The Paper Chase, Browsing The Reports Options

[moregon]

Boy, I sure bit off a big chunk this time. I decided to study the BFRO reports of bigfoot, for all 50 (actually 49 no reports from Hawaii) States to search for similarities as well as prove or disprove theories I've been thinking about. This could take YEARS! It almost seems as the more I read, the more questions I'm coming up with rather than answers. I'm focusing mainly on actual sightings of bigfoots, not sounds, not footprints or other evidence.

Some things I have noticed, that may be of interest, are as follows....

The two things that seem to offer the best chance of seeing a bigfoot is either driving a motor vehicle of some type, or being home. The thing that offers the worst chance of seeing a bigfoot, is to be actively looking for him.

There are a large number of sightings in the vicintiy of forests primarily made up of Pines, Cedars, or Firs and swampy areas all of which produce an odor. There is a sighting that mentions ongoing activity in an area with "Dog Fennel". I had no idea what "Dog Fennel" was, so I looked it up online and found out it is a weed that produces a FOUL ODOR. Could his odor, that is so often reported, be related more to his habitat and possibly diet, rather than a physical attribute?

There is also a common mention of railroad tracks, either very near the sighting, or of him or actually being sighted on the tracks. Maybe using these as a landmark in his travels?

By far the most common time to have a sighting is between 9pm and 3am, accounting for roughly 70% of the sightings I've looked at so far. Strong lean towards him being primarily nocturnal.

More definitive results will be made available as I get further into these reports...

This post has been edited by moregon: Oct 6 2004, 01:51 AM

[Paul1968UK]

Good work - any chance we could see some stats ?

[bigstinkyfoot]

This is VERY interesting, Moregon. I will be looking forward to any other info you gleam from the reports.
BSF

[tugboatwa]

I find this to be very interesting.

Think it belongs under Independent Research & Data Analysis... so I will move it!

[Judaculla]

The two things that seem to offer the best chance of seeing a bigfoot is either driving a motor vehicle of some type, or being home.  The thing that offers the worst chance of seeing a bigfoot, is to be actively looking for him. 

Baseline.

At first glance, if you see that there are 200 reports of people seeing a sasquatch from a car, and only 4 from people who are actively looking in the woods, you'd say, "Looks like Sas loves the interstate. Let's go for a ride!" But, that's not an apples-to-apples comparison.

It may be that the odds of seeing a bigfoot when actively looking for it are 1 in 25 (just throwing out numbers here). But, in any given year, only a hundred people are actively looking, and they are only searching for limited period of time. Who has the opportunity to spend weeks at a time in the woods? So, you get 4 sightings in a year from people who actively search.

Alternatively, it may be that the odds of seeing a bigfoot while driving are 1 in 10,000,000. Those are much worse odds. But, say 100 million people are in cars each year, and they spend much more time in cars driving, even around forested or swampy areas, than people spend searching (say 20 times as much).

20 x 100,000,000 = 2,000,000,000

2,000,000,000 / 10,000,000 = 200 sightings

In other words, if you spin the roulette wheel two billion times betting on the same number each time, you're going to win a lot more than someone who is playing a couple of rounds of blackjack.

Of course, you'll lose a lot more too... a whole lot more. That's why most people in a car never see a sasquatch.

[Chewy]

Ah, the voice of reason.

That's why we keep you around...Well, that and your cool avatar.

[mike2k1]

Great job Moregon! Absolutley interesting stuff. I guess I'll rename the hours between 9pm and 3am the Bigfooting hours. It is something to keeep in mind during the field.

[MITCHELL!!]

.  Could his odor, that is so often reported,  be related more to his habitat and possibly diet, rather than a physical attribute? 

I was thinking the same thing! I went looking for Skunk Apes about two weeks ago west of Tallahassee. I noticed that a road contruction crew was cleaning out a bottom area that was so stagnant that the plant material was starting to form coal. The smell was a musky,urine, and garbage smell often associated with a bigfoot encounter. However, bigfoot may smell like that for real. I am thinking a large primate house just after feeding time..... :yuck:

[moregon]

I've just finished puting my observations for the first 100 reports I've gone through into a database, I'll post the results sometime tomorrow for these. Time to head out for work right now.

Only 720+ more reports to review!!

YIKES!

This post has been edited by moregon: Oct 8 2004, 06:03 PM

[moregon]

Before posting this keep in mind a few facts, such as Judaculla pointed out, there are a lot more people that drive, than do most of the other activities covered so you should get more reports from people in cars. At the same time, with as many reports as there are that do come from drivers, it shows that Bigfoot may not be as wary about roads and cars as some may think. The accuracy of the results are directly proportional to the validity of the reports. So if you have a big group of people get together and all say BF wears a green beanie, that's what it will show. Here are the results, and I'm sure the ratios will change as I move through the reports. Not every report had ever detail, so totals may not add up to 100.

