Posted on 01/18/2007 12:34:55 AM PST by FLOutdoorsman
Week-long campout aimed at gathering evidence
The Central Oregon Cascades are an inviting place to visit for all the traditional spring and summer activities: hiking, fishing, sightseeing, Bigfoot-hunting...
Huh?
Glum news for those hoping to join the 25 to 45 or so Sasquatch hunters who will be looking for a week in June for signs of the elusive, legendary beast: the Bigfoot Field Research Organization's (http://bfro.net) Central Oregon Expedition is already sold out.
So is a May event in North Carolina, but if you'd like to join the crowd in Michigan's Upper Peninsula or northern Utah, those July expeditions still have room to register. And you can get on a waiting list for the Central Oregon expedition, if you'd like, in case there are dropouts.
The cost: $300 per person, $600 for two or more in the same vehicle. That covers only "the overhead costs for organizing the expedition," so you have to arrange and pay for your own food, camping gear and whatever else you need to go Bigfoot hunting.
Participants will meet in Bend before venturing out on the four-day campout and hunt for evidence in the Cascades, June 14-17, timed for a period when there's "almost no moonlight," organizers said on the Website.
"These animals seem to be more bold and approach humans closer at night, when it is very dark out and no moonlight," the group states. ‘Nights around the new moon may be their most active hunting periods."
The group, founded in 1995, chooses "territories that have a history of reports." There are a dozen reported sightings listed in Central Oregon, the most recent in June 2005, and almost 200 in Oregon.
That might seem like a lot, for a mythical beast, but the organization notes the Website reports "are only a fraction of the information we have. They are only the first-hand reports, and the ones that witnesses have allowed us to post publicly on the Website.
Those who assemble at base camp are divided into teams of three to five people, led by guides who have surveyed the terrain and studied satellite-aerial photos to "figure out the best places to listen for their echoing vocalizations at night."
"It sounds easy, but you need to have a lot of information to know confidently where to be," the group states. "You also need to know the various types of sounds they make, and how to provoke them into making those sounds, to both confirm their presence and lure them toward you."
"What happens after that needs to be experienced in person," the site goes on to say. "We don't like to describe that aspect of these expeditions in writing, partly because we do not want to influence the perceptions of fresh observers. We want to ask them what they saw (and) heard, etc. With every new person who bears witness to these animals and their behaviors, we are more sure of certain things ourselves."
Those interested in participating should know, it's not a very regimented experience. The group says some teams choose to camp the entire time away from base camp, and others stay at the central location. "You will be able to decide what you want to do," they said. "No one is forced to go anywhere, or stay out all night."
"Safety is a top priority," the group states, with no known injuries during the expeditions - "not even a sprained ankle." Participants are allowed to retain their own photos, videos, footprint casts, "hair samples, etc."
The hunt is on!
Thank god for Freerepublic. I live in Bend and have never heard of any of this, however according to Weekly World News Hilary has named Bigfoot her running mate. At least I get some of the news reports before I red them here!
Hope they're not anywhere close to your house! ;-)
Well if you ever saw ME first thing in the morning you might believe I was Mrs. Bigfoot Monster!
On New years Day 2001, I was out target shooting in a remote area not far from my house with my .38 revolver and saw a man and woman in running type clothes walking along the side of sage brush covered hill about 500 yards away. I held my fire until they went over the hill before I began firing again.
After firing a few cylinders full I noticed another person walking along the same slope as the couple and thought to myself, "What is this a freeway around here," as this is a very remote area. I suddenly dawned on me that this "person" was much taller than the couple I had seen and appeared to glide effortlessly along the same slope that the couple had struggled to hike along as there is no real trail there, just an animal path. He, or it, was dark colored and I could see no signs of clothing (unlike the couple), just a dark shape moving rapidly along the hillside.
As I said it was about 500 yards away so I could not make out any details or features, but it moved so quickly along the slope that I could not help but stare at it. I lost sight when it went over the crest of the hill. I only wish that I had gone to look for tracks afterward.
The sighting gave me an uneasy feeling, as the sound of my gunshots seemed to have no effect on it, and I have been vary in that area ever since.
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Of course, we faithfull watchers of the Six Million Dollar Man know Bigfoot to be an alien.
Hmmmm? Bill Clinton shoes are size 13. Could he be the father?
People searching for Japanese holdouts from WWII in the jungles of the Pacific have had better luck.
Why not bring along a tracking dog?
Don't be too surprised if you get a few takers. One night in a chat room two of us Hoosiers were joking around about "snipe hunting" and we had several offers to pay us to take them on a snipe hunt. Funniest thing you ever saw.
Caution, there is a bird called a snipe.
Snipe are listed in the Oregon game bird regulations.
I have hunted, killed, and eaten them.
I have hunted but never killed one. Never even winged one. Darn things must be the toughest bird to hit there is.
It's the same as for Blackfoot Indians.
The more cultured members of the species insist on "Bigfoote".
Why is it that after seeing a sasquatch or, coming across tracks of one, nobody ever thinks to bring in tracking dogs?
By the looks of your map, Bigfoot has been spotted in the Portland area. Someone probably just saw some hairy lesbians. Does Bigfoot drive a Volvo with a rainbow John Kerry sticker on the bumper?
I don't know how to get threads started, but saw in our Seattle newspaper an article on an 'apelike" foot found in a landfill in Spotsylvania (in the state of Pennsylvania?). Here's a comment from another website:
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