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The discussion seems to draw from the description (from the book "Other Origins" ) of how the giganto model was made, and the quotes are reasonably correct. The only error, which Dr. Ciochon made himself, was to say he sought me out, when it was I, looking for anthropologists to team with, found him and made the inquiry about a collaboration. But generally the material in the video is correct. The full scale model was indeed a hypothetical design, given we don't have any fossil material but jawbones and teeth. And it was assumed to be a quardaped, and only posed standing up to show off it's true body size, not to suggest it was bipedal. The one arm was raised to suggest it was standing to reach for some kind of fruit. For the record, I don't consider Giganto as a relative of sasquatch. Based on the PGF figure, I personally think she is a hominid, derived from some relic human form such as paranthapus boisei or early neanderthal. Bill

Hi everyone. I am thrilled to be part of this forum! I live in Wales, and have gradually become more and more interested in Bigfoot over the past couple of years. I used to believe it was all overactive imaginations... then I started reading the accounts. I look forward to research, personal experience and intelligent conversation on this website.

Hello! Former member here and unfortunately I forgot all of my log in info, even the email I used when I signed up. My cousins and I had a sighting about 20 years ago and more recently my wife and I were camping and heard the most blood chilling scream. This piqued her interest in the subject so I figured she’d like to join in on some of the amazing topics on here! Hope all is well with everyone!

Found this on reddit (not my experience; I am neither 37 nor male)

https://books.google.com/books/about/California_Grizzly.html?id=ez9ZDwAAQBAJ&source=kp_book_description ^^ Excellent book. It includes the true story of Grizzly Adams, which is an incredible story. The California grizzly was every bit as special and unique as the Kodiak bear. The last confirmed grizzly in California was killed in Trabuco Canyon in the Santa Ana Mountains, which was one of my favorite local areas of escape as a youth and teen.

I am going quote this the next time that veteran members roll up in a thread and start complaining that the topic has already been discussed before... “Things that need to be left in the past. Nothing good comes from the past.” How do you learn from the past if nothing good comes from the past? Anyway... I am only going by my impression of Smeja by way of seeing him on tv and interviewed...but, my impression of him lined up exactly with what Arvedis came away with after meeting the guy face to face and what MIB hinted at but was too polite to come out and say in the forum. I would expect someone like that to weave a different sort of tale if he was just making it up...one that is much simpler with him in a sympathetic role as opposed to how he comes off in his own account.

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

^^ probably only to 21 if excited!!