Yesterday, a fellow i occasionally play tennis with, 'Lex Villanueva, told me that last Friday he found a single print next to a creek while hiking north of Patagonia. The print was described as a couple of inches longer than his size 11 1/2 shoe and the toes were spread. I haven't tried to find this place on a map yet. His description of where it was: drove up the Casa Blanca Road to its end, walked up the wash, followed the right hand fork, walked up to the ridge and followed it for quite a way and came to a small creek where he found the track. This might be south and west of the Hog Canyon Trail and west of Monkey Springs. No pictures were taken.

AERIAL VIEW OF PRINT SIGHTING:

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AGAIN, WITH A PUSHPIN:

http://local.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&..._&encType=1

thanks john.

lots of people think of az as desert especially south to the boarder. they dont realise there are even ski resorts in the general area long with loads of mountain terrain it isnt alpine y any stretch but it is high and not desert

These pictures were taken near the end of the monsoons, so there's quite a bit more green than normal. But even so, it isn't a desert here.
The first is a view looking north from Salero Road.

This is a view a little more west (left) if the first picture.

Looking down the wash to the south...

This is a little east of the last picture.

Jon, is that cover basically mesquite and scrub? It reminds me of west texas. In some parts of
the brush country here, I would think there would be enough cover for an extra large mammal,
but for the most part its failrly open. I assume its a bit thicker there in the draws.

dav

I've only been to AZ once, we drove through from south east to north, to the Grand Canyon. This all looks like up north.

This northern country is completely different from the forests of cacti in the desert south.

Some corrections:

1)Looking SW from my humble travel-trailer

2)Looking NW from 600 yards E of my trailer

3)Looking N from 600 yards E of my trailer

4)Looking SE from my trailer


Yup...Lots of mesquite, weeds and some grass. Very few cacti. Not much like the flat desert that some might picture.

Saturday afternoon my lady and I were at one of the local "watering holes", the Wagon Wheel when a young cowboy came over and asked if it was true that I knew about bigfoots. Shortly later, he told me about finding some 12" long tracks on Thursday on a ranch where he worked which is on Casa Blanca Road. This road runs NW from the highway 6 miles east of Patagonia and 6 miles west of Sonoita. This is the same general area as Lex Villaneuva's track sighting in August, 2007. He was sure that they weren't bear tracks and he didn't think that anybody would be walking around there without wearing shoes or boots. I haven't seen him since then but he said he'd take some pictures of the tracks and get back to me.

That is beauiful country!

Interesting Jon, I am about 20 minutes west of you. I have been quail hunting in the area you describe. The Santa Ritas are very close.

You live near Kino Springs Golf Course? No way. I have been golfing there since I was 10 years old.

Not Kino, up river road area toward rio rico. Kino is nice, I never tried golfing, i dont think I have the patience. Well this is too cool

Yeah, I split time playing between Rio Rico and Kino as a kid. Would drive down from Tucson almost every weekend in the summer. Now that I live in Phoenix I only get down there once a year. Was just down there on Fathers Day weekend. You think its possible for Squatch to inhabit those parts and into the Patagonia Mountains?

I would believe they hoof it from South America all the way to Alaska and inhabit the forest in between the lower areas. When searching for Ponderosa Forest Mexico has one of the largest untouched stands left in the world.

You know it's funny, I never even thought about looking down here because of the water issue. But now thinking about, why not, there are black bears down here. Nogales Sonora used to be known for all the bears they had.
Boy it would save me a bunch on gas looking down here.
Willie has some good thoughts on this and they are similar to Jeffs about the sky island migration (mountain range to mountain range)

Gentlemen....I live on Salero Road outside Patagonia. Yes, it is beautiful country.

Enough bigfoots to keep me here. Bet water can be found in just about every square mile in Santa Cruz County. I consider water to be a non-issue.

Golf is good. Palo Dura is where I usually play.

Talked with several Border Patrolmen yesterday. One recently saw what he said was one about 7' tall.