I have been able to directly link and correlate Bigfoot sightings/encounters with certain mineral deposits and plants that are specifically enriched. I can take the deposit and vegetation maps, lay them over sighting maps AND THEY MATCH! I have also co researched my discovery with Sharon Cornett; our findings too validate this discovery (scroll to the bottom of this page). As far as I know I was the first person to actually make these connections. Imagine the implications associated with such evidence! Is this proof of their existence? Well, it's much more than that it is a way to map track and predict their movements! It is even in part a substantiating basis for my hypotheses PPIT. I can physically map Bigfoot. Again, I have been able to directly link and correlate Bigfoot sightings/encounters with certain mineral deposits and specific plants. I can take the maps and lay them over each other AND THEY MATCH!

     Bigfoot  Sightings                          WA. Geo Map                        WA. Lichen Map

When comparing these maps it may be easier to look at the areas where they are not, although I do think the correlations are more then obvious.

Now for a bit more detailed mapping.I would like to start with my home state Washington. I have done very specific and detailed mapping of this state being it's my home state and this is where it all started for me.

I will give examples of two very specific regions. The first is an area within Pierce County an area known for its history of Bigfoot sightings, the same area female researcher Autumn Williams grew up in. Yes, this area has also provided us with a known vocal recording of what is thought to be a Bigfoot vocalization (

Note the lichen growing on the banks of the Pyullup river.

Now the same area note the rock

Same area , note the conical head of a Bigfoot.

Oh they are out here alright and the answers as to why they are here, are addressed in the soils/ plants. Dr. Jeff Meldrum, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Anthropology suggests in his book Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science that BF might eat lichen. Here I address lichens and so much more. Close attention should be given to the fact that there are endosymbionts such as lichens. An endosymbiont is any organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism. Photosynthesis in cyanobacteria generally uses water as an electron donor yet some may use hydrogen sulfide instead. Lab results have shown that the smallest of the small phytoplankton, the "blue-green algae," or cyanobacteria, produce the most H2S (hydrogen sulfide), Cyanobacteria can provide energy for the host and has the ability to perform oxygenic (plant-like) photosynthesis. Hydrogen producing cyanobacteria are even being considered as an alternative energy source, notably at Oregon State University, in research supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, Princeton University, Colorado School of Mines as well as at Uppsala University, Sweden. If the Bigfoot were consuming specific types of lichen / fungi within these specific geological areas they may be emitting their sulfurous smell. ( i.e. Koala Bears & eucalyptus. Ever smelt a Kola? ) Porcini and Shiitakes mushrooms are particularly flavorsome because they are endowed with sulfur compounds that generate meaty aromas. This may be one explanation to the sulfur like smells often associated with many Bigfoot sightings.

Geophagy eating earthy substances (as clay) to augment a scanty or mineral-deficient diet is not as uncommon as one might think. There is a wide array of animals that are known to eat dirt, like Gorillas, chimps and elephants, just to name a few. A more commonly used term may be "licks" natural licks. It should be very reasonable for you to picture a creature seeking out necessary dietary supplementations, such as potassium or salt. Man has been a participant in this act for many of years. Take salt for example, mined from the ground and sought after by man for thousands of year's world wide.

Bigfoot eating rocks? You bet! This logical explanation gives answers to the questions about the repeated reports of hearing rocks being banged together in conjunction with Bigfoot sightings.I would like you to keep in mind that mica and K-feldspar ( potassium feldspar) are considered to be products of hydrothermal alteration. Feldspar is a common name that applies to a group of minerals with a general chemical formula of x Al (Al ,Si)3O8, where x can be sodium (Na) and/or calcium (Ca) and/or potassium (K).In other words Potassium feldspars are potassium aluminum silicates.Studies give strong indications for the K-Rb content to be up to four times higher in this particular area then the surrounding areas.

“Flow tuff and lava from the Western United States contain from 0.25 to 0.45 the Rb present in the associated groundmass materials. The ratios of potassium to rubidium in the sanidines are, on the average, about four times greater than those of the groundmass. Separation of phenocrystic sanidine from salic melts provides an efficient method for raising the Rb content and lowering the K/Rb ratio of the melts, although the amount of differentiation probably is limited by continuous re-equilibration of the alkalis between crystal and liquid phases through ion exchange. Syenites of cumulate origin will have appreciably lower Rb contents and higher K/Rb ratios than the melts from which they precipitated. Available data on the distribution of Rb between synthetic biotite and K-sanidine demonstrate that the separation of biotite probably will not deplete salic melts in Rb relative to K.

