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Correct. Also, buying a journal .. which has still not published another "peer review" article .. for the sole purpose of claiming her study had been peer reviewed .. when established journals rejected it because the presentation was invalid and she refused to fix it .. is not valid science nor valid peer review. It makes a mockery of valid peer review. As I understand the rejection, it was not based on it being about bigfoot, it was based on improper format: not sure how many of ya'll arguing this have actually done scientific research for presentation. There are sections of a paper and they must be connected. In specific, the lab results and the conclusions drawn must relate. Melba Ketchum did not do that, she presented SOME results, then went on a rambling essay in her conclusions which was not particularly connected to the data presented, it was just an opinion piece on her views about bigfoot, NOT what her data showed about bigfoot. She was given multiple opportunities to correct the mis-presentation, more than would have been normally given for a "regular" topic, but she refused to fix the problems. She knows better. She's been peer reviewed before. Nobody was out to get her. She did this to herself. That is FACT, not opinion. If she had limited her presented conclusion to what the data showed, her paper would have been published. Plain and simple. Anyone who doesn't "get" this has never done work in the sciences for publication. Understand this very clearly: I am not saying her WORK was wrong or the other labs' work was wrong, I am saying her PRESENTATION of her work was wrong and when given the chance she was unwilling to correct that. MIB

Hi, I grew up in central Pennsylvania on a farm. We dealt with sasquatch every fall. Prowlers is what they were called. Window tapping despite farmers shooting from the frustration. Now I live on the Olympic Peninsula along a major glacier fed river, sandwiched between mountains and the strait. I don't think I need to emphasize how hot this area is. From October to April, our "friends" come down from the 14 feet of snow on the peaks into the foothills and we get lots of noises, and sightings. I am trying to gift marbles and shiny things and a few snacks, and found some preferences by our local tribe. Hoping to find friends in the field and especially locals to hunt with. Thanks for accepting my membership.

I’m saddened by this news. Bill stepped into my business right as I joined the BFF in 2011. He offered me advice regarding the area I was investigating, as well as the different types of creatures I’d find there. He was very correct. He was kind, but firm - Obviously a result of his law enforcement background. He was an original that could spin a yarn with the best of them. Admittedly, I used to temper my response to his forum violations because I knew what he meant most of the time. He wasn’t one to beat around the bush. I find that the older I get the more I realize that he was right to be true to himself and say what he meant. RIP, Bill.

Hope you’re OK. I like the old stuff. Leonard Nimoy, etc. I just found this one again.

Sketchy? We are talking about Missouri. That is the kind of resume that will lead to local political office, if they play their cards right. In the land of meth labs, walnut bowls, and combination adult video store/firework store, they are in the top 3% of classiest people. If you are talking Sasquatch in Missouri, you should start your research in the Ozarks. Here is Rob Lowe talking about his experience in that area.

My dream would be a Legend Meets Science Sequel involving a challenge for suit makers: make a Patty suit/ PGF recreation in a same or similar way limited to 1967 materials. That demonstrative evidence would be 'science' in that it would be testing the principle at issue in the PGF. Hope this project gets off the ground. My bigger hope would be Bigfoot TV productions moving toward this type of TV show/ documentary and away from the 'Finding Bigfoot' formula. The subject needs serious discussion. The spirit of the previous Legend Meets Science should be the guiding tenet.

How does it feel to be facing those whose goal is to distract from the science and double down on the things that are about anything but? How do you like being in the 'hiflier' hot seat? Now sit in that seat for about four years and you'll get what it's like to get anything done around here. And you've now seen the push back against progress in its action and full glory. First hand. All against one....fun isn't it? Huntster, they will do everything thy can to keep from discussing the science. Science just like this: