NatFoot Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 42 minutes ago, Twist said: Talking about the fake BF in the woods ? Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfjewel Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 You didn’t go up close to it and check out how “mechanical” it was? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveedoe Posted May 31, 2019 Share Posted May 31, 2019 (edited) 14 hours ago, Wolfjewel said: You didn’t go up close to it and check out how “mechanical” it was? I did not go onto their property. Just barley spotted it from the road. Being from SW Washington and growing up with local Bigfoot stories, I never knew there was so many locations where people had sightings. I had always thought Bigfoot range was only from northern California to SW Alaska. I can see how the forests in East Texas and SE Oklahoma could support Bigfoot. One thing for sure there where plenty white tailed deer where we were. I don't like hoaxing but I'd bet this mechanical looking Bigfoot was only intended for fun for guests. There where Bigfoot cut outs and statues at just about all the shops, good for tourism and cash in on a legend. Edited May 31, 2019 by daveedoe spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantor Posted June 2, 2019 Admin Share Posted June 2, 2019 I'm in South Florida keeping an eye out for skunk apes.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiflier Posted June 2, 2019 Share Posted June 2, 2019 Check under the umbrellas Don't let the bikinis fool you! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted June 4, 2019 Admin Share Posted June 4, 2019 https://www.trails.com/us/wa/colville-river/sherman-creek-and-log-flume-heritage-site Hiked around the log flume site today with nitro in my pocket. Suffered heart attack #2 last saturday. Trying to keep the legs swinging. Not easy with vertigo. What a year. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiflier Posted June 4, 2019 Share Posted June 4, 2019 Yeah Dude! Good for you. Carry nitro myself for the last 12 years (never have needed it) and have done everything from winter camping to bushwhacking. Take your time, enjoy being on two feet and let your eyes do the research. I can't express how glad I am to see your drive to hang tough. Breath deep and soak in the beauty. Looks like a good area to explore and get stronger in and I hope you're going with some company. At least for the time being. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BC witness Posted June 5, 2019 Author Share Posted June 5, 2019 Glad to hear you're getting out, norse. I got out Sunday for a long drive through some less travelled high country, with my youngest boy and his girlfriend along to make sure this old fart made it back home. We did the traverse from Harrison East FSR over Kookipi Pass to the Nahatlatch Valley, an older deactivated logging road that made travel very slow due to the frequent cross ditching and washouts. We didn't see anything other than some does and a bunny, but it was a beautiful day, with some spectacular scenery. Lots of deer tracks and bear scat, but no Sasquatch sign. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Explorer Posted June 9, 2019 Popular Post Share Posted June 9, 2019 I just got back from an exploratory trip to the Mogollon Rim in Arizona. I split my trip into 2 three day camping trips. First section of trip was not BF related, but the second portion was to explore an area that I have never visited (Mogollon Rim northeast of Payson). Based on the SSR Bigfoot reports map below, I targeted to explore the area around Bear Canyon Lake and Knoll Lake. I and a colleague spent one night near Bear Canyon Lake (first photo) and 2 nights near Knoll Lake (2nd photo). These lakes are man-made (both got dams) and are very popular for fishing. Saw lots of people camping in both places the first week of June. On the last day we swung by Woods Lake and it was a zoo of people. My guess is that these Forest Lakes are very popular for folks in Phoenix who are trying to avoid the summer heat and want to do some fishing. Protocol was to hike during the day on abandoned jeep trails and look for tracks or signs. We did limited off-trail hiking to explore some of the canyons. At night, we hiked 2-3 miles into some of these abandoned jeep trails – mainly to better listen to the wildlife and avoid noise from other campers. We heard owls, nighthawks, and other birds that I don’t have the knowledge to categorize. We did not hear any coyotes at night. We saw 2 white tail deer and the skeleton of an elk (probably left by hunters?). We also ran into a dead deer and saw the cougar that killed it (see story below). We saw plenty of deer and elk footprints and scat. We saw no bear or bear scat. We saw no BF footprints nor we heard any anomalous sounds (day or night) while we were there. My Thermal Imager paid for itself on this incident The first night near Bear