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Should no longer be a surprise that BFRO condones such discussions since: 1) There is a real phenomenon which is unexplained about the glow and 2) Matt Moneymaker has publically validated that it is a real phenomenon that goes beyond the tapetum lucidum and eyeshine/red reflex phenomena. Having witnesses it on multiple instances myself I can say that there is a reason he finally "came around" (besides hallucination, or drugs )

Phaige, From conversations I've had with him, I believe Mr Donlon has become very wary of encouraging others in a pursuit of a phenomenon that he believes is at best deceptive, and at worst, intentionally malicious. He has said that since he isn't sure of the true nature or intentions of the bigfoot 'problem', he is uncomfortable letting it continue to have a prominent place in his life. I totally respect his decision, but his insights into the phenomenon are missed. Even when I disagreed with him on some point, he always made me think. I also appreciate that he readily admits that he doesn't have any definitive answers, just reasoned theories to share. The "giant ape" paradigm is crumbling, and that terrifies many of the old-school scientific materialists who refuse to see anything but a gigantopithecus or other "living fossil". Some other bigfooters are too comfortable in "mainstream" bigfootery to risk being bumped to the the fringes by admitting that they are aware of the dreaded "woo" factor.

I wouldn't hazard a guess at who or what the third party is, but it's been plain to see there's something more going on than a cat & mouse game with an 800 lb bipedal gorilla.

As a fairly religious person myself, I cannot understand why the existence of sasquatch would be a threat to religion, organized or otherwise. If the issue is evolution, I don't believe that is the high hurdle for many religious folks that many make it out to be. I feel it's just as likely to confirm some scriptual and apocryphal writings.

Reconyx; the deer look straight into the lens due to the noise from the color correcting filter clicking in or out of the light path. Reconyx trigger so fast that the little filter slaps into place. Quite noisey day or night. Silent Image series was monchromatic so no moving filter. Rapidfire series has the filters as does the hyperfire series. Noise aside, they are the fastest. I have checked Silent Image cameras to 4--5 images per second. A way to eliminate the filter noise is to remove the switching solenoid and lock the filter to IR mode. Weird day images, but quiet. This is advanced camera tweaking, not suitable for many 'researchers'. I always thought hunters liked a horned animal looking into the camera so they could fantasize about the rack. They have a lot of images of dead animals on their phones that they proudly display. The noise that humans can hear is a small part of noisy trail cameras. The ultrasonic noise is obnoxious, especially when the capacitors charge up and discharge for the flash. Special meters are needed to detect the ultrasonic noise. Generally speaking, Reconyx send more noise out of the left side of the case. Years ago, I bought a trail camera mount that had a ball fixture with quick release and steel mounting plate. I never found out if the fake camo scheme was painted or powder coated ( outgassing factor ). The mounting plate was a reflector/projector for ultrasonic noise. Scrapped it and made a wood mounting plate. I do not waste money on bear boxes. Trail cameras are not very directional in noise transmission and can be termed to have 'spherical projection' even though it is asymmetrical. They are screamers. An additional factor is ultraviolet reflectence. Deer have impressive vision in low light situations in the UV spectrum below 400nm. Humans see nothing in this region due to a yellow pigment in our lens that blocks UV. Trail cameras, mounting straps, boxes and cables may have a UV blue appearance to forest animals with low light vision. Green is the absolute worst color for a human to use to disguise themselves and equipment. Never attempt to imitate a 'biological green'..Dawn and dusk, the change of rod(black and white) night vision and cone (color) day vision is when your artificial greens stand out. Manufacturers will put UV reflective components in outdoor equipment to protect the item from harmful UV light. A low cost black light for testing can be found for less than $20. You and your equipment might look like glow bugs. Forest animals don't like that.

I've been there plenty of times. About 80% of the state is forest (which surprised the heck out of me when I found that out). The Pine Barrens are vast and I have had some weird experiences there- rock clacks at night, whoops in remote areas, weird monkey sounds that were not owls or canids, bipedal footsteps at night in a remote area where everyone was accounted for...

No, you misread me. All of those are possible. I'm not eliminating any of them. You said those are the ONLY possibilities: Logic dictates, eye shine/glow of mammals are only possible if there are one of four things involved. I think there are legitimate reports which fall under none of the categories you're willing to consider. It's the completeness of the list you present that I disagree with. I think you give far too much weight to the idea of hallucination. MIB

Because BF is something that the government can't control, tax, or herd into reservations. Kinda like UFO/Aliens. If they refuse to acknowledge them, they don't have to explain their powerlessness in dealing with them.