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Hello All, I'd like to bring the nature of research to the surface a bit. I do get the impression that many members here on the BFF would like to see a good picture of the Sasquatch dilemma above the usual round and round dialogue that goes on to the frustration of more than of few of you. The Habituators are out of reach for the most part as they keep things fairly off limits for most being a cadre of secretive folks for their own good reasons. We've all seen the maps, charts and graphs that look good and help with a kind of sightings layout but offer little in the way of gaining a foothold for most who want more in the way of a solid look at the the true situation of what it is to deal with a Sasquatch. There are databases but they are set up more for interest than research. One can click on a report or a series of reports for an area with a timeframe attached but it's succeeds only in providing a thunbnail of the whole view with many details simply too removed to see anything in the way of patterns or characteristics without spending hours wading through each report individually. Even if one did invest the time? Then unless the details were actually written down on paper for each event, or someone could miraculously keep all the factors organized in their head as they went down the list, gaining an overall perspective of the Sasquatch issue is pretty much out of reach for most. The ones working on the BFF SSR database are to be commended in taking on a monumental task. That being classifying the various reports into a massive database. There are other databases out there too and I saw one member wishing all of them could be combined into one; I also would like to see that happen some day. My sense though is that by the time that happens there will be a type specimen secured. I don't see that kind of a comprehensive database combination happening within ten years or so if it ever happens at all. It may in fact exist but not for us. Nonetheless some data is available now for members to look at that I think will go a long way in keeping a reality check alive and well on the subject of Bigfoot. For myself,I have been working hard on the John Green Sasquatch database for a while now in an effort at get it into a format that anyone can view. The website that offers it does so in two formats: one is MS Access which is a relational database that has and older .mdb extension which is difficult to convert to a working format and is a read-only file. The other is a spreadsheet type file with a .csv extension which is a workable file but it has it's own set of problems. The chief one being that it comes with no headers at the top of the columns on the sheet so if one is looking at numbers of say, creature ID's, or even something as mundane as altitude, it's almost impossible to make sense of what one is looking at. Now John Green did an amazing amount of data gathering, and an even more amazing job of organizing it. Truth be known the database is almost TOO big because of all the categorized details in each report! It is truly a remarkable piece of work an few have actually seen it. All I ever wanted to do was be able to look at it but was unable to because of the download issues already mentioned. I have now solved those issues and as a result can now offer the database here to all of you to look at, sort categories as you wish, and genarally have in your hands a great tool in which to see exactly what N A W A C and others are up against in their quest to prove to science, and all of us, that Bigfoot is real. Feel free to ask questions about what you are about to see, and also how to use this database to help you organize the data in ways that I'm sure some of you have never had the opportunity to see or do. The witness descriptions are a real eye opener when it comes to understanding just what the guys in the field are up against, and why their goals are so difficult. After you look through the data perhaps cutting the "hunters" in the field some slack will come naturally I'm sure. It may even help in generating a greater respect for their endeavors as well. I hope you take the time to go through this stuff as it is set up differently that what you are probably used to seeing and working with. In my opinion it is how a database should look, operate, and be presented to the public. After you see it you'll know what I mean. It isn't a very "pretty" database but all the maps and charts in the world will not give you what you will soon have when you load this in. In the near future I will also make available a broken down short version of the whole thing which will contain only the pertinent details for a quicker and more efficient reference. I will also be breaking out the data by state and discuss further breakdowns in order to perform more detailed sorting than what is available in the database in it's current form. An example would be when a report says a Sasquatch was next to a creek it never says WHICH creek, so that would be a detail in the short version that would not be necessary. Location, Color, Size, Gender, and so forth however WILL be included, along with other more critical details for easier overall research. The database only goes up to the year 2000 but in my opinion it's still "current" when one thinks about the estimated longevity of these animals. My apologies for the length of this post. I don't think something like this has ever been offered to you for free before so I hope it's a good trade-off for my ramblings. The file is set up to run on Excel or any free software like LibreOffice and bottom line? The database isn't going to cost you a cent! It's a zipped file so after your download extract the files and save them into a folder or somewhere easily accessible. Call up whatever spreadsheet program you use and load the files for viewing . Get ready for a deeper look at what everyone has been talking about, and at something that may give you a greater insight into the world of the Sasquatch phenomenon.......Happy hunting and ENJOY!

I started to read books on BF/Yeti when I was in middle school, 60's-early 70's, the interest died down until a few years back when I caught a special on cable and it rekindled the interest. Three weeks ago I attended my first expedition with the BFRO, I didn't see anything but sure heard enough to really spark my interest back up again.