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I don't believe die hard skeptics would accept a DNA result (of ANY standard) following the Ketchum debacle. It would take more .. probably a combination of DNA and a body. Others less entrenched might accept a lower standard but of that, I'm the skeptic! I believe to prove existence you've got to have a body, nothing less will do. Other evidence might help but none, alone or in combination, will be sufficient to force skeptics to change their positions. MIB

^^^ Thanks for the insight. I am mostly following you but the pass your class I still may have to copy off someone MIB's paper :-) I guess what I am trying it further understand is DNA certainty. If under some lab conditions they take my bloods they will be able to tell me the DNA matches in the case of paternity. Maybe they say this with certainty when they mean the odds are 99.9999999999999% positive but not 100%. Close enough. In spite of DNA being a promising investigative tool, with Bigfoot it seems there are considerations with collecting or that is the story of the nay sayers. (they might be right as a clean sample would be needed). But even assuming a near perfect collection chain of custody I have to think the results have nothing to match to. When we say the DNA is X % some primate or Y % some person and so on that tells me it's not a bear, deer, or whatever. It suggests to my comfort zone what else could it be but an unknown primate? Gotta think it is a more complicate issue if Bigfoot was more human than ape. What standard of DNA result would it take for a skeptic world accept a conclusion Bigfoot is real via the DNA?

Good posts. The search results are a list of the closest matches, with match stats like the % of bases which matched exactly and a base by base comparison, so that you know where the mismatches occur. If you get result "Animal Z" - no match at all (too many mismatches) then either the animal is not unknown, but just not in the database or it is indeed unknown. If the search parameters are not tight the in either case you will get closest matches in the database. In the case of an unknown primate, you will get it's closest extant species. Bigfoot will match human and/

Local researchers MagniAesir and Thomas Steenburg have met at least one of the hoaxers involved, and have seen the suit on display. Definitely a hoax.

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^^^^ I don't think it is quite like that, not a simple yes or no, rather, I think you get back a probability-of-match score. Low probability can be interpreted as either non-match, degradation, or contamination, so it doesn't necessarily mean you've come across something novel just because it doesn't match. (I may be mistaken .. hopefully HV Hart or others with much deeper knowledge will chime in.)

DNA Q: It seems when they test for DNA they already know what a Black Bear, Wolverine, or Bobcat's DNA looks like. In this way I would think it is easy to look it up in comparison on a sample vs known DNA. After a lighting fast check the match would be in the Database. That might not be the exact way it works but essentially it has to work somewhat that way. What happens in the event of the DNA of an unknown animal? Clearly I am talking about Bigfoot. Say they have scat, hair, blood, or whatever from a Bigfoot. They test it. There is not Bigfoot in the database. Result? Animal A is known to exist Animal A is in the data base. Animal A leaves traces at a camp site. The sample is tested. "Hey guys, the sample is Animal A" Animal Z is unknown to exist Animal Z is not in the data base. The Sample left by Animal Z is tested. What is the result at the lab? What does that tell us?

I don't know if "da gub'ment" allows Sasquatch to "harvest" people in National Forests....but I would certainly allow for the possibility that DotGov is aware of incidents where humans have been taken and possibly consumed in the same way that any other predator would if presented with an opportunity for an easy chunk of toothless, clawless, slow moving protein and for economic and political reasons keeps it quiet. Then the question of WHY? I have a theory that as the logging, outdoor, tourist, and camping (equipment) business is nearly a TRILLION dollar per year business and all the tax revenue FROM those businesses TO the government would be in the area of $300 BILLION. Roll that into all the special interests, lobbyists, and money flowing into the coffers of politicians, then there's one hell of a motive for silence on the part of DotGov and the politicians who benefit. Look at the timber industry....if Sasquatch was undeniably proven to exist...body, live capture, roadkill...whatever, the ensuing protection of the species in prime timber areas would halt that industry and cost billions alone. So, there's another billion or so reasons why a lid would be kept on the whole subject as far as DotGov is concerned. "Oh no, nothing to see here, pay no attention to the hairy biped behind the tree". Why would a National Park be a "center of exploitation" for the Sasquatch? Guns and hunting are generally prohibited in National Parks and I am convinced that they are well aware of what a gun or a bow can do EVEN if they have no cognitive ability on par with a great ape, just by seeing a BOOM stick drop a deer they would accrue a fear of guns or bows....I know plenty of dogs, horses, and even coyote that are scared to death of guns and they are not on par with a primate or relict hominid. So...easy pickins in the National Parks. Let me just sum up my personal opinion with "Hell, I wouldn't be the least little bit surprised" at anything DotGov would do.

