Wes has this to say:

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Kari's point is well taken. I believe it was in 2005 when me and a friend were Elk hunting and came across tracks of a bigfoot. I can't see where it could have been made by anything else. The tracks were found over 4 miles from the road on a game trail. These tracks were made by something big and with five toes. We had noticed a smell in the air shortly before coming on them.
 
 A rough measurement showed the tracks to be 17 inches and 7 inches wide at the ball. We know of no animal in the Elliot State Forest that makes the tracks we saw. I had herd of bigfoot but really wasn't a believer in them till then. I mean nobody could have went in that area and laid down tracks that ran from the trail to a steep canyon over 900 yards away.
 
 I did say something to a state game warden that day about what we witnessed. He said from time to time people do find these mysterious tracks. Most all the time the person finds them far from any road and near water according to the warden. I am sure bigfoot is real and moving about in the forest
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Kari has this to say:

I'd like to thank this commenter also for giving us some new information. We all have wondered how we would act if we saw a Bigfoot. I have thought about it often and really don't know what I'd do. I would hope to keep my head on straight and just look at it, but I'm not sure unless it happens to me.

 Many stories have made Bigfoot out to be shy and others have shown what can happen when they're hurt or shot at. Would I be able to keep my natural fear in check or let panic and maybe scare the Bigfoot into a rage? Nobody can say they will do one or the other till it happens to them.

Remember the famous Grizzly Bear Man on TV for years that lived alongside the bears but was killed a few years ago by a rogue male in Alaska? My point is are all bigfoots gonna act the same with humans?

 For this reason the government needs to come clean now on the Bigfoot legend.

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I'm glad you brought up the road dangers. In 1987 I lost a friend to a massive slide near Allegany, Oregon. The forest road people had declared the road safe for travel but it gave away under him and the result was a needless death. For many years I worked in the forest and found being in the wrong place at the right time can have deadly consequences. 

Now to a experience I had in 2003. While driving the USFS #23 mainline between Agness and Galice, Oregon, I happened to look up the steep bank to see something move behind a tree. I stopped thinking a deer was moving. To my surprise the animal wasn't a deer. Looking around the tree at me was a black face shaped like a man's,  only covered in hair. Then as I watched this thing, it moved slightly to the right and I was absolutely mortified to see an apelike animal body appeare from behind the tree.

This animal or what ever it was, looked very stout and tall. It appeared to be female with hair covered breasts on it. It was something between a man and a large ape. It was watching me as it moved off into the thick underbrush. I have to tell you, I was shocked and confused on what it was.

It was several months later when I was talking to a guide for rafters on the Rogue when he told me it must have been bigfoot. He claimed he had seen one just like it only a male (he thinks) the year before while taking some rafters down the river. I remember very well,  he said it appeared to have some eye damage to it like that Sru Lake thing is said to have. I am still amazed to this day how these creatures can be out there without someone taking a shot at one. I believe your title to your newspaper articles are correct. "It's only a matter of time" before someone kills a bigfoot by accident or on purpose.

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Thank you for this great comment. "A Matter of Time" means to me that it is just a matter of time before the animal is proven to be real. How that will come about remains to be seen. Again Thanks, Linda Newton-Perry

"A Matter of Time" the newspaper column by Linda Newton-Perry

Looking for Bigfoot? Be Careful!

I’ll be the first to admit that I do not know all the ramifications of the discovery of bigfoot. But I’ve decided to ask myself: What do I want from the discovery of this being? I would like to see a good clear photo of it. I would like to be free to discuss my interest without being laughed at. After the being is confirmed to exist in the “wilds” of the world, I can then watch for him as I do cougar and bear and all the other fascinating wild creatures that inhabit our planet. And, I can be prepared to protect myself from him if need be. We’ve, after all, been informed how to behave if we come upon a cougar or bear in the forest. And so, it follows, that science will in time inform us of what to do and not do if we turn a corner and there in our path stands an eight-foot-tall behemoth, grunting and snorting.

Should we be concerned for our safety if we come upon a bigfoot? There are a few hair-raising reports of bigfoot which would cause one to wonder. We should be careful of any wild animal; remember while enjoying the wild we are sojourning in his world. When considering safety in the forest, one thought that invariably flashes into my mind is, what if I should come across a diseased animal, which would cause it to act unnaturally? Slight chance you say? Last week, in Oregon, we were warned that an outbreak of canine distemper was showing up in raccoons from Seaside to Astoria. This same distemper can affect dogs, coyotes and skunks. What if a bigfoot consumed one of these diseased animals? Well, you see where this could lead?

Another concern this time of year when driving the back roads while hoping to glimpse bigfoot are the roads themselves. Rain seems harmless, but after long drenching rains, narrow roads can simply crumble and slide off a mountain. Larry Smith shared with us on Bigfoot Ballyhoo, photos of just such a situation. What if a slide or the road falls away behind you? It’s happened! And each year people get stuck in the snow while enjoying a Sunday drive. Be prepared for the worst if you insist on traveling snowy or rain saturated back roads. Stay safe and make “talking bigfoot” commonplace.

Linda Newton-Perry, along with her husband, Christopher Perry, is the author of several bigfoot fiction books.