Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy

Camera Trap Vandals

Monday, 13 July 2009

In April 2006, the Texas Bigfoot Research Conservancy initiated a long-term camera trap project called Operation Forest Vigil. Study sites were established in two remote areas located in the Ouachita Mountains of Oklahoma/Arkansas and in East Texas. Although both areas are characterized by high rainfall and extensive forest, in addition to long histories of sasquatch sightings, they differ from each other in many ecological aspects. One significant difference that quickly became apparent to TBRC researchers was the presence of the American black bear (Ursus americanus) in the mountains of southwestern Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma. Actually, the presence of black bears in the mountains was well known; what TBRC members did not realize was the impact bear activity would have on Operation Forest Vigil.

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Bigfoot in Texas?

Some people think that the bigfoot phenomenon is limited strictly to the Pacific Northwest; they would be sadly mistaken. There is a common misconception of Texas terrain as being nothing but prairies and deserts, with a lone tumbleweed rolling by. It is probably safe to assume that many people who have never been to Texas, formed their opinion from watching the television show Dallas in the 1980s. In East Texas, which is where the majority of the reported sightings of bigfoot occur in the state, there are approximately 12 million acres of forestland. That is equivalent to 12 million football fields.

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Bigfoot/Sasquatch Sightings: Correlations to Annual Rainfall Totals, Waterways, Human Population Densities and Black Bear Habitat Zones

In Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana, anecdotes about huge, hairy, apelike creatures said to dwell in the deep woods and, occasionally, near the peripheries of rural communities, have accumulated for centuries. Many of these accounts were related by highly reliable and trustworthy individuals, people who had nothing to gain by telling their stories.

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