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Adding some photos from hikes as a tax. There are no sasquatch but feel free to correct me if you see one.

A little context:

Many years ago (more than three decades) I got my first library card and found the section on legends and lore. I fell fairly deep down the bigfoot rabbit hole. I love it. Always have.

Explored locally in my hometown and enjoyed loads of campfire stories but never found anything that couldnt be explained rationally. In my early 20s I got involved with a bigfoot organization and fully immersed myself. Lots of reading, hiking, camping and expeditions. Photographing anything even remotely squatchy. This would be from about 2000 to about 2010. Active on the forums and message boards. Corresponded with some of the more famous folks, never made a name for myself but I didnt want to.

After a while, I began to notice how hard folks had to stretch the "evidence" that was being found. Hitting the trail gave me a love for solo backpacking that persists to this day and it gave me the opportunity to hike miles and miles in FL, NC, AL, NY, WA, CA, WI, MN, CO, PA and NV, domestically. Legitimate backcountry hikes that typically would be a full vacation and ran 3 days to a week at a time, covering between 20 and 50 miles.

That, coupled with the Randi forums started to push me in another direction. I reenrolled in school and now have a solid biology education. I worked for 2 years in a microbiology lab and I have a sincere passion for science, ecology, habitat conservation, wildlife in general but specifically reptiles and amphibians.

In other words, bigfoot gave me two of the most important parts of my life. Backpacking/hiking and biology. The legend gets my respect even if my personal belief is that it doesnt go much further than that.

Which brings me to my questions.

1. If Bigfoot exists and lives in the US, why hasn't it's DNA showed up in any environmental DNA samples?

2. I understand that some people will take umbrage at a few of the things im about to say.

I dont think that stories, casts or photo/video/audio are evidence without additional corroborating data. In other words, PGF would qualify (though I do personally think its a suit) because it was multiple witnesses, film, and casts. An eyewitness alone doesnt qualify in my opinion. A cast alone isnt enough. A video could be convincing but it would need to be verified as unaltered, and clearly depicting an in focus squatch at a reasonable distance doing something that a person in a suit could not do.

With that as a qualifier, what's your keystone evidence that keeps you interested? Is there a particular person or place that sticks out?

3. If you arent a believer but rather are a "knower", and if you were me, prepping a backcountry trip with the intention of going to the place with the densest population of bigfoot...where would you go, what time of year and why?

Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to respond and again, I dont intend any offense with the things I'm suggesting.

Edit: Forgot about Pennsylvania!

In 1924 a man just wanted to go on a vacation. Turned out it was a vacation he’d never forget.

In 1924 Albert Otsman decided he would go on a vacation in the remote mountains of British Columbia , He loaded up his pack grabbed his gold pan and rifle and hired a guy to take him into the Toba inlet.
His trip began with a boat ride to the inlet by a native man who would drop him off and pick him up in three weeks.
The two men got to shore and unloaded. The native man decided to stick around till the tide went down. They had lunch and chatted. Eventually the conversation turned to Sasquatch and Albert wasn’t sure of this. But the man told him he’s out there in the woods.
The man said his goodbyes and planned to come back in a few weeks to pick Albert up , and off he went.

Albert set off on his adventure. Hiking,exploring and camping out. He was three days in when he found a great camp spot and decided to stay a bit. After a day of prospecting and getting a grouse he called it a night and went to sleep.

That morning he woke up and found something had visited the camp that night some things strewn about, nothing was missing. Albert assumed it was a porcupine and that he would eventually make stew out of it.

That night he decided he’d keep his rifle ready a 30-30 and get the porcupine if it came back.
He woke up the next morning to find his pack dumped out but still hanging on the tree.
This time missing a bag of prunes and some flour. But he noted that the salt was still there and porcupines like salt.
He determined it was not a porcupine or a bear because a bear would have made a larger mess. He was thinking about leaving that site to find a new one but it was nice so he stayed.

That night he went to sleep but put his pack and rifle in his sleeping bag for safe keeping. In the middle of the night he was woken up by someone picking him up in his sleeping bag.
It was picked up by the top like a sack and Albert got jammed in the bottom.

Something was carrying him. He thought a horse at first but then realized it was like a man stepping. He was carried like a sack of potatoes for a few hrs up and down the mountains.
Finally he was dropped onto the ground and with his legs asleep he crawled out of the sleeping bag. It was still dark and he couldn’t make anything out. Eventually the sun came up.

He was in some sort of small valley in a small gorge.
That’s when he seen his captor. A big male Sasquatch. But it wasn’t just the two of them there was also an adult female , with two adolescent children a male and female.

The male and female adult Sasquatchs seemed to be fighting about what her husband just brought home. The kids looked with curiosity. Albert just sat there.
The first night he just ate some food from his pack and went to sleep.
The next day he made some coffee and debated on the idea of trying to shoot his way out and decided not to even try. He ate some food and observed his situation.

The kids became curious and began to get a bit closer, checking Albert out.
Albert just sat there for another day. The next day the kids were playing and being more curious about him. He made some food and gave the kids a can they played with it for a bit.

He took some sniffing tobacco and watched.
The male adult Sasquatch became interested in his sniffing tobacco , so Albert gave him a tin.

The Sasquatch took the whole tin and ate it. This made him go wild rolling around , pandemonium ensued. The mom screeching the dad swigged Albert’s old coffee and the kids most likely panicked and eventually the dad Sasquatch got sick , eyes rolling around. He sat down with his head between his knees.

At this point Albert knew it was time for his escape he grabbed his stuff and skidaddaled out of there. The mother Sasquatch tried to stop him but Albert shot a round over her head and that scared her away.

