Skamania County, Washington seems to be a good hotspot for Bigfoot sightings, 50 reports so far.We should get some more investigators out there.
http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_county_report...county=Skamania
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50 " reported " sightings !! :wink:
Skookum Meadows too i believe ??
Skookum Meadows too i believe ??
Imagine that. :laugh: Check out Bipcast 3 and see where it was from,,,
I have most certainly heard that most sightings are near the Pacific Northwest area. I would be shocked why more investigators are not searching in that general area.
A number of researchers frequent that area. I myself go their about once or twice a year. During our small expeditions, we have had one very possible encounter. You can read the entire account on the BFRO reports for Skamania County, WA Summer 2001. “Campers hear possible Bigfoot”. The loud vocalizations we heard at 2:00 AM from our remote campsite was real, it was very real. I have never heard any thing like it before.
In the same area (Skookum Meadow) in 2003 we heard loud wailing sounds but from a long way off. We didn’t report that because of the distance from us, but it was again a very odd sound. We at first thought it may have been BFRO sound-blasting, which they sometimes do in that area, but they said they were not there during that period. On our last trip my friend was awoken by what he said sounded like a womans scream, but by the time he woke me up to begin recording, it was all over with. Once we hiked in to Skookum meadow, (5 miles from camp), and we spent the night in the meadow. WE didn't see or hear anything that night but I can tell you that place when the sun goes down sends shivers up your spine.
BFRO has been to the area a few times, but I'm not crazy about joining a large group when I am doing field work.
As far as the famouse Skookum cast, though I am not convinced it is anything but an elk. Someone on the BF forum did some great research on that, and I tend to believe now it was an elk laying in the road.
In the same area (Skookum Meadow) in 2003 we heard loud wailing sounds but from a long way off. We didn’t report that because of the distance from us, but it was again a very odd sound. We at first thought it may have been BFRO sound-blasting, which they sometimes do in that area, but they said they were not there during that period. On our last trip my friend was awoken by what he said sounded like a womans scream, but by the time he woke me up to begin recording, it was all over with. Once we hiked in to Skookum meadow, (5 miles from camp), and we spent the night in the meadow. WE didn't see or hear anything that night but I can tell you that place when the sun goes down sends shivers up your spine.
BFRO has been to the area a few times, but I'm not crazy about joining a large group when I am doing field work.
As far as the famouse Skookum cast, though I am not convinced it is anything but an elk. Someone on the BF forum did some great research on that, and I tend to believe now it was an elk laying in the road.
people go there all the time. how do they get there? I would bet 90% of all people come from west to east. There is natural route(terrain) that is NE to SW-Wst. just throwing that out there. take care- jacob 
Stayed at the Skamania Lodge a few years ago. A staff member at the golf shop told me that have had numerous reports from patrons concerning odd sightings and activity on the ridge up behind the fifth hole (the most remote on the course). I walked up to the ridge at sundown...there is nothing but wilderness back there...certainly conceivable for a creature to make their way there without having to cross civilization.
QUOTE(OlympicBigfoot @ Jul 30 2008, 08:28 PM) 
Stayed at the Skamania Lodge a few years ago. A staff member at the golf shop told me that have had numerous reports from patrons concerning odd sightings and activity on the ridge up behind the fifth hole (the most remote on the course). I walked up to the ridge at sundown...there is nothing but wilderness back there...certainly conceivable for a creature to make their way there without having to cross civilization.
I found the hike route OB...
Wonder what sort's of goings on the Staff Member had heard about ??
Lake Loop Trail: 1.75 Miles
Hike Level: Moderate
This trail begins at the Golf Pro Shop, but turns left and goes past 2nd fairway, continuing behind the cart path near the 3rd tee, and coming out behind the 4th green. Following the trail, go down the hill and behind the 5th green where you will see Wy'East Lake on your left. Walk along part of the lake and you will emerge near a picnic area between and behind the 3rd green and 4th tee. Then follow the gravel service road along the shore of Lilly Pad Lake to the junction with the Creek Loop Trail, and return to the Golf Shop. For a bit longer hike, you can turn left and follow the Creek Loop Trail in a reverse path back to its starting point.
I just returned from the Cold Springs Fire located south of Mt. Adams.
On July 29th, a crew working the northern half of the fire located and photographed three different size tracks.
I happened to view a firefighters pictures, (not very good detail). He told me of the tracks and location for me to go and look. But weather was a factor in dispersing the tracks. Also I was not assigned to that particular area and could not get to the spot.
