What facts would Bigfoot researchers prefer you not know? Every researcher—whether devoted to Bigfoot, UFOs, or something else—wants to appear to know everything about the subject he studies. In fact, many researchers like to downplay certain aspects of the research in order to appear more godlike in their knowledge and expertise. Here, just for you readers, I expose the top 5 secrets Bigfoot researchers wish you didn’t know.

  1. All the evidence concerning Bigfoot is circumstantial or anecdotal.
  2. Samples of hair or feces are meaningless, even if tests on them come back “unknown primate.”
  3. Whether ape or hominid or something else, Bigfoots ARE paranormal.
  4. 50+ years of field expeditions have netted NO irrefutable evidence.

And the #1 fact Bigfoot researchers don’t want you to know…

  1. We are no closer to solving the mystery today than we were 50 years ago.

I can expand #4 to say field expeditions represent a silly waste of money and effort. Call your “expedition” a vacation, and at least you’ll have a workable goal for the trip. But expeditions never have and never will bring back the so-called ultimate proof. Bigfoot research should have one goal: research. To learn, to explore, to seek out evidence. But to make proof your topmost goal serves no purpose other than to drive you crazy!

The age of the camcorder has brought us more video of purported Sasquatches. I believe some of the footage does show hairy hominids. Yet videos and photos cannot provide the ultimate proof. Neither can footprints, hair samples, audio recordings, or eyewitness testimony. Does that mean we should stop investigating those types of evidence? Of course not. We simply need to understand one fundamental truth about our investigations.

Bigfoot research is an avocation, not a scientific discipline.

© 2007 Lisa A. Shiel

Lisa A. Shiel is the author of Backyard Bigfoot: The True Story of Stick Signs, UFOs, & the Sasquatch, a ForeWord Magazine 2006 Book of the Year finalist. Critics have praised Backyard Bigfoot, saying “[it] is as informative as it is entertaining” (Midwest Book Review), “[it is] one of the best types of investigative reporting I’ve seen” (Reader Views), and “you may agree or not with her conclusions but you will be entertained by the discussions” (The Mining Journal, Marquette).

As a recognized Bigfoot expert, Lisa has been interviewed by big-city newspapers, drive-time talk radio hosts, local and national magazines, and TV reporters. In 2005, she founded the Michigan Upper Peninsula Bigfoot Organization (MUPBO) to explore all aspects of the Bigfoot phenomenon, from sightings to evolution to UFOs. Lisa has a master’s degree in Library Science. She currently pens a blog, Bigfoot Quest, as a companion to the MUPBO site.

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