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Driving home from work, I work in Arlington Heights Il. and commute to my home town of Antioch, that transition zone of 37 miles is pretty amazing, it goes from no wild acreage, to hundreds of wild acreage in about a 10 mile stretch. Amazingly most of the actual sightings north and west of Chicago have been in that transition zone, say 5 miles from the heart of suburbia. These sightings include one crossing a road at 4pm which was only a mile or so from two large nature preserves. The other was in the 70s in the same area, and just a few miles west another sighting turned up recently on the Prairie Path bike trail, and this was in daylight. All of these locations were around houses within a semi rural setting, but very close to larger expanses of denser woods. A common thread are that railways were nearby, and the greenways between all these sightings connect nicely, sometimes with not many options. The possibility of a greater north/south migration is facilitated by the Fox, Illinois, and Mississippi rivers, not to mention the Des Plaines, Kankakee, others. Numerous small streams do the area and also provide limited habitat during my hypothetical migration. Southeast Wisconsin just to my North has had some pretty famous action, including the deer stolen from the pickup truck by a bi pedal creature at about 4am. That is only 10 miles north of me or so. Farmland fills the gaps between forest and marsh, corn being the predominant crop, standing 7 feet tall or so in late summer. Need I say more, but I will. Deer and Coyotes are especially healthy and abundant in our area, and every variety of small mammal as well. Wolf's and Black Bear are making appearances along with the occasional cougar. Hell, this is just like when Daniel Boone ventured across the land, well not quite but you get my point, nature is really making a come back in some areas, mine being one of them....

It's not really that proof is not showing up on my schedule. For me, it's more like people talk about all these encounters and whatnot. Bigfoot nests, and cracked hickory nuts, and this and that, etc. These seem like perfect opportunities to gather the necessary proof. But that NEVER happens. All we get are stories of these opportunities, but no results from them. You mention NAWAC. I find it difficult to wrap my mind around a team of people, seemingly surrounded by Wood Apes, but unable to gather any samples that could be used to provide the proof that would end this silly debate? It's not about schedule, it's about stories again. Stories where the people involved would seem to be in a unique position to gather something conclusive, but then that never happens. Ever.. That's what I'm saying.. I could understand no proof coming in a timely manner if people were not constantly claiming contact. But with each claim to contact that results in just more stories..well it leaves one wondering..

" Anyone who reads a lot of reports can see clearly that conventional animals aren't being described. Anyone who thinks that...has to prove it." DWA Nope. There we have the attempt to make anecdotal evidence appear falsifiable. It's not. Until Bigfoot is proven, no one has to believe that a person who says they saw a Bigfoot actually saw a Bigfoot. In fact, the more reasonable response is that the person probably saw some other, more common animal, or some other type of pareidolia effect. The person who states they saw a Bigfoot has to prove that Bigfoot exists if they want to convince somenone, otherwise it is perfectly acceptable to think they saw anything but a Bigfoot with no onus whatsoever to prove anything. If the witness does not care about convincing anyone, then that is totally fine too. Just don't expect everyone to take them seriously. Dude1: I saw a Bigfoot last night. Dude2: Cool story bro, but in my opinion you probably saw something else. Dude1: Yeah, well you can't prove I didn't see a Bigfoot!!! ^^ That is not at all how this works. Or, since legal comparisons are popular here: Detective: Did you burgle that house last night? Suspect: Nope. But I saw who did. Detective: REally? Who then..? Suspect: Bigfoot did it. Detective: ..... We have no evidence of such a thing. Suspect: I have some dog hair you can send to a lab. Suspect: In the meantime you must convince the jury that Bigfoot did not do it.

I saw Bigfoot drinking a Pina Colada at Trader Vic's. And his hair was perfect.

"It seems to me you all can just make up the rules as you go" Now you're starting to get it... I know! When WILL they learn Stan? I mean I come here out of the goodness of my heart to educate others about the errors of their ways, and what do I get for my efforts? Stories, I tell ya,nothing but stories. Stories about wood apes and stories about backyard Bigfoots and stories about gubmint conspiracies and alien Bigfoots...and..well you get it. It's terribly entertaining but contains not one spec of verifiable evidence. Stories are fun though.