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Post by billr on Sept 1, 2014 16:29:02 GMT -5
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Post by Cryptosaurian on Sept 1, 2014 19:49:41 GMT -5
I concur with you Bill. Sounds more canine-like than sasquatch. The tone of the vocalization is akin to that of a canid rather than primate.
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Post by sawone on Sept 2, 2014 0:40:28 GMT -5
A little high pitched for a wolf. My feeling is coyote.
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Post by sawone on Sept 2, 2014 1:11:24 GMT -5
No info on the group, billr, but the site is OK. I just watched his Humor section, it has a couple of good spoofs.
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Post by billr on Sept 2, 2014 18:33:51 GMT -5
Supposedly there are no coyotes on Vancouver Island
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Post by Cryptosaurian on Sept 2, 2014 18:39:33 GMT -5
That's what John wrote on Cryptomundo. I say we watch and wait to see what happens next. Besides I don't hold much hope for vocalizations anyway.
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Post by sawone on Sept 2, 2014 20:52:57 GMT -5
I didn't know that VI is coyote-free. You learn something new every day!
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Post by rastaman on Sept 3, 2014 15:14:54 GMT -5
Yes, there are no coyotes on Vancouver Island, but there are wolves. The Vancouver Island wolf is a subspecies of the Gray wolf and is more reddish in color. I've only seen VI wolfs a couple of times in my hiking outings, but they are stealthy creatures who never normally want to come in contact with humans. I've also noticed for awhile that many people not familiar with animal sounds misinterpret Barred owl sounds for Bigfoot sounds. Barred owls have a variety of eerie, creepy sounds, especially the young birds. Below are a few sound recordings to listen to and see what I mean. www.bing.com/videos/search?q=barred+owl+voice+recordings&qpvt=barred+owl+voice+recordings&FORM=VDRE
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Post by Cryptosaurian on Sept 3, 2014 20:27:31 GMT -5
And rastaman, since many people are not familiar with animal vocalizations (which include sasquatch researchers or so-called "experts") it is easy for them to misidentify known animal sounds for something unknown. (O f course we are aware of that but I just want to point out to the "Bigfoot experts" that THEY are also among these people...please take no offense).) Okay, I'll keep that in mind whenever go out on field work or night-ops. I think i know the answer to this question but: Could experinced hunters and/or outdoorsmen misidentify animal sounds even though they supposedly "know what the animals sound like"?
Anyway I'm just curious and am trying to gather as much information, tips and advice before I go out into the field.
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Post by sawone on Sept 4, 2014 0:03:33 GMT -5
Yes we can misidentify sounds, novice. I've been mistaken, thinking I heard an elk bugling on the other side of a ridge from me. After a strenuous 1 hour hike, I crested the ridge, to witness the sound coming from a logging feller/buncher; it was some sort of safety alarm horn/whistle, to let workers around it know when it was in motion. I really felt stupid that day!
Even our own Thomas Steenburg was fooled into thinking he had just heard a call identical to one touted somewhere back east as a Sasquatch, definitely and for sure, the recorder of the call insisted it could only be "Bigfoot howls". When Thomas approached the area of the similar call that he heard, he was amazed to spot the culprit actually making the vocalization, it was a coyote, near the Chehalis reserve, howling its heart out, like he'd never heard before. Even when Thomas posted the video of the coyote, actually making an identical call to the "Bigfoot howl", no one wanted to accept that this was the same call as the origanal poster had recorded.
Therein lies the secret to calls; if you don't see what's making the noise, it's just an unidentified noise!!!
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Post by billr on Sept 4, 2014 1:11:08 GMT -5
To add to Brad's point A good researcher must always be ready to modify or scrap a pet theory if new evidence becomes available We must follow the scientific method as closely as we can
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Post by Cryptosaurian on Sept 4, 2014 20:56:00 GMT -5
I wholeheartedly agree with you Bill; that's why I joined the BCSCC (and Sasquatch-BC) in the first place. You guys are logical thinkers not at all like the characters on TV or in tabloid articles (why is why I'm proud to be a part of your team).
Anyway I agree with Brad: Unless you observe a sasquatch making a vocalization, they're just unknown sounds.
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Post by kekilmury on Jan 22, 2017 19:50:24 GMT -5
Supposedly there are no coyotes on Vancouver Island No coyote here, that's right. And no skunks or foxes either. Wolves yes. I don't think we even have lynx/bobcats, that's one I'll have to check up.
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Post by kekilmury on Jan 22, 2017 19:52:30 GMT -5
Yes that's a group here on the island, run by Lee, great guy and researcher. BCSO. That recording was done by one of his researchers.
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Post by sawone on Jan 23, 2017 16:25:35 GMT -5
Thanks for the update on the group, and the wildlife, lilhawksmema2
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