Dax Rushlow finds Bigfoot Tracks at Salt Fork State Park,Ohio

Dax Rushlow of  "Ten Million Dollar Bigfoot Bounty" fame has found the goods in Salt Fork State Park this past weekend. On the first day of his arrival at the park, Dax found what appears to be an adult Sasquatch track way! That track measures an impressive 16" in length, and 6" wide at the ball with very defined mid tarsal break. Whats even more impressive about the find is there is a juvenile track way with the adult!! Dax promises more information about the find as more testing is done on the casts. There are whispers that Dr. Jeff Meldrum, who is an expert at deciphering possible Bigfoot tracks, is going to be looking at the casts at some point in the near future. Very exciting news from Dax and the world of Bigfoot! Click on the below links for some of the action from Salt Fork!

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10202299328547113
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10202299062540463

This sums it up!

Good morning and Happy Monday to you all! I wanted to post this comment that I received this morning on my Google Plus from Mike Brookreson. Mike does an excellent job of painting the picture of the reality on the ground for us and what we are dealing with. Mike reinforces my belief that we absolutely are the "bait". You don't need to walk 20 miles hootin and hollerin to have that experience. Another great point that Mike makes is trusting your instincts! That "fight or flight" battle that your mind, body, and soul go through when encountered with what it perceives as a life or death situation. It really is important that you harness that battle, and try to make a rational decision on your next course of action. My hunting background has taught me NOT to run when in the presence of a predatory animal. I think this is common sense but I truly had to fight this flight response the other night. The whole time I packed up camp I knew it was watching and I acted as I was totally unaware of it's presence. But in truth I wanted to run and leave everything there..lol

I will end with this, I will concede the night to them. They have EVERY advantage day or night but during the day I at least have a chance to asses the situation and react accordingly. At night you are at their mercy! And like Mike said, they aren't trying to be our friends. We are stimuli to them plain and simple. With that in mind I'm not sure if  I'll do anymore night ops...at least until I can get some night optics. Being able to feel and hear these encounters is one thing but I need to be able to document it too. Like I told Mike months ago it's all stories if  I can't document it! Happy Squatchin...

Mike Brookreson

1:02 AM

 

Reply

 

Dude. What you did is completely natural. It is even more brave that you made a log of breaking camp. Listen. I have only been doing this at the ranch less than 3
years out. When I first started it was all adrenaline. Let me promise you I have been remote outward bound. Dropped off in a helicopter with nothing but a Kevlar canoe and Some bear spray and two weeks worth of supplies to navigate along Boundary water swamp trails in Canada. I was only 18. No gun whatsoever. My father thought it would be a unique experience for me. It was. But even timber wolves did not frighten me. And they howled by our camp every night. It was not until I became more "educated" with what's really out there that I experienced true fear. . Then it was my mind that taught the lesson to me. There is nothing wrong with showing them the respect they deserve by yielding the woods to them. In fact it engenders more trust for future trips. But you've got to listen to that inner voice, always, and I can't stress that enough. The people who truly " go missing " in the woods, well all I can say is that I feel that many of them did not hear or listen to their own primordial alarm system. I wish I was with you brother. I have had a well known researcher scream at me in the night for sprinting off alone after some strange sounds in the thick brush with no light because I was afraid to scare them off by activating it. Nowadays I pay the most strict attention to my inner voice which tells me when to break camp or "enough already" with the woods. When you get into a regular pattern of feeding it can become even more dangerous. Because then they show up expecting food and when it doesn't arrive or they don't like what you've brought they have ways of letting you know real quick. I don't feed regularly anymore because they would throw shit at me and startle the hell out of me. Lately, a huge part of me wants to go back in time and plead with myself to stop ignoring the ways of the woods that I learned as a child that I later abandoned when I discovered this new phenomenon. I remember Les Stroud setting up his break camp in an ambush predator area in Survivorman-Bigfooot, because Todd S had told him it increased the likelihood of an In Camp encounter. And he was true. It does. But once we know they exist and that they are already investigating us, well then it isn't that necessary to take those risks. The true bait. As spooky as it sounds, in areas that aren't often "squatched" .....is people. The sights and sounds and smells of people, especially women and children lead them right to you. They have no other stimuli in the forest besides themselves and their food which pique their curiosity. And that in and of itself can be a very sobering thought. All I can say is you did the right thing. Follow your instinct every time. There will come a point where you won't be afraid. And even then be careful. Our neighbors they certainly are. But trying to be our friends is not at all what concerns or interests them. When the time is right you and I can talk about some ways to bring them to an area in your absence that they don't discuss on TV. Until then just let me say what a cool encounter you had and how well you handled it. If everyone else were as smart as you both researcher and subject would be a lot better for it. 

