Of course, the tree stump in the front is looking like Bob Ross and co, but it isn’t the object we should looking for.

Interesting photo.

And oh yes, the shadow of wishful thinking.

Why do people even bother posting these things? I guess if he did see something, he would want to share the experience, even though his evidence is useless…

sschaper says:

Q: Why, on the cryptid TV shows, do they always look at midnight, instead of dawn and dusk, when most critters are active?

A: Television is, as has been frequently said, a vast wasteland. Given their view of the sasquatch as a woo-woo scream opp, much better for ratings if they are out in the deeps of woo-woo. People don’t generally admit a fear of the dusk or the dawn, do they? But midnight? Stephen King time. TV is not about finding cryptids. Because field biology is only romantic and thrilling up to a point. Just ask any field biologist. (Next: Putting Alleged Bigfoot Dung In Vials!)

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Q: And why do they call blast, scaring everything for a mile, and definitely sounded fake, hence of Man?

A: Well, I’m not defending the dumb ones, who really think the sasquatch is buying it. But I’d like to put in a word for the smart ones.

The sasquatch is, from all that’s available to us, a primate. Primates are smart; they’re also curious; and they seem to have at least a rudimentary sense of humor. Why do you think chimps like to toss their [poopies] at unsuspecting zoo visitors? Heck, I remember a monkey doing it once. Yuk! Yuk!

Um, anyway. Blasters don’t just use alleged sas vocalizations; they use those of known primates like howler monkeys and gibbons. They are, more than anything else, just trying to get a rise out of any local sas, maybe open a communication window. They’re hoping curiosity will get the better of the critter. They know (I hope) that the sasquatch knows this isn’t Cousin Patty. Or actually, they don’t care what the sasquatch thinks, as long as they get a response. They want to see if loud primate noise gets any kind of fraternal reaction from an animal that, otherwise, can’t be counted on to just walk up and shake hands. And sometimes, it seems to. (Not necessarily call blasting, but reports have what appear to be sasquatch imitating noises humans have made.)

We can’t say for sure that it works, but heck, we aren’t even sure what the sasquatch, exactly, is, yet. All we do know - and I use that word loosely - is that they make very loud vocalizations, that carry a long way, and that maybe if they hear something that sounds like another primate doing something similar, they might respond to, well, break up the monotony a little.

Gotta try things and see what works.