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I will try and catch up here, I was out of town last week. First of all, I was fishing intently watching my poles with a lantern on my truck tailgate. Nothing came up out of the water. I noticed the object out of the corner of my eye right before it hit the water in front of us. Certain it was no beaver tail smack. As far as the Big Guys, I have been through soooooooooo many unexpected twists and turns out in the field, I am now at a point where absolutely nothing they do surprises me. I will at some point share in the paranormal section my videos involving stuff like shape shifting, cloaking, mind speak etc., things I at one time thought were rubbish only to be exposed to these out of the box things time and again. Not something I was looking for or endeavored to make happen. As far as cameras and game cameras, they just don't like any device you bring up to your face and they seem to know when they are there and intently watch where you're looking or aiming the device. Even though it was hard for me to do initially, I eventually realized they are much more than a dumb animal. I also learned a level of acknowledgement and respect goes a long way for success out in the field. Just my experiences and the things I learned regarding these highly elusive subjects that has given me several once-in-a-lifetime experiences.

I've related this on other threads, but I've seen (and cannot to this date relocate) a write up of oral history from an Eastern US tribe in which the great grandfather of the author, a chief who had been born before 1900, stated that bigfoot were much more plentiful before Europeans arrived. According to him, they were hit even harder by European diseases than the human Native Americans were. So hard, that for several generations the Native Americans thought that the Bigfoot had been completely wiped out. Given the modern reports of bigfoot scavenging from dumps, dumpsters, and human habitations, I would assume that the contemporary bigfoot population is now relatively resistant to common human diseases, as are contemporary Native Americans.

Welcome back NathanFooter and congrats on finding somebody to put up with you! It seems to me a lot of people are waiting for a new wizbang thingy that will take care of the mystery once and for all. It doesn't work that way... we need to use every tool at our disposal and anything that moves the ball forward will help.

We really overthink (and underthink) this stuff, in my opinion. If a bigfoot is hanging out in a particular area for a period of time, it has a reason for doing it. If it keeps coming back regularly over weeks, months, and years, you can bet it has pretty good reasons for that too. I'd say the big three reasons are Food, Safety, and Potential Mates (going all Maslow, on you here). The order of priority is going to vary depending on the individual and the prevailing circumstances (availability of food based on time of year, human intrusion into group areas, etc.). If a group is being provided with food, and the people providing food for them (knowingly or otherwise) leave them alone, then they're going to have a reason to stay and less of a reason to leave, especially if the females of the group are feeling well fed, safe, and more inclined to be potential mates. Just a hypothesis. Water is another reason that bigfoot may stay close to a particular area, but it gets overlooked. Someone; Byrne, I think; proposed that bigfoot only populate areas where there is at least a certain amount of rainfall, and that perception persists, but it isn't universally true. I've shared sightings on this forum from arid areas, and others have reported bigfoot in relatively arid regions in the Southwest, often near small lakes. I'm certain that their populations are higher in areas with greater rainfall, but it may be that the chance of encountering one is lower there than in arid areas from which we have reports. Here's why I think this. In arid areas water is both scarce and vital, so resident or itinerant bigfoot are going to be drawn to them. Humans in the area are also often going to use these areas for property development, or for recreation. This brings them together. Really, this is nothing new if you get right down to it. Look at any African watering hole in the dry season. So I'm thinking more and more, that if I ever get a chance to do some field work, I'll be looking at water sources in arid areas as a possible study area.

W, Nowhere did I say NA's were "better human beings", rather the Europeans were worse human beings by virtue of how they dealt with people possessing less technology. Just as professional persons are held to a higher standard of accountability than lay persons, so should those with more advanced technology be so held. That's Human Rights 101. N, IMO, the correlation of treatment for NA's (historically) and Sasquatch (today) has a parallel that is clearly evident. What are you going to say/do when after forensic examination of the body you brought in (with a bullet hole in it) reveals the "human DNA contamination" excuse is not really contamination after all? Dr. Ketchum's work and words would then prove prophetic and "bite" quite a few people in their smug arses, Food for thought.

One of the reasons I believe in BF is the fact that Native Americans from the east coast to west have a reference or a name for them throughout their history. And they stay very consistent. And as for me I have seen enough evidence in the last two years to believe in BF !