Junior Expeditions

Decades ago primate researchers Jane Goodall and Dianae Fossey demonstrated how wild apes will interact differently with adult human females, as opposed to adult human males. Wild gorillas, chimps, orangutans, and baboons, all consistently exhibit less fear around human females. Females have an advantage in that respect. They can approach wild apes more closely than human males.

Many witness observations in North America suggest that sasquatches follow the same pattern. They show less fear around human females. They also show less fear around children. Children, therefore, likely have the same advantage females have around sasquatches, thereby increasing the odds of a closer and more sustained encounter.

Sasquatches seem to be more willing approach groups of children and remain there longer, apparently to observe the children without showing any aggression.

With this in mind, the BFRO is organizing expeditions that will create these scenarios. The BFRO members leading the trips will teach children how to safely increase their odds of an approach by a sasquatch, and teach them to document those situations with their own cameras and records.

These trips target the same sasquatch zones in America and Canada as the regular expeditions -- zones with the best odds in that region for encountering a real sasquatch. They are run by the same organziers who run the regular expeditions. The duration is the same as regular expeditons: Thursday through Sunday. The same types of night optics are used. The main distinctions from regular expeditions:

1) The efforts after dark will wrap up by midnight.
2) There will be more daytime classes and training.
3) The base of operations will be a campground with facilities.

In 2014 there are two Junior Expeditions scheduled so far:

1) Colorado : July 10-13
2) California : August 14-17

The organizers seek young participants who will take the opportunity and the training very seriously, with an eye toward becoming a BFRO investigator in the future. The preferred age range is 8-13. All other questions related to fees and the registration process are provided on the FAQ page for regular expeditions.