Animal Outside the Tent FOLLOW UP 3 Years Later

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Intro: 0:00
What was it?: 1:21
Why not confront it?: 2:21
Bears: 2:45
Guns: 3:49
Humans: 6:22
Bigfoot: 7:13
Animal Outside the Tent FOLLOW UP 3 Years Later - Discussing Bears, Bigfoot, Guns and More
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[@LostLakes]

Original video 3.5 years ago: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3TUqIaPituapLM

[@MarkSide_]

It was Bigfoot.

[@xull1x123]

holy cow, 3.5 years have already passed. times flying.

[@LostLakes]

@@xull1x123 hahah my thoughts exactly. Crazy

[@GatlinGun45274]

I know that what ever it was must have been curious and if under attack I’d bring a nightstaff and hand taser wich you can hold and thrust/punch and it will shock em.

[@radagastbrown9001]

Cowards need handguns.

[@BaumOutdoors]

I typically camp with a wifi trail camera. I point it towards my tent and if I hear anything, I can check the camera from my phone. Works great! lol

[@videosdeecologia7468]

exactly.

[@moosehunter9706]

Camping with wifi is not camping, it’s called sleeping outside.😜

[@backwoodsgirl6100]

I would rather not see Big Foot lol

[@drnjksn]

Not gonna lie this would terrify me more than not seeing what’s outside my tent…. Like if I were to flip that shit on and see an “animal” I’ve never seen before outside of my tent examining and trying to look into it I’d lose my fucking rockers.

[@Liives.]

Sounds like a great horror movie idea

[@alanbierhoff6831]

I think it was actually Les Stroud himself, pacing around, working up the nerve to ask you for your chili and garlic toast recipe 😆

[@LostLakes]

😆

[@donnapatten285]

lol perfect answer

[@ykb946]

Lol

[@philschaefer4651]

Les was probably debating whether to ask for chili, or keep surviving on berries and snails.

[@patrickhawkinson8399]

Did you hear harmonica music?

[@wyndwalkerranger7421]

"Solo campers nightmare" I think many of us can relate to that. Being an old guy I have to get up once or twice during the night to P always wonder what's out there. Enjoy your videos.

[@LostLakes]

Thanks WR! I hear nighttime pees are in my future eh...

[@anhatur]

@@LostLakes Night time pees in the rain is also the moment you’ll reconsider pee bottles, just to say.

[@LostLakes]

@@anhatur hahah thankfully I can pee from under the hammock tarp if need be

[@wyndwalkerranger7421]

@@LostLakes As long as one of those creatures of the night don't get you first.

[@philschaefer4651]

with you on the pee bottle. I didn't use one when I was younger, but I turn 50 in a few weeks, and on a chilly night when you can hear the mosquitoes buzzing trying to get in the tent, a pee bottle is welcome luxury. I recommend wide mouth gatorade bottles, just don't use an orange flavored one. ;)

[@jamesm.4345]

Last year I was car camping in the mountains around 8500’, bear country. In the middle of the night, I got out to “water a bush” and just as I finished, I heard a deep growl which sounded like it was the other side of the jeep. I said, “Oh crap!” And jumped back into the jeep. It paced around for a while and growled repeatedly before finally leaving. I found the bear prints the next morning around my jeep and around my campsite. I didn’t have a gun or bear spray or what not, and it was nerve-racking so I can relate.

[@davidspoelstra8527]

With something like 90% of all Canadians living within 100 miles of the US border, I CAN ONLY IMAGINE the kind of parks and wild spaces you have at hand. I am severely jealous. I'm also amazed that you talked in your tent in that original encounter. My wife and I had a pretty crazy bull moose/moose harem experience during the rut at an alpine lake in Idaho and we didn't make a freaking sound.....for 5 agonizing hours.

[@oneeyedwillie1]

Years ago a friend was on a bike {not motorcycle} trip from Albuquerque NM to Ohio and had stopped late in the day on a side road for the night. It was already light out when something outside his tent woke him. After listening for awhile he finally opened the tent to check it out and as he stuck his head out a horse blew in his face. Scared the crap out of him. Still laughs about it today.

[@LostLakes]

Hahah! That's a new one

[@BonasticFantastic]

I love the honesty right away. "I was too cheap to pay for a hotel." Such a dude thing to do. I can see my wife asking me "I couldn't get a hold of you" "yea I saved a few bucks and just camped out without cell reception"

[@LostLakes]

😆

[@James-dx2vs]

I've always been amazed at how quiet a deer can be, and also how loud it can be when it walks thru woods.

