Investigating Sasquatch: Inside NAWAC’s Search for Bigfoot | Michael Mayes Interview

Yeah, so in the book, you mentioned that there seems to be like a little bit of this correlation between time spent in Area X and sightings or experiences with Sasquatch.

So do you guys all kind of just seem to think of that or explain that as, you know, oh, we were in there and the longer you're there, that's just, you know, the nature of just being in the woods for a while? Or do you think there's anything more to that?

Well, again, I just think it's...

the more you're there, the more opportunity you have.

And I think I actually did the math in the chapter you're referring to.

And I don't recall, if you do, please jump in.

We had all these visuals and it just seems like so much.

You guys were seeing them everywhere around every tree.

And that really wasn't the case.

When you break it down by the actual number of man hours that we were, you know, the number of people and how many hours they were out there, days and weeks at a time.

I think it worked out to be about one visual per every 10 or 12 calendar days, which is still crazy.

That's crazy high, actually.

I mean, that's really

good.

I try to tell people, too, in the book, you know, you may get the impression that stuff was happening nonstop all the time.

And of course, that's not true, but nobody wants to buy a book that's 90%.

Nothing happened today.

The Valley of the Apes book, it's sort of the highlights of pulled from the field notes from those 10 years.

Certainly, it's not true that something was going on all the time.

I tell people this is 90% boredom.

Well, actually, I think I usually say 99%.

tedious and bored and 1% terror, you know, I mean, that's, it's kind of the way it works out.

But, but, you know, when you, again, when you're writing the book, you're hitting the highlights.

So, you know, anyone who looks at that, you know, keep that in mind.

Yeah.

Yeah, so in the book, you mentioned that there seems to be like a little bit of this correlation between time spent in Area X and sightings or experiences with Sasquatch.

So do you guys all kind of just seem to think of that or explain that as, you know, oh, we were in there and the longer you're there, that's just, you know, the nature of just being in the woods for a while? Or do you think there's anything more to that?

Well, again, I just think it's...

the more you're there, the more opportunity you have.

And I think I actually did the math in the chapter you're referring to.

And I don't recall, if you do, please jump in.

We had all these visuals and it just seems like so much.

You guys were seeing them everywhere around every tree.

And that really wasn't the case.

When you break it down by the actual number of man hours that we were, you know, the number of people and how many hours they were out there, days and weeks at a time.

I think it worked out to be about one visual per every 10 or 12 calendar days, which is still crazy.

That's crazy high, actually.

I mean, that's really

good.

I try to tell people, too, in the book, you know, you may get the impression that stuff was happening nonstop all the time.

And of course, that's not true, but nobody wants to buy a book that's 90%.

Nothing happened today.

The Valley of the Apes book, it's sort of the highlights of pulled from the field notes from those 10 years.

Certainly, it's not true that something was going on all the time.

I tell people this is 90% boredom.

Well, actually, I think I usually say 99%.

tedious and bored and 1% terror, you know, I mean, that's, it's kind of the way it works out.

But, but, you know, when you, again, when you're writing the book, you're hitting the highlights.

So, you know, anyone who looks at that, you know, keep that in mind.

Yeah.