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Hell sell advertising space, "Eat at Joes". Two birds with one stone. Let's light this candle!

I've been pretty much dumbfounded by the apparent grandiosity of this initiative, but what do I know? I do know there are a few here who do have that knowledge, and they seem as pessimistic about it as I am. Still, if it is only money getting wasted, who cares? It might just turn up something useful and boldness can attract results. It is hard to see how the credibility of those advancing this field can be compromised even more, so I'm discounting that as a down-side too. What is worrisome is the possibility of those involved getting physically harmed, but they are adults and are free to take whatever risks they think they should. Nightmare scenario is some innocent third party is harmed by this thing going all Hindenburg at Lakehurst on them...absent the flaming hydrogen of course. Man, I could conjure up some bad outcomes here, and I hope there is some serious lookout for those. I agree though with the opinions doubting that. I'm not seeing strong evidence of that so far.

I'd sat that Patterson's outcome was not proportionate to how long or how well he was looking. Really and truly, the guy just hit the number is all. Sure, he had to be in the woods with a working camera, but after that he was just rolling dice like everyone else. Time has shown it was an extremely rare event and we shouldn't count on it to be repeated, or draw any conclusions because it hasn't been yet. That sounds extremely pessimistic, I realize, but there it is. Maybe it was even a one-off for all time. None of us can say for sure, but it certainly hasn't been repeated that we know of. It might be so rare that the efforts of a multitude greater than those now being expended are going to be required to even have a chance of it being duplicated. Some confuse this lack of duplication to be evidence of fraud, supernatural abilities or even the extinction of the species. To feel that way, I think, is to overlook the nature of the event itself as informed by the collective experience since the film was shot.

And I never did get you the report at Cherry Point, NC. Here is one nearby, might have been the one I was thinking of, but I thought it was on base. I shall keep looking. http://www.bfro.net/gdb/show_report.asp?id=33358