A years worth, part two

I can thankfully say that I have been forced to put this in its proper perspective. With that said, I know that the season for our opportunity with this creature is almost at an end. I can't say with certainty that this summer will be the last, but I can't say that what we are encountering will continue either. Too much has happened.

How to make a long story short? I am not sure that I can. The events of last weekend has prompted this post. Although this has been a long time in the making, I have been waiting to write this in order to expose this creature with undeniable proof, but I suspect the proof that everyone is searching for will never come.

I am throughly convinced that Sasquatch knows EXACTLY what electronic devices are and what we use them for and what we intend to use them for concerning this creature. I and my husband, know how they know.

The facts out weigh conjecture. Other people's experiences can attest to that.

The proof is going to come and has to come from unconventional means and to expose this creature is to not only expect the unexpected but allow one's own heart and mind to let go of pre-existing mindsets to allow for bigger possibilities.

Science doesn't have an answer for everything and she is often times wrong eventhough she'd never admit it. And this begs the question, does Sasquatch's existence require scientific proof?
Not when you are not ruled by science.

Our family isn't, nor are countless of other people experiencing the same thing but our approach was scientific, that proved to show us idle results. Science can only go so far to prove the validity of something, and in fact has caused division among its own ranks because of proof to the contrary of certain findings ( Dawin)

Just because " I think there for I am" sounds plausible doesn't make it any more true although it sounds like it is shrouded in wisdom. There truly is wisdom in science and I will never neglect to give credit where credit is due, but there is wisdom in God's perfect design and there has to be a connection between our faith and all things that concern Sasquatch. Right?
I am convinced of that and as we were nearing our findings last week, confirmation landed right at our back door... almost literally.

We encountered an unconventional phenomenon that others claim to have experienced. I was truly under the belief that if it hasn't happened to me, well I'll believe that those people believe they experienced something, but until I experience it... we did. I was always careful not to judge and remain humble in my inexperience.

Now I am even more humbled. I cannot deny what this phenomenon is because we have experienced it before but in a different manner that had nothing to do with Sasquatch and every thing to do with our then defunct Christian walk.

We have come so far from where we once were.


Continued...

A year's worth of reflecting... Part one

It's been over a year now since my sighting of Sasquatch. The day passed with a nostaligic yearning hoping that in the moments of that day, I would have recieved another sighting. I wish I had some news to report but sadly I do not.

I took the day reflecting back on all the information I have gathered and learned and I have to say I am very fortunate. I am humbled and honored to be apart of something so big, beyond me and I am so greatful to the friendships I have made, and the help that I have recieved.

The information is invaluable and with each step that I ventured deeper into the realm of Sasquatch, I was pulled in even deeper. My analytical mind could not be quelled because it seemed every story was unique unto itself. Although each encounter held similarities, the unknown factors left me with more questions that I was not willing to come up with speculative answers for.

It seemed with each new area that I dared to tred, theories that were answered brought in new realities. Although I have some what deviated from my initial goal since the inception of this blog, the deviation has not led me astray, it was in my own precepts and mindsets, and what I wanted to believe so deeply in that I ignored some key personal realities and conclusions of my own.

People only hear or see what they want to hear or see. Very rarely do they accept something other than what their own reality and minds are willing to accept. This has been very true with me and my own quest with Sasquatch.

I left some interesting facts out in my own sighting because I feared of being labled as a lunatic, and in fact I take great importance in my reputation as an inspirational writer and having my credentials speak for myself within the pages of my books that I guard my name very heavily.
And for that, I did not and still am apprehensive to speak out.

My search for the reality and validity of Sasquatch has taken a different turn. I am not so stressed to prove that this creature exists, because it does, but I am hard pressed to prove what this creature is and isn't. With that said, I am am willing to consider the possibilities especially since these "Possibilites" have decided to tred into my back yard.

As I have stated in other posts, it is important that we as researchers, enthusiasts or however one wants to label Sasquatch/Bigfoot phenomenon that we regard all evidence and do not attempt to pick and choose to accept evidence which is easier to believe than others. I am guilty for it in my own experience.

