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I’m only my semi-monthly Bigfoot dive again and this popped up in my noodle.   Am I the only one that feels like Sasquatch are grossly over-estimated physically?   Height-   The tallest man without deformity was Angus Macaskill, who was 7’9 at his peak. Sasquatch data usually has the height clusters at 6-8 feet tall. I believe that biomechanically sasquatches would also not be able to reach over 8’ tall. It simply wouldn’t make sense for a large upright bipedal organism, especially one that is said to be a hunter. There are many reports of 9’, 10’, or even up to 12’ tall Sasquatches being seen. This just sounds bogus to me for a variety of reasons besides physical feasibility. People would absolutely be noticing these things way more with just a height increase from 7’ up to 11-12’. It would be almost impossible for the creature to feed itself partly because it could not move quickly and quietly enough to catch prey, and because it would absolutely demolish very large stands of ripe growth with how much food it would take in.      Speed-   This is my main issue. The fastest man we know of is Usain Bolt, who topped out at 27ish miles per hour. Most college level sprinters max out at around 23-25. There are fossilized Australian human footprints that when measured predicted the man making them was sprinting over muddy terrain at about 23 mph and increasing slightly. This is the fastest of all the large bipedal primates (us) we know of. The other great apes are about the same or worse. Google says Chimps and Gorillas attain similar speeds, but anyone that has seen videos of these beasts running would agree that is the exception and not the rule. They are clumsy arboreally adapted animals. Orangutans aren’t even worth mentioning as they are pitiful on the ground. The absolute fastest primates are baboons and patas monkeys. Baboons clock up to 28-30. Patas monkeys, the fastest recorded primate, clocks in at an underwhelming 34-35 mph.   I want someone to explain to me with sound logic how an extremely large, bulky, upright bipedal hominid is supposedly faster than a gracile, semi-digitigrade, speed adapted plains monkey. It makes zero biological sense. There are reports of these things keeping up with cars on highways or horses at a full gallop. It is literally lunacy.   what does everyone think? Are people just stupid and awestruck? What else could be going on?

I’ve lurked here for many years on and off. I’ve posted a few times in the past but mainly come here periodically to see if anything new is happening.   I too have noticed the forum is much less active than before. It’s an independent platform. That has nothing on Reddit. The reason the Bigfoot subReddit is growing so much is because A. It’s just a huge conglomerate that attracts people and B. There’s regular influx of users from other similar subreddits like the paranormal, cryptozoology, outdoorsmen subreddits.   Interest in Bigfoot is not really dying I believe either. As far as the sasquatches themselves I believe there is somewhat less than in the past. I personally like to think the population is declining locally in some areas and remaining stable or even increasing in others. It’s likely there’s less Sasquatch in the southeast for example than before due to human encroachment, but there’s undoubtedly population stability or rise in places like rural Canada.   I am a young guy and the advice I would give to get the BFF back on track is to advertise both on and offline however you can. Guarantee you a lot of the younger folks on the subreddit have never heard of BFF and would happily partake. This forum is pretty well put together and offers unique tailorship to Sasquatch compared to the subReddit.    edit: realized I’ve posted in here before but wanted to elaborate 

That poster was my friend Bill Miller, who unfortunately passed away 6 or 7 years ago. That test was done on the shore of Harrison Lake, here in BC. He is sorely missed in our local research circle.

Honorable mention for Creek Devil, he's a great voice with consistently solid historical data.

Study Sasquatch and Lane County Bigfoot for on-the-ground adventures, and Bob Gymlan for report feature stories.   I'm not familiar with it. I'll check it out............