Bigfoot's shocking SEX secret revealed by expert who has studied the mythical creature

New revelations from experts reveal a surprising twist in Bigfoot lore, suggesting that the elusive creatures may be FEMALES as they are deeply captivated by children and seemingly have a maternal nature.

For years, thousands have debated Bigfoot’s existence, with some finding themselves caught up in the hype over possible momentary sightings and others simply dismissing the beast as mere legend. 

Through testimonies personally vetted by experts, discovered nesting areas and repeated footprints, however, seasoned sasquatch researchers have uncovered compelling evidence suggesting that the legendary creatures may not only exist, but could be female.

‘Lots of reports suggest maybe they’re females,’ Jeff Meldrum, one of the most prominent figures in Bigfoot research, told DailyMail.com. ‘You know, it’s a maternal instinct – a particular interest in children.’

Several researchers revealed fascinating discoveries through their own personal investigations and experiences, some of which paints the elusive creature as a curious motherly entity rather than a scary beast.

Through discoveries of nesting areas that appeared to be constructed like a nursery, stories of children spotting a ‘big monkey’ while playing in the backyard and records of footprints measuring only four inches, it’s not hard to believe that Bigfoot may be captivated with young humans.  

‘This is a biological entity. It’s not a scary campfire story. It’s not a monster, you know?’ Meldrum said.

‘It’s not an anomaly, it’s not a paranormal entity. It’s it’s just simply a big, hairy, upright, walking, humanoid looking primate.’ 

Vetted encounters 

Jeff Meldrum, a professor at Idaho State University and author of Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science, is one of the most prominent figures in Bigfoot research, with an expertise in primate locomotion and foot morphology

Meldrum shared vetted stories with DailyMail.com 

Testimonies have provided some of the most intriguing stories, often coming from individuals who witnessed a Bigfoot encounter in remote, off-the-beaten-path areas. 

What’s particularly striking about these encounters is that many of the witnesses were with their families, including children, which adds an unexpected layer of credibility to their stories and deepens the mystery surrounding the beast’s existence.

Meldrum, a professor at Idaho State University and author of Sasquatch: Legend Meets Science, has expertise in primate locomotion and foot morphology.

His interest in sasquatch piqued in 1996 when he examined a trail of 35-45 clear pristine footprints in Washington. This encounter, he said, is what truly ‘set the hook’ for him.

He would personal vet the tales, gathering information from the sightings, interviewing witnesses and visiting the area where the beast was seen. 

Meldrum revealed to DailyMail.com that he was also captivated by stories from trusted outdoorsman, particularly those describing calm and curious encounters with children.

In one story, Meldrum explained, a man was at his remote cabin with his family, situated in an isolated area with no nearby homes and no curtains on the windows.

On one side of the room, a large window overlooked the family room, featuring a big-screen TV and a cozy fireplace. Adjacent to this space was a side door, which led down a staircase to the firewood box.

On a calm night in the secluded area, the man stepped outside to gather some firewood, loading up his arms with the logs.

When he glanced back at the cabin, however, he froze – near the big window, just at the edge of the light peering through, he saw a seven-foot-tall sasquatch peering in.

‘He was curious about what was going on,’ Meldrum theorized. ‘I mean, for him, the big picture window was the big screen TV with people walking back and forth and eating food and laughing.’

‘I think they’re curious,’ he added. ‘And so, I think that’s why they approach people.’

In another vetted testimony shared by a first-hand acquaintance, Meldrum explained, a family was at a campground in the same vicinity where he had experienced the footprint tracks believed to be left by Bigfoot.

‘They’d taken their granddaughters up, who had a kickball, and they were kicking the ball back and forth until one of them hauled off and kicked it too hard,’ Meldrum said.

‘It sailed over the bushes, into the woods, and well before they could go to run to retrieve it, the ball came sailing back.’

The man, who Meldrum described as an ‘excellent tracker and outdoorsman’, had a horse packing business where he would take hunters and fisherman up to the mountains, into the remote reaches of the mountains on horseback. 

During the family camping trip, he also discovered footprints that, based on his experience in these areas, he believed couldn’t have been left by a human or any other animal.

Curious about children 

This made the story of the ball sailing over the fence even more believable, as there were now nearby footprints to support Bigfoot’s presence near the campground.

‘Sasquatch was curious about what the little girls were doing and watching,’ Meldrum said. ‘I think there are those kinds of occasions too, where curiosity gets the better of them.’