[@wcolautti]

Great reply video. I’m from Northern ON and I love the outdoors - in my 20’s I camped solo everywhere from the interior of B.C. to Northern Quebec - it never occurred to me to have a weapon. Just my dog. As a now 49 yr old who’s watched plenty of Dateline however, I think I was reckless at times as a female to travel /camp solo. I recall stopping at a Husky for breakfast and telling an elderly couple that I was driving from Calgary to SSM - just my dog and I - and we had a nice chat. When I was paying on my out a wise old waitress told me never to announce I was travelling alone (and definitely not sleeping in a tent) she said you don’t know who else is listening.

[@Venantium]

I had a solo camper nightmare once. I thought it was an animal. The wind became super strong very suddenly in the middle of the night and collapsed my pop tent onto me. I thought something jumped on top of my tent. Absolutely wild experience.

[@rick91443]

In 1969, one summer, as a junior in high school, I hitch hiked from the Bay Area(Calif) to Prince Rupert and then hopped a ferry to Ketchikan. Of course I was young(and loaded with testosterone and very naïve,) but I was hardly ever afraid sleeping out in the bush but always scared to death if my last ride left me too near a town, even the smaller ones... Slept one night beneath and behind a billboard in a suburb of Vancouver....That was something! Have never been in any similar situation with respect to your story; just being capable of filming and speaking into you GoPro shows amazing "cool" in my book. I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have been able to do it...rr Normandy, France

[@JJTFishing]

I had what I thought was a racoon walking around my tent in the Gatineaus for 5 minutes. Then it took a loud piss that lasted for a minute! It was a bear for sure. We waited it out and it just left. It's amazing how the intensity mounts after a while. I alway have bear spray and bear bangers with me now but I've never used them. I feel safer in the backcountry rather than campgrounds.

[@LibertyLobotomy]

Hi...I felt so sorry for you during your initial video. I'm so glad you're ok and really like your videos. Thanks! PS. I've been to Chapl;eau for the coldest ice fishing derby I've ever encountered!! Now I live off grid in northern BC. Cheers. You're awesome!

[@takeahikecanada]

This is so cool! That was the first video I’ve seen on your channel and made me an instant follower 😀Thanks for bringing it back🙏👍

[@jeffreyberube7812]

Ya know John, no matter the content, there will ALWAYS be someone to pass comment/judgment. Moreover it is vastly difficult not to take these remarks personally. Stand your ground brother, you are sharing your love of gift with others, with sound & great content. The ones who take the risk and share with others are the folks who truly live, & not just sit on the wings and mock others. Keep going dude …..

[@ooopretty7596]

Fantastic q&a John! As a responsible firearms owner in New England who tries her best to be the most ethical hunter she can be, I would just like to apologize for the boorish behavior of some of my countrymen. Animals need to be respected, and the place that humans always get into trouble with animals is when they try to deny the animals the agency and freedom to act they are used to. There is absolutely no need to call for a lethal solution when plenty of less lethal ones exist. I feel that this ties right into the reasoning behind you using barbless hooks, respect and thankfulness for nature; thank you by the way, your advocacy for barbless hooks has changed my fishing style permanently and I'll never use one again (except my survival kit)! I was just speaking with a friend of mine at work today about how this is the best camping season because the bugs are gone and all you need is a tarp, and one of the things we talked about is how tent walls aren't going to stop a hungry animal like a polar bear. I'm really glad you made the point about them, and that you tied to them into the danger of a moose in the rut. I tell everyone my biggest fears when I go into the woods are, in order: hypothermia, dead-fall, me-fall and moose-in-the-fall. Thanks for making this video and educating people on how to keep the woods accessible and live alongside our wild friends. You're a wonderful human. 💕 p.s. Erin i hope midterms are going okay!

[@anhatur]

That was educational, thank you. I don’t hunt but have had a row deer bark rather loud and almost indignant half way around my camp once. And a badger huffing at me when I went past him once, one late evening. (I said “hi” and waved.I guess animals can choose to disturb you if you’re enough of a nuisance to them. Perhaps not quite bothering to take up a fight, but giving a loud and clear message you’re disturbing their life. Perhaps it’s best to keep out of animal tracks when putting up camp, at the very least.

[@LostLakes]

Hahaha love your pit-"falls" of the outdoors. Terrific comment oP! 💚 Very touched by your barbless ways (and I have to say a survival kit is a terrific place NOT to go barbless 😅). Fear not though, though the rules in Canada are different, human nature remains the same and there are a lot of people who lack the ability to feel empathy here too. Overall, it seems like the world makes slow progress on these issues though :)

[@ooopretty7596]

@@anhatur one of the biggest cringe moments I have seen in a long time was on Jim Baird's recent video where the camp they choose to make is in what Jim described as a bears berry patch, complete with the freshest bear poop one can find in the woods without seeing it come directly from the bear. Avoiding animal tracks when setting up camp is just basic courtesy, after all we wouldn't set up a tent in the middle of the road.

