The Nebraska Bigfoot Conference in Hastings

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February 17 & 18, 2017 there was a Bigfoot conference in Nebraska.  Harriett McFeely was the person who dream and then made this happen.  She had been scoffed at, laughed at and many tried to discouraged her to not have the conference.  Well, guess what?  We had at least 250 people on Friday night and well over 400 people on Saturday.  That was at least 650 people!  In Nebraska!

Where there is a will there is a way.  In this case a wonderful woman who had a dream and made it happen.  Now we have the community and others approaching us for next year.  Yes, we are having another one next year.  We are already planning it.  Just one thing that is a slight problem-we need to find a venue big enough for us.  LOL

So look at the link to see some pictures.  The pictures and video was from a reporter from the newspaper in Omaha.  We had several reporters there.

Guess what?

There are Bigfoot in Nebraska and there is a lot of interest from the locals too.  I am getting ready to write another post for this blog from a woman who may have Bigfoot activity on her farm.  You will want to read it.  I am still amazed about it.

So my friends

SQUATCH ON!

Bigfoot on Native American Reservation in Nebraska

Some friends and I were invited to go to a Native American reservation this weekend in Nebraska.  I got off of work a little bit early to drive to there on Friday so I could spend all of my Saturday there.  It was a long tiring drive but well worth the trip.  It is always a pleasure to see Harriett.  Then you add the new friends I made this weekend and it was even more enjoyable.  Meeting Jimmy Lee, Joyce, Barry, DW and Richard was wonderful. Whenever I can expand my circle of Bigfoot friends it is always fun and makes my journey of discovery even more endearing.

Let me tell you of our weekend:

Harriett, Jimmy Lee and I went to the Lincoln area to meet up with Joyce and she drove us to Macy to meet up with Barry and DW on the reservation.  We had a cabin reserved there for Saturday night.  Barry, Richard and DW had made plans with the rest of their group to take us out to explore their active Bigfoot areas.  There was even a night walk planned for 1:00 am. 

During the day they took us down by the Missouri River where there has been a lot of Bigfoot activity.  We found some structures and maybe a half print. 

What was interesting with the arch was the top of the tree was rammed into the ground.  In fact all three branches of different lengths were rammed in.  I have never seen this before.  Very, very interesting.  And it was by a couple of other structures.

Then we went back to the cabins.  Then we went out to eat.  We got back later and some of us (me especially) went into our cabin and slept for a couple of hours before the late night walk.  I was still very tired from the drive and lack of sleep.  For me to chose sleep over talking Bigfoot means I was exhausted.  I wanted to be ready at 1:00 am and then still be able to drive home on Sunday.

I am going to say that my day time investigations are fun and intriguing but the real fun is the night time investigations in an active Bigfoot area.  The group there did not disappoint me.  Now I want to go out here in Colorado but there is over 6 feet of snow and no way to get in there.  LOL  The whole thing of going out exploring with no lights on and with limited vision gets your adrenaline going.  Especially when things start to happen.

We were divided into 2 groups.  Young sweet Jimmy Lee and I went with DW and George.  They were taking us to a spot that is haunted AND an active Bigfoot location.  COOL!  I was ready.  Jimmy Lee who has never been out before was a bit nervous but ready to go.  I think I was not what the men were expecting when they knew that 4 women were coming.  I know Harriett told them that I have been out in the field and have been actively investigating here in Colorado and other states but I don't think they were prepared for how much I knew and how to act.  My calm presence helped Jimmy Lee and also helped her to move pass her fear.  I feel lucky to now call her my friend and plan on taking her out in the future there in Nebraska and here in Colorado.  She got a taste and now is hooked.  LOL

I will tell you that I do have fear out there but I have learned to control it and to stand my ground when I can.  Running and freaking out will have you lose out on an opportunity and the experience if you let it rule you.  I just stand my ground and swallow my fear.  This night though I wasn't fearful.  But my adrenaline was in high gear and made me wish it was warmer and no snow in Colorado.  I want more. 

