Bigfoot Finder

I thought this might be a fun exercise to quantity the various belief systems of Bigfoot. Let me know if I got any wrong.

Belief Name	Definition
Atheism	There is no Bigfoot.
Agnosticism	No one knows Bigfoot.
Apatheism	I don’t care about Bigfoot.
Deism	Bigfoot exists in nature.
Henotheism	There is one Bigfoot and there may be others.
Ietsism	There probably is a Bigfoot, but I’m not sure.
Ignosticism	Bigfoot is a unambiguous definition and there may be many or none.
Monotheism	There is only one Bigfoot.
Monism	All things come from Bigfoot.
Dualism	Bigfoot both does and does not exist.
Monolatry	There are many Bigfoot but mine is the best one.
Kathenotheism	I like my Bigfoot but the other ones are good too.
Omnism	I love all the Bigfoots!
Pandeism	Bigfoot is in all of us, all around us.
Panentheism	Bigfoot transcends us all.
Pantheism	All is Bigfoot.
Polytheism	All Bigfoots are great.
Theism	Bigfoot is real.
Transtheism	Bigfoot is beyond our understanding.

So I have been giving a whole lot of thought to the ways to approach finding Bigfoot. So I started googling how “investigations” work for police officers, research scientists and even Private Investigators. Here’s the notes I’ve put together. You can just call me Biggy P.I.

Oh yeah, the picture above can be found at Archie McPhee Accoutrements Bigfoot Sasquatch Outdoor Research Kit Novelty Gift, Multicolored, 7″ x 5″ x 1-1/2″

Three Types of Scientific Investigations

• Descriptive Investigations.
• Comparative Investigations.
• Experimental Investigations.

A Six-step Incident Investigation Approach

• Step 1 – Immediate action. …
• Step 2 – Plan the investigation. …
• Step 3 – Data collection. …
• Step 4 – Data analysis. …
• Step 5 – Corrective actions. …
• Step 6 – Reporting.

Scientists use different methods of investigation in different circumstances. These methods include (in no particular order) fair testing, identifying and classifying, modelling, pattern seeking, and researching.

The 4 Stages of an Incident Investigation

• Preserve and Document the Incident Scene. An incident investigator’s first priority should be to ensure that the incident site is safe and secure. …
• Collecting Information. a Interviewing witnesses. …
• Determine Root Causes. …
• Implement Corrective Actions.

7 Steps of the Scientific Method

• Step 1- Question.
• Step 2-Research.
• Step 3-Hypothesis.
• Step 4-Experiment.
• Step 5-Observations.
• Step 6-Results/Conclusion.
• Step 7- Communicate. Present/share your results. Replicate.

7 Steps of a Crime Scene Investigation

• Identify Scene Dimensions. Locate the focal point of the scene. …
• Establish Security. Tape around the perimeter. …
• Create a Plan & Communicate. Determine the type of crime that occurred. …
• Conduct Primary Survey. Identify potential evidence. …
• Document and Process Scene. …
• Conduct Secondary Survey. …
• Record and Preserve Evidence.

7 Building Blocks of Investigation

• 1 Process of investigation diagram.
• 2 Instigation.
• 3 Initial investigation.
• 4 Further investigation.
• 5 Suspect management.
• 6 Case management.
• 7 Material.

So what does this all mean to me as a Bigfoot Finder? I don’t know right now to be honest, I’m just putting it altogether in my head to figure out my approach. What do you think works?

I recently took some heat about my resistance to using the name Sasquatch because I spell it wrong all the time, word checker be dammed. So I thought I’d turn a negative into a positive and try to collect all the names for Bigfoot from around the world. These were collected from numerous and various websites all over the interwebs. So to give credit, I stand on the shoulder of giants. But I wanted to get one solid master list going that I will continue to update.

So please, I implore you, if I missed one or got it wrong please leave a comment and I’ll fix it right up.

Bigfoot Names around the world
Name	Origin
Abnauayu	Russian Western Caucasus
Agogwe	Portugues East Africa
Almasty	Elbus, Russia
Ameranthropoides Loisi	Sierra de Perijá
Amomongo	Mt Kanlaon, Phillipines
ASA Monster	Virginia, USA
Bardin Booger	Palatka, FL
Barmanou	Afghan/Pakistan
Basajaun	Andalusia, Spain
Batutut	Mentawi Islands
Big Greyman	Ben Macdui, Scotland
Bigfoot	USA
Cinese Yeti	Hubei, China
Fouke Monster	Miller County, AK
Gin-Sung	Central China
Grassman	Ohio
Hantu Jarang	Malaysian Peninsular
Hibagon	Hiroshima, Japan
Homo gardarensis	Greenland
Kapre	Malitbog, Phillipines
Kayadi	Papua New Guinea
Kushtaka	Southeast Alaska
La bête noire	(Cajun Sasquatch) | Louisiana
Mande Burung	NE India, Bangladesh
Mapinguari	Brazil and Bolivia
Mawas	Jelebu, Malaysia
Minnasota Iceman	Minneapolis, MN
Moehau	New Zealand
Mogollon Monster	Mogollon Rim, AZ
Monkey man	New Delhi
Mono Grande	Guyana
Monstrous Wild Man	Mark Twain N.Forest
Ngawa Whakata Cafe	New Zealand
Người Rừng	Vietnam
Nyalmu	Tibet
Orang Pendak	Sumatra, Indonesia
Pangboche Hand	Nepal
Sasquatch	Canada
Sisimique	Nicaragua
Skunk Ape	Lake City, FL
Tjutjuna	Siberia, Russia
Ucu	Argentina
Urayuli	Southwest Alsaka
Walking Sam	South Dakota
Waterbobbejaan	South Africa
Wendigo	Canada
Woodwosa	Canterbury, Kent
Yeren	Shennongjia, China
Yeti	Nepal
Yowie	Australia

