Crow isn't trying to Find The Truth, Crow is trying to disallow real truth and insert Crow's own dogma as the kool aid Truth it wants us to drink. Crow can't look at real truth, Crow is not secure enough or confident enough to risk an honest inquiry that might show it how wrong it is. Think about Crow's history ... it was a proponent that got jaded and gave up. Being wrong about that means having to acknowledge it was a quitter that sold itself out.
I'm not pro-proof at this point but I think if a person was, you would be right, only a body on a slab will be accepted as proof. Even with that there would still be some hard core denialists screaming hoax just like the crackpots who think the moon landing, holocaust, Elvis' death, etc were faked. Crow may be one of those with proof of bigfoot. Wouldn't shock me.
You are right ... if the PGF is a hoax, I not only want to know why, but I want to know **HOW**. I want to know where a suit that John Chambers said he couldn't make at the time came from. I want to know where they found someone dumb enough to gamble Bob Gimlin wouldn't unload that '06 into the suit, hoaxer and all. There are LOT of real serious questions that need answers the scoftics try to avoid addressing in any meaningful way.
MIB