Night investigation

Hello friends!

 A little update on the Squatchin investigations. I went out Friday evening by myself for my first night investigation of the season. I packed in and made camp just before dark in the area of the power line. The same spot that I heard the loud crash last week and had the one playing cat and mouse with us a few years ago. It truly was a nice and comfy set up in a small clearing in the middle of some thick forest. I could see the openness of the power line about a hundred yards away from where I was at, but the woods were really dark well before the sun went down.

It took me about an hour to get set up and I made a lot of racket breaking sticks and such for the fire. This was by design because the reality was I was advertising my presence and location to the local Squatch. The whole time I was preparing the site it seemed every bird in the woods were talking around me. In the back of my mind I thought to myself about eye witness accounts stating how eerily quite the woods were during their encounter. I would use the noisy birds as an early warning system to alert me to the presence of an inquisitive Squatch.

I put the finishing touches on my base of operations and sat down when suddenly the woods went absolutely silent. I tried to write it off as the birds going to bed but there was still a half hour left of light. Then a a stick break behind me....then another....a few minutes later...and another as something circled the perimeter of my zone.The light of my fire gave me a ring of light approximately 20 yards circle of lighted visibility around me.. I could see shapes and such another 20 yards past this without the light from the fire. Whatever it was, walked just on the outside of this last zone of sight. I got that "feeling" of fight or flight that you only get when they are around. I fought it off and tinkered with my phone trying to pretend that I wasn't bothered by the feeling.

About ten to fifteen minutes passed and the feeling was gone. I no longer heard anything and the hair on my neck took it's normal position of laying down instead of up. I threw some wood on the fire and browsed the internet on my phone and waited...for what I wasn't totally sure. An hour or so went past pretty uneventfully when suddenly  BOOM! That dang electric feeling and the hair on my neck was fully erect again. I could occasionally hear a twig snap on the outer perimeter of my zone. Something was checking me out....again!

This time it didn't go away and I was feeling very uncomfortable. I am at a severe disadvantage without FLIR or similar night vision capabilities. With that in mind maybe they know or can see the IR light emanating from such devices. That might be one of the reasons they have come so close to me and others in this area. Whatever the reason, it was here and checking my location out. It was a half hour or so and I could still feel it's presence. On one hand my mind is saying chill out and enjoy the experience, and the other hand is saying dude there is an 8' tall something watching you right now.....RUN!!

I decided to calmly pack up and head out. I properly extinguished my fire, and returned my area as close to normal as possible.  During this process I could hear some small sticks snap as whatever it was evidently tried to get a better view of what I was doing. I doubt if a bear or deer would be that inquisitive. I remained calm and cleaned up in a matter of factly manner and slowly vacated the woods.

I felt that I got the experience that I was looking for. Until your in their presence you have no idea what I am talking about. I know I sound kinda wimpy but I can assure you I have spike camped alone in the mountains of New Mexico and Colorado and have hunted alone in Kansas and Pennsylvania. I have spent a ton of time in the dark woods and mountains and never was spooked or had a similar feelings like I do when they are close.They project a fear onto you and I have said this before it's almost paralyzing. It's a battle within myself that I have to overcome. Other researchers go alone all the time and don't have any issues and I eventually will too. Happy Squatchin....

Child befriends family of Bigfoot

Pretty cool story about a little girl who befriends a family of Bigfoot. I have read a bunch of similar stories over the years. Real or over active childhood imagination??

http://cryptozoologynews.com/child-befriended-bigfoot-couple/

Thanks MK Davis for this gem!

Look at that backside!!Arnold Schwarzenegger would of been proud to have the latissimus dorsi, gluteus maximus,and deltoid muscles of this creature!The white/grey bottom of the foot or Ostmans pad is very noticeable in this picture and would of never been evident in a hoaxed suit. People, these creatures, whatever you believe them to be are out there. They are real.....

