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The federal government is not a homogeneous entity, it is a complex system with distinct parts in groups and tiers.    I do not think there is a single means to stop 2.4 to 3 million federal employees, plus 1.3 million active duty military people, plus 3.5 million (plus) private contractors ultimately paid by the US government from talking to someone if there was a secret.   That is only people currently in federal employment of some sort, doesn't include those who used to work for the US gov't in some capacity who would also know if the federal government as a whole fully understands bigfoot.    So, with as much respect as possible given that I'm ridiculing your conclusion  ... I find your "belief" functionally preposterous simply because a conspiracy of silence involving up to 8 million current people and several 10s of millions including living past employees is absolutely unworkable.    I hope when you look at it in those terms, you also understand how preposterous it is.   If we break it down a bit and just look at how many current federal employees, direct and indirect, work in areas overlapping historical bigfoot reports who would have to be silenced, it's still a number in the tens of thousands.         It is not only that their awareness that bigfoot exists that has to be suppressed, but that they have been threatened with something if they do not maintain that secrecy.    If you think that is possible you do not understand how absolutely stubborn people get when coercion is attempted.     I don't know what I would do, not with absolute certainty.    I might decide not to take a picture, I might decide to do so for personal reasons (counting coup?) only, or I might decide to to share ... it is hard to say for sure until I find myself in that situation.   'til then, all is speculation.     That is more or less my approach though I do deliberately put myself in locations where I think they might be more likely to be.  

Based on my reading of hundreds if not 1000+ reports, I am a firm believer that the Federal Government as a whole fully understands BF and for reasons you can only guess feels it is best not to reveal them and even protect them where possible.  For instance, what are the legal or even constitutional issues if they are some form of relic hominem?  Even worse, what if they have an alien origin (which I do not believe but there are plenty of BF/UFO related reports).  I have seen them and ran in to them multiple times over the last 30 years in NC and NJ (and may have a den/hunting blind build by them 100 yards from my back yard) and no longer care to get proof of their existence.  I doubt I would reach for my camera or phone if one posed for me.  Just leave them alone like they leave me alone when wandering through the woods.  

In terms of the impact of the arrival of europeans, you can't diminish the probable damage done by the foreign antigens, which may very well have killed off the the vast majority of sasquatch, at least those within close enough proximity to the natives as they became afflicted. The Europeans practice of laying blankets infected with yellow fever and the like across trails could have transmitted these diseases to the Bigfoot just as they did to the native americans. It may have taken longer to pass between them due to their more widespread distribution. There's estimates of 90% mortality rates amongst natives (even higher in south america) if this applied to the sasquatch, perhaps their rebound was slow, then as whites killed off the majority of upper level predators, and deer populations began expanding, eventually to the point of overabundance, then the sasquatch had plenty of prey, little predator competition, and more empty land to move into, reclaiming old turf, thus expanding their numbers once again.

I hear you, Tex. Many members of our Forums want to leave their existence quiet for the reasons you mention—those restrictions, including conflict with logging interests, fed gov parks and endangered species. But many other of us are excited by the prospect of giving evidence that could confirm proof of Sasquatch’s existence to the world at large. It’s good for each person to consider where they stand on it. Stay happy to live where you do!

Hey Wolfjewel....I have found lots of these over the years but no lab, these real creatures are better off as cryptids IMO, acknowledgement will only take some of the fun away, plus the restrictions that follow, long live the Hairyman!