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Post by billr on Feb 9, 2016 19:51:40 GMT -5
Very good
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Post by Cryptosaurian on Feb 10, 2016 0:54:28 GMT -5
Thanks Bill! Glad to see I'm on the right track. Have you read about the aboriginal adventures sasquatch expedition? Sounds interesting, though the October one I'll not be able to attend due to college commitments.
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Post by billr on Feb 10, 2016 1:52:40 GMT -5
No I had not heard
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Post by sawone on Feb 10, 2016 2:55:57 GMT -5
novice, do you have a link to the expedition?
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Post by Cryptosaurian on Feb 10, 2016 16:16:42 GMT -5
novice, do you have a link to the expedition? Well, I seem to be having little luck with the link function but here's what to type in: aborginal adventures sasquatch. When you click on the first result, it should have three things on the top of the page: "urban sasquatch adventure", "coastal wilds adventure" and "yacht based two night adventure" In the itinerary for coastal adventures it says: Customized itinerary based upon your time available and season for best Bigfoot/Sasquatch locations. 4 Wheel drive day expedition on Vancouver Island - available year round. Sea kayak four day three night expedition into same area as yacht based tour. May to September For Yacht Adventure: This trip is scheduled for three days two nights, but longer stays can be arranged. Seeing as it’s yacht based that is all inclusive, it is a high end package. We ask that you contact us directly for pricing and making all arrangements. Seeing as we are a diverse tour operation with decades of experience with numerous operators we work with, we can adapt each adventure into a custom personal package for you. These are some of the options one has for Sasquatch/Bigfoot Adventures: Also available, Sea kayak four day three night Mothership May to September I haven't seen or found anything that points to the October expedition in the issue; then again, Tom Skewid might have contacted John personally so that could be. I suggest emailing him at: Tom.Sewid@gmail.com or calling him at 250-668-9359. Hope that helps. Best, novicecryptoseeker
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Post by sawone on Feb 10, 2016 19:04:10 GMT -5
Thanks for the info, novice
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Post by Cryptosaurian on Feb 10, 2016 20:33:17 GMT -5
Thanks for the info, novice No problem, sawone! Always happy to be of help
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Post by Cryptosaurian on Jun 14, 2016 15:53:23 GMT -5
Hi guys, how are my fine senior sasquatch researchers/investigators doing?
*NOTE: I am NOT convinced in any way or form of this guys claims; nor do I intend to be affiliated with this 'researcher' ever. I'm only doing this to 1) sharpen my field investigative skills when it comes to dubious/questionable reports and 2) to develop my skeptical/common sense faculties. So for those who think I may be going rogue, please put your anxieties/worries to rest as I'm doing nothing of the sort.*
Just to let you guys I just came from a field-work session down near a location called Pebble Beach, looking into curious/dubious reports of Ogopogo's sighting by a character named Andrew Bennet. Dressed in long pants, hiking boots and equipped with a notepad/journal, magnifying glass, envelopes with chain of custody info & tweezers (didn't collect anything of note today), binoculars and video camera on tripod, I found that the water level (should've expected spring run-off) was little more than ankle high so I had to get my feet wet for bit. Not that I didn't mind; the water temp was actually pretty nice. A minute later, I emptied my boots of water (literally) and took in my surroundings. This case is bizarre because of their proximity to the residential neighbourhood nearby (just one of many reasons why I was and AM very skeptical of this case); nearby, a small hill sparsely covered in trees. This is near where this Bennett character has had many of his 'encounters'. In some case this took place right near this area.
After scanning the area, I found nothing that could lead to believe that these creatures could hide undected from human eyes. I then asked my mother if we could try to find the location where Bennett had some terrestrial encounters......yeah, I know! *twirls hand in the 'kookoo' gesture* After trying to find a trail leading to the 'location', I decided to call it a day and decided the best way to get to the area is by kayaking.
Arrived @ Pebble Beach time: 10:31 am. Left @: 11:05 am.
