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Below is a picture of a footprint find I made in Washington. I had a long discussion with Meldrum about the morphology of the footprint. Missing not only a MTB but it seemed strangely narrow for a BF footprint. It was however pretty flat footed. The footprint was 17.4 inches long. Well outside the human norm. The small print above and left of the larger one was 8 inches and dwarfed by the larger one. When I expressed my concerns about the differences from the normal large BF print, he looked at me, smiled, and wryly commented, "You know of course that female BF prints are much narrower than male prints." Continuing that males carry so much more weight than females their feet spread out to carry the load. Perhaps the foot morphology including MTB development is different between males and females. I know as I aged and got heavier my foot size and width has increased.

I'm not sure of that as an absolute. 1) You should check into the tracks Jaime Avalos has cast. 2) I've found some that are "funny". They're underwater in deep thick mud over rock substrate. Can't really see in them because a fine silt ooze has built up obscuring details, but they seem to have a very deep heel pocket, very deep pocket at what seems to be the ball of the foot, and a huge high side-to-side arch between .. smooth, curved front and back. I can't reach bottom in both front and back pockets at once, I have to slide my foot up and over that arch. I suppose if the tracks are even bigger than I think (putting my foot into them is like putting my foot down a post hole that opens up at the bottom ... creepy but necessary), maybe that apparent arch is part of a mid-tarsal break. I don't know, but I know I'm being careful not to draw premature conclusions that inadvertently lead to removing correct answers from consideration. MIB

Which particular handgun are you referring to? It can get a little confusing. Here's a pretty good summary: https://www.pewpewtactical.com/single-action-vs-double-action-vs-striker/

Unless I'm missing something, it could never be positive for sasquatch. There is no baseline to match it against. It could only come out as an undocumented primate.

I think only after independent confirmation. It's a big deal, I'm sure Dr Disotell would want to be sure before making any claims. As for the government, there won't be any fallout. They'll discover it at the same time everyone else will.

"I don't think they are so smart that they can detect trail cams and avoid being photographed" This is documented in other wild animals already. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4212972/ 

After my vocal encounter in 2013 I have spent allot of time deliberating about this issue, and why such a creature somehow, almost against all odds, against logic, exists. I have come to the conclusion that this creature is not human nor strictly ape, but something of a higher order of ape, or lower order of human if you want to lump all primates into one box. They are intelligent in ways we cannot comprehend, and yet have not mastered much of what supposed primitive man mastered. They exist in the void between man and apes, and capitalize on secrecy and stealth. They are fewer in number than practically any other thriving specie, yet I think they are doing well despite our encroachment. The stunning gap between humans and all other creatures is not really lost by this creatures existence, although we must acknowledge that its existence leads us to ask certain questions about the why, how, and where, of it's existence. We cannot fully answer any of these questions but some things do stand out, like the niche they inhabit, and how few competitors they have given their adaptions. A cold climate great ape of higher intelligence, and adapted for extreme secrecy. If we look at the large gap of human society and primitive survival of the past, something had to fill that niche. If such a creature could exist it would come from the great apes, and that is what I feel is the origin of this specie. Not that it was an offshoot of the modern apes, but it's own specie that rose to fill that niche as man developed his current niche. The point I am making is simply that as that gap grew, something of this sort was practical and likely to fill where we no longer dominated.

Wow,, that dude can shoot! I wouldn't use a 10mm for concealed carry on the street, so the bias doesn't bother me. It shouldn't be an issue in the woods. I'm gonna get one, I think.