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To be fair, this forum has a fairly high degree of tolerance towards Bigfoot encounters and sighting reports. It's very rare that a yellow flag is thrown at a report. What causes people to question is when somebody makes a truly extraordinary claim or repeated claims of unusual activity, without any kind of substantiation or proof. Aside from very bold claims, people here tend to be very open minded about what other members have seen or experienced. Much more than you would think. For the most part, members are fairly well educated when it comes to sightings and what's normal and what's not. That's not to say unusual things can't happen. It's the extraordinary situations that draw the most attention and also require the most proof. If the community did not police these kinds of claims; could you imagine how crazy this place would get? We'd have daily reports of Bigfoot kidnapping and eating people's neighbors, coupled with habituation reports of people exchanging Christmas gifts with Bigfoot. In short, we are all responsible for shoveling the BS as it piles up, as well as pulling the weeds, so to speak. Otherwise, this forum would require a front end loader and a 55 gallon drum of weed killer, just to find a simple report of a BF crossing the road.

^^^ The last sentence is the only one (IMO) with any degree of lucidity contained therein.

A thought for some of the other no-kill proponents ... I'm not sure attacking the pro-kill proponents with name calling and character assassinations is having the effect you desire. It may make you feel better expressing your self-righteousness but it appears to be steeling the resolve of the pro-kill camp, not deterring them or changing their minds. It might be more productive to cool the rhetoric and leave them a graceful way out rather than cornering them leaving them with a need to "show you." .. just sayin' ... MIB

You never know Norse, Some folks might be trying to save you a lot of time and frustration if you underestimate them. I've always ascribed to gaining intel with boots in the field and gaining first hand knowledge on "their" true nature and abilities. The bigfoot phenomenon has endured for a long time and it's not just by shear luck or because some folks wont shoot. Success happens through proper preparation and you'll see that NAWAC has been on a steep learning curve over the last five years, and their data mirrors what other folks have told about...... Lots breif encounters with a creature that is as slick and clever as you are. Even if one is collected, I doubt we will ever study them in the same sense as other wildlife, they just don't allow it. That will be the depressing part as they exhaust research funds.

I'm not so sure DWA. I'd say they match the profile of humans pretty well personally. They are mainly upright walking, appear to use language and seem to have a level of intelligence beyond the other non bipedal primates like chimps, gorillas etc. And regarding tools, if and that's only if, if they have the mental capability to stun prey like other top of the food chain predators do which isn't seen in other primates and is seen time and time again in sighting reports, then the may not overly need them in the spear like sense as that is their tool where hunting is concerned anyway.