This actually came off of another thread,but I really believe that when the first absolutely solid evidence is found its most likely to be some hunter or hiker who just happened to be in the right place at the right time and not one of the groups actually looking for them.I'm guessing almost all of us at one time or another go off looking by themselves frequently or occasionally and we're probably more likely to see one than a whole group of people traipsing through the woods no matter what kind of fancy equipment or "expertise"they have.What do you guys(and gals)think?

Yeah, I agree. I think one problem with that is the lone hiker or hunter isn't usually prepared for an encounter. That is, they probably won't have a camera ready and a lone hunter most likely will not shoot because of the obvious human shape.

I think this could be the case. I know of one report from a long time ago about 3 young teenage girls who came across a body of what they described to look like a bigfoot. They were just out playing around in the woods, not looking for anything in particular. They found the body down in a gully type dropoff area lying near a creek. They told one of the girls' father but he didn't not believe them. When finally someone went to see the body, it was already gone....so we will never know what it was they found.

However I do know that it is in the works right now that one of the groups I mentioned in the 'bigfoot researcher politics' threads is planning a well calculated outing in order to bring back a body. They sound like they are on the right track and in the right frame of mind to pull it off and I for one hope they do.

Yeah but if they are not very careful and are not very prepared, the body they bring back may not be one of a Bigfoot!

Hey I know that's the truth RB!!

Uh-oh. Sounds like another kill/don't kill discussion might be brewing...

I hope the Great Spirit will protect all Bigfeet from being murdered in the name of science. But if it happens, at least it would be indisputable proof of their existence and they could then be protected as an endangered species, which they may well need in the future. At this point, they are well served by their highly honed avoidance skills, but their habitat is shrinking as we speak. :roll:

I couldn't agree more - even the 'Skookum' expedition by the BFRO had about 6 or 7 members - I'm sure that any intelligent forest creature could see or smell them a mile off, whereas one or two hikers are a different prospect.

As you know, last year we had a Foot & Mouth outbreak here in Britain - our local forest was closed for several months to protect the wildlife.

After some time, I spotted on the foresty commission website that our local forest had re-opened, so we went to take the dogs for a walk - the forest still had a 'closed' sign, and we were the only ones there - probably the first hikers for months.

The point of this ramble, is that we saw several deer in the forest - the first for several years - it seemed that the deer had got used to not having humans around, and were suprised after several months to see them.

One year on, and I still haven't seen another deer in that forest.

If a bloodhound can track a human over miles even if the person is inside a car, then a BF must be able to smell bigfoot researchers coming, and only occasionaly gets caught out by a lone hiker.