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Reilly
Mountain climber
The Other Monrovia- CA
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Mar 29, 2012 - 01:13am PT
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This is from the Bigfoot thread:
My Bigfoot Encounter
Susan and I were bivied just above the circ#m-montane trail at the foot of
the Shoestring Gl on Mt St Helens. Ape Canyon was about 2 miles due east
across the Plains of Abraham. Ape Canyon was the site of a battle between
a group of miners and a 'tribe' of Sasquatch in 1924. The miners claimed
to have shot and killed one of the Sasquatch before retreating to their
cabin for the night. During the night a large group of Sasquatch trundled
boulders down upon the cabin and even tried to break into it.
"In 1950 a skier named Jim Carter was with a group of other men, but went
off by himself to film a documentary. He was never seen again, despite a
massive search. One of the search team members said he had a chilling
feeling of being watched the entire time. Carter's ski tracks seemed to
indicate that he took off at a very high speed, making tremendous jumps
that no experienced skier would make unless he was frightened beyond
reason or being pursued."
http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Ape_Canyon/id/1915173
It was late summer or early fall, maybe '73. Without a tent there was no
resisting the full moon boring its way into my medulla oblongata; I was
wide awake. The fact that I was going to solo the Shoestring with my
Clovis era tools contributed to my insomnia.
Around midnight I started hearing the sounds well described by Studly and
Pcousar (and Dingus and others in this thread). I've spent a lot of time
in the wild on a number of continents and I've never heard anything like
this. It started about a mile or more to the south of us but came closer
after each three to five minute interval. It was clearly following the
trail as 'nobody' in their right mind would try to walk across the
tortuous lava flow aptly named the Plains of Abraham. Susan was blissfully
sleeping the sleep of the just, thank heavens. I was almost as terrified
of her awakening as I was of the approaching entity. Why she didn't I
can't begin to fathom although it wasn't extremely loud, just unearthly
primal. When it got within a few hundred yards I threw off my sleeping bag
and held my ice tools in each hand ready to do battle. I was afraid to
take a better position for fear of awakening Susan. When it got directly
below us on the trail it could not have been more than 100' away and I was
sure it could hear the deafening sound of my pulse pounding furiously
against my eardrums. Then there was silence. Though there wasn't a breath
of wind I was certain it had smelled us. I sat upright gripping the tools.
I stared down the treed slope but couldn't see the trail because of a drop-
off. It knew we were there and on some plane knew that I knew it was
there. The silence screamed onwards.
After 15 minutes I think I allowed myself to recline but still clenched the tools.
I guess I dozed off eventually but only just. About 0400 I decided it was
safe to go climb. Yes, it was safe to go soloing! I never told Susan.
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Roxy
Trad climber
CA Central Coast
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BUMP for more scary stories - man I loved hearing the tales on here - thanks again to munge for cooling me in to this thread.
Just read R&I issue 219 last night before bed - the article "The Howling" - it was about the Sonora Pass area, specifically Lost World.
curious if anybody has set up any wildlife cameras out there?
not to wet blanket imagination but it seems like the scout-sniper 'playing' with people (didn't know USMC had base nearby) or perhaps pot farmers spooking people off might make the most sense in as much as moving rocks off slabs and setting up stick teepees and other disposable thumb required tasks.
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Dude, an autumn night in 2009 I got a picture of him... on the road right near the pass. I almost ran the bastard over. But it was walking on four legs. THe picture was blurry. Now I just went through my albums to post a picture, and it's not there! Seriously!
But there was this cool shot from the same night when I stopped by Mono Lake:
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NutAgain!
Trad climber
South Pasadena, CA
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Oops, my bad, I did have the picture. Here it is:
And the moon shone red as blood after the sun turned black as sack cloth:
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bit'er ol' guy
climber
the past
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Lame!
at least surfers have the BALLS to piss in your gas tank
and kick your assss if they don't want you around.
Sonora big foot?
Really?
So does little jimmmy thornburger think that story will keep people away?
little wooden tee-pees my ASSSS
Here's an idea-don't publish pics of killer babes on killer routes if you dont want crowds.
can't really blame Sonora locals though
look what happen to Gold Wall!
and that place kinda sucks.
Actually........
last time I was at Gold Wall some leprechauns on meth keyed my sprinter van!!!
BEWARE!!!!!!!!
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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silence screamed onwards
Route name? And then he leaves Susan alone(bait), while he is safely off the deck solo climbing? Geez. Are any of the local climbers known to have sleepwalking issues? Do these incidents occur when there are dogs with people?
Munge and Brad have talked up SPH and I finally made it for a weekend of climbing, but not one word about this "phenomenon". Guys?
