Guest DWA Posted February 8, 2014 Posted February 8, 2014 I think that statements like that are overreaching. They are assumptions, and there is no reason to bank on them. It just could be that if the entire society weren't in denial on this topic, we might have something by now. But given current attitudes, I can tell you that it's likely that what most folks find out, they keep to themselves.
Guest Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 Thanks Hiflier, and very good point. I think the biggest obstacle to shooting one off a road would be of course the long odds of an encounter, but also the likely brevity of it (based on road encounter reports). In his book Big Footprints, the late Dr. Grover Krantz discussed this very subject to include his attempts at it... It will not surprise me in the slightest if the type specimen comes to light after having been killed by a vehicle as it is crossing a highway. My odds on stretch is I-84 between The Dalles & Portland. If you are into monkees you owe yourself a trip out there and to drive that piece of interstate. My wife is from out there and the first time she drove me on it, all I could think of were all the reports from along it & how in the world a booger could get across it alive...
hiflier Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Hello NDT, You're welcome, my pleasure. And yeah, the road is pretty much crap shoot IMO. But then so are the woods. I started a thread somewhere way down the list now about it and encouraged folks, especially those not particularly wood-wise or comfortable in them, to check out the road sighting/crossing reports in their areas. Basically do what amounts to patrolling with cameras and friends with a picnic thrown in for good measure, and good pleasure. Find a stretch and visit it a couple of times a month. Can't hurt. 'Preciate the input. Edited February 9, 2014 by hiflier
Doc Holliday Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 gotta agree, a lot of folks unfamiliar with hunting have no clue that the hard part starts after you drop the hammer. doesn't have to be a huge animal like elk , moose etc either, I've killed whitetail deer in places that because of thick cover and terrain took hours to get them out. and its funny you fellas mention the roads. somewhere here a while back I joked if a body ever surfaces to prove this thing publicly it'll be by some little grandma coming home from bingo that clips BF with a '66 Bonneville......... and not from some one with a BF agenda .....lets just hope she's buckled up.
hiflier Posted February 9, 2014 Posted February 9, 2014 (edited) Hello Doc Holliday, A '66 Bonneville................Man! were they ever something. BTW, here's the thread if anyone's interested: http://bigfootforums.com/index.php/topic/42982-sasquatch-on-the-roads/ Edited February 9, 2014 by hiflier
Guest Posted February 10, 2014 Posted February 10, 2014 No kidding on the Bonnie, guys. When I was in the army with the 1st Infantry Division, then at Ft Riely, Ks, my MP company had a "company car", a late 60s Bonnie. Being a Company Car, the tradition was it could only be sold to another member of our company who lived on post for no more than $500. The owner wasn't allowed to take it with when he was was PCS'ed on orders or was discharged, it had to be sold to another member of the company. No one made any money in the service back then, so this tradition meant that the on post guys always had some transportation other than a bike, bus, or taxi. This car was known as Big Bird or the Death-Mobile, ala Animal House. I had that beast for a year. It was big, heavy, powerful, and had abour 4" of ground clearance. About the only thing that could pass under it & live were the little rock lizards that lived down there. If that thing hit a BF at highway speed out on I-70, this discussion would be about BF sub-species or something...
hiflier Posted February 10, 2014 Posted February 10, 2014 Hello NDT, Wouldn't have a pic of that BF Assault Vehicle wudya?
Guest DWA Posted February 10, 2014 Posted February 10, 2014 (edited) AAAAAhhhhhhhh, the late-60s Bonnevilles. My family had a minimum of three; they were one of the cars I cut my teeth on. 90 felt like 55. I'd go up our street, out of sight of the house of course, 70 minimum in a like 20 zone, foot pounding out the rhythm of whatever was on the radio on the, um, accelerator pedal, hey, a boy has to do something....THAT was a real "stock" car. Edited February 10, 2014 by DWA
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