Love’s lessons and sasquatch legends are the subjects of two separate movies being shot this week in Cowichan.
Louise McMurray of Film Cowichan said the made-for-TV flick Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow was being filmed at various locations, as was a global documentary about the hairy critter also called Bigfoot or Tthamuqwus in the Hul’qumi’num language.
“Apparently there’ve been quite a few sightings around here,” McMurray said of the elusive sasquatch, a creature called the yeti in Asia.
One episode happened in June 2003 when the News Leader Pictorial reported what some locals said where bigfoot tracks in farmland soil on reserve land near the Cowichan River.
McMurray said sasquatch documentary crews were shooting in the Mesachie Lake, Chemainus River and, Mount Sicker Road and Quw’utsun’ Cultural Centre areas.
McMurray’s heard of sasquatch sightings in the Quamichan Marsh area too.
Meanwhile, producer Paul Raymond of Vancouver’s Front Street Pictures said his “low-budget” romance flick — starring Richard Thomas, alias John Boy of TV’s The Walton’s fame — found the right atmosphere in downtown Duncan for Hallmark Network’s project under director Gary Harvey.
“Duncan has that small-town look. This picture’s set in a small town that’s almost a character in the story.”
Yesterday’s other local sites include the Cowichan and Cairnsmore lodge areas, Quamichan Inn, Genoa Bay Road and near Just Jake’s bistro.
“We could shoot this in Victoria but we’re always piecing together small towns.
“Duncan’s like a back lot to us. The community’s been very supportive,” Raymond said.
Marvelous, hinted McMurray.
“It’s a pretty major production for our area,” she said.
Yesterday’s plot sees Thomas as a small-town reporter who heads to the big smoke to work on a daily where he writes a controversially tragic story.
“He runs back to the small town and discovers his roots, and how much he missies the small town,” Raymond said.
“He also recaptures his love,” he said of Thomas’ lover, portrayed by Christine Chatelaine.
It was unknown when Yesterday would air in Canada but it will be screened in early 2011 stateside.
He said more Front Street pictures could come to use Cowichan’s various rustic locations.
“We hope to be back
Saturday, October 16, 2010
New Sasquatch Forum
I have created a new Sasquatch/Bigfoot forum at the following address : http://vancouverislandsasquatch.freeforums.org/vancouver-island-sasquatch-sightings-bcso-t3.html
Wednesday, October 6, 2010
Mt Sicker Research.
The witness in this report said well 4x4ing with a friend he saw a animal standing by a stump aprox 8' or 9' tall and 300'or 400' away,he observed it for about 20-seconds before it moved out of sight down a ridge.While standing by his vehicle he and his friend joked about it for about 15-minutes when about 20' away just inside the woods they heard a powerful grunting sound sending a base like feeling through there bodies ,scaring them into there vehicle and down the mountain.To read the full BFRO report click the link : http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=27847 .
Josh and I arrived at the base of Mt Sicker at 7:20am Sat oct 2nd/2010 . We drove up the mountain from the Mt Provost entrance driving for about 15-minutes when we came to a recently logged area which looked like a good spot to check for tracks, so we pulled over to see what we could find . A side from the usual suspects,human,elk and deer we found nothing out of the ordinary.We carried on to an area of Mt Sicker known as the "plantation".In this spot we drove all the roads and became familiar with our surroundings.It was at this point we decided to take a walk to check the area for any possible evidence.This turned up nothing , we decided to do a call blasting session which started at 8:10am ,the session turned up no replies.
We then turned to rock knocking which to turned up nothing..
Josh and I then made our way to the end of a short logging road a little further up the mountain with a great view of a slash below . We decided to get out of the truck to take a look for any movement in the slash or the bordering tree line below ,again we saw and heard nothing.