[@ooopretty7596]

@@LostLakes well, I take heart knowing that you are out here helping to educate people and changing human nature one little increment at a time. While progress may be slow overall, as long as people like you and I keep sharing compassion for the natural world, we can't help but make it at least a little bit better of a place to live. You're truly a public servant, and from one public servant to another that's the highest praise I can give. 💕

[@LostLakes]

​@@ooopretty7596 Truly appreciate that, and all the support and kindness you give us 💚💚

[@dawncrawford6806]

Im glad you made it out of that experience !!! thank youJon for your hard work in giveing people a part of nature we would never experience living in cities

[@brickandgear]

I remember watching that video a couple of years ago. My first thought then was that being so close to the highway it was probably a "civilized" primate that was checking you out. Their persistence was the scariest part though.

[@OutdoorsMyLife]

I remember watching this video about 18 months ago, it was one of your most popular videos at that time

[@LookingForNostalgia]

I had almost the exact same experience. I was finishing up a roadtrip from Northeast down through the South and back up into the Midwest (America). I was coming from Ann Arbor back home to Philly, but didn’t want to do the whole 9 hour drive (i had been consistently driving 6-10hrs a day for a week and a half) so I booked a private camp ground on the side of a mountain a few hours outside Pittsburgh in Western Pennsylvania wilderness. It was my first time camping in any seriousness since I was in the Scouts (where I made Eagle) and my first time ever camping solo. Woke up around 3am to a pacing around my tent. Not unusual, but it quickly became obvious this thing wasn’t a deer or racoon. The only three viable options given the size of its footsteps and the exhale of breath I heard a few times (uncomfortably close to my head with only a thin membrane of tent between) was: large farm dog, feral hog, black bear. And given where i was and the time of year (late summer, northeast), black bear absolutely is my guess. Unfortunately I had no bear spray (it was a road trip), my only blade was a utility knife, and I don’t carry guns. But I did have the foresight to hang my car keys from the top of my tent within easy reach and parked my car to face my tent. So I was lucky in that I had the (frankly only) option to set off my car horn & high beams which scarred the creature off, after which i quickly but assuredly scurried into my car where i (didn’t) sleep til dawn when i could hit the road again.

[@jack333p]

nice update with very good explanations about the questions. I like the way you give your opinions & why you believe so.

[@JohnClay77]

Jon, every time I watch one of your videos like this I realize you and I think very much a like. Great follow up video!

[@Ray-rd2sn]

As usual very well reasoned and thoughtful love your content.

[@yinglyca1]

I go camping, Here in Northeastern Ontario, On a local mountain. One morning, I could hear quiet footsteps near my tent. I woke up and undid my tent zipper just a bit. I looked out to see a Family of deer walking right in front of my tent. I said good morning. And they, Just looked at me and kept walking right by me. As if to say, Oh hello!!! Freaked me out. And yes squirrels will make a lot of noise at night. And tree branches rubbing against each other in the wind will sound like string fastend to a pin, Placed in the caulking of a window. With someone rubbing the string.

[@trailtimeszr250]

Im sure it was Bigfoot looking for some leftover Chili toast. 😂

[@LostLakes]

😂 Never any leftovers of chili toast with me

[@sunnymichelle]

Canadian here. You can have a non restricted firearm for wilderness protection but not in parks. I personally feel more comfortable with a firearm but that is me. I also have the air horn, bear spray and hachet. However, im only in dark woods if my hunting (if i have to locate the animal or if im headed back to base camp).

[@janm2473]

I clearly remember that video, Jon, but I still felt compelled to go back and look at it once again.... I was actually shrieking while reading some of the comments. :):). You speak so eloquently and intelligently and those are only a couple reasons why I love your channel..keep up the fine work.

[@MOAB]

I salted & sanded HWY 17 in 1980/81 at Marathon ON, I was 21 years old. I beleive it was January or February, it was a very cold crisp morning right around dawn and it had snowed quite a bit during the night. About 5 miles east of the Little Pic River I noticed some tracks heading south towards Lake Superior. I decided to check them out on my return trip when the sun would be up a bit more. The snow plow had already plowed the road ahead of me so no tracks were visible on the highway. I only saw tracks on the one side of the road. possibly 20"-24" tracks in 6 feet of snow in a pretty straight line. I climbed the snow bank to get a better look, but the tracks were so deep I couldn't see the bottom. I know snow distorts the size immensely. But here is the weird part. There was no drag marks between tracks at all. Zero. What ever left the tracks raised its foot straight up and straight down. Tracks were 3 feet apart my guess. I wish I had a camera. Coincidently in March of that year I got pulled over by the MTO for a routine spot check near the Little Pic and they discovered I didn't have a Class D drivers License for Trucks. That was my last days living and working in Marathon. A Jewel of the North.