Usually when I am in a group especially when it is a new location for me, I try to separate myself from the group a little and make my presence know in a low key but friendly way to let the group there know I am aware of them but respectful.  Any location I go to I use my special whistle along with my voice and whoops.  At this location I don't think whistling has been used before and it definitely attracted their attention. 

The guys announced us and introduced Jimmy Lee and I.  When I had walked away from the group and did my whistle there was movement and sounds indicating they were coming towards me.  After I heard some noises that were not quite whoops but not growls, more like a soft huffs, I called Jimmy Lee to me so she can experience the sounds and movements.  She came over and stood there with me and we both watched the shadows moving around and hearing I am thinking 3 with 2  in front of us and one behind us.  At one point she grabbed my hand but I was proud of her.  She stood her ground with me and experienced all that was going on.  Then we walked closer to the guys.

I asked for some eye shine and I saw several come on and off.  I was able to show Jimmy Lee where they were and how to move around a little to try to see more.  They were moving around and flashing quick eye shine towards us.  At one point I wanted to go down into the area where the eye shine was so I asked the group if they were OK for me to walked down there.  As soon as I took a step down, a medium sized branch was thrown towards me and landed just to the left of me right by the tree line.  I backed off and then walked some more back where I started and then walked over past where the guys were.  Then I did my talking, whooping and whistling.  When I saw more eye shine I was able to show everyone where they were.  Jimmy Lee watched and would follow me when I wanted her with me.  Then I went down the road into where the eye shine was.  I did not go too far but was hoping to get to the curve and go back behind where the eye shine was seen but I think they figured out where I wanted to go.  So I stopped and whistled and talked.  Jimmy Lee followed me.  The guys were behind us and not as far down as we were.  Then there was a dark tall shape that moved towards us with eye shine.  At that point I realized I should not moved further down, closer to the curve so I just stood there.  Jimmy Lee stood with me.  The others moved back up and stood by the car.  We watched the eye shine and then saw 2 other sets go off and on.  One was showing red the whole time and the other went green and white.  At this point I thought it was an impasse and I should be the one to move back up.  As we moved back up we had one right up on the road to our left.  It was close and was showing very bright green eye shine!  We saw it blink and you can tell it was moving its head to watch all of us.  It just stood there and did not leave.  Jimmy Lee was so excited to see it.  As soon as I approached it, it moved and we did not see the eye shine again.  We heard a howl off in the distance and then the coyotes started up.  The guys wanted to take us to another location so we got back into the car and left.  This was a perfect experience to show how eye shine looks and how they use it.  For them to use it with 2 strangers there was impressive to me.  I think being female and respectful but approachable may have made them curious of the 2 females that knew they were there and knew what their eye shine was.  I also think the whistle helped too.

We did not have any more experiences but that was OK because the first location was great.  The other group did not have anything happen.  But you should expect that this will happen.  We were lucky that the group was where we were.

I will make a disclaimer here and say we did not have our flashlights or head lamps on so there was no reflections.  I walk around with no lights on.  If you don't believe me you can ask the ones who have gone out with me before.  Also we were below the skyline.  Plus the eye shine did not stay in one spot but moved around.  Several times we were able to see 2-3 sets at the same time.  The bright green eye shine by the road we saw blinked.  I also saw the dark shape with the eye shine move its eyes around and blink.  We were in a deserted location with no one else around.  What else could it be?

So when Barry asked me if I want to come back, guess what my answer was?

YES!!!!

This is another example of how an active Bigfoot location will make someone go from wondering to believer with one experience.  Jimmy Lee has no doubt now.  Locations like this will do it without someone trying to convince.  Its better this way.

So my friends:

SQUATCH ON! 

"I have always believed you but didn't really think about it."

You don't have to convince someone if you are in an active Bigfoot area.  You let the evidence and experiences do the talking.  Especially if you know the group there uses the creek.  This was found on a very cold February morning in 2015.  The water level was low enough to have a sand bar.  One Bigfoot decided to cross the creek earlier that morning.  In fact the water was starting to fill in the print when I found it.  If I was there an hour later it would have been washed away.  I was very lucky.  In the past, I have found several prints very close to this spot including a handprint on the bank.