This last week was the end of the fire and firefighters were being demob'd home and could not get to the crew that was being sent home. By the time I was told about it they were on the bus and enroute to the airport.
The firefighter that I had the opportunity to talk with told me the location, who found them. He also said that cameras and cameraphones were taken up to the spot the next day. My guess is that somewhere around 20-30 folks have pictures of the tracks.
They were located inside the fire and on the fireline. Crew that located them were working area day before and there were no tracks. During shift the following day is when they spotted them. Day after spotting them, cameras were up and flashing and crew returned back to camp.... then were shipped home that night. Not because finding the tracks, but because their detail on the fire had ended.
Here is a google map of location of the fire
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&i...mp;t=h&z=11
Edited date from August to July.
On July 29th, a crew working the northern half of the fire located and photographed three different size tracks.
I happened to view a firefighters pictures, (not very good detail). He told me of the tracks and location for me to go and look. But weather was a factor in dispersing the tracks. Also I was not assigned to that particular area and could not get to the spot.
This last week was the end of the fire and firefighters were being demob'd home and could not get to the crew that was being sent home. By the time I was told about it they were on the bus and enroute to the airport.
The firefighter that I had the opportunity to talk with told me the location, who found them. He also said that cameras and cameraphones were taken up to the spot the next day. My guess is that somewhere around 20-30 folks have pictures of the tracks.
They were located inside the fire and on the fireline. Crew that located them were working area day before and there were no tracks. During shift the following day is when they spotted them. Day after spotting them, cameras were up and flashing and crew returned back to camp.... then were shipped home that night. Not because finding the tracks, but because their detail on the fire had ended.
Here is a google map of location of the fire
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&i...mp;t=h&z=11
Edited date from August to July.
Aug 29th?
In reference to the Skamania Lodge area - I guess it's possible that there have been some suspicious sounds up behind the Golf Course, but that area is frequently used by ORV and cyclists. There are two powerline and one gas pipeline corridors and a bunch of DNR roads running E and West through there. The area is heavily hunted as well.
That said, beyond the utility corridors, there is a vast area of thick reprod forest, a cliff rim, and then very little in the way of human use.
I think that the golf shop employees may be telling spooky stories, but the area is a rare swampy area which may hold some food appeal.
That said, beyond the utility corridors, there is a vast area of thick reprod forest, a cliff rim, and then very little in the way of human use.
I think that the golf shop employees may be telling spooky stories, but the area is a rare swampy area which may hold some food appeal.
QUOTE(Bigfoot2007 @ Oct 7 2006, 02:01 AM)
Skamania County, Washington seems to be a good hotspot for Bigfoot sightings, 50 reports so far.We should get some more investigators out there.
http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_county_report...county=Skamania
http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_county_report...county=Skamania
I run across a nice report from a private sasquatch site in Washington state; if you do not know it, have a peak; it is a nice reading. Enjoy.
Gram's Sasquatch Story
The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. - Albert Einstein
http://www.bigfootbrand.mysite.com/about.html
On Christmas Eve, 1998. I was one of three people who located 17.5 inch tracks in the snow on the edge of the forest behind North Bonneville in Skamania County. The tracks were impressed an inch deep in the snow whereas my own footprints sunk only a quarter of an inch. The maker of the footprints was chasing a small quadruped around the back of a house and into the woods.
Fast forward to 2004 and the book Meet the Sasquatch. When I saw that Robert W. Morgan had found tracks at a place called Buncombe Hollow in Skamania County, I was interested and read on. However, when I saw the photos of the footprints I was utterly taken aback. They were the same size and and shape as the ones I had seen in North Bonneville. The same creature has been in the same area at two different times in a span of 33 years.
I mad enquiries at the North Bonneville city hall and was told by two senior staff members of their own sasquatch encounters. One official recalled that when he was a teenager, he and his grandmother were chased off the mountain immediately north of Beacon Rock by something extremely tall and aggressive. Another official told me that one morning in the 80s he was driving home from night shift when a huge black hair covered craeture crossed the highway in three steps then proceeded to walk down a 45 degree embankment in the general direction of the Columbia River.
Yes, Skamania County is fertile place to see sasquatch, it would seem.
Fast forward to 2004 and the book Meet the Sasquatch. When I saw that Robert W. Morgan had found tracks at a place called Buncombe Hollow in Skamania County, I was interested and read on. However, when I saw the photos of the footprints I was utterly taken aback. They were the same size and and shape as the ones I had seen in North Bonneville. The same creature has been in the same area at two different times in a span of 33 years.
