Wednesday, March 5, 2008

Chapter Four: Field Note, page 6

About a week ago, I made a two hour hike in Osceola Forest, a vast swamp most years. I found a trail that was open to vehicles and then a little way off that trail another trail took me to a big food plot. I was very surprised to find one in a national forest and guess that it is the work of the Osceola Stillhunters Association. Years ago, I talked with the founder of the association and attended one of its meetings. I was impressed with how closely the members tried to work with the national forest staff. I walked along part of the food plot and saw no tracks of any kind.This must have been due to the lack of rain as there appears to be very little to eat in these pine flatlands. I was pleased with my new Ecco hiking boots though as they were very comfortable on my pancake-flat feet. There were only a few mosquitoes which will soon change as the rains come and the weather warms. Then there will be hordes of them.
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Sunday, February 3, 2008

Possible Tracks Of Gorilla or Baby Bigfoot, page 5

After talking to the hunter who had the creature suddenly appear under the tree he was perched in, Ida Rae Snyder and I drove to a place on the Santa Fe River near where the New River joins it to see if I could find any tracks. I found one and a half tracks (the second one had been partially obliterated by a vehicle track). Foolishly, I did not measure them, but they seemed to be about five inches long and a couple of inches wide. There was a gap in the track in the very middle, extending all the way across as if there was an indentation, possibly for grasping branches. I caution you about this because I suspect that at this stage my interpretation of tracks may be like explaining Rorscharch figures: it is what I am thinking about that creates the reality. It also seemed that the toe imprints consisted of one circle for each toe. I found a barefoot cracker's track and that was decidely different. For one thing, I could clearly see the imprint of toes. They did not appear as circles. Ida Rae agreed the tracks were diffferent. I questioned her on this, and she assured me she was not saying that just to agree with me. I then went home and came back with bananas and an apple. However, they stayed on the ground for weeks before they disappeared. I saw no more tracks. I did take two pictures of the one complete track with Ida Rae's camera and hope I can secure them when they are developed. If it is possible to put them on this blog, I will try to get help to make that possible. I have not heard of any more sightings or pictures. Big game season has ended, and hunters are probably bringing in their trail cameras.
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