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Dear BFF Members, I want to take a moment to share some personal news with all of you. As many of you know, managing the forum and ensuring its continued growth and vibrancy has been a true labor of love for me. However, as my schedule and commitments have changed, I find that I no longer have the time and energy that this community truly deserves. It is with both a sense of pride and gratitude that I announce I am stepping aside as director of the Bigfoot Forums. But fear not, as I’m excited to introduce the new director who will be taking the reins – Norseman! Norseman has been an active and thoughtful member of this community for a long time. He brings a wealth of knowledge, a deep passion for Bigfoot, and a strong commitment to maintaining the welcoming and respectful atmosphere that has made this forum a special place for all of us. I am confident that under his leadership, the Bigfoot Forums will continue to thrive and grow, providing a platform for all of us to share our stories, theories, and experiences. I want to extend my heartfelt thanks to each and every one of you for making this community what it is today. It has been an honor to serve as your director, and I look forward to continuing to be a part of this journey, just in a different capacity. Please join me in welcoming Norseman to his new role. I know you’ll all offer him the same support and camaraderie that you’ve always shown me. Warm regards, Gigantor Outgoing Director, Bigfoot Forums

This Channel regularly promotes false stories embellished to make them more frightening and proof of existence of cryptics. Several days ago I watched their video "The Vanishing of Thomas Burd The Alaskan Horror and Bigfoot Encounter" It, like this video provided details, photos and even a realistic video purported to have been found on the victims phone of some creature banging on a trailer and growling. I looked it up and found no missing Thomas Burd. But I did find his photo under a missing person report named THOMAS SEIBOLD. Who contrary to the video did not leave a journal detailing him being followed by some creature or a camera phone video. "Published: December 9, 2012 Weeks ago, winter locked the Brooks Range mountains of Alaska's far northwest in its long, cold embrace, and it's clear that out there somewhere near the Arctic edge of the North American continent lies the body of Thomas Seibold. A search by Alaska State Troopers, complicated by no clear idea of where exactly to look for the German-born adventurer, ended in November. Friends and coworkers of Seibold from the Teaching Drum Outdoor School in Three Lakes, Wisc., took up the hunt afterwards, but they have gone home after a last-ditch effort found no trace. ( Anchorage Daily News). The guy from the YT channel " The outdoor Gear Review" has related that he has found clips from his videos on other channels purporting to say him being attacked or disappearing because of Bigfoot. There's a lot of ******** out there

I have not watched the video posted above, but I did read the book about the disappearance of Jacob Gray and wrote a book review back in 2020 in BFF (see link below). I thought it was a good book, but there was nothing related to Sasquatch in this sad case.

Somehow I received a copy even though I was not an editor; so for now, just let me say this: This book is stunning in content, photographs, and production. Joe here

Redhawk is in my estimation correct, the majority of the content out there is fake or misrepresented and as you noted expanded to other realms to stay relevant. It makes people both here and in our circles sick as we then get slapped with being in the " community " and therefore guilty by association. I personally will state on record that Expedition Bigfoot is entirely fabricated, that is my opinion.

Just a huge Bravo to @gigantor for keeping the Sas in the Squatch over some difficult times and some good times, much respect to your Herculean efforts bro! And you could not have passed the torch to a more deserving Director in @norseman ! I know he has a lot of experience in reining in the mules @Catmandoo

First off, it's interesting information, second it's a revolution in the understanding of human evolution and as far as it being sasquatch related, It's elementary. If there's evidence that neanderthal and or homoerectus lived in NA, it's evidence that hominids spread world wide far more than previously recorded. And, since we don't actually know what sasquatch is, and some of the leading theories are that sasquatch are relic hominids like these two species, just evolved for bigness by a million years of isolation on this hemisphere, it follows that evidence for these two species being here is evidence for sasquatch more likely being them or their descendants. Personally, and entirely unrelated to how these two being in the WH, I think we are being slow walked into realization that "human" is a very loose term at best and a dozen distinct but related animals are known as mankind today. Like dogs are a hundred different breeds but still cross fertile, so is mankind. But only time will tell.

