| 2005 Cross Reference Study - Sasquatch Characteristics in South Central US - Introduction |
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| Written by Mark Banta | ||||||||
| Friday, 25 November 2005 | ||||||||
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BuildFor whatever reason, 48% of the reports in this study did not give reference to the build of this creature. Twelve percent (12%) reported it as being manlike in build, 2% reported it as being angular, 16% reported it to be big, huge, or heavy, 2% reported it to be average, 4% reported it to be a little bigger than average, 8% described it as muscular, 2% described it as apelike, and 4% described it as broad. The angular description given in one of the reports is perhaps made clearer in the shoulder width section. I think we can make some fairly concrete assumptions from this data. The following percentages are taken only from the reports that gave a description of build. Of the reports, 23.08% described that this creature is manlike in build and 61.54% described it as being big, muscular, broad, or a similar adjective. We can reasonably conclude that this creature is built much like a man, except it is bigger and more muscular. Arm LengthI’m obviously not going to find the specific length on the arms. It’s just not reasonable to think any witness could provide such data. What we can find is a general idea as to how long or short their arms may appear in relation to the body. In this study 2% reported that the arms were as long as the legs, 2% reported that the arms hung to the mid thigh region of the creature, 12% reported the arms as simply being long, 2% described the upper arm as long, 4% reported that the arms were very long, 2% reported that the arms seemed too long, 2% reported that the arms were long like an ape, 2% reported the arms were longer than a human’s arms. Seventy-two percent (72%) did not give a description of the arms. Unlike many of the previous categories, this one is very easy to draw conclusions from. Of the 14 reports that gave a description of the arms, 100% of them stated something about the arms being long. What does long mean in relation to arms? I think it’s reasonable to conclude that a human witnessing a humanoid figure would compare arm length to their own. I feel it is safe to assume that the arm length of this creature is significantly longer than that of a human in relation to its body. Leg LengthAgain it is difficult, if not impossible, to get an accurate leg length on this creature without a body to measure. The best we can hope for in studying these reports are generalities. Eight percent (8%) reported the legs were long, 2% reported the thigh bones were long, 2% reported the legs were humanlike, and 88% did not give any description of leg length. Of the 6 reports that did give leg length, 4 or 66.67% reported that the legs were long. One witness described the thigh bones as long, while one described them as humanlike. Considering that we are dealing with a creature with an average height of 7 feet tall, it is reasonable to conclude that the legs are long. PostureThe posture of this creature is pretty conclusive through the data collected in this study. Twenty-six percent (26%) reported that this creature’s posture was slightly forward, hunched, bent, or stooped, 4% reported it as quadrapedal, 8% reported it was erect or upright, and 62% of the reports did not comment on the creature’s posture. Of the 19 reports that mentioned posture, 68.42% reported the creature’s posture as slightly forward or a similar adjective, 10.53% reported it as quadrapedal, and 21.05% reported the creature was erect or upright. It may be that this creature can stand completely erect or travel on all fours, but the majority of sightings in this study show the creature as having a slightly bent posture. MuscularityOnly 8 out of 50 reports gave a description in regards to muscularity. Two percent (2%) reported the creature to have massive thighs and chest, 2% reported the creature had visible muscles beneath the hair, 6% reported it as simply muscular, 2% reported it as having thick arms and chest, 2% reported strong arms and narrow legs, 2% reported bulky arms and legs, while 84% did not give a description of muscularity. I will not go into excessive detail in breaking down this data. Notice that no one reported the creature as being puny or wimpy looking. We have already concluded in the build section that this creature is big and muscular. What this section might add to our overall picture of this creature is that its arms and chest seem to be especially muscular. After reading the next section, I think we might get a clearer picture as to the size of this creature’s upper body. Shoulder WidthThe data in this section is again very clear. Although only 13 of 50 reports gave a description of shoulder width, those that did made it quite clear. Four percent (4%) reported very broad shoulders, 10% reported broad shoulders, 4% reported very wide shoulders, 2% reported amazingly wide shoulders, 2% reported the shoulders as 4 feet or so wide, 2% reported the shoulders as 3 feet or more wide, and 2% reported the shoulders simply as wide. Going back to the report on the creature’s build, you might recall that one report mentioned this creature’s build as angular. In the muscularity section, we saw that it has large arms and chest. In this section, we are seeing what a massive upper body this creature has. All (100%) of those that reported on shoulder width reported it as wide or some variation of this term. The data clearly shows wide shoulders on this creature and possibly extremely wide.
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