http://www.bfro.net/news/roundup/expNM2004_report.asp

I was reading with particular interest the part of the report where Kevin J sees a BF at 30 yards distance as he chases it up the hill. The report says he made eye contact with the BF as it peeked out from behind a tree. So what did the BF look like? Did it look like Patty? How tall was it? I wish there was more info. Does anybody know more?

ohio_squatcher

I cannot speak for Kevin, and exactly what he saw, although he did tell me. I believe that its height was estimated at approx. 9.5 - 10 feet. The width of the shoulders were 50% of its height, if I recall correctly. The arm that I saw was very dark (I am 99% sure that it was black) and the hair was not long. The arm wasn't very thick; I had always imagined the arms being thicker and hairier.

Quite an experience.

But the smell.... that Cheeseyeti pointed out to me.... now **that** was a wall of odor... the only smell that I've ever experienced that was worse than that was rotting whale carcass.

Ewwww.....I've smelled a dead dolphin before and if that's anything like what you experienced *Nauseous* :help:

whoa!! 9.5-10 ft. That a big'un. And if the shoulders are 5' wide. Wow!! That sasquatch must be out there bench pressing trees to get that big. I wonder if the big ones are stinkier than the smaller ones. Thanks for the info Laseryeti.

ohio_squatcher

Sure thing. It was quite an experience.

Ok. after reading the report of NM I was wondering (and surprised) that laseryeti nor Kevin J were not carrying camera's. I hope there's a good reason....not trying to be a meanie head but I would think if your out there looking for something like that you would be prepared at all times. I know I am when I'm intentionally looking.

Interesting read.
If bobcats, bears, and cougars were as abundant and easy to find as these 'squatches seem to be, there'd be a lot more happy tourists in Yellowstone, Grand Teton, and Yosemite!
It's starting to seem that 'squatches are the primate version of cockroaches:
They're all over the place, they live in any environment, they eat whatever they can, they are seen by people any time the lights are out, and as soon as the lights (or a camera) come out, they scatter and become invisible.
Maybe we should call in the Orkin Man?

Not that it has anything to do with this thread but this is some pretty funny ish.

I fully agree, I view sasquatch as mother nature's backup plan.
We are a violent species that spends a lot of time killing eachother (at least that what you'll read if you open a history book to essentially any page) and we are highly susceptible to changes in the environment (at least up until the last 200 years or so when we became industrialized, but still a good sized meteor impact.....). Imagine if the aids virus hit our species 100 years ago, we could have been completely obliterated from it, makes the plague look like the sniffles.

We may be at the top of the food chain mentally, but physically we're pretty weak. Maybe mother nature's intent was to give the mentally superior species a run at being top dog, but have a choice physical species around incase we blow ourselves up.

Maheekat:
Ah, yes! Obligatory criticism. Understood.

We were scouting out the area. As it was in the daylight (early evening), I personally wasn't looking for a sasquatch at that time. It was raining and the video camera had just been stowed away, as we were getting ready to leave. And being approximately twenty feet away from an animal of that size... isn't exactly something that enables you to operate at 100% capacity. I mean, I don't know if you've ever been twenty feet away from a sasquatch...but it does something to you. Your mind doesn't want to believe what it's seeing. My neurons were firing off at a rapid and excited (well, euphoric) rate...

I was stunned, to say the least. It was an amazing, amazing, amazing experience. I felt so lucky to just see it. I didn't want to move my eyes away from it. I did take a few steps toward it; perhaps my next experience will find me more capable of snapping a photo. I am new to this, and believe me, any criticism that you have to offer has been said already, both to myself and by and from others. I had a Class A sighting and was unable to get a picture. Yes, I know. If I can get a picture, that would be the icing on the cake.

Ok, you're excused this time... No I've never seen one that close but had one scream at me that close before and it was the most terrifying experience I've ever had. No I didn't see it and I almost looked out my tent with a flashlight. I no of no animal that screams with such volume and has ape like gibberish thrown in at the same time. I felt it was a warning. It definitely did something to me.
They always catch you unexpectedly It seems. You are brave, at least you got to see one. Thanks for the honest reply.

no problem....

You are such a smartass. I love it.

:dancedude:

Back on topic

Does the BFRO intend to add the sightings from these expeditions to the on-line data base? It seems to me that they should, just to insure that the record is as complete as possible and all sightings are cataloged consistently. If the Washington expedition encounters have been added to the data base I have missed them. I understand that reports are not published until they have been vetted, but that wouldn't appear to be an issue with these expedition enconters by multiple witnesses, including BFRO investigators and senior members.

The New Mexico expedition report discusses sightings in the area prior to the expedition. One of these appears to be report 5141. Are the other pre-expedition sightings mentioned going to be added to the data base? How about the sightings/encounters during the expedition?

While I am not a BFRO member I genuinely appreciate the efforts of the organization, particularly the fact that they are sharing data with the public. I just want to encourage them to share in as complete and consistent fashion as possible.

has anyone thought of picking up one of these and using it on a bicycle helmet or somthing of the sort?

http://www.bulletcam.com/products.htm

Yep--I've been advocating them for awhile. Use "Search" to find a similar gadget, the HunterCam, in the last six months on this site. Here's what I wrote in Sept:


Thanks for the link--I've bookmarked it.

thankyou for allowing me to test my new accidental computer damage insurance plan. but the damn thing dosent cover soaked keyboard from spewing diet pepsi after seeing a funny thing.

Your welcome, time to expand coverage....