Although we cannot yet study the psychology of Sasquatch directly, we are in good position already to make educated guesses about their mentality based on behavioral analysis. Skeptics are fond of asking, as though no answer were remotely possible, "HOW could an eight-foot-tall primate exist undiscovered in our backyard?" This book meets the issue head-on, offering a personality profile of the species that differs substantially from those offered before. Sasquatch are hardwired by evolution to conceal themselves, interacting with us only in a mediated, indirect fashion. Their tactical genius and other striking abilities mirror gifts seen in people known as autistic savants. Exploring this surprising connection in depth, THE MIND OF SASQUATCH makes a fresh contribution to our collective pursuit of one of the profound puzzles of our time-the true nature of this kindred species. TABLE OF CONTENTS (partial): *How Do They Do It? *Why the "Training" Concept Does Not Work *Order vs. Chaos, Part One *The Sasquatch Listening Project *Order vs. Chaos, Part Two *Morning Visits *Why all the Music? *Incoming! *Swaying *Exposure Anxiety *The Meaning of "Aim" *Field Notes from the Gorilla Nation *A Day on the Clock *Habituation Sites *Echolalia *Stick and Tree Structures *Indirect Communication *So Close Yet So Far *The Native American Question *Wildness vs. Human Self-Domestication *A Crash Course in Hybridization *News Flash: We Ourselves are Hybrids *Melba Ketchum and the Hybrid Theory of Sasquatch Origins *Autistic Savants and "Animal Genius" (Temple Grandin) *Animals Aren't Ambivalent *The Birth of Logos *The Ratchet Effect *Pattern Recognition and Strategic Thinking *Proto-Humans and Autism *Autism as Naturally Selected? *The Occam's Razor Test