When Sasquatch Finds Us
Posted: Tue Nov 12, 2019 3:58 am
The recent sighting that Bernie and I had has been making me think. Bernie had watched it for about 20 minutes. During that time it appeared to come into view, then leave and back into view. It also seemed to each time come closer as the silhouette became more defined. Bernie would tell me that he thought he was seeing something but could be sure as the silhouette wasn't real clear.
I think that their eyesight may not be much better than ours. If it was better why would it get close and take the chance to be spotted? When I got up and looked over Bernie's shoulder it was pretty clear to me that the silhouette had the right shape. It was either swaying or moving a branch almost in a manner to try and stay hid. There was little or no wind that evening so it was not a wind artifact. I started to also sway from side to side. That is when the vocalization started. It seemed to go into freeze frame mode at that point. It quit moving all together.
Luckily with the time we have spent doing this we did not divert our looking towards the vocals and stayed looking at the subject. It wasn't until I raised my arms and started waving them side to side that it then seemed to drop down and disappear.
With all the different things it did during this time it would be easy to write it off as shadow play by the average person in the woods. If it wasn't for Bernie's persistence in keeping focused on that area we would of most likely wouldn't of had the vocalization we caught as it does seem that the vocals were an alarm that we had seen it. It makes me wonder how many times we have overlooked possible sightings around camp because they were more patient than we were.
But the most interesting questions are: Why do they more the way they do? How do they move differently when people are not around?
I think that their eyesight may not be much better than ours. If it was better why would it get close and take the chance to be spotted? When I got up and looked over Bernie's shoulder it was pretty clear to me that the silhouette had the right shape. It was either swaying or moving a branch almost in a manner to try and stay hid. There was little or no wind that evening so it was not a wind artifact. I started to also sway from side to side. That is when the vocalization started. It seemed to go into freeze frame mode at that point. It quit moving all together.
Luckily with the time we have spent doing this we did not divert our looking towards the vocals and stayed looking at the subject. It wasn't until I raised my arms and started waving them side to side that it then seemed to drop down and disappear.
With all the different things it did during this time it would be easy to write it off as shadow play by the average person in the woods. If it wasn't for Bernie's persistence in keeping focused on that area we would of most likely wouldn't of had the vocalization we caught as it does seem that the vocals were an alarm that we had seen it. It makes me wonder how many times we have overlooked possible sightings around camp because they were more patient than we were.
But the most interesting questions are: Why do they more the way they do? How do they move differently when people are not around?