We then moved around to the backside of the mountain and into some heavy tree cover , I noticed a small sand pile to my left just off the road ,I also observed what looked like a possible track which was quite weathered just in front of the sand pile, at this point we decided to pull over to investigate the track. The track measured 14"inches in length and 4.5" inches is width. After covering the rest of the area around the sand pile Josh and I turned our attention across the road where we noticed some fresh wolf scat and a large blackberry bush ,to the left of the blackberries I noticed a heavily cover area of evergreens which when I lifted some of the branches looked like a possible bedding area for black bear ,Josh and I decided to move into this area for further investigation.We found some old bear scat ,we guessed it to be at least 6 to 8 weeks old , as we moved back deeper into the forest Josh was about 20-feet in front of me when to my 11 o'clock position I heard something big move off deeper into the forest away from us ,I stopped immediately and turned toward Josh,Josh was crouched and very still looking towards the direction we had heard the noise.At this point I walked up to Josh and asked him if he had had a visual of whatever it was? The following is what Josh said "Ya , I had a visual ,man did it ever move .It looked like two black bear legs moving away at an incredible speed,wow,weird.The legs seemed too skinny to be a bear and wow did it ever move quick".I then asked Josh if he saw anymore of the animal then just it's two legs?Josh said "no,the bush was to thick to see anything above the two legs but whatever it was it definitely moved away on two legs or at least that's what it looked like".At this point we decided to not pursue the animal in case it was a bear and pissed off.
We decided that setting up the trail cam at this location with some bate was a good idea so as we got back to the truck I looked at the blackberry bush to see if maybe a bear had been eating them ,what I observed was the bush was full and didn't appear to have been eat in from.
The trail cam was set up at 9:21am ,we then left the area in hopes that whatever we heard and Josh seen would come back tripping the camera's sensor.
We drove a couple klm's away where we came to the top of a valley . We then decided to drive down into the valley and do some more investigating on foot. We tried some more wood knocking which turned up nothing.We then decided to take some human foot measurement in a small patch of mud that we had found,we wanted to record our average stride for data ,we also wanted to see if we could create the 53"stride that the Sasquatch had made which the BFRO team had recorded on Mt Sicker in June of this year.
The following is what we recorded:
Note:Josh and I are the same height,5'11.5"
Average human stride = 29"
Maximum human stride (stretching legs as far as possible) = 49"
Jumping between steps = 59"
Measurements were made by either measuring toe to toe or heel to heel.
After a little further investigation in this general area we decided to retrieve the trail cam.
We arrived back to the trail cam at 11:20 am,there were no pictures taken.
After another quick look around in this area we moved to the old Sicker mine.We poked around for a while but found nothing out of the ordinary.We retraced our steps back to the "plantation"area and took a walk up an old road , Josh found a few interesting tracks but because they were in moss and quite scuffed they were unidentifiable.We then came to a trail on our right so we ventured down it coming across a few smaller sized trees which looked like they may have been deliberately busted and pulled across the trail.After further investigation we could not come to a final conclusion.We both thought it too be odd .
We then returned to the truck moving to the top of Mt Sicker opposite the radio tower.This spot looked like a great area to do some more sound blasting and wood knocking , we did both but primarily stuck with the wood knocking.This carried on for quite some time , we received no replies .
As we moved back down and around the mountain we found a couple trails running parallel too each other so we decided to stop and check the trails out . Other then the both of us feeling like we were being watched nothing else was seen , heard or smelt.
We then decided to call it and headed home.
All in all we feel the trip was a success though the elusive Sasquatch remains elusive.
A second follow up trip is already in the works.
Notes : Trip start time 5:30am . Trip ended 5:30pm
Weather conditions on Mt Sicker : 7:20am,temp +13, light cloud cover , slight breeze .
Maximum Temp +18 , clouds dissipated at 11:10 am , remained clear all day with slight breeze.
Other notes : Original BFRO report was omitted upon request, exact location of Sicker Sasquatch incident unknown at this time.