One of the features of the Trail Camera design that I am working on is that it can play sounds at random times, certain times of the day or in response to an image capture or movement. And it seems that using various animal calls for birds, deer and even wild hogs works quite well. So I thought why not do some work on putting together a collection of sounds to attract Bigfoot.

So my research has found a plethora of sounds that people have claimed they heard or that worked in attracting or calling Bigfoot:

• Screams at night
• “Whoops” sounds
• 3 wood knocks
• 3 hand claps
• 3 stone knocks
• Samurai Chatter
• Loud thumps
• Cracking wood
• Whuuf sounds
• Deep grunts

So obviously there is a lot to choose from. And a lot of toys and things out there you can use as well. The toy pictured above is the Archie McPhee Emergency Bigfoot Electronic Noisemaker which is available from Amazon in this link.

For what I decided on in the end, here is my collection of mp3s that I will be using:

We’ll see how these work out. Just about finished building my first trail camera. I’ll take pictures and video once it’s installed in the wild.

“Oklahoma lawmaker proposes ‘Bigfoot’ hunting season” is the headline for this article on AP News.

In short, this guy wants to issue state hunting licenses and tags to help boost tourism. “Establishing an actual hunting season and issuing licenses for people who want to hunt Bigfoot will just draw more people to our already beautiful part of the state,” Humphrey said in a statement.

OK, first up is that this is just fricken stupid. He is inviting a bunch of people with guns who are looking for the $25,000 to be offered as a bounty by him. Someone will get hurt, most certainly. This is just stupid, no other word for it.

UPDATE 3/10/2021: The bounty is now $2 million! https://cryptidlab.com/bigfoot-oklahoma-bill-2-million-dollars/

This blog has always stated “It’s about Bigfoot Finding not Hunting”. So I thought I’d dig into the Hunting versus Finding topic. And I think a simple way to make my point is to list various words that describe both sides of this Bigfoot coin. And yes they do make a Bigfoot coin! I had to google it, the one pictured above you can buy from Amazon here. OK, the list:

Finder	Hunter
Author Discoverer Investigator Scientist Analyst Inquisitor Examiner Researcher Hiker Cameras Believer	Youtuber Stalker Exterminator Assassin Butcher Slayer Executioner Killer Glamping Guns Zealot

Have I made my point?

I always had a thing about maps and the maps have a thing about me. We fight, we lie and we always get it wrong. I can’t remember location names due to a condition. I don’t have a good sense of direction, my wife says it’s that of a weasel on espresso. So when GPS handhelds arrived I tried that and it’s didn’t help. But when Google Maps on a phone started working properly then I was all in.

I saw a post on Reddit the other day from these guys: https://www.bigfootmap.com/ and I asked if they had John Green’s Bigfoot data. It was a no and I’m not surprised at all, there are like maybe 3 sightings marked for the Harrison Lake area!? Uggg..not good.

So I’m going to update my Green’s map with some of the more historical Bigfoot events like Ruby Creek and some of Thomas Steenburg’s records.

The one’s that stand out to me are: https://thomassteenburg.com/2020/04/09/never-to-late-to-report-a-sighting/ which is the Vye Road Power Station. The Stephen King movie Dreamcatcher was filmed in it. I used to live in that area and know that building and the area VERY well. If you head straight south of there it’s nothing but mountain and trees till you hit the USA. Which made it an active area for drug runners. VERY active.

And then there is Mystery Valley which is west of Harrison Lake: https://thomassteenburg.com/2016/05/10/mystery-valley/

So I’m going to visit/revisit these areas for historical nostalgia’s sake. But to be honest, I’m sticking to lakes, rivers and creeks because that is the best and easiest to find good tracks.

UPDATE: http://bigfootfinder.ca/2021/04/28/trail-camera-update/

So my plan for getting info on footprint hot spots is working. I’m getting my baiting materials together. Now it’s time to focus on making my own Trail Camera system that is specific for attracting and getting good photos of Bigfoot.

The design I’m working on hasn’t been completed yet but I figured I would share my research and details of what and how I’m making these cameras.

The idea is to create a network of wifi enabled Raspberry PI cameras that have motion sensors and audio capture as well as the ability to generate sounds.

