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Even if there is only 1 per 365 square miles (sorry, missed the box car that estimate came off of), not every 365 square miles has one. Density varies with availability of resources. That's how it works with populations of living things. I suspect there are a lot more of them out there than some people are willing to accept but fewer than other people assume. If you happen to live in one of the more densely populated places AND have interaction, I think you would assume many more other people are having the same experience. On the other hand, if you live in a place there are none, you might reasonably think other places are like where you're at. Lot of people live in places there seem to be plenty of them but are just oblivious. Something I've noticed ... as time passes, I seem to be picking up on their presence in places I had not noticed it before. Not always, but off and on, so I don't think it is just "bigfootitis". Also, when they do show up in those places, it seems to be more quickly after my arrival if it happens at all. So ... what's up with that? Have I finally polished my awareness enough to notice what has been in front of me all along or have I become tolerated by them over time? I don't know. Figuring it out gives me something to focus on while I'm out there. MIB

And poetry. They love poetry.

OK, I'll play along. Let's say for a second they are people and not animals. Reservations used to be a curse to native Americans............but now they are a boon. What is the down side to being recognized by the government? The Sinixt in Canada are fighting for exactly that right after being deemed "extinct" by the crown early in the last century. Of course they exist as individuals unlike Sasquatch but not as a group. So no tribal rights such as fishing, a reservation, rolls, etc........ Let's be real, nothing is going to change with discovery other than benefits for the species. The downsides brought up in this thread were very real threats 100 or 200 years ago............but not today. Today the Federal government values a grizzly bears life over that of a human. Any one that has shot a grizzly bear in self defense and found themselves in Federal court understands this. What value does a undiscovered bipedal ape/early human have? Seriously? Could you imagine the amount of eco tourists flocking into the country? The occasional attack/kidnapping would be completely overlooked. It would be huge, sensational and global. As I said earlier? You would not be able to fart with in 200 miles of the epi center of the "find". Sasquatch would be a celebrity of epic proportions, that's a fact.