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I can really believe you think it's silly. If your word was worth snot, you'd automatically understand how offensive such a suggestion is. But you're not. (I act surprised.) I had scores of lives and multi-millions of dollars spooled up and put in danger - based on my word - on just one report. Accuracy and credibility were everything. Over here, someone's word is nothing. Other places - it's life or death. You suggest a man is untruthful in those places, it's a shooting matter.

Conversely, it's silly to be hurt and defensive when one's uncorroborated report isn't accepted.

I think it's worth noting the time component here. When we talk about discovery of other unknown species, we're talking about a thing which has already happened. When we talk about sasquatch, we're talking about something which has yet to happen. Comparing the current state of each is an apples to oranges comparison. If we look back at past discoveries of unknown species during the time when they were suspected but unproven we have a closer analog to the sasquatch situation today. That still doesn't account for the cultural myth component of the picture. I can't think of another unproven species which was so deeply and broadly ingrained in our cultural mythos prior to official discovery as sasquatch is today. The picture, with context included, seems unique. However, ignoring the evidence which DOES exist merely because the big picture is unique is a major mistake. Evidence is evidence. I agree with LCB ... the evidence warrants broader and more serious attention than it has gotten from the very people who should be most interested. MIB PS: That still doesn't make bigfoot a bear.