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BFRO just published report # 69394. Yeah, that's well over 3000 entries. If we were to say there are 3000 entries published, there are still another 66000+ unpublished in their database assuming their report generator uses a conventional one-up algorithm for assigning report numbers. Oregon Bigfoot has over 1400 published reports and over 1600 unpublished and they're not a big or very active group. There are many, many active groups taking reports that we never hear about, don't have access to. My guestimate, from a one-time insider perspective points to somewhere now around 150,000 reports on file with various groups. Certainly less than 50%, and possibly as low as 20%, of the total are published. But they ARE in the databases .. anyone who doesn't understand that doesn't belong talking about databases in the first place.

Exactly! Brand new member. Wants to take someone out in the deep Texas woods alone. To hunt Bigfoot. Signnnnn me up.

Absolutely. It goes a step further though, via two factors. First, the smaller a population is, the faster it can drift genetically because it does not have the buffering effect of members of the larger population's genetic contributions. Second, the more extreme the environment, the more it will be pushed to adapt .. or die out .. via natural selection. Taken together, a very small population of some known ancestor or cousin of ours could have arrived in North America under very climatically challenging conditions and have had to have drifted a great deal isolated from its parent population or die out. Science shows that unlike what we presumed, evolution is not a smooth, steady process, but rather is periods of sameness broken by large, abrupt changes. What we are looking for today here might not look all that much like its biological ancestor did. We need DNA to study (whether that comes from a freshly dead body or not) if we are to find out just how close we are to them genetically. A body on a slab has two pluses ... first, it may be easier to obtain than DNA from the field, and second, there can be no doubt about the source of the DNA if you are taking it from a body rather than collecting hair from the environment. MIB

Lol. I will come just to film that… Don’t end up in a hotel bathtub filled with ice missing a kidney , bud.

I’ve got a red 20 ft weldcraft jet boat. Gonna go down to grand dads bridge I think to put in! Maybe see you there bud!

With the exception of one person, anyone I've researched with has been a person I believed to be both honorable and truthful. So my experience has been the opposite of yours. What about those who saw a large footprint but didn't have casting materials, those who had a sighting but it happened too quickly to capture on film, or those who heard a scream, or wood knock, but didn't have their sound recorder on? Those are people you aren't interested in listening to? That could mean you'd never hear about reports from several people who might have had a similar experience in a similar area, providing a pattern, that you would never know about because you wouldn't be interested in engaging with them without proof.

I’m looking for someone to join me in the field to help me gather this proof. I have the place where there is a family group of Sasquatch.Experience with electronics is a big plus.No felonies.Please PM your info to me. Thank you Ps. Re-edit this so that your personal info is not in the open on the internet. They can private message you with their info to you. Shadowborn

You want your profile pic used for your milk carton?

Hi Everyone Another Brit here. I have been interested in the subject of Bigfoot ever since a close relative confessed their encounter to me in my teens, though I've never had one myself. I work in medical research and enjoy hiking, climbing- anything outdoors really. Looking forward to many interesting discussions!

There are 7,532 reports in the SSR here at BFF.

Norse and PNW -- the two of you have absolutely gorgeous areas to explore. It looks like an outdoorperson's dream come true. Kudos to both of you!!

My self and another member here also are members of a gun forum If he has some sort of proof . I am pretty much 100 % sure there are people on that website in Texas that will go with him .

My son and I are also going to Dworshak this weekend. He and his girlfriend are coming over from Seattle with their kayaks on Saturday. We'll be heading down to the family cabin at Freeman Creek on Sunday to take his kayaks and my little pontoon raft out. Probably paddle back into where Freeman creek comes in. Or, dad might decide to launch his 26' Carver cabin cruiser. If you see this rig; that's us. That's also Freeman Creek boat launch at Dworshak.

Not to good researchers! You are referring to 'fringe believers They are a misguided race onto their own. They are not researchers! I too have read many hundreds of reports (I do not believe that there are 'thousands' of them out there! ) I got tired of watching videos 15 years ago. All of them were debunked! I have debunked vocalizations with Thomas Steenburg! The only researchers that I associate with are those of high honesty and authenticity! And they are few and far! I am no elitist! But I am a sceptic! This does not mean that I am not open minded! But it does mean that if you make a claim, then you had better have the proof to back it up! Come and listen to my podcasts! Click on the podcast page and go to West Coast Sasquatch Research The shows are free! There are 11 of them so far. another coming out next week! I am not trying to buffalo you. Just tell you the truth of the way Sasquatch World is going to have to be more honest! And people are going to need to be more honest with each other! And it is starting to go that way! Which is the good news! Oh yes! There are interviews too!

