Almost 1 year ago I had joined a group of fellow Sasquatch investigators called SIR (Sasquatch Investigations of the Rockies). There were several main factors on why I joined this group. The 3 factors that I liked about SIR-why they investigate, how they do their investigations and their intent. Egos and hidden agendas are not for me. Life is too short and I don't have the time or patience for that.
SIR's approach in their investigations is a more respectful and gentler way. The intent is not to be portrayed in a negative manner to Sasquatch. Since SIR is willing to use patience and time at their spots, the Sasquatch groups there will interact with them. It is this mindset that had me join SIR. Mike, one of the co-founders have repeated many times, "Would you like to have someone come to your house and behave in a negative manner? The same thing applies to Sasquatch when you go to their home in the forest." Screaming, howling, shooting guns, big bad male egos, hunter mindset and dogs all are negative factors to Sasquatch. The concept of "You can catch more flies with honey than vinegar" should be used when investigating Sasquatch.
The reason I bring up SIR's mindset is to explain how I and SIR operate when we out investigating. I want to be a respectful friend to Sasquatch and not a hunter of one. Your approach and intent is conveyed through your body language and persona when you go out. If you go having a he-man and a hunter mentality then they will avoid you. They are almost impossible to find as it is. Why make it even harder? I wonder if that is the main reason Sasquatch gravitate more towards women and children? It make sense. That is why I have an advantage over some of my fellow investigators. Being male isn't wrong but it helps being female.
One of the gentle techniques used is offering a friendship plate of food. This usually takes a while before they trust you enough to eat what you leave them. Would you eat food that a stranger offers you? The same thing applies to them. By going back consistently and offering the friendship plate of food will have them get comfortable enough so they will come and eat. In the case at one of SIR's research spots you can see them come in with them using their eye shine. It is amazing and something special.
This approach was used at a friend's spot this past weekend. Two years ago a "baby monkey" was spotted in a large pine tree. Since then the friend and his wife have been trying to establish a positive relationship with that group of Sasquatch. Saturday afternoon, four of us went to the friendship spot to leave an offering of food. While there, I had walked a little bit away from the others and was scanning around. I saw 3 black shapes watching us. They were big. The one in the middle was swaying sideways back and forth on its feet. I called the others over and showed them what I saw. One of us decided to move closer and he saw the face and noticed the brow line and cone head shape. I told him not to move any closer. I had seen the big one in the middle turned its head to watch him. I thought at first they would take off but they stayed where they were. We left a few minutes later.
If we had been screaming, yelling or doing other negative actions the chances of 4 people seeing 3 Sasquatches would have been zero. Those Sasquatches would have left and avoided us the whole time we were there camping. By being respectful, offering friendship and doing human things had this group curious enough to come in to watch and stay. Starting on Friday and going through Sunday we saw and heard them.
I hope I explained a little of my mindset in this endeavor. This is a labor of love. I am on a voyage of discovery. This journey has been surprising and helped me grow to be a better person by learning from my mistakes and using a lot of patience. This bipedal primate is an amazing being. I hope I have shown them the better side of human nature.
SQUATCH ON!
