Alone in the "Land of Giants"

The primitive campsite I will be at next week (I got my permission today from the state of Florida) faces a river that was closed by SWIFMUD after a hiker vanished, and was never found. Bigfoot researchers for years witnessed strange things in there, and thought a find was close. Florida had other ideas and the area has now been closed since 2006.

No problem. The campsite area happens to look right at it. There is a river, so I will sound blast at night, and do call sounds, and aim my video. This area is vast, with miles of game trails, wooded areas, large prairies and swamps.

This is something I have been dreaming about for some time. My new wallpaper shows the swamp prairie were Biscardii put the peanut butter on the side of the tree when we worked in here last May. You can see the real beauty of this area. No matter what, it should be fun.

I have a van now which I will be sleeping in. I would be too vulnerable in a tent. Skunk Apes could rip it apart and kill me. At least in a van, they would have to bust the windows out and I would have time to start the engine and take off. Gee...explain that to insurance - giant apes busted out the windows and caused massive body damage.

Surprise At The Trail Head

When I reached the trail head for the game trail that I believe is used by the Florida skunk ape, I saw something down the forest road. I immediately ducked into the trail and hid for a while waiting to see if it would walk by the opening....OR COME IN!! No such luck.

I went back out but it seemed to be gone. I did get a machine gun series of stills from my Nikon and when you zoom in, it seems to show something upright and black crossing the dirt road. This is the same spot where I video taped a large deer a year ago. Something is going on down there.

In the video below you can see some of my gear and what my thoughts were at the time.

The video below shows that it is still too hot in Florida and it will still be some time before I will be able to get back down to the river and check out what happend to that structure I found a year ago (there could be more of them).



Anatomy Of A Bigfoot Game Trail

Note the lack of overgrowth meaning very wide and tall animals are moving

In the years I have been doing Skunk Ape research, I have now found what I believe are two bonafide game trails used by the big hairy guy. One is in the Green Swamp and this one is in a SWIFMUD area. These are significant finds, for they show location and motivation. There must be a solid reason for the trails. In the trail pictured here- it is all about natural resources.

This trail leads down to a major river in Florida and it begins in an area of large Ferrel pig activity. A Bigfoot would have food and water at an inexhaustible supply. The permanent residents here may stay year long, hence the vegetation for cover, and the summer heat that keeps people out of here.

The forest ranger confirmed with me that this trail is not official, and not used by hikers. He speculates hogs made it. But, how do you explain the lack of overgrowth? Something much taller then me is forging this trail.

The opening into the Bigfoot trail

Down by the river is the famous shelter I found with the water bottle. I think it may have been used as a child's toy, or something. Everything about this area is falling into place in a logical place as far as Bigfoot research goes.

Night operations would be the way to do this in both locations. I would want some type of FLIR or have others with me. I know how to get into this area after dark. We would be entering at our own risk - which would be considerable.

Long before Tiger wears red in the Masters, I want to form a team to work these areas. I know we are close to finding habitat areas of non-migratory skunk apes.

Large Game Trail Could yield results.

On the way out to find the animal trial that was made by very large beast, I found this area in the open that looked like something very large has been moving through often and creating much damage. In tracking, you learn that Bigfoot or Skunk Ape will do things in a big way. This area had be trampled like a stampede had moved across.

An area with much activity 

I took a picture of fresh break on a tree limb. That has to be new by only a few days. The grass was pushed down and the earth kicked up. It could be pigs, but when I combine this with the nearby trail that is very wide that elephants could go down, I have to consider everything.

Fresh tree break

Keep in mind that this area has not been worked in months because of the heat and the bugs. Animals have had their way back here. Trial cams would be the best way to find out what is leaving this destruction back here. You would not have to leave them up long. I believe this is nightly activity.

The trail I was looking for was only a few hundred feet away. This area is very active with something and I will do what I can in the next few months to find out just what that is.

What is strange is I ran into a forest ranger when he cam by on his ATV and we had a talk. I asked him about the trail up ahead and he said they were not sure what caused that trail. He said hikers have not been out here in months but something was maintaining it.

