Pond Boss Forums GENERAL QUESTIONS Pond Boss Do you believe? GRYPHON Sighting!

As many of you are aware, I try to approach the subject of Cryptozoology with an open mind. Through my brief tenure as a PB Forum member, it seems I've established a fairly credible reputation for proving the existence of "what simply cannot exist" on film.

You may recall my famous Sasquatch video Government agencies are still trying to destroy; and snapshots I captured of the horrible University of Nebraska Department of Veterinary Nedicine PVC Muskrat experiments gone wrong. This time, however, I feel you'll share my sentiments I've truly outdone myself.

For several years I successfully convinced my wife going in on 1/2 side of beef would save us bundles of money at the grocery store. After the steaks and roasts were gone, however, I ended up with 200 lbs worth of freezer burned chuck steaks, beef ribs, and other not so choice cuts of beef.

It's been a long, cold Winter here in NE - and I desperately needed a project to whittle away the time. I received a game camera for Christmas - and while the hundreds of deer pics were nice, I decided to turn it up a notch and put some of the meat to use in a experiment.

While I'm not thoroughly convinced of their existence, this photographic evidence speaks for itself: "GRYPHON!"

Certainly a non-mythological creature that completely missed the mark on the beef.

Did you spook it?

Well, I'd say it's either a gryphon, or your bird dog jumped so far up a grouse's butt that his head must have been coming out of the beak just off camera!

Good guess - no I was home I think it was near zero degrees this evening.

Hmmm...a solid attempt at debunking...but I also detect there may be a little shred of a believer in you? I do appreciate your ethusiasm and creativity.

Someone will nail this before the night is through.

Great horned owl!!!! Cool picture it looks like it could be 150 lbs

Great horned owl?
(Blair got me)

BLAIR....you could have waited a little closer to Midnight - sigh.

Excellent debunking. I never knew the GHO talons were covered in feathers like that. Too cool.

Regardless of the outcome here, I maintain the authenticity of my Sasquatch video!






I have been setting out frozen beef for a six weeks now, and I haven't exactly captured the exotic species I was hoping for: Mink, Bobcats, Mountain Lion....rather my visitors amounted to a bunch of farm cats and some coons - but the GHO was a real treat.

Interesting side note - I haven't seen any pix of the cats in a couple weeks. I'm hopeful the presence of the GHO means he made a meal of those cats. Nothing against cats - but the NRCS told me they can devastate upland game bird populations in short order and I have been establishing habitat and feeding my pheasants and quail for the last three years trying to promote their numbers. NRCS actually recommended I extirpate cats if they are 200 yards from their farm....seems a tad harsh - not to sound like a p#ssy but could I really shoot a cat? I think I'll keep the GHO around and have him do my dirty work for me!

Of all guys I thought my fellow amateur ornithologist would nail this....good work Bski!

That is really cool TJ.

I have never seen a GHO.

Not something you would want for a pet that would perch on your arm.

I wonder how Capitan Morgan would be strutting his stuff with a GHO on his shoulder

Did you know that GHO's are the only predators of skunks, and they are pretty good at picking crows off their roost at night as well. I'll bet that if the kitty isn't around any more that it became an owl pellet.

I have minks culling my muskrats, and owls hunting the farm cats? No way, good things don't accidently happen to me!

Awesome pic TJ... I am trying to remember, but I don't think I have ever gotten a confirmed GHO on camera. That is a big one too! GHO are nasty pheasant predators in their own right, but the feral cats are as well. In the end, good habitat is what allows pheasant and quail to do well. The predators will eat a few, but the habitat is key to their long term sustaining populations.

Thought you'd enjoy T. How's our Lake Erie trip shaping up?

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An interesting story I read when we went on a long weekend to Santa Fe New Mexico. A pair of Great Horned Owls had, for many years, been nesting in the belfry of the Capitol Building. During some renovations, it became necessary for a worker to go up and temporarily move the nest to one side. Those nests are huge. They waited until the owls weren't at home and a worker went up. When he got there, he saw an abundance of colorful stuff in the nest. They were small dog and cat collars.

Ok TJ, I'll bite. What's the story of the Sasquatch video?

We had quite a few "sightings" of a big hairy half man/half beast thing wandering the woods in Grayson County around the shores of Lake Texoma the last couple of years. No pictures of course but the sightings seemed to end when Lusk went on a diet.

Luskquatch

Great pictures!

What a bunch of hooey. Never in the history of the Forum has a post been made that was so totally wrong, so completely unbelievable, such a complete and utter fabrication. Such a (dare I use the word?) LIE!


You expect us to believe that you had 200 lbs of unusable beef left from a side? What did you manage to eat, 3 steaks and a pound of hamburger? I didn't just fall off the butcher's truck, TJ.

mis-guided anger...don't pay attention, TJ
Theo's freezer is stuffed with owl

Sure TG - no problems swallowing my Sasquatch video but you want to debunk my side O beef story? Let the record show:

Year one: 1/2 side - WAY TOO MUCH, so-
Year two: 1/3 side - still far too much - but I managed to convince Amy that a 1/4 side was far cheaper, and we likely won't be wasting any
Year three: 1/4 side - and I still don't like beef ribs or chuck steaks much

That last purchase was in 07 - 3 failures was all I needed to learn my lesson. I tried contacting local homeless shelters, soup kitchens, etc. and they were not too jazzed about accepting raw beef - so it sat in my basement, in the extra standup freezer I convinced Amy we needed just for our beef purchases - yet remains a sore subject to this day.

I don't like drawing a crowd - these videos are dangerous testimony there is more to life than meets the eye - a fact of which many groups would rather you remain ignorant. Please, keep this to yourself, Dave.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ljbdMU6F3M&feature=channel

TJ, you make me feel like the beef equivalent of Bubba Blue the Shrimper in Forrest Gump.

"Anyway, like I was sayin', beef is the fruit of the pasture. You can barbecue it, boil it, broil it, bake it, saute it. Dey's uh, beef-kabobs, beef creole, beef gumbo. Pan fried, deep fried, stir-fried. There's pineapple beef, lemon beef, coconut beef, pepper beef, beef soup, beef stew, beef salad, beef and potatoes, beef burger, beef sandwich. That- that's about it."

We go through about a side a year, filling in some holes in the menu here and there with venison and a half a hog.

That's a pretty good and compelling video, TJ, but I found this one to be a little more plausible myself.

Bigfoot Caught on Tape

Was that shot by one of your clients detoxing?