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I recommend our SSR database. We have classified thousands of reports into a standardized record suitable for data mining. Let me know if you're interested.... one caveat is that you must share all results with the BFF premium community. You can publish your analysis anywhere you want, even for profit, but a copy of the results has to be made available to the premium membership of the BFF. We cannot use your analysis elsewhere, your intellectual property is yours, we just want a copy for the general fund of knowledge of the premium membership. Premium members are barred from posting or sharing your analysis or data elsewhere. It's a fair trade. We've had volunteers painstakingly read and classify each report for four years now, over 3000 reports and still going, all the hard work has been done on the available data.

An underhanded throw would be best if a Squatch wanted to remain hidden. An overhanded throw would increase the chances of being seen.

The underhanded throwing theory has been derived from the rotation of large rocks that have been observed, a forward rolling motion like a bowling ball was noted by some eyewitnesses. That would not rule out an alternative overhanded toss, but chimps have a similar underhanded way of throwing...it is certainly something of interest. Stories of basketball sized rocks arcing only slightly indicate a powerful force to be able to launch such weight on such a trajectory, generally the rocks are not that large and demonstrate a preciseness defying chance. Occasionally an individual is struck and injured by such an object, generally considered to be a miss throw. So as with the greatest pitchers in MLB, while trying to force you off the plate they can just plain throw a wild one and hit you. My advice under such circumstances is to go back in the dugout till the game is over, but if your man enough lean out over the plate and take one on the shoulder...though taking first base will not be an option here...also not a great idea to try going out to the mound for a take down...just saying... When I was in my 20s I made numerous fishing trips to Ontario's Lake of the Woods, we would be darting through the maze of islands in search of trophy Muskie, which we did catch exceeding 40 pounds! I know what a beaver tail sounds like slapping the water vs a large rock kerr-plunging. The large rock displaces water much like a splash dive, the result is a two toned kaa spush. I have memories of such splashes near us at certain times, the guide had hinted about bigfoot at other times, I wonder if his travels brought him into contact from time to time. He loved to fish a dusk into the night, and took us as well. We saw black bear exploring islands, so I am guessing the Squatch in that area do the same. We were also dropped off at some portage lakes, and I seem to remember an odd splash there as well. Funny thing is how you write such things off in your mind, but you know it was not a normal sounding beaver slap, and there was no beaver in the area. This was the central part of LOW, very suitable habitat....I would say perfect....

I really like the idea of using the best sighting reports from 20 or 30 years ago to identify areas where an elder BF might be living. This is something that has not occurred to me until Hiflier pointed it out. BF has a home territory equivalent to a bear, 100 square miles according to many scientists. If the animal is old, its physical abilities will be greatly diminished and much easier to track. The explanation for our failure to track, capture or kill a BF is it's exceptional physical attributes -- speed, knowledge of the territory, etc. It is a fact that older animals, including humans, degrade with age... their range is reduced, their memory fades, etc. Bigfoot, if it exists, is no different. BF is not a super being immune to old age and all of the consequences associated with it. Some think of BF as a static entity that never changes, it's fast, smart, etc. but that cannot be the case if its a real flesh and blood animal. Age will have an impact just as it does for all of us at some point. Do not think remains, think old BF with reduced abilities. That's the target. I think Hiflier is onto to something here. Good thinking man!

Do you Live Near Myakka River State Park? Serious Hot Spot, with regard to evidence I've seen. Best Thermal I've seen of a Squatch. JMO.

On my to do list is an analysis of the variations in Bigfoot sighting reports. There is an expected type of variation for reports from truthful eyewitnesses and I plan to analyze the reports in a Bigfoot sighting report database to see if they match the expected pattern. I might get to it in the next year, but there's other Bigfoot research I'm prioritizing right now. At the moment, though, I could use some recommendations as to which database to analyze (i.e., BFRO, Green, etc.). I need a large amount of data.