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The color variations are just about the same variations we see in the American Black Bear. The size differences are similar to the scale shift we see as we move North. Its Bergmann's rule. "Bergmann's rule is an ecogeographical rule that states that within a broadly distributed taxonomic clade, populations and species of larger size are found in colder environments, while populations and species of smaller size are found in warmer regions. Bergmann's rule only describes the overall size of the animals, but does not include body parts like Allen's rule does." Allen's rule is interesting and explains more variants of the Sasquatch. "Allen's rule predicts that endothermic animals with the same body volume should have different surface areas that will either aid or impede their heat dissipation. Because animals living in cold climates need to conserve as much heat as possible, Allen's rule predicts that they should have evolved comparatively low surface area-to-volume ratios to minimize the surface area by which they dissipate heat, allowing them to retain more heat. For animals living in warm climates, Allen's rule predicts the opposite: that they should have comparatively high ratios of surface area to volume. Because animals with low surface area-to-volume ratios would overheat quickly, animals in warm climates should, according to the rule, have high surface area-to-volume ratios to maximize the surface area through which they dissipate heat.[4]" My personal opinion about the variation of behaviors is that its like humans - they have their own personalities. BUT, if I am going to make my own completely untestable hypothesis, I suspect there are a few different species. Like Polar, Black, Grizzly bears.

Bryan Sykes used Mitotyping Technologies in his paper on hair analysis published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, which is open access: Proc. R. Soc. B 2014 281, 20140161, published 2 July 2014. Genetic analysis of hair samples attributed to yeti, bigfoot and other anomalous primates | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (royalsocietypublishing.org) References 9 and 10 therein (also free access) are authored by Terry Melton of Mitotyping Technologies and describe the power of their hair methodology for mtDNA. I have used Genidaqs for eDNA metabarcoding, but you will have to do your own interpretation of the sequences for unusual human or near human mtDNA. They give you other species IDs and omit common ones such as human, dog, cat, chicken, cow, pig.

While this is "old" news, attached is the obituary and remembrance photograph. These can be copied and forwarded to responsible parties at will by Forum members. Joe here Peter Cyril Byrne WWII Veteran, Conservationist, Explorer, Author: 1925–2023 Peter was born August 22, 1925 in Dublin, Ireland. He was raised with three siblings on their family estate in Ireland. In 1943 he enlisted in the Royal Air Force and was stationed in the East Indian Ocean on the Coco’s Islands off of Australia where he served with distinction until the war ended. When the war ended Peter became a tea planter in northeast India. After a serendipitous encounter in Bombay, he became friends with the King of Nepal’s brother and was granted property in Nepal where Peter conducted hunting safaris in the White Grass Plains of western Nepal. More details of Peter’s early days can be viewed at www.peterCbyrne.com. In 1968, after 18 years of big game hunting, he turned to conservation in Nepal where he convinced the government to create a wildlife preserve, and eventually establish the Sukila Phanta National Park. He said, “I showed them that taking a photograph of a rhinoceros was worth 1,000 times more than shooting it once.” He also pioneered Nepal river rafting, and trekking expeditions on many of his trips to the country. During the Nepal years, Peter also established the non-profit International Wildlife Conservation Society. In the interests of the Society, he traveled globally and through his magnetic personality, established many friends and gained honors, among them a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and membership in the Explorers Club of New York. But, spiritually, he was forever drawn to Nepal and the Himalayas, with his last trip to Nepal thought to be in 2012. In Nepal, Peter was sought after by Texas oil man Tom Slick. Slick financed a two year Byrne Himalayan expedition to find the fabled yeti. After few results were found of the yeti, in 1960 Slick brought Peter to northern California and the Pacific Northwest USA to track Bigfoot. That search unfortunately ended with Slick’s sudden death in an airplane crash in 1962. Thereafter, Peter conducted two other, long and well-funded northern Oregon Bigfoot projects. Again, with no physical evidence of Bigfoot, those projects ended in the late 1990s. Peter then moved to Los Angeles, but after never really feeling at home in the overcrowded city, he retired to a home on the banks of the Nestucca River in Pacific City, Oregon. In Pacific City, Peter continued to write the remainder of his 20 books. He also wandered the mountains of the Coastal Range with friends in his continuing quest for sightings of Bigfoot. Peter Cyril Byrne passed away peacefully on July 28, 2023 in Tillamook, Oregon. He is survived by his daughter Rara Byrne now living in Perth, Australia, his sister Beryl Greene of Maidenhead, England, and his life partner of more than 25 years - Cathy Griffin is now living in Pacific City, Oregon in the cabin they shared. Remembrances: A journalism scholarship is being established in Peter’s honor. For information on the fund, and a celebration of life for Peter, please see the website at peterCbyrne.com.

Germany 300,000 years old. Probably Homo Heidelbergensis or maybe early Neanderthal It looks like a short stabbing spear. https://www.archaeology.org/news/11604-230720-germany-paleolithic-tool

To date, as far as I can tell, all DNA studies concerning Sasquatch have pointed to genus Homo. Even studies that no one here knows about but which I do know about. And since the Sasquatch has such a physically advanced body shape, more like a Human than a Chimp, then having it's DNA align closely to Human shouldn't be a great surprise. So it all comes down to brain type more than anything else.

I am in the hominid camp, so I hate the idea of a body being needed, but the more I research on the topic, the more I agree that it will never be acknowledged until there is a body (that the gov't doesn't silence). I won't be the person doing it, but kudos to those that do.

Not really. First of all, in most of Alaska, we don't have deer. It's moose and caribou. They're much larger than deer, thus more difficult to drag up a tree. Secondly, caribou calve in alpine areas devoid of trees. Thirdly, a solitary wolverine taking a moose calf from a healthy cow moose is unlikely, unless she has twins. But it wouldn't surprise me to see it. If a pack of wolves came upon a wolverine with carrion and a tree was handy, my bet is that the wolverine would take to the tree.

Reasons like this we are thought of by many as fools and crazy .