Just to add my two bits to the general discussion, here are the results of a study I did on the hair coloration described in the BFRO and TBRC data bases. When I first read the accounts I went through them in order from east to west taking notes as I went to look for common descriptions and behavior. Then I decided to check to see if there were any significant variations in the hair coloration reported by witnesses. I chose this feature because I thought witnesses would be unlikely to get it wrong. Estimates of height and weight can easily be clouded by the emotions, but people are likely to at least get the color right. It took me quite a while to read back through a few thousand reports focusing only on hair color, but I feel it was worth it. For one thing the perecentages of the four groups (black/brown, red/brown, tan/blonde, and grey/white) are amazingly consistant from region to region. To me this confirms that the sightings are genuine and not just fabrications. I was also interested that the study seemed to have verified what my original hypothesis: that fewer grey/white sasquatch are reported from the far West.

Thanks Wylee. Very well done I showed it to my 97 year old mother, and her comment was "Intertesting" (so you have one vote of endorsement). I'm surprised on the varriation from the national norm in the Pacific Coast states.

Geographicaly and by the measure of topography and physical characteristics, Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin should have been grouped as the Great Lakes...they are much more akin to one another then they are to their surounding states.

I wish someone had shared this with me sooner. According to some info. at www.lorencoleman.com, You are encourged to send possible sasquatch hair samples for analysis to:

Dr. W. Henner Fahrenbach
Laboratory of Microscopy
Oregon Regional Primate Research Center
505 NW 185th
Beaverton, OR 97006

We'll see what happens.

In a forty mile range, with several visual sightings in SW Missouri, the northern 20 have blonde hair (4 visuals) and 1 gray. The southern 20 have dk/reddish brown or black hair (2 visuals). That is a close, very close area for different hair color. Perhaps it is just like us. Going to the playground with my two blondie boys, they are joined by mostly all fair haired/featured children here in SW Missouri. Yet, I can go to another playground across town where the population is mainly hispanic and most of the children are dark featured. So, can it not be the same in smaller locales, the hair color differences? I like your study though, it's pretty comprehensive. Good job!

Of course, Daegling would have us believe we are culturally brainwashed to see Harry from the Hendersons, Chewbacca, and Patty so the color consistencies must be a mere mass delusion!

Anyone consider doing a genteic distribution analysis?

The color types depends on what part of the country the sighting report comes from.Its belived that a younger BF is dark in color and as the animal gets older his color becomes lighter.

Wow, do you have any links to evidence that validates that?

This is hard to explain away in terms of hoaxes and hallucinations, too.

http://www.rfthomas.clara.net/papers/gill.html

But some people try:http://www.rfthomas.clara.net/papers/murad.html

BTW, xjay, Dr. Fahrenbach is no longer at the Primate Research Center; he's retired. And I can't get the quote feature to work here any more than I could on TBFF. Is it me?

My GF told me that on the C2C show, someone mentioned a correlation between hair color, age and temperament. She said that the person speaking mentioned a certain geographical region, and in that particular area the indigenous Indians say that the BF's with a grayish / silver coat were quite temperamental and hostile / dangerous...dunno...

I've heard that about bears for years. A quick google search netted this:



I can verify with great confidence that the lightening of the fur color with age is true with the Huntster. I used to be tall, dark, and handsome. Well aged, I'm now fat, grey, and ugly. :new_whistle: