Editing Bigfoot (section)

====Alleged behavior====

Some Bigfoot researchers allege that Bigfoot throws rocks as [[Territory (animal)|territorial displays]] and for communication.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kimmick |first1=Ed |title='Sasquatch Watch' researcher keeps on looking for rock-throwing beast |url=https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/sasquatch-watch-researcher-keeps-on-looking-for-rock-throwing-beast/article_d520afb6-e9f9-11e1-8a05-0019bb2963f4.html |website=missoulian.com |publisher=[[Missoulian]] |access-date=May 10, 2021 |date=August 19, 2012 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511090130/https://missoulian.com/news/state-and-regional/sasquatch-watch-researcher-keeps-on-looking-for-rock-throwing-beast/article_d520afb6-e9f9-11e1-8a05-0019bb2963f4.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Enzastiga |first1=Adrian |title=The hunt to prove the existence of Sasquatch |url=https://dailyiowan.com/2018/09/20/the-hunt-to-prove-the-existence-of-sasquatch/ |website=dailyiowan.com |publisher=[[The Daily Iowan]] |access-date=May 18, 2021 |date=September 20, 2018 |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518194720/https://dailyiowan.com/2018/09/20/the-hunt-to-prove-the-existence-of-sasquatch/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Bryan |first1=Saint |title=Real or hoax? A new Bigfoot exhibit is drawing standing-room crowds in Lacey |url=https://www.king5.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/evening/real-or-hoax-a-new-bigfoot-exhibit-is-drawing-standing-room-crowds-in-lacey/281-92444948-c187-4c3d-a627-f0a3fece0ca4 |website=king5.com |publisher=[[KING-TV]] |access-date=May 18, 2021 |date=August 20, 2019 |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518194719/https://www.king5.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/evening/real-or-hoax-a-new-bigfoot-exhibit-is-drawing-standing-room-crowds-in-lacey/281-92444948-c187-4c3d-a627-f0a3fece0ca4 |url-status=live }}</ref> Other alleged behaviors include audible blows struck against trees or "wood knocking", further alleged to be communicative.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Meier |first1=Eric |title=Wood knock warning |url=https://wrkr.com/wood-knock-warning/ |website=wrkr.com |publisher=[[WRKR]] |access-date=August 31, 2021 |date=September 27, 2016 |archive-date=August 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831215303/https://wrkr.com/wood-knock-warning/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Sain |first1=Johnny Carrol |title=Finding bigfoot – In the woods in search of North America's great, wild ape |url=https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/finding-bigfoot/7715127 |website=hatchmag.com |publisher=Hatch Magazine |access-date=August 31, 2021 |date=September 25, 2020 |archive-date=August 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831215312/https://www.hatchmag.com/articles/finding-bigfoot/7715127 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Do Squatches Go Knock in the Night? |url=https://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/finding-bigfoot/videos/do-squatches-go-knock-in-the-night |website=animalplanet.com |publisher=[[Animal Planet]] |access-date=August 31, 2021 |archive-date=August 31, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210831215304/https://www.animalplanet.com/tv-shows/finding-bigfoot/videos/do-squatches-go-knock-in-the-night |url-status=live }}</ref>
Skeptics argue that these behaviors are easily hoaxed.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carlisle |first1=John |title=On the trail of Bigfoot in an Upper Peninsula Michigan forest |url=https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/on-the-trail-of-bigfoot-in-an-upper-peninsula-michigan-forest/379088881 |website=wusa9.com |publisher=[[WUSA (TV)|WUSA]] |access-date=May 18, 2021 |date=December 27, 2016 |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518194720/https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/local/on-the-trail-of-bigfoot-in-an-upper-peninsula-michigan-forest/379088881 |url-status=live }}</ref>
Additionally, structures of broken and twisted foliage seemingly placed in specific areas have been attributed by some to Bigfoot behavior.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfro.net/gdb/show_FAQ.asp?id=587|title=Behavior|publisher=Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization|access-date=November 16, 2020|archive-date=November 14, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201114091237/https://www.bfro.net/gdb/show_FAQ.asp?id=587|url-status=live}}</ref> In some reports, [[Pinus contorta|lodgepole pine]] and other small trees have been observed bent, uprooted, or stacked in patterns such as weaved and crisscrossed, leading some to theorize that they are potential territorial markings.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Carey |first1=Liz |title=Could Kentucky's Deep Forests Hide a Piece of the 'Bigfoot Puzzle' |url=https://dailyyonder.com/proof-of-a-bigfoot-legend-could-be-hidden-in-kentuckys-deep-forests/2021/03/19/ |website=dailyyonder.com |publisher=Daily Yonder |access-date=May 10, 2021 |date=March 19, 2021 |archive-date=May 11, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511115710/https://dailyyonder.com/proof-of-a-bigfoot-legend-could-be-hidden-in-kentuckys-deep-forests/2021/03/19/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Some instances have also included entire deer skeletons being suspended high in trees.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Therriault |first1=Ednor |title=In Search of Bigfoot |url=https://www.mtoutlaw.com/in-search-of-bigfoot/ |website=mtoutlaw.com |date=December 28, 2020 |publisher=Mountain Outlaw magazine |access-date=March 24, 2021 |archive-date=March 26, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210326122235/https://www.mtoutlaw.com/in-search-of-bigfoot/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Some researchers and enthusiasts believe Bigfoot construct [[teepee]]-like structures out of dead trees and foliage.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sandweiss |first1=Ethan |title=For Bigfoot enthusiasts, research is no small feat |url=https://indianapublicmedia.org/news/for-bigfoot-enthusiasts,-research-is-no-small-feat.php |access-date=March 28, 2023 |work=[[WTIU]] |agency= |date=March 24, 2023 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328171220/https://indianapublicmedia.org/news/for-bigfoot-enthusiasts,-research-is-no-small-feat.php |url-status=live }}</ref> In Washington state, a team of amateur Bigfoot researchers called the Olympic Project claimed to have discovered a collection of nests. The group brought in [[Primatology|primatologists]] to study them, with the conclusion being that they appear to have been [[Nest-building in primates|created by a primate]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Neuharth |first1=Spencer |title=What's the Best Evidence Bigfoot Exists? |url=https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/anthropology/whats-the-best-evidence-bigfoot-exists |website=themeateater.com |publisher=[[MeatEater]] |access-date=March 18, 2021 |location=Jeremiah Byron, Bigfoot Society Podcast |date=September 2, 2020 |archive-date=October 27, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027200247/https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/anthropology/whats-the-best-evidence-bigfoot-exists |url-status=live }}</ref>