Vetting reports is a challenging task, as many people may be hesitant to share their experiences or even struggle with the decision of whether to submit a report at all.

Other times, individuals, overwhelmed by excitement at discovering something mysterious, may convince themselves that what they’ve encountered is Bigfoot – when, in reality, it isn’t.

Yet, Meldrum has received dozens of reports of Bigfoot sightings involving children, particularly when they are engaged in typical child-like activities, such as playing in the yard – overall playing into the belief that the creature, like other female animals, have maternal instincts.

‘There are some reports where the kids come in and say, “Mommy, the big money is watching this over the fence,”‘ Meldrum said.

‘The mom will look out the kitchen window, and there’s a Sasquatch peering over the fence, watching the kids play on the swing set.’ 

Based on this belief, many Bigfoot researchers use child-like sounds, such as giggling, in an attempt to lure the legendary creature during their expeditions, hoping to attract its curiosity.

‘I think with intelligence comes a certain degree of curiosity that draws them to investigate,’ Meldrum said.

‘It’s probably kind of a tug of war,’ he added. ‘One instinct tells them to stay away, but the other instinct is curious because of their intelligence, and they want to figure out what’s going on with these funny looking, hairless creatures.’ 

Discovered nesting areas

One reason Bigfoot is believed to have made these nests is due to the intricate way they were woven, a method that couldn’t be replicated by a bear, as they lack opposable thumbs. Bears typically create nests by simply scraping materials into a pile. What is believed to be a nesting area is seen above 

At the top of one of the discovered nests, Meldrum explained, resources such as pine needles, leaf litter and debris were piled up, folded in and woven – similar to a bird’s nest – and created raised platforms with a nest on top, believed to be a bassinet for a baby 

Amy Bue, co-founder of Project Zoobook, shared a story to DailyMail.com about a surveyor who, while inspecting land owned by a logging company, stumbled upon a grouping of ground nests that appeared to look like a Sasquatch nursery

Experiences with mysterious nesting sites have also suggested that Bigfoot may be female, as evidence from these areas points to behaviors and characteristics of a maternal presence. 

Amy Bue, co-founder of Project Zoobook, shared a story to DailyMail.com about a surveyor who, while inspecting land owned by a logging company, stumbled upon a grouping of ground nests.

‘Right now, there are two different nest areas, but they do not seem to be built by bears or wood rats,’ Bue said. ‘They do not, in our opinion, seem to be built by humans for various reasons.’

‘We took primate specialists out there, a biologist, lots of smart people and anthropologists have looked into it, and our running theory is that it could be a Sasquatch nursery or sorts.’

One reason Bigfoot is believed to have made those nests is due to the intricate way they were woven, a method that couldn’t be replicated by a bear, as they lack opposable thumbs. Bears typically create nests by simply scraping materials into a pile.

‘I was invited to the most stunning example, and the best documented and monitored was this collection of nests, which suggested an aggregate that is not typical,’ Meldrum told DailyMail.com.

‘These nests were quite sophisticated,’ he added. ‘These nests were much more like nests built by apes, where the branches and boughs were folded in and woven in. It seemed like it was very deliberately built.’

The nests, Meldrum explained, was at a location hemmed in by a tall hedgerow of evergreen blueberries standing about seven to eight feet tall.

At the top, resources such as pine needles, leaf litter and debris were piled up, folded in and woven – similar to a bird’s nest – and created raised platforms with a nest on top.

‘The nest on top was big enough to easily accommodate a seven, eight foot tall creature,’ Meldrum said. ‘There were about five of them.’

‘What struck me as really interesting, though, was one of them was small – only about a foot-and-a-half, two feet across, but it was built up in the crotch of the bush about two feet off the ground,’ he added.

‘When I saw that, I thought, that looks just like a little bassinet. Could this be a little nest for a newborn?’

With the belief that Bigfoot is largely solitary, Meldrum believes that the nests weren’t a permanent home base, and rather a special occasion.

‘We don’t find these nests in large numbers,’ he said. ‘I don’t think they make them on a nightly basis.’   

Repeat footprints 

Meldrum’s interest in sasquatch piqued in 1996 when he examined a trail of 35-45 clear pristine footprints in Washington. This encounter, he said, is what truly ‘set the hook’ for him

On one occasion, researchers didn’t just find repeat prints – they discovered two smaller sets of prints alongside Bigfoot, measuring only four inches 

Footprint evidence has been some of the most compelling and damning proof of Bigfoot’s existence, according to several seasoned researchers.

