The sun breaks through a dense thicket of trees and underbrush in a remote and misty forest located in the North Western region of Winsted, Connecticut. One would hardly think it possible in this modern age for large, hair-covered, bipedal creatures could go undiscovered in forests such as this. Nevertheless, sightings of just such creatures have been documented as far back as the time when Native Indians ruled this land. Could such creatures have survived all these years without detection? There are some who think that they have. It's NESRA's quest to investigate this great mystery and present to you our findings.

NESRA's 2005 Winsted Investigations Yield Many Positive Results
By: "Hollywood"
Photos by DTK

Acting on the knowledge of the extensive history of reported Bigfoot activity in northwestern Connecticut, NESRA members from Massachusetts and Connecticut converged on the area for some preliminary scouting.

During one such scouting trip on September 7th, 2005, just after sunrise, myself and another NESRA member heard the "whoops" that are often attributed to Bigfoot. These "whoops" started immediately after I did some wood-knocking while deep in a swampy and forested area of Winsted.

One of the swampy marshlands that is common to the region. Click to enlarge.

We could determine that the "whoops" were coming from at least two, and possibly three, separate locations up the side of a mountain. As the "whoops" continued, they seemed to get farther away from us, as if they were traveling in a fanned out pattern. The "whoops" lasted about 30 to 45 seconds until they either stopped completely or were just too far away for us to hear them any more.

An example of the rugged terrain. Click to enlarge.	An example of the rugged terrain. Click to enlarge.	An example of the rugged terrain. Click to enlarge.

An impression in the form of a large footprint. Click to enlarge.

On September 17th, I returned to the same area for more scouting. I was examining a muddy area near a stream that leads into a swamp, where I saw what appeared to be two different footprints. One was small, about 12 inches in length, the other was larger, at 16 inches. I also noticed many deer tracks in the same area.
 

Another large impression. Click to enlarge.	A smaller impression. Click to enlarge.	Two 16" impressions at base of fallen tree. Click to enlarge.

A 16" Cast of the tree-base impression. Click to enlarge.	Another view of the cast.  Click to enlarge.	The large tree that fell.  Click to enlarge.

Another view of the tree.  Click to enlarge.

I continued walking downstream towards the swamp. As I walked, I heard something moving in the thick brush ahead of me, so I slowly continued to walk in that direction. I then did some "wood-knocking", three "bangs", nothing in response. A few minutes later, I tried it again. This time, within seconds of my "knocking", only 50 yards away from me, just over a small ridge, I heard; "BANG, BANG, BANG" on a tree.

A picture of the tree on a return trip.  Click to enlarge.

On the third BANG, I heard a very large tree come crashing to the ground. Although this was very close to me, the thick brush and the ridge blocked any view I might have of what had just transpired.

I stood silently for a minute, trying to sort out what had just happened and listened for what might come next. I didn't hear anything else after that.
 

More of the landscape that makes up the region. Click to enlarge.

After a few more minutes, I made my way through the woods to the fallen tree. Interestingly, it was blocking the road I had driven in on. The tree was rotted so I was able to move some broken pieces out of the way enough so that I could drive back out. Just in time, as a severe thunderstorm started within minutes after that.

I returned the next day to examine the tree. I found two 16 inch prints at the base of the tree, the exact size and shape of the print that I found previously in the mud by the stream.

This area has since proven to be very "active" and we are confident that this is an area of a significant Bigfoot presence in Northwest Connecticut.

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Sidebar By: The Ganglian  03/15/06

I would like to add that this is basically within a mile or so of an experience I reported on the NESRA forum last weekend. I had a similar incident involving my hearing a falling tree approximately three weeks after what Hollywood is describing.

Also, most of the activity to date involves the same general area within a estimated two mile range, much of which follows the line of the mountain located there. There are also large tracts of private land adjacent to the forest on both sides. I have scouted (inadvertently) onto one of these tracts, and that area is just as woodsy as the forest itself and keeps going for a quite a distance. I have a theory that whatever is generating all this activity is possibly traveling in a kind of "circuit." This is possibly based on food availability around the forest regions of the greater Winsted area and possibly even the greater CT-NY-MA border area. If something were moving in a circuit around that area, it might explain the relatively quiet nature of the winter season. That said, be aware this is all conjecture on my part, based on what I've observed.

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Ganglian under a tree-twist we felt was noteworthy. Click to enlarge.	A closer view. Click to enlarge.