Season When Sighting Occured
Summer 35
Fall 31
Winter 15
Spring 13

Daytime Sightings 53
Nightime Sightings 41

Weather
Clear 30
Cloudy 3
Partly Cloudy 3
Raining 2
Snowing 1

What Activity Observer Was Engaged In
Driving 37
Walking/Hiking 15
At Home 11
Hunting 9
Fishing 6
Horseback Riding 3
Camping 3
Looking for Bigfoot 1

What Bigfoot Was Doing When Observed
Walking 42
Standing 18
Running 8
Crossing Road 8
Observing Observer 5
Bent Over 2
Digging 2
Drinking 2
Crossing River 1
Eating Berries 1

How Bigfoot Reacted To Observers Presence
No Visible Reaction 31
Walked Away 19
Ran Away 13
Watched Observer 6
Agressively 5

Estimated Heights
0-4' 1
4'1"-5' 2
5'1"-6' 5
6'1"-7' 19
7'1"-8' 9
8'1"-9' 22
9'1"-10' 2
10'+ 1

Reported Coloring
Brown Variations 19
Reddish Variations 15
Black 7
Just Said Dark 6
Uncertain Black or Brown 6
White Variations 5
Tan Variations 2

Reported Eye Coloring
Red 3
Brown 1
Red Brown 1
Glowing 1
Yellow 1
Blue 1

How Many Seen During Sighting
One 97
Two 3
More 0

Reports That Mentioned Odor Or Smell 13

How Close Did Bigfoot Come
Under 5' 2
5-20' 6
21-50' 9
51-100' 5
101-250' 3
251-400' 4
401-600' 4
Over 600' 2

Water in Vicinity
Creeks 21
Marsh/Swamp 13
River 13
Lake 3
Pond 3
Canals 2

Berries Mentioned 4

Tree Types
Generic TREES 31
Conifers 25
Mixed 7
Hardwoods 9

Railroad Tracks Mentioned 4
Reported Running On All Fours 3
Observed Teeth, no apparent Canine Teeth 1

This post has been edited by moregon: Oct 9 2004, 10:41 AM

[AnotherPullTab]

Wow..this is some great work and Im a sucker for stats.

Makes me want to direct my efforts on Texas sightings and see what I come up with in particular.

Keep us posted on all this. Any chance of you posting some pie charts or other visual aids to go with the numbers?

[Maheekat]

Well you know what Travis says, "The creeks, he always travels the creeks..."
I'm savin' up for gas money & spotlights & nodose!

[SkunkHunter]

Eating Berries 1

Awesome work.

But I think I need glasses. At first glance I thought it said

Eating Bunnies 1

Definitely had to do a double take on that one.

This post has been edited by SkunkHunter: Oct 9 2004, 11:21 PM

[moregon]

200 Report Update

These are running totals, so previous counts included.

Season When Sighting Occured
Summer 75
Fall 58
Winter 29
Spring 28

Daytime Sightings 112
Nightime Sightings 78

Weather
Clear 59
Cloudy 7
Partly Cloudy 5
Snowing 5
Raining 2

What Activing Observer Was Engaged In
Driving 65
Walking/Hiking 39
Hunting 19
Camping 19
At Home 17
Fishing 8
Horseback Riding 7
Working 6
Rock Climbing 2
Looking for Bigfoot 1

What Bigfoot Was Doing When Observed
Walking 72
Standing 35
Observing Observer 22
Running 15
Crossing Road 13
Bent Over 6
Drinking 4
Digging 3
Chasing Other Animals 3
(Sheep, Deer, Elk)
Crossing River 1
Eating Berries 1
Sitting in tree 1
Fishing 1

How Bigfoot Reacted To Observer
No Visible Reaction 60
Walked Away 39
Ran Away 33
Watched Observer 6
Agressively 6

Estimated Heights
0-4' 2
4'1"-5' 2
5'1"-6' 15
6'1"-7' 19
7'1"-8' 31
8'1"-9' 33
9'1"-10' 3
10'+ 3

Reported Coloring
Brown Variations 40
Black 23
Reddish Variations 21
Just Said Dark 15
White Variations 11
Uncertain Black or Brown 6
Tan Variations 4

Reported Eye Color
Glowing 4
Yellow 4
Red 3
Brown 2
Red-Brown 2
Blue 1
Dark 1

How Many Seen During Sighting
One 184
Two 8
Three 2
Five 1
(Believed to be family unit, parents and kids)

Reports That Mention Smell 13

How Close Did Bigfoot Come
Under 5' 3
5-20' 24
21-50' 14
51-100' 14
101-250' 15
251-400' 7
401-600' 7
Over 600' 4

Water in Vicinity
Creeks 35
River 22
Marsh/Swamp 15
Pond 9
Lake 8
Canals 4

Berries Mentioned 4

Tree Types
Conifers 57
Generic TREES 43
Hardwoods 23
Mixed 19
Fruit 2

Interesting Mentions
Running On All Fours 6
Railroad Tracks 4
Observed Teeth, No Canines 1
Saw Hitting Rocks Together 1
Saw Carrying Dead Deer 1
Paced Running Bigfoot With Car Apprx. 45 MPH
Scat 18" x 3"
Majority close enough to describe eye color, also notice no whites visible.