[@katpis9121]

Great video!! I too always wondered when watching that what the heck it was. I couldn’t agree more, if it was some weirdo guy just walking around your tent, has to be the scariest.

[@LostLakes]

Hahah that is definitely the worst case scenario!

[@TheBillyAnalog]

Literally watched that video yesterday. The day before this one came out ! weird. Anyways, gonna use this opportunity to thank you for all the amazing content you share with us here !!

[@CynthiaMiller-bx4kd]

That was so informative . Thank you soooooooo much !!! I always wondered about lightening! My father was killed by lightning on a hike so I'm a bit nervous with lightning storms. I love all of your shows I appreciate them sooooooo!! You &; Aaron are great . Thanks for all you do for our entertainment!!!! God bless & take care both of you!!!

[@stevenash3582]

Keep up the awesome work!!!! Tell it like it is!!!

[@breakit46]

That shouting at the bear was so cool, in the UK we do that to the odd Fox but sadly no bears. You are a brave soul.

[@lawrencesimmons3798]

Wow! Well, I'm glad that everything turned out fine and that you were not attacked.

[@timgil7830]

I had something similar camping in Michigan last week. A very curious bobcat. Glad it wasn't a bear or anything bigger just hit the panic button on my keys and heard it padding off

[@ericada9368]

If people need closure for this we’re in deep trouble lolll. Thanks Jon. Can’t wait for the next one...

[@barneyewing2664]

Right on Jon

[@KettleCamping]

Good job on trying to respond to some of the comments you received. Not an easy feat. Keep doing what you are doing, we enjoy watching you. atb cheers from la belle province!👍

[@bumblebee0369]

A few years ago I said the same thing you did about bigfoot but today, still not seeing one for myself I do believe 100% they are here. Along with other crypids. To many people had encounters so are they all lying. No I don't think so. I did have an experience though with my dog one night. I didn't see it but my dog did. We were driving I pulled to the side of the road as something fell by my foot I went to stop to grab it, my dog started growling, snarling, biting at the window, doing things hes never done before. It scared the crap out of me. I took off. This happened up in the thumb of Michigan. I pulled off to the side of the road with the woods both sides of the street. It was about 11pm. I believe my dog spotted something. Also I was driving a big pickup truck, it sat up high. And being that it was super dark out whatever it was had to of been tall. Ever Ever since that little encounter, I started obsessively looking into everything crypted. I believe these things can cloak themselves and blend in with the surroundings around them that's why nobody can find them.

[@TheEnAheL]

Good Video & Good New Year!

[@SWATT101]

It's ingrained primal fear...thousands of years of survival! The hair stands up on the back of my neck when I hear a wolf howl lol

[@LostLakes]

Hahah exactly! Fear is a tool (if managed)

[@estea.m7804]

As a fellow Canadian, I salute you! 🇨🇦

[@vongtaynhanaikptt6066]

Great Sharing and Superb Content

[@northstarnick8366]

Jon, how in your right mind can you deny big foot? He starred in a movie the year we were born😂 The dent on the bumper of the Henderson’s station wagon is all the proof I need. Joking aside, bears are nerve racking, but the night I had someone walking around my tent in the middle of the bwca/quetico at 1 am, is a night I’ll never forget. As much as I’d like to think that 99% of people out there are good intentioned, its the 1% that freaks me out.

[@M.Campbell]

Thanks for the follow up. I was hoping that things were OK with you.

[@elainewhitelock5347]

Pleased to know you were safe after all.!!

[@flyersfan4558]

I like your common-sense approach. I live in Michigan near the Soo, and we camp without a gun. Yes, we could, but there’s really no need for it. We take the same measures you do. Secure food away from our tent, keep a clean camp, and have the Bear Spray ready. We also use a trip alarm system around the tent. We’re going to use a portable electric fence that’s designed for backpackers next year too. Three rings of defense: outer perimeter: sound/noise, inner perimeter: electric shock, and then the use of the Bear Spray if we need to. Enjoyed your vids. 👍🏻👍🏻

[@stevehisey389]

I have a home made perimeter alarm I set up camping here in grizzly country. Never had it tripped, or any false alarms. Gives me 3 seconds warning before my leg gets chewed, drug out of the tent,, and dismembered. But heh, it helps me sleep and not worry about every little sound.

