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Quite frankly I do not trust Sykes motivation or involvement in BF or Yeti. A scientific skeptic can make more points with his colleagues from proving something is a bear than going to the fringe of science and risking ridicule. He comes off as a hard core skeptic to me. If some object with a questionable chain of custody (all of what he gets is in this category) shows some markers similar to human, it is easier to assume contamination, than go out on a limb and proclaim a new species. People have sent a lot of stuff to him and never hear any results back. Ever wonder why?

Kit, you are a very sharp cat, but you do have one blind spot, as Bill M. once observed about you: You can't tell good evidence from bad, and it really gets you sideways on this topic, I believe. The world is not all 1's and zeros. Some things are closer to 1 and some are closer to zero. A completely binary view of the world allows for no nuance. Try some tertiary for a change. As smart as you might be, you are not smart enough to be certain about this. Besides, certainty is the enemy of curiosity, and curiosity is the cornerstone of knowledge. Get you some brother.

This past hunting season I observed our powers of observation first hand. I was walking up a logging road to the area I chose to hunt that day, when I heard some motorcycles coming down the road toward me. I stepped off the road 10' between a couple 8" trees about 20 feet apart. There was no concealing brush around me, I was just out of their straight ahead line of sight. I counted 14 riders as they went by me. Not a one of them glanced to their left just slightly enough to notice me standing there! I wondered to myself as I stepped back into the road behind them if any of them would see anything besides trees, trails and other riders that day. I felt it was a good example of the average person's powers of observation. But, then maybe I also missed seeing something that day as well. ☺