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And I agree with that Gig, but ultimately it's always going to be a guy in a suit with a vast majority of people who cannot fathom a creature like this existing out there.

I think that part of the problem is the presentation of the evidence. People put out pics/video with no context or details about how, where, when and by whom it was obtained. When that happens, red flags fly and everyone thinks its just another possible hoax. If a pic/video were backed by the witness, in context with location etc. it would be received much better.

It's not the media, but the evidence. Any evidence is its own evidence, so in my opinion, if folks want to toss it into a particular bin...that's up to them. John Green's book the Apes Among Us teaches us that all sightings are valuable...not valueless ! Evidence is evidence, it's the weight behind it that is relevant. The giant squid had its doubters back in the day.

Does anyone think it is even POSSIBLE for media of a REAL Bigfoot to be believed these days? We've got our heads so full of the possibilities of digital hoaxing could any of these remote encounters, usually involving one or a very few witnesses, ever convince anyone? Sadly, I would say "no." I'm to the point where even though I enjoy looking at the stuff, it just doesn't hit me like it used to because I can never be sure anymore. I guess what I'm getting at it that it seems as if all this media has basically been rendered...valueless. In the absence of a mass (and I mean MASS) sighting, only a specimen seems to have any chance of pushing the creature into the realm of the recognized and believable. Has there ever been an animal that was widely recognized as existing just based on photo or video alone? I'm drawing a blank...maybe the giant squid?