Russia is actually the largest country in the world. Almost DOUBLE the size of USA, and that is including Alaska.

At the same time Moskva has more people than New York (USA`s biggest city).

And, USA has more than double the population of Russia, about 2.2x actually. Consider also that Russia has population more concentrated in the cities, leaving huge parts of the dense forests uninhabited with a teeming wildlife.

A rough calculation shows the population per area to be: 8,3 persons per square kilometers in Russia, while there is 31.57 in USA.

Imagine most of Americas` dry and desert landscape as forest and you have rough outline of Russia, Sibir mountain ranges can be further discussed.

In Russia Squatches can go unnoticed there with less of an effort.

Russia, bordering to Finland, Poland, Sweden and Norway (all with great forest and wildlife)would be the PERFECT squatch habitat.

I’d just shot my last frames of film in the Wind River Range, a few scenics. I’d put the camera away; didn’t want it clanking uselessly against my shoulder on the remaining five miles out. Then I saw a movement. It turned out to be a big bull moose, splashing his way right up the creek across the broad meadow from me. I watched him for some time, wishing I’d had the telephoto and a few more shots.

Wasn’t until I projected the slides that I saw him, down in the lower left corner of my last couple of shots.

But noticed how I have at least a bit of a story? How come there isn’t such a one here?