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Depends on what you call almost zero. I don't think we agree on definition. There are two parts to a sighting ... something to see, someone to see it. I observe that the number of potential people available to do the seeing is vastly less in the winter months and those who are there are demographically the ones least likely to file a report. I don't know where you're at / from, but you're talking about my home turf. Look at an activity break-down of the people who file the reports and, topographically, where the sightings occur. In the winter we have some steelhead fishermen but very few hunters. That means the BFs have to be stream-side to be seen. More than that, a lot of hunters camp either in campgrounds or dispersed camp areas. Winter steelhead fishermen generally don't camp, they stay in town and drive out. We have no summer family campers in winter so whatever they were doing and wherever that stuff they were doing took them where they had their sighting ... not happening in winter. Campgrounds are closed with the gates shut and locked. Can't even stop and use the outhouse in passing. The sheer number of people is so much smaller in winter that the opportunities for a road crossing sighting drop considerably as well. In other words, there is no case at all for hibernation once you correctly understand the context of the data. In fact, winter is the perfect time to be looking because the rain-soaked ground will "take" tracks better and the reduction in human traffic gives them time and "comfort" to get into places where you might observe one with less effort. You just have to be willing to put yourself out there in miserable wet weather. MIB

Depends on what you call almost zero. I don't think we agree on definition. MIB Well if zero equates to over 20 Class A reports in WA State alone (24 actually) in the Winter months from December 20th until March 19th, then yeah it's almost zero.. That's from the SSR which incorporates the BFRO and all other public databases, and we haven't finished OR, NorCal and BC yet either.

Peeps ... science has not stalled. It's just not giving us the instant gratification we feel entitled to. (There's some deliberate judgment in those words.) We ... some of us, anyway ... are doing the correct thing: we don't have the answers yet so we keep looking. We do new stuff when we think of it, we repeat the old stuff when we don't. No matter what the scoftics want to tell us, we have not failed until we give up. The chase doesn't end on their timetables or by their rules. They can quit, walk away, scoff, whatever they do ... doesn't matter. That's about their search. Not mine. And not yours unless you allow it. MIB

Many of Ostmans details pertaining to Sasquatch have been observed by others, so I might have to conclude he had some sort of experience, now whether his story was 100% true, who knows, but all I can say is that certain observations have been proven over time, and were not commonly known at the time he first described them.

If some consistent patterns of behavior were readily evident I feel science might be more open to the idea. Sadly, it's all over the map....literally. In terms of range, diet, sensitivity to humans/civiliztion, diet, etc... Not to mention reports of behavior that would be described as supernatural or inconsistent with other known animals and the acceptance of those reports also hurts. It feels like "we" bear a good portion of the culpability for general attitude of science and the general public toward the subject of sasquatch. The good news is that we can also be the prime movers of change, if we choose to be. We need to be patient and know that bigfoot should eventually be understood and accepted. Once we have biologist going into the woods for long periods, and they use techniques discovered by the habituators, then hard data will come in. Jane Goodall lived with the Chimps for years and was patient. Bigfoot poses a tougher challenge since they probably have the greatest degree of 'forest intelligence' of any animal on earth including humans. Go SWWA: I had more unseen encounters, got things thrown at me, and got growled at when I tried to flush what I heard moving back in the woods. Did not see what growled but simultaneously with that, a tree got broken off right behind me. I was being warned. Logging started in the creek area, moving South from the North towards my encounter and growl location which are only a half mile apart. Passing on your knowledge of bigfoot adds to bigfoot science. Eventually, I hope kids will read all about bigfoot secrets discovered by people like SWWA and other fine biologist on the forum and in colleges. The term 'I hope' is used because we need to take care of Earth's health now or life on the planet could cease. This is not good for bigfoot or us, and all other life forms.