This post has been edited by moregon: Oct 10 2004, 05:13 PM

[moregon]

300 REPORT UPDATE

These are running totals, so previous counts included.

Season When Sighting Occured
Summer 111
Fall 85
Winter 49
Spring 38

Daytime Sightings 159
Nightime Sightings 128

Weather
Clear 74
Cloudy 11
Partly Cloudy 6
Snowing 5
Raining 3

What Activing Observer Was Engaged In
Driving 85
Walking/Hiking 54
At Home 40
Hunting 32
Camping 25
Working 9
Fishing 8
Horseback Riding 7
Parking 4
Playing 3
Rock Climbing 2
Looking for Bigfoot 1

What Bigfoot Was Doing When Observed
Walking 87
Standing 51
Observing Observer 32
Running 28
Crossing Road 25
Bent Over 11
Drinking 7
Digging 3
Chasing Other Animals 3
(Sheep, Deer, Elk)
Making Noises 2
Shaking Trees 2
Crossing River 2
Sitting in tree 2
Eating Berries 1
Fishing 1
Hitting Log With Rock 1
Grabbing Leaves 1
Picking Up Roadkill 1
Playing In Water 1

How Bigfoot Reacted To Observer
No Visible Reaction 123
Walked Away 52
Ran Away 42
Agressively 10
Watched Observer 7


Estimated Heights
0-4' 5
4'1"-5' 3
5'1"-6' 20
6'1"-7' 39
7'1"-8' 50
8'1"-9' 38
9'1"-10' 7
10'+ 5

Reported Coloring
Brown Variations 59
Black 39
Reddish Variations 30
Just Said Dark 25
White Variations 21
Uncertain Black or Brown 7
Tan Variations 5

Reported Eye Color
Red 8
Yellow 5
Glowing 4
Red-Brown 2
Green 2
Brown 1
Blue 1
Dark 1


How Many Seen During Sighting
One 275
Two 11
Three 3
Five 1
(Believed to be family unit, parents and kids)

Reports That Mention Smell 26

How Close Did Bigfoot Come
Under 5' 1
5-20' 36
21-50' 24
51-100' 27
101-250' 26
251-400' 10
401-600' 11
Over 600' 9

Water in Vicinity
Creeks 53
Marsh/Swamp 30
River 28
Pond 15
Lake 12
Canals 5

Berries Mentioned 4

Tree Types
Generic TREES 82
Conifers 76
Mixed 30
Hardwoods 29
Fruit 2

Interesting Mentions
Running On All Fours 6
Railroad Tracks 11
Observed Teeth, No Canines 1
Saw Hitting Rocks Together 1
Saw Carrying Dead Deer 1
Paced Running Bigfoot With Car Apprx. 45 MPH
Scat 18" x 3"
Hitting Log With Rock 1
Observer Going Bathroom Outdoors 6
Carrying Infant 2
Missing Livestock 2
Visible Hump On Back 1
Appeared to be wearing leaves in hair as additional camoflage 2
Majority close enough to describe eye color, also notice no whites visible.

This post has been edited by moregon: Oct 11 2004, 05:29 PM

[moregon]

400 REPORT UPDATE

These are running totals, so previous counts included.

Season When Sighting Occured
Summer 158
Fall 113
Winter 56
Spring 42

Daytime Sightings 216
Nightime Sightings 162

Weather
Clear 77
Cloudy 11
Partly Cloudy 6
Snowing 7
Raining 4

What Activing Observer Was Engaged In
Driving 118
Walking/Hiking 71
At Home 53
Hunting 40
Camping 32
Working 12
Fishing 13
Horseback Riding 10
Parking 4
Playing 8
Rock Climbing 2
Looking for Bigfoot 2
Swimming 1

What Bigfoot Was Doing When Observed
Walking 111
Standing 67
Observing Observer 49
Running 40
Crossing Road 33
Bent Over/Kneeling 22
Drinking 9
Chasing Other Animals 4
(Sheep, Deer, Elk, Hogs)
Digging 3
Playing In Water 3
Making Noises 2
Shaking Trees 2
Crossing River 2
Sitting in tree 2
Eating Leaves 2
Eating Berries 1
Fishing 1
Hitting Log With Rock 1
Grabbing Leaves 1
Picking Up Roadkill 1
Jumped Out Of Tree 1

How Bigfoot Reacted To Observer
No Visible Reaction 169
Walked Away 57
Ran Away 60
Agressively 13
Watched Observer 8


Estimated Heights
0-4' 7
4'1"-5' 3
5'1"-6' 29
6'1"-7' 63
7'1"-8' 62
8'1"-9' 43
9'1"-10' 8
10'+ 6

Reported Coloring
Brown Variations 83
Black 48
Reddish Variations 41
Just Said Dark 33
White Variations 30
Uncertain Black or Brown 10
Tan Variations 8

