I've recenty recieved 3 reports of Sasquatch activity, all of them contain the usual "rotten egg" or "rotten meat" smell that has sometimes been associated with the creature. All the reports came from a 100km radius of each other, all by different sources.

My thought was: When a Sasquatch produces this scent, does it cling to a human's clothing, hair, etc., ever so faintly? Could another Sasquatch detect this scent on a person and be warned away. What I mean is, could it be possible that a Sasquatch uses this scent as a "warning tag" to alert others of it's kind that a certain person is dangerous or bothersome, and should be left alone?

Give me your opinion on this, the more people the better. Thanks.

One of my cherished beliefs is that sasquatches eat a fair amount of rotten meat....read partially digested.....as they are not fire users and do not cook....and having a typical higher primate digestive system, they need help in digesting what they eat..........they smell "like a cow thats been dead for about a week".......they do not produce this smell........its from their food.....i do not believe that they transfer this smell to humans to warn other sasquatches....i repeat ...NOT......whether or not they can smell the variety of human scents, sweet, acidic, fishy or whatever, is, of course, unknown......

It could be their diet habits (rotten meat) or thier cleanliness , or lack thereof.

Personally, i feel that they, like gorrillas, have "odor" glands in their armpits or near the anus that produces a "smell" when they are in a state of fear or nervous.

That would explain why, some reports have no odor, some have an "earthy" odor, some have "musty basement" .... it could be whatever they are bedding in, if its pugnent enough to cling to them. But its the glands that produce the "rotton egg" or "rotton meat" smell.

There is also a soil type that smells like rotten eggs, its usually found in swampy/marshy ground. If the animal is bedding on that soil, it may carry that scent.

Thats what i'm thinking currently

Since it's well documented that gorillas have scent glands that produce an overpowering gagging odor when they're stressed out (especially male ones), this seems like the logical explanation for Sasquatch smell.
AFAIK, wild animals don't usually stink because of uncleanliness, or diet, but rather because of scent glands producing a specific odor. I don't see why Sasquatch would be any different. If anything, they might be cleaner than other animals, since they are more intelligent, and, with prehensile hands, can easily clean themselves.

It fits well with the evidence. Some encounters have no smell, some are stinky as hell. Probably depended on the Sasquatches' reaction: fear, curiousity, or annoyance.

-robo

Here's a page from Bindernagel's book talking about this. I had the book and a scanner sitting beside me, so here you go:




-robo

I started a thread way back in July of last year about this very topic, though I will admit it didn't go very far. It is, however, the first time Targangil posted on the forums...whatever happened to that guy?

Anyway, I still lean towards the glandular theory. Fits too perfectly with observed primate behavior (thanks for the scan, robo). Mind you, I'm not saying a walking carpet that spends all its time out in forests and swamps is gonna small all that good to begin with...

I read a story a while back about a Native American dude, who was supposed to be an amazing hunter and often went out in the woods for weeks on his own, that got kidnapped by a sasquatch. He managed to escape and get back to his tribe, where as soon as he got there, his hair turned white and he passed out... Then when he came back around, he had to sleep in a different hut than his family because the he could never get the smell of the sasquatch of him

I thought this was interesting. At this site, http://www.sasquatchsite.com/, 2nd story from the bottom, the guy says;



This sounds more like the bad breath theory, but really just circumstantial.

All I know is that my dog produces an incredible smell from his anal glands when he is panicked - the smell is made worse by water.

we found this out by throwing a bucket of water on the two dogs when they were fighting a few years back.

I wouldn't be at all suprised if this sasquatch smell was caused by distress.

It even happens to humans. Have you ever noticed (guys, i think, but maybe girls too) that when you've been stressed out, your sweat smells a lot stronger than when you're just hot?

-robo

I wonder if the smell might come from summer time reports more to. It might be that the summer makes them sweat more and that is why.

They may be like other wild animals and roll around in the dead animals to make themselves smell good to the others like a dog does sometimes. Which is also a summertime thing cause the dead animals will smell more in the summer. It is something worth thinking about I believe.

Just my idea of what it might be...

