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Hey, if it's good enough for the self-proclaimed scientist.......

What has someone dodging taxes got to do with this subject and why is someones personal life splashed over the general discussion part of this forum ? What is wrong with you Drew, seriously ? Get a life !!!!

I fail to see where making a living from book sales on any subject is a problem. While it's unfortunate that this individual was admittedly guilty of fraud, why does that mean it's wrong to profit from the Bigfoot phenomenon? If there's an interest in the subject matter, and he authors books on the subject, why is it wrong for him to profit from it? Fraud is wrong whether you're a Bigfoot proponent, a skeptic, a plumber, or an accountant. Would you feel better if he was found to be guilty of fraud without making money on Bigfoot-related topics? He failed to report income while collecting SSI. Does this somehow invalidate what he's written, or does it make it wrong to profit from it? Failing to claim the income correctly is the issue here, not how the money he failed to report was made. Besides, it doesn't seem to me that he profited exceedingly from the topic.

It is relevant....... That's why we need to keep digging. There is also homo heidelbergensis as a possibility as well.

Thanks NDT. If experienced means successful...yes, I've killed a few but mostly I have earned my bad knees from traipsing through some of the most rugged, awful and beautiful country in the west. Yes I agree all animals are different. I've shot elk at 200 yards that crumpled where they stood because I hit vitals....I've also shot one elk at 60 yards that took out both shoulders and heart and he went 250 yards before he crumpled. Both times I found my bullet just inside the hide of the opposite shoulder and a hellacious wound channel as you describe. I watched the sasquatch from about 2000 yards out (just recently found out how cool Google Earth is!) to about 100 yards. I don't know about keeping my head, what really freaked me out was I could make out huge, empty hands at 500 yards. The arms were too long for a man and the walk was weird.....wasn't a man's walk either. As it got closer I saw light brown and dark brown hair all over it and now I'm almost panic mode. It probably would have come closer but I couldn't take it anymore so I stood up and put crosshairs on it's sternum at 100 yards. It saw me immediately and recoiled like it was startled and made a 90 degree( OH SH*$!) turn and went straight up the canyon wall and over the ridge at the top. Weird thing was....that it was never really running up the side of the canyon but he was hauling ass! Didn't raise his hands (which were as big as dinner plates, BTW) and say " Hey Don't shoot me, I'm a guy! Just stopped and looked at me then boogied. In most public hunting areas, the only time that high caliber weapons are allowed are the 2-3 weeks of elk and deer rifle season. I would bet my last dollar this same scenario has happened many times. Many people who don't hunt think that hunters kill everything they see, when exactly the opposite is true. Legal hunters only kill what they hold permits to kill. Fear of shooting some giant suicidal dumbass in a fur suit will hold the majority of legal, ethical hunters from pulling the trigger on a big hairy thing not listed in the rules pamphlet. That is why I believe more haven't been shot and brought in. BTW --Just occurred to me...what a great name for a band----Giant Suicidal Dumbass