Popular Post Skinwalker13 Posted March 5, 2021 Popular Post Posted March 5, 2021 Well, getting the research year to a bit of a slow start here in WV until last weekend. We were supposed to head out to this site the weekend the report came in but we had a state wide ice storm that had us crippled for 6 days. We finally got on sote on Feb 27th and have been processing data since. This new research location is perfect IMO. 85 years worth of history, sightings of white BF and most recently, Feb 13th some Ohio howl like sounds were recorded. The biggest plus is the massive variety of food literally EVERYWHERE you turn. A family could easily rough it out there and survive fairly easily as thif family has for nearly a century. The witness was getting hounded but luckly recognized me, and trusted we would treat her encounter and the stories she had respectfully. We spent a day surveying the area cataloguing the food supply, fresh/clean water sources etc. Our witness also has some activity 2 days before we arrived where her husband claimed something had thrown gravel at him while he was taking the trash out. Nothing but a large well worn game trail to be found near the trash though, as expected. What wasn't expected though was the track way we found just before we left the site for the day. 5 deep impressions in the ground, most were in the recently sown grass and hay, but 2 were half in a creek and one just on the edge of a mountian stream, where it left toe impressions that had collected water from the previous rain that had come through. We cast the track and documented the others. The gaite ranged between 4.5ft and 5ft heres the one track that we were able to collect. A tuft of grass eliminated the ball of the foot, and some mud from the stream had been left in the footprint as well whoch is visible in the image of the print prior to casting. We documented the entire day using Video, 2 Audio recorders, and multiple cameras for stills. The full video will be up soon and I'll share it here Other footprints were found on the property but were in deep leaf litter and nondescript but worth noting. 7
Skinwalker13 Posted March 5, 2021 Author Posted March 5, 2021 Here is the list of foragables just in a small corner of the property. Wine Berries, black berries, raspberries, mulberries, huckleberries, ground cherries, at least 15 species of edible mushroom, oak nuts, hickory nuts, hazel nuts, black walnuts, chestnuts, beach nuts, yellow root, ginseng, rosehips, mountian lorals, water lilly root. Steadily available protein sources: deer, squirrel, skunk, raccoon, opossum, salamanders, frogs, turtles, crayfish, creek chubs. 2
Wolfjewel Posted March 5, 2021 Posted March 5, 2021 Hey Skinwalker, you got a box turtle in your third pic. He’s lost some scutes around the edge of the shell. Is that just the shell of a dead turtle, or is he alive? I see what looks like his head out and turned to the left, but that could be an illusion due to a leaf or something. Cool shot, with the footprint next to the turtle.
ShadowBorn Posted March 5, 2021 Moderator Posted March 5, 2021 @Skinwalker13 Your foot cast loos like it has six toes on it. Am I looking at that correct. That area looks beautiful with that mist on the floor. I love tracking in that stuff. I love it even more when it is snowing and you are out in the middle of the woods in pines. Love going down unto the valleys though. Seems like you have a great project ahead for your self. I look forward to seeing your evidence. Wolfjewel Never even noticed that turtle in that track. Little guy was well camo'ed out.
wiiawiwb Posted March 5, 2021 Posted March 5, 2021 Nice cast. I like that you can go out in the woods at this point in winter and be in touch with the forest floor. 1
Skinwalker13 Posted March 5, 2021 Author Posted March 5, 2021 8 hours ago, Wolfjewel said: Hey Skinwalker, you got a box turtle in your third pic. He’s lost some scutes around the edge of the shell. Is that just the shell of a dead turtle, or is he alive? I see what looks like his head out and turned to the left, but that could be an illusion due to a leaf or something. Cool shot, with the footprint next to the turtle. It was hammered open using a stone or something. No chewing marks just blunt force. Couod have been a bird drop but nothing was hard enough to bust it in the area it was found. I kept the shell as well.
Skinwalker13 Posted March 5, 2021 Author Posted March 5, 2021 3 hours ago, wiiawiwb said: Nice cast. I like that you can go out in the woods at this point in winter and be in touch with the forest floor. This was the first day available in weeks where that was possible here. We got pretty lucky. Our early spring is starting to take hold now this time of year though so we likely won't have to deal with any more heavy snows this year.
Skinwalker13 Posted March 5, 2021 Author Posted March 5, 2021 4 hours ago, ShadowBorn said: @Skinwalker13 Your foot cast loos like it has six toes on it. Am I looking at that correct? That was an area of over pour, i noticed the channel that was there and used it to aid in cast retrieval. Due to the grass and poor casting conditions, I wanted to make sure I had every advantage I could while trying to remove it. I'll highlight the edge 1 1
BobbyO Posted March 5, 2021 SSR Team Posted March 5, 2021 16 hours ago, Skinwalker13 said: Here is the list of foragables just in a small corner of the property. Wine Berries, black berries, raspberries, mulberries, huckleberries, ground cherries, at least 15 species of edible mushroom, oak nuts, hickory nuts, hazel nuts, black walnuts, chestnuts, beach nuts, yellow root, ginseng, rosehips, mountian lorals, water lilly root. Steadily available protein sources: deer, squirrel, skunk, raccoon, opossum, salamanders, frogs, turtles, crayfish, creek chubs. Thanks for sharing Skin, but do me a favor please next time you're up there, take a pic of the huckleberry and add it to the thread please ? I'll explain the reasoning in due course.
DrPSH Posted March 6, 2021 Posted March 6, 2021 SW13, you mention in one of your posts above that you got lucky. I say (like some famous person long ago) that the harder you work the luckier you get. Nice job, great pics, and way to go to get out there, staying on the trail. Nice work. 1 1
Skinwalker13 Posted March 8, 2021 Author Posted March 8, 2021 If any one is interested in the the episode we recorded for the podcast heres a link: https://www.wildandweirdwv.com/podcast/episode/4c328091/bigfoot-investigation-wineberry-site 3
hiflier Posted March 9, 2021 Posted March 9, 2021 Great job, guys. Really nice episode, thanks. Can't wait to see the docuvid. 1
Arvedis Posted March 9, 2021 Posted March 9, 2021 (edited) 3 hours ago, Skinwalker13 said: If any one is interested in the the episode we recorded for the podcast heres a link: https://www.wildandweirdwv.com/podcast/episode/4c328091/bigfoot-investigation-wineberry-site The time lapse animation looks awesome on your front page! The editors of Bigfootery Today magazine have added you to the top influencers tracker. You have comfortably surpassed Rictor, who would actually be ranked much higher if he did not use his social media channels for mostly nonsense. But not quite enough enough to surpass Russell Acord. Right now, Wild and Weird West Virginny needs a lot more YT subscribers to be a serious player but stats are looking good at this early stage. I would like to say bonus points for not having a twitter feed but it's kinda needed to compete with the rest of the field. Edited March 9, 2021 by Arvedis 1
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