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Here another option to consider.... How do we know the location that Garret filmed; was even in Sam Houston? Maybe it was filmed behind his house? I'm not saying it was but, once again, nothing can be verified. I understand that a large part of Bigfoot encounter claims have little evidence and are anecdotal in nature. However, there's a big difference between a unique, one time sighting report and the stories that I've heard from Bob Garret. If his stories are true; it would make him, far and above the most successful researcher in the field. He has made some very extraordinary claims, as to what he's witnessed and the one video he had, with close up detailed views of a Sasquatch, was stolen by government agents that hacked his computer. Nothing Garret has claimed, can be verified and his excuse is that he's a victim of a government cover up. So; why is Bob Garret the only researcher being harassed by the government? I've not heard these kinds of claims from Meldrum or other researchers... Unless, of course, Bob Garret is the best researcher in the world and the government wants to keep Sasquatch a secret. Perhaps they don't bother with any of the other well known researchers because they're incompetent and will never document the existence of Bigfoot? Does this make sense or is there another reason why the men in black are tormenting the unfortunate Mr. Garret?

Someone that would deny numerous witnesses their own experience based on a personal belief system is by definition a denialist and more troubling to me think their beliefs outweigh reality. Even engaging these people in discussion is a waste of time.

I don't doubt for a second that there is government interest or involvement in the phenomenon, but that's not what this thread is about. This thread is about a very specific set of claims made by Bob Garrett, and by extension his various sympathizers, sycophants, and fellow travelers, including the Sasquatch Chronicles crew. So far, none of the proffered evidence supports the ultimate conclusion in this case that a bigfoot (or bigfoots) attacked and killed a group of campers and then that the scene was sterilized literally overnight by shadowy government operatives. The very nature of the claim negates itself. Attempting to show that such a thing could happen does not and can not show that it did happen in this particular case. What we are left with is an interesting anecdote and nothing more.

If Bigfoot had existed millions of years alongside man, then why is there zero cumulative knowledge pertaining to Bigfoot? You yourself are stating that it exists for all known animals, we even have cumulative knowledge on how to kill other humans. So why is Bigfoot left out of the equation?

A couple of weeks ago, I asked my daughter Andrea what she'd like for her 50th birthday. To my surprise, and delight, she asked for a day trip with me in the 4x4, like we often did in her school age years, so we arranged it for the 28th. At the last minute, her boss called her in to work that day, so we postponed it to Monday, the 29th, 1 day late, but she's now on 2 weeks vacation, so we were good to go. I OKed it with her to have a rock hound buddy and self-described "Sasquatch Groupie" ride along, so the 3 of us set out just before noon Monday, headed for the north end of Chehalis Lake, via Harrison Lake West FSR and Mystery Creek FSR, as the direct route to Chehalis was blocked by a massive rock slide about a decade ago, so the direct route in to the lake has been closed since then, more than doubling the distance to get there. As it was a week day, I was watching for logging trucks, and we did meet 3 with huge loads on their way out, and were able to pull well over to let them by, as they really haul tail along those roads, and probably couldn't stop, if you met them on a blind corner, or single lane bridge. Their roads, their rules! What did surprise me, was the number of regular vehicles on the road, though I probably should have expected it, with school now being out for the summer. There are many small lakes along the route, with primitive campsites, as well as more camping at numerous points along the 60 mile length of Harrison Lake. We pulled off the main road at km 27.5 to park and walk back a 100 meters or so to a large exposed rock slide where I knew there were thousands of shell fossils to be found. This fossil bed is now 500 meters above sea level, but millions of years ago, was obviously the ocean floor. My buddy Jim was exited to see the fossils, and loaded about 50 pounds of them into the back of the truck. Andrea enjoyed scrambling over the boulders to see them, too. After that bit of exercise, we got back into the comfy a/c of the truck (it was 30C out, about 86F), and went another few km to the Mystery Creek FSR turnoff, which leads over a pass in the mountains, to Chehalis Lake, in the next valley to the west. When we got to the lakeshore, it was time to stop for cold drinks and the Subway sandwiches we'd bought in Jim's little village of Agassiz, on the way up. We marvelled at the devastation the the tsunami created by the huge rockslide had caused to the shoreline of the lake; you'll see the height it stripped clear of trees in the second-to-last of the photos below. Jim and I walked as far down the west shore of the lake as we could, looking for tracks in the course sand, but only found those of other humans. From N. Chehalis, we backtracked through Mystery pass again, to the Harrison West FSR, then went a little further, to 20 Mile Bay, the site of an old logging camp, and now a Forest Service primitive campsite. We spent a 1/2 hour there, enjoying the panoramic moutain views and very warm wind blowing off the big lake, again walking the shore looking for tracks, as there have been sightings at this bay in the past, but no luck for us. We then called it a day, and headed back for home. Along the way, Andi spotted a small animal at the edge of the logging road, which I though was a porcupine, but when we got out to get a pic, I realised that it was a juvenile beaver, which I've never seen before. I've only once seen adult beavers on dry land, and that was decades ago, so this little guy, only about 5 pounds, was a unique sighting for all of us. We tried not to disturb it's progress too much, got our photos, and climbed back in the truck to return home, and wash off the day's trail dust. A great day out, but no evidence of our hairy objective.

A two-fer, both a personal insult AND a political comment.