Canyon Lake, we decided to walk down an abandoned jeep trail that headed north from the lake parking lot and followed Bear Canyon all the way north. This jeep trail is not shown on the topo map. See topo map below with the purple line showing approximately where the trail is. I wanted to explore it because it followed the canyon closely and I figured many animals will be going down to the canyon for water. Also, this trail passed by a power line and was close to quarry (common features of areas with BF presence). We hiked about 1.8-2.0 miles north and headed back around 9:30 PM. On the way back, at about 0.5 mile from lake parking lot (~10 PM), we both saw eye-shine to our right up the hill. (We were using regular white light flashlight and not following the BFRO rules of red-light in order to avoid tripping and falling). We clearly saw 2 eyes but they were not moving. I got my thermal imager out of the bag and set it on white hot with red hot for picking up above average thermal signature. We picked up two red hot signatures that were not moving – one medium size and one small. (The small one was a hot rock). I gave my thermal imager to my colleague and told him to scan the area while I was going to walk to the medium size target to see what it was. The target was about 30-40 ft away up the hill and I could not tell what it was with thermal or flashlight. When I got within 10 ft of it, I shined my flashlight and clearly saw a small dead deer (looked like a fawn). I told my friend that I was going to get closer to take a photo when he said there was a bigger red hot target above me that was moving. Then he said it was a cougar and to get the out of there quickly. The cougar was about 30-40 ft from me per my friend’s assessment. I quickly retreated and took back my thermal imager to see what he was seeing and indeed saw a large 4 legged creature moving sideways (not towards us). We quickly packed up our gear and left. That deer must have been killed recently because its signature was just as hot as the cougar. We did not hear any struggle of the deer (on the way north or south). Even when the cougar was moving, there was no noise. I believe that had we not had the thermal imager, I would have gotten closer to the dead deer and taken that picture and maybe the cougar would have protected its food. Lessons learned for me, when hiking at night: - Look for eye-shine (left and right of trail) as you are hiking - Keep your thermal imager ready to better detect wildlife When I camp solo, I usually do not hike at night and stay put at campsite. But in this case, my colleague and I wanted to explore at night. There are risks when hiking at night and we humans have the disadvantage. 1 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted June 11, 2019 Admin Share Posted June 11, 2019 South fork of Sherman creek off of hwy 20 (Sherman pass) Found what looked like Black bear hair. Found where he was scratching up a post at the USFS corral. I usually park here when I bring the horse trailer. Someone cut the head and buttons off of a rattle snake ahead of me on the FS rd. Saw some deer is all. Pretty uneventful. I didn’t crash....that was a plus. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incorrigible1 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) The frustrated herpetologist in me screams. Beautiful photos and vistas, this plainsman is a little jelly. But there's places for venomous snakes, and remote areas like this are exactly such places. Let them live! Edited June 11, 2019 by Incorrigible1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huntster Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Incorrigible1 said: .............there's places for venomous snakes, and remote areas like this are exactly such places....... So is the cast iron frying pan over a nice, hot mesquite fire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted June 11, 2019 Admin Share Posted June 11, 2019 Now I have a mess to clean up this morn... 7 hours ago, Incorrigible1 said: The frustrated herpetologist in me screams. Beautiful photos and vistas, this plainsman is a little jelly. But there's places for venomous snakes, and remote areas like this are exactly such places. Let them live! Too many ranchers and horses and cattle I think. They run cattle up there. I live directly across the river and have only bull snakes. For some reason... 6 hours ago, Huntster said: So is the cast iron frying pan over a nice, hot mesquite fire. 🤢 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norseman Posted June 12, 2019 Admin Share Posted June 12, 2019 Night has fallen.... let the black bear games begin. 🤠 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NatFoot Posted June 12, 2019 Share Posted June 12, 2019 I would've guessed that a grizzly. Thought I could see the hump and all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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