@chiasm aggregated reports over the last few centuries, atop tens of generations of oral histories from Native peoples on the north american continent, support a case that a hominoid habitat larger than humans, less populous, and avoidant is supported by shared overall habitats, food & water sources, and movement patterns as bears

as with bears, such a hominoid, maybe even more acquainted with remote terrain than all of humanity, already have ample access to ungulates, for protein

there have also been several sightings occurring during summer months when a suspected bigfoot is found sitting cross-legged in blueberry, wild strawberry, huckleberry, and/or himalayan blackberry patches (the latter being an invasive species in the PNW), devouring berries

said knowledge of where to take cover (rocky overhangs, caves, caverns) during cold weather, in places where foliage is thick and largely inaccessible to people year-round, leaves us with a lot we have yet to learn