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  • funkajunktoAsk Lemmy@lemmy.world•What is something unexplained that you experienced?
    6•4 days ago

    I saw “Bigfoot” once about 20 years ago when I lived in the southern interior of British Columbia. My friend and I were walking along a dirt road that ran through a large field near the edge of a forest, roughly around the size of a football field. The area was mostly level with little foliage, and he was probably 50 feet away from us so we got a pretty good look at him - at least 7 feet tall, covered in dark fur. He was almost exactly like I had seen in illustrations.

    He was walking perpendicular to us through the field and seemed to slow down, while we came to a stop as all three noticed each other at the same time. He probably only watched us for a few seconds, then snapped into a run and disappeared into the forest almost instantly. The speed that he moved at was insane, and on top of that as soon as he crossed the treeline, there was no sound of rustling branches or anything you would expect from a human running through the forest, he was completely silent.

    My friend and I wordlessly watched the spot where he disappeared for maybe half a minute before turning to each other and bursting out, “what the fuck was that!?”. We were more than a little stunned, “did we really just see fucking Bigfoot?”.

    We told a few of our friends, and some had similar experiences or had friends or relatives share stories with them. The area is known for a high amount of sightings, and a few people we told were completely unphased, as if it was totally normal.

    I definitely kept more of an eye out after our encounter, but unfortunately I never saw him again.

  • funkajunktoAndroid@lemmy.world•Is it a good idea to get the Xperia XZ1 Compact as a secondary phone and install LineageOS?English
    7•16 days ago

    If you can afford to buy it and possibly brick it, then sure, it’s a good idea.

    “installing operating systems” on a PC or Mac is usually just booting from a USB and going through a GUI. If you want to install custom ROMs to an Android device, you need to get comfortable with a few things:

    • Using the command line
    • Flashing recovery images
    • Flashing custom ROMs

    What you need to do first (before you can install a custom ROM) is replacing the stock recovery on the phone, the environment that you boot to in order to do certain things like wiping system data and of course, flashing ROMs. For LineageOS, the recommended one is called “TWRP”, and it is probably the best. There’s a guide on the TWRP website for the XZ1 compact here.

    Once you have the custom recovery in place, you would need to transfer the custom ROM to the phone, then follow the instructions on the LineageOS post to actually flash the ROM to your phone.
    LineageOS 17/18/19 for Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact

    This is a simplified overview, and is in no means a complete guide. I highly suggest watching some YouTube videos, and reading some of the guide posts over on the XDA forums before committing to this project.

    Hope that helps!