[@LizaFitness]

I'm glad you were not harmed. I was terrified for you watching that video. Couldn't agree more, it is less scarier to encounter animals than people.

[@mikeyfishin]

Got something similar with a cool ending. Camping in middle of nowhere wells gray park BC and about 4 am we r suddenly wakened by a loud clomp clomp clomp running by so I look out the tent window and mama and baby moose were maybe three feet from our tent. So cool and so startling. You realize just how small you are. If mama felt threatened I don’t want to know what she may have done. Ran by us without much notice. Very cool experience.

[@UzmPsikologYigitGurdal]

Love this video bud, keep it up

[@LostLakes]

Thanks a lot YG!

[@conwayredbear6455]

Sasquatches will not make a sound, only when its spooked or if you run at it. You will hear them pacing around your tent.

[@campingourway9705]

I had to find the video and watch just now. So relatable! About a month ago we were camping and I heard something shuffle right up to the tent and stop. It’s unnerving to hear something that you can’t identify, especially when you’re in a vulnerable position. I did give my husband a few kicks in the shin to wake him up, but we ended up dozing off after a while of intense listening. I do appreciate your tips on what to have within reach (I’ll be getting an air horn now). I’ve often worried about spraying bear spray in the tent 😜

[@LostLakes]

Hahah sure is a nice time to have someone with you eh. I sure hope it never comes to using the bear spray in an enclosed space (absolute last resort of course). Got a trace amount in my eye this summer and even that was unpleasant

[@mikestewart6517]

It was obviously a black bear trying desperately to get her beautifully crafted sweater back which she had left in your tent during her daytime siesta. Happy Trails.

[@jacqueline7118]

I am with ya on the two legged animals, people scare me way more than animals ever could. That said, had something plodding through a campsite once. I think it was a moose but wasn't about to pop my head out to find out, it was rutting season and it was close to the tent. I was as quiet as quiet could be. lol :) :) Thanks for sharing. :) :)

[@LostLakes]

Yikes!! That really is scary. You might even prefer a bear to a rutting moose. Thanks J!!

[@jacqueline7118]

@@LostLakes For sure!

[@annturner2815]

I'm glad you are OK 🤗

[@mikewyd53]

Myself and another person were stalked by a grizzly in Yellowstone Park. We could hear it's footsteps in the forest behind us. It eventually started growling and popping its jaws Fortuna, we made it to our car without further incident. My point is, bears do make noise when they walk, especially on noisy medium like twigs and gravel.

[@No-uw3ry]

This guy is so nice I'm not even used to it

[@scotlackey9819]

Lol, straight forward, i like it

[@EudamoniaTrout]

As Mitch Hedburg once said "Bigfoot is real and it is blurry and to me that is extra scary". I don't know if a bear would pace for that long a period. Sounds more like a big cat or canine. I have had run-ins with bears and if the curiosity overcomes their fear they will come closer to investigate, but I have never seen one just pace around for any length of time.

[@olga159]

I always clip a Windstorm whistle in the loop zipper of my sleeping bag

[@robbrowne7625]

I couldn't agree with you more in every point you made brother. Top video, saw your original vid too. Thanks

[@LostLakes]

Thanks a lot Rob!

[@philschaefer4651]

Good follow-up and response to the comments. Yes, I'm an American, yes I own firearms. I rarely bring them camping with me anymore. Firearms big enough for bear defense are heavy and when canoeing everything gets at least damp at some point. In 25 years of camping in Alaska I've only once had a bear come into camp that I know of. And that was on a busy salmon stream. It was a large boar grizzly that had decided tents were more interesting than the salmon and my camping partner eventually had to fire a warning shot to get him to leave. This was back before bear spray was common. The bears in Alaska seem to act differently than the ones where you're at. In the Alaskan interior (ie far from the coasts) there are as many or more grizzlies than black bears, and grizzlies will attack a black bear if they see them. So black bears are usually pretty skittish, but occasionally very aggressive due to the competition for food. Grizzlies of course are fearless and opportunistic, but seem to have learned to avoid occupied camp sites, no doubt they've had warning shots or pepper spray used on them in the past. I've found old bear tracks in popular camp sites on some of the rivers I paddle, so I know they come through them. Even more interesting, I've had deer hunters tell me on Kodiak Island, where there are lots of huge grizzlies, they'll come running when they hear a gun shot. Then stop 50 yards away, sit down and wait for the hunters to leave before moving in on the gut pile. Smart critters. I suspect what was outside your tent was most likely a young curious bear. A moose would most likely have just walked by. A person would most likely have had a light, called out or taken off as soon as you started talking. Wolves and lynx tend to be pretty shy and would most likely have taken off as soon as you started moving around. A beaver would likely have slapped his tail or made noise to try and drive you off. Thanks again for the videos.

