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Those are great points to be sure.  Yet, they seem to still be hiding, perhaps better than ever.  Is there really any indication that we are closer to discovery than say, 59 years ago?   Right now, Humans don't seem particularly efficient at long-term survival (which could be considered the ultimate intelligence.)  Yeah, we can go to the moon and beyond, we have Environment ending weapons and even AI but; I am 99.999% sure that many of the lowest intellect animals on Earth will survive us.  And, I don't think it is a given that we will ever, officially, discover Bigfoot.  

I don't think it’s magic. I think it’s evolution. They stay away from their cousins that organize into large groups and kill and chop up all prey and haul back to the cave. Like a Army Ant colony. We are the opposite of inept. We are ruthlessly efficient.   So they hide.   But now us the tool man has walked on the moon, has thermal drones and surveillance cameras everywhere.   They are running out of places to hide.

Man, that is humiliating!  jj, well said   I still contend that they are probably shape-shifting, extra-terrestrial aliens that emit ultra-sonic sounds capable of immobilizing other animals, shoot laser beams from their eyes and probably watch a lot of the History Channel, most likely on a super-advanced Roku device.  Call me old-fashioned, I guess..  

Yep.  Everything would depend on how human Bigfoot would be.   I'll go off the idea Bigfoot is an ape.  Even then, the public would react through various actions. We are left to guess what ones they might be.  I would think at minimum the Bigfoot Ape (Bigis Americanis Meldrum) would be classified as endangered protected animal along the lines of the Bald Eagle or beyond.  If it is an ape the public seems fine with killing one so long as they feel some danger.       ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   Escaped Monkeys Shot by Police in Mississippi In late October 2025, a truck carrying 21 rhesus monkeys overturned on Interstate 59 near Heidelberg, Mississippi, causing several primates to escape into the surrounding fields and woods  When deputies arrived, they were told by a supervisor that the cargo contained 21 test monkeys infected with COVID, herpes, and hepatitis C. Based on that warning, the sheriff ordered the monkeys to be put down immediately T ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------     Hard to say what would happen.  I think we live in such a selfish world there would be an effort to dimmish any Bigfoot concern shortly after discovery.  Society would move on and say, "look we can't let some rare animal stop progress. We will make it illegal to kill one unless it is self-defense.  Otherwise, we need lumber.  We need houses"                 I feel the environmental movement is well intentioned in a complicated world.  If they would try to stop logging because of a rare owl, they would certainly play Bigfoot for all it is worth.  But by that token guys who sell sightseeing maps would promote Bigfoot tourism as well as the local hotel owner.  The NRA would try to use the fear of the North American Ape (Bigis Americanis Meldrum) to promote guns.     Each would view it in terms of their own benefit.  That would be expected with Bigfoot or anything else for that matter on a case-by-case basis.   In the end I would predict Bigfoot would settle into an endangered species where you aren't allowed to kill one. The internet tells me the first offense to killing a Bald Eagle is as follows:   Up to $100,000 in fines, 1 year in federal prison, or both     ALL BETS ARE OFF if Bigfoot was nearly human with primitive language and understanding.   Then, I have NO ANSWERS to the question.       Finally, I jokingly refer to Bigfoot as Bigis Americanis Meldrum.  However, I do believe 100% if Bigfoot ever became a proven creature Dr. Jeff Meldurm would be credited in the science world linked to the name of this animal.