I feel special now. I have two wands. Mmwaaa ha ha ha!!
Yes. That is my girl friend.
Go ahead... dare me.
The enthusiasm is over powering. Now lets go Squatching...
This dude is always happy and he keeps following me around.
She thinks the can is talking to her again. Go figure. I keep telling her there is not a little person in the can. She doesn't believe me of course. Where is the trust.
I am just so happy to be here and get rocks thrown at me. I could just hug someone.
Little brothers...
It was an assedent. I was called Josh throwing a rock in the mud and Ethan got it good. By the way that would be accident but if you listen to Bill Engval you know what I mean.
Oh crap. If I pee he will know.
Fire... the outdoor TV. Very hard to see the Jazz on it though.
Lunch time and it is not raining anymore.
There is that happy kid again and my Dad said if I keep my face like this to long it is going to stay this way.
I have heard better...
Cool is my middle name...
Again... little brothers...
Look Mom... I climbed a water fall.
Me too Mom. I climbed it too.
Dude. I am tool cool and smart. Soon they will realize they have to come back down.
Must... spider... crawl... and those rocks hurt the tooshy.
This is why they call me Ninja Boy...
It was easier going up.
Hey, no pictures... you must document this!!
Crap... my little brother is beating me down the hill. Wait... I can say I wanted to make sure he was safe so I went last. Ya... that's it.
This is the wide angle...
I wonder if spells work the same way if the wand is in my mouth?
I am almost free.
Oh man. I am all by myself.
Are you sure I can't walk down this thing. My bum hurts.
Nope. More tooshy pain... or is that gas? Nope!! Get the TP ready!!
I've seen bigger...
Am I the smart one or what. Short cut...
Kind of strange but this was our first trip in Utah without being on a BFRO Expedition. I was looking forward to this new area we call Prime Rib because of how much activity we have been hearing about this place. We call it Prime Rib because we found a dead cow in here the last time we were hear. This was a larger group than normal. Todd, my brother in-law brought his entire family with him this time and then there was my Mother in Law Colleen who came with us along with Amanda, Jake, Luke, Ethan, Christina (Amanda's friend), Steven (Christina's boyfriend), Josh (my boys friend) and myself. This was last weekend (August 14-16, 2009). This was Josh's first trip and he really doesn't have an oppinion. Steven saw one on July 27th up at Upchuck. He is about a 4 on a scale of 1 to 5 in believing in them.
Friday night we got there and our spot was taken by the Military so we went to our back up place which was open. We saw the military playing paintball when we went to get firewood. They were gaurding their vehicles with M4's and a SAW. It was cool. We then got busy setting up our camp. We had five tents to set up. As we were getting started Todd showed up with his family. He then started his routine. Come to find out that his vehicle had a flat tire and he was going to have to change it. Menah was telling us that this is the sixth flat tire he has gotten this year.
We got everything set up, threw up a tarp and started dinner. We had Bratwurst, hotdogs, potato salad and veggies. Josh really liked my Colleens potato salad. He snarfed a ton then I know he had a bunch later that night around midnight or so. It all got eaten by the next days lunch. Very good. We then broke out the Smores and cooked some up. Steven only eats the marshmellows. We were having a good time chatting around the fire. We did our usual and went and loaded my truck up with firewood so we could burn to our hearts content. After we got our fill we loaded up for the nights activity. Amanda, Jake, Luke, Ethan, Christina, Steven, Josh, Todd, Colby, and I made our way to an area we wanted to call blast from. I had created a mix of vocalizations on my iPod that we were going to blast through my megaphone. We found a spot and waited for a bit before we started. We got through the vocals and not to long after that we heard something high above us on the scree slope walking and making rocks fall down the slide. The rocks were not that large on this slope. Above the slope there was thick pine cover and to our right was a massive cliff that went straight up over a hundred feet. All of us heard this crashing and walking up there at the top. Then a short time later we heard an impact on the slope and then rocks coming down. The sound was similar to when you throw a rock down a scree slope and you have the initial loud impact followed by other rocks moving because of the impact. We played the sounds several times and sometimes during or after we would have the same thing happen. We had several instances of this. We had some vehicles drive by us and then upon their return when they were at a distance I heard on my recording a vocalization. Not sure what it is but it doesn't sound human. After some time we decided that it was a good chance we had some in the area and now we wanted to lure them back to camp. Several of us road walked back to camp and I played the sounds from time to time, we also did some bio calls. Nothing definitive happened while going back to camp other than a drunk dude stopping in their truck and saying, "What the F...?" So I told him we were looking for Bigfoot. He said it was back up the canyon by the fire and then he drove off. I don't think he would have stopped if it wasn't for everyone laughing at them. The were all striking a pose when he drove by. After arriving at camp we discussed what had happened and that we needed to go back the next day and throw some rocks down another scree slope for comparison (we did that and it was almost identical to the night before which led us to believe we had something throwing rocks part way down the slope). After chatting for a bit Christina went to bed. I then remembered I wanted to set up a camera over there. I went over there and was kneeling down and within about thirty feet of me it sounded like something got up, walked off rather briskly and breaking some branches. Scared the crap out of me. I looked up with my red light to instinctively see but saw nothing because of the foliage. After about thirty seconds I whispered to see if Christina was awake. She heard everything and we believe whatever it was gave us the impression it was on two legs and heavy. After everyone went to bed Christina and Amanda called me and mentioned that they heard a wood knock. You can hear it on my recording. I was asleep so I didn't hear anything. Another note worthy thing. My Mother in Law went to bed and while we were gone she said it sounded like something was walking around the camp area. She said it sound like it was on two legs. She is in the dark as to what we are doing and doesn’t believe in Bigfoot. I found that interesting. We looked for tracks the next day and determined the area was so hard, rained and cattle in the area left so much sign we couldn’t find anything conclusive. Oh ya. It rained on us after we went to be… again!!!