This post with extra pictures from our trip can also be found at my new site "British Columbia Sasquatch Organization" http://thesearchforsasquatch.webs.com/apps/blog/
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Mt Sicker Sasquatch (This report is from the "BFRO")
YEAR: 2010
SEASON: Summer
MONTH: June
DATE: Sunday, 06
PROVINCE: British Columbia
COUNTRY: Canada
LOCATION DETAILS: This sighting was on Mt.Sicker just outside duncan B.C. The clear cut area has been cut for a few years but they have recently started logging areas nearby. (Specific directions omitted upon request.)
NEAREST TOWN: Duncan
NEAREST ROAD: Highway 1
OBSERVED: A friend and I were 4x4ing up in the back woods just outside of Duncan. We pulled up onto a look out on the top of a mountain in a clear cut area. The area is full of rolling ridges and hills. As we were sitting there I was looking out over the area and right near a bit or a ridge about 300-400 feet I saw a figure walking. It looked like it was on 2 feet approx...8 mabey 9 feet, kind of hard to tell at that distance. As soon as i realized i was seeing something i watched as it dropped down the ridge and dissapeared (this was around 9:30 pm) Jokingly i said to my friend "i think i saw a SAMSQUATCH"....quite often youll see a stump and go "hey is that a bear" but this thing didnt move like a bear. It looked like it was between 8-9 feet, his shoulders seemed slumped and draped in long black and brown hair, his arms seemed to hang lower than his waist and his head was a long oval again draped in hair... and then he was gone.
So we had out little laugh ya know, im seeing things.. 10-15 minutes later we were sitting there talking and my friend heard a noise at about the 2 o'clock position from the front of my jeep, we didnt pay to much attention but as we sat there we kept hearing it... Like a low deep grunt. We kept hearing the noise but only when we weren't really paying attention. Finally we got out of the jeep figuring mabey we will hear it better.. Needless to say i picked up some rocks and i started throwing them into the bush at first i through them towards the 5'oclock position and and then towards the 2 oclock. That got no results so my friend started yelling random things towards the bush making an echo... still nothing... we then moved back towards my jeep we were standing near the passenger side door when all of a sudden we heard that loud deep grunt again but this time it was coming from the 5'oclock position no more than 20 feet away from us. We heard no crashing through the bush even though the noise moved from the front of the jeep to the back of the jeep. This noise was like nothing i have heard before... the only way i can desribe it would be like 10 dogs in perfect synchronization letting out 1 short grunting bark at a time... It had so much bass that it just cut through the air... Instantly the hair was standing on the back of our necks and we ran back into the jeep. We then spun the jeep around to try and see anything with the headlights... with no luck, so we got out of there for about the next 3-5 kilometers driving down the mountain (about 15 kmh) it felt like we were being watched it was creepy. Its like whatever i think i saw travelled through the bush in front of us beside us and then up behind us.
ALSO NOTICED: There was a small black and white bird that kept squawking around us the whole time we were there. As the big noise that was close to us happend he was swooping around right around us..
OTHER WITNESSES: Me and my friend. We had just driven up to the lookout spot and hadnt been there more than 5 mintues
OTHER STORIES: Not in the same area, but more in the cowichan valley.
TIME AND CONDITIONS: I saw the creature at about 9:30 it was clear (we were above the clouds)and still bright.
The sounds started 10 minutes after that and proceeded untill about 10:10 when the noise was heard 20 feet behind us.. by this time the light was dissapearing and headlights were starting to be needed.
ENVIRONMENT: Top of the mountain in a clear cut area with rolling hills and ridges surrounded by pine and fir trees in behind us.
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Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Cindy Dosen:
I contacted the witness on June 7 to verify the details of his report. The witnesses also agreed to meet me on June 10 at 7:30 pm where his sighting took place. I found this witness to be naive on the nature of Sasquatch. His accounts of this sighting I find to be credible.