Stick pilings and nests

Stick pilings or nests as some suggest are a pretty interesting phenomena in the world of Bigfooting. Some are a simple pile of sticks and others are very intricately made and very detailed mega structures that would make Frank Lloyd Write proud. Some of these structures have an opening underneath to crawl in and hide and others are the traditional nest style where you lay on top. The one I found last week appeared to be the start of the crawl underneath type of nest. The photos below show how much time and effort goes into the making of these things.

A few weeks ago I told you about my buddy and fellow Bigfoot researcher from the great State of Texas, Mike Brookreson and how he and I were comparing field notes and getting some pretty similar data. He just sent me a video of a huge mega stick structure/nest that I want to share with you all. Of course in true Texas style its incredibly "bigger" than the one I found! Enjoy...

"Three Clips of Sasquatch" Myakka City Florida, Palmetto Grove

I think I might have posted this a ways back but I'm not sure. Anyone who works with blogger knows it's not easy to find former posts. I just love this video so if I did post it before I'm sorry...

New Bigfoot interactive sightings Map

Click on the link for the new Bigfoot sightings interactive map hosted by Google and brought to you via The Crypto Crew and specifically Thomas Marcum. It even has UFO reports if your into that! Find and click on your state to see current sighting reports of the hairy fella! The data base is being added to regularly so keep checking back.

https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=200491120711324242285.0004d94fc83de8597da34&msa=0&ll=37.961523,-85.737305&spn=20.22188,43.022461&dg=feature

US Army declares existence of Bigfoot....in 1974???

Hummmmm.....very interesting!!!

http://www.examiner.com/article/bigfoot-declared-to-exist-1974

Bigfoot story

Cool story!

http://cryptozoologynews.com/bigfoot-sighting-missouri-army-base/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bigfoot-sighting-missouri-army-base

Close contact with a Squatch??-First video!

Finally got the video to upload to You Tube! I think I just had to free up some memory. This video was made maybe 20-30 minutes before I had the suspected close encounter! Its nothing great but at least you can actually see the woods and get a mental picture of where I was. I'm itchin to get back out there!

NOTE: I threw a penalty flag on myself for overusing the term "Stopped dead in my tracks"

Tree formations....again!

I know I said I was done taking pictures of tree "formations" but I found a couple really cool ones the other night. One involved five different trees!! I seriously do not think that the wind could of created them but you guys look at them and tell me what you think.

Its so hard to get the detail to show up in pictures but the bent trees are all living trees and held in that position by another tree or branch.Sometimes the hold down tree is a dead tree that doesn't even belong in that spot. The top photo is a great illustration of that fact and was physically impossible of happening naturally. The second and third picture involves five different trees. In the picture it looks like that one limb is cut but it wasn't...it was a clean break! It's highly unlikely for five trees to be manipulated in that manner by natural occurrences.

I would love to hear from you guys! Are these "formations" a natural phenomena? Is this common in all woods? I haven't noticed it in other woods but it could be. As always lemme know your thoughts!

2-Man Spends Hours Next To A Sasquatch!!

Anyone buying what this fella is selling???  I'm up in the air but it's a pretty fascinating tale for sure!! I wanna hear your thoughts! Please comment yes or no!

Large Tracks Found At Game Reserve In Michigan

I bet there are many, many times people find similar tracks and never give them a second look thinking they are just human tracks.



This is one of my favorite Bigfoot snow track ways. There is absolutely NO way to fake what your seeing. Notice how easily it stepped over that fence. Those tracks were made by Bigfoot folks!! I pity the deer that the Squatch is following...lol

Close Contact!!

Howdy all! I've been getting hate mail from readers irate over the lack of new posts on the blog, so I figured I better get my butt into the woods so I would have something to write about. Seriously though, I'm trying my best to get material to share with you all. It's tough with three very active boys who are involved in a ton of activities. But I am doing my best!!

With that said, I did get into the woods late Monday evening. I went back to my original area and steered clear of the area with all of the Black Bear sign. Not only to avoid running into the Bear but I also wanted to check my gifting site and the bait station with the hanging peanut butter jar. I stopped at the gifting site first and was disappointed that nothing had visited it. The last time I was at this spot is when I heard that loud crash and then found what appeared to be the makings of a shelter. I started on my way towards the bait station. I have to admit I wasn't doing my customary stealth walk. I was a little perturbed that nothing stopped at the gifting site. Frustrated, I make my way the 1/4 -1/2 mile to the bait station and find that it also hasn't had any signs of interest from the local Squatch.

