Although this project's focus is the nature of sasquatch dermal ridges, (or dermal ridge-like patterns), and how this alleged species might have such a profile, I feel it important to also discuss the anatomy of an animal with such attributes.
In short, part of understanding the print, is understanding the finger, is understanding the hand.
There have been several "sasquatch hand-prints" cast over the years. Of course, many of you will be familiar with the Freeman cast, which Paul Freeman claimed to have found in the 1980's in the Blue Mountains of Washington. I've actually done a video on the subject, which will explain my thoughts on it. In general, it seems that, if a non-human animal is responsible for the impression, it seems as though the thumb of this animal may have a wider range of motion than the average human thumb. That being said, it is also possible that not all the digit impressions were made at once, only creating the visage of such a hand. It should also be noted that, when comparing it to the average human thumb's range of motion, human females, (which tend to be the more flexible of the species), were indeed taken into account.
https://youtu.be/7LhY3Zy6p3o
What I failed to discuss in the video is the other alleged handprints found across North America. Examples of such prints can be found mainly on Cliff Barackman's website and www.sasquatchcanada.com.
As far as can be observed, there are traits all these hand-prints seem to share; they are large, more robust in proportion than human hands, and, again, seem to possess a thumb with a wider range of motion.
These are not definitive findings, obviously. However, the fact that they share such a specific similarity is interesting, and may be considered enough to warrant further investigation into the individual cases.
~Karac St. Laurent