Here’s a run down of how the cameras would operate:

• Multiple bait sites in an area with confirmed foot prints
• Four cameras facing the points of the compass away from each bait site
• All cameras use wifi to send images captured to a mobile hotspot that will upload them to my server. This allows me to monitor remotely and if a camera is damaged or stolen I will know pretty quick and still have the photos.
• The cameras will play at random times Bigfoot sounds to attract him (gotta work on what that sound will be)
• Motion sensors and audio sensor on the camera will trigger capturing bursts of photos and capture audio as well.
• If the area is generating good info I can ask the camera to start recording video as well.
• Sit back and wait and watch the data roll in.

So that’s the how it will work. What I’m making is a Raspberry PI camera system based on this article from Tom’s Hardware. The image above is an idea on how to camo the camera from Dave Mullins.

I’ve already got a Raspberry Pi kicking around to prototype with. It’s this one that already has wifi: Element14 Raspberry Pi 3 B+ Motherboard

Thinking of this for the camera power: Pisugar2 Pro Portable 5000 mAh UPS Lithium Battery Power Module Platform for Every Raspberry Pi 3B/3B+/4B Model Accessories (Not Include Raspberry Pi)

For a mobile hotspot I’m looking at the Nommi: Mobile Hotspot but I will use a old cellphone for testing.

This is the higher end camera module I will use: Raspberry Pi Camera Module V2-8 Megapixel,1080p (RPI-CAM-V2)

A wack load of these motion sensors, at least 3 per camera pointing outwards: Stemedu HC-SR501 PIR Sensor Infrared IR Body Motion Module for Arduino Raspberry Pi(Pack of 5pcs)

And I’ll use this for my sound sensor, audio recording and to playback Bigfoot attractor sounds (I’ll figure what audio I’m using and post that later): RASPIAUDIO Audio DAC HAT Sound Card (Audio+Speaker+MIC) for Raspberry Pi Zero/A+ / B+ / Pi 3 : Pi 4 Model B/Better Quality Than USB

One thing I can’t figure out but would like to add is an EMF sensor just to see if that will record any sort of data for me when something is around.

Also if this works out well the other thing I will look at is upgrading to IR cameras but it’s not a priority as most of my research shows that he really doesn’t like stumbling around in the dark any more than we do.

I’ve got a large Amazon package coming and some work ahead of me 🙂

So I have some great leads on tracks coming in from my nature photogs. I can’t believe in this rainy weather in January they are still out there taking amazing photos. And even more surprising is how many of them didn’t realize they were already automatically geo-tagging their photos. I’ve got leads but nothing good enough to share yet. But I’ve got some areas of activity that I want to setup cameras and baits. Cameras we’ll talk next post but this time let’s talk bait.

Legend has it that he likes berries, fruits and some proteins like fish. Also that he has a pretty good nose, even though he smells so bad. My plan is to use some commercial baits that I’ve linked below. My research show a preference for salmon, vanilla and apple scents. These are the foods he digs into people backpacks and coolers the most for. And he seems to skip bacon, maybe it’s the smoke smell? I know he hates the smell of smoke.

But let’s talk apples a little bit. He won’t go near orchards for fear of people and machines (hates machines) but will devour wild apples whole. I remember visiting an old farmer in Alberta years ago who had a small collection of apple trees in his farm yard. Every late summer he would gather them up, crush them and put them with water into an old whiskey barrel and close up the lid. Then in the winter at the end of a hard cold day of farm work he would lift the lid, smash the ice layer and take a tin cup of “cider”. Freezing it would increase the alcohol level, clever man. Now I’m not planning to get Bigfoot drunk but I will be saving all the apple cores from my daily fruit health shake. I’ll leave them in containers with water to work a little and get some good scent off of them.

I’ll need the professional scent gear below because it would survive other wild life scavengers and looky loos.

So I think the first thing and probably most important is to know where I am going. The beginning of my journey had started with building John Green’s map which can be found here. Just to be clear this is only the data for my general neighborhood and does a heck of a job showing hot spots. The trend seems to be south of the Fraser River. But I’m not going to limit myself, except for one important limitation. I will not trespass on private land (without permission that is) and I will not ever go onto Native land without a invite and a host to take me. And to be certain I’m not trespassing on Native Land I’m using this government map that shows Treaty land. As they say this is not complete but it’s all I have to work from currently.

And I have a pretty clever trick up my sleeve when it comes to having a wealth of trackers helping me. You see, the Harrison Lake area is chock full of retirees. And many of those retirees are amazing and dedicated nature photographers. And by dedicated I mean they are out every single day catching the Golden Hour at dawn and dusk in the most beautiful and remote areas of our wilderness. Read exactly what Golden Hour is here. And it just happens that Bigfoot also loves the golden hour to be out and about and even better is that the sunlight casts wonderful shadows across footprints.

So in exchange for possible Bigfoot footprint photos that are geotagged I give them free website and tech support. So far I have a decent hand full of amazing photographers agreeing and we’ll see how it goes…