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Post by Deleted on Jul 4, 2006 20:13:04 GMT -5
Seems that when you leave the Bella Coola valley by road and get closer to Williams Lake and civilization, the sasquatch sighting reports tend to drop off. Interestingly, Clayton Mack made no mention of sasquatch in his book while he was ranching in the Chilcotin country during his younger days. Can't say that I blame sasquatch for liking to stay far away from the big cities. Thomas, or anyone else wishing to post a photo: Please send your photos to either Gerry or myself and we will host them on the site and link back to them here so they can be seen and enjoyed by all. Ken
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Post by sebastian on Jul 7, 2006 12:15:33 GMT -5
Hi Ken, How are you? The Chilcotin plateau has a much drier climate. Trees are much smaller and not much undergrowth. I guess that it is harder for sasquatch to hide comparing to down the valley. From the top of the Hill to Williams Lake is still a good 400km. So, I don't think that sasquatch is avoiding Williams Lake. I will say that it has to do with food source. Remember Gover Krantz said sasquatch activities can be correlated to high rainfall area?
And, Thomas, how come that your profile gender said that you are a female?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2006 10:36:15 GMT -5
Thanks for all that provided feedback on my inquiries of Sasquatch in the Chilcotin.
Although this area does have amble remote parts, the suggestion that a more dense, perhaps... rainforest-type terrain would be more accommodating for these creatures makes sense.
And, if not mistaken, the closer you get to the coast, the more evidence of this type of country. It is true that much of the southern Chilcotin yields vegetation of deciduous and long, thin pine trees (much of it now devastated by the pine beetle).
With all the research that has been done on Sasquatch, does the environment that they live in have a common denominator? Is it the thick, coniferous forest they prefer?
Thanks again. Dar
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2006 10:47:00 GMT -5
I guess Seb did answer my other questions with his previous reply on the preferred environment of Sasquatch. Sorry for not paying attention.
Dar
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Post by Deleted on Jul 8, 2006 12:08:07 GMT -5
Hi Ken, How are you? The Chilcotin plateau has a much drier climate. Trees are much smaller and not much undergrowth. I guess that it is harder for sasquatch to hide comparing to down the valley. From the top of the Hill to Williams Lake is still a good 400km. So, I don't think that sasquatch is avoiding Williams Lake. I will say that it has to do with food source. Remember Gover Krantz said sasquatch activities can be correlated to high rainfall area? And, Thomas, how come that your profile gender said that you are a female? cheers sebbbbbb Hi Sebastian: I'm doing excellent. I hadn't heard from you for so long I thought you had gone into hiding in some cave. ;D There's only one problem with Grover Krantz's and your theory on areas of high sasquatch activities being directly related to rainfall: It doesn't hold water once you take the time to study British Columbia's sasquatch sighting reports. The area surrounding Lillooet has had numerous sasquatch sighting reports over the years. Yet, it is not unusual for Lillooet to be blessed with over 300 hours of sunshine per month in the summer. In over 50 years of record keeping, Lillooet has averaged fewer than 80 days of precipitation annually with the total rainfall and snowfall for the year averaging only 390 mm (15in). The semi-arid climate means that Lillooet is virtually free of mosquitoes and other biting insects. I will, however, agree with you when you say that certain areas in British Columbia that contain unusually high amounts of sasquatch sightings offer the creature numerous available food sources. If you have hunted big-game over much of the province of British Columbia, it soon becomes apparent that certain species of animals prefer specific types of terrain that offer readily available food sources and ample forest cover for safety. Perhaps sasquatch is much like many of BC's big-game animals and humans? Once an animal (or human) finds an area where the living is good, they generally have a habit of putting down roots and calling the area home. Interestingly enough, in almost 50 years of hunting all big and small game throughout much of British Columbia, I have learned that unless there has been drastic environmental changes (fires, floods etc.) to an area, it will usually hold good populations of specific species of animals that find it appealing—or it will hold almost nothing at all. In other words, if a person has a reasonably good memory you can generally return to specific areas and find certain species of game or birds inhabiting that region generation, after generation, after generation. Ken
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Post by sebastian on Jul 9, 2006 21:49:38 GMT -5
Hi Ken, I was working on my place. Have to replace some dry walls, painting, and setting up my studio. Anyway, Lillooet is almost right on the boundry of two ecological zones. To its west, one can still find rather thick forrest covered environment not unlike the Harrison/Pitt area. I have read somewhere that the best place to spot animals is these so called ecological transition zones where animals can ulitize two or more different natural resources. These can be two different food resources, food and shelter, food and water, or other combinations. Your comment on the bugs is very interesting. I've never thought of that. I am wondering if those Lillooet reports are seasonal (springs and early summer) where other places are filled with mosquitoes and other biting insects. May be the noturnal behaviour is also a result of that (?). cheers, seb
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Post by sebastian on Jul 9, 2006 22:11:55 GMT -5
Hi Dar, When you ask the question: - "With all the research that has been done on Sasquatch, does the environment that they live in have a common denominator? Is it the thick, coniferous forest they prefer?", may be I can suggest tree covered area. I think that they are using the trees as camouflage. Bob Titmus also noted (in John Green's books) that he found alleged sasquatch dung with high pine needle content during the winter. He reasoned that pine needles have high sugar content during winter (to act as antifreeze). Sasquatch may have learned to use these pine sugar as an abundant energy source. I also think that sasquatch habitat can be compared with bears (both grizzlies and black bears). cheers, seb
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Post by Gerry on Aug 26, 2006 15:50:06 GMT -5
That's an Admin feature Thomas..or Mod!
Tell ya what..there..I just made you a Mod! See if you can post now?
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Post by vilnoori on Sept 3, 2006 0:44:31 GMT -5
lol I can imagine! Re: photos, you need to get a photobucket account, and then copy and paste the link from there onto your message here. Watch the size though, if it is too big here, you can resize it at photobucket.
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Post by brenner33 on Jun 16, 2014 0:42:20 GMT -5
I'm a firefighter and I live out in Alexis creek which is about an hour and a half west of Williams lake towards Bella Coola. I'm interested in Sasquatch and have talked to locals there about it and according to them the area is Sasquatch country and a few of them have even seen it. There's a fishing hole in the area also where people avoid at night for fear of Sasquatch. I myself haven't had any encounters yet but I would like to have one. If anyone else has anymore information about Sasquatch around that area id like to hear it.
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