So by this time I am just in a crappy frame of mind. As I plunder through thick vegetation, steep terrain, and never ending nats trying to fly into my eye balls, I start to question this whole Bigfoot thing. Is it all just a made up fantasy of mine and countless others, with over active imaginations?? Why am I wasting my time, effort, and resources on something that evidently is not real???Maybe the previous close encounters of years past were just my mind playing tricks on me?!?!All of the suspected Sasquatch sign just innocent natural occurrences! I decide the best course of action is to get the heck outa dodge...I'm going home!

I head in the direction of my truck which is still a pretty good hike away. Half way there I find a nice spot off the trail with two fallen trees and I decide to stop, rest, and have a drink. I also wanted to calm my mind and just enjoy being in the woods. I also looked up the Native American word for friend, "kola" and decided to say it randomly into the woods as I walked. Honestly I needed this down time and it was very good for my mind and spirit. After a half hour or so I packed up and continued my hike towards my truck.

I arrive at the infamous power line. If your familiar with the blog, you know that the power line has played a huge part in my Squatching adventures. There has been a ton of activity in the area of the power line. By the time I reach this point the wind had picked up. I crossed the power line and just entered the opposing wood line when I heard an extremely loud crash in the wood lot to the right, that instantly stopped me in my tracks. It was a violent sound and not one of a tree or limb falling from a natural occurrence.This was also the same woodlot that my buddy and I played "Hide and Seek" with the Big Guy two years ago. But the wind buffered some of the sound to a point that I couldn't tell exact local, and I couldn't positively rule out the wind wasn't the culprit. So after listening for a few minutes and hearing nothing else, I proceed down the trail.

I go a little ways down the trail and through the wind I hear extremely heavy foot falls to my right....please make note that all of this sound is taking place on the right side of the trail. I stop, look,and listen.....nothing! I start walking again and the sound happens again....extremely loud and its stops me dead in my tracks. Whatever it was definitely had my attention and I was now on high alert!

I have been getting some requests from a few readers asking  me to video some of my trips to the woods so I figured this might be the perfect opportunity to do just that. I turned around and headed back to the power line to tell the story on video for you guys. I made the short video and nothing out of the normal happened so I turned the camera off. It was getting closer to dark so I decided to wait until total darkness before leaving. I walked off trail to the "right" several yards since that is where all of the sounds were emanating from.

After a few minutes I was shook by a loud crash behind me, which would of been to the left of the trail as I was walking out. My body felt like it was electrified and I immediately started my retreat to the truck. I stopped myself and decided to "man up" and figure this out. I walked back down the trail towards where the loud crashing sound came from. I stopped and looked into the woods and couldn't see anything. It was getting darker by the minute. I had my walking stick so I decided to hit it on a big rock on the ground three times. After the third strike I had something really big and bipedal in nature start walking away from me at an extremely close range. As is the norm in this field it was just too thick to see it. The maker of the foot falls did not try to mask it's sound and I could hear the brush being moved away as it negotiated through the heavy vegetation.Oh yeh the area where it was walking was the gifting site area I might add. I immediately got my camera out and tried to video in the low light but to no avail!

The picture I am painting in my mind of what happened is this. The first loud crash I heard was the "Watcher" alerting the rest of the group to my presence. The proceeding "paralleling" was either it or another making sure I was leaving the woods, or at least monitoring my movements. Later on when I got off trail they gave me a warning with a loud crash.  It seems to me when they let you know an approximate location of where they are, it's to lead you away from another one or misdirect you away from the group. It worked because all of my attention was with the one that was walking.

One thing that I took away from this experience is that I don't think I want to research alone anymore. When you hear how loud they are when they walk and when they throw stuff it shakes you up. I like to think of myself as a mans man and I really have no fear but when your in their presence you can't help but feel vulnerable!

I love this job!!

Have you ever heard the saying, "when you do what you love to do, you never have to work a day in your life"?? Ok, ok, this isn't my job. It's my hobby but I do love it! One of the perks of this hobby is meeting great people who have the same crazy interests and hobby as you. Let's face it, the people that KNOW Bigfoot is real is as rare as Bigfoot its self. So we tend to flock to like minded individuals and some awesome friendships are created from this commonality.

