mystery around for centuries big loaf have captured the imaginations of people across North America, but one data analyst now says there may be simpler mathematical equations to explain the sightings.
In a new preprint study published online in BioRxiv, data analyst Flo Foxen writes that there may be multiple sightings of the elusive Sasquatch-looking figures. really black bear walking on its hind legs.
study, poetically titled “If it’s there, could it be a bear?states that the likelihood of Bigfoot sightings in Canada and the US increases when black bear populations are high.
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“Sasquatch sightings were statistically significantly correlated with bear populations such that, on average, one ‘sighting’ is expected for every 900 bears. Based on statistical considerations, it is likely that many Alleged Sasquatch are actually misidentified known forms,” Foxen wrote.
To come to their conclusions, Foxen looked at existing sasquatch sighting data across North America, running statistical tests against bear populations in each province and state while adjusting for land area and human population.
A map created to support their findings shows Bigfoot sightings with black bear populations, particularly on the West Coast.
Sasquatch reports, black bear (Ursus americanus) populations and choropleth maps for human populations in the United States and Canada.
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However, Florida and Texas report lots of sightings of Sasquatch despite low black bear populations, and Fluxen points out that in those cases people are seeing other animals or perhaps, even other humans. Huh.
“Usually when people say they’ve seen something like Bigfoot they ain’t lying about what they saw“he told The Telegraph newspaper. “But that doesn’t mean they aren’t wrong.”
And while Foxen has offered a reasonable explanation for the Bigfoot sightings, there’s another mythical monster legend he can’t quite explain.
In a separate preprint paper, which was also published online at BioRxiv, Foxen used mathematics, once again, to demonstrate that The Loch Ness Monster Might Not Be an EelAs many have hypothesized over the years.
He told the Telegraph that spotting a three-foot eel would be a one in 50,000 chance, so spotting an animal so close as to even be considered Nessie’s size would be basically zero.
Although the chance to find either is “unlikely to disappear”, Foxen told the Telegraph, it “will.” no chance to say arrogant,
Foxen’s theory likely won’t deter people from ongoing efforts to prove Bigfoot’s existence. For decades, enthusiasts have been hunting the folklore animal Expected to capture airtight photo or video footage,
And while more and more North Americans have been interested in the animal’s existence over the years, in Canada the legend is rooted in indigenous history, and First Nations hold the mythical creatures sacred.
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each tribes have their own beliefs, For the Sts’alies Nation on the West Coast, the Sasquatch is a protector of their land and an entity that should not be interfered with, while the Haida people view it as a supernatural creature that must be respected.
To this day, wildlife government agencies in Canada have not acknowledged the existence of the Sasquatch, and the mythical creature remains the stuff of campfire stories and conspiracy theorists.
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