tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-139677028278107922024-03-13T05:10:54.840-07:00Bluff Creek ProjectThis is the official webpage of the Bluff Creek Project. We are a group of enthusiasts who research Bigfoot down at the original Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film site on Bluff Creek in Six Rivers National Forest, California. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-36459896402431949832019-06-19T22:22:00.001-07:002019-06-19T22:22:19.171-07:00Summer 2019 Field Season<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /> For the 2019 summer field season we will be focusing on improving the trail to the film site as well as continuing to operate the trail trail cameras down on the creek. The historic trail to the film site has been trampled down over the last few years as visitation to the area has grown. The original trail follows the old logging road that ran on the south east side of the creek. We had a few complaints last year of folks getting down there but becoming disoriented and having to head back, and several people made it to near the site but never made it to the film site itself. So during this years July 4-7 campout we are going to working on the old trail. If you are planning to attend I recommend bringing some rakes, saws, and loping shears to help clean the trail. <br /><br /><b>Directions to the film site:</b><br /><br />I had re-activated the film site directions page. The road is open now and access is open to anyone wishing to visit the film site. <br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-51911666714730461402019-01-18T15:48:00.000-08:002019-01-18T15:48:06.985-08:00By Jamie Wayne<br />
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Back in October we serviced all the trail cams down on Bluff Creek. We had an awesome trip with some folks staying out there for over a week. This year we have seen a ten fold increase in traffic to the film site. Out trail cameras were recording many people visiting the site including many groups of folks on the weekends. Our figures place visitation at around 300 visits from maybe 200 individuals. During a few of our trips were discovered that we were often visited by hikers while working down at the film site, this was a first for us. In the past we had less than 20 visitors a year. I do have data from the last few years and I think it might be worthwhile to investigate the visitation issue further.<br />
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We love that people are now able to trip out to the Six Rivers and visit this historical and cultural site. That being said the are is wild and untamed. The creek is a critical habitat for endangered species like the Humboldt marten. With more people come an increased likely hood of chance encounters with wild animals. The video I am posting is evidence of one of those chance encounters.<br />
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We have seen many lions on camera down at the film site but this was the closest call we have seen. We have always maintained that the site is safe but we would like to recommend that people hike with bear bells at a minimum to warn any wildlife that you might be coming. We also recommend against carrying a firearm while hiking to the film site as the chance of shooting yourself in the foot or is far greater than the chance of you needing it.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-6100479340678965052018-05-26T10:58:00.003-07:002018-05-26T10:58:46.749-07:002018 Summer Season! Goals and project update! We had a slow winter out in Bluff Creek with the snow blocking much of the backcountry access since November 2017. We hope to access Bluff Creek soon and retrieve the cams when the gates open and the snow clears. We have some new cams to install down there and plan to retire a few of the older ones. It was difficult to service the cams late October and had to pull several of the because we lacked the proper bear boxes. <br />
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This Summer is all about organization and maintenance. The first half of the old historic trail was brushed last year but it dead ends in the creek. Most people just walk upstream from there to the film site but newcomers might have a hard time finding the right spot. This year we hope to finish brushing the trail on the other side of the creek which leads up to the film site itself. I also want to get a few small markers/monuments to mark the frame 352 location and Roger's filming position. <br />
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So our tentative plans for the summer are to hike in and service the cams in the next week or two. Then we have our annual July trip taking place July 5-8. Then we will have a August trip usually mid August as well as an early October trip. All are welcome to come and camp with us down at Louse Camp during these trips, but keep in mind we will be working and doing maintenance and not "Squatching" for most of the day. Although we usually do a couple night hikes to see what wildlife we can stir up. <br />
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So at this point that is our plan for the Summer. You can donate or contribute to our project at:<br />
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<span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f17a756cf20466"><span class="_3oh- _58nk"> Just got back from a great and epic trip down to the PG film site! We were able to service all of the Bluff Creek cameras. </span></span><span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f17a756cf20466"><span class="_3oh- _58nk">Robert Leiterman and I had done a preliminary scouting trip up Cedar Camp rd on Sunday </span></span><span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f17a756cf20466"><span class="_3oh- _58nk"><span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f17a756cf20466"><span class="_3oh- _58nk">6-10-2017</span></span>
and discovered all the gates were open and we could now access the film
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Washington Bigfoot (and Bigfooter) researchers who had been planning the
trip for some time. They were </span></span>Ernie Alonzo, Ben Hansen, Mark Hopkins, Ed Day, Chris Bader, You might recognize Ben from some of his TV shows, Chris Bader and Ed Day are professors from Chapman university in Southern California. Mark is a professional photographer. And Ernie helps run paranormal tours in Southern California. They were there to look into the nature of bigfooters themselves and witness the Mecca of bigfooting, the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film site. <br />
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<span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f17a756cf20466"><span class="_3oh- _58nk"> We had originally planned on servicing the cameras the week prior but recent storms delayed the opening of the gates to prevent the spread of Port Oreford Cedar Disease (POCD). As it turned out the stars aligned and we were able to combine the trips into one great big excursion. After reviewing the photos and video footage on the memory cards from this trip we are very pleased to announce a great success in capturing clear images of the highly threatened cryptid Humboldt Marten. Despite this great accomplishment we were all saddened to see that we had lost several trail cameras to water damage. The snow had been too deep and several cams were buried which is almost always a death sentence for trail cams. </span></span><span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f17a756cf20466"><span class="_3oh- _58nk">While we were down there I filmed a small series of clips with a 16mm phone app. You can watch it below:<br />
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June 13th - 15th, Tuesday-Thursday trail camera retrieval trip...<br />
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After Robert and I scouted the roads he came and set up a ten in my backyard on sunday night. The crew was set to meet in Willow Creek on Monday June 12th in Willow Creek. They all met up and had dinner and rested in preparation for Tuesday's trip to Bluff Creek. Robert Rowdy and the crew left WC that morning and proceeded to Louse Camp to set up. It took them a while as the road had not been cleared yet. They were all able to do a preliminary hike into the film site and lay eyes on the creek. </span></span><br />
