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I agree with you. The government knows. Why keep this from the people? There is something profound enough to merit the secrecy. Finding a body won't change the decision to keep it a secret. It will only lead to an aggressive cover up effort. How could you release it without being stopped by the government? Youtube? You'll be called a hoaxer. Sending the DNA to someone? They will be silenced and discredited. Sending it to a university? Their funding and grants will be threatened. How can you overcome the machine that is designed to control the info? Not saying its impossible, but it will require an in depth, multi threaded plan.

With their capabilities? SOMEONE in the government knows something I would wager. If you follow UFO’s? Many organizations have simply given up on disclosure and are now attempting to detect and possibly retrieve materials associated with UFOs first. If the Government acts aggressively when they claim nothing is there? It makes everyone stand up and take notice.

As someone in this industry, I agree fully and you’ve explained it perfectly. Another excellent post, lots of common sense on this board!!!

In my view, that is equally important.

Forests like everything else need to be managed. Letting nature take its course….has its effects!

Massachusetts sightings by a park ranger. Seemed relevant to your experiences.

Do you think the government already knows about this creature?

typical word play in the original post. not blaming the OP, but I am blaming his sources for fear mongering. opening 112M acres for logging doesn't mean that 112M acres will be logged. Today, we log anywhere from 2M to 10M acres a year in the US. The directive from President Trump is to increase logging by 25% domestically. That means 500K to 2.5M acres will be logged out of the 112M acres. We are talking about .45% to 2.23% of the 112M acres being logged. We have 823M acres of forest in the US. When you look at the amount of total forest impact, we are talking about to .06% to .30% of the forest being logged annually under this new rule. Is this really a sky is falling moment? NOT EVEN CLOSE. It is more whipped up hysteria from the true enemy of the people, the media.

The Forest Service doesn’t even clear out trails or roads anymore. And their forests are a mess. Waiting for a lightning strike or a careless camper. Fires happen in nature. But reducing the fuel load reduces the intensity of the fire greatly.

It is both. Our forests are being mismanaged. Fires are getting bad. And the tariff wars will have a negative effect on Canadian imports including lumber. Which is the point of tariffs is to bring production and jobs back to America. Here is a random snapshot of the border between the U.S. and Canada in the Yaak River drainage. Do you notice anything? Which side is logging more? Most timber production in the U.S. no longer comes from the U.S. Forest Service. It comes from state lands and private lands. I.e. Weyerhaeuser or Boise Cascade. And the last part that really gets under my hide is that the U.S. Forest Service is a part of the Dept of AGRICULTURE. Why agriculture? Because up until the spotted owl debacle? Forests were seen as a green renewable resource. You’re growing a crop. You harvest the crop, and you replant the crop. Now they treat them like parks. They don’t touch them, the fuel load grows and grows per acre until a hot summer and a lightning strike sets off a massive forest fire. As a fire fighter of 17 years? Loggers respect flag lines and timber sale boundaries. Forest fires? Do not. Complete towns have burned down. This is mismanagement on an epic scale. And if I started a fire on my property and it spread to Forest Service property? They would sue me into oblivion…. but when it’s the other way around? Crickets. What does this all mean for Bigfoot? Remember that US Parks and wilderness areas will not be touched. But clear cuts are beneficial to certain species like Elk and Deer. If Bigfoot likes to eat hoofed critters? He will like clear cuts. Also all logging respects RZs or Riparian zones, so they cannot log right down to the crick or river. This keeps fish and other critters habitat intact. Also Bigfoot already has to navigate forest fire burnt areas already. A clear cut in his eyes would be just the same without the threat of being burned alive. Some noisy loggers move in for a couple of months and then they are gone.🤷‍♂️

