Hair Color Study

2009-08-29T06:49:00.000-07:00

Sasquatch hair color distribution
Data from BFRO and TBRC

East of the Mississippi

The Southeast, (FL GA SC NC Miss AL TN KY.)
Black/brown 170 64.2 %
Red/brown 45 16.9
Tan/blonde 12 4.5
Grey/white 38 14.3

The Middle Atlantic (VA, WV, MD, and DE)
Black/brown 35 58.3 %
Red/brown 9 15
Tan/blonde 8 13.3
Grey/white 8 13.3

The Northeast. (PA, NJ, RI, VT, NH, Mass, CT, ME, NY )
Black/brown 106 69.2 %
Red/brown 17 11.1
Tan/blonde 10 6.5
Grey/white 20 13.1

Midwest (OH, IL, IN, WI, and MI)
Black/brown 156 69 %
Red/brown 32 14.2
Tan/blonde 11 4.8
Grey/white 37 16.4

West of the Mississippi

The Arklatex (Ark, LA, TX, and OK)
Black/brown 162 59.3 %
Red/brown 78 28.6
Tan/blonde 11 4
Grey/white 22 8

Plains States (KS, MO, NE, Iowa, ND, SD, MN, &WI)
Black/brown 77 63.1 %
Red/brown 25 20.5
Tan/blonde 11 9
Grey/white 9 7.3

The Mountain West (AZ, CO, ID MT, NM, UT, NV, and WY)
Black/brown 115 68.8 %
Red/brown 20 11.9
Tan/blonde 16 9.6
Grey/white 16 9.6

The West Coast

(CA)
Black/brown 89 73.5 %
Red/brown 16 13.2
Tan/blonde 13 10.7
Grey/white 3 2.4

(OR)
Black/brown 67 75.2 %
Red/brown 16 18
Tan/blonde 5 5.6
Grey/white 1 1.1

(WA and AK)
Black/brown 89 74.7 %
Red/brown 14 11.7
Tan/blonde 4 3.3
Grey/white 12 10.1

(BC)
Black/brown 40 78.4 %
Red/brown 7 13.7
Tan/blonde 2 3.9
Grey/white 2 3.9

The Rest of Canada

Black/brown 20. 55.6 %
Red/brown 8 22.2
Tan/blonde 6 16.7
Grey/white 2 5.5

Australia (taken from “The Yowie”)

Black/brown 73 62.4%
Red/brown 15 12.8%
Tan/blonde 13 11.1%
Grey/white 16 13.7%

Grand Totals, all regions

Black/brown 1181 66.5 %
Red/brown 292 16.4
Tan/blonde 116 6.5
Grey/white 187 10.5%
Total Universe 1776 100%

It should be noted that there is a little wiggle room in these figures because not all color descriptions are exact. Some witnesses describe a grey brown or a dark grey sasquatch. Others describe a sasquatch that is partly red/brown and darker brown. In these cases I had to make choices about how to record the sighting. Also I expect that the black/brown or red/brown category is under represented. Many witnesses say they thought they saw a bear at first but never mention color. In these cases it is unlikely that the sasquatch was anything but black/brown or red/brown. However, I didn’t count these in my totals. These are updated figures as of 8/09, including new sightings which have been posted since I began mining the accounts for these statistics.
For what it’s worth, as you move west the incidence of grey/white or tan/blonde sasquatch seems to go down slightly and the incidence of black/brown sasquatch seems to increase. Also, there seems to be a slightly higher incidence of red/brown sasquatch in the center of the country.

Mike Phillips

Mike Phillips Sasquatch Research

Hair Color Study