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Not sure if this is the right section for this, but I got this in the mail today. When i was a kid traveling through Oregon in the back seat, this book kept me company on most trips. Somewhere along the line, it got lost. Never thought I'd see it again. This book, along with In Search Of, Mysterious Monsters, and LOBC were what really fueled my fascination. By chance, i saw it online looking for something else and i was 6 years old again. This is a silly post brought to you by an overgrown child who feels like he met his first childhood friend after nearly 50 years. Just curious who else has it, read it, and what uour thoughts are of it. (Btw....can you believe it? $1.25 back in 1973! )

I just got these two Puma Knives. The top one is a 1981 White Hunter and the Bottom one is a 1972 Original Bowie.

I don't have to tell you I was a bit surprised myself. I've told him early on that I would never bother him with anything but the most critical of subjects. It started with the WA nest discoveries, which he knew nothing about. A year later I send him an overnight audio from a wilderness location that had over one hundred tree knocks from 1am until sunrise. A year later,, just this last Fall, I sent him some DNA results to assess. Again I reiterated that I would never contact him unless I had something that I felt was scientifically important. He said not to worry at all about that because he always enjoys our conversations. It's a very good open door that I worked hard opening and so will not abuse it.

Sure. Specifically, in my own case, I contacted my F&W back in March of 2019 asking about the existence of the Sasquatch. After a few back-and-forth emails where I kept asking about whether the creature was real or not I was told that a state biologist would be contacting me. It turned out to be a phone call and the person I spoke was a really nice guy- very respectful and NOT condescending at all. I treated him in kind. In the end he said that they weren't sure the creature doesn't exist. I took his answer as him stating a scientific null hypothesis regarding not being able to prove something doesn't exist. In retrospect I think it was his only logical way to professionally close the discussion.

Depends if you can come up with a testable claim. For example, hiflier could use stats from the SSR to make a theorem which would have a null hypothesis.