Watch for Bigfoot on the Meramec

[BilletHead]

Missouri Fisherman Claims Bigfoot Threw a Huge Boulder at Him (khmoradio.com)

[fishinwrench]

If a tree can "know", then a tree can throw.   ☝️

[FishnDave]

No boulders yet, but I've had golf ball-size or smaller rocks thrown at me while fishing in a few places...in Iowa and Missouri.  No wind, no overhanging trees, usually landed in the water within 6' of me.  I've heard tree knocks while fishing in both Iowa and Missouri.  My buddy was fishing out-of-sight from me on a remote trout stream in NE Iowa, he saw a panicked deer racing along a treeline, and then it turned and shot up a big steep wooded slope.   A few seconds later, he saw something black following after the deer very fast.  The deer made lots of noise running through the weeds.  The black thing made no noise.  There's no bear there.  A dog would have made as much or more noise than the deer.  I've seen tree structures, tree breaks, and trees placed in "X"'s in the woods in a number of places.  These folks are everywhere.

[fishinwrench]

The only logical answer is that they are trees that can momentarily come to life.  And then turn back into trees at will, and obviously when they die. 

When you consider the life cycle of some insects, that theory isn't so far fetched.  And besides..... there are illuminati clues

😉 

Careful where you hang those tree stands, boys !

[fshndoug]

Ok boys now I am scared to take out the trash at night .I guess I will just casually ask my wife to take it out tonight

[Gavin]

Alone at Riverview access in Cuba, MO on July 5th? The bigfoot claim is more plausible than being alone there on July 5th.  

[fishinwrench]

21 minutes ago, fshndoug said:

Ok boys now I am scared to take out the trash at night .I guess I will just casually ask my wife to take it out tonight

Get this lovely creature to escort you ! 

[Johnsfolly]

1 hour ago, FishnDave said:

 A few seconds later, he saw something black following after the deer very fast.  The deer made lots of noise running through the weeds.  The black thing made no noise.  There's no bear there. 

Unless it was bipedal while running, it was more likely to be a bear. 20 yrs ago many did not think that there were bears in MO, now they have a limited hunting season due to the growing numbers, which includes breeding populations across the state. 

Black bears

Black bears are native to the state of Iowa. Before European settlement, these bears were widespread in the Midwest, and they were documented in 48 counties --- mostly in eastern Iowa --- before 1900. The last historical documentation of a pre-1900 black bear being shot was actually near Spirit Lake, in the year 1876.

During colonization, bears were killed because they damaged crops and harassed and killed livestock, and they were also valuable as food and for fur. Because of overhunting during settlement, the black bear was extirpated in Iowa. Extirpated means a species no longer survives in an area, usually due to human persecution or habitat destruction, but it is not completely extinct in the world.

Regulation of the killing of bears in the 20th century helped create viable --- or healthy --- populations in states around Iowa, such as Minnesota, Wisconsin and Missouri. Iowa does not have a current breeding population of black bears, and those appearing in eastern counties are usually coming from surrounding states.

It may just be a matter of time before there are established breeding populations of bears in Iowa.

[mic]

I'm going to call it.  Someone will now suit up in a big foot outfit and start throwing rocks.  Then someone will shoot him out of fear.  The Ozark citizens will look like crazies across the nation when both parties are probably not from the area.  

[FishnDave]

Pretty rare.  2-3 sightings/year now.  More than previously.

"Black bear are not common, but are spotted in Iowa almost every year. Between 2002 and 2021 (20 years), there were 43 confirmed bear in Iowa. According to Jeff Harrison, Conservation Officer with the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, “In the last five years, we’re probably receiving two to three reports a year now, whereas 10 years ago maybe once every two years”.