DWA, I think you are an exception because a lot of what you say about bigfoot isn't true. Folks who knew you probably wouldn't take you seriously. If however, you said bear I'm sure they would respond.
Actually skeptics must think that every single bigfoot sighting MIGHT be a hallucination or a mistake. A skeptic preserves the possibility that bigfoot may be real and provable.
Anyone that maintains that all bigfoot sightings MUST be hallucinations or mistakes is in truth a denialist, not a skeptic.