On Sunday June 6, at approx. 9:30pm the witness and his girlfriend were out for an evening 4x4 on a local mountain top. They had parked on top off a small cut slash area that overlooked the valleys below. The witness and girlfriend got out of the truck to stretch, this is when the witness seen a large upright figure standing by a stump. The stump was located at the tip of a gully that disappears into the forest line. This figure then turned to its left and walked back down the gully. The witness had viewed this animal for 20-secs before he lost sight of it. He was adamant that it was not a bear, it had no snout, and arms hung beside it not in front of it. The witness was taken back by this visual, he turned and asked his girlfriend if she seen it. The two then moved back closer to the truck, and discussed what just happened. The witness said they were talking and laughing for 15 mins. when far behind them came a extremely loud bark-growl type sound. The witness said the sound hit him in the back of the head with the velocity of like being at a concert. The two witnesses were scared so they jumped into the truck and left.
On June 10 at 7:30pm we arrived at the meeting place where I introduced my husband and myself to the two witnesses. He explained where his position was when his sighting occurred. From this point my husband used a laser range finder to measure the distance from us to the stump. The distance was 96 yards to the stump and 105 yards to the edge of the gully. We walked out to the stump, leaving the girlfriend behind at the truck. She was still to frightened from her previous experience. We found several impressions in the soil around the stump. Then tracked the impressions heading south down the draw, into the 2nd growth fir trees. The impressions were not casted due to poor surface conditions. Three impressions had some good toe outlines, heel outlines and a complete foot outline. The impressions all measured 13.5” to 14” long and 5.5” to 6” wide. They were spaced out at a stride of 53” long. I asked the two witnesses to re-enact where they were, and what they were doing just before the vocalization occurred. We then used a search pattern to check for other signs. One more impressions was found 50 feet adjacent to them in a treeline area with dense brush and a water body. This grass impression measured 13.8” long and 6” wide. This concluded our evening with the witness.
On June 12 at 3:00pm two other BFRO Investigators, Dave H., Alex S., and myself arrived at the sighting area to do a larger search pattern of the area. I retraced the sighting information to them. Dave stood beside the stump for photo measurements of his height comparison to the stump. Dave's leg length foot/hip was 2' 7”. The witness stated the leg was almost even with the top of the stump, making the animal's leg approx. 4' long from foot/hip. This making the leg longer than a normal bear. Hands were hanging down past the top of the stump, making the arms longer than the average bear. The animal's height would have been around the 7' plus mark.
The search pattern conducted on the other side of the water area produced another impression. This was found by Alex and the measurements were again 14” long and 6” wide, with very similar toe and heel edges, as the other impressions.
We moved our search down towards an old logging trail approx. 2000 yards heading North of the sighting area. The overgrown trail was lush with ferns, mossy trees, and numerous elk signs. We walked for 8 mins. down the trail. We came across a water spring dripping down the embankment and wetting the trail in front of us. Dave found a deep water-filled impression in the embankment that measured 14” long and 5.5” wide . The toes had slid in the print making it undesirable for casting for any sharp detail. This was the last sign we found in our search.
This investigation has turned up some credible evidence that the witness sighting was of an animal he had never seen before. I have found other reports of sightings in this general area in the past five years. The area has been closed off to the public access for over 20 years. This spring the mountain has been re-opened for hunting & public recreation. The area had been logged off in areas long ago making this area rich with fauna for elk and deer. Large parcels of old growth fir still remain in areas as well.
SEASON: Summer
MONTH: June
DATE: Sunday, 06
PROVINCE: British Columbia
COUNTRY: Canada
LOCATION DETAILS: This sighting was on Mt.Sicker just outside duncan B.C. The clear cut area has been cut for a few years but they have recently started logging areas nearby. (Specific directions omitted upon request.)
NEAREST TOWN: Duncan
NEAREST ROAD: Highway 1
OBSERVED: A friend and I were 4x4ing up in the back woods just outside of Duncan. We pulled up onto a look out on the top of a mountain in a clear cut area. The area is full of rolling ridges and hills. As we were sitting there I was looking out over the area and right near a bit or a ridge about 300-400 feet I saw a figure walking. It looked like it was on 2 feet approx...8 mabey 9 feet, kind of hard to tell at that distance. As soon as i realized i was seeing something i watched as it dropped down the ridge and dissapeared (this was around 9:30 pm) Jokingly i said to my friend "i think i saw a SAMSQUATCH"....quite often youll see a stump and go "hey is that a bear" but this thing didnt move like a bear. It looked like it was between 8-9 feet, his shoulders seemed slumped and draped in long black and brown hair, his arms seemed to hang lower than his waist and his head was a long oval again draped in hair... and then he was gone.
