Anybody Near Portland OR???

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Hey I am new to this site, but have been interested in Sasquatch for years, I currently live in Portlan OR, and have been doing some investigating around here. Mostly in the cascade mountain range, Mt Hood national forest. I have read alot of reports from numerouse sites from this area and believe it is an ideal location for sasquatches'. I have told my friends about what I do but rarely will any of them will even really give me a chance to convince them. I am Looking for people, or a person in my area that would like to meet up and do some research together. I will be buying my first camera trap shortly and have a vehicle. If your interested please contact me! [e-mail]
Thanks---Jonah

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I live south of portland on the grand ronde indian reservation ive heard many of stories of bigfoot sightings and encounters all around st helens area mt hood and ape canyon.

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It seems that Skamania County in Washington had been a hotspot for sightings. So many sightings that a law was passed that made it a criminal offense to kill one in the county. I wonder if historically it is the hottest spot for sightings anywhere.

And for some reason Grays Harbour County had a lot of purported sightings.

I am fascinated as to why some areas are such hot spots for sightings while other remote areas don't get many sightings? I have noticed that some areas that would seem to be good BF sighting territory gets very little activity. Just pure guess, but maybe extreme cold, alpine regions just can't sustain BF? Something else?

A long time ago while visiting my bro at WSU we tried to camp with my family in the Umitilla National forest Blue Mountains area on the Washington state side. Can't remember campground name but seemed quite remote. We were the only ones at the campsite. We all felt uncomfortable being there just that sense that we shouldn't stay. After years of camping never had anything like that experience before or since. I have to admit the area was just eerie that day. Probably nothing to it.

It was a very subjective experience, but years later and my recent interest in the BF phenomenon I have become interested in the area someday going there and do some looking around. There seems to be some sightings in the Umitilla area but not a real "hotspot" like Skamania.

But for sure there are hotspots. And it would be worth analyzing what about the area makes it a BF hotspot.

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Hi! Chrispbrew, I think what defines a hotspot might be food availibility. Field crops seem to attract the Sas,especially onions and potatoes. Orchards attract them.Oysters and clams attract them.Good daylight cover attracts them.I met a guy in Bellingham that said he had seen suspicous stuff on the trails above Chuckanut Drive. As well there was a guy raising venison in Acme that said the Sas were stealing his animals. Lots of activity around Bellingham.

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In your analysis BF would choose to get closer to humans under certain circumstances.

I would agree. Many BF accounts relate to food sources. More BF excursions should employ food to attract. I have also heard that certain weather such as rain increases activity.

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In reply I would add that I certainly DO think Sas approach humans.I believe they penetrate quite far into our cities, even, if need be. What pressing need would the Sas have in invading human space? I point to Vancouver's recent spate of bear encounters.A dry year led many bears (and some cougars)into Whistler and North Vancouver, searching for food. I beleive the Sas can steal into town whenever they want. That is one reason why the Sasquatch are an unacknowleged species. The public would freak out too much imagining ten-foot tall, mindless cannibals hunting us at night. Hahaha! I am sure an element of the media would put that slant on thier reportage. If the imagery becomes popular belief it would change the way we are, perhaps in a bad way. I think it makes more sense to deny the media thier frenzy and persue the issue in a quiet way.Ever wonder why no one ever offered a large reward for legitimate footage? America's Funniest Home Videos, for example,might offer a large cash prize, tempting the evidence-holder to come forward. In this age of cell phone/cams and video surviellance an outcome could be produced. What would the fall-out be? Study the shoe-bomber model, then calculate the response to a real Sas sequence with close-ups.I think there is plenty of evidence being left unstudied. I was told, some years ago that the camera towers along the Canada-U.S. border were having so many sightings it was becoming difficult, but not a whisper of that ever made it into print. Perhaps that is wise.