Has anyone seen a Sasquatch while trail running?

Northern California isn't arid at all (the current ongoing drought notwithstanding)

Sasquatch wrote:

Obviously, if you have a weird feeling that something is watching you, it must be Bigfoot. What else can it be?

Seriously though, cougars will follow you parallel to a trail.

On another note, I'm very tall and large, wear size 16 shoes and run trails. But I don't think either of those was me.

Cougars, sure. Of course there is that far more likely candidate - nothing at all. Having a "weird feeling" is not evidence that there is anything at all there.

sasquatch cannot survive below the 48th parallel, hope that helps

not gonna find one wrote:

sasquatch cannot survive below the 48th parallel, hope that helps

Nor above it.

What they do is live in their lives balancing exactly on that 48th parallel.

Hope that helps.

i think you mean the 48th perpendicular

sasquatch, Bigfoot, Yeti, whatever

there is no scientific evidence ever for these things

if one existed in the US of A you can be sure a good ol boy would have brought one in by now on the hood of his Ford F150

and in Canada they'd a brought in a herd of em

this thread is nonsense masquerading as stupidity

deja vu wrote:

i think you mean the 48th perpendicular

You may well be right. These beast ARE most peculiar.

I actually had a short lived affair with Sasquatch one summer a few years ago. But our goals and values were too diffferent to make a relationship work long term.

Yo Momma wrote:

I actually had a short lived affair with Sasquatch one summer a few years ago. But our goals and values were too diffferent to make a relationship work long term.

No you did not.

Yes, yes I did too.

Yo Momma wrote:

Yes, yes I did too.

that would be difficult since my momma is deceased

((Ford 150)) I am Yo Momma, not Yo Momma!

He was heavenly hairy, naked all the time and had horrendous grooming habits, ....really big, big, feet too

I am interested to hear your high degree of conviction that there are no Sasquatch in the Midwest. There are a large number of "supposed sightings" in midwestern states such as Michigan, Ohio and to some degree Wisconsin. Kentucky is also a hotbed. I am no expert by any means, but have done a bit of research on this topic, post my experiences, and many so called experts think that these creatures (presuming they do exist) are migratory. So they seek out warmer weather in the winter. Then in the summer they head back north. Perhaps so may land in Michigan simply do to the fact that Michigan is surrounded by water, and they get do not cross our bridges! In other words, they accidentally get trapped there. Who knows. All of this presumes they exist at all. Interestingly, almost every native american (first nation tribe) have oral traditions of such a creature. As I understand it, they are nocturnal (much like some Gorillas) and avoid human contact. Since many trail runners hit the paths in the dark, I thought some of you may have had a run in with them. (once again, assuming they exist at all). Empirically speaking, there is a huge amount of evidence to support their existence in the form of footprints, videos, still photos, and witness testimony. So, in summary, are there really tens of thousands of people out there that get their jollies out of running around in an ape costume making fake prints to fool us? It seams almost as unlikely as a giant relic hominid existing undiscovered. Let us also not forget that the giant squid, and giant Panda were also not so long ago undiscovered in their habitats.

Never say never!

You are correct....i recall having read about a woman being attacked (and killed) by a cougar on a trail run in California. I have seen two cougars in the wild in my lifetime. Fortunately, this was not during a run but rather while in a truck in west Texas. They are know to attack (mostly children and women). All I can say is that my experiences felt very different. It was as if everything went silent in the woods. It was not a conventional creature. I am not afraid of black bear having grown up with them. I have also encountered a heard of wild pigs during an early morning run while living in Europe. I already mentioned my experience with a bison in Oklahoma in an earlier posting. These were all fairly sanguine in comparison to the two experiences that lead to this posting. I felt much more scared for my life. During the Vineman Triathlon, I literally went into a full sprint to escape what i believed was chasing me at around mile 3 of a 180 mile bike ride) I thought about it the entire way thereafter. Tactically it would make no sense to sprint at that point, so whatever it was, my perception at the time felt very real to me. Since it was the start of the bike, I was not likely hallucinating. I heard breathing, I looked back, and saw something large and dark off to my right shoulder (gaining on me). Say whatever you want to (I cannot blame you skeptics out there) but what I experienced felt amazingly real to me at the time. For the record, I am a legitimate novice athlete with a sub 2:50 Marathon PR and a sub-35:00 10K PR. Even in my mid 40s I still run sub 1:22 for the half marathon. (not that that should necessarily add to my credibility).

I cannot state the conviction, but I here are some known dots for you to connect, you could assume that technology has not remained static:

Technology:

1. FLIR cameras

2. KH-11 EEC (cost around $4B)

So with such capability, might you assume that algorithms would be set to distinguish between types of human v. mammal activity. MIght it include hibernation statistics to distinguish say bears from humans. Could data indicate human activity and might it be pursued to recognition of non human but human like subjects.

However, such 'incidental' identification of species/etc. is likely not the mission of such technology and would not be revealed in order not to compromise the mission and reveal capability.

Out.

not gonna find one wrote:

they are endangered

There is no way to know if they're endangered because it's impossible to count them. If you ever tried to find something in the vast Pacific NW rain forests you would understand this.

I think as ice-age-relic megafauna they probably hibernate all summer and are active during winter when nobody in their right mind goes into the forest except loggers. You could drive a herd of mammoths undetected from Humboldt County to Washington as long as you avoid logging roads.

I thought I saw one, but I realized it was just Rojo. That guy is hairy af

Very interesting post! I understand that many of the search and rescue people are well aware that we are not the only ones out there. I read an interesting excerpt from a Mt Saint Helens search and rescue worker that claimed he was one of a team of medics who helped an injured Sasquatch who had 2nd degree burns on his body back in 1980 after the volcano exploded. As the story goes, the creature was injured and simply gave up trying to escape. They gave it morphine amongst other things. The National parks people are well aware of what is out there, but no one wants to risk the ridicule. Fortunately, these creatures are not anywhere near as aggressive as we are. Actually they just want to be left alone. The question still remains however...what exactly are they? A relic hominid? A cross breed of some sort? I had one other experience with them (unrelated to running) when i was just six years old. I had one approach me while sitting in a wooded areas I was playing, It got within 2 meters of me, (point blank range) as if it was observing me, before it wandered off. I told my parents that I saw a gorilla, only to be told that this was impossible since they do not live on this continent. It was absolutely not a bear. According to the police, children make the best witnesses, as they are more observant and simply describe what hey have seen. What I saw will stay with me forever.

I also saw an interesting video that showed a creature running through a wetland in Florida. Why was it interesting? Because in covered so much ground in such a short amount of time, that when they analyzed the clip they estimated it´s speed at 27 Mph. Even Usain Bolt could not have done it, presuming it was him dressed up like an ape. And....It was also running through a marsh! In other words, it could not possibly have been faked. I will see if I can find the clip. So in summary.....I think they are out there.

i like your post. People who simply laugh at the notion that a creature this large could go undetected have probably never been to the Western states or to the Northwest. Just fly to Vancouver and head Northeast. Within 2 hours you are in Grizzly country. I did Ironman Canada back in 1996 and again in 1998. A friend of mine had to literally stop on the bike to let a bear pass! Back then the race was still in Penticton BC. there is plenty of space for them to exist undetected presuming they are intelligent, shy and nocturnal (like some other great apes). I have heard silly arguments like "where are the skeletons from the dead ones". My usual response is "how many dead skeletons do we find from Mountain Lions? There are roughly 15000 black bear in Northern US. We do not see them so often either. What if there were just 3000 Sasquatch?

I would venture to guess that the majority of the posters who make the joking comments about this topic live in mostly urban areas. Out.