I mad enquiries at the North Bonneville city hall and was told by two senior staff members of their own sasquatch encounters. One official recalled that when he was a teenager, he and his grandmother were chased off the mountain immediately north of Beacon Rock by something extremely tall and aggressive. Another official told me that one morning in the 80s he was driving home from night shift when a huge black hair covered craeture crossed the highway in three steps then proceeded to walk down a 45 degree embankment in the general direction of the Columbia River.
Yes, Skamania County is fertile place to see sasquatch, it would seem.
I use to live in the Beacon Rock area in 1989-90.
North of the rock about 2 miles on Pacific road. I was caretaker of a piece of property for the USFS for two years.
Back then of course, was a huge skeptic of this whole thing.
Wasn't until a few years later that I came across tracks that changed my entire belief.
It was a beautiful area for anything really. My nearest neighbor was about a mile away.
North of the rock about 2 miles on Pacific road. I was caretaker of a piece of property for the USFS for two years.
Back then of course, was a huge skeptic of this whole thing.
Wasn't until a few years later that I came across tracks that changed my entire belief.
It was a beautiful area for anything really. My nearest neighbor was about a mile away.
Mel - that is a great area even if you were a skeptic. Excellent area to wander around - hasn
t changed too much since 89-90.
WesternCan - where behind N. Bonneville were you? also a good area to explore. Both are good gateways to the wide open areas to the north.
GL
t changed too much since 89-90.
WesternCan - where behind N. Bonneville were you? also a good area to explore. Both are good gateways to the wide open areas to the north.
GL
GorgeLocal, I was at the far end of East Cascade Drive. in an area fairly close to where the Bonneville Hot Springs Resort is. It walked past my father's house away from the road and then went into the woods behind the house.
QUOTE(Mel.Skahan @ Aug 5 2008, 09:48 AM)
I just returned from the Cold Springs Fire located south of Mt. Adams.
On July 29th, a crew working the northern half of the fire located and photographed three different size tracks.
I happened to view a firefighters pictures, (not very good detail). He told me of the tracks and location for me to go and look. But weather was a factor in dispersing the tracks. Also I was not assigned to that particular area and could not get to the spot.
This last week was the end of the fire and firefighters were being demob'd home and could not get to the crew that was being sent home. By the time I was told about it they were on the bus and enroute to the airport.
The firefighter that I had the opportunity to talk with told me the location, who found them. He also said that cameras and cameraphones were taken up to the spot the next day. My guess is that somewhere around 20-30 folks have pictures of the tracks.
They were located inside the fire and on the fireline. Crew that located them were working area day before and there were no tracks. During shift the following day is when they spotted them. Day after spotting them, cameras were up and flashing and crew returned back to camp.... then were shipped home that night. Not because finding the tracks, but because their detail on the fire had ended.
Here is a google map of location of the fire
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&i...mp;t=h&z=11
Edited date from August to July.
On July 29th, a crew working the northern half of the fire located and photographed three different size tracks.
I happened to view a firefighters pictures, (not very good detail). He told me of the tracks and location for me to go and look. But weather was a factor in dispersing the tracks. Also I was not assigned to that particular area and could not get to the spot.
This last week was the end of the fire and firefighters were being demob'd home and could not get to the crew that was being sent home. By the time I was told about it they were on the bus and enroute to the airport.
The firefighter that I had the opportunity to talk with told me the location, who found them. He also said that cameras and cameraphones were taken up to the spot the next day. My guess is that somewhere around 20-30 folks have pictures of the tracks.
They were located inside the fire and on the fireline. Crew that located them were working area day before and there were no tracks. During shift the following day is when they spotted them. Day after spotting them, cameras were up and flashing and crew returned back to camp.... then were shipped home that night. Not because finding the tracks, but because their detail on the fire had ended.
Here is a google map of location of the fire
http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?hl=en&i...mp;t=h&z=11
Edited date from August to July.
Mel, the missus just mentioned the other night that a lady she knows local was telling her about some of this a day or so ago. Supposedly her son has some of the pictures, not sure what crew he was on, so not sure where he got aholt of them. Going to try and run him down and try to get a look at what he's got and see if he's willing to share them.
Hopefully will have the chance this coming weekend, or it'll have to wait til I get back from AZ in a week or so.
QUOTE(Bobby Orangeboom @ Oct 7 2006, 12:28 AM)
50 " reported " sightings !! :wink:
Skookum Meadows too i believe ??
