North America's Great Ape: The Sasquatch

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The Sasquatch Research Initiative (SRI) has several good book reviews. The following review was found here:


North America’s Great Ape: The Sasquatch
By John A. Bindernagel /Beachcomber Books 206 pp.
Review by David A. Osborne
Thursday, 15 December 2005



Over the years, bigfoot enthusiasts have attempted to fit a living, breathing creature into the legend of the Sasquatch. What do they eat? Are they part human or are they part of the ape family? Are they aggressive towards humans? How do they communicate with each other? These are just a few of the questions that John A. Bindernagel attempts to answer in this in-depth book titled North America’s Great Ape: the Sasquatch. While many books on the subject deal only with eyewitness accounts or anecdotal stories, Bindernagel puts together a comprehensive field guide to all things Sasquatch related.

John A. Bindernagel’s credentials are impressive. He has a Ph.D. in wildlife biology and has extensive experience in the field. In the first part of the book, Bindernagel makes his case for the existence of the creatures. A short section of eyewitness accounts from bedrock citizens who have had a visual encounter follows. Bindernagel points out that too many people have seen Sasquatch for the animal to be taken simply as a joke or a legend.

The rest of this book covers areas mentioned earlier in this review along with predation, scavenging and stealing meat, as well as using sticks as weapons and tools. This is just a partial list of traits Bindernagel tries to examine relative to this mysteriously reclusive creature. Bindernagel also includes a section comparing ape behavior to Sasquatch behavior. He falls squarely on the side of the ape theory so lines are drawn clearly for the reader. There is a comprehensive index and many sources are included for those wishing to follow up on what they have read.

The book tallies in at 206 pages and with notes, glossary, references and index added the total jumps to 270. This book would be highly recommended to anyone who is planning ongoing searches for Sasquatch and should be packed carefully next to your flashlight. All said, it is definitely not the first book that a newcomer to the study of Sasquatch should read. This thorough field guide is a great follow up after you are first acquainted with the history and background of this elusive creature.

ISBN 0-9682887-0-7
270 pages including 9 appendixes, 5 tables, 560 supporting endnotes, and glossary.
24 pages of illustrations including 27 photographs and 10 drawings.
5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches, perfect bound.

Beachcomber Books
PO Box 3286
Courtenay, BC
Canada, V9N 5N4 [phone]
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A review from Amazon.com: www.amazon.com/review/product/0968288707/ref=dp_top_cm_cr_acr_txt/105-5936972-8403634?%5Fencoding=UTF8&showViewpoints=1

North America's Great Ape: The Sasquatch


Field Guide, March 17, 2007
By R. Howell "helixkahn" (Medford, OR)

John Bindernagel presents his 'field guide' on sasquatch in which he discusses the possibilities of North American great apes (NApes). In this book, Bindernagel isn't trying to prove sasquatch creatures exist as he takes it for a given; what he is doing is theorizing about the habitats and ecological patterns as befits such creatures. He wants to see bigfoot/sasquatch included in the variety of outdoor field guide/tracking books on what to look for in regards to size, prints, spoor/(...), vocalizations, and other general signs (twisted tree branches, for example) that a sasquatch may be in the area or recently passed through. Also included are sketches depicting differences between the assumed 'bear mis-identification' excuses and what a bigfoot looks like.

All in all, it's a very good presentation and intriguing, that isn't necessarily out to prove the existance of the creatures, but rather, he grants they do exist and why aren't they included in field guides. The book itself is well laid out covering some sightings, tracks, purported evidence, and how they fit biologically into the environment. Definitely should be in your bigfoot book collection.