Feral Hiker

I've never seen a Bigfoot

I have never seen a Bigfoot or Sasquatch, nor have I seen large humanoid tracks. I have not witnessed any other Bigfoot phenomena such as unexplained bad odor, heavy items moved without equipment, or heard screams that I couldn't attribute to a known cause. This is rather disappointing since I have spent a lot of time hiking and camping in the Washington state Cascade mountains, an area that has a lot of reported Bigfoot activity. I have seen what appear to be day beds of bear or deer or elk. I have smelled bad odors due to carcasses, scat, or wet plants. I have also seen a variety of wildlife, black bear, cougar, fox, coyote, deer, elk, moose, bighorn sheep, mountain goat, and many smaller animals.

When I read the sighting reports, either in books or online, I sometimes know the area where the sighting occurred, I've been there many times. I spend many days hiking, many nights on the edge of the backcounty alone. Why don't I see a Bigfoot when so many others see them or come across their tracks? One thing I don't do much of is drive along backcountry roads at night when a lot of sightings occur. Nor am I getting deep into the backcountry but most of the sightings are from roads or camp areas. Perhaps Bigfoot is now more wary of people and there are more people hiking, camping, etc. in this area than there were 20 years ago. Still there are some recent sightings.

I want to see evidence of Bigfoot but I am not sure what my reaction would be. Would I be excited and elated, like I have been after seeing wolves or grizzlys, or would I be frightened and doubtful that I saw what I thought I did? When I found recent grizzly tracks 100 years from my campsite in a National Forest near Yellowstone, I didn't leave but I did become more cautious. Maybe that is how I would react to Bigfoot tracks.

posted by feralhiker @ 6:02 PM