Even sharing what I experienced to its entirety with my husband, he was not convinced and tried to suggest that perhaps my mind was playing tricks on me. I have never believed in my heart and soul so deeply as to what I saw and this was the driving force to search out the truth.

At times I thought that I was actually going crazy because seeing Sasquatch changes you- for good. There is no going back and once you begin, there is no longer a proverbial carrot dangling in front of you, there is a very real fish hook stuck deep within towing you with an invisible line.

It begins with a passion, or in my case a delusion and it was one I coudn't shake. The thoughts and information played an endless record in my head that invaded my every thought including my dreams. Something that I never asked for invaded me and took me emotionally hostage. I realized that other aspects of my life were falling by the wayside. In six months it was almost like I became one with Sasquatch in the fact that I fed off of every tidbit of information, and any new find sent me deeper on a unquenchable quest.

Obsessed? Yes, I'd say so, and I am the first to admit it.

Where is the tree?

In the last post I mentioned that a tree had fallen, we suspect due to weather conditions, this particular tree showed no signs of weakening or wear before its untimely demise.

With woodpeckers, birch beetles, and weather as well as a host of other unseen culprits, nature has a way of culling its own to make way for the new.

This however is not our greatest concern, what piqued our curiosity is where the big tree top landed. In this picture below you can see the broken tree, and it fell to the right ( your right) through the trees and onto the platform- or makeshift tree stand.

The next picture shows a close up of the broken platform and the missing tree. Where is it? We are uncertain, but it should be there and it is not, this is where the conundrum lies. If Bigfoot/Sasquatch does not exist, then what or who moved the tree?

This area certainly seems to be like a playground of sorts as just off to the left ( your left) is a big fallen tree that the beavers fell last fall, there are shriveled leaves still attached to the branches of this tree, and although the pictures show a bit of a mess, the whole thing acts as one giant lean to or sheltered area. What is new about this area is that there are unusual stick formations that clearly are not natural and were not there before. It seems as these formations are around the perimiter of this "natural" shelter and I took some pictures inside and noticed groupings of sticks and twigs inside as well. Another interesting note, Sasquatch, seem to use opportunity to their advantage, because they have the ideal view to our home, to watch our comings and goings or to perhaps watch the activity going on inside...

(A picture of the fallen tree -Underneath this and around it is where the unusual activity such as stick structures around the perimiter and inside)

The activity seems to be getting closer are they just as curious about us as we are them? We placed some rope on the ladder at the broken platform to find out and some surveyors tape in a tree nearby another of their walking routes around our property.

Whatever is going on here, it seems that the more we act on patience and leave these creatures to their own, the better results we recieve. Every time I try to make something happen by forcing the issue by placing more food out more often, or go for walks in hopes of finding something, nothing happens. It is always when you least expect it that something does happen, as subtle as the changes are, they are not by happenstance.

This rope is similar to how the weight of our windchime was wrapped around a limb. This tree limb is higher than my husband who is 6ft, and as you can see it is still abit of a climb to where it is originating from.( The pic does not show this height in true form) Who put this there?

Something Curious this way comes...

There used to be a platform in a tree that we thought was a make shift tree fort for the kiddies that used to live here before we moved in, but such was not the case. The platform that was nestled in between a grouping of trees was approx 8 ft off the ground and was used to hunt and control the beaver population that have taken over the creek, and made a nice pond for themselves. ( Oh I say this sarcastically, those rodents, and that is what they are, can do quite abit of damage in such a short amount of time)

This past January I noticed one of the trees next to this grouping had broken off at about 6-8 ft from the top, and had fallen right onto the platform, causing the platform to colapse at an angle and completely dismantle and destroy any hope for repair.

Today my husband and I walked over to this area and around it because eventhough the beavers are falling our big beautiful trees, we noticed other signs of activity. Sasquatch has clearly made use of a certain area ( that is in line with the house) and the fallen trees provide a perfect over hang and create a backdrop of deeper seclusion for these stealthy creatures.

