On Tuesday Oct. 3rd I me and my wife took a little boat ride on the Alabama River in Clarke county Alabama.

There is an area north of the Gainestown landing that has been active with possible Bigfoot activity.

At the mouth of one of the many creeks that run into the river in that area I noticed this in one of the pictures I took that day.
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The river and creek are unusually low at this time. The root of this tree is usually unseen..under water. You can see a faint water line on the tree/log. It looks like the X crossing of sticks has been there awhile. Seems there are a few vines growing up them.
I am thinking if this is what it is..it was placed there a few months ago. The water has not been up for several months and has not disturbed it. I intend to keep a watch on this area to see if anything like this re-appears after the next flood/high water.

Mike (watch1)

Well that picture turned out a little small.

Try again..

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This looks better.

Mike (watch1)

Is there a trail there at the river's edge? It's hard to tell from the photo.

I wish people wouldn't get so hung up on 'X' formations.

I can see X formations in the woods behind my house, and I'm pretty sure there are no bigfoot around here (see photos below - taken from the forest around Silverstone, England).

But maybe one of them's a pirate's treasure marker!

Yar.

I know what you mean. I could most likely find several out the the woods like this ..after all the storms we have had. Hard to tell what is natural and un-natural.
The X would be just above the edge of the water..if the river was at its usual normal level. It could have just happened at high water and the limbs just happened to get hung-up in that location.
What makes this different ..is the fact that it is right next to this creek that runs out in the river. The creek is just out of view to the left of the tree that is laying there.
There have been alot of strange things going on in this area including a sighting.

I know that most likely the river will get high again and wash most of whatever is there now away and thought it would be interesting to see if something else like this shows. We usually get Spring floods and the river will jump up fast.

That X just looked so lined up and straight on that tree/log..but it could have just been a natural happening.

I will post a few more pictures of the area later.

Mike (watch1)

Humm, England you say? I thought all my X's were in Texas???


:laugh:

Here is a LINK to some other pictures of the area. This is some wild country and not many people in the area.


Mike (watch1)

Looks like a good Bass fishing spot! :wink:
Perhaps some 'Bama good ol' boys marked that as a hot-spot

That's a problem with identifying what might look like "markers."

Humans make them, too. Surveyors, hunters, fisherman, prospectors, etc. all will stack rocks, cross sticks, etc. to mark something for future reference.

Without any other evidence (i.e. tracks, sightings, sounds, etc.) you can't be sure.

Weather makes them too, here is one I found today:

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Nice find...even if it was caused by the weather.

The river has not gotten up to the point that it would remove that X from the area. I will go back there at some point after it does to check and look if anything else might have been placed to take its place. With the rain we got today and what they are expecting tomorrow it might happen soon.

Some of these things just happen naturally. When you spot something like that..it does make you wonder how it happened.

Just something interesting to watch for.

Mike (watch1)

But then he'd have to hang his hat in Tennessee, not England!

:laugh:

A long time ago I posted a section from a book on ape language and trail signs used by them... tried searching for it but I failed.

DDA,

I searched the web and found this:

http://whyfiles.org/058language/ape_talk.html

Very intriguing regarding "road signs" and I'm fascinated by the comment "radio silence."

Sunflower

It isn't that one... it was a rather long post and transcribed here.

Tree Arcs and Bows Thread? Your Post Titled: Great Ape Societies
Possibly this Thread?

Bingo!!! Good job! How did you find that?

It's a secret............

LOL, just did a search of your posts.

I certainly think it's possible that Sasquatch may leave signs for each other, or, more likely, are aware enough to deliberately avoid leaving signs for others.

Whatever the case, I doubt we'll ever be able to point to any formations, alterations, breakings, etc... and by simply looking them say, "Hey, Bigfoot did this." There's WAY too much chaotic noise in nature. I think doing so is reaching.

I've corresponded with Dr. Savage-Rumbaugh in the past. A very nice and very knowledgeable lady.

Although we can never be positive, there are some indications that a fromation is not natural -
If the marker includes a Hickory limb, for instance, and is found in a stand of sycamore trees, you can be pretty safe in saying it is artificial.

Well noodle, maybe and maybe not. There may have been a hickory tree in the recent past that blew down, maybe due to weather. Someone came in, cleaned it up and removed all the pieces except for one branch, which they overlooked. So, as you say the odds are in favor of it being artificial, but it's not always a sure thing.

Here is a question for all.

If you go into an area and you hear knocking, whoops and howls at night. The next night..the same thing. You decide to go into the area during the day time and scout it out. You find tracks and they are fresh. You look around and you see what looks like a trail. On this trail you see small trees (8 to 10 feet tall) broke over and twisted. You continue down the trail and you see two trees bent over ..one from one direction..one from the other and they meet in the middle of another tree that seems untouched and it forms an X on that tree and the trail makes a sharp left or right turn.

Who would consider this as a possible marker?

I would..who else?

Mike

mike is this a hypothetical q or have you seen this? Take a couple pics of this and let us see, please. I don't think I would want to risk it.

Possibly, why not? In this case you'd have other evidence is support of it being that, the knocks, tracks and vocals. By itself doubtful.

Better keep your eyes open though, he's probably sitting behind a tree nearby wondering just how intelligent these humans are, not finding him after leaving all those clues!

This one was hypothetical.

I have been told about an area that everything but the markers themselves have been seen. I hope to be able to get in there in the future and have look for myself. I will have my camera at the ready. Just not enough of me to do all I want to and work the job at the same time..LOL

Mike (watch1)

DDA,
That post on Great Ape Societies (Bonobo's) was an excellent read, it's interesting the trackers were looking for signs off the ground and most interesting was the bent leaves and the minute signs of their passage, also I found the fact that they drove sticks into the ground very interesting. Thanks for posting that way back when (2003) it definitely gives a new insight about leaving markers.

Nice! Badoomski!!

ok this is either purely speculation or coincidence, maybe i should wait til i can get the photos posted, but i'll post while it's still fresh in my head and you all can dish it out.
on a recent sighting, me and another went out during daylight hours to look for foot prints. the area was in a ascent, up a ridge line. along the way up there are trees (that are north and south, basically, spaced apart) that are knocked down, but they are all facing in the same general direction, to the south. thinking about gravity, one would think that would fall to the east (down hill) or maybe to the west (uphill) some trees appear to be knocked over, others hmmm. i'll get the pics posted tomorrow morning as i work with bearkiller and he has been an excellant help with my endeavors as well as an immense source of bf history on the area, i'm currently patrolling.
if any of you all can clarify, shoot i'd appreciate it.

You may want to consider checking local weather forecasts over a period of time to determine if any microbursts occurred in that area.

(Edited to add): Interested to see your pictures.

ljromero76 - were these trees healthy and when you say knocked over, were the roots unearthed also?