Reported Eye Color
Red 11
Yellow 6
Glowing 5
Green 3
Red-Brown 2
Brown 2
Blue 1
Dark 1
Black 1


How Many Seen During Sighting
One 365
Two 16
Three 3
Five 2
(Believed to be family unit, parents and kids)

Reports That Mention Smell 35

How Close Did Bigfoot Come
Under 5' 2
5-20' 51
21-50' 73
51-100' 38
101-250' 33
251-400' 12
401-600' 14
Over 600' 10

Water in Vicinity
Creeks 76
Marsh/Swamp 48
River 35
Pond 16
Lake 16
Canals 7
Ocean 1

Berries Mentioned 7

Tree Types
Generic TREES 127
Conifers 90
Mixed 42
Hardwoods 34
Fruit 2

Interesting Mentions
Railroad Tracks 15
Observer Going Bathroom Outdoors 8
Running On All Fours 6
Carrying Infant 2
Missing Livestock 2
Appeared to be wearing leaves in hair as additional camoflage 2
Observed Teeth, No Canines 1
Saw Hitting Rocks Together 1
Saw Carrying Dead Deer 1
Paced Running Bigfoot With Car Apprx. 45 MPH 1
Scat 18" x 3" 1
Hitting Log With Rock 1
Visible Hump On Back 1
Bigfoot Accompanied By A Dog 1
Seen Stacking Rocks 1

Majority close enough to describe eye color, also notice no whites visible.

[moregon]

500 Report Update

These are running totals, so previous counts included.

Season When Sighting Occured
Summer 202
Fall 143
Winter 66
Spring 54

Daytime Sightings 265
Nightime Sightings 208

Weather
Clear 98
Cloudy 14
Partly Cloudy 7
Snowing 8
Raining 5

What Activing Observer Was Engaged In
Driving 154
Walking/Hiking 89
At Home 73
Hunting 48
Camping 38
Working 14
Fishing 13
Horseback Riding 10
Parking 4
Playing 9
Boating/Canoeing 4
Rock Climbing 2
Looking for Bigfoot 2
Swimming 1

What Bigfoot Was Doing When Observed
Walking 130
Standing 85
Observing Observer 59
Running 56
Crossing Road 41
Bent Over/Kneeling 30
Drinking 10
Chasing Other Animals 4
(Sheep, Deer, Elk, Hogs)
Digging 3
Playing In Water 3
Making Noises 3
Shaking Trees 2
Crossing River 3
Sitting in tree 3
Eating Leaves 3
Eating Berries 1
Fishing 1
Hitting Log With Rock 1
Grabbing Leaves 1
Picking Up Roadkill 1
Jumped Out Of Tree 1

How Bigfoot Reacted To Observer
No Visible Reaction 192
Walked Away 66
Ran Away 65
Agressively 20
Watched Observer 11


Estimated Heights
0-4' 8
4'1"-5' 4
5'1"-6' 37
6'1"-7' 95
7'1"-8' 71
8'1"-9' 58
9'1"-10' 8
10'+ 8

Reported Coloring
Brown Variations 111
Black 61
Reddish Variations 49
Just Said Dark 48
White Variations 42
Uncertain Black or Brown 11
Tan Variations 11

Reported Eye Color
Red 11
Yellow 8
Glowing 7
Green 4
Red-Brown 2
Brown 2
Blue 2
Dark 3
Black 3
Pink 1

How Many Seen During Sighting
One 457
Two 21
Three 3
Five 2
(Believed to be family unit, parents and kids)

Reports That Mention Smell 55

How Close Did Bigfoot Come
Under 5' 3
5-20' 74
21-50' 84
51-100' 45
101-250' 40
251-400' 15
401-600' 14
Over 600' 11

Water in Vicinity
Creeks 111
Marsh/Swamp 56
River 36
Pond 20
Lake 21
Canals 7
Ocean 1

Berries Mentioned 7

Tree Types
Generic TREES 187
Conifers 101
Mixed 55
Hardwoods 39
Fruit 2

Interesting Mentions
Railroad Tracks 23
Observer Going Bathroom Outdoors 9
Running On All Fours 7
Carrying Infant 2
Missing Livestock 2
Appeared to be wearing leaves in hair as additional camoflage 2
Observed Teeth, No Canines 1
Saw Hitting Rocks Together 1
Saw Carrying Dead Deer 1
Paced Running Bigfoot With Car Apprx. 45 MPH 1
Scat 18" x 3" 1
Hitting Log With Rock 1
Visible Hump On Back 1
Bigfoot Accompanied By A Dog 1
Seen Stacking Rocks 1
Had Long Tail 1

Many close enough to describe eye color, also notice no whites visible.

[moregon]

600 Report Update


These are running totals, so previous counts included.

