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Paulides sometimes talks at bigfoot conferences but never comes right out and claims BF is involved. He cannot really know. However common sense tells one that in areas with bigfoot activity BF should be a suspect and would be in disappearances if BF were thought to exist by law enforcement. With lost children and women, I myself would suspect cougars before bigfoot. Cougar numbers in the wild are increasing and since they have exclusionary territory and will not tolerate other cougars it has to be putting tremendous pressures on them for survival. In Oregon and Washington aggressive cougars are getting to be very problematic. Experienced and well armed hunters might be a different situation.

Supposedly Paulides chimes in his opinions on a recent coast to coast broadcast. I haven't checked it out yet.

Nope. They entered the country illegally and so they are eligible for all kinds of public assistance.

Well.. They took Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny, and the Tooth Fairy away from me, so I had to have something to believe in... 🤓 Cheers!

I grew up back East and vaguely thought it was a west coast phenomenon. Moved to WA state in 2000. Bought "The Locals" one foggy summer week on the Olympic Park coast, great reading for the surroundings. Became aware of the BFRO, etc., thought it was interesting. Family brought the tv show to my attention about 2012, then I studied up. Began amateur audio recording in 2014 with many interesting results. That's the short story.

I was thinking the same thing. A few years ago it seemed impossible to find. Now, there are lots of copies available from sellers on Amazon and Abe's Books for reasonable prices. I just bought the cheapest in good condition (or so it says) at $4 😁

What I wouldn't give to have this book in my hands again! I remember it so well. My dad was very interested in various "odd"/paranormal topics and there were always a few books like this kicking around which dealt with cryptids and strange phenomena. I read everything that came into the house and I was mesmerized by all the Fortean books. I'd always thought Bigfoot exclusively roamed the PNW but learned that there were sightings in northern Ontario, where I grew up. Even the "urban" areas like Timmins, North Bay, and Sudbury are only minutes away from the bush, and it wasn't hard to imagine the big guy was out there somewhere close. My own "not sure" encounter is extremely lame compared to most of the ones I've read here, but anyway I'll copy it from another thread: The "not sure" sighting: we were young teenagers, and her family lived on a large acreage in northern Ontario, with a pond at the back of the property accessible by a half mile or so of dirt road. Sometimes we would walk back there for something to do, and one summer day, looking across the pond at a clearing, I noticed a dark 'stump' maybe five feet high. I thought nothing of it until I looked back a few minutes later and it was gone. Could have been a bear, could have been anything. No idea.

I had a very closeup encounter in 1990 on the Dallas Divide in Colorado in good lighting. No mistaking what I saw. I was headed to Telluride at the time, when I got there I asked a friend of mine that lived there if there were any Bigfood sightings in the area. He gave me a funny look and I really got the feeling that I shouldn't talk about it and didn't for a good 15 years. People tend to think you're nuts.

You could message the staff person "Hairy Man" and ask.

I regret not having stuck around a bit longer. I knew at the time that I would also regret not at least trying to go for my camera. OTOH this experience also allows me to sound like a nutbag if I reveal it to someone and I really don't like that. I feel like I have enough issues being credible without that hanging over my head. So most of the time I keep silent about it. It would be a whole lot easier to have no opinion on the subject; ironically I still don't have an opinion; since I know for a fact they exist (or did) and there's nothing anyone (including myself) can say or do to change that.

What a great selection of answers. Thank you, everyone! Yeah, boots on the ground - getting out there with NorthWind and his friend - is truly the best learning curve there is. Nevertheless, it helps to know WHAT you're looking FOR, else you're just wandering in the forest (itself a fine goal, and a favorite). A next step I'd like to take would be short overnight expeditions with nearby researchers, other folks who regularly get OUT there. Get their views, exchange information. There's two I'd like to talk with and pick their brains, one near Portland and one in NorCal. I'd also love to find something awesome and invite Ciff down to check it out and hear his thoughts (I don't think I made it thru an episode of Finding Bigfoot, lol, but the guy is interesting). NorthWind and I got to hear him speak earlier this year, and it was good stuff. I'm supposed to be meeting up with Autumn Williams for coffee, she's local, but our schedules haven't worked out. I hate summer, and my truck is dead, so I'm looking for quality time fillers! Need to order some books, looks like. I have the Meldrum book and the Robert Morgan book. Both are excellent.