Mike Brookreson is a fellow researcher from Texas that I have become great friends with. He is my Bigfoot confidant, and my go to guy when in need of advice. He's the only Bigfoot researcher that I can shoot a message from the field and get instant advice. We have been comparing notes for a several months now and it's shocking the similarities between the Texas Squatch and the Pa Squatch. In the upcoming months I will be detailing a lot more about that.

For now I want to give you guys an introductory look into the great work Mike has been putting in down there in the great State of Texas. They say EVERYTHING is bigger in the Texas, why not a BIGfoot!

Neck Deep in Bear!

Hello all! Here are some pictures from my Squatchin adventure last night. Nothing remarkable and no crazy feelings other than am I going to come face to face with the Black Bear that is leaving all this sign around. I couldn't get away from his sign, it was literally everywhere!

I went to a different area of operation last night. It's the same woods as the gifting site but just a mile or so away. I hate to do this all the time but if you read my blog post http://squatchinluver.blogspot.com/2014/04/why-do-bigfoot-make-loud-howls-and-for.html It is the area where the Big Fella came from when he answered my wood knocks. It is steep and rugged terrain as evidenced by the Bear sign. A Bear isn't going to be making bedding sites in an area of high human traffic!! All though I didn't have any Squatch activity I did see some possible old sign. There were some tree breaks that looked like they were made by a Squatch. I also found some weeks old tracks that looked  fishy but they were made in less than perfect soil and I couldn't differentiate from Bear tracks.

The last two pics are slide marks from someone or something that came down the steep bank. As you can see they were made by a flat footed creature...human or Squatch. I must apologize also for the blurriness in some of the pics. I was on edge with the Bear sign and I rushed a lot of these. The fourth from the bottom is the possible old Squatch track. There are toes marks I promise. It was getting dark and my I phone has it's limitations.

Bigfoot shelter??

Headed to the area Sunday afternoon to check the gifting site (the balancing rock with gum) and to check on a bait station. The bait station had a jar of peanut butter hanging about ten feet off the ground with a trail camera watching. I pulled the trail camera last week after a couple of months of absolutely nothing being caught.  My test was to see if they stayed away from the peanut butter because of the camera. If they hit the bait without the camera then it would it be safe to assume the camera IR is a deterrent for them??I'm not 100% sold on this theory yet and I want to conduct my own experiment. As of right now I think they have just been plain lucky not to get caught on camera. With their smallish population and the extremely large area of operations this would make more sense to me.

I stopped by the gifting site and was a little disappointed that nothing was changed from the previous week. The two pieces of gum were still tucked under the rock and the arrow remained unchanged. So I sat on a log and pondered my next move for a while. I enjoy just sitting and listening to the sounds of the woods. This also can be an effective technique for getting Squatch to come to you and check you out. Soon enough I started to get that feeling. It's hard to describe, but I will try to describe anyway. It's an uneasy feeling like someone is sneaking up on you. You can't get comfortable and your constantly looking behind you, and actually looking all around. I played this out for a while hoping that if my senses were correct I could catch a glimpse of whatever it was causing this effect. I see nothing and I get up and start making my way in the direction of the bait site. The feeling was still there but you can manage it a lot better when your on your feet and on the offensive.

One thing I must add is that when I'm in the woods off trail I keep my movements slow and deliberate. It's similar to a still hunting fashion. I take a couple steps, stop and scan the woods. This area is very thick with vegetation right now and it can make it very hard to see a Squatch but it can also help hide you from them. I know others will scoff at that premise but there are a bunch of sightings where people have stumbled upon a Squatch at close range. I'm not stumbling, I'm sneaking!

Back to the story though. I started my slow walk toward the bait station. It's probably a half mile or so from where the gifting site is. In my stealth mode walk I probably only went fifty yards in twenty minutes still on high alert to whatever was out there causing my uncomfortableness (<----<< yes I used my made up word again). When suddenly an extremely large crash like a tree crashing or large limb falling to the ground. It sounded like whatever it was, was buffered by the under growth on the forest floor. I almost messed my pants! I could only see twenty yards before an impenetrable wall of bright green plant growth and the crash came from on the other side of that.

I naturally stopped in my tracks for a while. I looked, listened, looked, and listened some more, and looked some more...lol Waiting for something else to happen but nothing came. So I slowly maneuvered to where the noise came from. At my slow pace it took me another twenty minutes to trek the fifty-sixty yards or so. For the life of me I couldn't find an limb, or tree that could of made that loud noise. What I did find was, aww look for yourselves.....