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I on the other hand was stuck installing an engine in my Subaru. I couldn't get a ride out there so i had to finish up an engine install after I rebuilt my motor. I was running late and did not get the motor in my car until about 8pm on tuesday evening. I fuelled up and pulled into Louse Camp about 12:30am when everyone was just getting ready to go to sleep. They were all still up and we hung out around the campfire for a bit. </span></span><br />
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In the morning I gathered my gear and proceeded to prepare the batteries, memory cards, and replacement cameras for the hike into Bluff Creek. We made it to the trailhead around 11am and proceeded to hike in, the crew didn't want to ford the river so Robert and I hiked downstream to the MK Davs site by ourselves. We noticed that the creek had incised quite a bit into it's channel and had exposed some buried logs, no doubt laid down in the 1964 flood. It's always fascinating to see history being exhumed.</span></span><br />
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<span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f17a756cf20466"><span class="_3oh- _58nk">We reached the MK Davis site and had discovered that the stream had abandoned it's channel and moved north about 20 yards. This created a sort of gravel highway through the dense forest It was truly cool to see. I took a bunch of photos and we serviced the two trail cams that were down there. We relocated one of them and installed two more on the newly created dry streambed. It's a wide open area so we hope to get some good shots of animals. It was a bit too barren so we added a sticks and stumps in front of the camera to make good shelter for small critters. When we get martens they tend to bound out of view really quick but if we add a few small arm sized logs they like to explore them a bit before moving along. </span></span><br />
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We hiked back to the Plug cams and removed the Moultrie and serviced the Bushnell. We then continued all the way to the PG film site and met up with the crew. They had been flying a drone and were doing some photography of the area. When we got back they interviewed Robert while I serviced the trail cams. Three had been malfunctioning so I removed them. After 90 minutes or so we decided to hike out. On the hike up the hill i serviced the two junction cameras and discovered that they both had been destroyed by snow. We all met up at the cars and parted ways, Robert had obligations at home so he left for Fortuna and I headed back with the Crew to camp at Louse camp. <br />
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We hung out around the campfire and shared Bigfoot stories over some beers. We did a little bit of target practice on some cans in the forest as well. In the morning we packed up and said our goodbyes and ended a great trip to Bluff Creek. </span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-60736295137069792092017-06-28T14:33:00.003-07:002017-06-28T18:15:39.058-07:00New "Bigfoot" Audio from Humboldt RedwoodsA clip was just passed to me of a purported Bigfoot vocalization from up in Humboldt Redwoods State Park. The clip which first appeared on YouTube on <span class="watch-time-text">Jun 21, 2017 and is about 2 minutes long and contains an enhanced audio rip of the original clip. It appears to show a camper in a tent who is awoken by vocalization coming from the nearby forest. At first glance the video clip has all the good hallmarks of a legitimate clip. It appears to portray an immediate emotional reaction to an event, the person is excited and startled, the video is fairly clear and has good audio, it comes from an account which does not appear to have been previously used for Bigfoot clips. At face value it appears to have been taken by a legitimate person who is not associated with the bigfooter or prank community. At face value I can reasonably conclude that the clip itself is probably not a hoax or some sort of gaff. <br />
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Now on to what is heard, we hear several short calls or vocalizations followed by some longer vocalizations which sound like they may be coming from a different individual, that is my best guess. As for the vocalizer or call maker's identity, I can definitively say that at first listen that this appears to be a common vocalization from a barred owl. Barred owls are common in the area and produce a variety of calls ranging from short trill "<i>whoo"</i>s to more complex "<i>whoo cooks for youoo</i>" sounds. It is the opinion of the author and the opinion of the Bluff Creek Project that the clip is just a recording of a common barred owl. <br />
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Here is a small quote from Steven Streufert on the clip; he is the owner of Bigfoot Books in Willow Creek, and the local expert on Humboldt's local Bigfoot history:</span><br />
<span class="watch-time-text"><span class="_5yl5">"We hear these sounds regularly up in Bluff Creek. Neophytes [</span></span><span class="watch-time-text"><span class="_5yl5">a person who is new to a subject, skill, or belief.] are constantly saying they are Bigfoot, along with other things like acorns falling from trees. That is an owl, and nothing more than an owl. It's always best to study and know the known and real wildlife of an area before one starts assuming unknown monsters."</span><br />
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That being said there are numerous Yurok texts that allege that their Bigfoot or Indian Devil legends can imitate owls and other animals. The one that comes to mind is from the Lucy Thompson Book, <i>To the American Indian</i>.</span><br />
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I would caution anyone from associating the "Indian Devil" (Om'ah), "Creek Devil (ra'k ni uma-ah), Brush Devil (ka'p ni uma-ah) legends with the creature known as Bigfoot as there are several creatures or people that tend to fit the description. From my research it seems that there are several different stories of Om'ah which seem to refer to them as just "wild indians" or bad medicine persons. Often the creature or legend of the Yruok, Karuk, and Hupa refer to them by other names like "ridge walker" or "upslope people" (maruk-ara'r) which seem to refer to more of a hairy monster as opposed to a feral human like the Indian devil. The text I base this on is an academic paper paper titled: <i>Monsters and the Quest for Balance in Native Northwest California</i> which appeared in the book, <u>Manlike Monsters on Trial</u>; which is exceedingly hard to get these days. I will post a few relevant pages here which I consider not to be a violation of copyright law under the doctrine of fair use for purposes of review. </span><br />
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I find the best way to learn about native Bigfoot legends though is just to go and talk with some tribal elders and ask them for yourselves. A lot of them will tell you that the books are wrong a lot of the times, and that Bigfoots are just the protectors of the forests. That they punishing those who harm people and nature and reward people who are pure of heart and prove themselves as outdoorsmen or outdoorswomen. </span><br />
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*****Update, Matt Moneymaker from Finding Bigfoot has chimed in a said that he believes that it is a Bigfoot making the calls. We disagree as the caller clearly sounds like a Barred owl, but we concede that there are historic reports of Bigfoots mimicking owls. <br />
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<span class="watch-time-text"><span class="watch-time-text">Typically, squatch howls hv longer sustain thn what u hear in this recording, beyond that, this does sound like one: <a href="https://t.co/9F2U45aRi9">https://t.co/9F2U45aRi9</a></span></span></div>
<span class="watch-time-text"><span class="watch-time-text">— Matt Moneymaker (@MattMoneymaker1) <a href="https://twitter.com/MattMoneymaker1/status/877784635421319168">June 22, 2017</a></span></span></blockquote>
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<span class="watch-time-text">Buckley, Thomas. </span><span class="watch-time-text"><span class="watch-time-text"><i>Quest for Balance in Native Northwest California</i>, from the book <b>Manlike Monsters on Trial. </b>UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS, Vancouver and London. 1980. ISBN 0-7748-0119-0.</span><br />