Season When Sighting Occured
Summer 241
Fall 174
Winter 78
Spring 67

Daytime Sightings 329
Nightime Sightings 241

Weather
Clear 103
Cloudy 16
Partly Cloudy 8
Snowing 9
Raining 9

What Activing Observer Was Engaged In
Driving 194
Walking/Hiking 109
At Home 85
Hunting 61
Camping 46
Working 16
Fishing 16
Horseback Riding 11
Parking 4
Playing 9
Boating/Canoeing 4
Rock Climbing 2
Looking for Bigfoot 2
Swimming 2

What Bigfoot Was Doing When Observed
Walking 151
Standing 100
Observing Observer 68
Running 69
Crossing Road 58
Bent Over/Kneeling 40
Drinking 14
Chasing Other Animals 4
(Sheep, Deer, Elk, Hogs)
Digging 3
Playing In Water 4
Making Noises 3
Shaking Trees 2
Crossing River 3
Sitting in tree 5
Eating Leaves 3
Eating Berries 2
Fishing 1
Hitting Log With Rock 1
Grabbing Leaves 1
Picking Up Roadkill 1
Jumped Out Of Tree 1
Hanging From Tree 1

How Bigfoot Reacted To Observer
No Visible Reaction 198
Walked Away 77
Ran Away 71
Agressively 23
Watched Observer 11


Estimated Heights
0-4' 8
4'1"-5' 6
5'1"-6' 47
6'1"-7' 113
7'1"-8' 97
8'1"-9' 64
9'1"-10' 8
10'+ 8

Reported Coloring
Brown Variations 137
Black 76
Reddish Variations 58
Just Said Dark 54
White Variations 45
Uncertain Black or Brown 13
Tan Variations 13

Reported Eye Color
Red 14
Yellow 11
Glowing 7
Green 6
Red-Brown 2
Brown 3
Blue 2
Dark 4
Black 3
Pink 1

How Many Seen During Sighting
One 543
Two 26
Three 4
Five 2
(Believed to be family unit, parents and kids)

Reports That Mention Smell 66

How Close Did Bigfoot Come
Under 5' 5
5-20' 81
21-50' 90
51-100' 53
101-250' 50
251-400' 17
401-600' 21
Over 600' 13

Water in Vicinity
Creeks 111
Marsh/Swamp 56
River 36
Pond 20
Lake 21
Canals 7
Ocean 1

Berries Mentioned 12

Tree Types
Generic TREES 235
Conifers 125
Mixed 60
Hardwoods 40
Fruit 6

Interesting Mentions
Railroad Tracks 27
Observer Going Bathroom Outdoors 11
Running On All Fours 7
Carrying Infant 2
Missing Livestock 2
Appeared to be wearing leaves in hair as additional camoflage 2
Observed Teeth, No Canines 1
Saw Hitting Rocks Together 1
Saw Carrying Dead Deer 3
Paced Running Bigfoot With Car Apprx. 45 MPH 1
Scat 18" x 3" 1
Hitting Log With Rock 1
Visible Hump On Back 1
Bigfoot Accompanied By A Dog 1
Seen Stacking Rocks 1
Had Long Tail 1

Many close enough to describe eye color, also notice no whites visible.

[moregon]

700 Report Update

These are running totals, so previous counts included.

Season When Sighting Occured
Summer 281
Fall 197
Winter 93
Spring 81

Daytime Sightings 380
Nightime Sightings 286

Weather
Clear 110
Cloudy 17
Partly Cloudy 8
Snowing 9
Raining 10

What Activing Observer Was Engaged In
Driving 232
Walking/Hiking 123
At Home 96
Hunting 72
Camping 49
Working 19
Fishing 22
Horseback Riding 14
Parking 5
Playing 11
Boating/Canoeing 5
Rock Climbing 2
Looking for Bigfoot 2
Swimming 3

What Bigfoot Was Doing When Observed
Walking 169
Standing 123
Observing Observer 74
Running 79
Crossing Road 76
Bent Over/Kneeling 51
Drinking 14
Chasing Other Animals 8
(Sheep, Deer, Elk, Hogs)
Digging 3
Playing In Water 4
Making Noises 4
Shaking Trees 2
Crossing River 3
Sitting in tree 5
Eating Leaves 3
Eating Berries 3
Fishing 2
Hitting Log With Rock 1
Grabbing Leaves 1
Picking Up Roadkill 1
Jumped Out Of Tree 1
Hanging From Tree 1

How Bigfoot Reacted To Observer
No Visible Reaction 202
Walked Away 83
Ran Away 77
Agressively 28
Watched Observer 11


Estimated Heights
0-4' 9
4'1"-5' 6
5'1"-6' 54
6'1"-7' 140
7'1"-8' 117
8'1"-9' 69
9'1"-10' 10
10'+ 8

Reported Coloring
Brown Variations 152
Black 90
Reddish Variations 71
Just Said Dark 68
White Variations 56
Uncertain Black or Brown 19
Tan Variations 13

Reported Eye Color
Red 16
Yellow 13
Glowing 8
Green 6
Red-Brown 2
Brown 4
Blue 2
Dark 4
Black 3
Orange 2
Pink 1

How Many Seen During Sighting
One 637
Two 28
Three 4
Five 2
(Believed to be family unit, parents and kids)

