TD-40 Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Are there any credible reports out there of Sasquatch walking down on all fours? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Yes there are, but too many to report here on this thread individually …. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1980squatch Posted January 7, 2015 Share Posted January 7, 2015 Lots of that out of NAWACs area X... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DWA Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 There are way loads of these reports, although as it's been said, too many to list 'em here. It is a solid aspect of report consistency. The arm/leg ratios and the habits of other apes - including much more extensive bipedality than the casual observer gives credit - would predict this. But yep, there is a lot of it, including handprints that indicate knuckle-walking similar to that practiced by the chimp, bonobo and gorilla. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dlaw Posted January 8, 2015 Share Posted January 8, 2015 I have no doubt that they do, and they may be able to travel faster than walking bi-pedaly. Know of one sighting in a broom sage field where Bf was initially on all fours, but when the witness got closer, the Bf raised up and ran away on two legs. Makes sense in certain environments, e.g. broom sage, short brushy cutovers, etc., as they would be less visible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyO Posted January 8, 2015 SSR Team Share Posted January 8, 2015 50+ reports so far in the SSR of them on all fours, ranging all the way across the continent. The majority of WA reports on all fours since the turn of the century have been from the Olympic Peninsula, 55% of them to be precise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodslore Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I know there have been reports, too many to count, as has been already said. Thought I hear once some researchers say that Sasquatch do this to avoid being noticed or so they can be confused with other known animals? Know there is a number of reports people think they are seeing a bear because it is on all 4's. Until it stands on 2 legs and walks away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunflower Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 Yes on all fours (encounters from friends who witnessed such) and also belly crawling. Specifically two friends sitting on the front porch and watching a hairy woman (one friend said) literally slithering on the ground towards them. They are amazing athletes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I would think anatomy would prohibit a bipedal animal from travelling on all fours very well although I'm not up on that sort of thing. If you look at the apes, they can travel well on all fours but aren't fluid walking on two. Can an animal be built in such a way as to do both well I wonder? t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodslore Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I would think anatomy would prohibit a bipedal animal from travelling on all fours very well although I'm not up on that sort of thing. If you look at the apes, they can travel well on all fours but aren't fluid walking on two. Can an animal be built in such a way as to do both well I wonder? t. Why not. There are more then a few videos of bears walking like "people". There is even a video from a zoo of a silver back gorilla walking on two legs with what seems to be little difficulty. So I don't think if they are a real animal that it can be ruled out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 50+ reports so far in the SSR of them on all fours, ranging all the way across the continent. The majority of WA reports on all fours since the turn of the century have been from the Olympic Peninsula, 55% of them to be precise. Are there any credible reports out there of Sasquatch walking down on all fours? TD-40, there are lots of reports describing the unknown primate as walking or running on all fours. Like Bobby O says, and he would know he’s working in that area, he seen 50 or more. When you started your thread question you mentioned credible reports and that caught my attention, you find that some on this forum will argue the meaning of credible until the man on the moon comes home. Credible is a relative term depending on whose definition of credibility you choose to use and I think you did right by starting your question off as such, but yes there are 72 in my little database and Bobby O says more than 50, so I would strongly concur with his estimation. – Just Saying Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MIB Posted January 9, 2015 Moderator Share Posted January 9, 2015 I would think anatomy would prohibit a bipedal animal from travelling on all fours very well although I'm not up on that sort of thing. If you look at the apes, they can travel well on all fours but aren't fluid walking on two. Can an animal be built in such a way as to do both well I wonder? t. Yes, definitely possible. Look at arm length, leg length, and torso length relationships and consider a gorilla as an example. The arms are comparatively long, legs comparatively short. They both knuckle walk and walk upright. Knuckle-walking their back is not horizontal as a true quadruped's would be. Looking at the PGF for a sense of proportions, I think a sasquatch should be able to travel "on all fours" better than we do but not as well as a gorilla. I even "kick it in four wheel drive" using my hands to assist me going up steep hills where I don't have to bend so much at the waist. Going downhill would be a different story .. probably do a face-plant and chew some dirt. Makes me wonder about these 2 foot vs 4 foot reports ... if there is an uphill vs downhill directional "preference" suggested by the report data. I don't see any red flag with biped or quadruped locomotion given what we seem to know about sasquatch proportions / anatomy. MIB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Coonbo Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I personally saw five of them running down a power line right-of-way on all fours in broad daylight and was able to get them in my binoculars. At first glimpse, I thought I was seeing chimps running away from us. Then the lead booger (the largest one) stopped, turned around and stood up looking directly at us for about a second, maybe two, then dropped back down to all fours and hauled it to our left into the woods, with the others following. The second booger, was passing the first one by then, and it had to do about a 5 g bat-turn, kicking up grass and debris, to follow the others. When I realized what I was seeing, I was shocked. And they were hauling butt at a very high speed, estimated at 35 to 40 mph. This speed estimate is based on my having chased deer with my ATV several times in the same place and noting that the deer typically run at around 25 to 30 mph. The boogers were going notably faster than that. In fact, we had gone to that location specifically to chase deer that afternoon. BTW, these were some of the first, if not the first, Type 2 BF I'd seen. The appearance of the one that stood and looked at us briefly is what triggered the thought in my mind that there might be more than one variety or race or species of BF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terry Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 So I guess my question is, if Coonbo's bigfoot can run on all fours at 35 mph and we hear the many cases of bigfoot that travel just about as fast on two legs...is that anotomically possible? Wouldn't the bone/muscle structure in their hips and knees have to be completely different from any other known animal to accomplish that? I can't think of any other animal that can do both equally well. t. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ChasingRabbits Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 I would think anatomy would prohibit a bipedal animal from travelling on all fours very well although I'm not up on that sort of thing. If you look at the apes, they can travel well on all fours but aren't fluid walking on two. Can an animal be built in such a way as to do both well I wonder? t. Here's a link to the PBS show, NOVA's, episode on the "Family that walks on all fours". They are siblings from a rural Turkish village. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/allfours/ And a youtube link to a documentary about them: So it's possible that bipedals can walk on all fours (or handwalk). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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