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That was my opinion as well... especially once I began to speak with a vet who has experience with sedating both large and small animals. Now, consider that you are attempting to sedate via dart delivery an unrestrained, extremely physically gifted intelligent primate at close range. I think that a group with tons of resources might be able to take one alive... perhaps a university, corporate, or government group. I don't see even a relatively large Bigfoot focused group such as NAWAC or the BFRO having the resources to pull it off, although I readily admit that I am just guestimating on their capabilities.

You would need to be on top of the bait in real time. You would have a narrow window in which to act. You could also be putting to sleep or killing known species depending on their weight and how much they consume. Too much agent can stop breathing. When I was a kid they tranquilized a Moose in Colville that was running amok in town and they killed it.

To answer your points one by one. 1) Hopefully alone and without mom or dad around. 2) It would be a major discovery potentially worth billions of dollars. 3) Biologists do it all the time. 4) They use snares to draw samples from Grizzly bears. Admittedly they don’t have opposable thumbs. A Grizzly sized leg hold trap of old probably would not be kosher anymore. It’s not designed to release the animal until harvested as it breaks their leg. 5) A live cage trap, a net gun like Jurassic park, bait treated with a sleeping agent, etc. Really it’s only limited by human ingenuity. But a tranq dart gun is the chosen method for biologists today that need to get up and personal with dangerous animals. We laymen really need to concentrate on discovery. And leave most of this stuff to biologists after discovery.

hey @hiflier one of those books look familair! Traping one alive is going to be one heck of a chore. Their strength combine with the fact they rarely move alone, imo, is gonna make it tough to bring in a live specimen.

I think you know these things can't be caught. The question we have not seen answered satisfactorily is exactly how much it would take to drop one. We have anecdotal shooting scenarios and plenty of theory on the firepower needed for the task. If anyone has the chance to line one up and film the shooting to conclusion, that will tell the story. That's a bit more than what the OK tourism scenario bargains for.

Great Spring weather out there......I've been working on my trails the last month, lots of tree/limb falls all over the place from the snow & ice storm last month, finally able to do some normal hiking:) Here's a nice print from yesterday. Maybe some of you can help identify this dead critter, I'm thinking a Badger, but they're rare in these parts? And lastly, some one or thing has been using a game trail into a restricted area......the wolf & dogs were realty sniffing the area, trail through the fence pretty well used, and the one strand of barbed wire just didn't look cut, more like it was twisted, please take a look at the cut an tell me what you think.

Yeah, I will probably pick up my tickets tomorrow. I always enjoy the presentation that Paulides puts on.

Here is an interview of the film director (Joshua Rofe). He provides some background on how the documentary evolved and developed. He provides some clues at the end of the interview on where it leads. I will like to learn more about the emerald triangle sub-culture and the dangers within the national forests in that 3 county area (Humboldt, Trinity, and Mendocino). I fear more running into dangerous humans doing illegal things than sasquatch in northern CA.

My tickets are purchased. This will be my first one of these and looking forward to the experience.

Nope. I "think" I heard it was happening, but at the time I didn't know anyone on the speaker's list. I'd listen to Cliff, but all those other names have no draw on me. That date is sandwiched between some week long camping trips I have planned, so I don't think I'll be planning to go.

If there are any undiscovered mounds left they should not be disturbed. Whatever historical authority should deal with it in it's own time and underfunded kind of way. `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Have great efforts been exercised to suppress the knowledge and remains of Giants or Bigfoot? My bet is no but regardless, good luck to anyone finding the freezer. Is there a conspiracy to hide the true history of the Earth? How would the info be hidden? Outside of dictatorships and communism, governments generally don't tell their schools what to teach. My experience with western academics is they are not good liars. They are not paid off by anyone and want to get noticed for their ability to prove things. Freewheeling authors like Graham Hancock distort history more than the ivory tower. Is evidence hidden by the Smithsonian Institute to back up Darwin’s theory of evolution? Personally, I don't think so. Too much turnover in personnel and authority over the years to keep secrets The Smithsonian makes no money for anyone. It just needs money to stay open. The Smithsonian is not a holy shrine of wisdom. It's really it's own educational thing which is why they identify with an .edu domain. It's a history junkyard. Would the discovery of Giants or Bigfoot cause people to question evolution? Of course. Why would the Smithsonian cover up documented examples like the Arkansas Chickasawba mound or other giant skeletons from Native American Indian mounds? Maybe it's not a coverup. Maybe it never existed or they lost or misplaced evidence or maybe things weren't well run when it happened. In the wild frontier days, things got destroyed and stolen Sensationalist journalism is also unreliable. What policy determines which information makes it to mainstream historical knowledge? Like a government policy? That implies continual enforcement of policy despite changes in power over decades.

I believe these giants were discussed in Loren Coleman's book and also by Mark Hall. Those are as close to primary sources as is possible. "Podcast bigfooting" is a total waste of time. The Yeti, Bigfoot & true giants: An introduction (Primate origins series): Hall, Mark A: Amazon.com: Books Field Guide To Bigfoot, Yeti, & Other Mystery Primates Worldwide: Loren Coleman, Patrick Huyghe, Harry Trumbore (illustrator): 9780380802630: Amazon.com: Books

After reading the article below from yesterday's Fox TV News, I wondered if it was even possible to capture a bigfoot alive yet unharmed. Perhaps a juvenile? Would the $2.1 million even matter to someone that brought one in dead? Would or could you use tranquillizer darts? Would a leg trap be considered harmful to a Bigfoot or useless because of their strength? What other approach could be used? $2 million bounty placed on Bigfoot in Oklahoma town: Must be captured alive and unharmed My head started spinning on finding a reality to this legislation that was intended to promote tourism in southeast Oklahoma. Would anyone even consider approaches to capture one alive or is a high-powered rifle with a scope still the most practical solution?