New species?

[Forum Monk]

It does seem that after all this time there would have been a carcass or some actual footprints found. Again, this can't be a single individual as it would have died out long ago. That means a breeding population would have to exist.

Many breeding populations would have to exist. Check out these maps of reported sitings: http://www.penn.freeservers.com/bigfootmaps/

Pretty cool map. But it helps support some of the problems with the idea of large two-legged mammals roaming around the continent; namely where are the bones? We've found no remains, and we've found no remains of any creature which could be ancient ancestors of this purported species. He seems to get around pretty well; has a huge, diverse habitat; reportedly exhibits intelligence; and yet defies detection by a qualified videographer that knows how to hold a camera steady and in focus. Its always the same guy who takes videos of the UFOs.

[MichelleH]

I thought Lord Chelmsford was the evil little dude of Zulu mythology?

Well, him too....maybe he was possessed by Tokeloshe...

[Minimalist]

Possessed by gin, more likely.

[Sam Salmon]

Possessed by gin, more likely.

Of course you really mean Djinn.

[Minimalist]

Eh....no.

You know that phrase..."drunk as an English lord?"

[Rokcet Scientist]

[...] If intelligent people would study this phenomenon, as I have, [...]

ROTFLMAO!

Were you drinking again when you wrote that, Frank?

[Minimalist]

You say that as if its a bad thing.

[kbs2244]

Your are not going to get professional investigation without funding.
And that sure will not be from public sources.
So you are looking at the need for an “eccentric” private rich guy.
And a “professional investigator” that is not afraid to lose any “standing” or good reputation he may have.

So we are stuck with “amateurs” without “standing.”

The only hope we have is the continually falling size and price of video equipment.

[Minimalist]

The only way to get an institutional investigation going would be for significant evidence to be turned up either accidentally or by amateurs. Such evidence would have to pass the inevitable "smell test." If a non-human primate bone showed up in a modern context that might do it.

[Frank Harrist]

Well this is all very discouraging. I'm gonna go take a nap.

[Minimalist]

I'm gonna go take a nap.

That's what Lord Chelmsford said.

[Rokcet Scientist]

Naaah. That was the big evil dude of Zulu mythology.

But he's long gone.
While Tokeloshe is still very much peripatetic today.

[War Arrow]

Well this is all very discouraging. I'm gonna go take a nap.

If I've learnt anything, it's don't listen to the miserable f****** clogging up the internet who, if reading a post about someone intending to move to the US (that's just a random example pulled out of the top of my head) will dedicate many happy hours to typing out horror stories clearly illustrating why it's such a terrible idea that you shouldn't even bother.

[Minimalist]

Well.....just don't get sick because our health care system sucks.

[Frank Harrist]

Well.....just don't get sick because our health care system sucks.

Now you tell me! Got a bill from the hospital for $29K. Four nights!

How old is the "youngest" Neanderthal that has been found? What if they didn't die out, but went "underground"? Suppose that they have been with us all along and in the millennia since the last fossil they have evolved into what we now call bigfoot? With warmer climates and more and better food sources they would have gotten bigger and smarter. Maybe the answer has been staring us in the face all along.