Scientists Are Dropping Explosives Around Mount St. Helens, Probably Scaring Bigfoots Away (Video)

If you’re planning to go hiking or Bigfooting in Helens sometime in the next couple of weeks, we suggest you stay away from locations where these 70 something passive seismic stations are located. Scientists are planning to set off a bunch of explosives all around the volcano to learn more about it and get a detailed map of what the volcano looks like 50 miles below the surface. According to Gizmodo:
 

The explosions are part of a research project called iMUSH, or Imaging Magma Under St. Helens. As Nature reports, the project staff will be hiking through the mountain to set up for the experiment this coming week: “They will drill 24 holes some 25 metres deep, drop in industrial explosives used for quarrying, and refill the holes…The plan is to detonate the explosives in separate shots over four nights. Each blast will shake the ground as much as a magnitude-2 earthquake.” The movement of these shock waves through the Earth will let geologists map the underground chambers of the volcano.

Map of the 70 passive seismic stations.

As our readers may already know, Mnt. St. Helens is not only famous for its explosiveness, it’s famous for its Bigfoot encounters. Back in 1924, Fred Beck and four of fellow his gold miners claimed they were attacked by a clan of Bigfoots. The ambush happened when he men had just settled down to sleep for the night when they were awakened by an attack on their cabin. Someone — or something — was pounding the roof with rocks and trying to tear down their humble yet sturdy abode. Shocked, they grabbed their rifles and began shooting at the intruders.
 

[via Gizmodo]