It is so hard to tell in pictures but there is some intricate craftsmanship going on here.The main horizontal frame is supported, purposely, by strong vertical supports. There are a bunch of saplings that are intentionally bent into the structure. Lastly, the sticks on top are interwoven with each other in a grid like manner. The whole structure has a "lean to"  feel to it. Like you would build in a survival situation.There was a void underneath that you could crawl under. It doesn't look to be completed by any means and the saplings look to be freshly bent into the frame. Could I possibly of  interrupted the builder and thus got a warning limb crash?? You tell me..

Oh one last point. I hope you can tell by the few pics and the blurriness of the one pic that I was a hair rattled by what was going on. My senses were on overload status! I even emailed my confidante' in Squatchin Mike Brookreson from the woods and asked if I was in mortal danger...lol

June 4, 2014 Notes

Hey all it's the prodigal son of Squatch world! Remember me?? Some of you know that I have been extremely busy with my oldest sons graduation party which was last weekend and his ceremony this Friday. In a addition to that we are preparing for his college departure and smaller household size by MOVING! Ugghhhhh!! With all that fun recently I did manage to sneak out into the woods yesterday.  If your familiar with this blog you would know that I wasn't in too big of a rush to get into the woods until after June 1 anyway. But if not read this and you'll understand http://squatchinluver.blogspot.com/2014/03/theory-of-migration.html

My first mission into the woods in early spring I found this rock. It looks pretty ordinary but what is odd about it is the two other rocks on top of it. The larger of the two is balancing on the other. I have a hard time believing that this was just happen stance. Also this isn't in an area where people would frequent so I don't "think" humans did it. The big factor for me thinking it might be Squatch related is all the stick structures in the vicinity of this rock. When I came upon it and started surveying the area it almost looked like an area where they would hang out and do whatever it is they do during the day.

These are some of the odd stick thingys I find. There are a ton more but I already posted a bunch in earlier blogs and quite frankly I'm not taking hundreds of pics of the same phenomena. The pic directly above is a grape vine strand maybe 2' long that was draped over a limb and had these little strands resting on a small piece of protruding bark. Grape vines are hard to break and I don't even have a clue how it could happen naturally.

As you can see on the rock picture above, there is a decent sized void under the bigger rock caused by the smaller rock being wedged under the one end. I tucked a piece of gum....still inside foil wrapper....way up under the larger rock. I also made an arrow out of sticks pointing in the direction of the gum. I'm going to include a before and after picture of this arrow but the before picture was taken yesterday.I made a replica just for illustration purposes.

The picture on the right is the before, less the rocks which I just added yesterday and the picture on the left is what I found when I arrived yesterday.I probably checked this five or six times up until mid April and there was no change. Oh I forgot to mention the gum is GONE! The above grape vine was a new addition to this site and was a few feet away from this rock. So is it safe to assume they are back??

I had a bait station in another area with a full jar of peanut butter hanging high in a tree. I also had a trail camera facing the peanut butter but got zero in the way of Squatch pics.....not shocked about that one! I have had that set up for probably two months with nothing messing with the PB. I pulled the camera yesterday to see if this might get them to take it. I will check next week. See the jar hanging in the background? I had this camera on the ground against a huge rock with moss covering it to make as inconspicuous as possible. The jar is probably 10' off the ground.

This is the creek bottom below the power line that I posted in previous posts. Just across the creek and up the other side is the "Black Timber" as I like to call it. I resembles the black timber of Colorado but probably not as vast. I sat for probably a half hour or so and I heard heavy footfalls at one point but the rushing creek water made it impossible to pin point direction. I started to get the "Spidey Sense" for a little bit and I couldn't shake that feeling that something was behind me. I eventually got up and walked the creek banks looking for tracks. I crossed the creek and walked through the black timber in the direction of where I thought the footfalls went. After walking a bit I lost that " feeling" and hiked out of the bottom. Below is a look at the black timber. It stays pretty cool on this north facing slope and I would imagine the Squatch use it for that reason This is also the spot that we heard a schrill scream one night.

 I also found this huge rock with a nice dirt bowl shaped spot behind it. Someone could hang out there and not be seen in any direction but also still observe the small creek below.