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Welcome to Oregon's Big Foot Highway.
欢迎来到俄勒冈大脚野人公路
For decades maybe even longer,
数十年甚至更早以前
people have ventured into the mountains and woods outside of Portland
人们就已开始探秘波特兰市外的丛林
to prove that mankind is not alone in the woods.
企图证明人类并非丛林中唯一的存在。
Okay, so far mankind hasn't yet proved that Bigfoot exists.
好吧，到目前为止，人类尚且未能证明大脚野人真的存在。
But for one club of long time intrepid Bigfooters,
但有一个俱乐部长期在追踪大脚野人，对他们来讲
the truth is still out there and its a great excuse to go camping.
大脚野人存在的事实就在那里，这也为他们的野营提供了很好的理由
Joe Beelart believes in the existence of Bigfoot.
乔·比拉特坚信大脚野人的存在
He wrote a book about it.
为此他还写了一本书
And he claims to have had more than one sighting.
他声称不止一个地方有这种迹象
In a second instance, he was from here to the cameraman in front of me.
大脚野人能够一瞬间从这里走到我面前的摄影师那里
But I got to say I don't think he was quite as hairy.
但是我想说，他们的毛发并没有我们想象的那么浓密
When people are skeptical, I tell them they're like UFOs and ghosts.
人们不相信的时候，我就告诉他们，野人就跟UFO和鬼魂差不多
People see them but there's no widely accepted scientific proof.
看见他们的大有人在，只是没有广泛接受的科学依据罢了。
Joe is not alone.
乔不是一个人
He belongs to a group he dubs the Clackamas Sasquatchians.
他成立了一个叫“大马色大脚野人俱乐部”（Clackamas Sasquatchians）的团队，他自己就是其中的一员。
Clackamas for the county he lives in.
“大马色”（Clackamas）是他所在县的县名
We're actually in the heart land of Bigfoot activity.
这里其实是大脚野人活动的核心地带
And Sasquatchians for Sasquatch.
“Sasquatchians”则是“追踪野人的人”的意思
Bigfoot and Sasquatch are synonymous terms.
“Bigfoot”和“Sasquatch”是同义词
In my group we're Bigfooters.
在我的团队里，我们都是大脚野人追踪者。
We just go out and do the job.
我们不过是走出去，做我们该做的事情而已
We put ourselves out there.
我们把自己放到那里
We make a bunch of noise, play a bunch of music
我们弄出各种响声，弹几首曲子
and let the landscape know that we're there
让那个地方知道我们在那里
and then later in the evening that's when the strangest things would take place.
之后到了晚上，最为奇异的事情就会发生
Something's walking around your tent and its like, what is that?
有东西在你的帐篷外面走动，你会想，到底是什么东西？
And that's the excitement of it.
但这种感觉也是最刺激的
Give you the heebie jeebies.
鸡皮疙瘩都起来了
Their backgrounds are varied.
这些人有着不同的背景
PhDs, ex-military, a retired science teacher...And a few engineers.
博士后、退伍兵、退休的科学老师^还有几位工程师
And most have a specialty.
他们大都各有发现
My specialty is putting out offerings.
我的发现就是外面放的贡品
If you come back and there's something laying there where that apple was,
如果你回来的时候发现放苹果的那个地方有东西
then probably it was one of our barefoot friends.
很可能就是我们的光脚朋友来过了
I would like to set up a camp in a comfortable position.
我喜欢在一个舒适的地方搭帐篷
I don't try to chase them down.
我并不想把他们找出来
I don't try to make a lot of noise.
我也不想弄出很多声响
Maybe they make a hooray of some kind,
也许他们会发出某种叫声
but is it a Sasquatch that's making these noises?
但这些声音真的是野人发出的吗
We didn't see it.
不见得
We can't say that for sure.
我们无法肯定就是他们发出的
But its a great hobby.
但有这个爱好还是很不错的
That sounded Squatchy.
那个声音听上去像是野人发出的
I mean I don't feel any Squatchy vibes but.
我是说，虽然我和野人没什么共鸣，但是……
Well, as far as my specialty with Joe's club is concerned, I just get a vibe.
好吧，说到我在乔这个俱乐部里的发现，我只发现了一条绳子
And I can tell when they're around.
他们在附近的时候我能感觉得到
Usually they put out a vibe and I'm really sensitive to that.
他们通常都会留下一根绳子，而我对此非常敏感
This is Squatchy for sure.
这肯定是野人留下的
Whether the Squatchy vibes are flowing is besides the point for the Sasquatchians.
对野人俱乐部的成员来说，野人的绳子是否在流动并不是他们的重点
The point is they are together in their favorite place.
重点是大家一起待在了他们最喜欢的地方
Why do I love doing this?
我之所以喜欢干这个
The flora and the fauna, the butterflies, the night sky, its all up there.
是因为那里有动植物，有蝴蝶，有夜晚的星空
People ask me if I believe in Bigfoot, and I never give a definitive answer.
大家问我是否相信大脚野人的存在，我从未给出一个明确的答复
But Bigfoot is in my mind 10% of everything that we do to enjoy each other's company.
但在我看来，大脚野人在我们享受相互之间的陪伴中只占到了10%
Bigfooting helped me kick the cancer
大脚野人帮我战胜了癌症
spending four months in a hospital,
在医院接受了4个月的治疗
getting chemotherapy was hell
化疗的感觉简直痛不欲生
and what made me get through that was imagining me
我之所以能挺过来，是因为我会想象
getting me back up to the woods and visiting my friends.
想象自己回到了丛林，跟朋友们待在一起的时光
Hopefully I'll get Bigfoot sitting around the campfire with me one day.
但愿有一天，我能够和大脚野人肩并肩，坐在篝火旁。