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Thompson, Lucy. 1916 . <i>To the American Indian: Reminiscences of a Yurok Woman</i>. Heyday Books Berkeley, CA. (1991 edition). Page 130.<br />
</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-88967305212109465062017-06-10T18:13:00.000-07:002017-06-28T18:35:31.614-07:00All Roads Open!! Bluff Creek day trip Sunday 6-10-2017<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Sunday 6-10-2017 Robert came by my house around noon and picked me up. Our mission was to scout the roads around Bluff Creek for openings and to service the two trail cams we had at the two lakes. We drove up Bald Hills rd and at the top of the hill we saw a large bear. We made it out of the Bald hills and fueled up at Piersons grocery in Weitchpec around 13:30. We continued to Cedar Camp rd and proceeded to drive the 20ish miles to the lakes. After a 45 minutes of driving we arrived at the Lakes. <br />
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<span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f17a756cf20466"><span class="_3oh- _58nk">We were interested to discover a few 4x4s parked at the camping area, after briefly chatting with the three guys we learned they were researching western pond turtles. They were researchers Jamie Bettaso, Don Kerry (?spelling), and Chris West of the Yurok tribe's wildlife's office. <br />
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They were employed by different agencies and we learned we have many mutual friends, including James "Bobo" Fay of Finding Bigfoot fame. They showed us a nearby turtle that had dug in to nest by the rd. I was amazed to learn that the turtles have been nesting right in the campsite! We hung out for a while and let them get back to their work. We parted ways and finished servicing the cameras at the bear wallow. </span></span></span></span><br />
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<span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f17a756cf20466"><span class="_3oh- _58nk">We decided we would drive Cedar Camp rd north to the GO rd. It was very rocky and covered with hazards. We eventually reached the green gate and were very surprised to see that it was wide open. We decided to investigate further and try our luck to see if the film site rd was accessible. The rd was rough but we bade it to the berm in one piece and proceeded to drive home via the GO rd. </span></span><br />
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<span class="_mh6 _wsc" id="cch_f17a756cf20466"><span class="_3oh- _58nk">The GO rd seems to have sustained some damage and a bit of subsidence in areas but it totally drive-able. We headed home via Bald Hills rd and made it home around 9pm, Robert camped out in my yard and left for Willow Creek Monday morning to meet up with the out of town Bigfoot researchers to prepare for the return trip the next day on Tuesday. <br />
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So as you may know this October 20th marks the 50th anniversary of the PG film. Many people have contacted us about possible festivals or conferences in Willow Creek or Humboldt at that time, as well as their intentions to visit the film site on that day. We opted to have a small celebration during Labor day weekend instead of in October simply because there will be no access to Bluff Creek. The roads that go into Bluff Creek close at the beginning of October every year due to the Port Oreford Cedar disease control measures. At this time there will be now way to legally access Bluff Creek and the PG film site during the anniversary. That is why we have opted to host our celebration during labor day weekend and the Bigfoot Days festival. The weather will still be warm and we will still have access to Bluff Creek. <br /><br />It has come to our attention that there are several groups planning their own celebration in Willow Creek and are planning to visit the film site. This is fine but be advised that the roads into Bluff Creek will be closed for the winter and there will be no access to the area. <br /><br />Apparently local hotels are already booked for the week of October 20th and many are still planning to come. At this point we think that we should still do some sort of conference during the actual 50th anniversary even if we can't access the site. It occurs in the week before Halloween and many places would likely be willing to host some Bigfoot related activities. <br /><br />I will try and plan at least a few local activities for visiting Bigfoot enthusiasts during that time. We have a local pulp theater that can host large crowds and i will be contacting them to see if they would be willing to screen a few Bigfoot related films. Likewise I will also contact the local breweries to see if they can host some Bigfoot parties during that time. <br /><br />I would like to have it be sort of a Bigfoot week celebration with small events held around the area culminating in a small conference or meetup. I will also attempt to gain permits to allow us access to the PG film site on October 20th itself. <br /> </div>
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On Friday 3/31 Rowdy and I headed up to the Bluff Creek area to scout out the road condition. The forest is a disaster to say the least. The winter storm have caused unprecedented and utter devastation across the entirety of the area we traversed. I counted one in ten large trees have been blown over by the wind of the hill-slopes greater than 25 degree. It was surreal. <br />
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I went over Bald Hills and met up with Rowdy after i attempted to get to Twin Lakes via Slate Creek rd. At about 3pm I attempted to access the Twin Lakes area via Slate Creek rd and was met by many downed trees and small slides that had been cleared informally by locals. <br />
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At mile 2.2 I encountered a large landslide that completely blocked the road. It will require heavy equipment to clear. That was only after two miles up the road. <br />
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We then headed up Cedar Camp rd in an attempt to get access to Slate Creek rd, again we were met by heavy road damage. It appeared that trees have been knocked all over the area. Many large oaks and firs were on the ground. There is a lot of private property up there and a small logging operation at about mile four. The loggers had cleared the road with heavy equipment up to their operation. We proceeded past and encountered the road sagging in several areas and multiple trees over the rd which had been cleared by locals.<br />
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At mile seven it appeared the locals had given up and we encountered many obstacles and more downed trees which had to clear via chainsaw. We summited the ridge above the town of Orleans and had a clear view of the town and the GO rd, this was about mile marker nine. At this point there were many large rock piles covering the entirety of the rd and I had to just roll over them with my truck. <br />
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At around mile ten we had broken the chainsaw chain and could not cut anymore large trees. We stopped at the next large tree and turned around to head back. <br />
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We went to Orleans briefly but opted to not attempt a run up the GO rd because it was now about 6:30pm. <br />
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During the past years it was not uncommon to encounter a few downed trees here and there but it was never anywhere near this level of destruction. I also anticipate heave losses to our trail cameras down on the creek. Most of the cameras were attached to alders which do not weather the storms very well. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-80286698225235212752017-03-09T12:28:00.002-08:002017-03-09T12:28:46.980-08:00Bluff Creek July Trip<br />
