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Versatile
Does anyone have an actual police report of having seen one. That is by an actual police officer having seen one himself while on duty. I know in some or most states that when an attorney or joe citizen gets a report from law enforcement, the report does not show what the officer wrote on the back. This is a narrative from the officer on what he saw, felt and what you said etc. Would be nice for someone to start a collection. In the future a person could then say "I have over # reports by law enforcement saying they have had a sighting. Should add some credibility to the whole BF'in movement.
JayleeD
I don't have any reports personally, but here's a thread where this has been discussed before.

http://www.bigfootforums.com/index.php?showtopic=6496
RogerKni
QUOTE(RogerKni @ Mar 31 2004, 12:34 PM)
In an article I wrote that's resting in the in-box of a BF NL, "Let's Firm Up Existing Evidence," I suggested that one important step BF buffs could take to make their case more believable, especially to skeptics, would be to obtain and post or print official facsimile copies of all BF reports by cops to their offices.  (These are public documents, I believe.)  Sort of like the facsimile documents posted on the Smoking Gun site.  I wrote, "Skeptics will accept nothing less."  (I.e., all the rest is just hearsay as far as they're concerned.)  Thanks for proving my point.

However, your remark, "no nothing except a story" is too dismissive.  There are stories and there are stories.  A story told by a single Bigfoot buff has low credibility--he's predisposed to seeing things, and maybe saying things.  A story told by multiple witnesses, all previously uninterested in the topic, some of them strangers, some of them cops (i.e., high-presumptive-veracity witnesses), and supported by a dent in a car, has at least ten times the evidentiary "weight," as it would require very unusual planning to hoax such a concatenation of testimony.  (Of course, as I said, to really make an impact, it has to be gotten "on the record."  Those cops have to be located and their stories tape recorded (ideally video-recorded), etc.) 

This is where there is a great opportunity for a TV producer to create a ground-breaking show (no one has focused exclusively on cops before), and to obtain a wonderful publicity teaser for it.  "Now revealed for the first time:  Cops Speak Out About Their Encounters with Monsters"!

EDIT:  Here's a catchier title:  "Face-to-Face: Flatfeet and Bigfeet!"
gamesniper
Having a relative that's an LEO, I know that credibility is extremely important in their job, and to report something like a BF sighting might be harmful to furthering their careers. Sorta like airline pilots reporting UFOs.

LAYWER: So, officer Smith, you saw my client running away from that 7-11 with a gun in his hand and opened fire. Is that true?
OFFICER SMITH: Yes I did.
LAWYER: And, officer Smith, didn't you also at one time report seeing a Bigfoot or Sasquatch monster rummaging through a dumpster behind the SAME 7-11?
>LAUGHTER FORM THE JURY AND SPECTATORS<
OFFICER SMITH: Yes, I did.
LAWYER: Your honor, I rest my case.

I'm sure a few LEO reports exist, but I'd bet that a greater majority of LEOs that see or encounter BF and/or it's evidence decide that reporting it might not be the best thing for their job.
bigstinkyfoot
"I'm sure a few LEO reports exist, but I'd bet that a greater majority of LEOs that see or encounter BF and/or it's evidence decide that reporting it might not be the best thing for their job." Gamesniper

That is the dilemma, gamesniper. People who see sasquatch for real often have something to lose by going public. But, any controversial topic will draw the flakes out of the woodwork to file a bogus report. They crave the attention. Best we can do is keep an open mind, but a healthy dose of scepticism. Try to balance the two. Not easy, but this site seems to do a very good job (IMO). Expect the scepticism, temper your enthusiasm when reporting. And hope that "confidential" means what you think it does. If not, truth is truth, no matter what anyone, or everyone, says.
BSF
Eggit
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Can't remeber where I heard about this but the sighting goes something like:

A guy as driving down a highway road and hit "a man a fur coat" (I think it might have been summer too, not sure) Before getting out of his car he calls 911 and telsl them he hit "a man in a fur coat" he then gets out of his car and looks around but cannot find the man, police arive and end up getting a canine unit out to search for the man. The canines pick up a scent trail and follow it for a long distamce (more than a mile I think) until they lose it into a swamp.

After-the-fact it was decided it was a BF and not "a guy in fur coat" because, no person could get hit that hard and walk away, much less 1 mile. Even if they did walk away why would a person go into a swamp. The subject was not lying about hitting something because in the police report they did report damage to his car and the dogs did pick up a definate trail. Oh and if it was summer why would you wear a fur coat in summer?


I posted this one in that thread that was linked too.
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