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How do I know what I saw 35 years ago was real? I have to rely on my outdoor experience up to that time, to know that it could not have been a bear, as they do not walk erect for 300 ft. uphill through thick ground cover. As for a man in a suit? Highly unlikely, as I was in a very infrequently traveled area, with no one knowing where I was going to be, and a hoaxer would have faced the very real possibilty of waiting at that creekside for days, before anyone might come along to be hoaxed, and also the possibility of being shot in his supposed costume, since it was spring bear season , and that's what I was looking for. The small group of researchers that I now work with goes to great lengths to keep our area of operations from being public knowledge, specifically to avoid having to deal with hoaxers, and again, we're operating far enough from normally frequented areas to make it extremely unlikely that a hoaxer would wait for days or weeks on end to encounter someone to play a joke on. It's not impossible that we could be hoaxed, but it is so extremely unlikely, that we won't worry about it.

^I suspect the mudslingers expect a lot of things they have no right to expect or even hope for. In this age of entitlement, it's really no surprise. What is a bit of a surprise is the lengths they will go to prevent all positive discourse on the BF phenomenon. Skepticism is healthy, welcomed and applauded. Constant attempts at train derailment, not so much. It's a peculiar hobby they've taken up, to be sure.