Sasquatch/Bigfoot Encounters?

[Mountainman38]

I wonder if the 10mm has enough power to drop a Sasquatch

I'm counting on it.

 

[Rskyba]

Im a skeptic. However, Isn't Sasquatch a native American term? How did all of them in the NW have this ape mythology in their history going back centuries when there are no great apes on the North American continent? How did they know what a great ape even was? Maybe Sasquatch died off along with the wolf and grizzly populations.

 

[ParkerBoy]

Put me in the extremely skeptical group. Although I know two very reliable(in my mind) individuals, who say that they don't care what anyone thinks, they've seen one. One here in Minnesota and the other in the Carolina backwoods.

 

[carracer]

Correct me if I am wrong but I believe it is a federal law.

Not federal.

 

[carracer]

Yep, confessed on his deathbed that it was all a hoax. I've seen videos taken in the Blue Mountains that were allegedly of Bigfoot. You couldn't see a damn thing. All of the sightings are BS.

Not true at all. There was no "Death Bed Confession" from Patterson.

 

[carracer]

I've been a believer since the '60's. Have read nearly every book and article ever written on the subject. Most recently from Idaho State University Professor Jeff Meldrum. The Patterson Gimlin film has never been proven a hoax and is probably the best video. I've seen many others and none compare in my opinion. I also have been in the woods most of my life. I have friends the same. One that was very rabidly scoffing the idea and laughed and called me a fool. Until he had a couple of unexplained encounters that were not sightings. I have only had one encounter. Just 2 weeks ago. On the Oregon coast. Not a sighting.

Don't believe if that's your position. I however do.

 

[RVTECH]

Maybe Sasquatch died off along with the wolf and grizzly populations.

Not to support any Sasquatch theories but wolf and grizzly populations did not 'die off' - they were largely in part killed to nearly extinction by humans but have always existed in small pockets in very remote areas. Grizzly's currently exist in several states and in 1979 a man bowhunting in Colorado was attacked by a grizzly (and the supposed last known) and killed it with a hand held arrow - I have seen the hide and arrow in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Even in Oregon where the last reported wolf was killed in 1949 there have always been occasional sightings of animals that, 'Were too big to be a coyote and did not walk like a dog' - a friend of mine is one who claims one of these sightings.

 

[Norwestr55]

Im a skeptic. However, Isn't Sasquatch a native American term? How did all of them in the NW have this ape mythology in their history going back centuries when there are no great apes on the North American continent? How did they know what a great ape even was? Maybe Sasquatch died off along with the wolf and grizzly populations.

My grandmother was Blackfoot, spent much of her early years growing up in the mountains of Montana and Idaho. She had quite a few stories of sasquatch,(she used a native name that I can't remember). Usual things you read about, people being generally terrorized at night by howling noises right outside the tent or cabin, and being people that lived in the woods most of their lives they knew it wasn't coming from bobcats, cougars,etc. Rocks being thrown at them or the cabin they were in day and night and she said the rocks were always at least cantaloupe size and sometimes bigger. Thrown at speeds like a grown man would throw a baseball. She said nobody she knew was ever hit, it was more like they were being warned away.

 

[RVTECH]

Don't believe if that's your position. I however do.

It's not a matter of belief or not - it is undeniably illogical to ague the existence of an earth bound, flesh and blood creature whose existence has been reported for 100s of years with little to no verifiable physical evidence such as a body or living specimen. Heck even the coelacanth (a fish thought long extinct) was discovered in 1937.

 

[passnthru]

Not to support any Sasquatch theories but wolf and grizzly populations did not 'die off' - they were largely in part killed to nearly extinction by humans but have always existed in small pockets in very remote areas. Grizzly's currently exist in several states and in 1979 a man bowhunting in Colorado was attacked by a grizzly (and the supposed last known) and killed it with a hand held arrow - I have seen the hide and arrow in the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Even in Oregon where the last reported wolf was killed in 1949 there have always been occasional sightings of animals that, 'Were too big to be a coyote and did not walk like a dog' - a friend of mine is one who claims one of these sightings.

I've seen a wolf not more than 20 miles from Vancouver, WA. A friend hunting in the Willowas saw fist sized prints in fresh snow right outside their camp. Little fear of man is a attribute of the Canadian Grey wolf's that our government illegally released in Yellowstone. "Laws, they don't need no stinking laws". A forest worker was killed just last summer while mountain biking a popular trail near Glacier by a Griz, sow with cubs, not that it makes it less tragic.

 

[Ramjet12]

Not true at all. There was no "Death Bed Confession" from Patterson.

You're right. I looked it up. Patterson maintained until the end it was genuine. It was Gimlin who fessed up and he's still alive.

 

[passnthru]

The evidence for the existence of bigfoot is beyond denial. First off the tracks, that some claim are fake. The real ones are very deep because this "creature" is HEAVY! No one with wood cutouts on their feet can sink into soil like that, plus, a "trackway" was recently found in ND, which was followed in snow by a trapper for 7 miles! The tracks in snow are different. Humans don't lift our feet far as we walk, bf does. We leave drag marks in snow that is only a couple of inches deep as we put a foot down. Bf's tracks in snow are "like they are done with a cookie cutter", no dragging, because if you watch the Patterson/Gimlin bf video shows that the bf raise their trailing foot more than twice as far as humans. Also the stride is usually 48" or more, no one human can do that!

Their vocals are so loud and long that no human can make such sound. People say it shakes they chest/organs like nothing they have heard. For some reason our government knows they exist but like UFO's and giants they cover up an/all that they can. There was a recent finding of the elusive body found, pictures taken, then they made the mistake of calling the "authorities", that dispatch the MILITARY, which isn't unusual, confiscated the body and the photos with the exception of one taken with a tarp over it, so it couldn't be seen.

