Comments on: The Hay Bale

By: bullet maker

bullet maker — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:21:28 +0000

What ever made the impression was large. Kind of reminds me of the Skookum cast. the 24th of March, I would think is still pretty cold up there, and hay is an excellent insulater. So something big was resting on it, to keep warm would be my guess. very Interesting.

By: stancourtney

stancourtney — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:51:52 +0000

Les,

Yes this was one of those large bales. It was the only one there, I am not sure what the purpose was as there is no livestock in the area.

If it had not been such a large bale I could have turned it on its side to have gotten a better picture.

Stan

By: Les Hauser

Les Hauser — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 22:22:44 +0000

Stan: Was this one of those large rolled hay bales? Was this the only one, or were there others around?
I used to help put up hay as a teenager. We worked
with the smaller bales with wire. But if it was machine processed, I would think it would take a lot of weight to make an impression like that. Also, if whatever laid down, did so after dark and got up before daybreak, I could see where they would feel fairly safe. Just some thoughts. Thanks for sharing. Les Hauser

By: stancourtney

stancourtney — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:17:59 +0000

Jeff, the only thing behind the fence is closely mowed grass around a radio antennae. I wish the picture would have shown the outline of the impression better.

This taken by itself it not that inpressive, but given the daylight sightings, many footprints and all the vocalizations I have recorded here in the last 5 years this is just one small part of a very large puzzle.

By: Jeff Johnson

Jeff Johnson — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 17:15:17 +0000

That looks weird. How close is the fence behind it? Maybe the squatch or something else used the hay bale as a step to get over the fence. Thanks for sharing the pic.
Jeff