Reports That Mention Smell 78

How Close Did Bigfoot Come
Under 5' 6
5-20' 93
21-50' 101
51-100' 62
101-250' 64
251-400' 19
401-600' 21
Over 600' 14

Water in Vicinity
Creeks 145
Marsh/Swamp 75
River 46
Pond 24
Lake 25
Canals 7
Ocean 1

Berries Mentioned 14

Tree Types
Generic TREES 235
Conifers 125
Mixed 60
Hardwoods 40
Fruit 6

Interesting Mentions
Railroad Tracks 28
Observer Going Bathroom Outdoors 11
Running On All Fours 11
Carrying Infant 2
Missing Livestock 2
Appeared to be wearing leaves in hair as additional camoflage 2
Observed Teeth, No Canines 1
Saw Hitting Rocks Together 1
Saw Carrying Dead Deer 4
Paced Running Bigfoot With Car Apprx. 45 MPH 1
Scat 18" x 3" 1
Hitting Log With Rock 1
Visible Hump On Back 1
Bigfoot Accompanied By A Dog 1
Seen Stacking Rocks 1
Had Long Tail 1

Many close enough to describe eye color, also notice no whites visible.

[moregon]

FINAL UPDATE RECORDS 770


These are running totals, so previous counts included.

Season When Sighting Occured
Summer 326
Fall 217
Winter 98
Spring 98

Daytime Sightings 432
Nightime Sightings 305

Weather
Clear 127
Cloudy 20
Raining 11
Snowing 10
Partly Cloudy 8


What Activing Observer Was Engaged In
Driving 260
Walking/Hiking 141
At Home 99
Hunting 79
Camping 54
Working 19
Fishing 28
Horseback Riding 15
Parking 6
Playing 11
Boating/Canoeing 6
Rock Climbing 2
Looking for Bigfoot 2
Swimming 4

What Bigfoot Was Doing When Observed
Walking 187
Standing 138
Observing Observer 77
Running 79
Crossing Road 86
Bent Over/Kneeling 58
Drinking 14
Chasing Other Animals 8
(Sheep, Deer, Elk, Hogs)
Digging 3
Playing In Water 6
Making Noises 4
Shaking Trees 2
Crossing River 3
Sitting in tree 7
Eating Leaves 3
Eating Berries 3
Fishing 2
Hitting Log With Rock 1
Grabbing Leaves 1
Picking Up Roadkill 1
Jumped Out Of Tree 1
Hanging From Tree 1

How Bigfoot Reacted To Observer
No Visible Reaction 210
Walked Away 91
Ran Away 86
Agressively 32
Watched Observer 12


Estimated Heights
0-4' 10
4'1"-5' 6
5'1"-6' 57
6'1"-7' 153
7'1"-8' 129
8'1"-9' 79
9'1"-10' 11
10'+ 9

Reported Coloring
Brown Variations 169
Black 105
Reddish Variations 76
Just Said Dark 79
White Variations 60
Uncertain Black or Brown 19
Tan Variations 13

Reported Eye Color
Red 16
Yellow 15
Glowing 8
Green 6
Red-Brown 2
Brown 4
Blue 2
Dark 4
Black 3
Orange 2
Pink 1

How Many Seen During Sighting
One 738
Two 23
Three 7
Five 2
(Believed to be family unit, parents and kids)

Reports That Mention Smell 88

How Close Did Bigfoot Come
Under 5' 7
5-20' 99
21-50' 108
51-100' 64
101-250' 73
251-400' 22
401-600' 24
Over 600' 19

Water in Vicinity
Creeks 162
Marsh/Swamp 83
River 49
Pond 28
Lake 31
Canals 7
Ocean 2

Berries Mentioned 14

Tree Types
Generic TREES 271
Conifers 132
Mixed 68
Hardwoods 42
Fruit 7

Interesting Mentions
Railroad Tracks 33
Observer Going Bathroom Outdoors 12
Running On All Fours 11
Carrying Infant 2
Missing Livestock 2
Appeared to be wearing leaves in hair as additional camoflage 2
Observed Teeth, No Canines 1
Saw Hitting Rocks Together 1
Saw Carrying Dead Deer 4
Paced Running Bigfoot With Car Apprx. 45 MPH 1
Scat 18" x 3" 1
Hitting Log With Rock 1
Visible Hump On Back 1
Bigfoot Accompanied By A Dog 1
Seen Stacking Rocks 1
Had Long Tail 1

Many close enough to describe eye color, also notice no whites visible.

[InSearchOf]

Wow Moregon! These are great.
I wonder how the one "with dog" happened? Assuming it was not a lie, what could be some of the reasons a dog would be with bf?

[Mangani]

Thanks for your effort moregon!

Now I'm no Judaculla (it's been along time since I studied statistics) but this looks like a fairly normal distribution to me.



