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Below is link to Mike's obituary. https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/charlotte-nc/michael-greene-11377271 RIP and thanks for your contributions, Mike! Below is an excellent interview done (I think in July of 2021) with Cliff and Bobo (Bigfoot and Beyond Episode #116). In this interview, Mike goes into details on how he got the creature on thermal imager video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NndPKRRpkRU The link below was an interview he did 18 months after he got the "Squeaky BF" video (which was filmed on April 28, 2009). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzvIAmXNSmI Raw video footage in link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWaVB0ltszc&t=8s BFRO page on Mike Greene and his "Squeaky" video. https://www.bfro.net/news/squeaky.asp

I have never seen the work of Chris Noel (that he posts on his YouTube channel titled "Impossible Visits") until last week. The title of his 2-year old documentary video "How to See a Sasquatch" piqued my curiosity, so I watched the 1 hour 38 min video (see link below). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlpssL94Gso&t=627s Unfortunately, what the video showed was how folks who have BF in their brain can be self-deceived by noises and animals that they can't identify and how random tree debris can become BF tree structures in their mind. IMHO, none of the evidence presented in this video was indicative of BF presence. Nonetheless, Chris gives the impression that these creatures live very close to his neighborhood and every odd noise or odd tree structure that he runs into is made by the sasquatches. I think this video is a good example of the dangers of wishful thinking when going out in the field looking for evidence. Even if folks are knowers, they need to slow down when it comes to alleged evidence. They should subject the evidence to some type of peer review before publishing/sharing it, and realize that their observations are truly biased by their beliefs. This documentary climaxes in what is supposed to be a sasquatch climbing a tree. However, other video reviewers have examined the creature and have determined that it was a porcupine. Despite the alternative hypothesis of a porcupine (which is very convincing and in my mind conclusive), Chris did not back down and revised his original claim, but instead created another video to support his claim. Below is link to Chris Noel's 2nd video, insisting that the creature is not a porcupine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HB9a5H9sFP0 This looks really sad, and should be a warning for all those researchers out there publishing YouTube videos to slow down and get expert wildlife reviews before jumping to conclusions. Brent Dill, who runs "The Tall Ones" YouTube channel with a critical thinking hat on, reviewed this claim 2 years ago and posted 2 good critical videos. See links below. I think he makes a compelling and clear case that that video footage was of a porcupine. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogj-W76-Xo4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyhKTBZCFK0 In conclusion, wishful thinking and subjective biases are dangers that all long time researchers (who believe in the reality of sasquatch) have to deal with and be attentive to.

Advancements in DNA research.

Absolute upvote And all that goes onto the pile and into the picture. Because no matter what individual, cherry-picked, element people chose to discuss, EVERY individual element needs to considered as a fully integrated backdrop to any discussion. The whole picture is the sum of its parts and so one needs to keep in mind ALL of the parts when discussing individual points of interest. It's the best way because the creature IS the context.

The nests are *evidence* of existence, proximity, and (since they were on private land rarely disturbed) a preference for solitude. Their construction method and size are *evidence* of a primate with hands. The e-DNA can be *evidence* of species. We are told that it is of the genus Homo. To my knowledge, the specific species of Homo sapien has not been documented, nor has any other Homo species. Testimony has reported numerous times over the past century of these creatures *speaking* with each other or at Homo sapiens clearly indicates a species of an order higher than chimps. Their physical morphology, especially with regard to their feet, and their bipedal locomotion also places them much closer to Homo sapiens than Pan. Aboriginal Homo sapien tradition is that these creatures are people, and a spiritual creature to boot. Thus, the *evidence* is strong that these creatures are of the genus Homo. They are human. This will not be *proven* during our lifetimes, primarily because the *evidence* indicates that government is discouraging discovery.

Hello! I'm a 'new' member - although I'm pretty sure I used to be a member here a long time ago, back when Bipto ran the site. My old membership credentials don't seem to work though, so I've re-registered. I'm based in the UK, so sadly Sasquatch hunting is purely a vicarious pursuit for me. I got hooked on the subject about 25 years ago when I picker up a book that had a full page blow up of Patty's face from 'the look' frame from the PGF and immediately realised that this was a photo for genuine creature and not some guy in a suit. I somehow got involved in the BFRO - I don't even remember how! - but Matt asked me to build the Native American Legends part of the BFRO website. I think that's still online, untouched from how I built it all that time ago. I had 'curator' access to the BFRO reports, and had first hand experience of how they filter out the bogus reports and investigate the good ones. I saw that they are a legit organisation, from the inside. I had a potential encounter on a visit to the US about 20 years ago. Maybe I'll save that story for one of my 'substantive' posts 😀

How would you feel about African Americans or Native Americans being listed under the Endangered Species Act to protect them from being shot? Sounds pretty racist, right? Or worse! We don't apply wildlife laws to people. And yet some of us consider bigfoot to most probably be a kind of human .. so what you're asking is just as racist and just as offensive whether you understand it and accept it or not. End of story.