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The lack of a fossil record is not good news for the bigfoot claim, but it's not the nail in the coffin. It is the lack of more contemporary remains that puzzles most I think. You have optimistic comments from people like Goodall that are almost always punctuated with a " but where is the body"? If a bone or tissue sample or something was produced, tested and found to directly support the bigfoot claim, and this was published in standard, respected journals and accepted outside of bigfoot circles, then I would be most interested. Take notice that I am not describing proof. An interesting DNA test result and/or bone fragment, or something ( I'd settle for clear, HD footage or photos that passed competent scrutiny ) that would raise the evidentiary bar higher than it currently sits would do wonders for drumming up scientific interest. Something compelling enough to demonstrate that all we need now is to find a specimen. Right now, that does not exist.

I'm, potentially, 12 feet tall. Where are the studies? There is no such thing as "unknown" animal dna, any report would list the animal(s) most closely related/associated with the dna. Unless the scat is properly collected and tested it's just....poop on your desk. I thought that was self evident but apparently I was wrong. I noticed that the link to the facebook page showed sasquatch scat purportedly gathered by cliff barackman back in 1999 - cliff is "pro" researcher; what happened to his sample? He should have had the contacts/resources to have the sample analyzed, no? By the way that last link was interesting but I can't see that Nelson's results were ever replicated or that Nelson ever published his results (using google scholar as the search engine). Once again, I never said that there are studies. I said that there were analyses of scat that did not conform to that of any known animal or humans. I have provided links documenting this. Until bigfoot DNA is available to compare to a sample from the scat that does not conform to any known animal, confirmation is not possible. The point is that you or a buddy claimed that there was no scat or other physical evidence associated with tracks and sightings. Fact is that there is scat collected from sites where bigfoot have been seen and where tracks have been found, and when analyzed, it does not match that of any known animal. I suggest that you also read the following article by an archeologist who has analyzed bigfoot nests to inform yourself of the fact that there is yet more physical evidence. http://www.bfro.net/ref/fieldres/sasquatchnest.asp I am gratified that instead of claiming that such evidence does not exist you are now asking for replicable results. In the military, as one force retreats from one position to another when under pressure, we refer to it as a delaying action. Clearly we are making some headway. It still seems to me, though, that you are more interested in subjectively refuting evidence than in objectively considering it.

Got a bit crow on your chin?

It's precisely a familiarity with the evidence (including the lack of evidence) that makes some of us skeptical. The evidence just does not hold up well to scrutiny. Unless, of course, like you, we put on our bigfoot glasses and ignore or toss out anything that doesn't fit our bigfoot wishes.

So the bigfoot foot structure is a blend of human and ape characteristics. Perhaps if we had evolved to be 800 pounds we would also have retained the mid tarsal break, and such a conformation would be considered human.

Meldrum is still a scientist, is he not? Why does he stand behind both the Freeman and Wallace-made tracks as being the real deal? Yes I see how it works- selective science.

Just because a BF sighting took place in a range in Nevada, Arizona, NM or Utah does not mean that there is no water even if the range is surrounded by desert. It really depends on the type of desert. I have hiked/backpacked in many desert mountain ranges in Nevada and CA (Great Basin) and can usually find water (but need to check topo maps ahead of time to look for springs/creeks). Have also hiked in mountain ranges in AZ and NM surrounded by desert and have found plenty of water (for example Gila Wilderness and White Mountain Wilderness in New Mexico). In Arizona, you got the Mogollon rim dropping into lower level desert with many creeks and streams. I would not be surprised if most of BF sightings in AZ deserts happen close to water or riparian corridors. I have been a member of a desert hiking/backpacking club (see DS link below) since 1989 and have been all over the SW but mainly in CA and Nevada and used to live in West Texas/Southern NM area. Thus, I have seen plenty of diversity in ecosystems and desert types sustaining all sorts of different wildlife within these so called southwestern dry states. http://www.desert-survivors.org/ I remember seeing beautiful glacier lakes on top of some ranges in North central Nevada surrounded by desert (can't recall the name since it has been years). Two questions that we should ask about a mountain range that had BF sightings are: 1) Does it support a bear population? 2) Does it support a deer population? In the BFRO Nevada case that Kit posted, which took place in the White Mountain range, I checked the wildlife management agencies and there are no bear populations. However, there is a deer herd. See link below. https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Regions/6/Mule-Deer/White-Mountain-Deer-Study So if the desert mountain range can sustain a deer herd, maybe a BF could pass thru and collect. Who knows? But the point is that this range can sustain wildlife.

Hello All, In considering this interview, between the top layer of power, the underlying layer of scientific pressure, and then the underlying layer under that of Google's filtering along with it's control of YouTube and it's filtering, then add in the sarcastic slant of the media and I am more inclined to support Dr. K than ever who is really out on a limb here on so many levels. The subject of Sasquatch appears more and more a subject that is very sensitive to ALL those layers mentioned above and going after the truth is in the hands of an extremely small pocket of scientists and a few websites with Forums. If the potential for the near future is something akin to the mouse that roared there are not many subjects that would create such a shake up. After all the discussions over the years here Dr. Melba Ketchum is the spearhead to pry the whole thing wide open. I truly think she deserves as many chances as it takes in light of the wall she's is, and has been, up against to at least acknowledge the risk she has undertaken on the Sasquatch existence question. Something am in no position to do at the scientific level and never will be. On that she has simply NOT given up and it doesn't look like she's ever going to until the issue is resolved to her scientific satisfaction. Go Melba. You are it. There's no one else. And I too thank you Old Dog for the good Doctor's gutsy update.

Not to be too graphic, I knew a guy in the service who used to kid the Flight Surgeon about enjoying giving the prostate check. The next time the guy had his flight physical the Flight Surgeon remembered and had snuck in a rubber hand to the examining room. He put the rubber hand on one of the guys shoulders, his free hand on the other shoulder, and performed the digital exam with his other real hand. When the guy felt two hands on his shoulders as the exam was performed he nearly ran out of the exam room. The Flight Surgeon nearly split a gut laughing. That story was all over base in a few hours. Somehow now I think that would be called sexual harassment. From what I hear now the military has really lost it's sense of humor.