What is funny was that we were there not to look for Bigfoot but to see if a new fishing spot was an option for my friend.  He had asked me if I wanted to go explore there with him while he scoped the place.  He knew I am in there all the time and wanted me to go looking with him.  He does know why I am in there.  He just did not figure that there would be evidence of them right there for him to see.  I reminded him later that there was a reason why I am in there all the time.  LOL

Let me tell you what happened:

Marc had called me earlier in the week to see if I wanted to go hiking and explore this location during the day in the middle of the week with him.  He said he had read an article about this place and how it was a good place to fish.  He knew I was in there and knew the place.  So I agreed.  I very seldom turn down a chance to go into the forest in an active Bigfoot place.  Even if it is to look for a fly fishing hole for a friend.  He would be looking at deep pools in the creek while I kept an eye out for prints.  So it was a win-win for both.

We got there mid-morning.  It was cold but sunny.  I showed him the creek and where there may be spots that the fish would like.  Then he started to show me what he looks for in a creek.  About 1 1/2 hours later we came to a spot where I have found prints before.  I told him I wanted to check the spot to see if there was any prints.  He agreed but you can tell he wanted to continue.  To be honest, he has told me in the past he believes me but I  felt he thought I was out there looking for shadows. He had no reason not to disbelieve me but didn't think beyond that it was my weird hobby. 

There is this flat boulder that juts across the creek a little bit.  There is a vantage point on this boulder to look up and down the creek.  So I got on the boulder and immediately noticed that there was a print in a sand bar in the creek!  It looked big.  I exclaimed to Marc that there was a print in the sand bar and it had toes.  You should have seen his face.  He was puzzled and looked at me with disbelief.  I pointed it out to him.  He stopped and looked at it really hard for several moments.  I reminded him that there was a reason why I was in there.  He had only heard me talking and had never seen any of my pictures or my casting.  I told him I wanted to go measure the print.  He thought I was nuts.  It was in the low 30's and the water would be icy cold and deep in one spot.  I rolled up my pants, took off my boots and socks.  It was bone chilling cold.  I could not feel my toes halfway there.  I get there and it was 14 inches and very wide.  I have found several 14 inch prints before at this location.  Also at least 3 other larger ones.  I looked around to see if there was more prints but I could not find any.  Either they were washed away or it hopped from the boulder to the sand bar and then to the other side.

So when I finished measuring and taking pictures I put my boots back on and asked Marc what he thought about the print.  He looked at me and said, "I have always believed you but didn't really think about it."  I laughed and asked him what he thought about it now.  He said that hearing about them from me and now seeing the print makes it so fantastic and makes him wonder.  I asked him if he thinks about the woods the same now that he has seen the print and he laughed and said no its not the same now.  He is not sure what to think.  He does asks me more questions now.

He has not asked to go there again or has fished there.  I find it interesting of how people react to learning about the presence of Bigfoot.  Some are so scared, some just ignore and don't want anything to do with the location or with the subject of Bigfoot or there are ones like me that want more and keep looking because they can't get enough.

So what type of Bigfoot person are you?  

Marc just wanted to find a new fishing hole to fish but what he found instead was the reality that there are some type of being walking on 2 legs, bare foot with large feet in the woods and forest in Colorado.  That is one more person that went from 0 to belief because of one cold February morning.    

Last Camping Trip at Roo's Place for the Year

The Colorado mountains are so beautiful but one of the negatives is the short time frame of camping.  Especially in the rugged areas where you can't get in because the snow is too deep.  On top of that if you do go in the fall you have to contend with the hunters.  I know some go camping year round here in Colorado but where I go it is impossible for me to even get to my spots once the snow starts.  Believe me I have tried.

So last weekend was my last weekend of camping at Roo's Place.  I am glad I went.  This year there has been so much different than the year before.  Which is good because that means it is an ongoing adventure with no expectations.  We have had some unexpected difficulties and interference that I won't go into but we had to work around them and still had some great things happen.

