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...

Good work - any chance we could see some stats ?

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

I find this to be very interesting.

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

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.

Ah, the voice of reason.

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

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.

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:

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!

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

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?

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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?

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.

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.

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

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?

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.

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?

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

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.

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%

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

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:

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.

:new_thumbsupsmileyanim: Thank you for the statistics and the time and effort put into providing this information!!!!! This is probably the most useful information I've read lately and without you (Moregone) doing the leg work to break it down I'd still be reading reports and putting together correlations :new_weirdsmiley: This statistical data and Mangani's maps are very useful. Thanks again!!!!! I agree with billkirbywofb.

Or..that is the time of year that most people take their holidays and are in an area where they are able to see one...

the 6 reports of Mr. BF being closer than 5 feet interest me..if only because they certainly couldnt be mistaking it for a bear or a dude in a suit... :icon_stressed:

Who was the one person who found bigfoot while looking for it?

Oh man, how did I ever miss this wealth of info?!?!?!?!?

Great job Moregon!!! :new_thumbsupsmileyanim:

It's also camping season, followed by hunting season, and, in the east, leaf season. I've been doing a lot of atlas reading recently and noticed that in some areas of interest in NC, the roads are closed in winter. In some areas in Washington, there weren't many roads to begin with.

:yeahthat:

Wow, Moregon. Your statistics are amacing. Thanks thausend times for that!!!!!!

Yours respectfully

DATA

moregon, when you list generic trees, are you meaning those that were not described in the report?

Also, I sent windigeo a link. (assuming he hasn't viewed it yet) His work on the BFRO reports using GIS analysis might give us a comparison. I'd be interested in hearing what he had to say on this.

Very interesting thread, I don't think it received the proper duration it deserved, and I can't believe I was unaware of the stats posted here!

A very belated well done!

Yes when I used the term Generic the reports simply said things like "wooded", "forest land" etc.. but didn't specifically say if the trees were hardwoods, firs, pines, fruit trees, a mix of both kinds etc. One might assume that depending on the location of the sighting, what the most likely type of trees found there might be, but here in the midwest it's not that easy. You might have a hardwood forest on one side of the highway, and a pine forest directly across the road, and most likely you'd find a mixture of both types.

I think these are great stats! Thanks Moregon! Is there a map based on these sightings? Could we look at elevation and terrain and possibly get a more detailed picture?

That's where I'm hoping windigeo can eventually assist.

No, I didn't track them on a map for that specific study.

Another member here Mangani has mapped out, and continues to map numerous sighting reports using Google Earth, the majority of sightings I looked at are included in his version, as well as many other sightings from databases I didn't use. If you haven't seen the thread, here's the link. http://www.bigfootforums.com/index.php?showtopic=14228

However, one thing I did find while looking at these reports and others, including the points that Mangani shows on his Google Earth Project, is there are some specific commonalities to a majority of the sighting locations. Some of those specific details are left out of the reports, and until I did the best I could to find their locations on topo maps I didn't know they existed at or near those locations. The reason why they were left out is either the person making the report or the investigator didn't go into enough detail about the location, or just didn't think it was important. That first came to light for me when I investigated the location of a recent sighting north of Butte Falls Oregon while I lived in that area. With the details of the location of that sighting I was able to find the exact location where the bigfoot was seen. Nowhere in that report was there any mention of water, yet when I visited the site there was a fairly good sized stream less than 100 feet from the sighting spot. Now the witness was in a car and the sighting was at night, no visible bridge over the stream so he probably simply didn't realize it was there. The investigator either didn't visit the sight, or didn't see the stream for the same reasons, or because it was hidden behind a fairly dense row of underbrush along it's banks, but it is there.