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Here is the infographic for the July trip. Basically the trip is scheduled for July 7-9 with everyone arriving at Louse Camp on the 7th. Most of us will be coming on Thursday the 6th in the evening with a couple of us planning to explore the area the whole week starting on the 3rd. We usually just camp at Louse Camp on Bluff Creek and everyone just shows up whenever. This is an open invite so all are welcome just let us know if you are coming. There are no fees or charges, no camera project donations requested, we do ask that you contribute to the expedition in some way like bring some beer, food, gear, etc. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-24119300726500156322016-07-28T01:16:00.004-07:002016-07-28T02:11:37.971-07:00Flash update! Marble Lost! Marten Found!Flash update! Just got back from hiking Bluff Creek and the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film site with State Park Ranger Robert Leiterman and we ended up servicing all the trail cameras, repairing damaged stations, and installing new cameras. We were working for about eight hours down on the creek and got a bunch of work done. <br />
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So two weeks ago on July 9th we were able to retrieve the memory cards of the cams but the winter storms had drained most of the cameras and only two of the ten remained on through the spring. This was super disappointing since we were trying to capture a super rare and cryptic Humboldt Marten. While we were down at the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film site, our project member Rowdy Kelley brought a single marble with him to hide down at the Patterson-Gimlin film site, we had no idea what he was doing but we just went with it. He ended up hiding it in a big tree that is visible in the 1967 film. This was to become one of the prized treasures of the Worlds Biggest Marble Hunt and was worth several hundred dollars. It would surely be a most difficult journey for any family that ventured to visit the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film site! You can read more about the marble here on the Facebook Page:<br />
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On today's trip, ranger Robert and I headed down to service the cams and do some much needed trail maintenance so no one could get lost down there. We could tell that people had been there from the trampled grass and when we got to the film site and checked the marble hiding spot, it was gone! Someone got it! When we check the log book the last person on the log had written that they were unsuccessful in finding it. <br />
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Well, when I got home this evening about 10pm I went right away to check the memory cards to see who took the marble, I discovered we had captured some really great photos of a marten! He has been living at the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film site! We also checked with the three other parties (via facebook) that had been to the Bigfoot site since we hid it, and they didn't find it! We had cameras on the location and they clearly show only three groups at the site! The hole the marble was in is the perfect spot for a Humboldt Marten to find an interesting new toy to play with... So for now the marble is lost! Displaced by some playful forest critter!? Perhaps a curious Bigfoot!? Can you help us find the lost marble? It has a value of several hundred dollars and is currently missing at the Patterson-Gimlin Bigfoot film site. Just be careful on your journey down to Bluff Creek! We recently caught another creature prowling the old road from the parking area that goes the creek!<br />
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<span id="goog_1000764189"></span><span id="goog_1000764190"></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-17245980541452044582016-06-22T23:29:00.000-07:002017-01-12T15:01:34.116-08:00Mystery at Elk Valley...June 7th 2016<br />
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I had been in contact with researcher Wolfgang Moser for a few months and he had expressed interest in going to the Patterson film site in June. As we watched the countdown to the end of the seasonal Port Oreford Cedar closure we saw it was extended due to recent rains in the area. Our schedules lined up for a trip to the Klamath high country above Bluff Creek where we could make an attempt to hike into the remote valleys at the headwaters of Blue Creek and retrieve the three trail camera that we had installed last year with Robert Leiterman. <br />
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I left Orick about 10am and headed over the Bald Hills, the location of many bigfoot sightings. The road is very pretty on top and I stopped to photograph some elk along the way. When I got into Marten's Ferry I noticed some recent graffiti on the stop sign that said "STOP forest service harassment". I thought this was interesting. I arrived at the Bluff Creek Lodge about 11:45 where I met Wolfgang and his friend. After talking for a be we proceeded to drive up to Orleans, about 15 minutes from the Bluff Creek Lodge. We headed up Eyesee Rd (the GO road) and stopped at the pull off for cedar camp rd to look down on Bluff Creek. We continued up to GO road until we got to mile marker 28 at the Elk Valley Rd. The gate to Elk Valley was open and we were able to drive in. There was a small camp there and a couple cars. It looked like a long term camp as it was well established with canvas tents. We continued in our vehicles to the end of the road which is the start of the Flatiron Lake trail. <br />
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At the trailhead we had some lunch before we headed out. We were unarmed as usual and had only walking sticks and bear spray. The trail to the camera location was greatly overgrown and was lost easily. Right away we noticed large track impressions on the trail that we had assumed to be from bears. The mud on the trail had hardened and the animal that made the tracks did so in the mud as the impressions were deep in the dry ground and our footfalls only produced compression of the grasses, which leads me to believe that the trackmaker was there at least a week before when it was raining. The tracks were indistinct and only a few registered, the width was about six inches at the ball of the foot and about four inches wide at the heel. None of the tracks that I saw had any clear indication of toes. Some of the better registered tracks measured over 15 inches in length dwarfing my size 12 heeled logging boots with no obvious indications of a composite register or "one track on the other one". I had assumed that there were bear tracks at the time as bears are common in the area. I didn't think much of them at the time and proceeded to check the trail cameras. This is where things got interesting. <br />
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When I approached the first camera i did not see it on the tree from afar like i should have been able to. That was the Reconyx HC500 that Bart Cutino had donated to us. When i got close enough i saw that the camera had been spun around the tree 180 degrees and was now facing backwards. The plastic buckle had been snapped. It was only attached to the tree by the security knot i tied with the excess strap. It had also been opened up and was exposed to the elements. The memory card was intact and the camera had not been fouled by exposure. The batteries had been strewn on the ground as well. Only after i cut the strap with my knife did i think it necessary to start taking pictures (hindsight is 20/20). <br />
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I left my gear at the first camera location and proceeded to look for the other cameras. I located the second camera location but the camera was missing. I could see impressions and compressed grass all around but no sign of the camera. After a bit of searching i found it under an adjacent tree on the ground. The connecting buckle had been snapped by great force. The camera itself was facing up was covered in a light coating of mud, dirt, and dust. It had remained sealed and there was no major damage to it. A quick inspection revealed no obvious damage to the the camera itself. <br />
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I then attempted to locate the third camera, a Bushnell Trophy Cam. Once located i could see that the buckle had been snapped on this camera as well, it was held on to the tree only by the safety knot that tied the two end of the strap together. It was spun around the tree about 60 degrees and resting on the ground.I was able to locate a small hair attached to the third camera that had been stuck in a spiders web. I was able to save the hair and secure is in a band-aid for testing at a later date. <br />
