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I'm not an academic but I do read their stuff if it interests me. It's a very precise formula. Either you have something that you can prove with solid data and analysis or you don't impress others in your specific field. No one cares at all about making assumptions. That is career suicide. Since no one is going to leap to conclusions or push theories they can't substantiate, if the subject matter is inconclusive, what they do is wait for better tools, evidence, ways to study, or something gets shelved until someone else decides to investigate. That is why analysis changes and there are new findings. Academics often do not agree with each other so you get different outputs. Human evolution is especially delicate. Better really have your ducks in a row to dive in there. Most don't so you see the same names pop up on scientific articles. Meldrum carries the title of tenured academic but he has no relevance to his academic peers. No one in any area of paleoanthropology regards Meldrum as legit. He's just a guy in the boonies at podunk university that makes a living at bf conferences and reality shows, of which Meldrum is more than happy to clear his schedule so he can get face time, even with a doink like todd standing, who offers nothing to academic study.

I definitely think there is a scientific bias concerning ape men anywhere on the planet. I think as scientists get older and secure tenure? They then feel at ease in speaking their mind. Which is a tragedy. Take Homo Floresiensis aka the Hobbit. Science has tried to beat back the significance of the find. They claimed for a long time that it was just some deformed Homo Sapien. And they have attacked the very very recent dating of the fossils. Why? Because of rigorous scientific method? I think it goes beyond that. In many ways it’s like a cult. And if you question the cult narrative your treated like a heretic to be burned at the stake. Lives, careers and marriages are ruined. As of recent the scientific narrative is that Homo Sapiens left Africa around 80,000 to 100,000 years ago. They wiped out every other species of the genus Homo by 45,000 years ago. And entered the Americas roughly 12,000 to 14,000 years ago. I even remember when they denounced anyone that suggested that Homo Sapiens and Neanderthals interbred. The science of DNA has transformed the old bone hunters thoughts. Surely the fossil record represents .0001% of what was actually here and when. We still know very little.... and learn more everyday. I don’t think governments have some vast conspiracy. Each country probably has its own reasons why the subject is taboo. Or less so. Palm plantation interests would probably rejoice at the thought of a bipedal terrestrial ape man that doesn’t need old growth jungle to survive. While in Russia, Australia or Canada the situation could be very different.

I keep finding groups that are new to me. This video called, "The Top 5 Sasquatch Videos from 2020" has been put together by the Rocky Mountain Sasquatch Organization. My favorite is indeed their #1 from The Sinks Sasquatch Video, Logan Canyon, Utah, on October 24th 2020. Enjoy!

Yeah Hiflier, he might have a library card even.

Perhaps that is why they focus on the Yeti over there. hiflier had mentioned that he was puzzled by the emphasis on the Yeti. It also has the NIMBY appeal. I'll believe in it but Not In My BackYard!

It's a big world out there no doubt. Surely there's a ton of reports from Russia though no ? RE SE Asia, they're happy hammering the Orangutan to virtual extinction due to palm oil $$ so i can't imagine an unidentified primate turning up would go down too well locally, and 'locally' in SE Asia is generally grossly corrupt don't forget. What i will say for certain though and it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone with half a brain, is that there are no unidentified primates in the UK, no matter what anyone tells you..;)

Welcome to the BFF, Ole6toes!! Enjoy the forum and explore to your heart's content.

I don't know alot about the subject but what I've gathered so far is there is an imaginary line in the sand where on one side you have the flesh and blood camp and on the other side you get into the woo (paranormal) camp and each side hates the other side. There is so much animosity in this bigfoot field I feel like the first step for us to get better answers about them is to put pride aside and work together with people from the different camps you can always learn from other people's experiences. I just feel like we would get so much more knowledge out there in the open if we weren't fighting amongst ourselves over things we don't believe in cause at the end of the day we really don't know much. Working together will bring better results, I wish more people weren't so quick to bash another persons experiences or ideas.

Saturday, Jan. 23rd, I made my first field trip in months, to a very local mountain, since we're still under local only travel restrictions, outside of essential work trips. I chose a nearby mountain that drains it's eastern slopes into the valley where I had my sighting, over 40 years ago. The drive from my home to the start of the forest service road is only about 25 minutes, but the climb to the top of the mountain on the deactivated spur road is well over an hour, as there are many drainage cuts across the surface, restricting vehicle speed to 5 or 6 km/hr. The slow crawl up the very steep road is worth it, though, as the view of the valley from the summit is spectacular on a clear day, which it was, though a snow storm was predicted for Sunday. All we got Sunday was rain though, as the temperature stayed just above freezing down in the valley. On my drive up, I only encountered 2 other Jeeps on their way down, so I had the whole summit plateau to myself for a couple of hours. There was some old snow in the shaded areas along the road and I saw numerous deer tracks, and of course footprints from the other visitors, but no sign of anything like a sasquatch print or trackway. I did spot a couple of ponds and small swampy areas in hollows back in the forest that will be worth a scout in the springtime, after the snow melts from the high country. Though the sun was shining, it was very cold and windy, so I only got out of the H3 to take some scenery shots, which nearly froze my hands. Next time up there will be in warmer weather, so I can do some exploring of those wet areas without becoming an icicle. 1st photo Looking SW with Dewdney Slough and the village of Dewdney at the bridge at near side of the valley. My home is hidden in the mist among the hills in the upper right of the pic. 2nd photo Looking SE, with the city of Chilliwack just barely visible on the valley floor at the left edge of the photo, Mt. Cheam in the middle horizon, and Mt. Baker on the right, in Wa. state. 3rd photo My ride at the end of the road in a clear cut, with Mt. Baker in the background above the roof. 4th photo Note the temperature display on the mirror! Brrrr, with wind chill it felt like -5C standing outside.

Can't watch it, still cacking up BF hairballs from the last iteration!