WVBIG47

Pine seeds & all the other animals that also seek shelter from the harsh weather

They seem to be seen a lot more in fall & spring than any other time. I think in the fall, they are gathering food for winter & I think they stick to pine forests in winter. A lot of sightings are in or near pine forests

1) Black bears don't really hibernate. At least not to the degree other bears do. That's common knowledge to bear hunters. A few years ago, a friend of mine posted a pic of a fresh bear track in her front yard in snow. 2)Black bears don't spread out much. There are at least 8 different black bears in the immediare vicinity of my neighborhood. A neighbor took pics of a sow (with brown on her muzzle) & four tiny cubs this summer. Last summer, I saw a sow & two cubs cross the road. All were totally black. Bighfoots have long been thought to be semi-nomadic. Following food supplies. There are reports of them being seen eating various types of things. Fish, small rodents, berries, digging for grubs, etc...However, there are beginning to be more & more reports of them staying in areas for an extended period of time. I never gave these reports any credit until they started coming from a very well respected, Christian lady who was a nurse & a missionary. suspect this is happening because available wilderness areas are shrinking First try? LOL! Roger Patterson had been investigating reports for 8 years. Where is the suit now? There are hefty rewards for the suit & for proof the film is a hoax. Both rewards are over 30 years old & unclaimed

No it wasn't. That was a rumor started by a reporter who didn't do his homework. Back in the late 1970's a man named Ray Wallace confessed to hoaxing a lot of tracks out west & became somewhat famous for it. When he died, a local newspaper or tv station sent a reporter to interview his family for a human interest piece. His widow showed him a film he made of her in a Gorilla suit & the reporter assumed it was the famous Patterson/Gimlin film because he thought there was only one video. Work is ongoing on the Patterson/Gimlin film http://www.themunnsreport.com

All the hunters have said it seems to human to shoot

Fossil evidence of Chimpanzees wasn't found until relatively recently. If the Patterson/Gimlin film is real, Bigfoot has a head like a Gorilla. Wouldn't it be reasonable to assume it also has a mandible like a Gorilla & therefore if a mandible were found, a skeptic would assume someone was trying to perpetrate a hoax with a Gorilla mandible, since Gorillas are scientifically proven to exist and Bigfoot isn't? A few years ago, a Bigfoot researcher found what appeared to be a Bigfoot skull in Ohio. Dr. Esteban Sarmiento looked at it & ruled it a Babboon skull, without any DNA testing. So how will proper testing ever get done if bones are found?

Actually the number of sightings indicate they are much more rare than other animals & are most often seen in remote areas

In your opinion, does this map being on the LiveScience website lend credibility to the possibility of Bigfoot?

http://www.livescience.com/39785-bigfoot-map-sasquatch-sightings-gis.html?cmpid=545410 Opinions please