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Here is an Orangutan male passing the dot test. Instead of feeling threatened by “another” male in his vicinity? He calmly wipes the paint off his own forehead. Because he is self aware.

Story found in the Wisconsin State Journal of Madison (WI), published on August 4, 1976. The date of publication in the Washington Star is currently unknown.

The distinction I am trying to make? Is that a Bear is not self aware. It doesn’t recognize itself in a mirror, it attacks the mirror. It doesn’t understand that it’s leaving tracks that others can follow either. It itself tracks like a bloodhound, on scent. It has poor eyesight, but most importantly it’s not self aware. Knuckle walking great apes are self aware. They may react like a Bear at first. But they quickly figure out they are seeing their own reflection. Jeff Meldrum talks about making Chimp casts and observing the chimps be self aware of their own footprints in the sand. So if knuckle walking great apes are self aware? Surely a bipedal Sasquatch is more self aware than they are. This is the cognition part that most animals lack. So back to tracks. If you live in the woods and are hunting and foraging in the woods? You’re gonna leave sign. It’s inescapable. The key difference is having the cognitive ability to understand this. And if you don’t want to be found? Then you’re going to mitigate the risk as much as feesably possible. But you cannot erase it entirely. But if you understand this concept you can also use it as a WEAPON against the trackers. You could leave a short track way in the opposite direction of your families intended travel. You could stage a track in an area where you can easily observe your trackers from concealment. A false trail buys you time while the tracker has to sort it out. There are lots of counter tactics in the game of tracker and being tracked. This leaves the territory of a hunter tracking a deer through the woods. This is military and law enforcement territory. Where a tracked human could be leading you into an ambush. Now you’re asking yourself things like? Why is this track left in such an obvious way? Is it a misdirection? Are we being observed? Is it a stall for time? You may be a city slicker but if you’re honestly interested in this subject? There are lots of good books to read and you can practice some of it in your own backyard or a park. I observed a trackway in snow with my father. I have zero doubt that a Sasquatch knows it’s leaving tracks. IT KNOWS. So the question then becomes did it care? Or could it not be helped? If it doesn’t care then it probably has an ulterior motive. Which should send a cold shiver up your spine. But in our case hunting for a Xmas tree in an area we normally would not be in that time of year? And in deep snow? It probably just couldn’t be helped. In that case it’s probably betting on the fact that a human on snowshoes just cannot keep up in deep snow in mountainous terrain. And it is impossible to erase a snow trackway anyhow. So make haste. I have mulled this concept over in my head many times. Even when I am out in the woods looking for tracks. A quarry that understands that you could be tracking it? Is a paradigm shift for most hunters, hikers and lay people. Tracks will never be the smoking gun. Dental resin casts are great conversation pieces but nothing more. But tracks will lead you to the creature…. That’s a certainty. IF we are good enough to follow them and the weather holds.🤷‍♂️ The ultimate game of hide and seek.

First off, I like your insight esp. as in regular-joe- inexperienced- city slicker that I am. You (and others) give me a lot to think about esp. as those with home field advantage. That is, you and others have been there done that in the way of the wilderness and so on. I have not. Going to Estes Park with my kids doesn't qualify me as an outdoorsman for certain. On to the tracks: I just don't agree Sasquatch knows it is leaving tracks. How in the world can we know that? Do we make that assumption based on the fact there aren't that many tracks out there? If so, I think that is more likely explained just because 1) there are darn few Bigfoot out there. 2) Just because we are out in the wilderness doesn't mean we leave tracks unless conditions are such tracks can be left. You mention "The ones we find either cannot be helped or it didn’t care if we found them. " I don't think it makes sense Bigfoot knows it is leaving tracks and yet some don't care. For me it's more one or the other. That is, if a smart animal or whatever is smart enough to know leaving tracks carelessly is dangerous it just doesn't make any sense some are too foolish to follow this. What do I have to base any of this on? Nothing. Absolutely nothing.

This story published in the Longview (WA) Daily News on December 6, 2002 casts Ray Wallace (RIP) in an interesting light.

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At least 21 species of Homo, not counting all of our bipedal cousins that didn’t make the cut. If something was altering our genetics? We are not a one off knockoff. Probably more like 50 prototypes before us if we start the stop watch at bipedalism. If we count lesser Apes or Monkeys as well? Thousands.