I felt good about that knowledge and know I am on the right track.

Fall Colors and a Bigfoot game trail

Fire red colors in Florida

I did not think we got these type of colors in Florida during the fall season. I was out hiking today in a SWIFMUD area and got these shots of color, including some fire red. I thought you could only see red in New England. I was excited to see this display by nature.

I understand you must have the right combination of rain, light, and temperatures for months to yield these colors. Cool, I guess we did it just right this year. This means the leaves are going to soon fall off the trees and our visibility will return. Line of sight is important for field researchers. Animals can hide under the cover of foilage.

A sight I have not seen in four decades

I found evidence today of many game trails that are frequently used. The large trial I was looking for has been made by very large beast was still there. This is the trail that I know the Florida skunk ape is using to get down to the river. I would not be pigs because they don't drink out of a river with a tall berm.

The Bigfoot Season In Florida is now

Me at home on the patio

We had the first cold snap of the season last night and that is when I like to sit out on the patio and play my chess and work on my blogs after work. In fact, this is something you can do in January when the people up north are digging snow out of the driveway. We don't get snow down here.

Today was just a wonderful day and I had the energy to sit on the porch and get some stuff done. The holiday's are coming and I am looking forward to the food and fellowship. One of the local radio stations has already gone to a 24 hour Christmas music format. I don't know about you, but that is a bit early. Everything has a time and place. I wait until at least the day after turkey day to play the x-mas music.

This weekend will be PERFECT for Bigfoot research. I will be out in field for much of it and should have some new videos to put up on my YouTube channel. Gee, the guys up north are now getting cold and I am finally ablt to get going with this.

Camping for Bigfoot In Florida

Now that the temperatures in Florida are down, I can't wait to get back into Bigfoot research from now until April. I know much more now about migratory patterns of these creatures and expect to obtain good results in the upcoming months. Things are looking good for a dry winter in Florida and  that will be perfect for skunk ape expeditions.

I am very much aware of my responsibility to advance Bigfoot research when the rest of the country is snowed under. That is something that is important to me, and I take it seriously. I hope to not disappoint this skunk ape season.

Bigfoot and Playboy Babes

Loren Coleman has a chapter on his book on Bigfoot about "Bigfoot and Playboy". It seems there was a production crew from a Playboy shoot that was on its way back after dark from a shoot. The crew was riding in a charter bus.

The bus passed an upright object on the side of the road. Several people saw it from out their windows, A short video was taken of this possible Bigfoot. People have looked at it over the years and believe it looks much like "Patty." Others think it is just a man in a suit.

The "Playboy" video was shot in the high Sierra mountain range in Nevada. This is the type of area that some would call 'squatchy.' It could have been a hoax. But who would have been on the side of the road for thirty people to see when their buss went by? I am surprised this video does not get more play. Most people have still not heard of it.

I was once in the business of producing Playboy style images for Internet sites. The video below has some of my Bigfoot images and videos. It also has some images of the ladies I photographed (with bikinis on - Youtube won't allow the other stuff). This is a depart from me just walking thru the woods.

A Bigfoot Hunt Last Summer (Class A sighting)

Mitch (red shirt) and Tom (black shirt) just seconds after a class A sighting in Florida

The weather is turning cooler and the new Bigfoot season is upon us. But before we go full bore into the 'Bigfoot Season' in Florida, I wanted to post some videos from last summer (which is the slow time for us).

I did get to work in the field with 'the worlds greatest Bigfoot hunter' Tom Biscardi. He brought along some of his crew and we even had a class "A" sighting in the field. This video was taken just seconds after Mitch saw the Bigfoot from the back of Tom's SUV.

I was in the vehicle behind them and I could see all four of his team pile out and run into the bush. They were moving fast for a bunch of old guys. I caught up with them and documented it on video which you can see here. Mitch is a devout Mormon and there is no way he would lie about what he saw. The creature was moving into the exact area where we had put up the trail cams and bait. We were confident it had played into our hands.

The two videos below show what happened just seconds after the Bigfoot sighting in the Green Swamp of Florida. We were on the Polk county border.