Theres many articles. Heres googles AI overview: On Friday, April 5th, the USDA issued a memo allowing logging on over 112 million acres of national forests, aiming to increase timber production and reduce wildfire risk, potentially bypassing standard environmental processes. Here's a more detailed breakdown: The Memo: Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins issued a memo, following an executive order, to expedite logging activities in designated forests. Purpose: The move aims to increase U.S. timber production and empower the Forest Service to take emergency actions to reduce wildfire risk. Scope: The memo impacts 112,646,000 acres, which is 59% of all Forest Service lands, determined to be at risk of fire, harmful insects, or both. Impacted Areas: This includes forests like the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, Bridger-Teton National Forest, Shoshone National Forest, Black Hills National Forest, and Bighorn National Forest. Environmental Concerns: The memo could potentially dismantle some National Environmental Policy Act processes, raising concerns about environmental safeguards. Environmental Groups Opposition: Environmental groups like the Sierra Club, Coalition to Protect America's National Parks, and Environment America oppose the memo, citing potential harm to environmental protections and increased risk to forests. heres an article USDA designates 113 million acres for emergency logging to boost U.S. timber production i'm not saying that that isnt going to happen and yes its needed, but thats one claim to justify this whole thing. From what Ive read its really being done to boost US timber production

I have a 100 percent guaranteed solution. We need a body!

To kind of piggyback off of this, is anybody aware of any studies that have been conducted across the infrasonic/ultrasonic spectrum? I know in the primate world larger primates have been known to emit infrasonic sounds and smaller have been known to emit ultrasonic sounds. But it would be interesting to see if one vs the other produced more, if any, callbacks in Bigfoot habitat.

Let's be real here. The idea that some kind of large ape like creature roaming the wildlands of the world has always been treated with ridicule and derision . ( and will continue until one is captured or dead body presented) . Way before they were called bigfoot , people who told stories of encounters, were viewed as a few bricks shy a full load. It doesn't help there are so many hoaxers and actual persons a few bricks shy a full load involved with the search and topic . You know this isn't the only bigfoot forum I've been to . But it's the sanest one I've been to.

I came across a similar, but larger, structure in WV in the early 2010’s. I wish I would have been more serious about taking pictures and collecting evidence back then.

Any indication on the distribution across the country? To my knowledge, the majority of national forests are in the PNW. Will it all be concentrated there or will this be spread across the country?

It’s a tough balancing act. The absurdity is what brings in viewers. More eyes and ears on the subject overall is probably a net positive. One of those people may eventually make a major scientific contribution that otherwise wouldn’t have happened if they hadn’t seen *insert overly dramatized fringe theory Bigfoot show here*.

Sure. It used to be if you saw a bigfoot sticker on a car, you could pretty well bet it was either another researcher or someone with deep interest, maybe personal experience. Today bigfoot is the equivalent of a pink flamingo on someone's lawn. There is no stopping cultural absurdity. Stuff is not in your control or mine. All we can do is manage ourselves.

Boots on the ground observation here says his claim is correct.

that’s a claim. There are claims being made on both sides of this issue.

The federal forests around me need thinning badly. Fires get worse every year. I welcome this news.

It’s no secret that Bigfoot has become a pop culture icon—he’s been in everything from beef jerky commercials to goofy movies and reality TV shows filled with jump scares and fake evidence. But here’s the problem: all that entertainment is making it harder for serious researchers to be taken seriously. For those of us genuinely interested in tracking down the truth—whether through fieldwork, collecting witness testimonies, or analyzing evidence—these exaggerated portrayals are a real setback. They turn a topic rooted in deep cultural history and countless firsthand reports into little more than a joke. Every time a “squatch-hunting” show fakes a howl or stages a footprint, it pushes public perception further away from respect and toward ridicule. Funding dries up. Eyewitnesses stay silent. Legit researchers get lumped in with hoaxers. And real discoveries slip through the cracks because nobody’s listening. If you’ve got ideas on how to fix this—whether it’s better representation, grassroots documentaries, or building a more credible community—drop a comment. Let’s start treating the unknown with the curiosity and respect it deserves.

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Any chance you have a link? I'm trying to find an article. This would definitely affect the population of any Bigfoot let alone other flora and fauna in the area.

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