Full Version: Another approach to investigating
The group I am involved with the bigfoot ranger team uses military tactics to move into an area silently as possible and set up night vision servailence to try and catch biggie with his pants down so to speak. Well I have started to form a rational that no matter how quiet you try to be that they know you are there any way and if there is a large group of people moving in a stalking type manner that these creatures are gonna think your hunting and there for stay the hell away from you and the danger it persieves that goes along with hunters. I am sure that these creatures get shot at all the time by hunters, just no one has been able to kill one yet. I think therefore that you should try and stay at camp at night and look for prints and other evidence during the day and try to put forth a more friendly posture as in that your not a threat try to put out some fruit traps and fish and I have read that the creatures are very curious almost to a fault that they like to visit camps in the middle of the night so I am going to try a little different approach the next time I go out in the field and see if I dont get some better results this time. Sean
Good post. I agree.
Since I don't have a BF around for behavioural observation, I had to use the next best thing - the artist formerly known as my dog. When she was not having seizures, she was an exceptionally aware animal and we had a very close bond. My educational background is in behavioral and family psychology, and the actions and reactions of all things possessing awareness have always been of great interest to me.
Like many do with their dogs, I would play a stalking game with her. She would always be at my side when I acted normal, but immediately upon assuming the stalk posture - eyes open wide, head craned forward a bit, arms a bit out from body, slow and deliberate walk with knees bent - she assumed the stalkee posture - ready for fight or flight (she always chose flight). The second I crossed into her comfort zone, WOOSH! All you heard was claws digging into carpet as the 4 legged flash left the room and ran a circle throught the house.
Sure, she knew it was a game and we had a lot of fun, but the game was only possible because of an innate tendancy in the animal to recognize potentially harmful b'vior directed at her, then react. All I had to do was look like I was about to assume the stalker role and she would always react very quickly.
The military tactic is great if you have a very lucky day - you're in place and a BF happens to wander by, possibly not even knowing you're there. It happens often, and I just read such a report on Craig's TBRC site involving an Arky deer hunter. However, I believe incidents like that are in the minority.
If my dog (and dozens of others I've known), who lived a real soft and easy life, had such an astute response to the stalking stimulus, I'd expect more from the SQ. No doubt they have field studied us much more than we have them. How many untold thousands of times have they sat and watched people doing their thing, with the people totally oblivious. Many of the adults should know well what a hunter looks like and how they act. I believe that if you show any of the typical behaviors of a hunter, they'll skedaddle like a mug unless you have the exquisite good fortune to have a W. Roe type of encounter.
My plan is closer to acting like the slack-jawed white boy stumbling through the woods as outlined in the venerable wildlife research work known as Richard Pryor Live in Concert. We will engage in typical outdoor activities on our expeditions, but those activities will occur in areas known for SQ activity. The goal is to appear as benign as possible and hope Mrs. MM is having a good phermone day.
Since I'll be travelling a long way to enjoy the PNW, I'll play the odds and be prepared. I think the odds dictate a laid-back approach, trying to make BF come to you out of curiousity.
But, if you live in the area and have lots of time, plus you believe you have discerned patterns of behavior, the Spec Ops approach could be a gold mine. Either way, I've got my fingers crossed for ya.
Since I don't have a BF around for behavioural observation, I had to use the next best thing - the artist formerly known as my dog. When she was not having seizures, she was an exceptionally aware animal and we had a very close bond. My educational background is in behavioral and family psychology, and the actions and reactions of all things possessing awareness have always been of great interest to me.
Like many do with their dogs, I would play a stalking game with her. She would always be at my side when I acted normal, but immediately upon assuming the stalk posture - eyes open wide, head craned forward a bit, arms a bit out from body, slow and deliberate walk with knees bent - she assumed the stalkee posture - ready for fight or flight (she always chose flight). The second I crossed into her comfort zone, WOOSH! All you heard was claws digging into carpet as the 4 legged flash left the room and ran a circle throught the house.
Sure, she knew it was a game and we had a lot of fun, but the game was only possible because of an innate tendancy in the animal to recognize potentially harmful b'vior directed at her, then react. All I had to do was look like I was about to assume the stalker role and she would always react very quickly.
The military tactic is great if you have a very lucky day - you're in place and a BF happens to wander by, possibly not even knowing you're there. It happens often, and I just read such a report on Craig's TBRC site involving an Arky deer hunter. However, I believe incidents like that are in the minority.
If my dog (and dozens of others I've known), who lived a real soft and easy life, had such an astute response to the stalking stimulus, I'd expect more from the SQ. No doubt they have field studied us much more than we have them. How many untold thousands of times have they sat and watched people doing their thing, with the people totally oblivious. Many of the adults should know well what a hunter looks like and how they act. I believe that if you show any of the typical behaviors of a hunter, they'll skedaddle like a mug unless you have the exquisite good fortune to have a W. Roe type of encounter.
My plan is closer to acting like the slack-jawed white boy stumbling through the woods as outlined in the venerable wildlife research work known as Richard Pryor Live in Concert. We will engage in typical outdoor activities on our expeditions, but those activities will occur in areas known for SQ activity. The goal is to appear as benign as possible and hope Mrs. MM is having a good phermone day.
Since I'll be travelling a long way to enjoy the PNW, I'll play the odds and be prepared. I think the odds dictate a laid-back approach, trying to make BF come to you out of curiousity.
But, if you live in the area and have lots of time, plus you believe you have discerned patterns of behavior, the Spec Ops approach could be a gold mine. Either way, I've got my fingers crossed for ya.
I think that's an excellent idea, Sean... I was thinking the same sort of thing... humans creeping around in the dark is bound to raise suspicions... 
Hey Monk... how does Mrs. MM feel about being used as an attractant?
Hey Monk... how does Mrs. MM feel about being used as an attractant?
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