Friday, December 18, 2020

The Olympus Track

 The Olympic Project is a sasquatch research time with the aim of collecting and analyzing evidence. One of their founding members, David Ellis, cast what he posited might be the track of an infant sasquatch. Unfortunately, I am unaware as to the date of the discovery. The location is also unknown, although I believe I've heard it was found in Olympic National Park in Washington state. 
The Olympus track is significant to the Sasquatch Print Project because it is one of the only alleged footprints to demonstrate defined dermal ridges. Usually, we would expect from any animal with hands and feet that their handprints would leave dermal ridges the most often. The same appears to be the case with the sasquatch, (or with sasquatch hoaxers), as most of the alleged dermal ridge images out there are attributed to hands or individual fingers. The Olympus track, however, is to be interpreted as a foot.
The dermal ridges seemingly present on the Olympus track are rather small, and as such, their full formation is not visible. Because of this fact, I cannot make any identification as to the type of ridges we are seeing. As a matter of fact, because these dermal ridges are on feet, no classification can be made anyway, as feet ridges do not have classifications in the same manner that fingerprints do.
Overall, the entire length of the ridges is around an inch, on a track that is 3 1/4 inches long. Make what you will of the images and the enhancements included.









Friday, October 9, 2020

Fabricating Dermal Ridges

Hello, everyone. It's been a while since I've posted, a little over a year now. I'm looking to get back into posting on this blog.
As I'm sure most reading are aware, this blog is dedicated to the study of alleged sasquatch dermal ridges and, therefore, making an attempt to build a dermal ridge profile of these supposed animals; that is, if they exist.
Of course, to discuss dermal ridges as a form of evidence, it must also be admitted that such evidence can be faked, although in some cases it would appear to be much more difficult than in others. The following scientific paper by John Bodley of Washington State University's anthropology department outlines one way dermal ridges can be faked in cases where sizes could be similar to those of people. Smaller tracks and handprints, for example, would be easy to fake in this paper's argument. It's a very good read and really highlights the most important philosophy to keep in mind during any scientific inquiry, including this one.
Always question your own hypothesis. 




https://research.wsulibs.wsu.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/2376/1729/v62%20p129%20Bodley.PDF?sequence=1&fbclid=IwAR151NP8vcB_Cp3CpJTPjndQbWwKJw-tVA51nzZSzXQR-RVjShIOANe8QQE