I’m a firm believer, not a knower though. Like a lot of believers on this forum I want to be “chosen” by them. I want to be the one that they choose to reveal themselves to. we can’t rely on tv shows or other media to confirm it’s existent. We need to Be out in nature and be lucky enough to have a specimen from the species “choose” is to know they are real and in fact, EXIST.

Thank you for everything you have done Gigantor! 👏🏻 I have a lot to learn, but this place holds a special place in my heart and I will do my best to keep its legacy going! Incorrigible has taken over the SC chair position from me. Thank you! 👏🏻 Cheers to the BFF!🥂

Thank you for your technical expertise and countless hours of work. "taking the reins"............nice intro. Does he have spurs?

1) I don’t need your permission to post X, Y or Z. And I don’t give a pile of bull manure if you find it uninteresting or spammy or whatever. My suggestion is to drop the attitude.🫤 2) You may not be aware, but I found a Elk femur bone in the Selkirk mountains in which a hammer and anvil technique was used to extract bone marrow. Other groups have found evidence of stone tool use as well. Chimps also use primitive tools too. It’s well documented. 3) We don’t know what Sasquatch is. Which means YOU don’t know what Sasquatch is. So if other researchers in non Sasquatch circles are finding evidence of archaic hominids in NORTH AMERICA? You better believe I am sitting up and taking notice. As well you should too. I take keen interest in the Cerutti Mastodon find, the Chapala lake skull cap find, the Calico dig site, etc. Anything that debunks the Clovis first scenario. Some of this is obviously Homo Sapien. But some of it IS NOT. What was extracting bone marrow from a Mastodon 130,000 years ago in California…. not Homo Sapiens! What’s harvesting Elk bone marrow in NE Washington in 2020? 🤷‍♂️ Is this relevant to Sasquatch? You better believe it is. We have 12 feet of snow here now at 5000 feet. Sasquatch isn’t eating berries or skunk cabbage right now. Which leaves what? Meat. Fat. Bone marrow. 👍

to be clear, I believe BiGFo0T is real. As in its a real animal and the government is covering up their existence for reasons that are unknown. But I’ve consumed so much cryptid content in the past 8 years or so that it’s become very obvious to me that most of it is made up now by people who make their livings doing this stuff. All the known names on are into the bigfooT lore for the money. Bob gymlan puts out interesting videos here and there but he is it. missing 411 ran it’s course. I’m not sure what Paulides is up to these days. The On The Trail of BigfooT documentaries are interesting. The On The Trail of BiGfooT Land of the missing was a good one. The documentary is about the aggressive nature of the Alaskan variety that actually seeks out humans to eat. These kindof behavior is extremely unusual for Sasquatch although the ape Canyon incident and the siege at Hanobia are incidents of aggressive Sasquatch encounters. if you haven’t I’d recommend checking out on the trail of bigfooT land of the kissing on Amazon prime. Even the director admits most of these stories could be explained by a more mundane cause but he remains open to the stories of the agressive Sasquatch in Alaska. but other than the few gems in the field the field most of the media surrounding Sasquatch is made up fantasy nonsense. It started off with Sasquatch but now there is dogman, pale crawlers, and other cryptids like little people and other nefarious things. It seems to me people figured out how to make the field of Sasquatch research and lore a lucrative industry.

Salmon River country. Same area as were the Teddy Roosevelt Bauman story originated. Way south. The ITR is the only one of its kind in the world. Inland Temperate Rainforest. The western edge of the northern Rockies acts very similar to the Cascades in terms of trapping moisture on the west slope and creating a rain shadow on the east slope. But the Rockies are more complicated. What we call the Rockies is actually many mountain ranges all grouped together. The Rockies are much wider than the Cascades. Lots of little micro climates of wet and dry. With the forest changing from pine to fir and other species too depending on rainfall. Sandpoint Idaho is wet. And Columbia Falls Montana is wet but places in between like Ronan Montana are drier. If you ever wanna come over and explore North Idaho? Just say the word!👍

Congratulations, Gigantor for a successful term. Hope you stay around and comment occasionally!

