I'd thought I'd put my two cents worth here. In my opinion a Researcher is a person seeking evidence or an answer to an ongoing mystery while at the same time realizing he or she could turn out in the end to be totally wrong. In other words what they are seeking an answer to could turn out to be, mythology and folklore. I personally don't think that, as far as the Sasquatch question go's, but I accept the possibility that it may be so. If one does research with a closed mind one way or the other then that person is more of a advocate, rather than a true researcher. Like a religious leader trying to push a faith, rather than someone seeking an answer to a ongoing mystery.
Thomas Steenburg