Les Stroud's Bigfoot Surivorman Update From Humboldt County

Les Stroud was shooting an episode of Survivorman Bigfoot in Humboldt, but he’s currently recovering from food poisoning as of Monday. For those interested in what he has to say about the area, here’s an update he provided regarding his research:

As for my night on the Hoopa mountain in bigfoot territory – it really was incredible. It poured icy cold rain the whole time. I had a Hoopa native with me to guide me to the place and we tried several times to get a fire going in the rain with no luck. We heard loud tree ‘knocking’ coming from a big cedar tree for a couple hours – and then all of a sudden a rotted tree fell over very close to us – about 50 feet – (no I don’t believe it was pushed) just as we were struggling with the fire. My guide said the creator was testing me all along – to see – would I persevere or quit and leave. When the tree fell it exposed a surplus of dry wood underneath – the kind you can crush into powder. Which we did and that, with my almost last match I got a small ember in the dust in the torrential downpour, blew it to flame and we survived out the night in that storm listening to traditional native stories and hovering over the smoky fire. I too wondered if maybe the spirits of the mountain just didn’t want me there – but then an opportunity made survival possible and we stayed out the night. The tree knocking stopped even though the wind kept up but nothing else happened after that – it was a special experience to be sure.
Les