Congratulations, norseman, and thanks to you, Gigantor, for all you've done here over the years.

I am in Newport, Wa. Spent a lot of time in Pend Oreille county. And have been exploring around Priest Lake lately.

It’s the femur analysis in the researcher section.

I modify my Sony ICD PX333 recorders to go two weeks, using 4x AA rechargeable batteries. I also use my own custom microphones with low pass filtering that require 2x 9V batteries, that will also go 2 weeks. The whole package is placed in a plastic tumbler covered with camo tape, leaving it waterproof, portable, and discrete. Explanation and lots of clips are here: https://bigfootforums.com/topic/57428-a-place-to-share-audio-files/

On the BFRO, Bonner County and Valley County have by far the most number of reports for the state. I have been through Valley County; my dad and I went deer hunting further north around White Bird a number of years ago. I remember stopping in the town of McCall, and McCall is mentioned in about three of the Valley County reports. I do remember the terrain around McCall was more sasquatch looking than it was around White Bird. In the reports for Bonner County, which I think is in the panhandle, Priest Lake and Priest River are mentioned several times. Shoshone County had the third most reports, with 8.

It is beautiful here.... but cold (especially lately - but been such a mild winter overall so far - not good for snow pack though). I am closer to Butte, which is one of the coldest small cities in the lower 48. You live in likely as beautiful, if not more, country. Have enjoyed your pics out and about in the mountains over the years!

Happy New Year to all! Still haven't been hiking in my 'rough' areas, need 2 good eyes for that......we had some snow Tuesday morning early and found this interesting print going up to my back porch, do they miss me, lol?

Must be a brother!?😂

Even normal searches can be beyond bizarre. Two members of my old team participated in a search in New York for a missing hunter; that missing hunter was later featured in one of the 4-1-1- books and the first 4-1-1- tv show. That was a very small, well defined initial search area (as these things go), it was an experienced hunter, and there was only a short gap in time between the time/location last seen and the disappearance. Nothing was found in the searches over the next week. There's a small park in the lower Hudson Valley (Sam's Point area of Minnewaska State Park) where a young man went missing 40 years ago and no trace has been found. A search was conducted for a Canadian skier who went missing at the Whiteface Ski resort in NY; it was called off when he alerted everyone that he was alive and well ... in California. I was gifted a FLIR that attached to an old cellphone. It was serviceable for pictures taken up close, but I didn't find a way to test it in the woods. It was clunky and drained the battery quickly. The box canyon story is interesting; I have to wonder how long an accumulation of bones like that described would take to be built up, and how long it would last. This is what I get for skimming the thread - missed that you had already identified the other two missing people identified in the video.

I concur. I think most of the cases are slightly misrepresented. If accurately described, some are just plain weird. Very uncomfortably weird. Interesting. Roughly what part of the state? I got into part of the Bitterroots a decade or so ago. It was a lot wetter than I expected despite being August and had brush / cover every bit as thick as I'm used to in the Oregon coast range. That was very much a surprise to me. I want to go back.