Roo and I arrived early afternoon on Saturday.  My husband was coming later around 7:00.  So I set up our tent and equipment.  While doing that I had  done some whistles and whoops to announce I was there.  Which I look at as ringing the doorbell.  I did not hear any responses.  I wasn't really expecting any since I haven't been there for a while.  So my strained patience with Roo who kept walking all over the tent as I was putting it up may helped to get their attention.  LOL  I ended up putting her on her tie-out so I wouldn't lose my patience with her.  We always have a tie-out and leash with us just in case.  After I was done setting up everything I let her off.  By this time she was watching the one spot behind her where the marbles are.  So we went down there to look to see if there were any changes to the marbles.  Just before we turned to walked to the structure, Roo stopped and intently looked into the bottom of the ravine.  She then started to wag her tail and act like she was going greet someone.  I told her, "No, you are NOT going down there."  Then we walked over to where the marbles were.  Nothing new but that was OK.  They probably have gotten tired of them and wondered why I am so excited about them.  I then left one and took the other three with me.  I played with them and made as much noise with them while walking back up to the camp site.

I sat down and started to read.  After about 30 minutes, Roo got up from where she laid to my left and slightly behind me.  She had been chewing on branches and her chew toy.  She was anxious and tried to get on my lap.  I told her no, relax and she then sat right up against my left knee and watched the ravine in front of me.  She started doing her grumble growl.  In fact my thought as this was unfolding was that this reminded me of the time of the rhythmic knocking we heard the first night there.  Roo was acting almost exactly like that.  I expected to hear some knocking but nothing.  She watched that spot for a bit and then got up and did the same thing to my left.  In the direction of the marble area.  She kept glancing back and forth watching intently.  I decided to whistle and whoop but continued to read.  Acting like this was normal and I am relaxed.  So this continued for a bit and then Roo relaxed and started to chew on her toy.  I will be honest and say I was expecting to have something thrown at us but nothing.

I would say about an hour later Roo got up and watched the area over by the marbles again.  I got her to lay back down but she was nervous.  I decided to look carefully in the tree line but not get up.  I SAW A BLACK UPRIGHT FIGURE BETWEEN 2 TREES.  It looked like it was moving back behind the left tree and then to the middle of the 2 trees.  Then something caught my attention to the left about 25 yards from the black upright figure.  IT WAS ANOTHER BLACK UPRIGHT FIGURE!!  It just stood still and did not move.  I watched both figures but the first one was moving like it was trying to hide behind the tree and then moving back to between the 2 trees.  Like it was nervous.   The other one was absolutely still.  I glanced at Roo and she just laid there watching with me.  She was watching both like me.  I told her to stay and its OK they are only watching us.  We watched them for a couple of minutes and then I decided to read my book again.  A few minutes later Roo put her head down and sighed.  I looked over to the 2 spots and there was nothing.  The 2 upright figures have left.  At this point it was starting to get dark.  I decided to continue to read but just before it got dark I decided to wait in my car for my husband.  I knew it was another 1-2 hours before he got there.  We had a fire ban and I could not have a campfire.  Plus I had seen the 2 watching us just a little while before AND I remembered someone/something had thrown rocks at me twice this year.  So I felt it was in my best interest to wait in the car.  Roo was very happy to do this.  You should have heard her sigh when she jumped into the car and laid down.  At one point about 30 minutes of being in the car I thought I heard something behind my car.  The back of the car was facing the campsite.  I looked in my side and rear view mirrors but saw nothing since it was dark.  All I am going to say is that my gut said to wait in the car and then when I heard whatever it was behind my car re-enforced what my gut said to do.  Normally I can be quite fearless but I have learned to listen to my gut while doing this.  When my husband got there about a one hour later, I told him what happened and you know what he said?  My husband who knows they are real but is a skeptic of things until we rule out everything else?  He said he thinks it is not the regular group but may be a visiting one.  He did not disbelieve me or second guess what I had seen or felt.  I guess all these years camping and exploring and yes, experiencing things too have made him believe me.

