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Other than anecdotal, It's unconfirmed that he shot anything since there is no carcass or part of one. Has he poached? Probably but it's been pointed out a few times now, what value would there be for a poacher to a) not have poached on that day and have no carcass, then announce that he shot something, wasn't sure what he shot but it got away? And b) indirectly telegraph his actions to the authorities who instantly pounced on him for whatever presumed infractions. That angle has been covered. No other vehicles or hunters in the area to identify their presence. They could have left with their kill or just left and not said anything. It is assumed they were too mentally distressed or effected in some way to consider throwing the baby Bigfoot in the truck bed and get out of there with the carcass. If he wasn't effected, then there is no reason for Justin to have said anything. He would have slept fine and never would have come on this forum scoping for clues to what he may have seen.

In the end, he didn't shoot shoot a bigfoot in all likelihood, my bear cub poaching theory stands, and the one downvote I received for it is representative of those who simply want to believe for the sake of belief. That's not how mysteries get solved.

Getting lots of spring rain this year, which is good, but hard to find time to hike.....makes Bigtex a dull boy, lol. A few pics from recent hikes - very old stone wall that goes for miles through the woods, a cave pictured a few times before but this time something has been digging it out, some interesting marks showing what appears to be toe slides, and in one pic coming & going, a Deer skull put into branches on one of my trails, made friends with a toad, and a cool fossilized piece of bone:)

Agreed. That is honestly more plausible than the hoax theory. Well done.

Some need no motive other than just a sick craving for attention. Look at Smeja...podcast interviews, gets on t.v., probably free beer at the local if he tells the tale of the great Bigfoot hunt... I'm squarely on the "this is a hoax" side.

I remember this well, many of us here were involved with this saga hoping it was the real deal. It ran along with the Melba Ketchum saga. Both part of a long line of scammers looking for their 15 minutes of fame. He was a scammer, the bear steak proved it, Nothing he said was true.

It had two sets of holes in the mesh on one side of the tent. I could have lived with fixing it but only if I got a deep-discount concession.