So we had out little laugh ya know, im seeing things.. 10-15 minutes later we were sitting there talking and my friend heard a noise at about the 2 o'clock position from the front of my jeep, we didnt pay to much attention but as we sat there we kept hearing it... Like a low deep grunt. We kept hearing the noise but only when we weren't really paying attention. Finally we got out of the jeep figuring mabey we will hear it better.. Needless to say i picked up some rocks and i started throwing them into the bush at first i through them towards the 5'oclock position and and then towards the 2 oclock. That got no results so my friend started yelling random things towards the bush making an echo... still nothing... we then moved back towards my jeep we were standing near the passenger side door when all of a sudden we heard that loud deep grunt again but this time it was coming from the 5'oclock position no more than 20 feet away from us. We heard no crashing through the bush even though the noise moved from the front of the jeep to the back of the jeep. This noise was like nothing i have heard before... the only way i can desribe it would be like 10 dogs in perfect synchronization letting out 1 short grunting bark at a time... It had so much bass that it just cut through the air... Instantly the hair was standing on the back of our necks and we ran back into the jeep. We then spun the jeep around to try and see anything with the headlights... with no luck, so we got out of there for about the next 3-5 kilometers driving down the mountain (about 15 kmh) it felt like we were being watched it was creepy. Its like whatever i think i saw travelled through the bush in front of us beside us and then up behind us.
ALSO NOTICED: There was a small black and white bird that kept squawking around us the whole time we were there. As the big noise that was close to us happend he was swooping around right around us..
OTHER WITNESSES: Me and my friend. We had just driven up to the lookout spot and hadnt been there more than 5 mintues
OTHER STORIES: Not in the same area, but more in the cowichan valley.
TIME AND CONDITIONS: I saw the creature at about 9:30 it was clear (we were above the clouds)and still bright.
The sounds started 10 minutes after that and proceeded untill about 10:10 when the noise was heard 20 feet behind us.. by this time the light was dissapearing and headlights were starting to be needed.
ENVIRONMENT: Top of the mountain in a clear cut area with rolling hills and ridges surrounded by pine and fir trees in behind us.
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Follow-up investigation report by BFRO Investigator Cindy Dosen:
I contacted the witness on June 7 to verify the details of his report. The witnesses also agreed to meet me on June 10 at 7:30 pm where his sighting took place. I found this witness to be naive on the nature of Sasquatch. His accounts of this sighting I find to be credible.
On Sunday June 6, at approx. 9:30pm the witness and his girlfriend were out for an evening 4x4 on a local mountain top. They had parked on top off a small cut slash area that overlooked the valleys below. The witness and girlfriend got out of the truck to stretch, this is when the witness seen a large upright figure standing by a stump. The stump was located at the tip of a gully that disappears into the forest line. This figure then turned to its left and walked back down the gully. The witness had viewed this animal for 20-secs before he lost sight of it. He was adamant that it was not a bear, it had no snout, and arms hung beside it not in front of it. The witness was taken back by this visual, he turned and asked his girlfriend if she seen it. The two then moved back closer to the truck, and discussed what just happened. The witness said they were talking and laughing for 15 mins. when far behind them came a extremely loud bark-growl type sound. The witness said the sound hit him in the back of the head with the velocity of like being at a concert. The two witnesses were scared so they jumped into the truck and left.