Don't worry guys, this isn't the end of my investigation into Pebble Beach and the bizarre claims emanating from there---at least, from this so-called'researcher'! I'll assure you all again that I have no intentions of embracing this man's claims as 'gospel'. I know better than to switch over so easily. That's why I have decided to at least investigate this. I'll keep you all in the loop as soon as go back there again.
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Post by Captain Morgan on Jun 14, 2016 19:12:14 GMT -5
Doing these sort of field investigations reminds me of the show Fact or Faked: Paranormal Files. This team would go to locations and interview witnesses, attempt to determine credibility and how to repro the account or film footage to prove it if was or could be faked. Some of them also did episodes of Haunted Hi-way. I likes me some Jael de Pardo! They had a variety of skill sets and backgrounds as investigative journalists, FBI etc. Going to locations to observe seasonal conditions, effects related to time of day-night-visibility, distance and perception, FOV-focus, electro-mechanical equipment, media, post processing, cost of doing possible hoaxes . . .. it's a mixed bag and a lot to do as a solo researcher. I like that show in particular because I like to match wits and experience against their ideas and methods. Maybe you can snag the series online somewhere. .
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Post by billr on Jun 14, 2016 20:21:05 GMT -5
I enjoyed that series as well I am happy to see that you are out there investigating
Never apologize for doing something that you enjoy and that causes no harm to others the more time that you spend out in the field the greater your chances of seeing something
This year has sucked for me and I miss getting out with the guys
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Post by Cryptosaurian on Jun 14, 2016 23:48:58 GMT -5
billr: Hi billr, glad to hear from you again! Thanks again for your encouragement. I've decided to add this on to my field work 2016 list despite what may come out of this. Today didn't quite go the way I wanted but hey, a bad of cryptid hunting is better than a day at the offrice/workplace and plus, I managed to gather more information about the place just from being there! So I don't think I have any reason to complain; besides, doesn't the new/young guy always gets the butt-end of everything? Needless to say, i'm pursuing this, as well as two other interesting leads so i think i have my work cut out for me this summer! *PS: I making something that I'll give to John Kirk at this years BCSCC BBQ.* Captain Morgan: I have seen Fact or Faked. Really like the show! I'm definitely going for that approach, as well keeping an eye out for physical evidence----you know, when 'the opportunity' rears it head To be honest, I'm more like Ranae/Scully on this particular investigation than Cliff/Mulder but I'm trying my best to keep an open mind.....kind of hard when the reports are at best dubious! Oh well, another learning curve/opportunity! Might as well seize it when I have the chance. NoviceN'ha-a-itkSeeker
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Post by Cryptosaurian on Jul 14, 2016 17:48:45 GMT -5
Hi everyone........ I know I already did a little talk about my first Pebble Beach investigation but here's it done in the BCSCC format---yes, I will be submitting my field work results for the next issue: 1. June 14th, 2016---Location: Pebble Beach Weather: Windy, sunny with little or no cloud Investigation Summary: With my Mom graciously driving, I arrived at Pebble Beach at 10:31 a.m. PST on Tuesday 14th, June 2016 with a field-work buddy in tow. After agreeing on a time to report-in to Mom, I set off onto the beach. The purpose of this particular field-trip was not to collect evidence of any of “Bennet’s bestiary” (as I’ve come to call the creature menagerie he has ‘sighted’), but to scout the area to see if or if not a large creature could remain there undetected. To give a brief idea of where this is, Pebble Beach is at the end of Whitworth Road passing Gellatly Bay. The beach is just a walk down from a residential neighborhood and is bordered by a small mountain area with a handful of forest. I got to the beach and looked. The beach area on the right is only a 5 minute walk to an area with a picnic (characterized by a fairly tall wall of rock). A landing dock for boats is close-by and the water level is quite high (much to my consternation and embarrassment); my original plan was to see if I could walk to the area where Bennett had some of his land-based encounters but that was dashed by the high water level. Nevertheless, with video camcorder in hand, I waded through the water and found my boots full of water by the time I got to the other area. While emptying out water out of the footwear, it became obvious that this particular vicinity was not suited for elusive cryptids to live in. The residential human population is too close, the water around here is far too shallow for any large water creature to elude detection and any strange, land beasties would be reported by residents to local outlets like Castanet. After empting my boots of water, I headed back (through the water again) to my Mom, asking her if we could find another way to hike in. We left at 11:05 am to do as such. The trouble: there were trespassing signs in and around the areas I wanted to search so I decided the best way was to ask Bennet to see if he could let me go on his ‘research’ outings. (Pebble Beach image is down below for first impression) Please do reply when you have a chance
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Post by billr on Jul 14, 2016 20:35:31 GMT -5
Nice report thank you
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Post by Cryptosaurian on Jul 14, 2016 21:16:35 GMT -5
Thank you billr! I will include other investigations as well. BTW, you see my reply on your highway 97c sighting thread?