A few feet away lies the disheveled platform. We went over to inspect that, and I noticed right away that the the tree that should have been ( because it had been) laying on the broken platform was gone! I know I didn't move it, and my husband didn't move it- something as big as that we do not own the equipment to move, and we do not have a chainsaw- (that's on our things we need list)

It was ironic because we had been down near the water walking through the treed area, scouting the beaver damage, and noticing how Sasquatch was clearly taking advantage of the beaver's fastidious nature. We had noticed new tree markings and trees ontop of trees making a cross pattern - Not the workings of beaver because the stumps of the trees were not seen near by. My husband was not so convinced that these trees were moved by our Forest dwellers.

I mentioned to him that these creatures may have the strength of 15 men or more, anything is possible...Seeing the missing fallen tree convinced him.

I WILL replace the camera batteries, and post pictures.

We also noticed a knotted rope tied to a limb about 10 ft in one of the trees that held the platform. I have cleaned up this area and have taken many walks around. I even climbed the ladder and sat on the platform a few times. It was sturdy and showed no signs of wear. In all my travels around this area, I never once saw a rope tied near the ladder on a limb. Another curious observation, this rope was rapped around another limb in the same way the windchime was tampered with.

We decided to place two pieces of left over pizza in the pizza box in the bait area nearby, and place yellow surveyor's tape in the tree above the pizza. I also decided to turn the monitor on after not listening for a few weeks.

With the recent events... I think it's finally go time.

Curious observations...

Although there seems to have been a lull in Sasquatch information as of late, I imagine that will soon change as many are anxious to get out into the fields and begin some much needed research.

I imagine my predecessors have been ready months in advance as the awaiting packed gear sits in its resting spot waiting for the day to collect evidence.

Today I am reminded, that although the winter has been brutally cold and I refused to enter into it to collect any sort of evidence, I have been caught unprepared. The batteries are dead in the digital camera, and had I been better aware of my surroundings, I would have seen more acutely and perhaps would have the sure fire evidence I had hoped in finding.

Winter is not an excuse to become complacent.

It has been an interesting month at our house. With newly melted snow I can finally get out and begin to look for left over signs of Sasquatch, and what I am finding is actually quite exciting.

There have been signs that they or it has been here and for the past three nights in a row as I have fallen asleep to the monitor noise, I have been awakened abruptly to the sound of clashing rocks. Hard enough to jar me out of a sound slumber which causes me to go to the window, and that is when I suspect it watches.

There is little to show for such conclusions, but it is the little things here and there that are begining to add up.

The wind chime I have put up in a tree approx 30 feet from the house in a tree lined area has been tampered with. This area gives Sasquatch perfect cover so as not to be seen, but it can see me if I am moving around in the quiet little room with the light on.

The wind chime in the two years it has been in its permanent spot has never broken or become entangled in the trees due to wind gusts or storms, and yet, the weight of the wind chime is still attached but wound tightly around a tree limb as if to prevent a petty annoyance. In all honesty, It was never an ideal spot because even during windy gusty days, I could never hear the chiming noise. I have always been quite dissappointed with my choice of spot for that thing, but haven't found the right spot to place it.

Upon inspecting the chime, I somehow thought to myself that the wind must have wraped the weight around the limb, but the weight is too big to fit around the space between the limb and the tree trunk and there is no other reason except to conclude that it was deliberately wrapped around the branch in such a fashion.

Around this area, there is an old two room house that had been converted to a seed cleaning facility. This building is approx 25-30 feet long and just behind it off to the side is where I found some suspect tracks that when I placed myself in the same area and facing the house, my conclusions have drawn me again to the curiosity of Sasquatch and its ability to see me in the same small room just at a different vantage point.