I got up around 9am and Todd was all packed up and leaving. His tent got flooded that night and it took him an hour and a half to change his tire. What a horrible night. After that we cooked pancakes for breakfast. We went out looking for tracks and because of all the activity I could not find anything conclusive. Bummer. We found a spot that looked like elbow or something dug into the ground a bit wider than my shoulders but who knows. We also found a spot that may have been a but print. We found that because last night we heard something hit a bottle, almost like a rock or something. We heard it twice, so the next day we found an empty beer bottle just across the road from camp and what look like a butt impression in the dirt with other sign around it. The only thing for me is it wasn’t much wider than my butt. Again we couldn’t find much else to say we had something. After lunch we went up to the scree area and tested out our theory. We also hung out the for around an hour to see if rocks or anything fell in that time period. Not one rock noise within that time frame. We had several rock disturbances the night before in an hours time. During the day Saturday I was craving a diet coke and I wanted to call Shay so we headed out to look for a place to make my purchase. We found a Maverick and everyone had to go number two. I bought my drink and a beef stick (which everyone paid for later around camp). When Steven was standing in line the Pizza sign waver came in and tried to cut in line and Steven let him know, in a nice way they were all waiting in line. He walks off and says, "I guess I will just go back to work then!" He came back later when I was in. We spent around a half an hour plus there. I was the last one in and that sucked. Gag city!! Poor Pizza dude.
The next night we had more of the same planned. Before we did anything we had Dutch Oven BBQ chicken and Dutch Oven potatoes. It was awesome. We ran out of time for the peach cobbler so that would be for lunch tomorrow. We went back up to the scree slope. This time I waited longer to see if anything happened and it did not. We again played the sounds. About ten minutes after all the sounds were done which last sixteen and a half minutes a large rock hit not to far from part of our group that split off. They said it was loud. I didn’t hear it because it was windy at the time. We did the more sound, mostly the ones we thought were doing the best and sure enough. During and after we had what sound like rocks being hurled down the scree slope and hitting part of the way down and then causing more rocks to move. After a bit we decided we had a good chance of them being in the area. We then went and did the same thing. This time when I arrived in camp with my younger boys and I was sitting there for a bit I heard two whistles close together and from separate directions. I radioed the road walkers and found they were not far from camp. I almost felt like on was signaling the other that the road walkers were coming. Not to long after we got back everyone but my Mother in Law (she was in bed) Ethan (in bed) and Luke who was drying his feet went out and did what I am calling the ‘MP tactic’. The initials are from one of our trackers. So we are out doing this and we all sit down to pause. Well I didn’t want Luke back at camp by his lonesome so I go back. I come to find out that as I left something moved off to the groups left and sounded like it was on two legs on not to far away. It freaked Amanda out because it was on her side that it made all the noise. I sat back at camp and they are singing when there singing changed to something else but couldn’t make out what they were doing. Then I hear one of them yell, “can we come back to camp?” I thought they were just done and cold so I yell back, “NO!” I don’t remember who got on the radio but I asked them what was going on and why they wanted to come back. They said they had something thrown at them from the opposite direction of the previous sound and that they have been hearing loud crunching sound from above them coming from the small hill. The projectile hit and bounced as if it came in on a horizontal trajectory and everyone of them heard it. I asked them if they are sure it did not fall from above. They said there was not a tree above them and that it skipped pretty far. I said, “why come back to camp, I thought this is what you wanted to happen.” Then I hear Amanda yell, “maybe I need to rethink what I want.” I coaxed them to stay a bit longer. Jake and Josh heard something that sounded like a large thud against the ground above them. Josh was screaming he was thirteen and to young to die or something like that. They said it was like someone picking up a big rock and slamming it into the ground. After a bit I told them to come back to camp. They wasted no time in doing that. Before bed while sitting around the fire we heard other noises but nothing conclusive. I sent the recorder with Amanda and Christina. After about an hour and when they had finally shut up and gone to sleep I heard on the recording what sounded like a pine cone hit the tent. Then for about 45 minutes I hear sound like twig breaking, something that sounded like something hitting my truck and then some of our plastic containers getting thumped. Who knows. My impression was that because Amanda was the last to go to sleep they tested to see if she was asleep before they came into camp. Who kows.
We had a good time and some who were skeptical before the trip are leaning even more towards the believing side. Josh said they had a deer with opposable thumbs throw something at them. He believes a little bit more now. Steven is up to a 4.8 now. The company, the food and the fun make these trips worth it. Then if something happens all the better. Until next time.
John...
All I heard until Shay got home was, "when is Mom getting home? I want to open my presents." Now here he is.
It's a boot... Oh wait. I picked it out. Hee Hee!
I wonder what this is?
It is a knife and he picked it out...
Ooooo! It's sharp.
And yes, this is a ....
Bigger knife... This is what happens when you send his dad with him to get his presents.
Amanda... the one I really wanted was this big.
Okay. Now I am to the presents I know nothing about.
Money! *said in a cool voice* I am all about money. Booya!!
Amanda gave me Bruce Lee videos. Cool.
Amanda also gave me head phones and they have bass.
This is a big flame... but I've seen bigger...
Jake wanted Cheese cake and cookie dough ice cream for his Birthday. For his dinner at home we had Breakfast Burritos which had sausage, shredded hashbrowns, cheese, eggs, salsa, catchup, Tabasco sauce and you made it how you wanted it and rolled it in a freshly made Costco tortilla. Annette is the one I believe got us on to those and they are delish!