We walked back to the campsite and he did his sound/whistle that he does with his hand that is loud with a hollow sound.  Sometimes he can make it sound sort of like an owl.  Not quite but similar.  We talked outside while set up his cot and sleeping bag.  We then sat down and played a card game in front of the tent with our headlamps on.  This is the first time we had done this.  Plus having no campfire.   While playing Jon kept asking if I had heard either a whistle or a weird hollow type of knock.  He said he has never heard it before.  I asked him if it was an owl and he said no, it had a hollow sound to it.  I said no.  At one point I suddenly heard over by the ravine where Jon said he was hearing the sounds a very loud and distinct sound.  Much like what Jon does with his hands!  I asked him if he heard it and he said yes.  He said that is what he has been hearing.  I told him that sounded like his call he makes with his hands.  He looked at me and said yes, it does.  I think he was getting an answer back and it kept doing it until we reacted to it.  We did not hear it again.

After walking around on our night walk we went to bed in the tent.  After about 30 minutes once Jon was asleep I heard something walking around the tent.  Roo did too and I made her laid back down and relax.  Then I heard nothing and slept through the night.  If anything else happen I did not hear it. 

So that was our last camping trip to Roo's Place in 2016.  I will try to go in May 2017.  I know I said I will wait until June but I have a friend from Europe coming to visit at the end of May 2017.  She wants to go to Roo's Place.  So my plan-weather permitting, to go there once or twice before taking her.  I did tell her it will be cold and may snow on us but she still wants to go.  So if the snow has melted enough and weather permitting I will be going in May.

What am I going to talk about in my blog until then?  I am thinking some of my stories from other locations and maybe something about my urban Bigfoot investigations.  Yes, I do look in the outlying urban areas.  Some of my best reports and found evidence such as prints have been found in what you would call urban areas.

So my friends hopefully my stories and experiences will keep you coming back even though Roo's Place is closed for now.  I do have some great experiences from other places besides Roo's Place.

SQUATCH ON MY FRIENDS, SQUATCH ON!

"I knew they were real but not that REAL!" A "Looking for Bigfoot" field trip in 2013.

Since 2013 I have taken elementary-aged children in October to go look for Bigfoot.  It took me 6 months of searching to find the ideal location for the first field trip.  Here in the Denver area we are very lucky to have several national forests, parks and open spaces within an hour but I had to find one such location that shows signs of Bigfoot and also fits the needs of the children.  Like bathrooms, covered eating area, terrain not too steep to navigate, bus parking and only about an hour from the school.  That was a tall order but I was able to locate a wonderful park in Jefferson County.  Let me tell you of our adventure.  I could not have asked for a better experience for the children and staff.

We arrive at the Jefferson County Open Space around 10:00 am.  There were only a couple of cars in the parking lot.  All were fishing at the pond.  Which we walked by but wasn't where we were going to look and focus our attention on.   I had the bus driver park to the side so the bus was facing the river.  I told  the driver, staff and children to open the windows and listen to me whoop and knock down by the river.  Which was in a secluded spot that I had found the month before when I had explored the park.  So I walked down to the river and faced the ravine and heavily forested area.  I did two very loud whoops and knocks.  Then I walked back up to the bus.  I was hoping I was loud enough for them to hear.  When I got to the bus, the staff, children and bus driver were all big eyed and watching me.  As I jumped into the bus I asked them if they heard my whoops.  They all nodded and said yes.  The bus driver said they heard THREE WHOOPS.  I said that I did two.  Then the bus driver asked if she could come with us.  LOL  I told her yes.  It was a good beginning.

We divided the children into 2 groups when we got off the bus.  One group was going with me and the other to do a scavenger hunt because they were not wanting to go looking.  Which was fine with me because I want all the children to enjoy the clean air and the outdoors without being scared or worried about Bigfoot.  We had a few who were uneasy about it so we let them decide which group.  So 9 did the scavenger hunt.  Most came with me.  I then talked about what to look for and that everything they see and hear is not Bigfoot unless you can rule out everything else.  I then taught them how to whoop.  I also told them that they are allowed to talk, whooped, laugh and have fun while out hiking and looking for Bigfoot.  I wanted as much loud happy children sounds all around hoping that the Bigfoot group there would come close enough to watch the children.  We were a loud, noisy group of 19 children, 2 staff, bus driver and myself.  All I could hear was laughter and whoops as we hiked around.  My heart was filled with joy.