Your with science about what? Neanderthals went extinct or Bigfoot doesn’t exist? What would account for an increase in body size? Bergman’s rule. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergmann's_rule In Europe Neanderthals are found in Germany, France, Spain and Italy. They were also found in the Middle East. Roughly 30-50 degrees north. In order to defeat the land bridge in North America they would have had to have been at least 60 degrees north. The migration could have lasted 10’s of thousands of years. So an NE Asian variant could have needed to have become larger than those in Europe and the near East. OR? A related species like Homo Heidelbergensis or Denisovans or even Homo Erectus experienced similar evolutionary pressures. Bergman’s rule works with all mammalian species.... Also, I don’t think the science is settled on where archaic Homo species landed on the planet. In my opinion it’s increasing clear SOMETHING made it here. And may still be scratching by in America’s hinterlands. http://patagoniamonsters.blogspot.com/2019/12/more-on-erectus-calvaria-from-chapala.html

I think that he means actual researchers, not people who collect Bigfoot coffee mugs and film themselves on their phones banging t-ball bats on trees outside of a campground.

Someone who is familiar with the woods, and those creatures that inhabit it, particularly a hunter, will reserve judgment of what they've just seen until it can be identified. If a patch of dark-brown, or black, hair goes moving through the brush, or trees, there is no way to be able to identify it. It is simply unknown until it can be clearly seen. A responsible person would admit that. With that said, if you could see something upright and walking in the woods, there is no way a bear could be confused with a sasquatch, like Patty, that takes a 41" stride. Bears have tiny, little legs from the knee down. Moreover, their stride is small and choppy. Patty's walk is smooth and gliding. As you admit to above, those "hunters and outdoors men" were not sure what they saw. That is being responsible. They have not misidentified. They have simply not identified. The difference is profound.

Heading out to the woods tomorrow with my girlfriend in the Honda Pioneer to do some searching for sign. Weather supposed to be perfect. Going to Moscow mountain, which is the site of a sighting that made the "Finding Bigfoot" show. It's also where me and my buddies would go to party back in high school. Memorable spots known as "Pond 9", "Rock Group", "Lookout", and "Cedar Grove". Can't tell my girlfriend about all the memories of those places, lol.

Looks like a wonderful day out, norseman, and a great way to beat the heat! I spent Saturday and this morning doing Dad stuff, driving a Uhaul from one town to another, helping my youngest son move to a new location, but I got to feed my need for the tall timber this afternoon, with a trip to Tamihi Creek, a tributary of the Chilliwack River that runs along the US border for much of its length. The weather has moderated here the last few days, so the temp stayed below 30C, which was very nice for a change. The recent very hot weather has really kicked the high mountain snow melt into gear, and the creek was a rushing torrent in the places where it was visible from the old narrow logging road. Most of the roughly 20 km length of the road runs through varying ages of second growth timber, restricting the view, but the last few km had been logged in the last 5 years or so, opening up the view of the Border Peaks, a number of craggy ridges straddling the international border. The mountain on the US side has a glacier at the top, with huge avalanche chutes running down to the creek, and a very impressive cornice at the top of the glacier. The US side of the creek appears to be old growth forest, as access from the south side of that ridge, to the north face that I could see, would be very difficult. In a couple of my photos, you can see the line cut through the timber that defines the 49th parallel. There were numerous deer tracks in some places, and a nice blacktail doe crossed the road in front of me, too quickly for me to catch a pic. I also saw several impressive bear scat piles, and spoke to a dirt biker near the end of the trail who had been there last weekend, and saw what he described as the biggest black bear he'd ever seen. When he saw it on the road, he stopped, and it turned toward him, rose on it's hind legs, and popped its jaw at him, so he did a quick u-turn, and got out of there!

Welcome , SasquatchTheLeg !

Went to Priest Lake friday. Anchored off of Eightmile island. Beautiful lake! Water was crystal clear and surface temp was 78 degrees. Got to try out my new Minelab. Found an old broken dock with lots of nails and bolts. Ring was a joke. Eventually found dimensional lumber at the bottom too. Didnt get rocks thrown at us from shore! Pretty quiet if biggie was trying to get cool. I threw the 460 Rowland in for good measure. BBQ tomahawk steaks that night for dinner. Some of the best I had ever eaten!

They use that technique in the walking dead, except they use anything metal they can find. Cowbells are at a premium during the zombie apocalypse.

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Getting lots of spring rain this year, which is good, but hard to find time to hike.....makes Bigtex a dull boy, lol. A few pics from recent hikes - very old stone wall that goes for miles through the woods, a cave pictured a few times before but this time something has been digging it out, some interesting marks showing what appears to be toe slides, and in one pic coming & going, a Deer skull put into branches on one of my trails, made friends with a toad, and a cool fossilized piece of bone:)

Officially, perhaps not. But after reading enough eyewitness accounts patterns can be discerned. For instance, if Sasquatch exists, and the evidence suggests that it does, then we know that it must be a primate. Whether an ape or a hominid can only be guessed at, but it is certain that if the animal exists than it is some form of primate. All of the available evidence suggests that the creature is an omnivore. They have been observed consuming a variety of animal and plant items including deer, elk, caribou, squirrels, fish, clams, berries, roots, twigs etc... Eyewitness descriptions also reveal that the species typically stands between 7 and 10 feet tall. Hair color varies with a wide variety being mentioned in the reports ranging from black, dark brown, reddish, light brown, and even white in a few instances. Some reports also seem to suggest the animal is primarily nocturnal. John Green seemed to think so, but the jury is still out on that one in my opinion. While we may not "know" anything officially at this point, more educated inferences can be made about these animals than most people realize.