My son's friend saw a group of 4 while hunting nearby here in MT Bitterroots. He will no longer hunt there. Because he saw a few bears, don't think so. It terrified him! Also a local man disappeared across the valley in the Sapphires while cutting firewood. After searching in VERY rugged terrain cadaver dogs found him 2 miles from his rig and equipment. He's been "pulled apart" by something of immence strength! And no, there were no tooth or claw marks on his body! Something obviously carried him 2 miles. Teddy Roosevelt wrote about a similar thing that happened to a trapper back in the 1800's not too far from the Big Hole area in his book "Wilderness Hunter". He was a believer.

Some mention rock throwing, usually it appears to be a sign that "you need to leave this area". One man that was being "escorted" from an area had to rest from exhaustion from running, and while doing so a "rock" came flying that was huge! When he and a friend came back later he said that he and his husky friend could barely lift it together, and measuring where it had been pulled from the ground to where it hit was over 60'!! That's no hoaxer in a monkey suit!!

I could go on and on, but before this turns into a book I'll just say that with all the thousands of reported encounters, the descriptions are very similar, from most of the continents of the world. And because of the fear of thinking/talking about it, most sightings/encounters are never reported. Any photo can be labeled fake, any sighting can be dismissed as someone seeking attention. Most related encounter experiences are clearly disturbing to the person.

And last of all, Skamania county in Washington state was the first place to make it illegal to shoot/kill a bf. They are in the middle of "bf country".

 

[passnthru]

Spent a bunch of time in Norway in deep wilderness, and we would hear strange animal sounds at night. The Nordic troupe with us were teasing about some of these sounds when we all heard something even they were un sure of! We all had current gen night vision so we went out to see if we could spot any thing, never did any of us see any thing, but the noises continued!!! Several thought it might be Reighdeer but no one had ever heard them make sounds like that!!! I'm not a disbelever, but I think there needs to be proof! I am betting that the old stories May have some truth to them, but I think Bigfoot may have passed on into history with out any one ever finding a body or bones. I also think Bigfoot only existed in very remote locations where finding any thing would be next to impossable!!!

Hate to say it, but bf has been seen in every state, and most continents. As long as there is at least about 20" of rain. The sounds they make can be heard of a great distance and they are varied, even having their own language. Listen to the "Sierra sounds" on youtube. Some sounds are whoops, clicking, whistling, wood knocks, plus they imitate any kind of sound, including people have heard them calling their dogs, imitating the person's voice!

 

[RVTECH]

Got a link to the lost man in the sapphires story? I can't seem to find anything about it.

 

[passnthru]

Not sure about that. I just think Cain when this topic pops up.

Speaking of such, the DNA indicates that female dna is human, the male dna is "unknown". Nephelim is what comes to mind for me. Just saying.

 

[passnthru]

Got a link to the lost man in the sapphires story? I can't seem to find anything about it.

It was in the Missoulian in Sept '15, maybe '14. But it's covered up like anything the government is involved in. For one thing it was in Rivalli county, but they refered it to the next county over, a much smaller county, with less resources. Nice trick. The article was sketchy, very little info. Most of the info came from Rocky Mountain Sasquatch RMS on a youtube. Not sure where they got the info.

It took them two weeks to find him and how he ended up 2 miles away from his truck and stuff? It's extremely steep/rugged terrain. Not many peope could even go 2 miles in that Amphrose Saddle area. I've been there everything is straight up/down from what I have seen.

 

[passnthru]

You're right. I looked it up. Patterson maintained until the end it was genuine. It was Gimlin who fessed up and he's still alive.

I just saw Gimlin last fall here in Montana, he swears it's authentic. His story has never changed. He's a very genuine, honest man. I was very impressed with him. The best costume make at the time said that for $1M he could try to make such a suit, but it wouldn't be that good!! Patterson/Gimlin were poor cowboys, borrowed the horses, the trailer, the camera and practically everything they were using. And Bob Huronomus that says he was the guy in the suit is full of it. He's not nearly tall enough, arms are too short, doesn't walk like it, no one does, bf has it's own way of walking, how it raises it's leg/foot, the length of the stride, the depth of the tracks etc. Check out the analysis by "thinker thunker" and MK Davis on youtube. Pattie, the creature was about 8' tall, and had breasts! That would be a nice touch for a suit!!

 

[browncoat762]

www.sasquatchchronicles.com
Never had an encounter
But this cat's podcast is pretty interesting, it is nothing like the hillbilly hoaxers

 

[bgdawgrr]

Yep, confessed on his deathbed that it was all a hoax. I've seen videos taken in the Blue Mountains that were allegedly of Bigfoot. You couldn't see a damn thing. All of the sightings are BS.

I really like cryptozoology. I'm agnostic about Bigfoot. Think it's possible, find some stories interesting and believable, but never experienced one myself.
I think tree knocking and calling is ridiculous. Those that say they gift food especially dumb. Would you call a bear or cougar into your camp or home in you weren't a hunter? If not, why the hell would you try to attract a giant primate to you?
Anyway, Paterson-Gimlin film has actually not been debunked. It is still the gold standard of "evidence". There was no deathbed confession, other than Patterson appologizing he had a "fake Gimlin" in his early presentations at events.
I don't know what exactly they filmed out there, but it's pretty cool and has stood up for 50 years, despite all the urban ledgends about it.
We find new species all the time. Until a couple years ago, we never saw a Giant Squid or Colossal squid alive.
Not proven, but plausible imo.

 

[mkwerx]

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