This post has been edited by Mangani: Oct 13 2004, 09:27 AM

[moregon]

OBSERVATIONS

SEASON
Summer wins out with 326 sightings being reported during this season. I dnn't think the reason is as much because it's during this season that bigfoot is the most active, as it is that people are most active during this season. Especially people going into areas where bigfoot resides due to vacations etc. With fall showing up second, remember, this is the high season for hunters in the field, once again, a season where people are most active in the same habitat as bigfoot.

WEATHER
Here again, it's obvious people are going to be more willing to go out into the woods etc when the weather is nice, rather than during inclement weather situations.

OBSERVERS ACTIVITY
We agreed earlier, that more people drive than engage in any other kind of outdoor activity that would put them into a position to see bigfoot, you won't find many walking around the local shopping mall. If you add all of the outdoor activies together, as one class we beat driving with a total of 329 sightings. Being that fewer people are active outdoors than drive, you have a better chance of sighting bigfoot engaged in one of these percentage wise.

BIGFOOT ACTIVITY
The one that peaked my curiosity the most in this group, were the sightings where bigfoot was bent over or kneeling. In many of these sightings when bigfoot was first seen in this position, he was mistaken for a tree stump or rock, then eventually stood up or moved. It makes me wonder just how many stumps or rocks I've assumed that that is all they were, that could have lead to a sighting.

BIGFOOT REACTION
In this category the AGRESSIVE reaction covered screaming, charging, chasing and other sounds or movements that would appear agressive. I'm surprised this is as low as it is due to as many reports that state bigfoot was basically cornered and had no visible exits from the observers. Any wild animal will attack if cornered as their line of defense. In all of the reports, there was only 1 that reported that bigfoot actually laid a hand on them, and then it was simply a push out of the way allowing him to escape. Considering this was an encounter between a 7+ foot creature, and a young teenager, the outcome could have been a lot worse had bigfoot actually wanted to be that agressive.

ESTIMATED HEIGHT
Most people are not that good at estimating height or distances. Overall I think we can safely assume that 6-8 foot is probably the normal range of height. Those considerably shorter are probably juveniles.

COLORING
It looks like blacks and browns are the most common color phases. The one thing that did stick out, was some people went into more detail that others as far as the coloring and instead of simply saying brown or black they noticed that they were not uniform in coloring. Rather even though overall they were say black, there were different shades at different locations of the body, more so than multi-toned strands being evenly dispersed all over the body. Visualizing what they were talking about, it reminded me of camoflage clothing hunters wear in the field. In the shadows various shades of black would work great, appearing like variations of the sun coming throught the leafy canopy. In areas where the woods aren't as thick, or open areas, the browns would work better as looking like tree trunks, branches or mounds of dirt.

EYE COLORING
I was surprised only by the wide variations of colors reported. I was also surprised that some reported the eyes were reflective in lights, while a smaller group reported they did not reflect light.

HOW MANY SEEN
With only 1 bigfoot being seen at a time through the majority of reports, it seems most likely they don't travel as family units. It could very well be the mother stays back at the den or whatever with the juveniles while the father goes out to hunt and supply food to the family. Or as in the case of the African Lion, mommy goes to hunt while daddy plays Mr. Mom.

SMELL
It seems that the ODOR has been mentioned so much, that I expected to see it in just about every report, however I find that it's only mentioned in roughly 11% of the sightings. Many people mentioned they were surprised there was no smell to associate with their sighting, even at distances of under 20 feet. Those that did smell an odor described it as musty, like dirty gym clothing, wet dog, or cabbage!

DISTANCES
Many reports were not specific as to the distance away bigfoot was when sighted. I didn't want to base any results on assumptions on my part so I left those out. When someone says down the road a piece, it could be 100 feet or 1000 feet, too much of a difference to base results on. I was surprised at the number of close encounters, under 50 feet with no negative results to either observer or bigfoot becoming the final outcome.

WATER
Creeks are the clear winner, and overall moving bodies of water beating out static bodies of water.

BERRIES
Although berries in the area seem to get a low number of reports, most people were not very detailed in their reporting. Those that were mentioned were primarily raspberries and huckleberries. The few times that scat was mentioned it usually consisted of berries being obvious in their make-up along with leaves and grasses.

TREES
Again I think the biggest problem here is lack of detail on the part of the reporter. Fruit trees showed up a lot less that I had expected.

INTERESTING MENTIONS
Railroad tracks came up quite a bit in comparison. I think they would have shown up more had people been more detailed, as well as more familiar with the location they were in. Many sightings occured in areas where people were traveling through and not familiar with the local area.

Those that were relieving themselves outdoors did not notice bigfoot, who was usually in an observing mode, until after they had completed or nearly completed their job. This makes me think that maybe it was the smell of the urine or, that attracted bigfoot in the first place.

Dropping to all fours while running, appeared more often that I had expected, and usually it was followed by a leap of some distance from this position, 15-20 foot leaps.

OVERALL

I didn't find as many reports as I thought I would where bigfoot was reported as some sort of alien or mystical creature. For the vast majority he's simply a creature of flesh and blood. There was also a wide variation in how his size was described with some saying tall and thin and others stocky. Possibly due to the type or amount of food in the locale where he was spotted. Foods he was reported seen eating or evidence of him eating were leaves, berries, frogs, fish, shellfish, deer and rabbits.