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Post by Dock B on Jul 18, 2016 18:01:29 GMT -5
July 2016
I would like to present a research/outing and ongoing investigation report. I hope that members of the forum will read and enjoy what I submit and we can have an open discussion. I attempt to be matter of fact and focus on what was seen and what did change rather than elude to something that cannot be proven. In the very least these two walks in the woods were more interesting than most. Although by no means definitive I have at this point reached a conclusion. I welcome others with a different explanation and who will express some other conclusion to please do so. In the fall of 2015 I took a several day journey to a large remote area of British Columbia. My objective was basically to see what was there, was it assessable and where could it be penetrated. This story begins in a deep narrow canyon at the end of a sometimes dodgy logging road as it transforms from road to trail to forest. Unable to drive further I could have turned around right then and left but the surroundings intrigued me. I recognized even before I left my truck that this was an area to mark and I would have to come back and explore. I began with the thought of just stepping thru the first stand of new growth ground clutter that prevented me from driving further to see if the trail opened up again or not. As I pushed through multi-layers of growth what I saw drew me further and further along the trail. Five hundred yards in there was a fork in the trail. To the right continuing the climb the trail was unobstructed. To the left the trail was level. Just to left of center was a tree broken and laying blocking the left side of the trail. Between myself and the tree was a clutter of branches. For the sake of expediency let me just state that on this day I was looking for places worthy of exploration. My intent was not to spend a lot of time in one place but more to make note and return. So I will present the necessary facts and we can fill in the blanks latter. This trail head consisting of the break to the left side of the trail and the clutter before it was the gateway into two hundred meters of multiple breaks. It ended as suddenly as it began with a small creek crossing my trail. In the center of the creek laying across my trail from left to right was a fallen tree with its root structure exposed. I had assumed that this tree fell where it had grown because the lower roots were still embedded in the gravel of the creek. Now I wonder if it is possible that this is but an illusion resulting from buildup of material around the roots as a result of recurring runoff. Also interesting was the tree crossed my trail and seemed to be pointing into a small ravine beyond. I followed the trail beyond the creek far enough to determine that once again things were what we would call normal. Between the trail head and the final creek I found many broken trees. Most were broken and pointing in the direction I was traveling. Two breaks on the left side of the trail pointed down the cliff, one was at what I felt was a rather obvious trailhead. At the largest creek bed that crossed my trail was a break that seemed to point up this creek. At one point I encountered two breaks that formed a “V” with the point of the “V” in the center of the trail facing me and one arm going straight in the center of my trail and the other arm going diagonal to the left side of the trail. In two places along the trail I encountered breaks that crossed my trail side to side that I needed to duck under or walk around. There was evidence of bear and elk along this two hundred meters of trail. Many trees had rubs, barkings, scraps and tooth marks most old some fresh. These markings were much more prominent in the two hundred meters then before or after. I had wanted to get back over the winter but regretfully was unable. It was five months before I once again found myself at the end of my logging road. Over those months I did think about what I had seen. It was if nothing else a curiosity that I wanted to look at again. It was in a deep canyon narrow enough in places to throw a rock from one side to the other while the cliffs climbed vertical two thousand feet above me. It has been considerable time since any logging has been done in the canyon. What I had seen in the fall I took to be old. I felt most of it must have been done years ago and thus I expected to see things as they were. I guess you would say I was pleasantly surprised. Things had changed and I will limit what I say here to what I