About Holstonia Bigfoot Investigations

Holstonia Bigfoot Investigations (HBI) is an independent research initiative focused on the systematic, method-driven evaluation of anomalous biological reports commonly associated with the term “Bigfoot.”

The project approaches these reports without assuming the existence, non-existence, or ontological status of any specific organism. The emphasis throughout is on method, evidence quality, and inference rather than belief or advocacy. —

Scope and Objectives

Holstonia Bigfoot Investigations seeks to:

Develop standardized field instruments for documenting environmental, contextual, and observational data
Evaluate presence-only reports using concepts from wildlife monitoring, ecology, and statistics
Build comparative reference libraries (acoustic, gait, documentary) to support pattern recognition and falsification
Examine historical, archaeological, and paleoanthropological contexts relevant to claims of surviving large-bodied hominins
Encourage transparent, replicable, and critical analysis of anomalous reports

Methodological Orientation

HBI draws on established practices from:

Wildlife biology and rare-species monitoring
Ethology and comparative primate studies
Bioacoustics and signal analysis
Ichnology and substrate-based track analysis
Historical and archival research

Claims are evaluated probabilistically and comparatively. Extraordinary interpretations are neither assumed nor dismissed a priori.

What This Project Is — and Is Not

This project is:

Method-focused rather than conclusion-driven
Open to critique, revision, and null results
Interested in patterns, constraints, and testable inference

This project is not:

An advocacy organization
A repository for unvetted claims
A substitute for physical evidence where such evidence is required

Background

For readers interested in the professional and field experiences that ultimately converged in this work, see:

→ Convergence — how a lifetime of observation met its subject

Authorship and Independence

All materials published under Holstonia Bigfoot Investigations are authored independently and are not affiliated with any academic institution, agency, or funding body unless explicitly stated.

The views expressed are those of the author and are offered for scholarly discussion and critical evaluation.

Sasquatch Data Project is an independent citizen-science effort that compiles and analyzes reported encounters at scale. Although its methods and analytical aims differ from those employed here, SDP shares a commitment to treating reports as data rather than folklore. This reference is provided for context and does not imply collaboration or shared conclusions.