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I'm pretty sure you are correct. It could be borderline possible under the most extreme conditions ... essentially, the closer a population is to extermination (both in small size and extreme pressure) the quicker it can adapt, but that is too much. Further factor is it has to be isolated from a larger gene pool and the presence of the Native American people would have been a genetic buffer greatly slowing such adaptation. In other words, the BF / human split has to have been farther back. I think it most likely they arrived via the Bering land bridge in one of the 3 earlier episodes rather than the 1 most recent episode. I think they did indeed change rapidly from whatever our shared ancestor was because of extreme survival pressure, but that ancestor was something other than Homo sapiens. Maybe H. erectus, maybe not. If not, it was something older yet, not something newer. IMHO .. which is subject to changing my mind if evidence comes forward. MIB

This was very well done, really enjoyed the investigative aspect as much as you're finding the track.

If the BF research path dries up, you can always be a stand-in for Captain America or U.S. Agent.

I did say it was speculation.

Ahh, yes, I watched the Mothman documentary. Thanks.

You misunderstood my point entirely, read the follow ups

I think camo selection can be like fly fishing....match the hatch. As mentioned before, where I go ASAT works wonderfully BUT I've also tested (and use) Sitka's Subalpine camo. It has a limited amount of green and that pattern does an excellent job of breaking up a person's silhouette and confusing the mind. The Subalpine works well now through early Fall. If the camo was being used in a life-or-death scenario, I think a ghillie suit that "matches the hatch" is about as good as it gets. I've always thought that someone who perfectly matched the environment with a crafted ghillie suit might actually have a good chance at fooling a sasquatch. Lie in wait, like a snake, motionless until the prey happens along. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aw4yhdX8Gxc

Sure. Probably every ape species if they could would argue why they should NOT be lumped in with other apes. Gorillas would be like..... we are waaay stronger! We have evolved way behind a puny Homo Sapien for 7 million years! We aren’t apes in a true sense. Orangutans would be like....... pfffssst! We are the ONLY true ape! Because we spend our whole lives in the forest canopy! Apes don’t live on the ground!!! Don’t call those other species apes! So forth and so on. I think the mistake your making Marty is very human centric. Your gauging our superior intelligence as the only yard stick to measure against other ape species. All the other ape species have been evolving for 7 million years too. Just in different directions.

Homo Sapiens ARE Apes. Our closest known living relative is a Chimpanzee. And yes we share a common ancestor millions of years ago with Chimpanzees. Gorillas are closely related too. Orangutans are more distant cousins. But we all belong to the family Hominidae. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hominidae And it’s true that our branch of the ape family has traits very different from other apes. Bipedalism, language, tool manufacturing, fire, etc. The discovery of a fellow bipedal ape? Could shed a lot of light on our own past not found in the fossil record.

I can't imagine for the life of me why someone in grizzly/brown bear territory wouldn't carry both bear spray and a firearm. Antivenon isn't always quickly available and while it may help save a life many people have lasting effects of the cell and tissue damage done while waiting for the antivenon to arrive and take effect. In my case, I am always out of cell-phone range and if envenomated, I might have a several-hour hike to get to my car and then a road trip to the hospital. All-the-while the neurotoxins and hemotoxins are coursing through my veins and doing their damage.

What is that quote? Arthur C. Clarke was it? Something about how any technology has the ability to be perceived as magic by the primitive mind? That. You can look at historical accounts of Europeans who were making first contact with a race of people in North America, people who had lived in the natural environment for their entire lives and had all the learned skills and instincts that come with that. I'm sure them seeing an Indian "manifest" a fish by snatching it from a stream with their bare hands evoked the same awe that some BF observers have related. Doesn't make it magic, or portal use, or shape-shifting, or whatever the theory du jour is. Just means that they are really, really dialed in to their environments and have crazy skills and perception that appears to be supernatural. The sound heard by Tom Messick's hunting partner has always intrigued me, as it has many others. It may be explained as a pressure wave generated by infra-sound, being perceived as something close to a door or trap closing. The mind, when confronted with unknown stimuli will also try to catalogue it under the heading of something known. Without confirmation that the original impression was wrong, it is always going to be described that way by the listener.

The victim of the Grizzly attack has died.

Considering that chimps share 99% of our dna, thats just not so, we are scientifically classified as apes despite the horror experienced by religious types at the thought of that... in the apes, the great apes are: Chimps, Gorillas, Gibbons, Orangutans, and Us.... maybe biggie to, but he's closer to us than chimps as far as ability to not be discovered. LIke it or not though there is other smart if not intelligence life on earth: Whales, Dolphins, Octopii and squid, and hive insects if you factor in hive mind intelligence. Leaf cutter ants farm the leaves around them for mulch for a unique fungus they essentially farm for themselves.