OK, fair enough, let's see what's out there. I'm not sifting and judging, just putting forth some possible reports, ok?
1. the famous, or infamous, if you want, Ostman report. Report of weaving of cedar bark and dry sphagnum moss to make coverings and so on for sleeping in under a dry cliff-like overhang. Sphagnum moss, by the way, was used by the Coastal Indians for just such a purpose, and also as absorbent diaper material.
2. This one from John Bindernagel, reported at
www.bigfoot-lives.com/html/other_forms_of_bigfoot_evidenc.html"John Bindernagel in his book2 relates a number of examples of Bigfoot nests. One includes the 1934 case of a fourteen year British Columbia girl who while looking for her families cows, stumbled upon a quarter mile of huge tracks, smelled a foul odour and found signs of something bedding down."
3. Same reference, "John green tells of a 1969 account of Glen Thomas, who tracked 2 Sasquatches over a period of several days and found a place where one of them had bedded down under a large cedar tree."
4. Same web site, as follows: "The above three photographs were taken from an article in the BFRO website by Kathy Moskowitz. She says “On May 13, 2001, three unusual structures constructed of natural materials were located above Sonora, California. Due to their size, shape, construction, and association with recently purported Sasquatch activity, these structures may be related to the occupation of an unknown hominid in the area."
"Although two of the nests were incomplete and unused, the third nest was well constructed and appeared to have been recently used.”3
"John Bindernagel offers a possible explanation for the construction of nests. He describes something called “functionally inappropriate” behavior, brought on by tension created from various situations (such as contact with humans, etc.). The twisting off and breaking of branches and saplings “may be components of nest-building behavior, engaged in outside of their normal context by sasquatches which are fleeing or otherwise tense or fearful” (Bindernagel 1988:179). If the Sasquatch was recently ousted from a better territory, he would no longer have access to “traditional” sleeping locations. Further, a sleeping area established in the first location (there are at least two known mines in that area, all on private land) may have had to be abandoned due to the presence of the author doing research."
"Whatever the reason for the construction of the nests, the evidence presented suggests the possibility of them being constructed and at least briefly occupied by a Sasquatch. Research continues in the area and any new discoveries will be reported.4"
5. Kathy's web site has these reports,
www.bfro.net/ref/fieldres/sasquatchnest.asp"Several types of Sasquatch sleeping or resting locations are described in Bindernagel (1988:68-71). These include beds, nests (both roofed and unroofed), and dens. Nests are defined as constructed structures, usually consisting of sticks and/or branches with a soft lining (usually moss). Several examples are given from various places, including a nest from southern Oregon that was lined with fern fronds (Bindernagel 1988:69). Several fir trees located adjacent to the nest had their tops snapped off, seven feet up. The nest was described as “soft, springy, and well-engineered” (Bindernagel 1988:69). A second nest found in British Columbia had branches woven in and around the outside of the nest."
"Bindernagel (1988:69) also describes a partial-roof nest from Knight Inlet. This nest was discovered by a professor doing research on bears and found the Sasquatch “bower”, consisting of bent, broken, and over-arching branches."
"Krantz (1992:138-139) also noted a bedding site in the Blue Mountains, only fifty yards from a gravel road. The bed consisted of broken branches laid out in a layer, eight feet long by four feet wide. The bed was found nearby recent tracks and broken top trees (Krantz 1992:138)."
"The best-described sleeping location can be attributed to Dr. Henner Fahrenbach. This den was found inside a mine shaft in Oregon and measured “four feet by four-and-a-half feet, and was oval in outline” (Bindernagel 1988:214). The floor was made of sticks and was covered with about one inch of dry, composted leaves. Fresh greenery was on top of that, for a total of three inches. It appeared as if the bed had been “intermittently replenished with fresh vegetation” (Bindernagel 1988:70). The vegetation was inventoried extensively and included cedars, maples, alder, ferns, moss, lichens, and mushrooms (Bindernagel 1988:214-215)."
"As noted in Bindernagel (1988:177-179), gorilla, chimpanzee, bonobo, and orangutan all make and use nests. Many of these nests are similar in description, such as simple weaving by chimpanzees, to reported Sasquatch nests."
6. This rather wierd and dubious picture, but hey, let's be inclusive:
www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread187125/pg17. And this one, almost certainly a stork/heron nest or something, it couldn't hold anything very big:
au.video.yahoo.com/watch/899718/3592836Hmmm let's see what else is out there:
8. one at BFF, here, about the second post down:
www.bigfootforums.com/lofiversion/index.php/t2454.html9. Bigfoot Discussions, halfway down:
bigfootdiscussions.invisionzone.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=1659Now I'm sure you're going to say, "but unless you see a sasquatch in one how do you know it is a nest?" Well, they don't see Bili apes in their nest either, very often, as this is a wild animal and we are on it's turf and they are very shy. But where the nests are, the Bili apes are.
So for some researchers, they are saying that they are finding nests where the sasquatch are, and where sightings occur, footprints, etc.
And I will leave it at that. The evidence, good and bad, is before you to judge for yourself.