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Post by bigfoothunter on Oct 16, 2008 19:35:45 GMT -5
"Thomas Steenburg believes that Sasquatch will travel on the paths of the least resistance."
I have not a clue as to why Tom would make such a bold statement ... what evidence did he cite for this? This certainly wasn't the case in Ruby Creek in 1941. Betty Unger said her Sasquatch was going up the mountain at Hemlock Valley. Betty said the road was plowed and yet the creature chose the worse route to take. Green writes that there are reports where the animals tracks when found on a dirt road will make a turn and go up and down some really rough grades and through thickets when it could have easily taken the road itself.
As far as I have seen and experienced first-hand ... the creature goes where ever it damned well pleases without any regard to the difficulty of the path it has chosen.
I will see Tom within the hour and I will ask that he explain to me how he was able to much such a statement.
Bigfoothunter
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Post by Gerry on Oct 16, 2008 21:07:54 GMT -5
It is certainly not the case today, either! My observations on the terrain in which these creatures have been noted to travel in all support that this creature does not pick the easy route. Rather, like a World War Two Panzer tank..it goes in whatever direction it wishes to, without giving it much thought!
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Post by bigfoothunter on Oct 17, 2008 0:31:47 GMT -5
When I spoke to Tom Steenburg tonight ... I brought up the comment attributed to him. It took all but three seconds to put him in a position whereas I discovered that he didn't hold very firm to the idea that a Sasquatch would take the route of least existence. Tom seemed to feel that this notion would apply more to us and some lazier animals in general. Tom, with a smile on his face, had no data to cite in favor of the Sasquatch preferring to take the route of least existence, which is what I knew before hearing what he had to say. Bigfoothunter
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2008 7:49:56 GMT -5
When I spoke to Tom Steenburg tonight ... I brought up the comment attributed to him. It took all but three seconds to put him in a position whereas I discovered that he didn't hold very firm to the idea that a Sasquatch would take the route of least existence. Tom seemed to feel that this notion would apply more to us and some lazier animals in general. Tom, with a smile on his face, had no data to cite in favor of the Sasquatch preferring to take the route of least existence, which is what I knew before hearing what he had to say. Bigfoothunter
Hi Bill, I was a little confused by what you said above in bold. Firstly, I would like to hear a list of what you and Tom would consider "lazy wild animals" that prefer to generally take the route of "least resistance" during their daily travels in the bush. Secondly, If your list would include almost every living creature that walks and calls the wilds of British Columbia its home, does that mean that sasquatch is something more than a wild animal? Last, but certainly not least, do you and Tom think a sasquatch would scale 2000-foot near vertical cliffs in favor of travelling a route that offered less resistance...say in a valley where the going is easier? In other words, unlike other wild animals do you think sasquatch would simply challenge without thought all the terrain it encounters in its travels without giving consideration to an easier route? The rugged cliffs of the Winslow Creek valley.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 17, 2008 20:49:46 GMT -5
Hi Ken, I see your living in beautiful place up there, Hope all is well, I know those valleys and areas you mention, I have hiked in those valleys back in the 70s and 80s, lots around fire mountain and lake, and towards the Terrarosa glacier area, Very rough in those mountains. Is that valley you mention the area of sloquet and then you can follow it to just north of Remote peak and then into the pitt area around alvin.
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Post by vilnoori on Oct 19, 2008 20:04:00 GMT -5
Shall we just say that it will traverse terrain people wouldn't even consider? They do not need the roads, and what we may consider an easy path they may spurn in favour of going directly to their destination through brush and up or down a pretty steep terrain. The June sighting was on a very steep grade, and is a pretty good example.
Looking at the Chipmunk creek area, though, it is both an easier route AND a pretty direct one from the border to areas on the river that are more easily crossed, to get to the bottom of Harrison Lake and diverge right or left to either side of the lake, sticking to wooded and wet (sides of creeks in the brush and reeds) areas, and wooded mountain areas.
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Post by sebastian on Dec 25, 2015 13:07:05 GMT -5
Interestingly, I revisit this post 10 years later and found more information on the area. The govt has closed off certain roads during April 1st to June 15th due to grizzly mating season. The supposedly Sasquatch "highway" between Pitt and Harrison via Sloquet is one of them.
From the govt road info website: c) that portion of M.U. 2-9 being the watershed of Sloquet Creek upstream of the bridge crossing over an unnamed creek located 5 km north of the bridge crossing over North Sloquet Creek on the North Sloquet Creek Forest Service Road;
10 years ago, grizzlies in the area were not fully verified. Now the grizzly population is confirmed. This leads to a few questions:
1). Were grizzlies existed in the area had the more or less same population density as today's? 2). If so, how many sightings in the area were results of misidentifications? 3). Did grizzlies out compete Sasquatch in the area?
Just wondering.
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Post by Gerry on Dec 26, 2015 12:49:53 GMT -5
Boy! This was an ancient debate! Hey Seb! You getting any use of your Rhino up there???
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Post by sebastian on Dec 26, 2015 23:33:50 GMT -5
Actually it is a Ranger. I put a blade on it and now it is our snow plow. I even have a trailer for it now. May be we can go check out Sloquet area in the future.
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Post by Gerry on Jan 4, 2016 9:59:44 GMT -5
Now, if you are talking about the Sloquet Hot Springs up West Harrison, then I have been there a couple of times. Never associated it with any kind of access to Pitt Lake though. That would be a lengthy trip for sure. Sloquet is about 60 kilometers up the lake.
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