BFRO #16598: Hunter finds possible tracks just off a logging road close to Harrison Lake (w/photos)

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📝 Description

My son and I had met with some sasquatch investigators to show them some tracks we had found on Sept. 20 while deer and bear hunting. We all agreed that the track did not show enough detail (they were in gravel) to be conclusive but we thought they were possible sasquatch tracks. I decided to investigate a clearcut higher up the mountain to the west but it took a while to find the road which led to it. It was the beginning of the last hour before dusk when we finally reached the top of the clearcut in our truck driving slowly and glassing for deer and bear (and sasquatch). It is my strategy to combine regular hunting with looking for sasquatch sign to avoid the disappointment of not finding sasquatch sign. At a fork in the road, my son went right on foot and I drove left a short distance to a landing and looked around. He radioed about 10 minutes later to pick me up at the landing he had reached. On my way there I noticed tracks on a gravel bank sloping down to the road. They were very fresh and were about the size of my sons tracks but the way they stepped back down to the road made me curious. The last step parallel to the road was only lighly impressed as if stopped in mid-stride and then the foot swung down toward the road at right angles to the direction of travel. The footprint that would have pivoted did not seem disturbed. Because of this extraordinary agility, I speculated to myself that this was a young sasquatch who had been scolded by it's mother not to leave tracks (haha) but was pretty sure they must be my sons tracks. I decided then that I would investigate this and try to duplicate the 90 degree maneuver after picking up my son only 100m away. I picked up my son and asked if they were his tracks. He said no, they were boot tracks. I stopped anyway and looked at one of the last tracks. I was shocked when I saw a clear crescent of toes (no individual toes because of the gravel) and I realized that sasquatch does exist and we had come within minutes of having seen one. At this point I stopped thinking clearly and skipped directly to my plan to try to duplicate the last maneuver indicated by the tracks. I did not complete this before I succumbed to my sons nagging to leave. It was about noon the next day before I recalled what had happened the previous evening and by supper I new I had to get back there to take pictures and casts. Unfortunately it rained heavily all this time and by Monday noon, only one of the 14 11 inch tracks showed any of the detail that so stunned me 2 days before. I photographed the site and made a cast of the one track showing detail.On Saturday I had noticed where an animal had climbing up a bank about 20m past the tracks. This was before I realized they were sasquatch tracks and just as I spotted my son to pick him up. On Monday I noticed 2 places where animals had gone up this bank. I probably hadn't noticed the second set because I was also looking for my son. They needed to go up this bank to reach the forest.

🔍 Circumstances

Myself and my 14 year old son were hunting deer and bear (and sasquatch).

🌤️ Weather Conditions

Late afternoon, cloudy, threatening to rain.

ℹ️ Additional Details

Late afternoon, cloudy, threatening to rain.

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