Jeremiah Byron, host of the ''Bigfoot Society Podcast'', believes Bigfoot are [[omnivores]], stating, "They eat both plants and meat. I've seen accounts that they eat everything from berries, leaves, nuts, and fruit to salmon, rabbit, elk, and bear. Ronny Le Blanc, host of ''Expedition Bigfoot'' on the [[Travel Channel]] indicated he has heard anecdotal reports of Bigfoot allegedly hunting and consuming deer.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Neuharth |first1=Spencer |title=What does Bigfoot eat? |url=https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/anthropology/what-does-bigfoot-eat |website=themeateater.com |publisher=[[MeatEater]] |access-date=December 21, 2021 |date=September 25, 2020 |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211221211856/https://www.themeateater.com/conservation/anthropology/what-does-bigfoot-eat |url-status=live }}</ref> In the 2001 [[nature documentary]] ''Great North'', a dark bipedal figure was captured on film while the filmmakers were recording a herd of [[caribou]]. The footage has sparked debate, as some Bigfoot researchers claim the figure is a Bigfoot stalking the caribou. In 2016, Bigfoot researcher ThinkerThunker released a YouTube video in which he interviewed one of the ''Great North'' directors, William Reeve, who claims it could not have been a human but was possibly a bear, although he and his crew denied seeing any bears while filming.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hestermann |first1=Bethanie |title=Did a Nature Documentary Crew Accidentally Film Bigfoot? |url=https://outdoors.com/did-a-nature-documentary-crew-accidentally-film-bigfoot/ |website=outdoors.com |access-date=2 August 2024 |date=1 August 2024}}</ref>

Some Bigfoot researchers have reported the creatures moving or taking possession of intentional "gifts" left by humans such as food and jewelry, and leaving items in their places such as rocks and twigs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gifts From The Other Side |url=https://sasquatchinvestigations.org/bigfoot-evidence/gifts-from-the-other-side/ |website=sasquatchinvestigations.org |date=January 24, 2013 |publisher=Sasquatch Investigations of The Rockies |access-date=March 31, 2021 |archive-date=November 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111213521/https://sasquatchinvestigations.org/bigfoot-evidence/gifts-from-the-other-side/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Many alleged sightings are reported to occur at night leading some cryptozoologists to hypothesize that Bigfoot may possess [[Nocturnality|nocturnal]] tendencies.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Shawn |title=Hiker believes he might have found evidence of Bigfoot |url=https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/hiker-believes-he-might-have-found-evidence-of-bigfoot/article_f56d602c-816e-5ca6-863f-a646c997ccf0.html |access-date=March 18, 2021 |work=[[The Herald Journal]] |publisher=[[Idaho State Journal]] |date=July 23, 2020 |archive-date=February 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202014707/https://www.idahostatejournal.com/news/local/hiker-believes-he-might-have-found-evidence-of-bigfoot/article_f56d602c-816e-5ca6-863f-a646c997ccf0.html |url-status=live }}</ref> However, experts find such behavior untenable in a supposed ape- or human-like creature, as all known apes, including humans, are [[Diurnality|diurnal]], with only lesser primates exhibiting nocturnality.<ref name=Martin2012>{{cite journal|last1=Martin|first1=Robert|title=Primates|journal=Current Biology|date=September 25, 2009|volume=22|issue=18|pages=R785–R790|doi=10.1016/j.cub.2012.07.015|pmid=23017987|s2cid=235311971|doi-access=free}}</ref> Most anecdotal sightings of Bigfoot describe the creatures allegedly observed as solitary, although some reports have described groups being allegedly observed together.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Kelley |first1=Michael |title=Portland author explores lore of Bigfoot in Maine |url=https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/18/portland-author-explores-lore-of-bigfoot-in-maine/ |website=pressherald.com |publisher=[[The Forecaster]] |access-date=May 18, 2021 |date=May 18, 2021 |archive-date=May 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518145611/https://www.pressherald.com/2021/05/18/portland-author-explores-lore-of-bigfoot-in-maine/ |url-status=live }}</ref>