Nope, not at all. Most prints, such as greys harbor, laird tracks, bluff creek, etc arent bears.
Did I say that most Bigfoot tracks were overlaid bear tracks? No. In fact, I even mentioned hoax tracks in the quote you posted. I think that the Bluff Creek tracks are hoaxes and I was amused to see
this appear when I googled for "laird bigfoot tracks." As for the Grey's Harbor tracks,
they're the tracks that matched up to the black bear track pictures I had posted earlier.
No, they werent fooled, the synthetic hairs are a contaminent.
It seems to me that you didn't read the article. If you did, then you should post a quote from the article showing why that was the case. From my reading of the article, synthetic hairs were the only hairs that were submitted and therefore couldn't have been a contaminant.
What about the bona fide unexplained hairs?
I'd like to know if they've really been tested against every type of body hair (after all, the hair on one's head isn't exactly the same as the hair on other parts of the body) of every fur-bearing animal in North America. Actually, maybe it'd be a good idea to check it against the hair of animals from other countries as well.
I'd also like to see if the "unknown" hairs were tested by multiple labs in order to see if synthetic hairs had been conclusively ruled out. If more than one of the same type of "unknown" hair is available, burning the hairs (or at least a part of them) would also reveal whether or nor they're artificial, due to how artificial hair behaves when it burns. I believe Steve Kulls did that during the Georgia Bigfoot incident.
bear tracks dont really look like a flat human 18 inch track.
Of course (regular) bear tracks don't. Overlaid ones on the other hand...
So? Claws don't always show up in bear prints.
and the overstepping theory is pathetic.
Why is it pathetic?
Then how do they get around? Or did you mean walk on their hind legs? If so,
you're incorrect. I should note that overlaid tracks probably wouldn't apply to a bear walking on its hind legs, seeing as all the overlaid bear tracks I presented are from bears walking on all fours.
they dont have a large sagittal crest,
Correct. However, I should note that there are Bigfoot reports that make no mention of crests (such as the
Roe sighting) and that
bears are known to stand on their hind legs in order to sniff the air. If they raise their snouts up while doing so, this could appear to be a large hairy humanoid with a pointy head if seen from the right distance. After all,
if someone can mistake a bison for Bigfoot, why not for a standing bear?
Stephen Herrero also notes this behavior on
page 14 of the revised, 2002 edition of his book, Bear Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance. He also notes that grizzly bears often push their ears back/down when they're angry/aggressive. That could explain why someone wouldn't be tipped off by the ears if they see a bear and think that it's Bigfoot.
That depends on what you mean by "whoop," as bears make a variety of sounds.
These three links give but a sample of the many sounds they can make. Oh, and
here are some quickie notes about animal sounds and Bigfoot
they dont throw basketball sized boulders.
I can't say for certain if this is regular bear behavior, but
this video shows that it's certainly not impossible for bears to throw things.
