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2 Oregon men die from exposure in a forest after they went out to look for Sasquatch

www.nbcnews.com 2 Oregon men die from exposure in a forest after they went out to look for Sasquatch

Sasquatch is a folkloric beast thought by some to roam the forests, particularly in the Pacific Northwest.

Summary

Two Oregon men, aged 59 and 37, were found dead from exposure in Washington State’s Gifford Pinchot National Forest after failing to return from a Christmas Eve trip to search for Sasquatch.

The Skamania County Sheriff’s Office attributed their deaths to harsh weather and lack of preparedness.

A family member reported them missing early Christmas Day, prompting a three-day search involving 60 volunteers, drones, canines, and Coast Guard infrared technology.

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I grew up backpacking those woods. December is dangerous even for experienced outdoorsmen. I'm going to guess they were not dressed appropriately, and didn't have any means of navigation outside of cell phones. There is zero cell service in the area. It's very easy to get turned around even with navigation there.
Be prepared and know what you're getting into before you go off the grid folks.
- It's insane to me how many people just grab their phone and think "I'm good to go on an all day woodland adventure!" with no water, no food, clothing for an afternoon at the mall, and not even a backup battery for their phone.
  I've actually packed extra clothes for someonein my bag specifically because I knew they were going to regret shorts and half a t-shirt. Cue 2 hours later they're complaining about being cold when we're in the valleys...
  
  Like fuck, it can get damn chilly at night in the mendocino forests in June the wrong years. I don't want to imagine how fucking cold it feels in actual winter a few hundred miles north
- If you save the maps offline you can navigate without cell service.
  
  I don't have a data plan, so my maps are always downloaded!

Exposure to…. Sasquatch!! 😱
- Yea, it's all a cover up. I know the real killer was a samsquanch.
  /s cause people might think I'm serious...
  
  A cautionary tale completely ignored is the American way ;)
- They should have taken 30 bagged lunches

Grindr sound
"Uhh, Honey? I'm just going to have a quick walk to... err... look for a Yeti."
- That explains the assless chaps. If you dont want to die from exposure, you gotta put up with the inconvienece of lowering your trousers

Some of my wife's family are Bigfoot believers and she has a masters in folklore, so she went with them to a Bigfoot convention earlier this year. I don't tell her what to do by any means, but I did tell her I was really against the idea because she's giving money to people (i.e. the people charging admission to the convention) who are exploiting those who might have serious mental illnesses or will end up doing something really stupid because of something they heard at the convention.
And this sort of thing is exactly why.
Do not promote mythology and folktales as reality because some people end up going way too far assuming they'll be the ones to prove it. Anyway, they're just fine as mythology and folktales, which is why very few people go out looking for centaurs and bottled djinn. Yes, mythology and folktales can be based on reality. But you need more than that to go on.
- These guys could have also died going on a regular hike, a hunting trip or any other reason to go into the woods. The bigger issue here is they weren't prepared for the weather conditions they were outside in, that should be the bigger focus on preventing this kind of death in the future. Even if i don't believe in bigfoot, I could i injure my ankle cross country skiing and still die to hypothermia if I wasn't prepared.
  
  Inexperienced people wouldn't go out into the woods in bad weather conditions looking for Bigfoot if they didn't think there was a Bigfoot in the first place. So they wouldn't have been going into the woods for another reason. Not right now.
- Meh just let people have their fun and their beliefs. People die doing all sorts of stupid shit.
  It’s not like they’re health quacks or chiropractors who actually take money and can hurt people. It’s not RFK causing an anti-vax measles outbreak.
  
  It's not them, it's the people who convince them.

It's Christmas Eve. Don't you think you should be sitting at home waiting for Santa Claus, another mythological creature? And, what a waste of manpower and resources looking for them, on a holiday no less.
- Could have just let the Sasquatch look for them. There's a pretty good record of people being returned unharmed but with very vague memories.
  what's the symbol for "sarcasm status uncertain"... /u?

That's what happens when you expose yourself to Sasquatch.
- They weren't trying to... Well I guess you don't go looking for a yeti unless you want to fuck it

It makes perfect sense! If Sasquatch can’t be found anywhere in California, he must be up in Oregon!
- Then why were they looking for him in the forests of Washington?
  
  They couldn’t find him in Oregon either! Must have been in Washington!

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This is what happens when you expose yourself to stupidity

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