Experts revealed to DailyMail.com that there are moments in extensive research when you may be lucky enough to stumble upon an undeniable ‘smoking gun’.

In 1996, Meldrum stumbled on his when he examined a trail of 35-45 clear pristine footprints in Washington, referring to the sight as the ‘most real-looking prints’ he had ever come across. 

‘For me, those footprints were just as real as if I had stumbled on a body,’ Meldrum told DailyMail.com.

‘So now here we are, almost three decades later, and I’ve got over 300 footprint casts and hundreds of files of photographs and footprints from all over. And the vast majority of them, I’m quite confident are the real deal.’

Other researchers have concurred this testament, including Scott Tompkins, the creator of The Bigfoot Mapping Project.

Tompkins agreed, stating that while not a ‘smoking gun’, the mystery footprints offer significant support and weight of the creature’s existence.

‘All it leaves behind is a footprint, and that to me is the most motivating evidence because we’re just one step behind it,’ Tompkins told DailyMail.com.

‘That’s a tale as old as time – humans grew up, evolved into tracking animals to be successful on their hunt, and that’s what they used. A footprint was evidence that something was there.’

Footprint evidence, Tompkins said, is difficult to refute in his opinion, ‘because that’s essentially something that the creature left behind’ – especially when the hard, dermal ridges found on the mystery prints are almost impossible to fake on other markings.

‘When you get experts that analyze those footprints, that have studied anatomy and anthropology their entire careers that come up saying, ‘this is a real footprint, this is something, but it’s nothing we know,’ then that is really, really provocative’.

But even more incriminating is repeat footprints. Accumulated footprint records have revealed recognizable, recurring individuals in specific geographic areas, with identical prints indicating the same creature’s movements overtime.

Scott Tompkins, the creator of The Bigfoot Mapping Project, said footprint evidence is difficult to refute in his opinion, ‘because that’s essentially something that the creature left behind’ – especially when the hard, dermal ridges found on the mystery prints are almost impossible to fake on other markings

In 1996, Meldrum stumbled on his when he examined a trail of 35-45 clear pristine footprints in Washington, referring to the sight as the ‘most real-looking prints’ he had ever come across 

Meldrum refers to these repeat prints as ‘fascinating corroborate’, with certain footprint records sometimes spanning over the length of a 20-30 year period.

One of these repeat footprint tracks are associated with The Patterson-Gimlin film, a short video shot by Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin in the wilderness of Northern California.

The Patterson-Gimlin film, an American short motion picture capturing an unidentified subject that the filmmakers have claimed was Bigfoot, has captivated enthusiasts since it was shot back in 1967.

In the famous piece of footage, a tall, hairy creature walked across the sand bar down in the creek bed, at one point seemingly making eye contact with the camera lens.

‘That’s a female,’ Meldrum said. ‘We have good, extensive documentation of her footprint record.’

However, on one occasion, researchers didn’t just find her prints again – they discovered two smaller sets of prints alongside her own. 

‘Her footprint measures nearly 15 inches,’ Meldrum explained. ‘She was in company with a 13 and an 11 inch, which I think were offspring.’ 

Meldrum, who has investigated prints from across the globe, also possesses other credible evidence, including separate tracks believed to be left from baby Bigfoot.

‘The smallest set of footprints I have measures about four inches long, which is probably the earliest that they’re able to walk on their own, be put down and leave little, little tracks,’ Meldrum revealed.

‘We have them right on up through the size range from about four inches to the biggest, credible one measuring about 19 inches.’ 

For well over a century, the hunt for Bigfoot has captivated the world with countless encounters that seem to vanish in an instant, leaving skeptics and enthusiasts alike to wonder how the elusive creature always seems to slip away.

One possible explanation for their elusive nature and the difficulty in discovering them could simply be their rarity, as Meldrum theorizes that for every 200 black bears in an area, there’s likely only one Sasquatch.

Ultimately, they are believed to be largely solitary with a rare offspring or two in tow.

‘Probably with orangutans as well, they only reproduce every six to eight years,’ Meldrum said. ‘It’s infrequent that there’s any reason to cohabitate with the male.’

The male, Meldrum said, broadcasts his presence through loud calls. The calls are described as raucous, loud screams echoing through the wilderness.

‘I think they are the way by which they space themselves and remain in contact as they’re dispersed over large, large areas and distances,’ he explained.