Les Stroud "Survivorman" describes

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Anyone ever watch this on the OLN???

I think this guy is amazing! Funny thing is that today my buddy was mentioning he had seen an episode since I had mentionned how I had caught of few and thought Les was awesome and BFRO has the link.. so if anyone hasnt read this yet! It happened in Alaska Day 5.

"The strangest thing happened tonight when I was making my grass matt. All of a sudden a deep and very loud grunting noise from about fifty yards away in the bush brought me to my feet and put the hairs up on the back of my neck. It repeated four times and I have to say sounded…..wait for it….just like a large gorilla! No, I’m not kidding. Hopefully I’m not losing it! But I swear. That’s what it sounded like. Not like a bear at all. Like a big gorilla. I will assume it was a bear though – a mother warning her cubs about my presence. But still…..it will be an interesting sleep tonight!"

www.lesstroudonline.com/blog/

[cherni]

You know, Les Shroud, if you go to his website he actually returns his emails. He returned an email to a guy whom I used to work with. Maybe one of the experts here could do that, to see if there's anything more to this. Maybe he saw footprints the next day? Hairs stuck on trees?

[Gerry]

Now you have me wanting to see that episode!!

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Extreme outdoorsmen such as survivorman can spend years in the deep forests and not have an experience that could be related to Sasquatch. And then some do.

I find such accounts extremely credible. These are people who's confidence in not being "spooked" is immense. They have seen or heard everything, or they thought they saw/heard everything.

If anyone had felt they had experienced everything in the woods it would be someone like survivorman. The fact that he found the sound so unusual and yet so specific to a Gorilla is striking.

I notice a real hesitency on Stroud's part to mention this. But this situation was significant enough to make a mention at a somewhat official level. 50 yards away! that's close! And he was obviously unnerved by the experience. I think his description of what happened to be quite trustworthy.

It would be very interesting to know if he had any audio equipment running at this time.

[cherni]

Hey question. I haven't seen this yet. Does anyone have a link on youtube or anything like that to post on here for all of us to hear what Stroud said?

[cherni]

Just read the link. Thanks, I'm good now! lol

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my buddy and I watched this episode and I was so excited that he was going to see the part when Les is making his straw mattress, but it seems that section of the episode was DELETED!?!?!!? Weird as I saw it before! He's making the grass and they fast forward it and at one point Les stands up and looks over... that's when I believed he heard the "mother bear warning her cub of his presence" but this time when watching it with my buddy it didnt show him making his grass matt!?!?!?! WEIRD!??!?

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Too bad. I watch that show every weekend.

Again, his account is very intriguing to me. Going to Zoos and hearing "gorilla" sounds is not a sound that any known North American animal will make. Stroud clearly thinks of the sound as Gorilla-like. Again when at a zoo I have had opportunity to hear Kodiak vocalizations. They make a low "wuff" sound. If I heard that sound I would be pretty concerned. The fact is if it was a bear in Alaska he was close to a Kodiak and he life was in danger.

The fact that this very experienced outdoors-man who has seen/heard many bears and still cannot understand the sound he heard is very compelling. I noticed that he "chose" to think of it as a large mother Bear, which is not much of a consolation at all. Whatever the sound Les preferred it to be a Bear (quite possibly Kodiak or Grizzly) and Not some Gorilla or Sasquatch. This is a very interesting story. I really hope Les continues to talk about this and not bury it.

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Hey chrispbrew! Yeah my buddy and I are big fans of Les Stroud, he also did his "living off the grid" documentary which is on youtube, good documentary! yeah I found it funny that that section wasnt shown in the Alaska trip!? I know I saw it before! My buddy and I were discussing why they would delete it and maybe his producers had him delete it? I dont know? Maybe he over stepped his boundaries when he blogged about it and it was linked to the bfro, maybe it got too much attention? I dont know? I smell a conspiracy! LOL

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A bit off topic. But I was on YouTube searched for Les S and found some interesting videos on Man vs. Wild Bear Grylls. I knew there was some controversy on his "faking" scenes et-cetera, but didn't realize how much. Anyhow I have been a fan of that show (man vs. wild) too. But comparing the 2 Les Stroud vs. Bear Grylls I must say Stroud is far more compelling and authentic. Mr. Grylls is almost fraudulent at times.

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Chrispbrew, yeah off topic.. but not really! Plus it's been quiet around here lately. Hope it's because the members are out in the field getting close to our big hairy subject.

