Preserve testimony
Keep witness statements connected to their original sources, dates, locators and later appearances.
Observe · Document · Understand
Some things are still worth looking for.
An independent research observatory preserving witness testimony, reconstructing encounter histories, and making the source record easier to inspect.
About the Observatory
Why this project exists
Decades of Sasquatch material are scattered across interviews, newspapers, podcasts, books, public databases, historical collections and private research. As stories are repeated, the source of a claim—and when it first appeared—can become difficult to see.
The Observatory exists to preserve that source history. We separate witnesses from hosts and commentators, events from later retellings, and original testimony from interpretation so the record can be examined rather than merely repeated.
The value
Make the record auditable.
A well-organized archive allows readers to ask better questions: Which details appear in the earliest account? Which emerge later? Are co-witnesses independently sourced? Do descriptions recur across eras? What evidence survives outside the story itself?
An independent research project developed and maintained by Grassroots Consulting.
What we do
From scattered accounts to a research record
Reconstruct cases
Separate witnesses, events, media, evidence and later interpretation instead of blending them into one story.
Compare the record
Look across historical and modern material for recurring traits, differences, chronology changes and unresolved questions.
Publish findings
Turn meaningful discoveries into accessible articles while keeping the supporting research visible and limitations explicit.
Who it’s for
Built for curious readers and serious scrutiny
The Observatory is for curious readers, researchers, journalists, historians, investigators and anyone who wants to examine the Sasquatch record more carefully. You do not need to accept a conclusion before exploring the evidence.
Explore the archive
Choose a way into the research
Cases
Encounter-level records connecting witnesses, chronology, sources, media and evidence.
Explore cases →Witnesses
Witness profiles preserving appearances, reported encounters and changes in testimony over time.
Explore witnesses →Locations
Browse witness and case records by state and province while preserving the original location wording.
Explore locations →Publications
Reader-facing findings, investigations and historical features produced from the Observatory research record.
Read publications →Research
Methods, source records, evidence, media and the analytical work behind the public reporting.
Explore research →Latest from the Observatory
New research, records and media
Mark Peak
New source-linked public profile from a direct transcribed Bigfoot Eyewitness Radio interview connected to North Idaho / HooDoo Mountain area.
View witness →Ray Haley
New source-linked public profile from a direct transcribed My Bigfoot Sighting interview connected to Arkansas Ozarks.
View witness →Lisa Haley
New source-linked public profile from a direct transcribed My Bigfoot Sighting interview connected to Arkansas Ozarks.
View witness →Doug Messer — new interview recovered
A distinct My Bigfoot Sighting interview has been added to Messer’s source chronology. A detected difference remains unresolved and is not treated as a contradiction.
View witness →Media archive
Watch, listen and inspect the source record
Recovered interviews, archival recordings, films and documents are connected directly to the witnesses and cases they document. Media is contextualized rather than presented as automatic proof.
Bob Gimlin at Patterson/Gimlin Film Site Interview (Short Version)
Tate Hieronymus / Bluff Creek Project
Video associated with this witness record. Source access is preserved separately from evidentiary assessment.
Open original source ↗
Albert Ostman Interview - 1971
The Sasquatch Archives
Audio / video associated with this witness record. Source access is preserved separately from evidentiary assessment.
Open original source ↗Roger Patterson interviewing Fred Beck — Ape Canyon
Sasquatch Chronicles / archival recording
Audio associated with this witness record. Source access is preserved separately from evidentiary assessment.
Open original source ↗Start here
Strong entry points into the Observatory
Bluff Creek 1967
Separate what the historical record establishes about the Patterson–Gimlin event from the claims that remain disputed.
Open case →
Do Historical and Modern Witnesses Describe the Same Kind of Figure?
An event-level comparison tests whether specific traits recur across two very different testimony eras.
Read finding →
What Changes When a Story Is Retold for Decades?
See why the Observatory preserves earliest sources and later retellings as a chronology instead of flattening them into one account.
Read investigation →A different kind of Sasquatch research
Archive like researchers. Publish like journalists.
Firsthand sources prioritizedOriginal wording preservedLater additions trackedWitness and commentary separatedUncertainty retainedManual publication review
The Observatory does not begin with the assumption that Sasquatch exists—or that every report has a conventional explanation. Its purpose is to preserve the record well enough that better questions can be asked.