That might be true, and it might not. She was believed to be an almas by some. Whether she was or was not is not only immaterial, it's part and parcel of the point. Had she been killed instead of captured, it could have been legal murder. It's no different than if a man in a suit or feral man gets shot by somebody who believes he's shooting at a Sasquatch.     Yup. Proof positive, both scientific and legal. Not only did they test her grandchildren's DNA, they found her remains and confirmed it.     I would tend to agree, except the Zana DNA work changed my mind for good. You believe that Sasquatches are not homo sapien or homo something-else. That works for me. I understand. I used to agree. And if you ever get a shot and take it, I hope it works out for you. But I have every reason to believe that if Science ends up calling it a Homo Anything, you will be in deep trouble.

There is no legal precedent for a murder charge against anyone that killed a species outside their own. And groups have been trying to bridge that gap for awhile.   https://www.science.org/content/article/chimpanzee-personhood-fails-appeal   Justin Smeja is not in jail because of his Bigfoot shooting story.   Zana was a homo sapien. Which means that her stories were fabricated or embellished. Her offspring look only Homo Sapien and their DNA proved it.   The North American Bigfoot is NOT a Homo Sapien. Its morphology is much different than ours.   Yes, it’s true. Skamania county makes its a misdemeanor to shoot a Bigfoot. Even when science demands a type specimen. And typically in science the discovery is celebrated…..and not punished. In my opinion it’s all a publicity stunt for the county.    

Murder:   We know how prosecuting legal authorities can be. Nobody knows precisely what these creatures are taxonomically, but it is widely speculated that they might be a human species or even feral homo sapiens. The Zana scientific DNA studies *proved* that a   creature that looked like, acted like, and was believed by those who saw her to be a legendary almas was indeed a feral homo sapien. We also have local and county laws protecting bigfeet by name, as well as hunting laws in some states that specifically prohibit hunting creatures that aren't listed with hunting seasons.   I strongly suggest that if one is to kill one to provide a specimen for science without a permit to do so, or for any other reason other than self defense, is setting himself up for serious legal problems.  

Don't know.  Redbone told me that G(igantor) is trying to fix it.  I had some questions into G on other issues, but haven't received a response.  Being that I know what its like for life to get in the way of hobbies, I haven't pushed the issue. Norse, not saying that a hunter would be charged, I just think it would make good fan fiction.  Better, dare I say, than the "Bigfoot kidnapped me but we lived happily ever after and we now have five hairy children together" type.

No. That’s not how it works. We have been over this a million times. Collecting a type specimen is not murder.   They are not “big hairy persons”. We cannot have our cake and eat it too. Have you not watched any of the presentations by Bill Munns or Jeff Meldrum talking about Bigfoot morphology being different than human?   It’s amazing that in all of those stories? Not one body makes it to science. But also not one hunter is charged with murder……   I would guess it’s a primate cousin of humanity, but until a type specimen is collected, it’s all just a educated guess.