Anyone who goes out in the field looking for sasquatch ought to have some knowledge of survival skills and bushcraft!! So really it's not that far off topic. The way I see it is if you want to get close to sasquatch, one must learn to think like a sasquatch! Getting familiar with the natural edible plants and other food sources in the bush just might help!

You know I've never seen an episode of Bear Grylls but I have seen the youtube videos you mention showing what a fraud he is.. when it comes to survival shows Les Stroud is the man and my second favorite is Ray Mears Extreme Survival. I like both of them, Les Stroud is more extreme then Ray Mears which I find funny because Ray has "extreme" in the title but Les is way more extreme then Ray. What I do like about Ray Mears is he focuses on the history of the area he is in and you get to learn alot of stuff about the past that one might not have known. I love reading and learning history! I dont know chrispbrew if you get Ray Mears Extreme Survival from your local cable provider but if you ever do see it advertised definately check him out. On facebook there's a Fan's of Les Stroud site and it looks like they are finalizing the negotiations for a third season of Survivorman. Looking forward to the third season! I also recently watched Survivorman The Making of season two "the highlights" and it shows how Les actually goes out in and around his desired location beforehand learning from the local guides and the indigenous people of the area. So it's not like he's just dropped off there and knows all this stuff offhand, he spends time in the area learning about the area and what's good and what to avoid. Was nice to see he's human just like us and does alot of research beforehand, showing his viewers all the preparation and safety checks one ought to make before heading out in the bush.

[vilnoori]

I love that show, but he drives me crazy because he does everything, especially fishing, so persnickity. If it were a real survival situation heck, I'd be waving a fire brand in the air at night over the water to attract fish, building wiers, digging up the sand shrimps and cattails, eating the frogs, and any darn thing that would keep me from getting that hungry. It's like he never touches anything that is live, like tree bark, or birds, or anything.

Probably one of the best things to have in your survival kit is a simple net. You can snare fish, waterfowl, even small animals with a simple plastic net you buy at a dollar store for a buck. Man that guy goes hungry! Even as a kid foraging with my friends I was eating more than he does out there! I don't see him eat insects or go after birds' nests, for example. Western finickyness?

[vilnoori]

lol

www.dailymotion.com/video/x36q3s_incrediblefishingvideo_fun

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vilnoori aka Sandy, right? LOL that fishing video was hilarious!

Yeah I know what you mean about survivorman, but I have seen him waving a burning bush night fishing, also have seen him eat a baby boobie bird aswell. Seen him try to catch birds in Africa and he does seem to like scorpion kabobs lol.

Being french canadian I'm not a huge fan of frog legs but I would definately chow down on some if I needed to! I've always thought that aswell, that a net in the bush would catch lots of food, whether in the water, air or even on land.

Yeah he does seem to make himself more hungry then necassary, I dont know? maybe it's for dramatic effects for the show, and Im pretty sure he's probably done lots of permanent damage to his liver and messed around with his blood sugar level which can cause seizures and brain damage. I understand that maybe if he did it once or twice in his life but as often as he does I dont think it's very healthy. I wouldnt go out and do what he does, guess that's why he has that disclaimer at the beginning of his show. I do find him in the show often eating stuff I couldnt eat like clams, crab and other shelled seafood that would make me sick since I'm allergic to shelled sea food and I also think if I ever ate scorpion it would be the same and yes there are scorpions in Canada! So I'll pass on the scorpion kabobs. LOL

[vilnoori]

As a kid in Africa here's a list (of what I can remember) of what I ate, along with my young African friends:

Avocados
Mangos
Guavas
Grass root tubers
Bee grubs and honey
grasshoppers
locusts
termites raw and fried (only the winged ones when they flew in quantities)
hairless caterpillars
ground squirrels and other small critters we could hit with a switch, thrown rock or sling shot
baby birds
bats
bird eggs (raw)
mantis egg cases
certain edible leaves we knew (I don't know what they were but remember them well)
wild fruit pods (again, I have no idea what they were but they were sour with seeds in them)
papaya
breadfruit
tarantulas
passionfruit
meadow mushrooms (safe agaricus species)
wild birds caught with home made glue on the branch, and a little seed
sweet potato tubers
peanuts (fresh)
grass, when tender it is edible, when mature, the seeds are edible
crickets
snakes
and yes, we raided some gardens and got in trouble. I'm sure we'd have eaten scorpions if there were any in our area, but the elevation was too high, it was too cold.

In retrospect, I think African kids don't get much to eat at home and spend all their play time foraging for food. Sad, really. But it did make me very very interested in Biology of all kinds.