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Washington
was my eighth stop squatchin' in all 48 contiguous states in 2008. I
was invited to go squatchin' with Kristine Walls, BFRO_Washington Curator, David Ellis BFRO_Washington
Investigator, and John Andrews, an independent researcher. John has
recorded many vocalizations at this site and they can be listened to at
Sasquatch Research.net
On the 12th of April, 2008 I accompanied Kristine, David and John into the woods of Western Washington.
John
demonstrated his call blasting techniques using his own voice and a PA
electronic megaphone. We all took turns trying out the system. John is
a real expert at doing different types of calls. The sound really
echoed through the mountains but we did not hear any return
vocalizations.
A few woodknocks were tried but the night was unusually quiet.
This
area had been partially logged in the last two years. It is unclear
whether or not this has affected the resident sasquatch population.
Thanks for allowing me to tag along Kristine, David and John!
To listen to an audio recording of this segment click here.
Washington - 48 in '08
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On
the 5th of March I was sitting in a truck stop in Caldwell, Idaho. I am
not hesitant to talk about my interest in bigfoot / sasquatch research.
It all depends on the situation. Some people couldn't care less, and
others are very interested. I don't recall exactly how the subject came
up but truck drivers are one group of people who see lots of wildlife.
Some of the most interesting reports I have read were by travelers of
the road.
This fellow told me that he did not exactly believe in
bigfoot but he did know where some werewolves were seen. I ask him to
explain. He said that there is a stretch of road in Eastern Nevada that
has had lots of reports of werewolves running along side the big
trucks. The speed of these animals is incredible, at least 50 miles per
hour. He said that he never believed the stories until one day a fellow
driver who had experienced a sighting showed him claw marks on the cab
of his truck.
Then one night, the truck driver I was speaking
with, said that he had pulled over along the edge of the road and was
sleeping. He woke up to hear an unusual sound of something being
dragged along the pavement. He said that there was almost no travel
along this road and no other trucks were stopped. He was hesitant to
get out and check it out and went back to sleep. The next morning he
found a large logging chain laying along his truck. He assumed that the
noise he heard was that chain being dragged up and down the road.
He
asked me what I thought about this. I told him that I did not accept
the existence of werewolves but that it was my opinion that stories of
werewolves were probably misidentified bigfoot. There are several
reports of bigfoot running along side vehicles. Although Eastern Nevada
does not seem like habitat for bigfoot he assured me that this area had
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My
family and I have lived along a small wooded creek in Central Illinois
for almost twenty-two years. Until May of 2005 we had neither seen nor
heard anything unusual.
Wildlife that we have seen along and
near the creek includes: beaver, bobcat, coyotes, deer, groundhogs,
fox, mink, mountain lions, opossum, rabbits and raccoons. For a great
article on mountain lions in Illinois see:
The beast of the bluffs by Scott Maruna.
There
has been nothing unusual about the wildlife we see. Most people when
they travel through Illinois see mainly corn and soybean fields not
realizing the miles and miles of wooded rivers and streams that drain
the fertile prairie.
From 1986 to 2002 we raised llamas on a two acre pasture that borders the creek. We had several Great Pyrenees
dogs for protection from the coyotes. The Great Pyrenees are quite
vocal but nothing strange was noticed or heard in all those years.
On
the 23rd of May 2005 my world changed forever. My wife came home one
evening around 8:30 p.m. I went outside onto the driveway and noticed
that my seven
month old Karelian Bear Dog
puppy (Belle) was out by the barn barking towards the creek. I told my
wife I was going to take the dog to the creek and show Belle where the
deer bedded down in the tall grass close to the creek.
I
put a lead on the dog and as I approached the edge of the backyard
going into the pasture I heard what sounded like a giant man roaring
towards the house. It is difficult to put into words exactly what it
sounded like, but it was a very clean sound, not like a scream. And it
sounded like whatever the animal was, it's chest cavity was very large.
The roar also had a distinctively human sounding element to it. The
closest sound that I can find is a Digital Bigfoot Recording created by Matt Knapp and featured on Lets Talk Bigfoot! with Teresa Hall.
After that night I started recording nightly. I have recorded wood-knocks, howls, unusual voices. Then on the fourth of April 2006 I recorded on five different nights what I call the Illinois Howl. This recording has been discussed by THE BLOGSQUATCHER in an article entitled: The voice of bigfoot? The Illinois Howl.
What
has bothered me since that time is why did that animal pick my home to
stop by and howl? Why only howl that April and May, and why not since
then? Why did I not hear this animal sometime before during the
twenty-plus years we have lived here? Assuming that what ever is
howling is intelligent and has a purpose what is the reason for the
howl and why only at my home? I have spoken with neighbors and none of
them have heard anything unusual.
Recently I was visiting a
fellow researcher and I asked her to listen to some of my sounds and to
give me her honest opinion specifically about the Illinois Howl.
Stan - "Do you think this is a locator call, the animal trying to find other members of it's family?
My friend - "No."
Stan - "Do you think this is some type of mating call?"
My friend - "No."
Stan - "Do you think this is imitating the coyotes?"
My friend - "No."
Stan - "Then what does it mean?"
Her answer was "Stan, I believe it is imitating Belle."
Stan - "What do you mean, imitating Belle and why?"
My
friend - "It is a well known phenomena for coyotes to send in a lone
member of the pack to play with a dog, get it's confidence and get it
to follow out into the woods where the pack descends upon the dog and
kills it." I think whatever is doing those howls is doing the same
thing, trying to get Belle to come out so it can kill her."
I
was shocked. I had never considered that perhaps Belle was the single
thing different about my place in the last twenty-two years. When we
had the Great Pyrenees they were restricted to the pasture, and seldom
ventured into the woods. Belle from the age of three months to two
years ran with wild abandon through the woods much as a teenager. Being
a hunting dog, she is extremely alert, and always looking for something
to chase, whether squirrels , rabbits or deer. As Belle has matured she
has calmed down, she sleeps more and is more satisfied to be let out in
the evening to exercise and then be restricted to a fenced in area of
the backyard for the rest of the night. Belle spends her nights on a
brick wall that encloses our patio.
Like most dogs Belle does
bark some but once in about every six weeks goes into a strange drawn
out howl. The first time I heard her do the strange howl was the fourth
of April, 2006 when I recorded the first Illinois Howl.
On this recording you can hear coyotes, followed by Belle's barking, followed by the Illinois Howl and then Belle's strange drawn-out howls.
So
why have I not heard or recorded the Illinois Howl in two years? My
only conclusion, is that since Belle is no longer in the puppy stage,
she stays out of the woods and stays closer to the house. Belle has become less of a threat, or a perceived threat to whatever is out in those woods and making those howls. | | |
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