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to comment on the obvious ….. in order for there to be adult BF’s there have to be little ones to grow up to be the adults . ive often thought it odd that juvinile BF prints are rarely ever mentioned , but most likely the would just be dismissed as barefoot humans . it doesnt seem likely that a little foot could mature into an adult big foot in just a year or two like most other big critters we are familiar with in the USA , so family groups seem likely to me . since most sightings seem to be reported as adult males maybe the males scout ahead of the rest sometimes to keep the rest of the family from being suprised by predators , or to intionally direct attention away from the rest of the group .

also , maybe some BF’s like following these strange creatures (humans) that come into their neighborhood to see what they are doing and see if they are a threat .

Given what we know about primate growth rates –

Why has the “juvenile” print not changed size in 3 years of tracking?

Another question, and I wished Meldrum had asked & answered:

Is having an arch compatible with having a mid-tarsal break?

Again, I’m no expert, but it would seem that the two were mutually exclusive.

I enjoyed the episode and as raisinsofwrath stated MQ might have done a better job but there’s always the budget.

However, he did mention the one thing I noticed and have photographs about on our site at http://www.sierrasquatch.net. We’ve found the adult prints at Pollock Pines in several places and some possibly juvenile prints.

South of the town of Kyburz off US 50 we discovered a fresh print of an apparent juvenile and what my partner Bob interpreted as a body print.

It raises the same question Professor Meldrum brought up in the episode. Why are we finding regular adult footprints mixed in with prints that might be human or might be juvenile Sasquatch?

I believe Avalos is right and the Sierras are home to at least one migrating family group but I think it’s many more. The answer to the above question might be the species when young with little weight has a human type arch in the foot of the young. As the juveniles age into adulthood and gain weight the foot flattens out into what we usually find and associate with the species.

This hypothesis would explain the finding of different types of prints and would be an interesting evolutionary adaptation. The idea may or may not be correct and I won’t be upset if everybody says no way.

However, please remember this is an unknown species and anything is possible.

In the meantime it looks like the end of the road for MQ. My best,

They keep doing the same stuff over and over.

1. The aerial recon or what I like to call “filler”:
Why do we need to see the failed test flight? Why did we need to see any flight for that matter? The aerial thing encountered problems, sound familiar? How many MQ episodes has the plane or helicopter encountered problems? Why didn’t they just mention that they tried aerial recon and it didn’t work? We didn’t need to see it!

2. Creature was between 6 and 8 ft tall. Wow! Could that have sounded any worse?

3. MQ jumps from location to location and never stays long enough to really resolve anything. Why oh why didn’t MQ concentrate on the cabin from the two parter they did last season? I would have paid to have someone at that cabin at all times with equipment for at least 3 months.

4. No dedicated team. Each time it’s a different group on the ground searching. If they used the same team every time I really think it would improve technique and methodology. Not sure THC would want to pay a dedicated team though. Especially when they don’t concentrate on the same cryptid every week. However, if they did concentrate on Sasquatch every week I’d watch.

The loner guy likely had human casts and Jeff all but proved that IMO. Jeff bringing his casts made this part of the show a success. I did like that the loner guy spent all that time tracking Sassy’s on his own. I did respect his effort and IMO his concentrating on that area may well pay off.

Again I think having Jeff on the ground and involved with the actual search was the best thing MQ has done in 5 years.

If it weren’t for the perpetual bad habits the show might survive. Frankly they could have done all the pertinent info easily in half an hour.