Agreed. It seems unlikely that they would have complicated the situation if it were simply a bear poaching case. Black bear are a dime a dozen. It would have been different if Smeja shot a bald eagle.

Greetings, As a Bigfoot researcher with a background in both archaeology and historical analysis, I firmly believe that archaeology can and should be used to help facilitate the discovery and formal scientific classification of Bigfoot. I find this to be a very underrated topic, but one that has great potential. Bigfoot are living animals, all living things eventually die and leave behind remains. Bigfoot are no exception. Personally, something that I think needs to be done is for a researcher to choose an area located in prime Bigfoot habitat, preferably near a cave or other place that is concealed, and use the archaeological method in an attempt to discover Bigfoot remains and or bones. As a researcher with archaeological training this is a method that I intend to use in my quest to have this species formally documented by science. Although I know of a few archaeologists, most notably Kathy Strain, who are interested in the Bigfoot phenomenon, as far as I am aware there has yet to be a serious attempt to use archaeology in an effort to discover Bigfoot remains. But there is always a first time for everything. The use of archaeology should be seriously considered by Bigfoot researchers, as it has the potential to produce tangible, scientific results and has the potential to result in formal scientific classification of the species.

This is a Bigfoot discussion board. A forum. Not an academic peer review research committee. And I'm not here to prove anything to you or anyone else for that matter. An archaeological approach to Bigfoot evidence would require a site with known or suspected activity. Followed by surveying and mapping of the area, and if the situation warrants it, a field excavation. Discussing a possible scenario regarding Bigfoot and cattle ranchers is simply thinking out loud. An educated guess based upon comparative evidence. This thread has nothing to do with archaeological research. But once again, I think you know that and are simply trolling.

Now you're making assumptions yourself. How on earth do you know how any academic would approach the subject? That is a broad generalization, an attempt to unscientifically presume how all academics would pursue a subject that isn't even recognized as a legitimate field of academic study by the way. Did post an academic article I sent to a peer reviewed journal? Please bud. I have written many scholarly papers before. But I'm certainly not going to post it here for your oh so scholarly eye to read. You want to scoff at how I approach the subject? Seriously? When just about every post I see of yours is a snarky or sarcastic comment about another member who actually knows what they are talking about. Or some off color joke that nobody finds funny but yourself. I suggest you stop here while you're still ahead. Because you're only making a fool of yourself. Agreed. Thank you.

Greetings, I recently finished reading John Green's Sasquatch the Apes Among Us, and was particularly intrigued by a vague account he mentioned that very few researchers seem to have taken notice of. He mentioned interviewing an old woman in Montana during the late 1960s who grew up in a family of cattle ranchers. According to the interview the old woman mentioned how when she was a young child everyone knew not to leave their cattle at higher elevation during the spring or they would be eaten by the hairy giants who lived in the mountains. Although the account provided by Mr. Green was somewhat vague, it would seem that the settlers in Montana cattle country during the late 19th and early 20th centuries had at least some local knowledge and more concerning Sasquatch-like creatures indigenous to the area. If this is the case, then there are likely some very old reports or at the very least oral stories from the region going back well over a century ago. I would be interested to find these old accounts. And if the old woman's story was true, and it should be noted Mr. Green had no reason to doubt her truthfulness, then I would be interested to find out if there was some sort of conflict between early western cattle ranchers and Bigfoot. It would seem plausible since the account mentioned predation by Bigfoot on cattle. And a similar scenario resulted in conflict with brown bears and wolves leading to their extirpation in the region.

He is on FB and I believe his email is in his books if you have one of them. I have high regard for Rob so I'm not bringing this up for any other reason but humor. The dr in his title is not a phd. He went to chiropractic college, not sure if he finished or not. He does have a college degree in anthropology which is good enough as any background to be a bigfoot author. He does a great job with indigenous mythology and research. Unsure of his other events but he is on the speaker list at this woo gathering in late august: and here is a good video from Grassman's channel, just 2 minutes, of Rob's approach in the field.

Greetings, Quite a few years ago now, back in 2013 there was an account of an Oregon hunter by the name of Justin Smeja who allegedly shot and killed two Bigfoot. I remember this story big news in the Bigfoot community when it first became public but now it seems to have fallen by the wayside. The analysis I read sees to suggest that Smeja was an honest, albeit stupid and careless man who bungled the opportunity for finally proving the existence of these creatures by not bringing the remains back to civilization. I was wondering what everyone's thoughts are? Is this a true account of a lucky yet careless hunter? Or is it a hoax?