Bill Emery:
One the second week of my trip I headed down into the Rogue River Wilderness area because of the amount of sightings that come out of there in summer rafting season. On Tuesday the 16Th I reached the bottom of the gorge. I scouted along the river bank for any indication of tracks. I was amazed that around noon I found two tracks in a small pool of water. These were very large tracks at 19 inches and indicated that the animal had stood in the small pool of water and ate berries from a bush. The tracks were under about 4 inches of water and seemed to be fresh.
That afternoon I set up my small camp on the river's edge. Around 1 AM, I was awaken by the sound of rock hitting a tree. The sound would last for about 3 good slaps and then stop for a few minutes. I was sure the sound was coming from the opposite side of the river and was surly a bigfoot making that sound. This continued for 2 hours and then silence. I caught the smell of a most disagreeable kind. The breeze was blowing in my direction from the sounds and again I knew bigfoot was very near. I was very upset about the fact I was not able to cross the swift river and scout for the maker of the sounds and smell.
It always seems bigfoot is many steps ahead of me when in the woods. They always seem to know where the safe places are for them. More on Tuesday! I am very concerned about the story (if true) about the Canadian group up at China Flats and will go over to see whats going on right now.
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China Flats Information:
The group of people at China Flats are filming a documentary on the old growth of the Siskiyous and not looking for bigfoot at all. The group is out of Vancouver, Canada and is using the dogs in the film for a story of dogs getting lost in the mountains when hunting for cougars. I talked with the producer of the film and he assured me they are not trying to hunt bigfoot. Also they are not aware of any of the sightings.