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I had not expected to be in this position of having to possibly deduce an encounter. I had assumed we would check to footage and see a bear clearly assaulting the camera. I cannot explain what happened or why it happened to all three camera at once. In the five years that the Bluff Creek Project has been operating I have never seen a bear snap a buckle like that, let alone three in such a short period of time. I am not a believer in Bigfoot but i struggle to explain what happened. <br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4Ge2EWN-QBs" width="560"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-49073523940405524362015-11-24T11:43:00.000-08:002015-11-24T11:43:15.062-08:00Bluff Creek Project in the news!<span style="font-size: small;">A few blogs and news sites picked up our Humboldt Marten story. Check them out!<b><br /><br /><br /><br />The Center for Biological Diversity put out a small blurb:</b></span><br /><br /><a href="http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/publications/earthonline/endangered-earth-online-no794.html">http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/publications/earthonline/endangered-earth-online-no794.html<br /><br /></a><b>Dark Matter News:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://darkthirtynews.com/bigfoot-hunters-discover-lost-creature/">http://darkthirtynews.com/bigfoot-hunters-discover-lost-creature/</a><br /><br /><br /><b>Cliff Barackman does a write-up:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://cliffbarackman.com/the-bluff-creek-project-photographs-a-humboldt-marten/">http://cliffbarackman.com/the-bluff-creek-project-photographs-a-humboldt-marten/</a><br /><br />
<b><br />Nature World News:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/17296/20151006/rare-animal-humboldt-marten-seen-new-bigfoot-film.htm">http://www.natureworldnews.com/articles/17296/20151006/rare-animal-humboldt-marten-seen-new-bigfoot-film.htm</a><br /><br /><b><br />KCET:</b><br /><br /><a href="http://www.kcet.org/news/redefine/rewild/mammals/bigfoot-hunters-have-found-something-unexpected-in-del-norte-county.html">http://www.kcet.org/news/redefine/rewild/mammals/bigfoot-hunters-have-found-something-unexpected-in-del-norte-county.html</a><br /><br /><br /><b>Bigfoot Evidence:</b><br /><a href="http://bigfootevidence.blogspot.com/2015/09/bluff-creek-project-captures-images-of.html">http://bigfootevidence.blogspot.com/2015/09/bluff-creek-project-captures-images-of.html</a><br /><br /><br /><b>Ramblings of a Schziophrenic Brit:</b><br /><a href="https://ramblingsofaschziophrenicbrit.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/good-news-from-the-bluff-creek-project/">https://ramblingsofaschziophrenicbrit.wordpress.com/2015/09/05/good-news-from-the-bluff-creek-project/</a><br /><br /><br /><b><br /></b><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-32705729009414096282015-11-20T12:20:00.001-08:002015-11-22T16:35:29.172-08:00October 10th camping trip report.<br>
10/10/2015<br>
The Last Bluff Creek Trip of The Season<br>
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oHizgrVuucE/Vk_bKG6ajSI/AAAAAAAABT4/twPejGZONvM/s1600/IMG_8337.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="265" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oHizgrVuucE/Vk_bKG6ajSI/AAAAAAAABT4/twPejGZONvM/s400/IMG_8337.JPG" width="400"></a>I left Orick around noon and took Bald Hills Rd to Weitchpec. On the way to camp I stopped at Big Bar campground/boat launch on the Klamath River to let my dog swim for a bit. After some swimming and sun we headed up to Orleans and on to Bluff Creek. We arrived at Louse Camp around 4pm and the Maple Trees were turning yellow and red which made the creek and the fairy pond look really pretty so I took a lot of photos. There were a few tents up but nobody was around. Robert, Rowdy and Mike Meraz had hiked into Deer Lick Lake around 3pm and removed the camera at the lake. They didn't have a key to the lock so they just removed the whole camera and hiked out. Robert cast a few bear tracks around the lake. <br>
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My ride in left about 6pm and left me alone in camp until the guys got back from Deer Lick. They showed up around 6:30 and it started to rain a bit, it was pretty cold as well. We all waterproofed camp and setup a shelter over the picnic table. We opened some beer and hung out around the campfire after the rain stopped around 8pm. Steve showed up with his friend Mike W around 9pm. Mike W is a notable skeptic and a Patterson-Gimlin film researcher. He was a really cool guy and he joined in the campfire conversation with ease. Rowdy brought some wine and fancy 22oz bottle of craft beer so we had a good time talking Bigfoot around the fire. I was getting married the following weekend so it was a bit on a Bigfoot bachelor party. I was told they had hired patty to provide the night entertainment but she didn't show up. C'est la vie!<br>
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The next morning we headed out to the film site. We had been meaning to do some trail maintenance down there for a while so we brought a chainsaw to clear some of the logs from the historic trail. Over time the historic trail had become overgrown, forcing people to boonie-crash through the alder thickets. By maintaining the historic trail we hope to keep people from trampling all over the place.We cleared about 300' of trail from large fallen alder logs and arranged the logs on either side of the trail. This way we hope to minimize damage to the forest. After about 300' the trail merges with the social trails and heads toward the end of the gravel bar. This is the "ankle breaker" segment that trails up the rockslide a bit. From there you need to just hike up the creek 1/4 mile to the filmsite. <br>
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After working on the trail we headed to the PG filmsite to service the cameras. This took a long time. We removed a few of the cameras in July to diagnose malfunctions so there were only three left running at the filmsite. The "North Site" camera, the "South Site" camera, and the newly installed "Razorback camera" which was a brand new Bushnell Aggressor installed during the July trip. We had packed in four cameras to install at the film site: two Bushnell Essential cams, a Moultrie A5, and the Moultrie Panoramic 150. This brought us back up to seven camera running at the film site for the winter. <br>
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<b>Film site cameras:<br><br>1)</b> Razorback Camera: A 2015 Bushnell Aggressor overlooking the gravel bar just to the west of the filmsite. <br>
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<b>2)</b> The North Site Camera: On the the north end of the PG film site between Patty and the big tree in frame 352. <br>
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<b>3)</b> The South Site Camera: Bolted to an alder on the cutbank above the trail on the south side of the filmsite looking north. <br>
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<b>4)</b> The West Site Camera: This is a new camera location we are trying out. It's on a tree on the west side of the film site looking east toward patty at frame 352. <br>
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<b>5)</b> The East Site Camera: We tried this position a couple years ago and it was pretty successful. It's on the East side of the site looking west. <br>
<b><br>6)</b> The Creek Camera: We reinstalled the panoramic camera in a new position. Hopefully it will get better shots than it did last year. <br>
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<b>7)</b> The Bowling Alley Camera: Rowdy installed this camera looking out over the bowling alley. We used an A5 to test this position. Battery life is only three months on this camera. <br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A motley Crew! From left to right:<br>
