Hi all. Just a hypothetical situation to present, lets some really lucky amatuer BF hunter is in the right place at the right time and manages to lets say trap, or maybe hit one with a tranq. dart, my question after that is: Then what?

Reload....... Gain some distance........... Kiss yer ass goodbye?????

I think the RIGHT people would need to be contacted right away. A group of big shooters from all the best scientific organizations, both pro and anti. But, before all that is done, document everything you can with video, pics, sound recordings, etc., and get ready to surf the shockwave.....

That days' coming..........

I totally agree GG. That day is coming and I don't think it's going to be that far in the future.

Good question !

I personally would like science to examine it, causing as little stress as possible, and then release it back to where it was found.

These days, we have the ability to examine in great detail, video recording, dna samples, hair samples, mri scans etc.

unless we can establish that it *is* an endangered species, then it has no place in a zoo.


Now, there *is* of course a problem if it turns out to be of the genus 'homo', in that it would need to be afforded the same rights as a human (hypothetically) - that means that a zoo is a definate no, but then who is going to pay for it's medical care and pension ?

If a body were found by whatever means.

I have to think that I would contact my buddy who works for one of the big media networks. This gets the word out big time,with a network reporter getting to you or your group fast and shown with the sas. This is not for the sake of fame.But for some security of the find.
I have read reports in which some shadowy gov. agency pulls up and takes the body (road kill in this report form OH.) and thats it. Never to hear a peep form anyone about it.
So call me paranoid.But I have a feeling this could happen.

Editorial:
God forbid you kill one even by accident.I think the worlds lunatic population would make you wish you had never heard of bigfoot.

I don't care how a body is brought in for proof,but if the media first method is used.The "Big Guns" of the BF community from around the world will come to you.

I think that capturing one alive would be too risky. Get an animal this size hopped up on some sort of drug and it might do alot of damage to those people around it, before it went down.

Besides, taking one of these creatures, alive, to a lab, would be more cruel than killing it. You would be subjecting it to rounds of needles, scans, and whatever else the people who worked there felt like doing to it, not to mention the amount of drugs you would have to use to keep the creature docile while it was tested. It all comes down to one word: Torture.

No, I think that it's much, much kinder kill one and then bring it in. Trust me on this one, the dead are beyond this realm of suffering. And if it could, I think the creature would probably thank you for not turning it over alive.

JMO

I agree with SFS. No doubt torture is the word that comes to mind.

If one was killed specifically for proof/study purposes.This dosen't mean that we will have a great slaughter, Like that of the american bison.

But IM sure that would open the flood gates for fame seekers and bounty hunters. No matter how It's proved that BF is actually out there.
We will see repercussions happen that we never expected or wanted.
1)Enormous tracts of land off limits to tresspass or future development(IE Govenment seizure of private property),except for the "experts". We will be left out.
2) Entire towns whos existance is based on the bounty of the land. Say,logging or,fishing or,farming. These will face tough times when an endangered species is thought to be living in that area. Remember the spotted owl in the PNW and the logging industry.
And the Clamath valley farmers who could not get water last summer for their crops due to a small sucker fish who lived in the river that suppiled the irrigation for the crops.
Both areas suffered economic devistation and familys were torn apart due to the strong arm tactics of Gov. agencys and eco groups trying to "save" these animals.
Turns out that Soptted owls were found living in K-mart signs. The experts said they could only nest in old growth forests. And the sucker fish is a bottom feeder.It dosen't care if the river level is down a few feet.But the crops were destroyed any way.
Sorry for the rant. Just some thoughts off the top of my head. IM just fearing that bigfoot will used as a reason for more of this nonsense. When your government feels animals are more important than people.Their is a problem!

There'd obviously be a dispute over just how threatened the BF population is by logging & other human activities. One of the big names in the BF field has opined that they are not a threatened species, and that their numbers are growing. Their range certainly appears extensive. I therefore don't think it would be the slam-dunk most BF buffs think it would be that there'd be a massive, immediate cutoff of human activities in BF habitats. (But maybe I'm merely "being logical" in an area that is mainly driven by the passions and arm-twisting of enviros?)

Anyway, first there'd have to be an estimate of BF population patterns. This would mean interrogating all BF-sighters and entering their observations into a sophisticated, flexible, unified database. Finally! (And maybe the gov't would pay current database-owners for the names of their mostly anonymous informants, and for contact-info. on them.)

On the bright side
Once BF is officaly proven to be real. This could be the end to hoaxers.
What fun would it be then to fake prints of a documented animal.

Yeah, then we will start seeing LochNess Monster tracks all over the place

Disection, its sad to say but I do believe the final outcome of a Bigfoot in the hands of scientists would be to take it apart and see how it works. Here's a nifty little thought that I had today while ponderring the capture of Bigfoot, wouldnt you as a scientific mind want to leave it alive and release it with a radio tag to find out not only its migration habits and whatnot, but to see if it could lead you to more of these creatures?

Expelis,

Reading your post reminds me of King Kong (Faye Ray, Jessica Lang, who cares they were both lovely). If your hypothetical situation does occur, you could have the same circus like atmosphere (Remember James Brolin?).

Hopefully, if this comes about, the necessary event can take place in the widlerness, and ethical people will be involved.

A capture, and containment, has the potential to be a real money maker (obvious).

But what will be interesting, is all of these anthropoligists and primatologists, and other "Experts" that have been poo-pooing this pheneomena, will all run to the government so they can get grants and "be the first" to run out into the forests of N.A. and study this singular discovery! (I can read the headlines now, "Well, we never really actually, meant, that we didn't mean, they didn't exist!").

Jon

Yeah, the whole radio tag thing has been discussed before. Who knows, it may work. But I think that a released creature would have a violently hostile view of human beings in general after what it had gone through. And who needs a creature like this rampaging through a summer camp, breaking heads as it went.

And as far as it leading you to more of it's kind, well thats just asking for trouble. Have this creature lead the team of tracking scientists into a trap, and all you would hear are screams and snapping sounds, and then the team are no more. Not to mention, a tracking tag would be a really great way for someone to commit genocide on this speices.

No, I still think that a body is what we need to prove once and for all that this is not just a king-sized hoax, but a living, breathing, North American ape.

JMO