraud virus.

Any famous or semi-famous person who can increase focus on the subject is a positive in my book. Not all efforts are going to be at a Munns Meldrum discovery channel level of quality but that’s ok Besides, if you are mentioned and parady on TV’s The Office that’s no too bad

The climate was much warmer at Greenland 2 million years ago. Lots of biodiversity, not a giant snowball. Our ancestors were not at that latitude that we know about at this time. I think that Australopithecine was at a lower latitude and way south east. The preservation of the eDNA is related to combining with certain minerals. Danish researchers worked for over a decade to design a procedure. Maybe we should call that group 'Great Danes'.