[@deathstr1ker6666]

If I recall a lot of mammals without hooves have padded feet/paws and helps em go around quietly.

[@sooleyoutdoors2728]

like your Q&A videos.

[@Penguins581]

Yup, more worried about the 2 legged animals. I agree

[@robthompson7174]

Great channel Jon, enjoy it very much from here in Australia. I was a fishing guide in Temagami for several summers, and any spare time was spent in Quetico over many years, so watching your trips brings me home! Regarding the cryptic biology question of Sasquatch, I would suggest basing the existence or not on finding a carcass is superficial, at best. How many predator carcasses have you observed in the wilderness? Any dead wolves? Any lynx, wolverines, martin? Why not? They exist, and there's plenty of them. An anecdote for you: Here in Australia, my daughter and I saw a black leopard at 20 meters, right in front of us on a dirt track as we came up over a hill, in daylight. With a huge single leap it was in the bushes and gone. There was no doubt about it, and no, it was not a big black feral domestic cat. I've seen those too. However, we were not believed by a wildlife biologist I knew, who insisted, initially, it was a feral cat. His rationale was; if melanistic leopards existed in Australia, there would have been a road kill somewhere, sometime. I asked him the same question I asked you, have you ever seen or heard of, a roadkill Dingo? Why not? Because they are mostly cryptic and will not go on a road if a car approaches, they are very smart animals in that way. Unlike other animals such as kangaroos, wombats, foxes, cats, domestic dogs, plenty of which are road kill every year.

[@LostLakes]

Much appreciated Rob! That's a fair point, though I have seen dead wolf, black bear, and several moose carcasses as examples, and I'm just one person. I do believe 8 billion people and our descendants would have come up with something concrete---just my opinion. But to boil your argument down to "incredible and unlikely things happen in nature", I would completely agree with that :)

[@robthompson7174]

@@LostLakes Thanks Jon. OK, seeing dead bear and wolf tempers my point somewhat, so that's good info. I have never been to regions as remote as some of your trips, and have never seen predator carcasses, but have seen prey carcasses. And I'm not a die hard proponent of the existence of susquatch by any means, but watching & listening to Les Stroud's thoughts on the matter are certainly thought provoking. Those structured timber formations are hard to explain, eh? And anthropologists tell us that many, many aboriginal peoples have multi-generational memories of a giant bipedal ape. So, who knows? Assuming for a moment it is a remnant population, if it is really smart, really attuned to its environment, lives in very remote wilderness, and really doesn't want to interact with humans and actively avoids them....then it's not too surprising to me that it remains "undiscovered", so far. Keep your camera ready, mate🙂

[@propagandapandas]

Im a "gun enthusiast" and I live in northern ontario and when im sleeping in my hammock during a hunting season I will admit I do feel more comforable with a firearm nearby. Ive had two very serious black bear encounters. That being said id feel perfectly safe with the gear you had in the video. In the original video I kind of sensed more of an inconvenience than any sort of fear from you. I know the feeling where you just cant be assed to look outside and you know deep down that 9 times out of 10 whatever it is will just scent you and move on.

[@David-lq2xg]

On Crown land, most animals are very timid. Occasionally, I see fresh moose and deer tracks/dropping near my campsite in the morning. Bears and wolves are smart enough to avoid humans. There are enough hunters out there to put the fear in them. Whenever I hear something at night, I jump out of my hammock with my bush axe and make loud noises. It does not improve the situation to hide in the tent and worry yourself to death. These animals are just curious; once they learn you are a human, they will run away. If a bear/fox or raccoon eats your food and associates human scent with food, it will keep coming back, and some hunter will have to put it down.

[@michaeldoherty2289]

Maybe a big cat (cougar, lynx, or bobcat). I think that is the most likely animal you heard. I have seen them pacing and they are very light on their padded feet too. On a gravel surface they may not necessarily leave tracks.

