Bigfoot Finder

Well, it was a busy summer and I think I accomplished some of my goals. I got my homemade trail camera network working and got some good footage. Through my network of nature photographers I was able to get some good photos and castings of prints. And I was able to scout out some new hot spots and had success with baiting. Things went well I think. I’ve a lot of video I shot that is just sitting there but I’m not big on editing or youtube for that matter.

Speaking of video, a documentary team from Vancouver has contacted me about doing an interview about my finding work. Not sure about it but I will at least meet with them to see what’s what.

But the rain is here and my old bones don’t do well in a wet cold forest so it’s time to hunker down at home base and start reviewing all my tapes and see what I have. And to plan for next season.

I’ll try to post on this blog once and while if I find something interesting on the interwebs.

Have a good day folk!

Finally had some time to go check out the local Sasquatch Caves. The name is due to that it is a possible home for Bigfoot of course.

Legend has it that a Sasquatch family was once lived in there.

The caves consist of a series of above-ground tubes that run about 200 feet long.

These caves are on private property, the Holiday Motel & RV Resort. It’s free to visit but guests must sign a waiver in the front office beforehand.

HOW TO GET THERE – The caves are located on private property behind the Holiday Motel and Owl Street Café on Owl Street in Hope BC. On Trans Canada Hwy #1, take exit 168 until you reach the stop sign. Turn East on Flood Hope Rd, then follow this road which will lead you to the Owl Street Cafe. Turn right on Owl Street and at the stop sign, the Holiday Motel is right in front of you. You are allowed to park in the hotel parking lot but the owners request that visitors go into the reception area and sign a waiver before entering the caves.

It’s been a good summer for Bigfoot plaster castings this year. As I’ve mentioned more than once before, I am working with various nature photographers in the area who when they find something send me a geotagged photo and I go running out to document the scene. More often than not it’s a “maybe sorta kinda” print in the loam of the forest or in the grass. And those are impossible to cast or even photograph properly.

But sandy beaches, muddy paths and dusty gravel roads are always a great bet for a good print. And every once and while it’s worth it to lug out the plaster kit.

You’ll notice a few things in these photos. For one, I’m using wire to set in the hanging hook right off the bat. What you can’t see is the bamboo skewers I set into the plaster for added stability.

What I really like about this casting is the curve in the print. The usual “flat foot” stomp isn’t in this one. It looks to be more of a heal to toe step that you don’t often see.

Compared to the other casting of this year, this is the same Bigfoot I’ve been tracking all summer.

Going back out today to set more trail cameras in that area. Fingers crossed!

Got this email last night so I grabbed my BOB and my INCH and came back to Bigfoot Finder home base. Be prepared folks. Looks like I’m stuck indoors again for a while.

Alertable
Thu, Aug 5, 2:56 PM (16 hours ago)
to me

Sent by Fraser Valley Regional District
Wildfire – Critical Alert Update for Long Island, Harrison Lake, Electoral Area C

The evacuation alert has been upgraded to an evacuation order for the entire Long Island in Harrison Lake, FVRD Area C. See the FVRD website: https://www.fvrd.ca/eoc
Pursuant to the BC Emergency Program Act, Evacuation Order has been issued by the Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) due to immediate danger to life safety and health because of the current high fire risk.

WHAT YOU NEED TO DO NOW
You must leave the evacuation area immediately.

 Close all windows and doors.
 Shut off gas and electrical appliances. Leave your refrigerators and freezers on.
 Close gates and latch but do not lock.
 Gather your family; assist a neighbour or someone else who needs help
 Take critical items if they are immediately available (medicine, ID, cash/cards, keys).
 Take pets in kennels or on leashes. (Keep tropical pets in their cages and containers).
 Do not use more vehicles than you have to.
 Do not use the telephone unless you need emergency service (text family and friends or post on your social media)
 Self-register with Emergency Support Services (ESS) at ess.gov.bc.ca to report that you have safely left the area. By registering, you may be eligible for emergency shelter and food if this is your primary residence and you have not made other arrangements.
 Tune in to radio stations Star 98.3 100.5 for updates

IF YOU CANNOT SELF-TRANSPORT AND ALL NEIGHBOURS HAVE LEFT THE AREA IMMEDIATELY CALL:
FVRD Emergency Operations Centre: (778) 704-0400 or 911

Evacuee Support Services:
Due the seasonal nature of the properties being evacuated, ESS will be made available on a case-by-case basis for emergency shelter and food for residents who do not have a primary residence to return to. If this applies to you, please advise the FVRD EOC that you have self-registered as an evacuee. A needs assessment will be performed to connect you with appropriate critically needed evacuee supports.

So I’m back from the forest earlier than I thought and going to have to hunker down at home for a few weeks. Too much smoke, too many tourists and noise to get any good Bigfoot finding done.

While out there I ran into a few bears and started to think, do bears and Bigfoot get along?

