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Not correct. The trap was made by Ron Olson, a bigfoot researcher of decades past. He was a member of a research group out of Eugene, not a "local." It is not made of logs, it is made of sawed timbers with a sliding trap door. Here's a link to a newspaper article in case you wish to read up on it. (I've been to the trap and drive by the parking for it a few times a year. It's a nice walk if you are in the area.) The trap's door has since been rendered inoperable / open. Interesting (to me) stuff about the location ... the trap was built prior to the construction of Applegate Dam / reservoir. Since construction was completed in 1980 the location of bigfoot activity nearby has shifted. My personal best guess reviewing the terrain is that the trap was built on a ridge which was part of a route they'd use through the area. The lake now cuts off that path. Though BF can swim, getting to the water's edge requires exposing themselves to view. I have investigated one report from the upstream end of the lake which seems potentially credible. Beyond the lake is the OR/CA state line; the headwaters of the Applegate are on the California side. It is incredibly rugged country. Just a little west, also in the headwaters, is Red Buttes Wilderness, and beyond, connected, you'll get into the Oregon Caves country. All of this is in fairly close proximity, and mostly with cover, with Bluff Creek and the G.O. Road of PGF fame, Willow Creek, etc. If a person wanted to put some "sweat" into figuring out something useful, they could try to figure out how the BF's are getting from the Siskiyous west of I-5 to the Cascades east of I-5 .. there are essentially NO reports but they have to be getting across that freeway somehow / somewhere without being seen. I've pondered use of railroad overpasses, I've pondered underpasses where roads go under the freeway. These are on private land. No reports. Question .. unanswered .. is someone helping them by deliberately providing a covered crossing point? Sorry .. rambling. This area is personally fascinating, I spent over 20 years living adjacent to it trying to puzzle it out (unsuccessfully) and it remains a bit of an obsession.

We have footprints, hair samples, and good videos but no bigfoot bones so the paleontologist want more evidence before they write up discovery papers. BFRO has hundreds and maybe thousands of eyewitness reports that should count as discovery evidence yet bigfoot remains as a myth. How long will it take before someone captures or shoots a male and female bigfoot that will tie down discovery? Lots of hunters have observed bigfoot yet none of them have brought in a deceased bigfoot. why? Are there laws prohibiting killing bigfoot? There are reports of rural people in Oregon who lived along the Applegate River in Oregon who built a bigfoot trap out of logs yet bigfoot was too wary. A Canadian hunter in one of the middle providences shot and killed a bigfoot but it was never presented to science to help push discovery forward. Maybe someone can find these reports and publish them for our readers. If science insists on one male and one female live or dead for discovery to occur, bigfoot may not be discovered for 500 years and may go extinct. Discovery helps rare proven species survive. How can discovery be speeded up?

I watched the video and the scamp is good for one researcher. It would be good to have one and to camp out on research sites.

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That depends on what you count as "discovery." They are not acknowledged by mainstream science. Lacking that, I don't count them as "discovered." It doesn't matter what I've seen or experienced. My knowledge that they exist is irrelevant. Someone else's belief they exist is irrelevant. Until we have proof of existence accepted by mainstream science, the notion of discovery is as mythical as bigfoot is.

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I am definitely in the “discovery has already happened” camp. Its inconceivable to me that Bigfoot has never been detected by the military or other alphabet agencies. Its a rabbit hole as to why or how they have covered up said species. But I watch the Ufologists fight the same bureaucracy fight as us with morbid curiosity.

Bigfoot is just a name of a mythical creature not yet discovered by science. But science has many fossil extinct species that could fit the bill concerning Bigfoot. And many of them are within our own genus.

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Your point is well made for all the relatives of bigfoot but I want to know if we have found bigfoot bones, graves, and fossil records. My suspicion is no but we have fossil records of bigfoot's relatives. We don't even know if bigfoot if evolved on the planet? We have fossil records of horses and know they evolved on the planet so why not bigfoot? Do we lack shovels and picks?

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.

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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.

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I've pondered this as well. There is, however, one (somewhat humiliating) option .. maybe, rather than them being "magic", we're just more inept than we give ourselves credit for.

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True, I have always said something similar myself. But discovery probably leaves eye-witnesses with even more questions than anyone else. I would imagine that Bigfoot witnesses who have no doubt in their (sane) minds that they saw exactly what is described as Bigfoot might wonder more than anyone else, why and how Bigfoot can elude Scientific description. Such is apparently just the case with our Forest Giants. That is exactly what makes me think that something funny is definitely going on. I see no way for them to be just extraordinary, yet other-wise normal, animals.

Those who have seen <adjective> evidence for themselves know that sasquatches exist. They might not know exactly what they are or how Science would/will taxonomically categorize them, but "discovery" is a done deal for them.

There are fossil records of all kinds of hominins, including very large ones like sasquatches such as Gigantopithecus. It's clearly some kind of drone. Whether it's extraterrestrial or not, I don't know.

^ I think Huntster may be referring to the teeth and mandibles attributed to Gigantopithecus, georgerm. (If not, he will probably correct me soon.) I watched the video you linked regarding the Bulga Sphere, Huntster. Interestingly, that is apparently about the same size and shape, and it moves similar to what I saw fly past me about 35 years ago, except the object I saw appeared almost to be on fire with orange flames. Maybe the tiny Alien craft I saw travelled a million+ light-years but then traffic on Earth was just too much for them.. That is really a topic for a different forum, I guess. I didn't mean to detract from this interesting topic because we have plenty to argue about discuss regarding our favorite giant human-apes. What do many of us already know? There are many witnesses to Bigfoot and I absolutely believe that they saw exactly what they describe but; what do they even know for sure? Near death experiences are fascinating too, but again, no 'required proof' for Science. I use the character: ' (open quote) not to upset anybody, but to indicate that the words contained within were said in some context, Norseman. You said, and I quote verbatim: "Science will require one male and one female type specimen. It’s required for every extant species on the planet." I asked you to reference that specifically which, you did not. Instead, you want me to show your statement not to be true? Even Science cannot prove a negative using only logic. Your statement could only be proven false by testing which, as of now, cannot be done either.

Where did you find that we had a fossil record of bigfoot? What do you think the buga sphere's purpose is?