He climbed up the mountains and ran for his life hopefully not being followed. Eventually he was a couple valleys over and felt safer.
Eventually he seen or heard some logging in the area and made his way towards the Logging camp. Albert told them he was a lost prospector . They got him on a truck and to the beach then back to civilization.

Albert did not tell this story till 1957.

BFRO has a way better and detailed account of Albert actual story. It’s my all time favourite.

Some time in the mid 1800s Two trappers and hunters decided to go further into the wilderness to find more game. What they found in that valley was not the animal they were looking for.

This story starts near the Montana Idaho border, At the salmon & wisdom divide

A man named Bauman and his unnamed friend decided to push further into a valley to find more beaver to trap. This valley had a reputation of being nefarious , natives claimed it held spirits and a man had previously disappeared there.

Nonetheless they packed up their horses and struck out. As the got deeper into the valley they decided to stage their horses in a meadow and proceeded on foot through rough terrain.

They found a suitable spot and made camp in a small flat area among tall trees next to the salmon river facing a rugged mountain side.

Bauman and his friend headed out to set beaver traps. Upon returning to camp they noticed a visitor had stopped by and ran sacked the camp , breaking down the lean-to and dumping out their belongings.
The men made a fire and fixed the camp back up. The other man took note to the tracks and explained to Bauman that if it was a bear it had walked to two feet. As they looked over the tracks it was clear it was definitely bipedal.

That night as they slept Bauman was awoken by a large looming figure. He shot his rifle into the darkness, a crashing through the woods was all that came of the situation.

The following morning they made camp two men went out to check traps and find beaver.

Does anyone know more information about these photos?

Where were they taken?

I hunt and was scouting some new land. Any thoughts?

Since there's both good and bad evidence, I wanted to make this list so people don't have to do so much research on things that are known to have been debunked.

Let me know if I've missed any.

1. Jeane Hiebert Photos (2009):

-https://imgur.com/731RDwt

-https://imgur.com/HcFZoZt

-https://imgur.com/1zcShmg

2. Kens Carpentery Footage: https://youtu.be/vhnb4SXRqco?si=baq_yYN-vY_x-19T

3. Mark Anders Georgia Photo: https://imgur.com/JHSjXb8

4. Melissa Hovey Photo (2012): https://www.artistfirst.com/bigfoot2012-04.htm

5. Mike Paterson Audios: https://youtube.com/@sasquatchontario?si=Jllhuqat1RNwzShR

6. Minnesota Iceman (1967): https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Minnesota_Iceman

7. Pennsylvania Golf Course Trail Camera: https://imgur.com/tVvfQkv

8. Peter Caine Dog Training: https://youtube.com/@petercainedogtraining?si=x9ByE5bCb4QLl1Lj

9. Ranchita Wood Ape (2017): https://www.reddit.com/r/bigfoot/comments/utnmew/the_two_photos_i_return_to_again_and_again/

10. Randal Hart Videos: https://youtube.com/@randalhart5456?si=5pAGNFNtC1svdHvd

11. Rick Dyer and Matthew Whitten Bigfoot (2008): https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2563307/Bigfoot-body-discovery-dismissed-as-a-hoax.html

12. Backcountry Discoveries (Sony Vator) Videos: https://youtube.com/@backcountrydiscoveries?si=aN4zY5AtHOku9ihU

13. Sonoma Footage (2000s): https://youtu.be/yiiICn-wTQA?si=vfCx6KaxZwo-QkxP

14. Silverton Bigfoot (2023): https://youtu.be/hSvtzuG8prU?si=8Dpdn1L7HDOnmigl

15. Skunk Ape Footage (2013): https://youtu.be/xb9YcIlkl_c?si=aqEQdK3Lva6_IXWb

16. Todd Standing Videos: https://youtube.com/@discoveringbigfoot?si=TQv0kfIJeLOuQN4h

17. Window Bigfoot (2017): https://youtu.be/NDT7iAB8XGY?si=FigcZt161aK86QGR

Update: somebody from this group messaged me and indicated that they've had a encounter not very far from this location less than 5 minutes drive connected to the same Green belt. I have connected Katrina and this individual. The person from this group is actually going out to look for these exact tree structures in the coming days. I'll come back with any photos and updates. Katrina has indicated she's open to being contacted by anybody genuinely interested in her story who may be located in the same area and has something similar to share. You can DM me and I will connect you if appropriate. Thank you

Hi everybody, my name is Jim. I hope everyone is having a nice Sunday

Katrina, was hiking with a friend in State Line Preserve in Kennett Square, PA

an 85-acre park in Chester County, PA, when 15 minutes into the trail, they find this 6-foot woven tree structure made out of young saplings bent together at the top. It literally looked like an igloo. Katrina immediately points it out because it looks way too precise and crafted to be a natural tree fall.

This is the start of the interview portion about this encounter, including the description of the first tree structure. So you can jump right to it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_AU88PyhM&t=1777s

They keep walking for another half-mile and find a second one. This one is way bigger—about 8 feet wide—and all the grass and undergrowth inside is completely matted and flattened down, looking exactly like a giant bed where something massive had been sleeping.

Katrina gets curious and takes one step off the trail to get a closer look. The second she moves toward it, something huge, completely invisible, and right in front of her face lets out a massive, deep growl and huffs at her. She said it sounded like a literal bull, and the wall of sound hit her so hard she felt it vibrating inside her chest. The hair on her arms stood up, and she noped right out of there.

Also if you're interested, she does describe a prior encounter which she also believes was Bigfoot and involved intense stalking of her in a rural rental home, that ultimately led her to barricading herself in the bedroom.

This one starts at around 11 minutes 36 seconds. So depending on how much you want to digest, there's your two starting points to get right into the Bigfoot first hand witness testimony with no BS. This event happened about six months ago.

Thanks everybody have a nice day Jim