The reason this question strikes me so hard is that in my limited experience it seems that if there is bear activity in an area there are no Bigfoot signs and the reverse as well.

Is it a territorial thing? Fighting for resources? Or just don’t like each other? Should I avoid bear country because it’s not Bigfoot country?

Anyone have any data or thoughts?

So the fire season is upon us in full. I posted last week about the fire north of Sasquatch Park and there is another one that is even bigger more north than that.

And the town of Lytton burned to the ground. And well over a hundred people died in part due to the heat wave in Vancouver last month.

Tell me again about Global Warming being bullshit or a “natural cycle”?

I’m getting out of here for a while. Setting up camp in the interior farther north in the province where it’s cooler and there’s some rain. Will be checking out some of the rain forest in the interior as well.

That means I’ll be offline for a month or two as I’m moving the whole of my primary basecamp up there. I’ll have minimal internet access.

I’ll be back with some exciting new video I hope.

Last week I posted that it was time to get out there in he bush and camp out and do some proper research. My reasoning was that the weather was good and there were no major forest fires. Well, I couldn’t have been more wrong.

Normally I’m all about OpSec for my Recons (boy that sounds like ParaMil elite speak doesn’t it?). But this is public knowledge so I’m not spilling any beans I guess.

Last Wednesday after posting on the blog I packed up and headed to the far north end of Sasquatch Park to setup in the bush and monitor my new trail cam setups. And two things happened that kept me trapped up there for a lot longer than planned.

First was the heat wave, yesterday it finally peaked. British Columbia broke North American records yesterday in Lytton with 49.5 C / 121.1 F. That beat any records set by Las Vegas. As of this morning more than 70 people have died due to the heat wave.

Out in the bush it wasn’t that bad but it still sucked. So I wanted to head home as I figured Bigfoot was laying low in this heat as well. But heading home became a problem (see the top of this post):

Yup, trapped by a forest fire. The only road in or out was cutoff by a 4-hectare wildfire. Rumor is that it was started by a car fire. So I was stuck up there longer than I planned. I was prepared, I had food, I had water and was safe. And if push came to shove I could have left my vehicle and been boated out and if it was a true emergency then Search and Rescue could helicopter people out. So I hunkered down and waited it out. Just got home early this morning to a nice cold shower and a cold beer and now it’s time for a long nap in the AC.

Serves me right for spouting off last week about weather and fires 🙁

And the trip was a Bigfoot bust as I got nothing on my trail cams.

With the minor success of my trail camera last week I have decided to double down and get serious about my finding of Bigfoot. The weather is right, there aren’t any major forest fires and my “photographer spies” are sending me tons of GPS spots to check out that have shown activity or possible prints. So I’ve mapped out the hotspots on a map and now have a game plan.

One catch is that the tourists are out in full force but I’m hoping that the extra activity is going to drive him out to the backwoods and into more inaccessible areas.

My plan to camp out for at least a week at a time and use my trail cams to direct my efforts. Also I want to do a lot more nightwork. I can’t afford any night vision gear for spotting but I’ve got a nice red light headlamp. I really wish I could afford a night vision camera and some better gear but being out of work isn’t helping my situation. And buying new gear is a slippery slope. Next time it will be a thermal camera I want and I know I’ll never be able to afford one of those no matter one. Sticking to my redneck-tech I guess.

Just need a series of good photos, some video, and some forensic physical evidence and I’ll be happy.

Wish me luck!

Go read this website’s report: http://www.scpwiki.com/scp-1000 , no really, go read it now and come back.

How much of that is true? The SCP Foundation’s mandate is “Secure, Contain, Protect” and couldn’t be more fitting when it comes to Bigfoot.

Here’s a quote from the report:

“The highest known population concentrations of SCP-1000 are at present located in the Pacific Northwest region of North America and the Himalayan Mountain range in Asia. As of ██/██/████, these populations remain extant. SCP-1000’s presence and [DATA EXPUNGED] have also been documented within the past 5 years on every continent. All known significant populations of SCP-1000 located near human population centers have been eliminated.”

And another:

“You think Bigfoot is funny because we want you to think Bigfoot is funny. We’ve bankrolled Hollywood comedies and farcical documentaries, paid off men in gorilla suits, perpetrated hoaxes with bear prints and goat fur, bribed and brainwashed cartoonists to get especially silly depictions on children’s television. Even the term “Bigfoot” comes from us, planted in the media in 1958, a term people would find even harder to take seriously than “Sasquatch”.”

Too much of this rings true with me. I’m getting a feeling this is the truth hiding in plain sight as fiction. We now know this is true when it comes to UFOs, just watch the news this week on the US Government reports.

This was the kicker for me:

“Yes. SCP-1000 are just like us. That’s what makes them so dangerous. We wiped them from history and memory. We dissolved their civilization and we slaughtered most of their species. Just ask yourselves: If they got the chance, what more would they do to us?”