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True, but you have to find a reputable publication willing to review it. Look what Ketchum wound up doing when she couldn't get her paper through the established process. There's something of a catch-22 going on here. How do you get something reviewed if the reviewers refuse to review it? It has to somehow find a level of credibility before it's credibility will be given a fair hearing. MIB

The prospect of discovery through DNA will never die, because a truly unique species will have unique DNA. You simply need a sequence that is new and repeats across many samples in the right places to be proof. Yes we had the funding, but it's not Ketchums fault that the proof (at least for most) wasn't there. Remember, the further bigfoot is from human, the easier it is to prove it exists. That should make you a bigger proponent of DNA testing than I am. For every member of the proposed bigfoot species that is out there, there would likely be hundreds of biological samples laying on the ground and clinging to trees. They might be just as hard to find, but perhaps better the odds of proof.

Those are county laws not federal government or state laws. Someone decided in two counties in WA that they might exist so made some laws to protect them if they do exist. Skamania and Watcom counties. No conspiracy or hidden agendas there.

That sounds like a good idea. I wish I was a couple thousand miles closer to that area. Maybe someday... Would certainly preclude any potential legal (criminal or civil) liability by finding skeletal remains in lieu of killing one w/o really knowing what it is first (forensically speaking) as it is impossible to recall any bullets sent downrange. edit; grammatical

Georgerm, Only for wildlife that has a designated season or is federally protected. Which BF is neither. Though they may come up with something. In Washington you better watch which county your in, because there are some regs specific to bigfoot. My suggestion, cut it up and hide it in various freezers. Then send the pieces out for analysis or DNA testing.

That sounds like a good idea. I wish I was a couple thousand miles closer to that area. Maybe someday...

I just had a thought. Perhaps if the anti-kill crowd would organize like the pro kill people and get into the field looking for bodies or skeletons, they might solve this thing before the kill groups do. Like it or not, I think the thing boils down to a race between the two groups and the possible extinction of the species. The goal is the same, just the methods are different. Other than some organized BFRO groups in various states, and organizations like the Olympic Project, the only other large organized groups I know of are pro kill. The hunt for bodies or skeletons is not dangerous for the hunters in that you are not going to shoot each other accidently, you are not chasing an elusive species around in the dark, and it is less likely that BF will kill you out of self defense. While there may be legal issues with a body or skeleton if it is human or indistinguishable from human, those issues are not nearly as serious as if you shoot something that turns out to be a human variant. And I don't know about you but I don't like to stay up half the night for anything. Let me propose, organizing a group to search the lahar on the East Side of Mt St Helens, looking for a skeleton washing out of the ash deposits with the spring runoff. That would need to be done this spring, after the road to Ape Canyon is open and we have access. I believe it is closed now because of the snow level. If anyone is interested contact me via PM. I do not know if the road is opened based on a calendar date or simply when the snow allows it to be open. I can check with the Monument on that. The more boots on the ground the more likely we are to find something. As an aside, that is a good place to find footprints if you have not found any yet and there are several reports of vocalizations after people leave the parking area at night.