Okay, forgive me for I am about to be a royal party pooper. Jacob Gray's last known position when he disappeared (based on the initial discovery of his bike and gear) was near the Sol Duc Hot Springs Road just off State Route 110 and near Lake Crescent. See http://www.mibsar.com/Cases/Gray/Gray.html. According to newspapers at the time that his remains were discovered (see, e.g., https://www.kitsapdailynews.com/news/update-remains-confirmed-as-hiker-missing-since-2017-in-olympic-national-park/ but you have to disable ad blockers), he was found in a remote area of the Daniel J. Evans Wilderness somewhere "near" Hoh Lake in the Olympic National Park. A very rough straight line distance is 13 miles, but it was probably a longer hike than that from his start point to where he was recovered. It is easy to see a scenario where he started off on what he thought would be an easy hike and became disoriented or injured. That same newspaper article describes that the remains were found by a field crew of Olympic National Park employees and volunteers (later identified in the article as marmot biologists). The article says nothing about finding other bones anywhere near the body, nothing about finding arrows stuck in the ground, and nothing about a phone being recovered. Contrary to what the video claims, Jacob left Port Townsend to bike cross-country from Washington to Vermont, where his brother lived, not "to head into the Olympic Mountains." See https://charleyproject.org/case/jacob-randall-gray. There is no indication that he had a compound bow and arrows with him. See http://www.mibsar.com/Cases/Gray/Gray.html, with the list of items to look out for at the end. See also the link to the next news article, below, which states that the trailer contained food, clothing, emergency blankets, bike repair items and a first-aid kit, sleeping bag, tent, tarp and pocket survival guides, according to the [National Park Service's S&R] report. When remains were found, the marmot biologists found abandoned equipment and clothing, not "a bone hidden in a dense patch of forest." In fact, the law enforcement agency in charge of the recovery reported that what was initially found does not make investigators believe foul play was involved. See the newspaper article above. A forensic anthropologist determined that he probably died of natural causes. See https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/news/hiker-probably-died-of-natural-causes/. Given the number of blatant misstatements of fact, whether done erroneously or intentionally, I just stopped checking every line of the transcript here. However, the missing Canadian hunter is likely Maxime Jacques, not "Jack" or Jacques Maxim. See https://www.facebook.com/people/Maxime-Jacques-of-Trois-Rivieres-Qc-Canada-Missing/100066868935840/. I will defer to our Canadian brothers and sisters in the search, but I believe he's missing in Quebec. I couldn't find a Diane Bruno (or Jacques Maxim) in Canada's (shockingly large) missing person database, but there is a Diane who went missing in St. Bruno. The point of all this (if I have any) is not to dissuade people from sharing spooky and enjoyable stories. But given the growth of Bigfoot as a profit center, necessary to support real researchers and just pure gravy for story tellers, coupled with AI, is providing way too many of these stories, which risk drowning out valid research... Kudos to Bigfooters in the area for pitching in on the S&R effort; competent searchers are always necessary. I'll be outside shaking my fist at the clouds if anyone is looking for me....

So no other two missing hikers remains found with Jacob. And no cell phone footage of a mysterious dark figure on the ridge. Click bait.🫤 Thank you!

Bigfoot says Canada is a good place to live Millstone NewsView the full article

I thought political stuff went in another section!😏

Jacket blurb? cost? I don't want to judge a book by its cover...

Best way to get a copy is directly through the author: perez952@sbcglobal.net

I fully acknowledge that Hollywood is at work with that show. But if the show was just Dr. Mayor walking around taking samples? Nobody would watch it. BUT! She is legit. She has helped discover a new primate! And she is in North America doing field research on our cryptid. So I hold out hope!👏🏻 She must be past the point of worrying about her career like Meldrum.🤷‍♂️ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mireya_Mayor On a 2001 expedition in Madagascar, she was part of a research group who described a new species of mouse lemur, Microcebus mittermeieri, or Mittermeier's mouse lemur,[6][12] after Russell Mittermeier, the president of green group Conservation International and a renowned field primatologist.[2][1] Mayor told NPRin a 2015 interview that following the discovery, she persuaded the prime minister of Madagascar to declare the mouse lemur's habitat a national park.

I am generally dissatisfied with most of the current "media" related for Sasquatch with the exception of the Bigfoot and Beyond podcast...and even that taxes me at times. i am looking forward to a STM production focusing on the Ape Canyon Incident and featuring Marc Myrsell and his extensive research. Marc is a solid researcher, very detail oriented (due to his profession), and a great guy. Had the privilege of listening to a talk he gave and talked to him for a long time afterwards. I understand Bobo has a couple of docs in production and should be out "soon". These should be fairly interesting, but I know Bobo can be given to some far out approaches and ideas. Les Stroud? Meh...the taint of Standing is ever lingering.... The last good book I read was The Phenomenal Sasquatch by Matt Pruitt. Took a more scientific approach than most and didn't dumb down the language which I appreciated. As for Expedition Bigfoot...ugh. Staged fakery and exaggerated evidence. Ranks right up there with that Mountain Monsters show to me. If the good doctor on the show is legit, I can only imagine later her scientific reputation will take a hit for being associated with the rest of the lot.