[@melissamodny4777]

I Was Thinking The Same Thing. I was Like he never mentioned a Mountain Lion or a lynx or Bob cat

[@Nokyyyyy]

The bear wanted an autograph

[@TheEnAheL]

HaHa..they probbably can eat that (in Finland they go fish in the garbage dumsters outside houses..probbably some autographs in them)

[@armadilllo]

🤣🤣🤣🤣I went camping by myself ONE TIME in the middle of nowhere, no tent just a sleeping bag, it took some doing not to get in the car. and will admit, IT'S FRICKIN SCARY! I did have a .357 but it doesn't do a lot of good when you're asleep in the darkest of forests. A friend of mine goes all the time by himself, he just asks what I'm scared of because he says it's just like being there in the day except without light.🤣 I'm not so scared of animals, it's the people that frighten me. I guess I'll get one of those shotgun shell trip wire alarms

[@1ChiMom68]

I live in upper Michigan. I understand how scary it is

[@michaeldoherty2289]

I think a beaver would leave a lot of sign on gravel. Feet scratch the ground. Tails drag too.

[@ActuallyAndrewFishing]

I watched that original video before I went n my first solo camping trip. Absolutely terrified 😂

[@LostLakes]

😆

[@somerandomguy706]

I had something similar happen to me a while back. I kept hearing this noise and I couldn't tell what it is. Luckily I had my gun with me so I start blasting. Long story short, my tent is no longer water proof but the animal left me alone the rest of the night. In all seriousness, I kind of like the idea of carrying a small handgun instead of bear spray in some scenarios, but I haven't done that yet and the guns that I do have are not suited for that purpose so I'll probably stick with buying spray when I make trips out west since I don't use it here in GA. I've only ever had one bear encounter that I would consider disconcerting. It was at a place called bear creek, so I'd brought along a big knife just in case and sure enough practically walked right into one. It only ran about 20' away before laying back down and staring at me. I couldn't scare the thing so eventually had to walk past it with it that close to the trail. Well 100 yds down the trail I hear leaves crashing again so I stood in the middle of the trail with the knife making myself as big as possible only to have a mountain biker come around the corner. No amount of explanation could make me seem normal to this guy though judging by his scream a few seconds after he pedaled away he did come to believe me that there was a bear in the area. I have had a couple nuisance bears near the tent at night, but it was with a large group and we just packed up and moved spots the next day.

[@Gillesgip]

I find your integrity genuine. I previously watched your original video and was concerned over what you felt. I also learned from another video that you felt concern sleeping close to a waterfall as could not hear animals approaching. Good explanation though. Thank you for sharing, I'll never stay at that lake though. Just saying..😰

[@neilmcdonald5142]

Time travel vortex? You heard your future self pacing around to film the follow up video?

[@LostLakes]

Sly make you watch Back to the Future again?

[@botryoidalbishhh3150]

Jeff Goldblum cameo made my day. 😁

[@LostLakes]

😆😆

[@chrisschell90]

Remember this video well and have watched it a few times. If i'm right you had another outside your tent at QE2W!

[@LostLakes]

Great memory!! I had forgotten about that one. Suspect that one was a beaver and it was more the context of that day that made me edgy

[@technologu]

a squatch having your keys and trying to figure out how to open that door

[@kittydarling6405]

♥

[@videosdeecologia7468]

I have a camera trap that filmed a lot of animals in the jungle. It could be a good idea to set up camera trap close to the camping to see what visited the camping... But it can be placed only in remote areas because thiefs can steal the camera... One interesting way to scary animals is to do a an alarm with string and bell. If an animal gets close and touches the string, the bell makes noise and can scare the animal... The problem is that in places with a lot of wind the bell will ring several times in a single night LoL

[@gregmccaslin7400]

Don’t be afraid. I have seen some huge Beavers in my day . They’re not there to harm you . They only want a little love . ✌️😎

[@nourboulaares5420]

You have made a really good point on big foot . Never thought of it If it exists then why we can't find a dead body or a skull

[@loganholmberg2295]

I've had 2 bear encounters and both happened in Northern Manitoba at a fishing lodge going to an outhouse. 😅😅 The owner had the DNR come out with capture traps in both cases. My mom also had a close encounter with a black bear in her garden and even then my Dad didn't shoot it he called the DNR out and they setup a trap the next day and captured the bear a few days later. In all cases the bears are just there looking for food not people. I've only ever carried a gun for hunting in the wild and honestly never felt the need to have one but once when a moose came stomping into my camp. We just stayed still and eventually it wandered off. I'm way more scarred to run into a moose in the bush then anything else. I've had some charge our boat a couple times when fishing. Both cows with a calf in the water we didn't know was there.

[@outbound2explore119]

Hey Jon, Correct, we can only bring handguns to a range. As for long guns, you can bring them on crown land for personal protection. They are illegal in PP's though, unless permitted hunting. You do require a basic PAL license. I remember that vid. I think you also held up a small exe and I thought how that would just piss it off if you hit it with that..lol. I have been in that situation a few times very unnerving for sure.

