Please refer to the General and Specific Directions of SSRG Report #1. This reports contains the photos and maps to this area.
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT:
The Pollock Pines research area is south east of Jenkinson Lake. The elevation varies between 3800 and 4200 feet. It’s forested with pine trees and various hardwoods and moderate undergrowth. The forest does have a canopy that’s penetrated by sunlight and the undisturbed forest floor is generally covered with pine needles, leaves and/or sticks from broken branches.
There are year round streams fed by mountain snow throughout the area and mountains surround it with both bare and forested ridges. The area is rocky with moderate amounts of loam and red clay and the rock composition varies from decomposed granite to solid granite with protruding boulders.
Game is plentiful as we observed bear and deer tracks, ground squirrels several species of birds. Fish were not observed in the local streams but as they flow year round they're considered present.
The weather on this day was warm with temperatures in the upper 60s to low 70s. Snow was visible in the higher mountain areas streams were running full. Isolated limbs and trees were seen on the ground from the heavy winter snowfall and high spring winds.
CULTURAL SETTING:
This is a multi-use forestry area. People have been shooting here for some time as numerous brass, shotgun and expended paintball casings were observed. There was clear evidence of ATV use and the cutting of firewood.
Please refer to SSRG Report #1 for a complete description of the area with pictures.
RESEARCH DESIGN:
This area will continue to be visited annually by the SSRG. We have reason to believe the area is being habituated by the Bigfoot species or being continually used a migration corridor. The reader is requested to see SSRG Report #1 for the history of our research design for this area.
Research methods used were taken from Professor Jeff Meldrum’s September 2006 book, Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science. We were interested in handprint or footprint evidence, unusual broken trees and/or tree limbs, evidence of digging for insects, nests or places where a Bigfoot might lie down or rest, Bigfoot body parts which might leave impressions in soil or mud, actual sightings of a Bigfoot, audio sounds especially screams and/or whoops or whistles, and loose rocks on the hillside which could provide stones for throwing toward the road.
RESEARCH METHODS:
The reader is asked to refer to SSRG Report #1 for our previous research methods for this area.
During this visit the area around the edge of Bonetti Rd was searched, along with the area of the depression, the Camp Creek stream area, and Forest Road 10N55G and its' associated trails. No clearly defined footprints or other evidence was found with the exception of the unusual broken and snapped limbs at the Camp Creek stream area as described below.
This evidence was documented using a Sony DCR/DVD-108 Camcorder.
However, trace evidence was noticed which may or may not indicate the presence of the species in this area. Attempts were made to gain notice of the species attention by banging heavy branches against a log. No response was noticed. Also, no other persons were met during this investigation.
RESULTS:
The reader is asked to refer to SSRG Report #1 for the history of our results in this area which have been significant in the year 2007.
Along the Camp Creek Steam Area a series of downed limbs caught our attention. An exmination of them showed they had been snapped off and they appeared to have come from another area. Looking up to the trees above didn't reveal any evidence of broken branches and the trees appeared healthy.
A video was shot of the area and may be viewed here
Still pictures showing the snapped limbs were lifted from the video and can be seen below.
CONCLUSIONS
What was learned from this site? Summarize all the various findings made. Discuss how what you learned compared to other bigfooting work done in the area. What old ideas appear wrong? What new ideas do you have? What remains unanswered? What should we do in the future to answer such questions or test your ideas?