norseman Posted February 3 Admin Posted February 3 My buddy brought his thermal. 08.49.45-08.50.08[F][0@0][0].mov 08.27.52-08.28.08[F][0@0][0].mov 08.49.19-08.49.34[F][0@0][0].mov IMG_1207.mov
PNWexplorer Posted February 7 Posted February 7 Got back from the Arizona trip last week. Nothing to report as far as cryptid sightings. The new hybrid Jeep was a huge disappointment as far as fuel economy. Yes, it's lifted with big tires, a winch, roof rack, and other off-road accessories. But so is my 2021 V8 Tundra. Unbelievably, the 4cyl hybrid Jeep got worse gas mileage than the V8 Tundra. I averaged around 14.2 mpg after calculating for larger tires and less miles shown. The Tundra will do around 14.5 mpg on similar road trips. The Jeep also had a few electronic glitches on the trip, but I was never stranded. No mechanical issues. It did perform superbly off-road and I was able to explore areas that I could never reach in the Tundra. 1
Wolfjewel Posted February 7 Posted February 7 Jeep looks beautiful in that desert shot, with The Dog of course! Sorry to hear the vehicle doesn’t get good mileage, even as a hybrid. Our Toyota Highlander hybrid gets about 25 mpg, but then it’s not a a Jeep or Tundra.
norseman Posted February 7 Admin Posted February 7 8 hours ago, PNWexplorer said: Got back from the Arizona trip last week. Nothing to report as far as cryptid sightings. The new hybrid Jeep was a huge disappointment as far as fuel economy. Yes, it's lifted with big tires, a winch, roof rack, and other off-road accessories. But so is my 2021 V8 Tundra. Unbelievably, the 4cyl hybrid Jeep got worse gas mileage than the V8 Tundra. I averaged around 14.2 mpg after calculating for larger tires and less miles shown. The Tundra will do around 14.5 mpg on similar road trips. The Jeep also had a few electronic glitches on the trip, but I was never stranded. No mechanical issues. It did perform superbly off-road and I was able to explore areas that I could never reach in the Tundra. I get the same mileage with a Dodge Cummins on 40s and about 14000 lbs. My son has a baby Duramax ZR2 and it gets 28 mpg. But it needs deleted still. DEF screws up all the time. 1
wiiawiwb Posted February 7 Posted February 7 On 9/18/2024 at 7:24 PM, Kiwakwe said: Found a relatively local spot with a sighting report and ongoing 'activity.' It's about 2 hours N of me at the S end of the North Maine Woods, timber co land with little access to campsites outside this one, which is on a small lake. First camp was back in May, had the recorder out, find on returning home, at 1:15am something tried my door handle on the Rover, I was sleeping in it and didn't wake, but the sound is distinct. No one else around, it was a Thursday night and I drove all the logging spurs in the vicinity to scope them out. The following week, Hiflier was at the same spot, he picked up 7 distinct percussive knocks on his recorder. I went back 3 more nights through the Summer, only staying in the lakeside camp one of those. Another was across the main logging road from lakeside camp and about 1/2 mile down a finger of land out into a bog, the location of a reported sighting. There was a cell trail cam there, which I was suspect of--as it seems the BF are too, given the lack of footage. No oddities picked up on the recorder there but did see a buck chased out of the woods, opposite side of the bog by a moose on its tail. Standard M.O. for these nights is a walkabout for a couple of miles down the spurs near camp from dusk til after dark, announcing a presence, as if needed, then back to camp for a sit and listen. No fire, to keep the night vision intact. Last weekend, camped about 3/4 mile from lake site, at the end of a logging spur in slash and near the 'beauty strip' of another small lake without access other than a bushwhack. Recorder out and picked up 11 knocks of varying intensity over a 2 hr period from about 10:30pm to 12:30am ish. Didn't know about them til home listening to the 8 hrs of recordings. I did hear one distinct knock, following morning about 6:45 am as I was strolling from camp with coffee. Originated from an unlogged, older stand of Hemlock and Birch, I crossed the slash field to investigate, if it was a Sasquatch, it disappeared like one. If all goes as planned I'll head back up this week for an all night vigil posted up by the above 'bushwhack' lake. Bogside camp: Misty morning: Bushwhacking the stream feeding the lake: Last weekend's 'Slash camp': Heard 2 loud snaps back in the treeline, cow and calf strolled out within 5 min and gave me a stare: Checking the nearby stream for prints, only moose: I'd upload audio files to Soundcloud to post but the planned obsolescence has afflicted my machine, can no longer update nor access those things, nor even check UPS tracking on a perfectly serviceable unit, thanks Apple! Great pictures. That's quite the setup you have. As you already know, Maine's North Woods are vast, lighly populated, and a perfect habitat for a sasquatch sighting or encounter. Keep up the good work and posts.
Catmandoo Posted February 10 Posted February 10 ^^^^^ The role of the parking heater can not be underestimated. Diesel and a flame, all night.
norseman Posted February 27 Admin Posted February 27 Just Moose and Deer tracks today! Spring is coming everything is getting slushy.
norseman Posted February 28 Admin Posted February 28 Stayed south today. Nice and sunny. But no critters.😢 Just Moose and Deer tracks.
BC witness Posted March 3 Author Posted March 3 (edited) March 1st outing My daughter and I had an epic 14 hour road trip through prime research country today, but no creatures or tracks were located in spite of lots of looking for movement or spoor along the way. We started at 8am with breakfast at the Matsqui Cafe, then drove to the start of the Harrison West FSR, where I aired down the tires on the Hummer to handle the washboard, potholes, and debris on the rough gravel logging road. Then a slow cruise to km 31, where we turned N onto the Mystery Valley FSR, which we followed over the pass to the N end of Chehalis Lake. We spent a half hour there chatting with the 2 other people we saw there, then retraced our route to the Harrison West FSR and turned to continue to the head of the 50km long lake. At that point we stopped for lunch, then entered the Lillooet River FSR to follow it for about 80km to pavement at the Duffy Lake Rd. Along the way we made a stop at the almost ghost town of Skookumchuck for some photos of the 120 year old wooden church, just a couple of km downstream of my 1980's placer claim on the river. On reaching pavement again at Duffy Lake RD (Hwy 99), I aired the tires back up, and we continued over the snowy mountain pass to the town of Lytton, gassed up, and followed the Fraser Canyon to Hope, stopped for supper at 8pm, then 2 more hours to home. Chehalis Lake Mystery Valley Lillooet River Edited Monday at 02:47 AM by BC witness 1
norseman Posted Thursday at 01:50 AM Admin Posted Thursday at 01:50 AM Came across an Elk kill today unfortunately.
norseman Posted Thursday at 04:28 AM Admin Posted Thursday at 04:28 AM Spring is coming! IMG_1695.mov
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