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None of those would be as painful as reading this thread.

And you've only abandoned that belief in the last 18 months or so.. Seriously though, I can completely understand why, I honestly can. I've said it before a few times but there's no way I'd personally be anywhere near this subject or forum or whatever had I not seen one.

The answer to this is be educated and smart enough to recognize a human bone and dumb enough to take the chance you are wrong and take it out of the area. A jaw bone twice the size of your own is unlikely to be human. Skull sutures are most likely different. The human thigh bone is not likely to be longer than 20 inches. If you are not sure measure the femur and measure the length of the two bones in the forearm. Humans have an established ratio of size comparison. Something well outside the norm is not likely human. If you are not sure, measure at the site, go home and look things up, and decide. If you figure out it to be human then bring the authorities in. They would not expect some lay person to know human from something else without a token examination on your part. If you mess up and bring a bone out because you don't think it human, then figure out it is human, you could always take a bone back to the location and call the authorities in. They only know what you tell them. This feeling we always need permission of the government to do anything is getting out of hand and very dangerous.

I listened to part of last Sunday's SC episode, last night, and as Diana had mentioned, it sounds like Wes is insinuating he has a new opportunity coming up. Wes is looking for witnesses to recount their experience on video and possibly join him and Garret on some expeditions. It sounds like he's aiming for his own TV show or YouTube broadcast. My respects to Wes as a promoter and entrepreneur. It's not easy to start a new podcast and website, then grow it and build up a good size audience. However, it's a reminder that Wes is motivated more by success than he is by helping witnesses deal with their encounters. Part, if not much, of his shows success has been driven by the sensationalistic nature of his reports and his guests. He does not discuss your average "run of the mill" stories where a Sasquatch crossed a road. His stories focus on violent and terrifying encounters. Which, as Wes fully knows, is what most people want to hear about. This scandal involving his sighting and Garret's claims, will have very little to no effect on his future. Possible sponsors are not going to care about the opinion of the Bigfoot community. They just care about mainstream opinion and they're the ones that demand a constant stream of death and terror. In fact, I'm starting to get the feeling that we've all been played by Wes and Bob Garret. They've proven they can create a lot of buzz and grass roots publicity. Garret is tied to Wes and I think he's also part of the plan. Garret has now become Wes' "man in the field" and I think that's the role he'll play on any up and coming TV show. It's no surprise that after 25 years plus of looking into Bigfoot, Garret would like a taste of some of the fame and fortune, now associated with Bigfoot. He's tied himself to the right man and losing credibility in the Bigfoot community is a very small price to pay for future wealth and fame. This whole campground fiasco has really been a very effective piece of viral marketing. That's the only conspiracy that's going on with this.