[@Sushi2735]

A man of science! 👏👏👏👏👏

[@AndyFyon]

Small animals can sound very big in the darkness of night. Can be unnerving for sure - big or small. Regarding the 2-legged ones, we were boondocking in Yukon in 2019 when the search was on for the two youth who killed campers. You bet we modified our plans!

[@an0ana]

Thanks for the update! I said it before in your previous video and I'll say it here. I'm very pro-gun. I own three. But I would likely not bring one in that situation and unless you go shoot at a range constantly and target practice, adrenaline is going to take away getting a good, safe shot in. Busting out of a tent into pitch black night with a gun aimed at a sound isn't safe nor is it something I would recommend. Wouldn't have thought about a person walking around; that definitely would be creepy.

[@meln5499]

The black hole of under the sleeping mat, lol. We have a gear loft that I habitually put my keys, headlamp and glasses in at night so they don't get lost or broken and always on hand. Does your tent have a gear loft? Bearanoia is so real. We had it up near Killbear where they had an active trap a few sites down from ours for a juvenile that was bold during the day and somehow we all managed to sleep well by the second night. Funny how your old video now gets traction.

[@Shannon-ug2zp]

I'd be scared it was a person outside the tent!

[@scottabernathy3085]

It was a squach

[@bonpecheur4565]

Me when I hear a noise near the tent I have to come out and know what it is or else I wont sleep . It happened to me last year on a grouse hunting trip , just as I was about to sleep , there was an animal sniffing around my tent intensively. So I just put my head lamp and poke throught the tent door and was face to face to a beautiful fox . As for the firearm I agree with you 100% , I use to look youtubers from the states doing hikes or backpacking trip , but when I found out that they where bringing a handgun for safety it was an automatic unsub . And on the sasquatch subject , well, I found you where very polite and politicaly correct , wich would not have been my case 😅 thanks Jon for the Q&A

[@LostLakes]

Hahaha great comment Sylvain. Foxes can create quite the disturbance eh! Back when I had a Ford Windstar I could sleep comfortably in the car and I remember one very long night where a fox seemed to be scratching and chewing the underside of my car.

[@jayl6029]

I did same but came face to face with a Wolverine. It only cared about the others camping with me who left food out and in site. I was only one with real food left for the rest of 7 day trip because I stored food properly

[@bonpecheur4565]

@@jayl6029 you lucky guy , wolverines are a rare site in Québec in the most nordic part

[@jayl6029]

@@bonpecheur4565 I seen the wolverine in Ontario on the French river

[@thepuzzledgoddess]

Freedom 🇨🇦💚👏🏼

[@GratefulTrekker]

Had a black bear encounter recently wasn't scared but the dang thing wouldn't leave just sat abt 20 feet from my campfire staring at me

[@jeremyaull3461]

I feel ur fear I was in Montana once and heard a going back and forth not a fun day

[@marktaylor8263]

Very good video Jon. I respect your right to go unarmed while camping or canoeing. As I understand Canadian law you are only allowed shotgun or non-restricted rifle personally i would carry a shotgun, probably more for the two legged animal. Down here in the U.S. I carry always a handgun. Bare in mind I am a retired LEO with 26 yrs, FBI Certified Firearms Instructor. In your case at least carry a good knife, heavy enough to baton firewood, a plethora of other bush craft uses and if you ever came across a 2 legged animal intent on harming you or Erin. Bear spray is a definitely a must as it is not always effective. I really enjoy your videos and the manner you conduct yourself, rock on Sam wise.

[@jaxrcexplorer]

I love your sensibility not only for nature but just in general... your first video when I saw it lead me to this one... and they both remind me of one as recent as six months ago by Rob of the "Brooks & Birches" KZbin channel... more on bipedal predators than the four legged or other... I'm ashamed it actually happened in Florida not far from where I live. "The Creepiest Encounter I've Had in the Woods to The Best I've had- Truck Camping Florida". At any rate I truly do appreciate your sensitivity on gun ownership, rights and use. But please keep in mind there may be only you and no backup in a life or death situation and being prepared for anything in some situations may include being armed.... As I commented to Rob I do camp near where this happened and wouldn't without a handgun for several reasons. 1) we have have some of the largest and nastiest poisonous snakes in the Americas, therefore first 2-3 cylinders I have "snake shot" or "bird shot" rounds, followed by hollow points. 2) There are more and more frequent attacks on people here in the USA and the National Forest Service now does allow carrying a firearm just for that reason, and 3) if you are like really far out there, like Justin Barbour crossing true wilderness for 60 days, you may want a "survival" rifle or shotgun or combination like he does. But by all means, stay safe, know how to properly use one, and when, for everyone's sake... just my 2 cents.