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I was watching a show for a few minutes the other night. Expedition Bigfoot I think it was called taking place in Oregon. In it the researchers interviewed a lady who was supposed to be some type of outdoor expert. She said she saw bigfoot and 3 bears while out in the mountains. She said 2 of the 3 bears she saw were definitely grizzlies. Who knew. I didn't know there were any in Oregon. I hope the grizzlies make their way down to California too.

But you're okay with her Bigfoot identification?

That's what happens when one doesn't get their flu shot.

Delirium

Geno

We have those quacks running through our mountains all the time.

Now this is just plain funny.

In ‘67 there were no Griiz in Idaho either. Officially.

But we on USF’s trail crew in the StJoe knew there must be at least 4 when we jumped a sow with twins up on Cemetary Ridge. No doubt whatsoever what they were at 200 yards with binoculars for about 10 minutes viewing.

Now Bigfoot......

Not too hard for me to believe. What it that , 100-150 miles from the Canadian Border?

Geno

The only grizzly in Oregon are in the zoo.. I wouldn't doubt in NE and the Northern Cascades of Washington there are a few grizzly,

As far a bigfoot, he can be found hanging around the magic mushroom patches.

Your lady sentence nailed it.

There are certainly no DOCUMENTED grizzlies in Oregon. There are local rumors here and there of bears with humps. My suspicion is misidentification but that's not a certainty. I've spent some time tracking down the sources of some of the rumors. I'm told that ODFW was involved in the release of a problem male grizzly (captured out of state) somewhere near Crater Lake NP. And, just as grizzly / polar bear crosses are rare but exist, grizzly / black bear crosses have occurred. So .. a string of maybes, but not out of the question. The thing that leads me to discount it, more than improbability, is behavior. Bad grizzlies are bad grizzlies. There should be a pattern of torn up cabins and / or encounters with humans if an already bad grizzly were dropped in the area. There is also the possibility of a bear going for a long walk .. similar to the one that wolf OR-7 went on before establishing the Rogue Pack (where DID the female come from, anyway?).

I have a few trail cam pictures of a very blond bear. Unlike the blonde-phase black bears I've seen, this little gal has a very long, shaggy blonde outer coat. (Short black hair on her face and a black undercoat.) She's in the right place if the story about ODFW is true.

So, though I doubt the report is accurate, it is not completely impossible.

Bigfoot .. different story. I sure HOPE they are real, 'cause I've seen 2, almost 40 years apart, and if they aren't real, that creates a serious problem for me. I can tell you for sure there was no possibility of mis-identification in either case, too close, too clear. So if bigfoot doesn't exist, I'm either lying to you or I've got some sort of mental illness. You have 3 choices to pick from. (I don't really care which you pick, "truth" isn't a matter of vote.)

Tom

I also as a teen saw an extinct species in NoDak. Didn’t know what it was tho could not I’d it with resources I had. 10 years or so later I could from the NG article on the rediscovery of the “extinct”. Black footed ferret.

My wife and I worked at a facility where an extinct frog was "rediscovered".

Geno

Pictures would be nice! Especially if I were out looking for such a beast, I would bring a camera with me.

Irrefutable that there're UBOs, unidentified brown objects, in the woods of Oregon. It's true.

The bitches at OSU were Professing something absurd like 200 species were going extinct daily worldwide. Of course that included about 199.9999 species that were unknown at the time of the statement! No joke.

Tom, I do not know if you have seen any of this man's videos but they are interesting, regarding Sasquatch, Bigfoot, etc. He was born and raised in northern British Columbia, still lives there, and has been hunting, etc., in that remote B.C. wilderness since he was a kid. He has been a professional hunting guide there for many years. He is a firm believer in the beings called "Sasquatch."



Take a look when you have time.

L.W.

^^^^ I have followed him a bit. I'm no longer sure what to think.

We had a collared grizzly here that went on a little walkabout one year and covered 2100 miles in a big loop through the Bob Marshall over to Missoula into Idaho, returned through N. Idaho and went back into the wilderness were she belonged.
So anything is possible

Very doubtful, but people have great imaginations.