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We took a long time to installed the cameras and it was approaching 5:00 when we started to hike out. Mike W had been working with Robert and Steve taking measurements to confirm some of his sun angle calculations. This took up a bit of time but was worth it. Once we got to the bat boxes Rowdy had to leave to head home. Mike W, Steve, Robert, and I continued west to the Plug and MK Davis site. It was starting to get dark at this point. We installed a new camera at the plug looking downstream. This camera is a gamble, we might lose it if the creek floods but the shots will be awesome. We repositioned the Plug camera with negative angle to look down on the gravel bar where we caught the Humboldt Marten. We serviced the west plug camera as well and fortified the bear box. Unfortunately after reviewing video from this camera (back at camp) we found that the shot angle was crap and looks down the creek where nothing is likely to walk to trigger it. Robert and Steve went to service the MK Davis site camera. When they came back Robert wasn't sure he had set it right since it was a new camera with different settings menu. At this point it was approaching 7pm and getting dark. We thought it best that Steve and Mike W hike out ahead of Robert and I while we hiked back to the MK Davis site to check the settings on the camera. I inputted the proper settings and we started to hike out. This is when we noticed that we were at the location of the famous MK Davis "croucher" video. I took a short video on my iPhone to poke fun at the absurdity of MK Davis's claims. <br>
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When we finally got to the trucks it was about 8pm and pitch dark. When we got back to Louse Camp we were called out by Mike Meraz for taking so long and not checking in. We had kinda forgotten about him and he thought we had died since it had been dark for hours and we weren't responding on the radio. We are going to work on a better emergency plan for next time to better stay in communication.<br>
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We hung out at camp for a while and reviewed the camera footage. We caught some cool stuff. I'll post it below when I get around to uploading it all. Steve and Mike W headed out about midnight leaving just myself, Robert, and Mike Meraz. In the morning Mike headed out early and Robert and I headed out around noon after we cleaned up camp. We drove over the Bald Hills and he dropped me off in Orick about 2:30pm on Monday. Overall it was a very productive trip. We were more focused on doing work and camera maintenance instead of "squatching" so the trip felt a bit rushed, but it felt good to get everything done before the rains hit. <br>
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<span class="_5yl5">Watch for the Videos Soon!</span><br>
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<br>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-13553080579628672422015-09-07T22:51:00.002-07:002015-09-08T00:06:54.905-07:00The once extinct Humboldt Marten captured by one of our Bigfoot trail
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We are pleased to announce that we have captured an image of a cryptid Humboldt Marten <i><span class="st">Martes caurina humboldtensis.</span></i><span class="st"> The animal was once thought to have been extinct up until 1996 when one was photographed. <br><br><br>Truth be told we have been catching glimpses of them for years. Our cameras are set about two feet off of the ground and the triggers are not set to fire on small animals. The only reason we captured this one is because the camera had malfunctioned. We had rushed in to Bluff Creek last October after filming the Lenny Green music video (Patty where are you now). I knew this might be out last shot to visit the film site since the gates were closing soon. I convinced Robert Leiterman and Steven Streufert to hike in with me in the dark to service the MK Davis site camera and the Plug camera, and also install two brand new units I has recently purchased. </span><br>
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<span class="st"><br>We hiked in and then went to the Plug camera first then dropped our packs. We swapped out the MK Davis site camera and installed a new 2015 Bushnell Agressor cam. We serviced the Plug camera and had one more Bushnell Agressor to install. I decided that we should just install the new camera adjacent to the Plug camera. We strapped it to a tree and leveled it with a stick with haste. </span><br>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Robert and I setting up the camera mid October 2014</td></tr>
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<span class="st"><br>While I serviced the Plug camera I had Robert setup the
new one and secure it to a tree. He was unfamiliar with this new model
camera and failed to set it to record video. The date was also reset
since we swapped out the batteries, it is off by about eight months. It was set to its default setting which was high sensitivity.
Over the next six months it recorded 1,232 images occupying 8.40gb of
memory. The first two months were the most productive but after the
creek filled it was mostly pictures of the flowing water. </span><br>
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I retrieved the camera in late June of 2015 and check the photos. I saw that it had taken thousands and scanned a few in the field, I never thought much of them. It's been a busy summer for me working in Redwoods National Park so I hadn't gone through all the still photos. I started working on it last week and I noticed the Marten. It was pretty clear this time so I think it is best to get the word out to the scientific community. <br>
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<b>Here is some footage of a Fisher Marten for comparison. Taken at the Patterson-Gimlin film site:</b><br>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-9164411144026745842015-08-31T22:26:00.001-07:002015-11-14T15:52:21.752-08:00July 9th-12th camping trip report. <b>Thursday July 9th:</b><br />
We left Orick around 2pm and drove over the scenic Bald Hills to Weitchpec. It was supposed to be pretty warm but it started raining once we were up on the ridge. We proceeded up highway 96 to the GO rd and continued on to Louse Camp. We arrived around 5pm and found Robert and Kipp taking shelter under a canopy shelter. Kipp had his new CAMPCHEF stove setup and was preparing to cook up some food. It was still raining heavily. We setup our canopy shelter near the campfire and thought it best to try and get one going. We talked about our thoughts on the trip and decided that Friday might be best for a trip to service the cams on upper Deer Lick Lake and Twin Lakes. We stayed up until around midnight drinking beer and root beer schnapps. <br />
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<b>Friday July 10th:</b><br />
We had decided that we would spend the day servicing the cameras at Upper Deer Lick Lake. We got a late start and spent the morning going through equipment and setting up gear. At around 11am we left the camp site and drove to upper Deer Lick Lake and were met with a downed tree Blocking the road. <br />
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We continued our trip and serviced the camera on the abandoned ridge road. We observed a good looking bobcat on the camera that had been captured a few weeks prior. Below is a video of the animal. Bobcats are pretty rare up here. We observe about one bobcat for every ten mountain lions. <br />
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Mosquito Lake was our next destination where we looked for animal tracks The mud surrounding the lake is prime for registering tracks and casts from there make excellent souvenirs. We found several excellent tracks and cast three.We then made it to Twin Lakes and pulled all of the trail cameras. The camera at the East lake had been malfunctioning so we removed it and it's housing. We upgraded the bolts securing the camera at the bear wallow on the west lake and replaced the memory card. We then proceeded to head back to Mosquito Lake to collect the casts that had been drying. <br />
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Mike Meraz and Mark Zoulas were in Law enforcement but are now retired. Mike has been coming to the area since the 1970s and he and Bigfoot researcher Howard Walker was originally taken to the PG film site by Rene Dahinden in the 1980s. He was a friend of Rene Dahinden as well. He brought with him a selection of photos and letters from his personal archive which he inherited from Howard Walker. This included an early copy of the Patterson-Gimlin film that was made by the late John Erik Beckjord. <br />
