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@ beerhunter. You have hit the proverbial nail on the head. The biggest problem is knowing where to look. If bigfoot is as reclusive as reported, that could be in some very hard to reach, out of the way places. I know from experience that most people don't stray very far off the beaten path. On top of that you have to be paying attention and know what your are looking for. @ Crowlogic. No excuses, no special dispensation. I speak from over 40 years of outdoor experience. Other than ungulates (elk, deer, cows) and small game (grouse, rabbits), apex predator bones are very hard to come by. I came across a busted up coyote skull once. Also found a cougar someone had killed and placed on an old tire in a firepit, just plain weird. Some of the bones were so covered with moss and forest litter it was just a coincidence I kicked them out of the ground. I keep my eyes open and have made myself knowledgeable about bones. This is something that I hope everyone that is interested would do that spends time in the woods. Considering where most people go it's statistically more likely to find human bones. I know this possibility will deter some people but not everyone. @roguefooter. As far as excavation sites go they are usually close to human habitations. Sure we are ever expanding outward, but the places where we are now are the places humans have lived for hundreds or even thousands of years. Places I might add where a sasquatch might visit, but not places they will be hanging around. Can you honestly say that every time a bone is uncovered all construction stops? How many times have they possibly been there and were missed? Archeologists dig in spots of known human habitations. This is not a likely place to look for the bones of a reclusive creature. A creature I might add that is doing the eating rather than being something on the menu.

how 'bout .......".... of confusion" ?

Acidic soil doesn't explain the bones left in the rest of the US and Canada. If we are to believe that these sightings are real then the bones should be all over the continent. The 'Smithsonian conspiracy' is a convenient excuse to explain it away, but that was long before we had the excavation equipment we have now. Think of how much excavation has happened since then and how many more bones should have been found. Remember also that Bigfoots are supposed to be still be thriving since the Smithsonian days, and still leaving dead bodies and bones all across the country- which would mean a continuous supply of fresh specimens. ^^This^^ is why I think people came up with the 'alternate dimension' and paranormal garbage. To explain away the logically unexplainable.

Our research will address both Taphonomy (the death of an organism) and Neoichnology (tracks and other evidence left by an organism). Your right though we may not be able to get any further than where we are. The hope is that by review it would create a question that requires an answer.

But this isn't about proclaiming who is the most believable, it's about personal opinion on who you find most believable. I've listed Nathan and JDL, I'd add derekfoot too. But I do want to add, because I have some of the same concern as you and DWA, that I find many people here trustworthy and I don't want anyone to think I don't find them so because I did not name them here. The three I listed are just encounters that I'm more familiar with. I know many more here have had encounters, but after Nathan, JDL and Derek, I can't name anyone else who's encounter I recall.

Finally! The gates are finally open east of Mt St Helens. Made it out on 5-14-15. Our plan for the day was to find a good campsite, for later on, near our research area. We were the first ones into the side road we use for access. Had to remove three good sized logs and a few large rocks. A couple of the logs required pulling them out of the way with the Durango. By the time we got in there it was raining pretty good. On the way up I got this picture of the mountain. After it started raining we went for a short hike out to the end of a ridge. This picture is looking into the head of the valley toward road 99 to Windy Ridge. This is the area where BFRO report 4779 took place. If you zoom in you can see the buildings mentioned in the report left of center, just below the Ridge. There's a little plateau area about halfway up from the bottom of the valley where the bigfoot was seen walking. This is a very wild valley with little to no access on the edge of the blowdown zone. http://www.bfro.net/GDB/show_report.asp?id=4779 We found something along one of the roads I had never seen before. There were three trees next to each other with their tops all laying on the ground next to the road. It appears something bit partway through the trees then the wind finished the job. I posted a couple of pictures of the bite marks in the trees. The last picture is your normal porcupine chewed tree I have seen many times. But, as seen in the last photo it's only the bark. The wood itself is usually not touched. Just never seen that before.

Haha people's own sense of self importance on this forum really makes me laugh.