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I'm pretty egalitarian in my choice of knives. I carry the same Camillus 6" Hunter I have had since I was 12 for a fixed blade. It holds a razor edge, has a full tang, and I figure I have known that knife for 45 years, skinned a lot of game with it, used it to baton a lot of kindling, and even lance a boil on my best friend's butt one time in Montana...I don't see a need to change. For a folder, I carry a 4.2" Spyderco that I carried for the last 15 years I was a cop, and a little two blade Victorinox Swiss Army knife and that's mostly for the tweezers and the toothpick.

The photographer, Russ Kinne, was a long-experienced technical/aerial/travel photographer affiliated with, not employed by, the Smithsonian Institute. He was still alive and living in Maine in 2020 according to the Brown Alumni Magazine website. I wonder if Dr. Meldrum would agree with Kinne's estimate of the Bigfoot bone structure. There was no story, just this photo published in the Nashua (NH) Telegraph on January 16, 1974.

We can make a list of those who were thought to be heretics only to be proven right. The list would be long. If Bigfoot was proven 100% to the science, what would the impact be on Jeff Meldrum's legacy in the eyes of science. I cannot think of a person in the pure sciences more connected to bigfoot than Jeff Meldrum. Grover Kranz is more of an old school connection in the eyes of science PhD's known mostly only by old dudes like me. Meldrum has been the science face of Bigfoot for decades. If Bigfoot was ever proven to that level, I really think Meldrum would be looked at as a revolutionary. Maybe he would be viewed at the level of the wright brothers. What would Meldrum's legacy be if Bigfoot was proven? A) He would be looked at as the one guy who got it right. They name a museum after him. A modern Wright Brothers. B) He would be viewed positively but beyond that he would be passed over by the establishment coopting his ideas. He would have 2 minutes devoted to him on an hour-long Bigfoot PowerPoint lecture. C) He would be viewed as a gullible scientist who happen to get it right but was still viewed in an unfordable light. D) Jeff Who? I think science is pretty ethical. In this way, the answer is A Could there be some jealously from some enemies of Meldrum now having egg on their face. Sure. I still say science as a whole would be on his side. ANSWER: A

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THAT is right and THAT is something I don't know if we really are ready for. We think we are. Many of us on the BFF think we are. But are we really?

Interesting takes on What the Government might do question I was proposing. You guys might be right on target. I can dream up some really positive scenarios and some really negative ones. The only prediction I will make for sure is this: The government would not stop (and the public would demand) a live Bigfoot in a cage. If this happened, I would be fascinated for 24hrs and then sad the rest of my life.

I was a cop for 27 years. I carried, in one flavor or another, a Glock model of some sort/caliber depending upon the whims and tides of the agency. I started with a Glock 17 in 9mm in 1990, then the department became convinced that we needed 40 cal, so we went to the Glock 22 in 1994, then for what seemed to be about five minutes in the early 2000s we went to the Glock 21 in 45ACP..........then back to the Glock 17 in 9mm again. Ugh. That said, I trust the Glock platform 100% and have carried Glock on duty, off duty, shooting in multiple competition disciplines for over 35 years and now since I am retired from LE and a practicing attorney....I still carry a Glock 19 in 9mm. That said....in the woods, mountains, or desert....I carry a Glock Model 20 in 10mm with Buffalo Bore Hard Cast 200 grain TCFP. It screams out at 1300fps, penetrates deeply, and gives me 16 rounds on tap with a pair of 15 round magazines on my belt for very little weight cost versus ballistic payload, and weight is a consideration because of two knee and a hip replacement as the result of a line-of-duty injury. But, let's be clear....I don't carry to defend myself from a Sasquatch primarily....it's probably 10th down on my list. The reality is I am convinced that they are dangerous, but not aggressive unless you push the action and so I consider the likelihood of having to engage one to be incredibly remote just based on the number of interactions I have had (1 in 1993) compared to the thousands of hours I have spent in the woods, mountains, and desert over the decades. Add to that the credible interactions that others have had where no one had to shoot one. Ape Canyon notwithstanding, but let's face it Fred Beck shot one of them, so yeah...they's be pissed. I'm not convinced Justin Smeja shot one as he claimed, so I am not going to say he did or he didn't, only that I am not convinced he did. So, the reality is that I carry my 10mm as insurance against bear, mountain lion, feral dogs, wild hogs which I consider to be the most likely threat, and of course humans with bad intent. Looking back to 1993 when I had my face to face encounter, with decades of hindsight....the thought I had back then that I was going to have to defend myself from the Sasquatch was PROBABLY initiated by ME and my body language or a scent I gve off that caused a defensive posture reaction response in the creature. I had been a cop for 5 years by this time and my thinking was "threat focused" and "threat management" and "aggression response" and the stimuli of being face to face with something I didn't believe existed back then, or at least didn't believe was a "Michigan Thing" reset my brain clock in a microsecond and my whole reality changed. I am still nine out of ten toes in the "no kill" camp, and I sure as hell don't want to ever be forced to shoot one. I'd like to see another one, not just hear wood knocks and a couple of suspected vocalizations, and see some suspected prints...but just have that moment where I could experience it again and NOT be thinking "tactically" but more like "Okay, what can I learn?". Sorry for the long post. Once I got to typing, I got too lazy to stop.