This post has been edited by moregon: Oct 13 2004, 10:09 AM

[who's_there?]

MOREGON,
This obviously took some time to put together! Thank you for your time!! This will be helpfull in putting together future research outings!!!

[Hitechhunter]

Great stuff! However, I think a new option is needed here:

Water in Vicinity
Creeks 21
Marsh/Swamp 13
River 13
Lake 3
Pond 3
Canals 2

Can "NONE" be added to tally reports where no water is nearby?

[moregon]

Hitechhunter just subtract the total of the above mentions, and you'll have how many reports don't mention water. However, it won't be an accurate count. Many of the reports lacked much if any detail about the surrounding area where the sighting occured.

Last week I went to Butte Falls to look for the area where a sighting occured in July. There was no mention of water in that report either, yet there are only 2 dirt roads that could be the possible site. At one road there is a creek within 100 feet and at the other a lake of about 50 acres within 50 feet.

The biggest problem is people just don't pay attention to detail when filling out their reports. They cover the things that really stand out, such as the bigfoot itself, or the smell, but disregard small things, like water, plant life, other animals, fences, signs. All of these things can help to pinpoint the actual location, as well as add more clues to our search. Examples would be reporting plant life. as some plants are only found at certain altitudes, or in areas with so much moisture. All of this helps to narrow down the areas that may be more productive in the search. At the current time, it's wide open, and we are possibly wasting a lot of manpower and time searching in places that are least likely to hold a bigfoot.

Using GPS Data would be the most productive, then we could compare the actual location, to a topo map, and see if there are water sources, or other things within a short distance of the sighting location.

This post has been edited by moregon: Oct 25 2004, 06:55 PM

[Sasquatch]

Daytime Sightings 432
Nightime Sightings 305

Of all the stats, I found the above the most interesting. For a creature who is assumed to be primarily nocturnal, you'd think the number of sightings would be greater at night. I realize that there is less visibilty at night, and fewer people, but for a supposedly nocturnal creature, they sure do seem to be active during the day.

Is it possible, that Bigfoot is both nocturnal and diurnal?

BTW, what hours did you use as the cutoff for Daytime and Nighttime?

This post has been edited by sasquatch: Oct 26 2004, 01:07 PM

[ZogTheFuzzy]

Unbelievably awesome work, Moregon!

One request...if you don't mind...would it be possible to show the seasonal sightings broken down by month? You don't have to do this, but it would be cool if you could.

Thanks!!! And once again, good job!

Zog

This post has been edited by ZogTheFuzzy: Oct 26 2004, 01:55 PM

[moregon]

Daytime Sightings 432
Nightime Sightings 305

Of all the stats, I found the above the most interesting. For a creature who is assumed to be primarily nocturnal, you'd think the number of sightings would be greater at night. I realize that there is less visibilty at night, and fewer people, but for a supposedly nocturnal creature, they sure do seem to be active during the day.

Is it possible, that Bigfoot is both nocturnal and diurnal?

BTW, what hours did you use as the cutoff for Daytime and Nighttime?

For the most part the reports themselves said if it was day or night, if not directly then with hints, ie "he then stepped into our headlights". In other cases I based it on the time of the incident, and the season of the year. 8pm during the summer is still daytime, but in the winter it's definately dark.

[moregon]

Unbelievably awesome work, Moregon!

One request...if you don't mind...would it be possible to show the seasonal sightings broken down by month? You don't have to do this, but it would be cool if you could.

Thanks!!! And once again, good job!

Zog

Here it is broken down by percentages of sightings...

January 4.5%
February 3.4%
March 3.8%
April 5.4%
May 7.3%
June 9.8%
July 14.6%
August 15%
September 10.3%
October 11.8%
November 9.4%
December 4.7%

[Hitechhunter]

Somewhere else I noticed that the sightings really peaked in August and into September. I'll bet that's mating season.

[little searcher]

Of all the stats, I found the above the most interesting. For a creature who is assumed to be primarily nocturnal, you'd think the number of sightings would be greater at night. I realize that there is less visibilty at night, and fewer people, but for a supposedly nocturnal creature, they sure do seem to be active during the day.

Is it possible, that Bigfoot is both nocturnal and diurnal?

Oooorrrr.... is Bigfoot spotted in the day more because they are easier to see during the day? If they are nocturnal, and made for the night, then it would make sense that they would be easy to see during the daytime. How many people have avoided dark areas near a, saaay, cliff overhang, or walked past clumps of "trees" during the night thinking nothing was around when they have actually come within a few feet of the most elusive creature in North America?

and many thanks to you moregon. This thread is a gold mine for someone who has a limited amount of time and resources. we do appreciate your hard work!!!! :new_thumbsupsmileyanim:

[billkirbywofb]

MOREGON Would it be possible to update this on a yearly basis. So it will be current.

MODS Would it be possible to pin this above. So that this will not be lost back in the archives.