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The scientists who get involved in BF research end up getting out quick when they are torched online or when their opinion is put in context of BF believer advocate. Either the BF community turns on them or like Meldrum you are put in position to constantly have to dodge criticism from the academic industry. There's a reason why Meldrum has his own journal. He can control what is said. He only selectively publishes his stuff outside of what he can control. The instant a credentialed individual (masters, PhD, whatever) gets a quote in print and is associated with BF, their career is in jeopardy, unless like Meldrum, you have the backing of at least 1 person in a position of academic authority to go to bat for you. Another example is Dr. Mayor. She means well and is qualified but she doesn't really have the respect of the BF community or her academic peers. People are polite to her and some folks do take expedition BF seriously because they don't know it is staged baloney. Show me 1 academic peer who cares a wink about Mayor's eDNA results, which should have at least kicked up some debate. Instead, nothing but crickets.

They are big into thermal imagers, not so much on NV IR emitting devices anymore. It really depends on the BFRO team leader. Some team leaders explicitly stated not to bring NV IR emitting devices to the expedition. Thermal imagers, on the other hand, are passive IR detection devices. I agree with the idea of not using IR emitting devices and stopped using my NV IR emitting device once I bought my thermal imager. While we don't really know if BF can see those IR beams, the collective experience in the field has been that when those IR beams are sent there is less detection. Meanwhile, Thermal Imagers have been able to detect BF numerous times.

Science is not the enemy. Never has been. Some members on the forum seem to think so. But the scientists are the very people we need to bring on board if we ever hope to have this mystery solved.

This is exactly what one would expect out of a sasquatch shooting by a person with a poaching attitude (like Smeja), and this is exactly how the Smeja storyline goes: his first reaction upon seeing it is to shoot it, he then has a young one die literally in his arms, and he then has the guilt of what he's done wash over him. He drops everything and flees. It all fits, and there's his partner there to witness it. It's very credible, but without proof, it's just another story. Yeah, sure. "Science" to the rescue. Frankly, I was wrong. We don't need a poacher to prove sasquatches exist. We need a killer cop: somebody who will kill one at the drop of a hat, then drag the carcass in as proof instead of letting guilt overcome him and leaving the carcass behind.

Your last comment.... based on personal experience is "dead" on the money. They are the masters of that domain and they move through fast and quiet. If they wanted to take you or kill you etc, you're about as screwed as one being stalked by a cougar thats already pouncing or swimming with a great white. It's their environment and your odds of winning aren't good.

I actually have quite a bit of Bigfoot/Sasquatch related figurines and such. Taken about a decade to amass this collection. Not everything is pictured. Have a while bunch of digital books. Have some physical books too (used to have more, but sold a lot, thinking of selling the rest). And there's a few other things that are sitting in a box in the laundry room because I don't have space for them right now. Part 1... Part 2. While I love it all, the last statue pictured is probably my prized piece...

Well, that’s just like your opinion man….