I took them up a ravine with a year round stream.  It had a good trail that takes you up to Pike National Forest.  I wanted to show them a tree break and arch that I had found the month before.  As we were walking I spotted a teepee structure that was not there the month before.  It was by another ravine that came down to the one we were in.  I went up and looked at it and took some pictures.  There were 2 tree breaks ringing the teepee structure.  I wouldn't allow the children to climb up to it because it was very steep and had poison ivy all around it.  So they took pictures of it and then we went and looked at the tree break and arch.  We then started walking back down the ravine to go to another section of the park that I wanted to explore with the children.  I stopped at the other ravine by the teepee structures and noticed that there was a very nice pine tree.  So I asked the children if they wanted to do a wood knock with my wood knocker and they said yes.  So I had all 19 do a wood knock.  Then we all faced the ravine and did one whoop together.  We waited exactly one minute...

AND WE GOT A CALL BACK FROM ABOVE US!!!  Then one nine year old girl started to cry and hugged me.  She then said, "I knew they were real but not that real!"  All of us had heard the call.  You should have seen everyone.  All big eyed and excited.  Then we started back down so we can go to the other spot I wanted to see.  When we almost got to the bottom one of the older boys came up to me and asked if Bigfoot whistle.  I looked at him and said yes they do.  This young man has never shown any real interest or knowledge of Bigfoot before.  I asked him where he heard it and he pointed to the left and above us where there was some trees and brush.  So I told him to whistle back and then I did my special whistle I do when out in the field.  He said he did not hear it again when we left the ravine area.  Very interesting.  I have never talked about Bigfoot whistling.

I reminded the children that we are in a park and that other people use it too so any prints they find will most likely be human.  We get about halfway to the spot when one of the older boys raced up to me and said he found a print.  I again reminded him that it probably would be human but I will go look.  He said it was big and in a clothesline pattern.  That caught my attention.  He then pointed out the prints.  Yes, they were bigger than I expected and in a clothesline pattern!  We found about 5 prints.  I showed them how to measure and what a clothesline pattern looked like.  I then pointed out the differences in human versus Bigfoot.  The 2 main differences was how the toes are more straight across and a wide heel.

The prints were older but about 15 inches.  One had clear impression of toes.  We were so excited.  I had walked right by them without seeing them!  But one of my eagle-eyed boys spotted them.  They were to the right of the main trail.  Then I noticed the time and we had to go!  We ran out of time.  So we quickly hiked back to the bus.  The children excitedly told the others about our hike.  The next year we had 42 come and all went with me.  LOL

Another reason I had chosen this location was the knowledge of two sightings within 5-7 miles of this park.  2015 was our last year to go to this location.  We had a lot of fun there but I needed to find another location that was closer and maybe not as many people.  Since 2013 this park has been discovered by other people so it wasn't as secluded as I want for us to go exploring.  So I found another location in my county and much closer to the school.  It has several sightings within 7 miles and a news report about the 1954 Plum Creek Monster.  So cross your fingers and wish us luck that we find some prints next week.  If not that's OK.  It gets us out in mother nature and do some exploring.  So its still a win-win for us.

A secret weapon is having happy noisy children with you while exploring for Bigfoot.  For me that is priceless and heaven on earth. 

SO MY FRIENDS SQUATCH ON!

Who Would have Thought Marbles Would be Fun At Roo's Place?!?

After Labor Day weekend I wasn't able to get out there until the middle of September.   I wasn't sure what to expect.  I had left a gift of food but no marbles.  I forgot to pick up some before going.  LOL  So this trip I had brought some larger sized marbles to share with the group there.  Not too much happened there other than two sets of eye shine watching us while we sat around the campfire.  Roo was the one who was freaking out.  My husband and I now act like its normal for them to approach us and try not to react.  I was excited about them watching us because the eye shine seems to be something they do there more at the end of summer and in October.  The premise for this is what we have had experienced last year and then this year.  So far it seems to be a pattern.  We will see if that will continue next year.