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clinker
Trad climber
Santa Cruz, California
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they usually leave weeping. Even the 'Wanted Doggie Posters' get torn down on a regular basis.
Its incanny!. SEEK!
Has any of this been investigated? I just purchased a copy of the new guidebook, maybe there is a warning in the description of the area giving us non-locals a heads up. Or the guidebook writers might have resold a copy belonging to one of the missing BAPs that disappeared?
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J.L. Vaquero
Trad climber
Northern California
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I remember driving up the 108 one friday evening..it was late and rather pitch black, no moon. I was with a few buddies of mine and we decided to spend the night up this ridge close to the Donnell vista, we made dinner, made a good fire and pounded a few cold ones..We were surrounded by tall sugar pines and Doug fir trees, we couldn't see the star above us, however, there was a clearing about 60ft from us, we just decided to take shelter near a few rocks for less exposure.
We were very tired, and decided to call it a night. I was in my sleeping bag and was watching the fire slowly turn to red ambers, and sorta wishing it would stay alive all night, it was pitch black. I felt a feeling of uneasiness, and told myself please don't get up to go use the bathroom. My friends started snoring and I was looking around, peeking through my sleeping bag, I heard this branch snap and like someone taking a deep breath..I never heard it leave and was sure it was behind a tall pine tree about 6ft from us. I needed to pee bad! I waited like an hour and a half and said screw it, I went almost right off my sleeping bag, took a looksy with my headlamp and crawled back to my bag! I've never been creeped out like that, Ive been to scarier woods but didn't have that vibe..next morning my buds told me they were a bit freaked out spending the night there. One of them told me they held their pee til the morning..smh.
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StahlBro
Trad climber
San Diego, CA
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Probably related to Yucca Man. I heard that dude/dudette is always messing with the marines on night ops around 29 Palms.
http://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2011/12/yucca-man.html
I am pretty sure he paid us a visit when we were camping at the Grey Giant BITD. We were camping at the Dormitory Rock and all kinds of crazy sh*t started happening in that little canyon.
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Dingus, you are so totally full of s#%t:
Dogs will not stay at Sonora Pass. Its been well known to locals but pretty much hush hush with outsiders.
Bay area faqs come up to the pass with their dogs? They usually leave weeping. Even the 'Wanted Doggie Posters' get torn down on a regular basis.
Its incanny!. SEEK!
DMT
I know this is a fun thread, and I know you're trying to be funny. I also know that you don't want other people climbing up here; you want it all to yourself (especially NO BAPs). So you try to scare people away. But I happen to like seeing other people (even some BAPs, and even you, a CVP). I like seeing them up here. So tell the truth: dogs love the SPH area.
Why do dogs love the SPH? Because they can go anywhere ( anywhere that is, without seeing other people who might resent them, and without getting busted by any types of LEOs).
How do I know that dogs love the SPH? It's simple:
 My two dogs climb with me here all the time, and they love it, and
You climb up here all the time.
(Love you/mean it.)
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mtnyoung
Trad climber
Twain Harte, California
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Pass was empty as usual last weekend, not a dog nor climber in sight.
DMT
Like hell it was.
We climbed at Second Quarry Crag with three people and three dogs (and - we think - one big foot and two and a half chupicabras). We saw two cars parked for the Bear's Lair or Lost World, and two parked for Lucky Draw.
Just 'cause you're too anti-social to stop by for dinner now and then (in spite of a standing invite), doesn't mean that others aren't around doing their thing.
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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I'm camping with my cousin at Chipmunk Flat this Saturday. This is just what my over-active imagination needs.
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Mungeclimber
Trad climber
Nothing creative to say
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Just 'cause you're too anti-social to stop by for dinner now and then (in spite of a standing invite), doesn't mean that others aren't around doing their thing.
Buahahaa, Dingus got pwned! Dude, you best stop by some time. :)
I eventually caved to the pressure too.
Just do it.
ONE OF US
ONE OF US
ONE OF US
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pb
Sport climber
Sonora Ca
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what happened to the Goldwall?
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Jingy
climber
Somewhere out there
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you sure it wasn't Dingus chasing you off?
TOO GOOD!!!
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Jun 11, 2014 - 11:26am PT
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Saturday night passed monster-free for us. Maybe because we had no dogs, or maybe because there were meatier campers downstream.
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looks easy from here
climber
Ben Lomond, CA
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Jun 11, 2014 - 11:30am PT
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Whew! His (her? its?) schedule sure worked out well for me.
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Dapper Dan
Trad climber
Menlo Park
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Jun 11, 2014 - 02:15pm PT
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We also had a peaceful night last weekend . You just gotta sleep up high !
This is on a small hill near the pass, probably 9,500 feet.
Edit : yeah we slept inside the truck .
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