found had changed. At the fork, my trail head, there were now two breaks. On the right side of the trail now a second tree was broken and extended across the trail to the original break. The clutter of branches before the breaks seemed more prominent and if there were such a thing as a casual hiker on this trail I feel what I saw was enough to convince them to follow the trail to the right and not navigate this tangle. Examining this new break I found the leaves to be freshly dying. They were young leaves that were now half shriveled and darkening but had obviously budded this spring presumably before the tree had been broken. A short ways on I found a second new break with a twist component to it. For the Sasquatch enthusiast I wish I could say that the break was a result of brute force twist and break, it was not. However it appears that the tree when it was broken broke in a southeast direction and was forcibly pushed to lie in a northeasterly pointing direction. This push and forced change in position resulted in a twisting of the connecting fibers of the broken tree. This tree was still alive with fresh green leaves on its distal branches. There was a third new break in the center of the trail also pointing in the direction of my travel on the trail. Now at the junction of the largest creek that crosses my trail again change. Before on the edge of the trail in the slope that descends into the creek bed there had been a natural occurring old dead fall. On the trail side of the deadfall was and is a nice size tree broken at about six feet and positioned over the deadfall and pointing up the creek. A few feet beyond this was another larger tree losing its ground purchase and leaning with exposed root structure towards the deadfall. Today at approximately twelve feet this tree was nicely snapped in a clean manner with the upper portion laying on a diagonal into the creek bed pointing up creek. I mention this occurrence only in the context of it being different from last time, the break I cannot explain, the positioning was well within reasonable error for what would be expected for this tree. The leaves on this broken tree were green and still full. The greatest variance from before occurred at the “V” formation. At the point of the “V” the tree that had been broken and laid forming the branch of the “V” in the center of the trail had now snapped and was laying on the ground. The second tree was still laying across it extending across the trail to the left edge and slightly beyond. Today the edge of the trail seems to be demarcated by a number of branches as a boundary of the trail, these were not present before. At the point that the “V” arm crossed the edge of the trail it was about two feet off the ground. Laying atop and crossing this tree was a branch that continued the edge of the trail line. A couple of feet and it passes between a narrow separation of two trees then on following the edge of the trail to the next cluster of trees where it ends. Examining and comparing the size and end of this branch and the surrounding trees there is no way this limb fell naturally from an adjoining tree to lay where it now lay. Substantiating this conclusion is the fact that at its far end its tip sits in a group of trees resting on a two foot high five cm in diameter tree stump. To precise for a branch that appears to have had no natural way to fall where it was fallen and land in this position. To me intelligent forethought and design. An act of man. Not nature or four legged animal placed this branch. As for the trees that were broken most were broken at a height of 100 to 120 cm, a few were higher. The broken trees ranged in diameter from 3 to 16 cm. I attempted to break similar trees in the area with no success. What force and strength producing what torque is necessary to produce these breaks in a somewhat consistent manner? What sort of person goes into this unlikely place in the forest to produce artifacts that no one is likely to see? Maybe the same individuals that walk barefoot in the snow or through mud and sandbars in equally unlikely places. Maybe just everyday average hikers. So there you have it. Does anyone reach any conclusion other than man? Any questions, thoughts, suggestions? Any answers like who or why? Is this a normal MO for poachers or hunters or prospectors? For what it is worth it is an interesting encounter with something out of the ordinary in a remote British Columbia canyon. Someone, or something, is breaking trees and not in a random manner.
Thank You.
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