Fires

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Thanks everyone.  Good input.  This all gives me some things to think about.  

 

If nothing else, I would bet Bigfoot could greatly outpace the best human wilderness explorer be they Bear Grylls, Survivor man, or Grisly Adams.   So long as they can outpace a person, they are people safe from unwelcomed interaction with people.  

 

 

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Since Norse mentioned it:

 

https://xcancel.com/FoxNews/status/2084638246978371709

 

Never been anywhere near a wildfire of that nature, and I never want to be either.

[guyzonthropus]

How far did the big male carrying Albert Ostman go the night he made off with poor Albert? He mentioned a number of ups and downs through mountains  but I don't recall how many nor for how long. But it did take him considerable time returning to that settlement/logging camp. That would give at least some indication of their potential range.

 

These fires are simply horrific, with all the habitat getting destroyed in times already plagued with climatic stresses. Oddly enough, no major fires have occurred here in southern California so far this year, though we've have a rather mild summer. However there have been a few moist years lately so the San Gabriel mountains(the range behind my house) are getting covered with progressively more and more fuel for when it does burn. Its always a double edged sword, in that more rain keeps the hillsides greener for longer, it also results in further accumulation of fuels

[norseman]

On 8/7/2026 at 5:45 PM, guyzonthropus said:

How far did the big male carrying Albert Ostman go the night he made off with poor Albert? He mentioned a number of ups and downs through mountains  but I don't recall how many nor for how long. But it did take him considerable time returning to that settlement/logging camp. That would give at least some indication of their potential range.

 

These fires are simply horrific, with all the habitat getting destroyed in times already plagued with climatic stresses. Oddly enough, no major fires have occurred here in southern California so far this year, though we've have a rather mild summer. However there have been a few moist years lately so the San Gabriel mountains(the range behind my house) are getting covered with progressively more and more fuel for when it does burn. Its always a double edged sword, in that more rain keeps the hillsides greener for longer, it also results in further accumulation of fuels

It was around the Toba Inlet if memory serves… and he walked 10 miles to get out. But the Sasquatch did it packing HIM.

 

I think it’s not much about climate and a whole lot about human management. I read that 6 million sheep were just in the state of Montana in 1900. Now there aren’t that many in the entire country. In my lifetime many mills have shut down. Just had this discussion in Libby Montana. Nary a log truck anywhere. Millions of acres of national forest. If we don’t manage it? Mother Nature will, and she doesn’t care about property lines, houses, livestock, pets, people, etc. 

 

And then on top of it? Several of these fires in the Spokane area were arson. People using red flag warning days to intentionally go start catastrophic fires. 
 

BTW, we didn’t go out on that fire. Because we were on the wrong list. 🙄 We are on the VEPR list and they needed EERA personnel. Even though the VEPR list is supposed to be dispatched before the Emergency list. Bureaucracy!