Publication authorized by the Director, U.S. Geological Survey.

  Department of Geological Sciences, Harvard University.”

Mushrooms and lichen have a hearty appetite for potassium / rubidium. In knowing the uptake of these plants I was able to locate the correlating lichen maps. Interestingly 5 to 6 small mushrooms = 400 mg of potassium (K), that's about the same amount as a small banana. Could this be an ancient clue to a portion of their diet? In a current study titled Levels of eight trace elements in edible mushrooms from a rural area written by Lubomír Svoboda a; Vladislav Chrastný :the median values (dry matter) were as follows: Arsenic (As) 1.45 mg kg-1, barium (Ba) 1.41 mg kg-1, cobalt (Co) 0.28 mg kg-1, copper (Cu) 47.0 mg kg-1, rubidium (Rb) 130 mg kg-1, silver (Ag) 2.95 mg kg-1, thallium (Tl) 0.02 mg kg-1 and vanadium (V) 0.25 mg kg-1." From ancient peoples to chimpanzees and somewhere in between may lay ancient botanical knowledge on the benefits of fungi consumption. Chimpanzees, bonobos, and, orangutans have been documented eating both algae (would be interesting if it was the blue green algae as mentioned above) and mushrooms. Not only lichen (blue green algae) but mushrooms too can give off a similar odor, shiitake mushrooms are characterized by a sulfurous smell.

More here.

The second area I would like to show is an area within Snohomish county , a place called Granite Falls.My first personal encounter with these creatures was a full body sighting; it was approximately 150 foot away. The one characteristic that stood out in my scrambling mind was the unusual length of the arms; needless to say the entire sight left a life long impact. This sighting took place in 1973 just outside Granite Falls WA. (Granite Falls is located in Snohomish County and holds its own history of Bigfoot sightings and resident researchers.) Although encountering a Bigfoot was the furthest thing from my mind, there was no mistaking exactly what it was. I knew immediately what I was watching come out of the woods. It crossed the logging road and disappeared back into the forest, it was a Bigfoot! At the time I had no idea that this particular area was an active Bigfoot research area. It was about twenty years later when through the Internet I discovered the reported and investigated Bigfoot activity taking place in this very area. Richard Noll a well known Bigfoot enthusiast has done extensive investigative research around the Granite Falls area as well as a few others, including myself. Again special attention is given to the bright pink areas ( K feldspar ). Note the bottom left area of Granite Falls.

The below picture was taken in the early 80s , just outside of Granite Falls WA.

This picture was taken with a cheep instamatic and the quality is poor but I felt it was worth sharing. Note the image in the tree just behind the den area. By the time I was able to make my way around the lake to further investigate there was no sign of any Bigfoot, I am sure they heard me coming long before I got there. I did crawl inside of this nest, it was large and the bottom was lined with fir branches. A bed if you will was primitively constructed within this den (don't think bears do that). Also know that this area is no more then 5 miles from where I had my first encounter back in 1973. Again go to Google Earth and check this area out for yourself. GRANITE FALLS

My Geological Mapping correlations have been acknowledged by others.

"I few years back I was delighted when Sharon Eby contacted me about my Bigfoot mapping information. She was the only other researcher that I was aware of also doing studies along this line. Ms. Sharon Eby-Cornet presented some of my geological mapping correlations at a conference in Rachel Nevada some years back.
"Osareal, otherwise known as Pearl Jo Prihoda, is a Bigfoot researcher I've been in contact with about her theory on Bigfoot and the geological connection. My own research was indicating to me, by way of sheer intuition as well as other factors, that there was indeed a bigfoot-geology connection but I was unsure of just what details were included in such an hypothesis. Digging deeper into earthquake zones, a tip from Don Blackmon about fault lines, subsidence areas (where the land sinks, such as sinkholes and karst areas), etc. I started looking for which types of rocks showed up in Bigfoot sighting areas hoping to find that connection I KNEW was out there... somewhere. Using the right keywords I came upon Osareal's (Pearl's) website and discovered that she had made my job easy for me... she had found the bigfoot-geology connection which I had previously been searching for!"
Sharon's Bigfoot overlay map

"In addition, most sightings are near rivers, creeks or lakes, and from areas where annual rainfall exceeds twenty inches (500 mm). Researchers point out that these common factors indicate patterns of a living species occupying an ecological niche, as opposed to hoaxed sightings."

The below photograph was taken in Idaho by P. Dixon in 2006.

And so much more