Comments on: Bigfoot in the Sequoias?

By: Kathy Strain

Kathy Strain — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 20:07:17 +0000

I was contacted by one of the gentleman who was present for the video and he asked me to give an opinion on the recording and the print. The gentleman works for a Sheriffs department and I found absolutely no evidence of any hoaxing.

After consulting with several wildlife biologists and anthropologists, we are all in concurrence that the print is that of a black bear and the call is a single coyote (in a great acoustical location). The call sounds like one long call due to a echo that doesn’t end prior to the next howl. If you listen very hard at the beginning, you can hear the coyote yip.

The witness and he was happy to hear that there was a simple explanation to what they recorded.

By: sschaper

sschaper — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 17:59:41 +0000

I’ve worked on an elk farm, and that isn’t an elk. The elk bugle sounds very much like cows bellowing, but with a strong accent. Oboe instead of contra-bassoon (for comparison purposes)

To my ears, there is a metallic echo in the vocalization, which makes it sound fake, like call-casting does to me as well (and if to me, so also to actual wild animals with better ears). However the human speech also has a hint of that in it, so it could be the mic.

Cougars are said to have an unearthly scream in _Little House in the Big Woods_, which is, among other things, an ear-witness account.

The way the cameraman spoke about it seeming to come nearer makes me a bit skeptical. No fear, rather, almost a teasing element.

By: Saint Vitus

Saint Vitus — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 21:54:59 +0000

The track is just a small black bear, most likely. They don’t really give you much time to look at it, though, which is the one aspect of the video that seemed kind of hoax-ish. The calls sound like they could be legit, though. You hear more echo than the actual call, and they seem to be far off in the distance. It doesn’t sound like elk to me, elk make a trumpeting or bugling sound if I remember correctly. (I am from Mobile, Alabama and live in the city, so I’m not very familiar with elk). It also doesn’t sound like a coyote (I have heard those in the wild). It’s hard to say, but it doesn’t sound like a known animal to me.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 17:34:48 +0000

Well the track seemed to be of a bear to me , but the sound is eerie indeed.

I think I’ll give this one the benefit of the doubt for the moment.

Maybe someone with ProTools or some other professional audio software could isolate the channel of the screams and increase its quality. Anyone up to the challenge?

By: cryptidsrus

cryptidsrus — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 00:37:50 +0000

I tend to agree with DWA. We won’t know ’till we know.
Richard888—I also agree with you. The pullyaup recording is of bad quality.

Elsanto and KenMd—You’re assuming once again that a person who is in THAT situation, hearing THAT sound at THAT moment, would NOT be calm under any circumstances?

We’ve discussed this before. Lat time it was the MonsterQuest special with the cabin. Different people react differently to things.

I DO agree the foot looks like a bear, though.

By: Artist

Artist — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:58:22 +0000

We’ve heard LOUD growls and tree-knocks during daylight in the Sierra Nevada, sooo…

By: Rustaveli

Rustaveli — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 23:54:26 +0000

There’s something here that just doesn’t quite “fit”. As far as I know, most Sasquatch related recordings/sounds were made/reported in a timeframe varying between evening and dawn. If not so, please enlighten me, anyone.
The video opening puts this event at 08:00 am, which seems strange to me.
Any comments?

By: rayrich

rayrich — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 22:31:20 +0000

I have to agree with a couple of the above posters that this sounds way too much like the pyallup recording. It’s very easy to record and play over. I’ve actually used the same recording dozens of times to try to get a reaction in areas of frequent sightings. I did get one call back, but I believe it was a pack of coyotes who responded.

By: Atticus

Atticus — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 20:48:09 +0000

I have heard that noise before up near Lake Tahoe,but could never really tell if it were coyotes or something else.

The track is definitely a bear track.

By: Richard888

Richard888 — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:57:03 +0000

This is definitely NOT the Puyallup recording! The Puyallup is of bad quality and the pattern is as different as English is from Chinese.

As for the narrator sounding rehearsed, don’t forget that there are politicians who sound unrehearsed.

Does the fear of the irrational make some people not so rational, sometimes?