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I understand what your talking about, but in order for that to work, you need some type of light....be it very small.....in order for that to work. Unlike the movies.....caves contain what we call....total darkness. We're talking dark room dark. Black as the eye can't see.As far as Sasquatch seeing of finding it's way in the dark...um....I don't think you may be ready for that one but I can say one thing about what witnesses have said. It has to do with what science calls the Tapetum Lucidum. It's the membrane at the back of an animals eye that causes it's eyes to reflect light. We see the phenomenon in cats, dogs, deer, raccoons, and many other creatures that are either only nocturnal or diurnal (active both day and night). This membrane captures light a that the retina collects and reflects it a second time inside the eye and enhances the image the eye picks up by adding light to it. Nature is pretty remarkable, eh?
I can truly appreciate that fact and I had forgotten about the reservations in Oklahoma. That would explain why large cave entrances would be seldom visited or known about. Worth looking into if you can swing the access. It's not uncommon to not allow access to cavers including the NSS.My friend is part Native American and is trying to work with the local NA's regarding his search for bones or burial sites which are sensitive places to Native Americans both spiritually and ancestorally. This is going about things in the most correct, proper, and respectful way as far as I'm concerned and I've encouraged him to look at the caves. He was the one who actually brought up the idea and says he's convinced that the cave systems in the Kiamichi Mountains are active but at the same time extremely remote as far as access.
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