We arrived at Okie Pinokie this time at 8:00 a.m. We wanted to
get a closer look at the area during the daylight. Possibly find
the tree with thorns that we had heard so much about. Our
nighttime attempts had not yielded any sign of the elusive tree.
We walked the path from the turnaround towards the river
below. From there we went to a higher trail (to the right when
you are standing with your back to the river.) We noticed a lot
of seemingly "burned" leaves high up in the trees along this
path. Not all of the trees had these but, there were enough to
make us notice them.
Horse and deer hoof prints were all along the path. We
continued to explore the paths, changing direction as we came
upon new ones.
Along the paths Curtis heard what sounded like grunting
nearby but, saw nothing there. The sound can be clearly
heard on the videotape we were shooting at the time.
There was evidence along the river of people using the areas
for fishing. In one of the areas we came upon several rocks of
all sizes with graffiti on them.
We finally did find the tree with the thorns growing out of it and
the twisted burned out stump. We followed this path until it led
us back to the turnaround.
We now know which path to take when we come out here at
night.
September 4, 2004
only tree with thorns growing out of
it in the entire area around Okie
Pinokie. The thorns are extremely
sharp and look like they do not
belong on this tree.
stump near the thorny tree
woods.
It looks like we had company on
our investigation.
exploration of the Okie Pinokie paths.
suggestions for the board that a male/female
team might have better results.
and Kenny "manning" the board.
John in charge of EMF readings.
