In my opinion, that was way too slow as it could and should have been called the moment RD opened his mouth about the whole thing.
I'm cool with the JS account personally,although for all different types of reasons, so much of what happened that day, including in regards to a quick scientific acceptance of the species, was clearly done wrong.
Again I'll say, as a witness, I have less reasoning to call something BS than someone who hasn't seen one ( except Dyer of course ), its just human nature.
I am fully aware that someone, somewhere, some day can shoot one of these things so I don't initially think BS on these accounts, again all except Dyer of course.