Again I don’t know how true it is but in the movie the Ghost and the Darkness, the two lions who were brothers had a lair. They seemed to only hunt humans and they drug a lot of humans into their lair. The PH said that it wasn’t normal for lions to behave this way. So there is always a chance it’s some rogue behavior of a known animal. I think he was hunting alone. Which is often the case.

Sort of a calling card for a serial killer maybe? I still can't figure out why he didn't know Sol Duc narrowed down like it did and what he was dragging up there wasn't going to fit? Maybe I missed something like he was using it like a basecamp, weird storyline for sure. And the stacked bones and no cash or cards taken? Fictitious associations according to the comments section: "While both Jacques and Diane ARE real people who are missing in real life, neither of these people were found at the site mentioned, nor found at all yet, nor even missing in the Olympic forest. They're both missing in Canada. Jacques wasn't hunting in a US forest, and Diane went missing from a parking lot. Never ever believe videos where the narrator is not even a real person, but an AI generated voice." "I am somewhat familiar with the Jacob Gray story, however, much of the YouTube's version sounded highly unlikely, so I did a quick Google search. Surprise... Jacques Maxime disappeared in Manitoba, Canada and Diane Bonneau disappeared in Quebec. Sorry friends, their remains weren't found in the Solduc near Jacob Gray's. No other human remains were found near Jacob's body, either. That information alone puts the rest of the sinister parts of this story into question. In reality, Jacob's story is quite similar to many other young men who went missing or died while hiking in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska. They were loners, had troubled relationships, hiked alone, and weren't prepared for what they might experience in the wilds."

I need to be more concise. The field started off with Sasquatch and then expanded to different variety’s of Sasquatch like the skunk ape variety. Then there are mountain giants, which are kindof like a Sasquatch but bigger. Much bigger. Like 20’ tall. Then dogman came around. To me it’s like people started getting high AF around their campfire at night and were telling scary stories and started pointing their pistols in the darkness at anything that made a sound. then there’s people who make YouTube videos about the 10 different types of Sasquatch and 7 different types of dog men. basically it’s like people got high, drunk, or tripped on dmt and claimed to have seen the craziest ****. I

I cannot say anything. For most of my life my wife was lucky if she knew what state I was in. Eventually I guess the mules would end up out of the mountains and in some ranchers field and they would come looking for my camp. Long before the days of Garmin Inreach or anything like that. Now she has me on a pretty short leash after this last heart attack. I see FLIR and zoom lens for cell phones. I have no idea how well they work. I had a buddy once in Idaho claim he came upon a lair. A small box canyon with hundreds of deer and elk bones in it. Whatever it was? Was going through a lot of effort to bring that many animals to this one location. Not something a bear or cougar or wolves does. Almost like what we see in archaeological digs with our early ancestors. 🤷‍♂️

I have a feeling I know how her story is going to end.. im not criticizing the field of discovery with the ape, but it’s become clear to me most of the media has become nothing more than an area to be exploited.

I too saw Derek in the video. It would be nice to know if this was an accurate portrayal or click bait. But if 3 hikers remains separated by a decade all end up in the same exact spot? Thats not a predator. Thats either a human or Sasquatch. And the phone footage if real is super creepy as well. I still say that some of the 411 missing data base has some merit. Much of it mundane. Some of it is beyond bizarre.

Pretty disturbiing stuff human bones stacked like the elk discovery a few years back with human like incisor marks on the long bones. Can't quite understand why a bike camper would be so unprepared (perhaps impulsive because of the family disruption/divorce) as to abandon camp unless Bigfoot tipped it over and chased him until he was exhausted and lost. As for the other two, indecisive. Those Olympic mtns are endless chains seemingly when you get to the top of them and check out the long views they are straight up and down to lakes and such, with snow treacherous. Too bad the video couldn't spell Sol Duc and Hoh correctly almost like it was computer generated from someone else's audio transcript? Wonder if Derek Randles and the Olympic Project was part of the SAR or recovery team since he is shown in several places in the video? Or maybe they just kicked that in there to represent the BF as cannibal slant. Sounds like someone has a more complete picture of this whole set of circumstances but perhaps it wasn't disclosed by the Park but leaked out through other channels.