Skookum Meadows too i believe ??
What's wrong with Skookum Meadows? Like you'd know anything about it in the UK! We've had allot of activity of FR 3220. Casts, calls, and a hair sample that was classified "unknown primate", back in 06. Had one walk right through the camp and knock over our cooler. 6.25 miles on a ridge at 2 am. Biped, and heavy. Left impressions 17.5 inches long. Just cause Skookum got a bad rap from the "BSro cast" doesn't mean the Crazy Hills aren't just that
Hey, did he take any brew from the cooler???? 
QUOTE(bipedalist @ Jun 20 2009, 05:11 PM)
Hey, did he take any brew from the cooler????
Now that's a good idea. Get bigfoot drunk so he lets down his guard and is easier to catch, film, shoot, whatever. I like it!
QUOTE(BFROSUX @ Jun 20 2009, 03:50 PM)
What's wrong with Skookum Meadows? Like you'd know anything about it in the UK! We've had allot of activity of FR 3220. Casts, calls, and a hair sample that was classified "unknown primate", back in 06. Had one walk right through the camp and knock over our cooler. 6.25 miles on a ridge at 2 am. Biped, and heavy. Left impressions 17.5 inches long. Just cause Skookum got a bad rap from the "BSro cast" doesn't mean the Crazy Hills aren't just that
WTF ???
Where did i say anything was wrong with SM ???
Well that just goes to show how smart you are doesn't it Wise Guy ?? I'm about 9,000 or so Miles from the UK & have been for the last 6 Years...
Bad tone of a Post too with that one line, thumbs down from me & i wasn't even being negative at all with my original Post...
I'll be in that part of the World too in September so here's to FR 3220, thanks for the tip, can't wait....
QUOTE(seadog @ Nov 1 2007, 03:02 PM)
Someone on the BF forum did some great research on that, and I tend to believe now it was an elk laying in the road.
Check this out:
http://www.bigfootforums.com/index.php?sho...mp;#entry543266
The impression wasn't on the road.
Some of the "great research" was done on photos of copies taken by someone who's never seen the original. Several people went to a great deal of trouble to determine what it wasn't as well as what it possibly was.
Adamsclimber, were you ever able to learn any more about film of that double trackway north of Carson?
I still hope to make it out to the PNW to do some squatching one day..just something about that terrain,those trees etc. that screams "Sasquatch" to me. Maybe its just from all the great documentaries and such from the 70's that I watched as a kid and most where shot in that region,but I still think that when the proof is finally found there is a real good chance that it will come from the PNW. I know they exist elsewhere but I just think that the PNW is still the best place to go if one wants to increase the chance of a sighting.
QUOTE(Squatchfoot @ Jun 27 2009, 08:17 AM)
I still hope to make it out to the PNW to do some squatching one day..just something about that terrain,those trees etc. that screams "Sasquatch" to me. Maybe its just from all the great documentaries and such from the 70's that I watched as a kid and most where shot in that region,but I still think that when the proof is finally found there is a real good chance that it will come from the PNW. I know they exist elsewhere but I just think that the PNW is still the best place to go if one wants to increase the chance of a sighting.
Agreed...
Ya know, the PNW has always been a great place to do research for BF and may be even better as time goes along. Many of the areas that were being logged by timber companies are now abandoned and new logging has stopped due to the economy and various protective movements. There are areas that are returning to a more wild state and I would imagine that it would be more agreeable to our hairy friends now that man has moved out of the area and it is theirs again. There has been an increase this tear in folks camping, but that has been mostly in the formal organized campgrounds and not that much in the undeveloped areas.
The PNW is a great area, but don't expect to see a BF since I'v been here for 61 years and haven't seen one. I have spoken to several eye witnesses so they are around.....................some where.
I can't even see a deer in N. California and I hunt close to stumpy meadows and other "hot spots" in El Dorado county. I can't imagine trying to see one of these critters in the PNW Rainforest.
QUOTE(lewdogg21 @ Jul 17 2009, 04:02 PM)
I can't even see a deer in N. California and I hunt close to stumpy meadows and other "hot spots" in El Dorado county. I can't imagine trying to see one of these critters in the PNW Rainforest.
26BF has probably hunted all the deer down in this area so watch out!
