Originally photographed in O'mah country, -->
north of the Bluff Creek area in northern California by Dr. William C. Osman-Hill, in an era when the word "bigfoot" had not been coined yet, the doctor called it, "'O'mah," the ABSM or Abominable Snowman scat.

Other than the WSSSG photo, it is the only other existing pile of Sasquatch scat available to research, that I know about.

Dr. Osman-Hill also stated that there was urine next to the pile; all very freshly deposited on the ground with no attempt at hiding it from civilized man. Others speculate that the Sasquatch tribes bury fecal matter or deposit it in a rocky crevasse away from the clan to keep odor and flies elsewhere. Do not be fooled by the smallness of his old photo, the pile measured 19-inches across when photographed by Dr. Osman-Hill; the width of the tube closer to 3 inches in diameter. Here it is again (below) in comparison to unidentified scat seen in the Patterson filmsite on the sandbar.




On the left: © Dr. Wm. Osman-Hill and on the right, © Rene Dahinden 1967 as seen in one of his copies of the Patterson film.


Other scat photographs for comparisons to the above... again, don't be fooled. Bear scat is usually dark black except in berry season and it my be full of seeds and may even have a red tinge in fruiting season.

The most telling difference between bear and Sasquatch scat is the size of the pile. It is rare to find bear scat anywhere near 2.5 to 3-inches in diameter and no way would a bear pile measure just short of 2 feet across. Sasquatch droppings are not jet black, but brown mixed w/black.

Photo is copyright tracker Kim Cabrera 2010

There was a great deal of discussion on the tracker's list about the next photo. It originated from the Maine woods. While it has segmented sections like the O'mah of northern California, but it was smaller and had a lack of grass showing, which is a bear staple. In favor of it being bear - it was jet black and ejected rather dry.

The Sasquatch pile is ejected slick, moist with a
gloss across the Sasquatch pile. The diameter of the segments made us think it may have been a juvenile Sas although if we believe the data, -
Sas children are rarely seen ...ever. -->




This below photo left
is definitely bear scat...
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© Joe Beelart, West Linn Oregon 2000

<--black bear scat w/berry seeds...


<--Grizzly Bear Scat

Below:
This is Alaskan moose scat of the type Maggie and Bob Titmus presented to Tom Slick
in all seriousness as Sasquatch droppings in 1958... It was Maggie Titmus who was instrumental in initiating contact with Tom Slick through the telegram she sent to Slick while he was in the Himalayas. Interested in the abominable snowman of N. California Slick responded. Titmus was kept on a monthly stipend by Slick's organization. Upon being shown "horse scat" that Titmus told Slick was Sasquatch scat, Slick had Peter Byrne fire Titmus and John Green. Green's hatred for Byrne is no secret - Green has made a life time of deparaging remarks about Byrne and caused untold dissention among bigfooters trying to demean Byrne. Byrne, however, is much loved and respected.

Photo is © AlaskaStock 2011

Below is Coyote scat, similar to bear, but smaller.





























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