On June 10 at 7:30pm we arrived at the meeting place where I introduced my husband and myself to the two witnesses. He explained where his position was when his sighting occurred. From this point my husband used a laser range finder to measure the distance from us to the stump. The distance was 96 yards to the stump and 105 yards to the edge of the gully. We walked out to the stump, leaving the girlfriend behind at the truck. She was still to frightened from her previous experience. We found several impressions in the soil around the stump. Then tracked the impressions heading south down the draw, into the 2nd growth fir trees. The impressions were not casted due to poor surface conditions. Three impressions had some good toe outlines, heel outlines and a complete foot outline. The impressions all measured 13.5” to 14” long and 5.5” to 6” wide. They were spaced out at a stride of 53” long. I asked the two witnesses to re-enact where they were, and what they were doing just before the vocalization occurred. We then used a search pattern to check for other signs. One more impressions was found 50 feet adjacent to them in a treeline area with dense brush and a water body. This grass impression measured 13.8” long and 6” wide. This concluded our evening with the witness.
On June 12 at 3:00pm two other BFRO Investigators, Dave H., Alex S., and myself arrived at the sighting area to do a larger search pattern of the area. I retraced the sighting information to them. Dave stood beside the stump for photo measurements of his height comparison to the stump. Dave's leg length foot/hip was 2' 7”. The witness stated the leg was almost even with the top of the stump, making the animal's leg approx. 4' long from foot/hip. This making the leg longer than a normal bear. Hands were hanging down past the top of the stump, making the arms longer than the average bear. The animal's height would have been around the 7' plus mark.
The search pattern conducted on the other side of the water area produced another impression. This was found by Alex and the measurements were again 14” long and 6” wide, with very similar toe and heel edges, as the other impressions.
We moved our search down towards an old logging trail approx. 2000 yards heading North of the sighting area. The overgrown trail was lush with ferns, mossy trees, and numerous elk signs. We walked for 8 mins. down the trail. We came across a water spring dripping down the embankment and wetting the trail in front of us. Dave found a deep water-filled impression in the embankment that measured 14” long and 5.5” wide . The toes had slid in the print making it undesirable for casting for any sharp detail. This was the last sign we found in our search.
This investigation has turned up some credible evidence that the witness sighting was of an animal he had never seen before. I have found other reports of sightings in this general area in the past five years. The area has been closed off to the public access for over 20 years. This spring the mountain has been re-opened for hunting & public recreation. The area had been logged off in areas long ago making this area rich with fauna for elk and deer. Large parcels of old growth fir still remain in areas as well.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
New Site.
Just to let everyone know I have been working on a new site and will post the address up here as soon as it's up and running......thanks Lee.
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Sasaquatch/Bigfoot:Legend Meets Science:
A must see for all Sasquatch/Bigfoot followers...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBnxM4fqawU .
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Summer Sasquatch Research
Over the last couple of months Josh and I have done extensive research in the Mount Washington area .
We have tracked pretty much every known animal there is on Vancouver island.
The bear population is at a very high number this year as well.
We have spent much time documenting different animal tracks specifically bear and cougar.
We spent time investigating animal scat at different stages of decomposition.
We also spent time investigating what we initially thought was wood knocking only to discover the sounds we heard to be a species of bird nesting in a tree.
We have compiled some physical evidence as well which include fur samples,pictures of some oddly bent tree's and pictures with measurements of possible tracks.
We also did some sound blasting ( alleged Sasquatch calls) which at this time has turned up no results.
I have also picked up a game camera which snapped some pictures of a bear .
Over all we did a good job investigating the areas we chose to search.
We are now going to do some night time searches which will include sound blasting,(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeGPNC6qQCY)wood knocking(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibVtnOlEeJ4,light searches,bating,trap cams and recordings...
The results will be posted as soon as our trip in completed.
Saturday, May 29, 2010
Wood Knocking
I took a trip with my friend and team member Josh to Strathcona park .We met at the chain up area at the base of Mount Washington and headed past Wolf Lake making a left just past the lake and followed the back roads until we got into the area of Regan lake. We got out of the truck several times to investigate the surrounding areas for any trace of Sasquatch with not much luck but we were lucky enough to see a couple of big black bears.