I can say from personal experience, that Skamania County is a good place to look for Bigfoot. My husband grew up in Southern California and frequently took vacation time to go caving in the Dark Divide area between Mt. St. Helens and Mt. Adams going back the the 1970's. His favorite campgroud, Peterson Prairie is off FR 60 near Trout Lake, WA and in the heart of Bigfoot country. I was one of those "50" reports on the BFRO for Skamania County in 2001. My husband and I were camping in Peterson Prairie August 14th and 15th, 2001 and heard what we think was a Bigfoot two nights in a row. I had never heard anything like what I heard those nights until I listened to Alan Berry's Sierra Sounds recordings.
Next week, we are probably going down to this area again to go camping, caving, hiking and keeping an eye out for Bigfoot. August and September seem to be an active time for sightings, maybe because the berry fields are starting to ripen. People who doubt that this might be a good hot spot for Bigfoot should frequent the area to see that it is an excellent place to look for them. It is extremely remote, difficult to traverse, full of wildlife and forage which could sustain a sizeable population of Bigfoot without ever being noticed. The only reason people even might have an encounter with them is because people venture into this area for recreation and sports during the Summer and Fall months.
If I encounter any of the "Big" guys, I will let you all know.
Happy Squatching!
Next week, we are probably going down to this area again to go camping, caving, hiking and keeping an eye out for Bigfoot. August and September seem to be an active time for sightings, maybe because the berry fields are starting to ripen. People who doubt that this might be a good hot spot for Bigfoot should frequent the area to see that it is an excellent place to look for them. It is extremely remote, difficult to traverse, full of wildlife and forage which could sustain a sizeable population of Bigfoot without ever being noticed. The only reason people even might have an encounter with them is because people venture into this area for recreation and sports during the Summer and Fall months.
If I encounter any of the "Big" guys, I will let you all know.
Happy Squatching!
It is nice to have alot of people in the Cascades, and Gifford Pinchot, alot of good research going on there.I have been doing field work in and around Bumping Lake for years, and have had some success, but have lost some equip. to thieves, even very well hidden equip. so I have moved to an area alot closer to home, which in turn has turned up alot of activity, and the local people have been very helpful with contacts, my wife is from this area which helps!
I think sometimes there is just to much GOING ON in certain areas to have or maintain any Squatch activity and that is why it tapers off some in areas or stops altogether,not too say the Squatchs are not there just more cautious about their movements. I can not understand why some areas that have alot of activity are not having any research going on by the bigger groups, of course the local people here do not want alot of activity going on as appears to take place at Bumping Lake.
Anyhow we wish everyone the best in their endeavours and hope everyone gets along in the field and please don't screw around with other peoples stuff everyone knows how expensive this equipt. is.
I think sometimes there is just to much GOING ON in certain areas to have or maintain any Squatch activity and that is why it tapers off some in areas or stops altogether,not too say the Squatchs are not there just more cautious about their movements. I can not understand why some areas that have alot of activity are not having any research going on by the bigger groups, of course the local people here do not want alot of activity going on as appears to take place at Bumping Lake.
Anyhow we wish everyone the best in their endeavours and hope everyone gets along in the field and please don't screw around with other peoples stuff everyone knows how expensive this equipt. is.
QUOTE(FORESTRKR @ Aug 15 2009, 01:49 PM)
It is nice to have alot of people in the Cascades, and Gifford Pinchot, alot of good research going on there.I have been doing field work in and around Bumping Lake for years, and have had some success, but have lost some equip. to thieves, even very well hidden equip. so I have moved to an area alot closer to home, which in turn has turned up alot of activity, and the local people have been very helpful with contacts, my wife is from this area which helps!
I think sometimes there is just to much GOING ON in certain areas to have or maintain any Squatch activity and that is why it tapers off some in areas or stops altogether,not too say the Squatchs are not there just more cautious about their movements. I can not understand why some areas that have alot of activity are not having any research going on by the bigger groups, of course the local people here do not want alot of activity going on as appears to take place at Bumping Lake.
Anyhow we wish everyone the best in their endeavours and hope everyone gets along in the field and please don't screw around with other peoples stuff everyone knows how expensive this equipt. is.
I think sometimes there is just to much GOING ON in certain areas to have or maintain any Squatch activity and that is why it tapers off some in areas or stops altogether,not too say the Squatchs are not there just more cautious about their movements. I can not understand why some areas that have alot of activity are not having any research going on by the bigger groups, of course the local people here do not want alot of activity going on as appears to take place at Bumping Lake.
Anyhow we wish everyone the best in their endeavours and hope everyone gets along in the field and please don't screw around with other peoples stuff everyone knows how expensive this equipt. is.
What kind of equipment are you using? What have you found so far from Skamania County?
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