I started to listen and immediately recognized the voice. The website was discussed in another recent thread concerning an alleged encounter by a female hiker in the Pacific northwest (or Alaska?) I didn't listen too it, but skimmed the transcript and also see many red flags (IMHO) even before getting to the talking Bigfoot part. For what it's worth, I've catalogued over 1100 encounters in the Northeast and can think of only two where the Bigfoot reportedly had a weapon (one club, one knife) and only one where Bigfoot "spoke" (asking "where is the queen?" IIRC). The club-wielding, queen-seeking encounter is from the early 1800s and the other was from the 1950s or 1960s and likely was a misidentification of either the Bigfoot or the knife.

All the more reason they should join for a mere $20.00 and get premium access!!

I guess it’s in the premium section. So the link won’t show for everyone.

The high end units cost a lot more because they are typically used in studios for audio / video and audio work. The frequency range covered is an important spec. Headphones worn for hours have to be comfortable. During monitoring at night, I fall asleep with my headphones on so it is important to find some that are not sweat baths for your ears.

Nice, geesh there must be a Newport in every state!

Manufacturers have lists of SD and microSD cards that have been tested. Two lists may appear in the respective support pages: approved / supported and unapproved recording media. Surprise, SanDisk products are not rubber stamped for successful performance. An example from Sound Devices covers SD cards and microSD cards are not approved. https://www.sounddevices.com/mixpre-series-approved-media-list/ TASCAM DR-05 and DR-05X 'supported media' of microSD cards. Searching the brand name list for model numbers is tedious. https://cf.tascam.com/wp-content/uploads/downloads/media_list/tascam/dr-05x_dr-07x_media_list.pdf Way to dilate the rabbit hole. The TASCAM unit DR-05 can be found for under $100. DR-05X is also under $100. Low end frequency response is listed at 20Hz. ( zoom units roll off really bad at about 30Hz ). Going below 20Hz reliably requires a suite of equipment that will cost 4 figures. Infrasound mic, aka measurement mic, field recorder that goes below 20Hz and full surround headphones that handle the low frequencies. Full surround because you don't want any noise 'leaking' out if you are monitoring/recording in a blind and you want all of the noise bouncing around in your head ( Jethro quadraphonic ). No, no and no. Maximum memory capacity of the card will be set by the manufacturer. Recording time is based on the condition of your power supply and sample rate. There are many memory cards available. I have found a source that is endorsed for audio and video. OWC......."Other World Computing". Perfect name for our projects. https://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory-cards/atlas-pro-sd-v60 The rabbit hole continues.........

I got out for the day with MagniAesir on a deer hunting/sasquatch seeking adventure. It was a fine fall day, with sunshine most of the day, after the morning overcast and mist dissipated, but no critters of any kind were spotted. We did encounter snowy trails at the higher elevations in the valleys off the east side of Harrison Lake, where we saw some older deer and canid tracks, but nothing fresh at all.

This is the one your daughter saw? Back when? Or is this something new? For me it isn’t about belief or disbelief. I’ve never seen one. I’ve seen compelling tracks one time. We need a body for proof. But, with that said? Is the hominid family growing every year? Yes. We now have dozens of archaic Homo and non Homo species to choose from. Every year brings new discoveries. And new understanding. I.e. Homo Erectus built boats. And could the American continent harbor an intelligent sentient creature unknown to science? I say most definitely yes. I realize that there is a stigma attached to this subject. But look at UFO’s and the Congressional hearings. That stigma is now in the ditch. We have scientists openly discussing UFO evidence. And Dr. Nolan said that he is 100 percent sure UFO’s exist in our airspace now and probably have been here for thousands of years. Aliens or time travelers or whatever here on Earth is a much larger leap than a archaic hominid still eeking out a living in a small corner of the planet today IMHO.

Can you please expand on how you think this is relevant to the Sasquatch topic?