I left some colorful marbles that were bigger than the others I have used in the past.  I would like for you to look carefully at how I put the marbles on the log and in what order.  I will share more later when I share the pictures from this past weekend.

So I went up to Roo's Place for only one night this past weekend.  It was cold and we took our tent heater with us.  Thank goodness because it was very cold.  I had 4 layers of clothing on and it was still cold sitting around the campfire.

Remember I had said we try to not react to stuff while sitting around the campfire at night?  It was really hard for me this weekend because of what I saw.  What I saw is in the top 3 of the best eye shine I have ever seen.  AND I have seen some great eye shine in other locations.  Some were written about in my earlier posts in this blog.  As we sat around the campfire, Roo was watching several spots.  She had at one moment before the eye shine did a little bark and tried to climb onto my husband's lap.  I don't know why I looked into the trees while sitting around the campfire.  It was in the general area of where I saw the dark one earlier this summer.  I saw a light that was not bright.  In fact I saw it move up and then it got brighter.  It kept changing colors from white to red to white to a greenish color and then red.  I saw one and then two.  It looked like it was moving its head and moving around the tree truck.  I called my husband over to see it.  As he was trying to see it, I saw it moved straight down and then disappear.  He never saw it.  I am positive it climbed into a tree to watch us and then moved around when it saw me watch it and then left when my husband got up to look from behind me.  I have no doubt of what I saw.  I have seen this type of eye shine in two other locations.  There was no way it was someone else or it was stars.  Why?  It was cloudy and there was no one there.  Just my husband and I.  Below I have taken a picture of where I saw the eye shine.  It was seen in the middle of the photo and half way up.  No, do not think there is a Bigfoot in the photo because I walked over right after I took some photos looking for prints.  I saw some impressions that could be feet and maybe a couple of knuckle prints but not sure.  So I will leave it at that.

I want you to see what I found when I checked where I had left the marbles in the middle of September.  At first I was disappointed until I looked closer.  The marbles were changed around!

So I changed them and added a twig to see what will happen when I go again.  Check below on how I moved them.  I can't wait to see what I will find next.  Probably what I am not expecting since they seemed to do that.

Between the amazing eye shine and the marbles it was a cool camping trip!!!  What was I expecting?  I have learn not to expect anything.  When it does, boy does it happen!!

I am hoping to get one maybe two more camping trips there.  It all depends on mother nature.  I am keeping my fingers crossed.

SQUATCH ON!  My friends, SQUATCH ON!!

 

Labor Day Weekend 2016 at Roo's Place

You cannot discover new oceans

unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore. 

~Andre Gibe~

My journey of discovery has been quite the journey.  I would have never guessed how it had actually unfolded and still continues to unfold.  The ups, downs, profound, highs, lows, unexplained, mistakes, friends and yes, people using me for their benefit but mostly the journey has been exhilarating and a bit scary at times.  Would I trade any of the experiences?  No, because it is my own and distinct journey.  I have some great friends locally and also from all over due to my journey.  I have been blessed having my husband on this journey with me too.  Not all the time but many times he has been with me.

I have not been at Roo's Place as much as I have wanted this summer.  My work, family, health and commitments have limited me there.  In fact the whole month of August I had not camped there and it had left a huge hole in my life.  I was determined to changed that so I invited my family and my friend Harriett to Roo's Place this past Labor Day Weekend.  I was blessed to have good friends and family to share in the experiences there this past weekend.  I wasn't sure if anything would happen because I haven't been there in a month.  Other than the winter time, I am there every weekend or almost every weekend.  I think my car can drive up there on auto-pilot.  LOL

Harriett followed me to Roo's Place on Friday and we arrived after dark.  My husband and one daughter got there almost the same time.  My other daughter with her husband was coming up much later.  We sat around the camp fire.  Off and on Roo would get anxious and even tried to climb unto my husband's lap or my daughter's.  Harriett went to bed and then my husband went up to the main forest road to wait for our daughter and son-n-law because they had no clue where we were and it was a hard place to find.  So my other daughter and I sat around the camp fire talking and reading.  I saw some eye shine directly across from where I was sitting.  Both of us heard some knocks and movements around us.  Roo keep doing her grumble/growl and was nervous.  Eventually she calmed down and laid by us.  My husband came back and told us he had seen some eye shine and it sounded like it was around the same time I did.  He then got in his car to find our daughter and husband who was lost and needed help finding us.  