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Publication information is in the clipping. This Associated Press article is also on Bobbie Short's (RIP) Bigfoot Encounters website under "Hoaxes." Not because the driver or passengers were pulling a hoax, but because 3 people came forward claiming to have pulled off the hoax. It is hard to see how a bus driver - himself 6' 2" tall - would confuse the 5' 11" hoaxer who claimed to be wearing the suit for a 7-foot tall smelly ape.

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Show me a picture of her.

Zana.

Greetings everybody, and thanks for being here. I am excited to become a member of this community. I guess I've always had an interest in Cryptids. I just never devoted much time to thinking about it... You know, life gets in the way of all the really cool stuff sometimes. After getting very sick with Covid-19, I began listening to podcasts to escape from the mainstream news, and I have totally gone down the rabbit hole. I love photography and, as I am starting to replace my old, early digital equipment, I would like to acquire gear that will give me the best chance of getting the best possible images, should I ever get lucky enough to have a sighting. I live in Eastern NC, but hope to travel to the mountains of the western side of the state more and more. I am looking forward to diving in and enjoying all of your information, ideas.

Its NOT a Homo Sapien Sapiens….. I don't know of any woman on the face of the earth that looks like Patty. Or a woman that roams the wilderness naked in winter. So science needs two type specimens of every extant species on Earth. One male and one female. Full stop and no exceptions. Not even for archaic cryptid ape men. If thats not your goal to prove anything to anyone. Good for you. But don't muddy the waters by proclaiming that it’s “probably illegal”. Its probably many things…. but it’s DEFINITELY the largest discovery to science in the last decade. And undeniable proof is the only way you can get there.

Keeping evidence is stupid especially if it's probably an illegal act. " she kept the dress!?!?"~ bill Clinton I've taken photos of illegal doings and someday they will likely bite someone on the seat meat. Don't pose with dead protected animals, people outside of war zones , ...bring a hand or something only to have the DNA show human enough that you're screwed?? Nope.

I understand. A good 1911 trigger can't be beat. I just can't carry cocked and locked anymore. It would be fine for spending the night in a bomb crater with infiltrators expected in the dark, or even as a tent gun, but I can't carry such a weapon unless I'm walking into trouble................and I'm not going to do that, so.............. A smooth & tune trigger job on a Glock helps immensely, and it's easy to do. https://www.pewpewtactical.com/glock-25-cent-trigger-job/

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A UPI wire story published in the Nashua (NH) Telegraph on November 21, 1975.

I just cannot do squishy triggers. A 1911 to me is just so crisp and clean. Feels the best in the hand too. And looks amazing. And with a Rowland kit? Pretty serious four legged medicine. Besides if I cannot get it done in 10 shots? I still have a heavy bludgeoning tool in my hands!🤣

Nice forum pic, welcome to the conversation. We have a load of folks here such as myself that enjoy geeking out over this kind of stuff.

I do now as well since 2013. But Norse has done a good job of infecting me with the 460 Rowland bug. I was awaiting the return of a stolen Glock 21 from California, but got tired of the political stalling, so bought another, and I just ordered the conversion kit. The tritium sights and extended slide release just arrived, and I'll be doing the trigger smooth & tune in November. I've got a box of Underwood 255 grain hard cast flat nose and a box of Buffalo Bore 230 grain FMJ-FN for testing through the chronograph. I prefer the higher velocity of the FMJ-FN bullets, but can't seem to find them for reloading. Just the hard casts. The muzzle break makes the pistol too long for carrying around, but it's the perfect tent gun when bumps occur at night................on in a holster mounted to the snowmobile or Argo..............

I've already come to believe it, and I'm rather happy about it. I just hope I don't run afoul of one while in the outdoors and have to shoot it. But after a long life of outdoors activities in this region, and having found almost zero convincing evidence here, that isn't much of a threat. I've had LOTS of close interactions with black and brown bears and wolves, and have seen plenty of sign of all three, but almost no sasquatch sign. Just one instance of strange knocking in a location I later learned has a reputation with the local natives.