hiflier Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Hello DWA, I thought it was a holdover for meateaters to better sniff out game by having greater olfactory surface but what do I know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DWA Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Well remember hiflier, with extinct critters it's ALL speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiflier Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Hello DWA, And since this is a Bigfoot Forum the same goes for here too LOL. So Sasquatch with eyeglow adapted to survive in dark caves so they can see and eat bats? Hmmm....Even for a BF Forum it's a helluva stretch.....YA THINK??!!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigantor Posted January 31, 2014 Admin Author Share Posted January 31, 2014 Still no plausible hypothesis on how bigfoot survives the extreme cold.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Does anyone know how far north early hominids lived without the use of fire or clothing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiflier Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) Hello gigantor, I disagree. I'm offering a plausible explanation. Bats hibernate. They would be easy pickings loaded with fat protein for an 8-10 foot tall primate. The report of them in rockpiles digging for rats comes to mind with this idea. Now would a Sasquatch have this knowledge embedded after centuries of winter survival? That's my story and I'm stickin' to it. One may even find the elusive Sasquatch scat amongst the guano on the floor of the cave. Edited January 31, 2014 by hiflier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanFooter Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 How does the sasquatch live in the cold ? I would say that size is very key, if a sasquatch is on average 7'' 3 at say 630 pounds { random estimation } covered in thick hair and gifted with a big brain it is not difficult to imagine that a small group could keep warm in a constructed shelter or natural shelter in a thick evergreen forest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Branco Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Hello gigantor, Not a surprising question considering the winter weather the country has been experiencing the past couple of weeks. John Green's book "Sasquatch, The Apes Among Us" didn't address the concept of a cave-dwelling Sasquatch but I think it was because the subject may have been an obscure one at best. For myself I tend to think that if caves are used they provide a temporary shelter only. There are fewer Spring time reports but even so, one would think that winter tracks would be all over the place. They're not. Is this a hibernation indicator? Most believe hibernation is not a Sasquatch characteristic. Even if it is, the reports that do have the animal walking around in winter say that a few do get out and around. I think any use of caves are a matter of necessity if they are used at all. The other day I saw an Eagle flying out over the ocean in Maine when it was 15 degrees outside. Tough bird.....HUNGRY bird! It was probably looking for fish because everything else was probably holed up somewhere. A small cave with several members of a Sasquatch group in it would be warmer than a large cave one would think so looking for the creature in large caves is more than likely a waste of time. Bats might make a tasty snack if nothing else was out and about because of deep snows. Some caves have water available in some fashion and can even be obscured accesses to aquifer systems. I think it's possible the Fouke Monster utilzed such a system. Something the NAWAC team might consider? If their set-up is in Le Flore County, they are missing a good bet if they haven't checked out some of those old abandoned drift, coal mine adits for sign of usage. There are a lot of them over there. BF have been seen entering and leaving them in one area of adjoining Scott County in AR. Ideal conditions for them to lay up in very hot weather or cold weather. In really cold weather, old timers say they have been seen leaving beds in the thickets around the vertical ventilation shafts that exit to ground level on the slopes of the ridges. Air underground a lot warmer when it's really cold outside. In hot weather it is cool as a cucumber a few hundred feet back in the shafts. The vent shafts pull air through the drifts slow enough to cool the it flowing through them. Been in some drift shafts in Scott County that had been used by something big; couldn't tell what. Hard rains lets ground water into those and washes out what little tracks are left on the bedrock. BF have been tracked in the snow into limestone caves a few times in the Ozarks. One man went inside a few yards, heard some deep, loud growls from within, and ran out. He forgot that he had ducked low rock coming in, hit it on the way out, split his scalp to the skull. (Not sure if Bobby Short got that report on her web site or not before she passed away.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I would say that size is very key. I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesabe Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I think their body temperature is higher, similar to a dogs or horses. Like a wolf surviving in the arctic. I also agree that the heat of summer or droughts, are worse for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WV FOOTER Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 I hate to go here, but Cows can survive in the winter, so why not a Squatch, as long as there is food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDL Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 Still think they maintain middens that evolve heat in a manner identical to a compost pile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiflier Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) Hello Branco, Good post. I was hoping for a second opinion from someone; Not surprised it was you and what you offer makes sense and has some anecdotal back-up too. Thanks. Edited January 31, 2014 by hiflier Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest thermalman Posted January 31, 2014 Share Posted January 31, 2014 (edited) Having lived in Manitoba all my life, animals have to be winter hardy to live here. (-34C windchill tonight) Body fat is a key component to any animal's survival. Skinny, undernourished animals will die off quickly. Shelter and food also play a key role in their survival, as the cold weather is very unforgiving. On a sad note, we had a 20 year old girl freeze to death in our city last Saturday night during a blizzard where windchill reached -48C. http://www.portagedailygraphic.com/2014/01/28/family-searches-for-answers-into-young-womans-death Edited January 31, 2014 by thermalman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bipedalist Posted January 31, 2014 BFF Patron Share Posted January 31, 2014 Tree uproot depressions, and layering of leaves could put a dent in it. Rock overhangs, rock crevice caves, limestone caves, abandoned mineshafts all could get you out of immediate trouble if you weren't able to go into torpor, brumation or pseudohibernation of some sort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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