Well said and, I think I understand (at least that last sentence). % ) There is a 'School of Thought' that proposes the idea that human beings came into existence as a result of genetic altering. Without going too far into the woo aspects; that might explain our meteoric rise to world domination.. And, perhaps, Bigfoot are the result of deliberate genetic altering as well. I know that gets away from the OP a bit but, it does circle back to circumstantial evidence. Apparently, by definition, all of the evidence of Bigfoot (any everything else, really) is circumstantial, (exempting eyewitnesses, of course) until proven by Science. So, to me, the circumstantial evidence for Bigfoot points directly to their undeniable existence and, therefore, to the undeniable conclusion that we are missing, or deliberately avoiding, 1 or more pieces of the puzzle.

Sure seems to doesnt it?

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Nathaniel writes "I've been listening to your podcast for about five years now, and over that time I've had multiple encounters that I've never really known what to make of. Recently I listened to Episode 769 with the wildlife biologist, and the way he described some of his experiences was almost exactly what I've seen. I'm also currently in school to become a wildlife biologist myself, so hearing that episode finally convinced me to reach out and share a couple of my experiences. I have several others, but there are two that stand out above the rest. If you're interested, I'd be happy to share the others another time. I've spent my entire life hunting and fishing, and I'm currently going into my junior year of college here in Kentucky. During deer season I'm usually in the woods four or five days a week after classes, hunting a large Wildlife Management Area (WMA) surrounding a nearby lake. I'm primarily a bowhunter, and at the time I never carried a firearm because, realistically, this is Kentucky we don't have many large predators that would make me feel like I needed one. My first encounter happened in late November of 2024, around the end of Kentucky's gun season. I got to the woods around 2:00 p.m., and it took me roughly an hour to hike into my spot. It was about a mile back through some extremely thick, nasty terrain, which is exactly why I hunt there it keeps me away from other hunters. After pushing through about 12 acres of dense cedar thicket, I reached the entrance to a deep holler. I climbed about 20 feet up into my climber stand and had only been sitting for around 10 minutes when I realized everything had gone completely silent. There were no birds, no squirrels, no movement nothing. The woods just seemed dead. A few moments later I heard two distinct wood knocks off to my front left. I thought it was strange, but I brushed it off. Then, two or three minutes later, I noticed what looked like a bipedal figure walking through the woods roughly 100 yards away. My first thought was that it was another hunter or maybe a hiker, since I was on public land. I looked away for just a second to scan the rest of the woods, and when I looked back, the figure was gone. In its place was what I can only describe as an enormous, jet-black wolf or something that looked like one. I've seen plenty of coyotes over the years, and through school and visits to zoos I've seen wolves as well. This wasn't either of those. It was significantly larger than any coyote I've ever seen, and something about its proportions just looked wrong. The shape of its head, the size of it, and the way it carried itself immediately stood out to me. It was only about 50 yards away, so I could see it clearly. The eyes were unusually large and locked directly onto me the entire time. It never looked away. It was crouched low, almost like a canine stalking prey, and it slowly moved from my left to my right, heading toward the cedar thicket. The entire time it stayed on all fours. Then it walked into the cedars…and simply disappeared. I don't mean it ran off or I lost sight of it because of distance. It was just gone. At that point I decided I was done for the day. I called my parents to let them know I was heading out, climbed down as quickly as I could, and started making my way back toward the truck. As I climbed about halfway up the ridge, I stopped for a moment to look around and get a better view of my surroundings. That's when I heard something I'll never forget. The best way I can describe it is a cross between a woman's scream and a howl, but much deeper than either. It was unlike anything I've ever heard before, and I've spent my entire life outdoors. The sound immediately put me into full panic mode. I took off running and didn't stop until I got back to my truck. A hike that had taken me about an hour going in took me roughly 30 minutes coming out. I didn't return to the woods for the rest of that deer season. I've had several other experiences since then, with one in particular being much more significant. It involved being followed while leaving the woods and seeing what many people describe as "orbs" in that same area. I know this is a lot to read, and I realize it sounds unbelievable. These aren't exactly Sasquatch encounters, but after hearing Episode 769 I felt like I should finally reach out. If you're interested, I'd be glad to tell you about the rest of what I've experienced." Listen to the Podcast

