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Rob Alley of "Rain Coast Sasquatch" fame put together a nice book on BF in the Alaskan panhandle for the Colorado "Mile High Mystery Conference" this month. It is not perfect, or complete, as he was working on a tight time-line. It is a section of his big Alaska Sasquatch book which is in draft form now. The book is far from perfect, but is a valuable resource since most of the reports in it come from Native Americans and First Peoples. Rob, in addition to being an adjunct professor at the University of Alaska, Ketchikan, was a physical therapist who traveled the islands developing strong ties to the local, normally "not speaking" communities. Early stage wraps {i.e. not polished} 154 pages, B&W, color wraps: Maps, lots of maps. Photographs. Many drawings. For once, a nice tight conclusion. The usual: Bibliography of books Rob respects, and a thorough index. Signed and numbered: I have #102 and #103 of 105 printed here. $17.95 shipped Media Mail in the USA. Please email me: PayPal or money order / bank check preferred. joebeelart@comcast.net

Personally I do not agree with Meldrums assessment that BF shows no evidence of culture which he claims is necessary for it to be near human in intelligence. He confuses culture with cultural artifacts. We have so little knowledge about where and how BF lives, for all we know they have villages deep in the woods. They may not walk around with bows and arrows, but they do construct things. This glyph on a stump was constructed for me when I was present.

That's what I said, he's trying to tailor the evidence to his liking more than basing it on facts. There are other more humany knowns that are a better fit, and it doesn't even have to be a known one, we have been finding new ones of late. That said, as an aside, Meldrum's cred for me has slipped in recent years, more a celebrity at this point.

If this question was asked within the first year of experience, I would have traded anything to be free of it. The fear and confusion warped my view of everything from the natural world to my religion. Looking back at the beginning now, I strongly believe that I am better for it in every single way. Not one day goes by that I do not reflect on it and now I spend the majority of my free time working to get closer.

if its human-ish then one can easily argue its not game anyway. Pro kill types tend to want it to be an ape to justify shooting one it seems.