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People sharing wood knocks, stick teepees and random animal noises have bigfoot living within minutes of just about everyone in the USA. Many people don't even have to leave their back porch. Research is supposed to narrow down possibilities and hone in "successful" techniques. Bigfoot "research" expands the bigfootery infinitely. Just what kind of "findings" are being shared?

No, and I think this really highlights an underpinning of the skeptical reaction that makes witnesses so uncomfortable, even when you're trying to be nice and generous as you are with this statement. It's not their belief that deserves respect, it's the reliability of their senses. You're telling them they're mistaken about things they saw and heard unambiguously, leaving them no rebuttal except "I know what I saw," to which you respond "No, you don't." You're denying their most basic connection to the external world, their vision and hearing. At the level of an individual story, it's disrespectful, at the level of tens of thousands of stories, it becomes kind of an untenable position. And to be firmly on-topic for this thread, I think findings need to be shared a lot more widely, and you're absolutely right about one thing: your type of reaction is a big reason people don't share.

It's easy to become cynical. But we must remember that without content? This forum dies..... Its a Bigfoot forum, so yah....some of the content Is going to be beyond the pale. We should expect that. And we have taken measures to contain much of it. But if people take it on faith Bigfoot builds stick structures? And they wanna talk about it? So be it. It's what the BFF is here for. It's not worm holes or telekinesis.....right? Apes do play with sticks right? I think it's important we strike a balance here and respect others POV's to our best ability, which can be hard at times and at that point the ignore feature is your best friend.

So, faith is the answer. Ya just gotta believe.

I am sorry if you find it disrespectful I don't see it that way. My view has not changed. I don't know what the witnesses are seeing, but I am reasonably certain that it is not a mythical creature that simply does not exist. You are correct and I agree declarations like mine do discourage the reporting of the experiences.That I do regret.

The latest Asian fossil finds with DNA results could wind up being a tidy explanation for Samurai Chatter........

LCB. Sounds like your being level headed about the subject of Bigfoot. But this is a Neanderthal thread.

Those are some tough mothers, my hat's off to the Cruisers. The new Jeeps also have the air intake high behind the headlight. Why reinvent the wheel when a proven design already exists?