Where it stands

5,000+Reports in the BFRO database since 1995, in every US state except Hawaii

~5,000Black bears per sasquatch report, once you adjust for people and forest

30Hair samples DNA-sequenced at Oxford in 2014. All matched known animals

0Bodies, skeletons or teeth ever produced

Reports by state, BFRO database

Washington has led since the database opened. It also has a lot of forest, a lot of black bears, and a lot of people walking into that forest.

The evidence, item by item

The bear problem

In 2024 the data scientist Floe Foxon published a model in the Journal of Zoology covering every US state and Canadian province. Sightings tracked black bear numbers closely. Every extra 1,000 bears came with about 4% more sightings. A reported Bigfoot stands 1.8 to 2.7 metres. A black bear on its hind legs stands 1.2 to 2 metres, at night, in trees, seen by someone who is not a zoologist.