In the Shadows – Night Driving - Article 47
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There are many types of research tactics used by researchers in the search for Bigfoot, one that I use a lot is called night driving. I used to do it with a night vision equipped camcorder that was mounted on a tripod and pointed through the windshield towards the front of the vehicle. At night, the headlights would produce enough light that the camera would record outwards to another 100 or so feet past what our eyes could see the periphery of. The whole idea was that if a Bigfoot or other animal bolted across the road, just outside of the viewable light, that the camcorder would record it as it crossed.
Fast forward a few years and night driving turned into a different tactic, driving down back roads with a thermal camera, and a lot of times with dual thermal cameras pointed outwards to the sides of the road as the vehicle moved along. When a heat signature was spotted, the vehicle would stop and the creator of the signature would be investigated to see if it could be discovered what it was.
Some of the more common animals were spotted, and it was discovered that more deer than what you realize get right up next to the road in the underbrush. One incident that was watched and recorded was a young mountain lion was sneaking up on an Elk, and was nearly ready to pounce until the Elk turned around towards him and bugled, this quickly unnerved the mountain lion who bounded off for safety.
One thing for anyone considering doing night driving, is do not shine lights into the woods while you are going down the road, if a game warden sees you doing this, they will stop you. They will suspect you of spotlight hunting.
With the use of thermals, it was necessary for the MABRC (Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center) to create a library of different heat signatures of animals, vehicles, humans and more to compare with. Some of the researchers have become fairly expert at what is seen on the thermals and can tell you very quick, what you have on the thermal screen.