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This brings up an interesting point I haven't considered:   How far does a Bigfoot travel in a given day?  What is the expected maximum range in a given day?   Fire or not, maybe Bigfoot is only traveling 3 miles on foot.  Maybe 20.   That number- whatever it is- detemrines everything.  If there is a big-time fire, can a walking animal essentially escape its effects in a short distance?  Would 2 or 3 miles away be enough?  Would it take 10?   Once bigfoot moves to a safer area it would probably put the fire behind him and move on like business as usual.  Then if the fire approached again would alter its behavior set on new circumstances.    How far can Bigfoot travel in a day?     ------------------------- This from the movie The Fugitive regarding a man on foot:     “Our fugitive has been on the run for ninety minutes. Average foot speed over uneven ground, barring injuries, is 4 miles per hour. That gives us a radius of six miles. What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive’s name is Dr. Richard Kimble. Go get him.”  --------------------------     Deer, Horses, Fox, and so on have 4 legs and can likely cover a heck of a lot of territory in a day (and night travel is possible).   I'm guessing Bigfoot has a much more limited in range.        

Caves, rivers, and lakes (if available) would be a source of refuge I would think.

So KC is not normally what comes to mind when I think of prime BF real estate. To what do you attribute the multiple number of sightings in the area? While urban BF is not unheard of, it does seem to be fairly rare. Just curious.   Also, do you mind providing a few more details on some of the incidents? That latest sighting in Independence is smack dab in the the center of a residential area and seems highly improbable, but I would love to know more about it.     Thanks!

They don't necessarily evacuate the area.   I have 2(past) local reports of fire crews on night shift being "shadowed" by BFs as they go to / from the firelines on foot.    I wasn't able to follow up on either report.   A friend did with one.   I didn't see anything that raised any red flags however.

Any fire like this is horrible.  I imagine a terrible fire would drive many animals toward safety and Bigfoot would be no exception.   It's still a numbers game. 10,000 Deer on the move are easier to notice than 4 Sasquatch.