I think I know what photograph this article refers to, but when they published the story on May 24, 1973, the West Lebanon (NH) Valley News was too cheap to pay for it!

Cheers, thanks man.

Losing Jeff was a blow. I had the great pleasure to speak with him several times and share a lunch. His mind was...amazing. He will be missed.

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What happened at Roswell? We went from “USAF captures a flying saucer” to “Roswell crash just a weather balloon” in 24 hrs. The Bigfoot body would disappear and in its place would be some mangy bear with no ears on the slab. But let’s say it gets out and stays out to the public? The government is gonna look really really silly first and foremost. And then every 411 missing family is gonna start asking questions. Who is responsible? What is truly out there? Why didn’t you warn us? The next step will be the uncovering of the cover up. And the government will quickly go from looking silly to looking like lying backstabbing bureaucrats. And that’s probably when the lawsuits start flying in… When the dust settles it would be awesome for the government to set aside some resources for the promotion of the species. Although I am resolute in my pro kill stance? I have no ill will towards the species as a whole and once recognized they should be protected. They should not be allowed to go extinct. Lastly it would be one of the greatest discoveries of mankind. Right up there with putting a man on the moon. We are not alone. We have a cousin that still walks the earth living in the same primitive way our ancestors did. Wow!

Bedlam. Just to start, the environmental industry (and every lawyer associated with them) begin suits to limit homo sapien activities of all kinds in Bigfoot range in order to honor the "Indigenous and tribal peoples’ rights over their ancestral lands and natural resources: Norms and jurisprudence of the inter‐American human rights system. OEA/Ser.L/V/II, December 30, 2009" http://www.oas.org/en/iachr/indigenous/docs/pdf/report-indigenous-peoples-voluntary-isolation.pdf The circus would grow from there.............. Unknown. It would take decades for government to deal with it legislatively and judicially. In the meantime, temporary measures would be initiated to keep sasquatches safe from people until the courts finally rule on measures. Again, it would take years to really get a good idea of the extent of social, commercial, environmental, and other damage that would occur. A good example would be how people react to a gold strike. As an Alaskan, I have a really good grasp of it, both currently (gold at $3500+ per ounce as I type) and historical, and how it affected aboriginal peoples, but an even better example would be the gold rush in the Black Hills of South Dakota on sacred Lakota land protected by the Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868, which resulted in a mass violation of the treaty, sparking mass migration of miners into the region. This led to increased conflict between the US and Lakota, known as the Great Sioux War of 1876, which was pretty much the final nail in the coffin of some 400 years of Indian Wars in North America.

Going by the Government-Knows-and-suppresses-Bigfoot [GKSB] model: If there was some Bigfoot on a slab in such a public way, where suppression was no longer possible, what happens next? What would a post-bombshell proof of Bigfoot world look like? What government actions would go into effect? What actions would a GKSB government do?

After having numerous encounters, with others having sightings at the same time, I became a little fearful of hunting and hiking alone in the woods. I enjoy it too much to stop and I face my fears. After being stalked by a mountain lion at close range, I fear that more than sasquatches especially after 56 years of being in the woods and no sasquatches or mt. lions for that matter have harmed me. So, I think that falling or having a medical emergency alone in the woods is much more likely to kill me than any critters large or small in the Oregon woods.

Just a few miles to BC and Idaho.

Bragging rights. He was the most amazing horse I had ever seen. And he was a real Appy. Ugly as sin. Rat tail, chicken specks all over him. But he was tough and super calm and smart. We shot a real nice mule deer buck up by bear pasture above the meadows. Almost killed two horses trying to get it out. Finally gave up in the dark. Took Chislum up the next day and loaded that deer up and he walked it right out of there. Big ravine we had to cross. No problem. Just an awesome animal. Worth his weight in gold. Packing was the most rewarding hobby I have ever did in my life.

I'm not a wrangler, so have no idea, but why would you want to get the horse into tent with you while you played cards and drank?

This is the exact spot we used to hunt every fall. Packed mules out of the meadow. We could get Chisulm (an Appaloosa) into the wall tent while we played cards and drink beer. Big mule deer here. Not a lot of elk, but tons of moose. My femur find was about 10 miles south of here.

Godspeed Dr. Meldrum can't say I agreed with you on much, but at least you made sense and were a pleasure to listen to.

Look in New England newspapers, find stories about Oregon. Published in the West Lebanon (NH) Valley News on April 18, 1973.

Welcome!

Please forgive me, I'm trying to learn how to navigate this forum. I'll get there eventually.

Very sad to hear about the news, condolences to his family.

Very belated hello, I don't frequent these forums very much anymore lol. I don't have anything new to report as I've been hanging out in north eastern BC these days and there doesn't seem to be a lot of activity up there. cheers!