The same cannot be said of a large ape.

The plains wisent historically was migratory. The great herd would travel south for the winter and north in the summer. The Transcontinental Railroad divided this great herd into the Great Northern Herd and the Southern Herd (sp., etc.? I’m going by memory here). As a result, domesticated wisent/bison are still instinctively migratory, and typically used to plow right through the fences and migrate. Around here, they don’t do that anymore, but I don’t know if that is learned behavior, or due to selective breeding, or possibly interbreeding with domestic cattle to produce beefalo. Their numbers are growing as the public desires leaner beef.

Fact: A 2000 lb land animal CAN go unnoticed for at least 17 years, given habitat and a remote location.

Assumption 1 - The further a cryptid’s habitat is from the paths of man, the longer it can hide.

Assumption 2 - An intellegent primate should be able to hide in a smaller area than a bovine and/or be able to hide for a longer period than 17 years. (Based on the unstated assumption we all share, that he/she/it/they are actively hiding.)

Assumption 3 - Based on number of reports, Washington State has a large (comparitavely speaking) bigfoot population.

Leads to the hypothesis - Find the most remote areas of Washington State, as measured from roads and habitation, that also support woodland wildlife, and you have found Bigfoot habitat. This is probably obvious, but most of the searches I have read about or seen on TV are done in the area where one has been seen, rather than a remote area where they have not been seen.

I have made my eyes blurry at Google Maps. Is there an easier way to figure out the 10 most remote areas of Washington State?

Glad to see these magnificent, majestic animals are still going strong.

Also glad nobody used the often-used but wrong term “buffalo.”