Trail cams

The other night on "Nite Callers" the producer of "Monsterquest" reccomended a Reconyx trail cam. He said it was a 3.1 mexapixel IR trail cam, but didn't know how much it cost because his were donated to him. Since most of us don't have the luxury of having things donated to us, I decided to check into this particular trail cam. It's $600!! Since I very seriously doubt that a 3.1 megapixel image would ever convince a skeptic of anything, I decided there had to be a better, more affordable option out there somewhere. I remembered one of my friends had some good IR trail cam pics of deer on his Facebook page, so I decided to find out what kind of trail cam he uses. He uses a "Wildview IR" The one he uses is only a $99 one. But a Google search found a Wildvie IR Extreme for only $119. It's 5.0 megapixel & has the burst feature that allows it to take a series of images so fast that it looks like video AND it has video capability

Question

On one of the science forums, I was once asked if there was any one thing that could happen that would convince me Bigfoot doesn't exist. I thought that was an interesting question so I decided to ask all of you. I'll wait until some of you answer to post my response

It's time to get on the same page

From what I've learned from various science forums, the main problem mainstream science seems to have with Bigfoot research is this. We don't have one overall hypothesis for what Bigfoot is. Some believe Bigfoot is an ape, some believe Bigfoot is a hominid, and still others believe Bigfoot is some type of supernatural being. Possibly an alien from another planet. It's high time we check our egos at the door & work together to solve this mystery. The most important thing is proving these creatures exist so they can be protected from extinction. Who proves it, shouldn't matter to any of us. The first step in working together is, as I mentioned earlier, developing ONE hypothesis for what Bigfoot is. The second step is to develop standards for research techniques and evidence collection. Once these standards are in place, we can begin to determine if the hypothesis is correct. If the research determines the first hypothesis is incorrect, we can use that research to formulate a new hypothesis & begin the whole process again until we either prove Bigfoot exists or it doesn't. Since I have personally never had a sighting or found any evidence, I'm not 100% convinced of their existence. Remember, an open mind has to work both ways. Some people think we should worry about proving if they exist first, then if they do, we can start worrying about what they are and that's okay, except for one thing. It's easier to find your quarry if you know what you're looking for

Polls in non-Bigfoot related groups

I have just closed the 2nd of two Bigfoot polls on my main Yahoo group, which has nothing to do with Bigfoot whatsoever. I thought it would be a good idea to see what people besides us feel about the subject. The first poll was simply
Do you believe Bigfoot exists?

Yes 89
No 43
Undecided 30

The second poll was:
Have you checked out my website at http://steventitchenell.tripod.com/wvbig & the links on it?

Yes & it made a believer out of me 10
Yes. But I still don't believe Bigfoot exists 7
No. But I believe Bigfoot exists 51
No. I don't waste time on fairytales 30

Rock piles & stick structures

The photo of the rock pile that was recently posted on the W.V.B.I.G. website has got me thinking about possible purposes of rock piles & stick structures if they are in fact, Bigfoot related. Possible explanations that have been offered for rock piles are boundary markers or just juvenile Bigfoots at play. Possible explanations that have been offered for stick structures are again, boundary markers or trail markers. Another possible explanation for rock piles that has occured to me is that possibly they are ammo storage since we've all heard stories of Bigfoots lobbing rocks at intruders & another possible explanation for stick structures could be burial markers for food supplies for winter. I don't know of any accounts of the same stick structure being found in two or more consecutive years

Welcome

Welcome to the W.V.B.I.G. Blog. For those who don't already know, W.V.B.I.G. stands for "West Virginia Bigfoot Investigations Group" and this blog has been created to discuss Bigfoot research. Particularly Bigfoot research here in West Virginia