This first paragraph has little to do with the topic I posted but it's a lead up to what triggered my thoughts.

Long story woke and grabbed the keys this morning and went for coffee. On the way I reminisced about an unlikely conversation while waiting in line to ride a ride at Disney World last night. while waiting in line we struck up a conversation with the lady in front of us and she indicated she lived in the same county as we do and she lives in the middle of the green swamp (supposed Skunk Ape territory) anyway my wife knowing what I know about the Green Swamp she asked bluntly if they had ever seen a Skunk Ape and the lady responded "You mean Bigfoot"?. She said her husband is a fishing guide and has seen it and has had friends see it. She said he had a sighting and it basically freightned the hell out of him (she indicated he isn't scared easily). The lady's daughter was starting to get scared hearing about this so the conversation was diverted and we went on to ride the ride and said our good bye nice to meet you etc. from what I got out of our conversation it appears this thing has been seen a lot and all the time just not reported. She said they all talk about it out there (in the swamp). I was thinking these folks do nothing to lure it just have chance encounters like 99.9% of all sightings.

Anyway, I am starting to wonder are our current methods of detection or luring of the creature working? It seems to be like a lottery hit to see him/her and would it be better to venture into the woods and masking our own scent and just sit and wait? I realize the Skookum cast was retrieved as a total setup to obtain some sort of evidence which is probably the best example of baiting and luring and obtain some sort of evidence in my opinion. The method of sound recordings and obtaining a responses seems very valid but are we using the right calls? why not use food source calls (possibly elk and deer) to lure it. I was thinking all of this over my coffee this morning and the question I have is do we need to completely revaluate our methods? Why can't we on the BFF redefine research methods? I know lots of questions are asked on this and it's a million dollar question there are many intelligent members here. Isl it time to re-evaluate how we are going about this maybe create a new topic on the research forum solely for new methods and techniques? Thoughts?

Out

Lee M.

There is already a thread on this topic. Please come and give your thoughts.

http://www.bigfootforums.com/index.php?sho...=20478&st=0

The trouble is, there may be long periods of time when these creatures aren't even on the planet. When they are, they perhaps get spotted easily, before the greys come collect them again.

I can't agree.
Everyone knows it's the Nordics who drop off the bigfeet. Didn't you ever watch the Six Million Dollar man?

UMMM .....OK?

Ummm, yeaaahhhhhh.... you are joking, yes?

I was under the impression that they are always 'here', we just couldn't see them, because of the intersecting dimensions and what-not.