BIGFOOT TRAPPED BY NORCAL FANATIC!
Finally I leave pavement, and am on my way to the Haunted Forest. Immediately, I can tell something drastic has occurred: My path is littered with violently torn-down limbs and uprooted trees. Was all of this damage caused by the mild windstorm that blew through the North Coast the previous afternoon? Apparently so. Thirty-mile-an-hour gusts have rendered the path I know so well nearly unrecognizable.
I lose my bearings a couple of times, and then, there it is: My tree-mounted game camera, hanging safely right where I left it. Eager to test if it still works, I walk fifteen yards in front of it, and to my relief three quick “pops” illuminate from its flash.
All of my chicken baits, I soon see, are gone, yet their bungie cords remain 8-feet high and undisturbed.
Woo-hoo! I shout, but only the tree wreckage hears me.
I got something, Grover.
Resting my laptop on a downed redwood log and inserting the USB cable into the game cam, I witness the past week’s goings-on in the Haunted Forest.
What the … ?
The white chicken pouches were untouched for four days: As of 3:02 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26. But three hours later, they’re gone .
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