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After a few hours of campfire stories we crashed out at about 12pm. <br />
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known as Elk Valley. I had not been there before and I thought it might be a good place to install a trail camera. We ran into Rowdy on the drive to Elk Valley and he followed us up there. We hiked up the north end of the valley and installed a single Reconyx camera. We hiked out and hung out by the cars sharing more Bluff Creek stories. I headed home early due to family obligations and left the group to spend Saturday night with themselves at Louse Camp. I received word that everyone headed out early on Sunday after a long night of campfire stories at Louse Camp. <br />
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along along with a few of our cameras in the next few days. I'm confident that our brush
clearing efforts and steel bear boxes will protect the cameras
sufficiently to preserve the memory cards. Currently we have eight cameras that will likely be destroyed should the fire reach the creek. We should have some great HD
video of the PG film site burning. I'm thankful we were able to survey
it in time. We will rebuild!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-62846224662787634672015-07-02T12:04:00.001-07:002015-07-02T12:04:31.816-07:00Mountain Lion compilationI've been meaning to do this for a while. Here is all of our mountain lion footage.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://youtu.be/jBcW7Iu5dUc">http://youtu.be/jBcW7Iu5dUc</a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-36329396677341967512015-06-21T00:23:00.002-07:002015-06-21T00:45:46.431-07:00Film site at last! <div style="text-align: left;">
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We had a pretty successful first trip to the PG site. We took a family down there who had donated a camera to the project to help install it. We serviced the cameras and installed a couple new bear boxes but we did have some problems. At the PG site we had two catastrophic camera failures, at "The Plug" one of the cams had the wrong settings resulting in 3000 still photos of the ground, the MK Davis site camera was missing it's SD card, and one of the junction cameras (cheap Moultrie) failed to record anything. Overall<b>,</b> the outing was a success and all of the other camera worked perfectly. I haven't reviewed all the footage yet but we have a few really nice shots of cougars traversing the PG film site, but no Bigfoots. :-(<b><br /><br /><br />
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<br /><br /><br /><br />Beginning of the day: </b><br />
We started out the day early in Orick. Dani and I left at about
8am and proceeded to rendezvous with Robert Leiterman and the Price
family at the Willow Creek Museum. We met up at about 10:30 and walked
about the museum for a bit. I met Patty one of the curators and talked
about our camera project. I offered to try and raise some donations for
the museum on our next crowdfunding campaign and perhaps maybe
contribute some of our work to the displays. Robert and the Price family
headed up to the film site while Dani and I headed to Bigfoot Books to
pick up Steve. We made it up to the berm around noon. <br />
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<b>The Family:</b><br />
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<b>Robert Leiterman:</b><br />
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<b>The Hike Down:</b><br />
After about 20 minutes of camera prepping I realizes
that I had forgotten my screwgun so I would not be able to properly
install the three new bear boxes that I had brought. I found a few 3"
screws and a screwdriver that would be able to attach the boxes to the
trees but it's not as good as the 4" lag bolts I had hoped to use. The
hike down was without incident. There were no new rockfalls or debris in
the trail from winter storms, although the trail has become overgrown
in recent years. We did notice that just past the big washout the two
downed trees that we used to walk under had been cut with a saw and
discarded. More on this later... We arrived down at the bat boxes in
good time and started to head up the creek on the trail. About halfway
to the film site we noticed a large bird kill. It appears that an own
had been predated and had all its feathers ripped out. I'm not sure what
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We pushed on on and arrived at the film site. We saw a few bear and deer
tracks along the sand bars and I found one shoe track which notified us
that we were not the first to hike in this year. Upon reviewing the
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<b>Camera Servicing:</b></div>
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I pulled the five cameras that we had at the film site and started to
review the footage on my laptop. I immediately noticed a few problems.
Two of the cameras had malfunctioned, The HD "37" had worked fine for
two months then it had just continuously taken footage for two days
straight and filled up the SD card and drained the batteries, and the
8mp "36" camera had just recorded continuously for three days after it
was deployed. The two blacked out HD cams worked flawlessly and recorded
some of our best footage. The panoramic Moultrie camera had performed
better than expected, the batteries were only supposed to last two
months but they lasted the whole eight. I suspect that since it had
alkaline cells they shut down when it was too cold which conserved
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Someone had cut down the vine maples that were original to the PG film.
They can be seen in the background with their bright red broad leaves.
They have been cut amaturely and roughly about three feet from their
base which left a disturbing row of unsightly bare snags. The limbs were
felled and left on the ground in front of the tree. Needless to say we
are shocked at this and would like to remind people not to cut, remove,
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The Price family had
donated a new camera to install down at the site so we had them help
find a location and install it. Their son found a suitable spot and we
were able to secure it and the bear box to a tree. The site is ideal and
views a long open sandbar. This site will no doubt prove fruitful in
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We hiked back to the bat boxes and the Price family headed back out
with Steven Streufert to wait for us at the berm. We continued down the
creek to "The Plug" which is a large rocky outcrop in the creek. We had
two cameras here. The Plug camera had performed well and recorded
throughout the winter. The second camera was setup quickly in the dark
in October 2014 and unfortunately was programmed with incorrect
settings. It was set to default still "camera" mode, and set to
"fullscreen". It was a nice new HD Bushnell that should have been set to
HD video mode in widescreen. It did manage to take about 3000 pictures
of mostly raccoons other small critters. It was also somewhat
haphazardly installed on the tree and faced down slightly which ruins
the shot and decreases the trigger range drastically. I installed it
downstream about 20meters from the plug in a bear box that was screw to
an alder with a 3" screw. I made sure it had the correct settings and an
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Robert and Dani went to service the MK Davis camera at the "gifting
altar" (built by unknown persons in June 2014). That camera was missing
the SD card. I had logged that one had been installed (a 32gb Sony card)
but it is possible that it was just never installed. It is also
possible (more likely) that the card was removed by unknown persons not
wishing to be on camera. That camera was not in a bear box and anyone
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We proceeded to hike
upstream to the bat boxes. We then started up the hill to service the
"Junction" cameras. We removed and packed up the Moultrie A5 since it
had no bear box and was not secure. We serviced the junction camera and
replaced the SD card. We then hiked owt to the berm and met up with the
rest of out group. I was getting late to the Price family and Robert
headed out while we finished packing up. We stopped to take a picture
of the newly installed and (in my humble opinion) goofy looking "BIGFOOT WORLD HERITAGE SITE" sign.