Based on that finding I took a closer look at other locations and wrote about those results in a piece for the SRI Newsletter. Using the data gleaned from a number of reports in productive states, I looked at sightings in other states that were primarily devoid of those noted structures. What I found was that almost 90% of the sightings in those states where these types of structures are not common, actually occurred in areas that had these structures. We know animals use natural structures for a variety of reasons. If you fish, and your goal is to catch a largemouth bass you don't simply row out into the middle of a lake and drop your line. You might catch one, but there's a way to greatly increase your odds, and that's to know the structures they frequent. We know that Largemouth Bass like to hang around fallen trees, under docks, near underwater drop-offs. So those are the areas you want to concentrate on. It appears that there's a pattern in relationship to bigfoot as well. You can find that article by clicking here. At the end of the article is a link to a page with supporting Topo maps of the locations I studied. When reading through this report use the Page Menu top right, not the NEXT Button at the bottom of the page. There's 6 pages in the report.

Just a few things.

Light would only be reflected if the angles were right. If the BF was blinded by the light suddenly, it would have looked away and there would have been no refection.

It is possible that the smell is associated by it's diet. You may have noticed people who eat a lot of ginger in thier diet have a peculiar smell as well. I would assume there are other plants that would have a similar effect.

I would have liked it if the people taking the reports had asked what phase the moon was in at the time of night encounters. That might give us a better idea of just how well BF can see in the dark. This would have been good to know considering most sightings happened on clear nights. Maybe they only see moderately well at night and during full moons on clear nights, they range farther????

Not only do they seem to prefer moving water, they prefer SLOW moving water. Creeks were much higher than rivers. When you look at the stats and add in the RR track factor. it would appear that they like to stay close to cover. Creeks, swamps, and RR tracks usually have dense cover within feet of them. Lakes, ponds, and rivers usually have a longer way to cover. Also creeks, swamps, and RR tracks have a lot of edible plants growing near or in them. The sides of RR tracks are basically ditches where cattails are common, along with a host of others. I need to find my notes about the research I did on edible plants and post them. Just seems to support the idea I had that prompted that research.

I know you all are thinking it but I will say it anyway. The by month stats are not surprising in the least. Basically what we all expected to see after that one recent thread where we discussed that.

Another question arises when looking at this data. In regard to creeks, how traversable would they be? It would be beneficial, IMO, to get data on the creeks found in these reports; elevation, depth, length, direction, distance, etc.. We've all heard the argument put forth that a creature this size would no doubt leave much in the way of disturbance to the environment, therefore, we should be seeing more in the way of signs, revealing more information that an animal this size is existing in our forests.

However, creeks aren't good substrate. They act as natural pathways, that connect great distances. Are researchers putting gamecams on creeks? It might also assist in explaining smells reported. A somewhat wet Sasquatch would most likely give off more scent. Creeks that are deeper, would if traversed, get an animal wet over more of the body, while shallower creeks would do little to make one damp enough to strongly smell. Only theories of course, yet all of this subject is in one form or another.

I also wanted to add that I think it's interesting how this thread has been around for 3 plus years, giving us a glimpse of stats extremely pertinent to this field of research, yet has less views by users of the forum, then say the war of researchers thread, which has only been up for a very short time in comparison.

It seems many would rather read about the drama, than the search.

Sorry I missed this thread, it is interesting. HominidWA asked me to post some of my findings from
GIS (geographic information systems) analysis, so I'll add several posts showing some screenshots from
my TBRC presentation. These maps and graphs are based on 650 encounter locations from Washington,
Oregon, and California, that I compiled into a database and assigned coordinates based on maps, atlases,
and Topozone. Here are the locations of the encounters plotted on a map to show general location:

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Here are the encounter locations plotted on top of a Digital Elevation Model, or DEM:

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Here's a breakdown of elevation by month. You can see that encounters are generally
lower in winter, higher in summer, as would be expected:

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Here's a density map of all encounters, which span the last 60 years. Darker areas
indicate higher density of encounters:

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Here's a slope aspect map of the area, with different colors indicating different
slope aspects (the way a slope is facing):

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