And even curiouser still, a newer set of prints found the other day but I payed no attention. I assumed that these two spots in the snow beside old snow covered tracks were perhaps due to rapidly melting snow. I was pondering the size and shape and used my imagination to imagine a tall creature standing watching, because these two holes in the snow lined up again with the same window. ( The size, shape and space between each " Print" is what caught my attention-It truly looked like a tall creature had possibly just stood in that position)

I directed my husband to these anomalous imprints in the snow. We both saw grass contained within the prints, and I just assumed that the snow had melted, but my husband saw something else. He placed his hand inside one of these melted imprints, and scooped the loose grass into his hand. There was SNOW and lots of it still unmelted lying underneath!

He was first to say that something had put the grass there, and I finished his sentence. Something had put the grass there so that they could watch the movements in the window without its feet getting cold.

( Another conclusion would be that the grass was placed there so as not to leave any foot print of any kind as a clear indication it had been in that spot)
There were no other sets of prints as to indicate what this actually was as the snow is rutted in this area with deer tracks, our own tracks, our dogs tracks and quad tracks.

I know. Sounds alittle far fetched, but in all honesty, it is us who need to change our thinking and realize that the survival of this creature depends on its ability to perhaps reason and problem solve in a way that perhaps can challenge our own conclusions of animalistic behaviour.

I am throughly convinced that had I not been in this room with the window open at night playing music such as my keyboard, or harmonica, and singing out the window we would not be getting this kind of activity so close to the house. AND we have not had such activity UNTIL I started to do such things. But again, these little things although worth mentioning may not prove publicly Sasquatch's existence, it does prove that we are getting abit closer...

Echolocation vs Call Blasting

There is a certain call blast that piqued my curiosity to the theory of echolocation because this sound although it is said to be made from a Sasquatch, is very high pitched in nature and has remenicent tones of what we know to be that of SONAR.

Our first line of defence on the open waters is to utilize this form of echolocation to pin point and target the enemy, and it is something that our forces have come dependent on, and when it was first discovered, it never occured to anyone that the ocean life may use it themselves and may be effected by the artificial forms we inundate our waters with.

It has been just recently in the past 5-10 years that the Navy as well as wildlife preservation groups have been looking into the detrimental damage on the sea life caused by their use of sonar. Marine life use this type of sound in order to locate a food source or other groups and members of a herd or pod.

Echolocation is not just limited to the waters of our oceans, infact mammals such as bats use this type of sonar and it has even been discovered to be used by some birds who use the sound waves that bounce off caves and in and around forests to navigate their way through these dark places.

Science really does have a limited knowledge on the effects and what animals use this form of sound that it could very well be possible that Sasquatch could make very good use of this function as well.

Could it be that Sasquatch uses sonar (or form of it) in a way to navigate through the dense forest? Is it a distinctive call between group members and could Call blasting be interfering with mating and territorial patterns?

The use of call blasting does work, and it has been known to have positive results in the Sasquatch field( Positive results mean that there has been authentic vocalizations, and /or sightings and activity of some kind) This is not a limited theory for just the Sasquatch enthusiasts, it has played an important role in helping farmers protect their livestock from predatory animals such as wolves, and to prove case and point, in the United States, there is a man who has dedicated his life to the study, research and preservation of wolves. Although his work is somewhat unorthodox, he has seen positive results and without this extensive knowledge and dedication, what we know about wolves today would still be a mystery.

To learn more about Shaun Ellis and his work with wolves, please follow this link.
http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/episode/a-man-among-wolves-2926/Overview

Wolves call for many reasons and one reason Shaun Ellis has discovered is to establish territory between other wolf packs that may be in the area. His research has shown that wolves will not invade another wolf pack territory, and one way to save a farmer's herd of cattle was to call blast a pack of wolves howling and barking in order to establish an invisible line of defence, thus preserving the herd from wolf attacks. ( Although this theory was only tested one time, the results were instantaneous)

Call blasting does have it's place, but my question is, that with the many sounds of Sasquatch, including its ability to perform mimicry, do we really know what sound is authentic from this creature, and do we really know what that sound is saying?