We are against the posting of such signs and do not know who placed it
there. It used to have a large sign that said "DO NOT REMOVE BIGFOOT
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We decided to meet up at the Pizza Factory in Willow Creek for a beer and to review the footage. We managed to go through about 30% of the footage before the battery in my laptop quit. We said our goodbyes and headed back to Orick. We got home around 11:30pm. Not a bad trip! <br />
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Upon return from my vacation I messaged the crew and called Robert to
see if anyone was up for a last minute trip to the film site to check
the gate and possibly service the cameras. It has been raining pretty
steady here that last few weeks and we were skeptical that the 12N13
(Louse Camp Rd) gate would be unlocked. Robert headed up about 10:30 and
I left about 12:00 from Orick. The plan was to try and meet at the gate
at 2:00, and if the gate was open we would then rendezvous at the film
site, but if the gate was closed then we would meet at Mosquito Lake to
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Upon arrival at the gate I discovered it was closed and locked. A small cairn was erected which signified that Robert had been there before me and moved on to Mosquito Lake. I drove about five miles down 12N12 (Cedar Camp Rd) and met up with Robert at the Deer Lick Lake rd. He was driving his new squatching rig a FJ Cruiser with winch. We drove on to mosquito and that gate was locked as well. We hiked in to the lake about 3/4mile down the road past the gate. The water was up and no suitable mud was around the late that could support tracks. We spotted some faint bear and cat tracks on the road. We hiked out and back to the trucks, then proceeded to drive out. <br />
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<b>New Friends!</b><br />
On our drive out from Mosquito Lake we encountered a toyota pickup with three people in it, the plates were from Oregon. We were cautious at first thinking they were poachers at first but then after some prodding we realized they were there to go to Bluff Creek to the PG film site. Their names were Doug, Yogi, and Stephen. We talked for a bit and relayed the info about the gate being closed and invited them up to Twin Lakes with us to check the cameras. We rendevoused at Twin Lakes and met some more people who were at the lake to see flowers and birds. Their names were Leanne, Robert, Alan, and Toni. Steven Streufert and his friend showed up and hung out for a bit. After chatting it up we serviced the cams on the west lake. I borrowed an SD card from Robert Leiterman as I had forgotten the spare cards. We serviced the Bear Wallow camera with fresh batteries, SD card, and replaced the broken bear box and lock. We then removed the 7mp Bushnell camera and packed it out. I didn't want to leave out any cams that weren't in bear boxes. We all left and headed home around 6pm. <br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-60093742571435712612015-03-24T19:52:00.002-07:002015-03-24T19:56:40.954-07:00Quick update...<div class="_5pbx userContent" data-ft="{"tn":"K"}">
<b>Hey
everyone, Jamie here! </b><br />
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Just a quick update, the crowdfunding campaign
has ended and we have raised over $700 for new cameras... It is really
awesome to have so much interest in the project. This completely funds
the replacement cameras for the three that malfunctioned, as well as two
more. I am more than pleased at our progress so far. Indiegogo has made
us some sort of power fundraiser with a better rate which is cool. They
also added a feature to let the funding page accept donations after the
project has ended. This is a cool feature because people often message
me about donating after the funding date. This makes it so I don't have
to create a new page. I think I'm going to stick with our current
crowdfunding schedule of offering four 60 day funding drives each for
fall, winter, spring, and summer... I'm not sure if you guys know this
but we are pretty much the only Bigfoot research project that has been
successfully crowdfunded, and we have hit our goals several times
already. So far we have raised more money than the Falcon Project, which
is far more costly to operate. We are without a doubt, in terms of
total area covered over time, the largest Bigfoot research project in
the world. <br />
<br />
So far this year we've had some issues covering the
high lakes. We lost a camera to theft at a small lake that is popular
with bear hunters. We had it in a lock box and it appears that someone
had pryed it off the tree. There is a large chunk of the tree missing
where it was bolted. Fortunately I had anticipated this, and replaced
the HD that was previously at that location with a cheap 5mp model that
only takes photos, so the thieves didn't get away with much. They did
take the nice bear box too which is kinda lame as it was worth almost as
much as the camera. We try to mitigate potential loses by only
installing cheaper cams at these popular locations, but this is the
first time we have actually confirmed that a camera was stolen. <br />
<br />
On a good note, Robert and Rowdy were able to locate camera that had
been "lost" since last July. They set it on the far side of one of the
lakes and I was unable to locate it during a subsequent trip. During a
scouting trip around the lake, Robert and Rowdy were able to find it.
Unfortunately that camera had some sort of battery malfunction causing
it to lose power, likely a shifted battery, so only a few pictures were
taken on it with nothing in frame. It still seemed to function properly
and had eight fresh Lithium batteries in it still. The gates will be
open soon on the road to the PG film site and we will be able to service
the cams for summer and check the SD cards. They have been soaking for
six months now and we should be able to get to them mid April. <br />
<br />
I'm behind on my bookkeeping so I'll try and get caught up this week and
get all the donations and camera expenses tallied. I bought four cheap
refurbished Bushnell trophy cams a couple weeks ago to replace our
malfunctioning cameras. I might try and swap some parts to see if I can
Frankenstein one or two together from the broken ones. <br />
<br />
Also we
will be getting some T-shirts and hats this summer. Team member Wes
Losner is hooking us up with some shirts and I'm going to purchase a few
hats embroidered with the BCP logo. I'm not sure how many I will order
but I might throw a couple up on the next crowdfunding drive as a perk,
although I'm hesitant to start selling merchandise. I guess I could just
put them up at cost so we could avoid any issues. I really want all of
the money to go solely toward cameras and not toward offering cheap
merch or trinkets. <br />
<br />
More updates coming soon, <br />
-Jamie</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-67191396495225437052015-02-24T18:35:00.001-08:002015-02-24T18:35:15.232-08:00Mission Acomplished!We just hit our Winter 2015 crowdfunding goal! I'm over the moon at this point! We're at 109% of our goal and we still have more than two weeks left. I just purchased three new cameras today, along with a cheaper model I purchased last week. This brings us back up there in terms of operating cameras. We were running 18 total after the two died in December. This brings us up to 21 cameras. We received a generous donation of batteries as well to cover the cams for the summer. At this point our only obligation is getting some lithiums for next winter. We still have our spring funding drive coming up in April as well. That funding drive will include embroidered hats as a perk for donating $50. I just purchased some embroidered hats for another project of mine (geology related) and as it turns out it's not too expensive to get some high quality hats embroidered, so I'll keep you guys posted on that front. <br /><br />In other news Robert Leiterman has started work on our new book on the film site re-discovery project. It should turn out pretty good. We're all writing a portion, Steven, Rowdy, Robert, and I so I will be a collaborative effort and hopefully serve as our capstone for the film site re-discovery project. You can expect that out around fall-winter 2015.<br /><br />Thanks much for the support guys! I'll upload some new pics of the cameras when they come in! -JamieUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13967702827810792.post-69722679847163597652015-01-17T15:07:00.003-08:002015-01-17T15:55:02.675-08:00Bad news everyone!<span class="userContent">Bad news everyone! I pulled two cams that
weren't working properly at our Bluff Creek east ridge location. I just
ran some tests and they both have faulty PIR sensors so they just keep
taking videos until the card fills up. These cams were <span class="text_exposed_show">older
model 2012 Bushnell cameras. Looks like one has some water damage. A
bear had twisted the bear box around so water pooled in the bottom. It
kind of makes me sad because this camera belongs to Mark Vergemort who
passed away last spring. We were hoping it would last but it appears
that it's pretty broken. We are on our way to reaching our goal to
purchase some new batteries. We even got a generous donation of 240
alkalines to run the cams during the summer (only lithiums can last the
cold winter). <br /> <br /> So at this point we need to get at least two
more cameras going in the next few weeks to continue our complete
coverage up on the ridge where we got the ringtail. If you guys have any
extra old cameras lying around you could donate that would be really
awesome! Or you could donate to help replace them with new cams. I'm
going to add a cheaper camera option since these cams were not the
"Black Out" models. We just need the regular Trophy Cams. They run about
$144 each right now on Amazon. Anything helps!<br /> <br /> <a href="http://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Figg.me%2Fat%2FBluffCreekProjectWinter2015%2Fx%2F1011896&h=cAQGvesqT&s=1" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">http://igg.me/at/BluffCreekProjectWinter2015/x/1011896</a></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0