After careful consideration, the Administration and Moderation staff of the BFF have decided to suspend the "Other phenomena" forum. Following is our reasoning:

1. The BFF operates under the umbrella of the Bigfoot Information Project who's mission is to advance the understanding and acceptance of North America's Great Apes though the dissemination of observable information regarding the animal known as bigfoot. Other phenomena are not covered under this mandate.

2. Discussions of ghosts, UFOs, and other supernatural topics do not help advance the understanding or acceptance of bigfoot and can, in fact, work against that goal. Right or wrong, we have a hard enough climb before us getting people seriously interested in this topic without dragging Roswell and Ghostbusters up the hill at the same time.

3. We feel sanctioning the discussion of these topics implies a certain level of advocation on the part of the BIP. In fact, the BIP has no position regarding the relative value of the topics mentioned above because it does not have the knowledge necessary to make any concrete conclusions regarding them.

We encourage our members still interested in participating in these types of discussions to share other discussion boards they're aware of that cover these topics. Also, if any member wishes to start a new board dedicated to these topics, we'd be happy to give advice on the subject.

Your comments and questions can be posted here.