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Native Oregonian Cindy Caddell is an archeologist with a bachelor's degree in anthropology.
Her focus in school was native American legends related to sasquatches/bigfoots.
Cindy has led BFRO expeditions in Oregon several times. She has been selecting areas with
activity in the central Cascades based on indicators from reports
submitted online and through others locally via word-of-mouth.
There are many areas in Oregon where activity has occurred in the past, but
many of those areas may not be as active anymore. The vast forest
fires in Oregon in previous years displaced many
thousands of deer in central Oregon, so all of their predators
(including bigfoots) would have been displaced along with them. They
may be repopulating their former ranges nowadays but some areas
recover faster than others.
There is a process for figuring out the areas where the deer
herds are returning to (among area with a bigfoot history), using satellite imagery and tips
from locals. The next part of the process is to figure out which of
those areas would be accessible to a four day expedition.
Cindy has a primary target in mind, and good back up locations. She
will have help from other BFRO people in Oregon before and during
the expedition.
There are various electronic devices that people use on these
expeditions, such as sound recorders and small drones. The one
device you will find most helpful in a bigfoot area is a thermal
camera. Without this type of device it is unlikely that you will
spot and record any animals in the dark. They also make you feel a
lot more comfortable in the dark because you can spot any warm
bodies in the nearby woods, or across fields and swamps, etc. After
you walk around with one in the woods even one time, you will feel blind at night without one.
It changes the whole game. You can suddenly see animals in the
darkest conditions much better than they can see you.
The BFRO sells high-resolution (384 lines) thermal cameras for
much lower than retail price, because we want as many people as
possible to afford them. See BFRO homepage for more info about the
inexpenisve thermal cameras from Taiwan that we sell. Click on
thermal image of the guy with a dog.
We seel them for less
that $1,000. It is a level of technology and resoluation that would
have cost $10,000 just 10 years ago.
A good thermal video
camera is MUCH more useful for squatching than the best nightvision
video camera. Many repeat expedition attendees now own them and no
one has had any complaints or malfunctions. They are very solid. You
will not regret owning one of those devices.
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