It was theorized it crawled. It’s just much harder for soft soled critters to be tracked. I have been on Bear trails that were completely matted down. But not any individual bear tracks that could be observed. And then there is the whole intelligence thing. If Homo Naledi was burying its dead? And Homo Erectus was tracking an animal to exhaustion? Surely Sasquatch understands it’s leaving tracks. The ones we find either cannot be helped or it didn’t care if we found them. Not saying Sasquatch is inventing the longer lasting light bulb. But it’s gonna be on a whole other level than say a Bear. And Bears crawl and roll around as well. Just because they can. Not because they are not wanting to leave tracks. But Elk are gonna leave hoof tracks when they stand up out of a bedded position. Just a much smaller foot print per animal size and very hard. Which makes them and all ungulates much easier to track. IMHO.

Were there obvious Bigfoot footprints in the area? How did bigfoot get there? slide or crawl for instance. I might be blinded by my expectations but I would expect Bigfoot footprints provided there is soil which allowed other footprints

It certainly is. Well said.

Conventional wisdom is that Paranthropus was small. But the trackway find throws that older hypothesis into doubt.

It’s amazing to think that 80s - 90s era camcorders took much worse footage than a 16mm camera in the late 60s.

I was under the impression that the book was closed on this terrible footage long ago. What I mean is mostly likely human, but not discernible because of the awful quality. Apparent removal of the head of the costume doesn't help.

This is intriguing, would also like to know the source of the urban sighting. I'm a geography nerd, so I read up a little and studied some maps. Learned something new, didn't know about the cave systems: https://commonplacefacts.com/2025/09/13/kansas-city-caves-underground-city/#viii-kansas-citys-subterranean-legacy There are many creeks and likely greenways feeding the larger rivers. There are many manmade parks and conservation areas in and around the suburbs. That sighting has no proximity to such areas, but a couple of clues might help to explain. Description of a gray animal might indicate aging, and there are the typical suburban cluster of fast food spots nearby. Dumpster diving is a known behavior, and they seem to be fairly bold in search of food.

Perhaps. But if you look at the maps, the vast majority of the area around there is open and/or farmland. Not a lot of places to hide out. There is forest in south central, southeast, and southern Missouri, but enough water sources in those areas to keep them there. Not saying it did not happen, just trying to understand why they might be there in the first place.

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Yeah, I'd question the extinction of giant squid unless it somehow involved microparticulate plastics or so!e such innovation. Heck think of the numbers of sperm whales the giant squid population used to feed prior to the advent of whaling! And then centuries with their main predator effectively absent, allowing their numbers to go unchecked. There should be vast herds(?) Inkings(?) of giant squid in every ocean! In regards to photography in so hostile an environment, it will prove futile until we conjure the irresistible attractor and somehow construct a device that allows far more adroit pursuit, keeping up with their evasions. In a sense the same holds true with sasquatch....finding the irresistible draw, something that entrances their curiosity or desire to the point it outweighs their caution. It could be as "simple" as a specific tone or frequency of light, perhaps a combination of the two like some cuttlefish radio presenting pulsing flows of colors synched to a groove of the sasquatch tones. But once that's figured out and pictures are had, it will never relegate them to just another animal In the woods, unless we view ourselves as such as well. Fwiw, the ideal plural form of Bigfoot is unquestionably sasquatchezez....thought you'd like to know....lol

Xspider1 its going to have to be a pretty extreme and extensive mutation for an individual to be deemed a unique species. The mutations would have have to be extensive enough to disguise the markers used to differentiate the original species, and I have hard time envisioning that occurring in anything but like bacteria, or fruit flies at best with their four chromasomes...maybe.... I'd think most mutations that would cause drastic morphological changes will prove lethal from the get go or shortly there after, unless, of course its the result of direct genetic manipulation recombining the genes of disparate species in a plotted out effort, but even then the original species involved could be identified. Were it by just a single inheritable trait that sasquatch is set apart from modern humans then it might well be attributed to an aberrant mutation, but there's clearly more involved in the differentiation between us.

Are they perhaps venturing closer in search of water? Or are there more remote sources they could avail themselves of? I was just thinking in light of this years heat they might be pressed for water.