Levi
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Post by Levi on Dec 11, 2012 14:05:01 GMT -5
The Falcon ProjectI think this is a good idea, and can probably be done quite cheaply, even budgeting for losing a few to weather along the way. Click the pic for the article Basically, I think this would be a "make or break" project in the field of BF research. If there's something out there, this should turn it up. If this doesn't we will be forced to conclude that either; 1. bigfoot doesn't exist 2. All 'bigfeet' coincidentally became extinct immediately prior to the start of the project. 3. bigfoot really is a transdimensional shape-shifting wookie from Zeta Reticuli, that can see in the Infrared spectrum and read minds. Come to think of it, and I don't mean to get into conspiracy here, but if Google can see my car in my driveway from space, I'm pretty sure someones government has the ability to see at the same resolution in infrared. Wonder when the public will gain access to those images.
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Richard
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Thinking I should be out in the bush ...
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Post by Richard on Dec 11, 2012 20:23:34 GMT -5
I recently spoke to a Dr. Nekaris briefly over this very subject, and although I like the idea, I cannot see it bringing any more than a Search and Rescue quality manhunt to the Bigfoot game. By that I mean, they use very similar technology to find missing hikers (FLIR via helicopter) and the S&R subjects wish to be found. They are only effective 50% of the time. Granted, that is still GREAT odds vs what we normally do, but I have to agree with her, horses and the like are likely our best bet of covering mass distances. Case in point the PG film (which I think is the ONLY valid BF film thus far) was from horseback, as the animals will "spook" and react to a Sasquatch before we can detect them. Furthermore, having been trained in FLIR usage, I can say it is great in SOME cases, but in heavy brush it is quite useless. With that said, I wish Dr. Meldrum nothing but the best of success!! I really do hope that he can "knock one out of the park" with this system... sadly I doubt it will work Richard
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Levi
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Post by Levi on Dec 12, 2012 1:11:04 GMT -5
True, that it will be like looking for a needle in a haystack, but it would be aloft for much longer periods of time than a helio or airplane and, like being on horseback, there would be no engine noise to forewarn the quarry. It's also looking for a population, not a single man or creature (we hope ) The other cool thing is that once you were "on the scent" you could follow a target back to its refuge, rather than the situation we have now where the quarry determines the frequency of contact. In the future something not dissimilar to this could be used to protect this or other endangered species by following herds or colonies and identifying poachers. True about FLIR being obstructed by the tree canopy, but I've seen a couple of episodes of COPS that made impressive use of the technology in unforgiving circumstances. Food for thought.
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Post by bigfoothunter on Dec 12, 2012 7:55:35 GMT -5
With probably 98% of the forest floor being covered by a thick growth of trees - how would aerial surveillance be of any value. In other words, how would an eye in the sky penetrate the thick forest growth so to see anything under it?
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Levi
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Post by Levi on Dec 12, 2012 16:51:20 GMT -5
There are plenty of rocky outcroppings, clearings, rivers and thin spots in the forest canopy, not to mention utility easements, roads and logging sites. Strangely enough this is where the majority of sightings occur (patterson). The deep forest is hard to navigate, even for horses, and it appears from the footprint evidence that our Big Friend will often actually stick to easements or waterways given the choice. For that reason, it seems likely that he can be viewed, and intermittently tracked using this technology, until ground tracking can take over. Especially considering there will be no noise emanating from the craft. The two photos below serve to illustrate a location which, while forested, would be viable for the use of observation craft and have been the site of BF activity in the past. Bluff Creek sighting location. Contemporary aerial photo taken of the area of bluff creek. You can see that the density of treecover approximates only 50% I Imagine that a pursuit driven by aerial FLIR surveillance would break down something like this. Watch this video and imagine for a second they are chasing an actual Bigfoot, with location and proximity information being relayed from the observation platform to trackers on the ground. I dare say that having one of these would help anybody's hunt.
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Post by bigfoothunter on Dec 12, 2012 17:16:19 GMT -5
I dare say that having one of these would help anybody's hunt. Good luck with all that. In BC, the open areas are few and far between while the forested mountains go on forwever. Once spotted on a thermal, it could soon disappear under the trees and not be seen again. There would be no giving chase like seen on the video, but if its cheap to operate these thinngs ... what has one got to lose. And about traveling waterways ... I heard that comment said on Finding Bigfoot and yet tracks are seldom reported in those places. If Sasquatch was utilizing such areas, I must ask myself why then are their tracks not being seen regularly?
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Levi
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Post by Levi on Dec 12, 2012 19:33:09 GMT -5
Hah! Don't go buying me one for Christmas just yet!
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duallie
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Post by duallie on Dec 26, 2012 13:02:00 GMT -5
With probably 98% of the forest floor being covered by a thick growth of trees - how would aerial surveillance be of any value. In other words, how would an eye in the sky penetrate the thick forest growth so to see anything under it? easy. that's how they find lost hikers. they recently used it to find that hiker lost down on cypress. he was in deep, heavily treed ravines. they were able to easily see heat sources on the ground. now, it's not going to work in every single spot, but nothing is hiding from it where it can see.
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Post by bigfoothunter on Dec 27, 2012 7:12:11 GMT -5
With probably 98% of the forest floor being covered by a thick growth of trees - how would aerial surveillance be of any value. In other words, how would an eye in the sky penetrate the thick forest growth so to see anything under it? easy. that's how they find lost hikers. they recently used it to find that hiker lost down on cypress. he was in deep, heavily treed ravines. they were able to easily see heat sources on the ground. now, it's not going to work in every single spot, but nothing is hiding from it where it can see. I heard a story where the hiker was in the open and waving his arms, but I wwas talking about the dense tree cover and penetrating it.
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Post by Jason C. on Dec 27, 2012 20:20:32 GMT -5
Duallie, the US military has problems finding FLIR targets in a flat, arid environment (Afghanistan) and you think it will work in the Pacific Northwest with effect in our mountainous terrain and forests? Eric Rudolf eluded the feds armed with FLIR equipped helicopters for YEARS. He was finally spotted by a cop coming out of a trash dumpster behind a grocery store. A piece of dumb luck, not technology solved that manhunt. As far as the guy on Cypress... SOURCE: www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/12/23/cypress-mountain-snowboarder-rescue_n_2354171.htmlUnless, sasquatch is carrying a cell phone. Those guys with the airship are f#cked.
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billr
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Post by billr on May 10, 2013 20:07:33 GMT -5
Are there any updates on this
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