We then came to another main logging road where we decided to get out and try our luck with some "wood knocking"which is a known way to communicate with Sasquatch.We tried this for about 10 or 15-minutes,Josh was wood knocking while I took the opportunity to check some muddy areas for foot prints it was during this search that I started to hear replies to Josh's wood knocking. I then went back to Josh and asked him to come up by where I had heard the replies.No sooner did Josh get to where I was standing just a minute earlier when we again together heard wood knocking replies.
At this point we walked down the road repeating the knocking and getting responses every time.We managed to pin point the loudest area for responses and started video taping the wood knocking session with some great responses which you can hear plain as day on my video camera.
Our wood knocking session from start to finish lasted about an hour with responses happening up until we left.
We also took the opportunity to plant some food traps in the area(muddy areas) so that maybe if a Sasquatch was around it would become curious and eat one of the food traps leaving behind a track or two for us to cast.
This was a great field trip with some great audio captured of what was possibly a Sasquatch trying to communicate with us.
We will be returning to this area tomorrow to see if our food traps caught any tracks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibVtnOlEeJ4
Monday, May 10, 2010
Little Anderson Lake.
On Sunday may 9th/2010 I took a trip up to the Little Anderson lake area to do some field work.The following is from my field log:
Observations:Just past the Little Anderson lake pull-off I drove over a small bridge (creek running under bridge)and was just coming into the slash area above the lake when I noticed a black bear on the right shoulder of the road,I immediately stopped my truck.I was approximately 110'from the bear.The bear looked towards me but seemed more interested in smelling out some food.I proceeded to grab my video camera and started to film.
I watched the bear for some time as it made it's way up the bank and eventually disappeared into the forest.
I drove a couple more minutes and decided to pull-over to do some wood knocking.I tried this for about 20-mins with no response."Wood knocking" is thought to be a form of communication between Sasquatch.
I then decided to investigate the area for tracks,skat or anything else out of the ordinary.I found what looked to be numerous remains of grouse who were probably killed by hunters.After searching the immediate area I drove down a short road which is located directly above Little Anderson lake and dead ends as the road moves to the right.I walked to the end of this road and looked over a bank which has a creek cutting through and observed a waterfall to my right.At this point I decided to grab my binoculars and pan the area. I fixed my binoculars along the tree line at the edge of the slash going back and forth looking for any movement but saw nothing(I repeated this several times throughout my trip).
I then turned my attention to the ground where I noticed what looked to me like a foot print with four 4-toes. The ground in this area was not overly soft so I thought it made sense that if something heavy was walking it would probably push off with its toes as it shifted to the other foot leaving a print.I took several pictures and checked the area with a fine tooth comb but was unable to find any other tracks.
As I made my way back to the truck I then heard a loud thump (sounding like something heavy hitting a hollowed out stump or an area where the ground in the forest has hollow voids.)I stopped and turned around in the direction I believed the sound was coming from (I believe the sounds origin was coming from down the bank on the other side of the creek just inside the forest,approx 300' or so feet from where I was standing)I again heard this thump , It repeated about 5 more times with about a 30-second delay in between,it then stopped.
At this point it was starting to get late so I ended my trip and headed home.
Weather details: Mainly sunny with a few clouds,slight breeze and temperature was +13
Type of area: Above Little Anderson Lake ,recently logged (last couple of years)slash,with mature forest.On mount Washington,Strathcona Park.
Reason for research in this area: Looking for evidence of Sasquatch.I have picked this area based on a triaglization of chosen sighting reports,vocalizations reports,rock throwing reports and footprint reports.This area turns out to be in the middle of the triangle.
Other notes:
#1: Footprint found and photographed was of a left foot.
#2: 1/2 klm away was where I had black bear encounter.
#3: 1klm away I found deer tracks and canine tracks.
Observations:Just past the Little Anderson lake pull-off I drove over a small bridge (creek running under bridge)and was just coming into the slash area above the lake when I noticed a black bear on the right shoulder of the road,I immediately stopped my truck.I was approximately 110'from the bear.The bear looked towards me but seemed more interested in smelling out some food.I proceeded to grab my video camera and started to film.
