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SWWASP, I am so sorry to hear that you’ve considered leaving the forum. Your posts are always jam-packed with great info and presented in a very thoughtful way. I had no idea that dealing with the nonsense here had begun to feel onerous to you. You made it all seem pretty effortless. But I do know what you mean, and I often feel the same way. So what I try to do now, when things get onerous for me, is back off. I used to think (up until about yesterday) that, if I didn’t deal immediately with some really egregious nonsense, that nonsense would grow to tsunami-like proportions and completely drown out the quiet, polite voices trying to advocate for truth. But I find instead that, if I can’t find a way to express my point of view calmly and decide to back off, somebody else steps in and says the perfect thing to address the issue. Or the conversation drifts in such a way that the colossally stupid thing I was afraid would destroy civilization as we know it gets lost and forgotten, buried under a mountain of less frightening and less destructive inanities. Stepping back takes a lot of discipline, though. It can feel like you’re sinking into passivity and helplessness. (It’s not that, but it can feel like that.) So if you want to do something more active to deal with your concern, compliment somebody. Say something to support somebody you feel is helping us move toward greater awareness, instead of greater darkness. It feels great, and it’s fun. We should always be doing things that feel fun. That’s where we get energy from; that’s where we get strength from. We get it from the expansiveness that comes from doing something we enjoy. DWA has fun arguing with the skeptics, so he should continue do that. You have fun sharing information with other researchers, so you should definitely continue to do that, ignoring people who don’t understand the value of what you’re sharing. And like I say, if it gets hard to ignore those people, turn your attention to people who are on your wavelength. Acknowledge them. Support them. Encourage them. Appreciate them. Spotlight the good, and watch it grow.

Why would Gumshoeye list a story that does not describe an attack by bigfoot under the heading "Bigfoot attacks"? If I was a more cynical person I might think that the purpose was to take advantage of poor reading comprehension and lead the reader to associate the discovery of the bodies of the victims of a confessed serial killer and possible sasquatch footprints found in the same area half a year (or more) later, with "Bigfoot attacks"

I think this subject, about shooting one, is something that highly, highly likely isn't going to happen. Too many researchers out in the field with camo gear on thinking they're GI Joe trying to get to these things. Too little spending consistent time in the field in order to build up real knowledge and understanding of a certain area and what moves when, where and why. Look at the numbers. In over 2,500 sightings that we have added to our database, just 4 have been from people actually looking for Sasquatch, seeing a Sasquatch in day light hours. That's 0.1% by the way of all of those Sasquatch reports having the opportunity to shoot one of these things at the right time, unless you want to take shots at something upright walking on two legs in the dark which, in case you would, would take us up to 0.4% with 70% of those at night coming with no moon light whatsoever so good luck with that. As humans we think we are wonderful, we think we are great, but the reality is where this subject is concerned, we're not. They are far, far superior in their own domain than us, hence these things "not existing", yet I don't see anyone admitting or acknowledging this with any sense of regularity. We need to change the way we do things research wise and we need to change our mindsets, no doubt whatsoever. If we don't, then this subject isn't getting nailed any time soon. I don't even believe we are giving ourselves a chance to do this right now.

Notice the picture that Crow produces to show what good photographic evidence would be is the Moose. They are one of the dumber forest animals, are not smart enough to hide, or be active nocturnally like a deer. When they are around, you often see them in the open in broad daytlight. Taking a picture of a moose is a whole lot different that something that is near human intelligence, hides behind trees even at night, and seems to have some understanding of what cameras are or at least seems to avoid them. A known animal as reclusive as a BF that has similar habitat is the wolverine which is rarely seen and rarely photographed. There are probably more poor BF photos in the wild than there are wild wolverine photos good or bad. A lot of the pictures of wolverines we have are those that were found as juveniles and raised by a human. You really cannot count them as being of a wild animal. Throw them out, and you do not have many wild wolverine pictures left. There are probably people like me who are intentionally withholding BF pictures for their own reasons. No I will not let you goad me into posting it. In my case, my reason is that if I get more, they will be part of a book. Any picture I post can be saved and claimed by others and I don't want to have a copyright battle for a previously unpublished picture that Crow would just declare poor or a puppet. Only a few trusted people have seen it. Family members, Meldrum, and Bindernagel among them. I have been told by BF habbers that it is simply not possible to take pictures of BF. It is difficult but not impossible. They are reclusive and clever but their one weakness is curiosity. Use that and a lot of luck, and pictures are possible. I do have some excellent photos of footprints I have posted but they are part of the body of evidence that Crow claims is not good enough to even consider as evidence. When his position does not allow any possibility of existence, any evidence to the contrary cannot be considered by him good evidence and has to be discounted. So no matter what picture anyone provides to meet his demand, it will be judged as not be good enough.

Patently untrue. I hold it up as real. I do not accept extinction since I saw one as recently as 2013. You simply do not know what you are talking about and continue to blindly assert falsehoods. MIB