JLibourel
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I didn't mention Meldrum because I wasn't sure how much time he has actually spent in the field. After looking into the matter, I gather he has done a fair amount. Obviously, Meldrum has a very respectable level of scientific training. I gather some other scientists at Idaho State want to shut him up as an embarrassment because of his BF research. This seems pretty chickenshit to me. Universities are supposed to be havens for the unfettered pursuit of truth although they seldom are in reality, I have found. I will add that Meldrum's credibility, at least to me, suffers from the fact that he is also a devout Mormon. Frankly, it seems to me that adherence to Mormonism involves a far higher level of credulity than belief in Bigfoots. (And lest I be accused of religious bigotry, let me mention that since boyhood I have known quite a few LDS. With but a single exception, all of them have been exceptionally friendly, pleasant people. Besides, who could not love Julianne Hough, for example?)
A related matter I have been pondering is this: According to Wikipedia, at this time there are 4.495 institutions of higher learning in the USA (universities, 4-year colleges, community colleges). Virtually all of these institutions have a number of faculty in disciplines germane (in varying degrees) to the matter of Bigfoot: Biology; Zoology, including Vertebrate Zoology, Mammology and Primatology; Anatomy; Anthropology; Paleontology; Forestry; Wildlife Management; Environmental Studies and no doubt some others I can't think of at the moment. In the more than 50 years that Bigfoot has been a matter of general public interest, tens of thousands (perhaps more than a hundred thousand) of men and women have taught and done research in these fields. Yet of all these scientists, only two--Krantz and Meldrum--have seen fit to make BFs a matter of sustained research, and neither of these men were at top-tier institutions. This probably says something.
Nonetheless, I have little love for American higher education, and it would be gratifying, were a BF ever actually discovered, to see the dismissive arrogance of so many credentialed people confounded.
At least take comfort in the fact that it is entirely possible to prove the existence of Bigfoot with some tangible physical evidence or even photography of unimpeachable quality. However, it is quite impossible to prove the non-existence of Bigfoot.
As to the Bigfoot Bounty Hunters show, I have some hopes for it. While it is obvious already that some of the hunters are flakes and crackpots, at least two of the three judges have sound scientific qualifications, and just getting that many bodies into the field ought to turn something up...if, indeed, there is anything out there to turn up.
A related matter I have been pondering is this: According to Wikipedia, at this time there are 4.495 institutions of higher learning in the USA (universities, 4-year colleges, community colleges). Virtually all of these institutions have a number of faculty in disciplines germane (in varying degrees) to the matter of Bigfoot: Biology; Zoology, including Vertebrate Zoology, Mammology and Primatology; Anatomy; Anthropology; Paleontology; Forestry; Wildlife Management; Environmental Studies and no doubt some others I can't think of at the moment. In the more than 50 years that Bigfoot has been a matter of general public interest, tens of thousands (perhaps more than a hundred thousand) of men and women have taught and done research in these fields. Yet of all these scientists, only two--Krantz and Meldrum--have seen fit to make BFs a matter of sustained research, and neither of these men were at top-tier institutions. This probably says something.
Nonetheless, I have little love for American higher education, and it would be gratifying, were a BF ever actually discovered, to see the dismissive arrogance of so many credentialed people confounded.
At least take comfort in the fact that it is entirely possible to prove the existence of Bigfoot with some tangible physical evidence or even photography of unimpeachable quality. However, it is quite impossible to prove the non-existence of Bigfoot.
As to the Bigfoot Bounty Hunters show, I have some hopes for it. While it is obvious already that some of the hunters are flakes and crackpots, at least two of the three judges have sound scientific qualifications, and just getting that many bodies into the field ought to turn something up...if, indeed, there is anything out there to turn up.