Thanks to you all for posting in this thread. I already knew that my idea was "out there", but I figured it wouldn't hurt to put it to the population on BFF for debate. Sorry if I wasted anyone's time.

> All I know is that my dog produces an incredible smell from his anal glands when he is panicked - the smell is made worse by water.

Yep. I have really good dog with one serious flaw. She's badly epileptic. When I left the veterinary establishment in charge of the problem, it was a cash cow for them, but harrowing for me. Once I ditched the whitecoats and took charge of the matter, the problem became much better (after a year of research and tinkering).

Innyhoo, when she has a grand mal, those scent glands come a-callin'. It sucks.

See this fine animal cleaning out Stouffers dishes here - http://www.whiterock.info/guide/pet.htm - if she were not biochemically incapable of withstanding vaccinations, she'd be my monkeyin' partner. She's not aggressive at all, but is always the first to know what's going on nearby.

> I wouldn't be at all suprised if this sasquatch smell was caused by distress.

Certainly a possibility, but that makes me wonder about the source of the smell in encounters where the SQ is in total control and likely feeling cautious, but anything but challenged or panicky. People who have the window or tent encounters while half asleep don't seem to be in a situation that would cause SQ to "deploy the glands" (if any).

I think I've noticed a tendancy for the southern animals to smell more in reports, so climate might be a factor no matter what the other reasons are.

An interesting point - my Jack Russel has a habit of rolling around in any fox shit he finds - I presume there is some strange doggy reason for this, but boy - does it make him stink !

SFS, are there any reports about the smell lingering on humans or on their clothes?

I smelled one only once and the smell did not stay with us. Of course we didn't hang around to see either..

We have a pair of West Highland White Terriers who will roll in any vile thing they find, including their own excrement. It seems to be their highest goal in life to get as stinky as possible (especially the older one).

Awwwwww
If they are anything like my dog, its only a matter of "Here Dad, look at this interesting smell i found !!!! *wag wag wag*"
Its just shareing thier interests with us (i know, wish they would find another hobby .... )

I lean towards the glandular thing, combined with all the other stink...

Anyone who ever visited a locker room knows what I mean...

I belive what makes the difference in determining the origin would be the intensity of the odor...

Hey bipto, just how did you sniff out that old thread anyhow?

And Leeloo... how come you haven't posted in that other thread yet???

LMAO! Oh, I really do crack me up sometimes...

I've smelled this odor in several of the areas that I've researched and both times the smell was "generated" after a wood on wood knock was done. My daughter also was using a sling shot (against my advice) hitting small rocks against these large old trees. Everytime that I've been around this smell it seems like it takes a week to get it out of my mouth/nose. I know that seems strange but that is the only way I can describe it. goldie

Decaying Laurel leaves will give off a VERY funky smell, similar to a mix of wild animal and urin, and sometimes a putrid skunky smell, depending on how hot it is at the time and the wind direction. I have noticed this in many surrounding mountain regions that I frequent, especially where the bushes are very thick and around the bases of large cliffs or boulders where the leaves fall off and bunch up. How many of you research in an areas that have Laurel bushes prevalent, and how many of you have noticed this smell as well?

Monkeyman I too have a dog with epilepsy
(gets better drugs than I do)....the stench is also there.

I see this hauling my son's friends around.
They skateboard alot then have me haul them home
(umm the wife won't anymore because of what she calls "the little boy smells" )
Each has his own erronous stench.
We all have scents and phermones.
I work some with phermones.
Bug lures.

The Squatch smells don't seem to linger in one spot long.
The few times I have smelled the stench associated with them ,
was when we could not determine the origin of the strange combination
of smells.Then we heard the woods come alive with large bipedal movement.
If you smell it and pass the location
it will not (or will seldom )be there upon return.
The woods are full of odd smells LOL
Could be phermonal scents used for different occassions.........
Hey baby.....wanna talk about Bigfoot butts? swoosh


Drop the weapon and pass me my crayons.

I have a brother who is really into the paranormal side of this, he says it is the smell generated when they are "appearing from another dimension". Can you say......