But, if they did, it doesn’t necessarily mean that they killed the creature.

It could be that they came across a body in the woods, already decomposing, and carried it home. If that is the case, that the creature had already started the process of decomposition–which goes pretty fast in the woods of Georgia in the summer–they might easily have enough room in a cheapo from Lowe’s chest freezer to keep the carcass.

I still doubt that they have a body, or if they do, that it is actually what they say it is–it is more likely to be a half-decomposed black bear, for example. They don’t strike me as being very good woodsmen, so they may not be able to tell the difference, especially if the skull is missing.

I know that some of the BFRO researchers have the goal of trying to find an already dead Sasquatch, rather than killing the creature, because most of them have the idea that the creature is somewhat closely related to Homo sapiens, and such the ethics of killing one would be questionable. (I talked extensively with a BFRO member who is a zoologist after I reported hearing really weird roars and screams along with the sound of something huge dashing back and forth in the woods behind my house one night. I nearly went out into the woods to investigate, but I thought better of it when my brave dog cowered in fear and could not be pried out from behind the heat pump where she had wedged herself to hide. Besides, I think my husband would have had a heart attack if I had been so impulsively stupid. Especially if I had blundered off the thirty-five foot ravine during my putative investigation. But that is beside the point–I talked to him for a good long time, and he seemed a quite sober and sensible fellow who told me that he personally knew of people who had had a Sasquatch in the sites of their hunting rifles and couldn’t pull the trigger, because their instincts were that it was wrongful to do so–and I agree.)

So, it is possible that they have a body, and that they didn’t shoot it.

I just doubt it highly, myself.

Puleaze!

People have come in on both sides on the “humanity” of bigfoot. It is a valid question. I’ve listened to lots of reports of people who have come across BF with guns in their hands to hear them say they have not taken the shot because what they were seeing was human like…at least enough similarity with humans to be unsure of whether it was a good idea to be shooting one of them.

That’s valid. I believe BF presents a moral issue as well as a cryptozoological issue–here at Cryptomundo and for the rest of the world. I am tired of the whole “produce me a carcass and I’ll believe you” line anyway. That is an archaic and outdated way of thinking that was good for science decades ago, but no longer.

For BF supporters, it means a harder route, but it just means more footwork to get to the bottom of the issue. Jane Goodall didn’t go out and kill or capture herself some gorillas to learn more about them…she went out and spent time with them.

I’m with Ole Bub–we can find and learn about the BF without laying one out on a slab to prove it…it will happen in time(finding more about them, not laying one out on a slab), but the key is not letting the nay-sayers dictate the rules of engagement. Just because they need to see a body, doesn’t make it necessary–I for one have always been of the mind–who cares if you don’t believe–good for you, but my belief in BF or Nessie or any of the other cryptids is in no way tarnished by the fact that some other person out there has the need to see a corpse before they can allow themselves to believe.

But I don’t believe Bigfoot should be hunted or shot. I am sorrowful when I think of a dead bigfoot. These creatures are a last majestic mystery in our world. They should be studied in their own habitat. I fear the future of bigfoot is something like the circus or zoo or stuck in some science lab being prodded and poked. If these people do have a dead bigfoot (and I hope they do not) I think they should treat it more delicately. This species would be groundbreaking to the entire world and I pray that the search for this unsolved mystery doesn’t end like this. I feel that the end of this mystery lacks dignity. If this is how “proof” of the elusive bigfoot will surface, it will truly be the darkest day in cryptozoology the world has ever known.

The Most Beautiful Thing We Can Experience Is The Mysterious…

I seen that video and i found them to be hard to believe…
but the fact that they keep pushing the issue???

If they did hunt and kill an innocent Sasquatch type animal, I am truly bothered; no matter what this does to peoples ability to believe that these creatures exist…

I believe… i havin’t seen it … but that’s cool with me… as long as they got a place to live and there environment is not threatened, oh wait it is…. sigh

well anyhow… guess we’ll see on 9-1-2008 ???

If you are going to reference and denigrate my comments on a Youtube video which has since been deleted …please do so in it’s proper context.

My comments were prefaced by the qualification…”if DNA analysis results indicate the genus Homo then these folks could potentially face homicide or manslaughter charges…with escalating legal entanglements”…still my humble opinion, as well as my attorney’s opinion as recently as this afternoon.

I have personally interviewed Federal, Tribal, and Local Law Enforcement officers at Pine Ridge, South Dakota, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Oklahoma, who have had “North American Aboriginal Peoples” in their rifle optics and declined to squeeze the trigger…how many Law Enforcement Officers have you interviewed sir?

Most of the “no kill” NA peoples I know recognize these magnificent creatures as an “ancient peoples” a primitive tribe if you will, with a “live and let live” tolerance, despite our disrespectful treatment of their habitat, watershed, food caches and themselves.

live an let live…

ole bub and the dawgs