I watched the bear for some time as it made it's way up the bank and eventually disappeared into the forest.
I drove a couple more minutes and decided to pull-over to do some wood knocking.I tried this for about 20-mins with no response."Wood knocking" is thought to be a form of communication between Sasquatch.
I then decided to investigate the area for tracks,skat or anything else out of the ordinary.I found what looked to be numerous remains of grouse who were probably killed by hunters.After searching the immediate area I drove down a short road which is located directly above Little Anderson lake and dead ends as the road moves to the right.I walked to the end of this road and looked over a bank which has a creek cutting through and observed a waterfall to my right.At this point I decided to grab my binoculars and pan the area. I fixed my binoculars along the tree line at the edge of the slash going back and forth looking for any movement but saw nothing(I repeated this several times throughout my trip).
I then turned my attention to the ground where I noticed what looked to me like a foot print with four 4-toes. The ground in this area was not overly soft so I thought it made sense that if something heavy was walking it would probably push off with its toes as it shifted to the other foot leaving a print.I took several pictures and checked the area with a fine tooth comb but was unable to find any other tracks.
As I made my way back to the truck I then heard a loud thump (sounding like something heavy hitting a hollowed out stump or an area where the ground in the forest has hollow voids.)I stopped and turned around in the direction I believed the sound was coming from (I believe the sounds origin was coming from down the bank on the other side of the creek just inside the forest,approx 300' or so feet from where I was standing)I again heard this thump , It repeated about 5 more times with about a 30-second delay in between,it then stopped.
At this point it was starting to get late so I ended my trip and headed home.
Weather details: Mainly sunny with a few clouds,slight breeze and temperature was +13
Type of area: Above Little Anderson Lake ,recently logged (last couple of years)slash,with mature forest.On mount Washington,Strathcona Park.
Reason for research in this area: Looking for evidence of Sasquatch.I have picked this area based on a triaglization of chosen sighting reports,vocalizations reports,rock throwing reports and footprint reports.This area turns out to be in the middle of the triangle.
Other notes:
#1: Footprint found and photographed was of a left foot.
#2: 1/2 klm away was where I had black bear encounter.
#3: 1klm away I found deer tracks and canine tracks.
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Understanding Sasquatch.
I have had more Sasquatch reports filtering in from the Strathcona park area,these reports have been coming in to me second hand.
I am trying to follow up with the eye witnesses and will post the reports as the eye witnesses come to me.
The year and time I have been hearing is the same as the other reports in this area,between may-sept/2006.
I have been doing very little field research as I am waiting for the weather to improve some.
One thing I have been researching lately is wild animal behavior and there interactions with humans.
The animal I have been looking at lately is the cougar because it is rarely seen by humans.
Some common and interesting facts about the cougar are its hunting ground is generally the same through out its life and can range from 100 square miles to 200 square miles, its average life span in the wild is aprox 12-years.
It preys on a variety of animals like the deer,elk,rabbit and even small moose.
It is a master of camouflage and will generally attack its prey with 2 or 3 big leaps hitting the prey with a full impact bearing the prey to the ground where it will suffocate it with a prolonged bite across the throat.
Many avid outdoors men who have spent many years in the wild have never even seen a cougar in the wild due to the cougar not wanting a human encounter.
Most reported cougar sightings come from people who have seen them crossing the road well driving well most attacks are because the cougar is starving.
Some experts in the cougar field say you are more likely to be killed by your neighbors dog or a black widow bite then a cougar .
In closing I would like to say that in the beginning of my search for the Sasquatch I thought it would be as easy as getting a camera,plaster and some reports lol.
What I have found out is the deeper I get into this search the more complex it really is.
There is so much to do and learn,from animal tracking,understanding animal behavior,skat examinations,hair sampling,filing reports and thats just the tip of iceberg.
It is my belief in order to understand the Sasquatch you must first understand its habitat and everything in it.
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