If call blasting does work then we need to delve into this further, why does it work? What is the vocalization saying in order to draw in a Sasquatch? If certain sounds and vocalizations it makes are comparable to that of sonar, then what negative and positive effect does it have on this creature and the groups within range? If it does use sonar in the form of echolocation, what are the specifics in which it is used? Such as time of day, habitat, the season ( Sound travels differently in the winter.)

In simple terms and long story short, call blasting may work for a time, but is it all that important in evidence gathering? That is something we can never know and this is too important in our line of work to neglect or remiss.


*I am unable to find the sound clip, it may be in the member's section of
http://www.oregonbigfoot.com/

This is Autumn Williams site, and I mention her site because she was a field researcher on a tv show called " Mysterious Encounters" and the vocalization she and her group used is the one that I am referring to. *

UPDATE:

A BIG thank you to Stan Courtney for giving me the heads up on the name of the sound clip.

It is called the " TAHOE SCREAM" ( Ownership of the sound clip is Kathy Strain)

For an indepth read on Echolocatoion please see the following link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_echolocation

Sticks and Stones

Sasquatch knows our home and our surrounding area. The tall trees that surround our place act as overbearing sentinels that prove their worth keeping this elusive creature well hidden, and our prying eyes out.

The weather proved to be somewhat on our side the other day and we ventured out and followed a set of tracks that dared to venture out into our yard, away from the guardian trees and stepped alittle closer and approached our home.

As we lay sleeping.

The past four nights ago, the dogs were restless and agitated and continued to bark through out the night. The windy breeze perhaps brought the smell of Sasquatch closer to them, or perhaps they could hear the infra sound. One thing for certain is that on the second night our dogs were awoken early in the morning, I had for some unknown reason woken up just at the opportune time to find the dogs... in the house again.

This was the second time in about a month, the time before this happened when we were not home. We had gone out for a few hours, came home for bathroom breaks, and then left again... coinsidence or not the second time we left we were going out seeking signs of our neighbour hood watchmen.

Last night the dogs were silent, but my husband woke me up from a deep sleep, and asked me if I had heard a bang. I said no. I wasn't in our bedroom sleeping, I was with our daughter's cat in a seperate room, trying to keep her calm as she is still a kitten and too young to go outside (but we don't want her roaming the house either). He went back to bed and only a few minutes later came back in and asked if I had called him.
I was up and awake at this point, but I didn't make a sound. I was intently listening out the window because I had heard something hit metal. The sound was distinct. Like some rock with perfect aim in the starry lit dark had hit on point its target. ( An hour later I heard this again, same spot)

My husband had said that he assumed I had called his name, but it was somewhat muffled and although in his assuming he couldn't be sure that his name was mentioned. He was awake, and I reminded him of a time almost exact this time of year last year, I was woken up out of a sleep, with a strange noise ringing in my ears. I thought it was a coyote, because at the time we did not know of our visitors around here yet. But the noise scared me because it sounded like it came from underneath our bedroom window, and it was high pitched whining but almost like someone was mumbling as they whined. It was eerie for coyote( I don't like their calls) and I snuggled deeper under the blankets to try to ignore the feeling and go back to sleep.

Whatever the events last night, this led me to something so simple yet something I over looked. Just because the nightime and daytimes are silent because of the winter's chill, doesn't mean that Sasquatch isn't around going about it's daily routine. The snow may slow its efforts but the snow and the well below 0 temperatures along with the dibilitating wind chills may stymie the strongest fortitudes of men, but I am certain that Sasquatch lingers and tarries as usual if only to satisfy their curiosities.

It has been our experience that Sasquatch has been quite noisy in tree waps when they enter our farmstead. When they approach the areas where we are known to tred, they let us know. But in the snowy months, sticks that they use aren't available and can be hard to find under four feet of snow, but never-the-less, they still try to warn us when they can like they perhaps did last night.

Rocks are easy to find and carry such as small pebbles off the grid road, or taken from a lightly snow covered rock pile. The warnings don't come as often but they are there if we are willing to alter our thinking. Behaviors that we are used to seeing and experience in the summer, may not be condusive or at all practical in the winter.