Real late my husband with daughter and son-n-law in tow finally arrived.  We talked for a bit and then we all went to our tents to sleep.  Harriett was in her camper van and the rest of us was in 3 tents.  That whole night Roo woke me up with her growling, short barks, grumble/growls and moving around the tent.  The next morning Harriett told me she saw some red eye shine, heard Roo do a short bark and then shake her whole body.  I knew she did the shaking a couple of times since she woke me up when she did.  According to Harriett the eye shine was in the same spot her late husband Dick had seen last Labor Day.  Only with Harriett it was red eye shine.  I am thinking the 3 tents, late arrival, long absence and new people must have made the group there not sure of us.

My husband and the kids went kayaking on Saturday while Harriett and I explored close by and pretty much stayed around the camp site.  We went down to the structure to see if the food gifts were still there.  As we are walking down I was showing her where we usually find the marbles and where my husband had found the orange one the last time there.  As I was pointing it out I saw a blue marble!  I had left one on the log in front of the structure but that was a couple of months ago and it should have still been there.  There was no way it could have naturally made its way there.  We were up hill and many feet away.

It looked like it was pushed into the ground.

I took the marble and left them a feather and pretty cone that was different than the ones around that spot.  I pushed the feather's end into the ground so it wouldn't blow away.

Saturday night Roo wasn't as anxious and I was able to sleep.  Before going to sleep we were hearing knocks off and on all around us.  Then when we woke up on Sunday, my daughter told me she heard a couple of howls to the east of our camp site!  She had never heard or have any interest in Bigfoot before so she had no inkling of what howls were.  I would like to point out she does know the sounds of coyotes and other animals and she said it was not that or even hooting of an owl.

Sunday night we had a late dinner and this night as soon as it got dark Roo was anxious and watching all around us.  I did hear some knocks.  We had cooked some ribs on the camp fire and then sat down under our sunshade to eat.  Away from the camp fire.  Harriett and I continued to sit around the table talking while my daughter and husband went and sat by the camp fire.  While we were talking I heard and felt at the same time a sharp ping like a small rock hit my chair.  It seemed like it came from the trees to my right and forward a little.  I said, "did you hear that?"  To Harriett and she said yes she did and it sounded like a small rock.  My daughter then said she saw it come out of the trees in a line drive and then heard it hit my chair.  She said it was the size of a quarter.  She then said she heard several knocks just before it happened.  I checked the ground but found only pine cones and a small hard wood chip but no rock.  It was dark and we would have to check the next morning.  It could have been a hard small pine cone but my gut and the way it sounded when it hit and how it felt made me think a small rock!

The next morning my daughter found a small quarter-sized rock by where I had sat.

Harriett and I went down to the gifting structure to see if any of the gifts of food was eaten.  None was but I figured they wouldn't.  They seemed to eat when we leave.

We walked by where the blue marble was found and where I had left the feather but it was gone!  Plus we found an impression right by it.  They had moved the pretty cone and left another impression with toes by that!

The hard part was leaving to come home.  I am not sure what will happen next but if it does then it does.  I have decided not to expect anything there.  The marbles and prints are cool but having had 2 rocks thrown at me this year there is a bit unnerving.  Exhilarating but unnerving.  Not sure what to think.  So I hope you enjoyed my weekend like I did.  I am trying to make plans to go this weekend.  If not then the next.  I am going to try to find some unusual marbles and see what happens.

So until next time I wish you and yours a wonderful day and a bight tomorrow.

SQUATCH ON!   MY FRIENDS, SQUATCH ON!!