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I think the eyewitness testimony (particularly when multiple witnesses are involved) is the most compelling evidence. I don't think all such cases can be attributed to hoaxing or misidentification. As to what people are seeing I think the question remains open and I don't think we have enough info to start ruling out any theories at the moment.

It may well be that we'll never have enough information to come to a conclusion. I agree with TClaeys, the footprints have never been of interest to me. They are too easy to fake and also to misidentify. That doesn't mean there aren't some genuine casts but on their own I think they are next to useless.

Similarly I haven't yet come across a case where hair samples didn't turn out to be from other animals such as bears or even human beings but it's still early days particularly for DNA testing of samples.

The technology for extracting DNA is becoming ever cheaper and more effective. Within the next few (5-10) years it will become possible to do full DNA analysis at home using small relatively inexpensive technology. This should allow a wider variety of hair/skin samples to be analysed and hopefully this will give a fair chance of finding something previously unknown to science.

As I've said before, it may be that by then Bigfoot is already extinct (assuming it is a flesh and blood animal).

<blockquote data-quote="Killerclown" data-source="post: 50051" data-attributes="member: 960">I think the eyewitness testimony (particularly when multiple witnesses are involved) is the most compelling evidence.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think all such cases can be attributed to hoaxing or misidentification.&nbsp; As to what people are seeing I think the question remains open and I don&#039;t think we have enough info to start ruling out any theories at the moment.&nbsp; It may well be that we&#039;ll never have enough information to come to a conclusion.&nbsp; I agree with TClaeys, the footprints have never been of interest to me.&nbsp; They are too easy to fake and also to misidentify.&nbsp; That doesn&#039;t mean there aren&#039;t some genuine casts but on their own I think they are next to useless. Similarly I haven&#039;t yet come across a case where hair samples didn&#039;t turn out to be from other animals such as bears or even human beings but it&#039;s still early days particularly for DNA testing of samples.&nbsp; The technology for extracting DNA is becoming ever cheaper and more effective.&nbsp; Within the next few (5-10) years it will become possible to do full DNA analysis at home using small relatively inexpensive technology.&nbsp; This should allow a wider variety of hair/skin samples to be analysed and hopefully this will give a fair chance of finding something previously unknown to science.&nbsp; As I&#039;ve said before, it may be that by then Bigfoot is already extinct (assuming it is a flesh and blood animal).<img src="/forum/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/frown.png"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":(" title="Frown&nbsp; &nbsp; :(" data-shortname=":(" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Killerclown, post: 50051, member: 960"] I think the eyewitness testimony (particularly when multiple witnesses are involved) is the most compelling evidence. I don't think all such cases can be attributed to hoaxing or misidentification. As to what people are seeing I think the question remains open and I don't think we have enough info to start ruling out any theories at the moment. It may well be that we'll never have enough information to come to a conclusion. I agree with TClaeys, the footprints have never been of interest to me. They are too easy to fake and also to misidentify. That doesn't mean there aren't some genuine casts but on their own I think they are next to useless. Similarly I haven't yet come across a case where hair samples didn't turn out to be from other animals such as bears or even human beings but it's still early days particularly for DNA testing of samples. The technology for extracting DNA is becoming ever cheaper and more effective. Within the next few (5-10) years it will become possible to do full DNA analysis at home using small relatively inexpensive technology. This should allow a wider variety of hair/skin samples to be analysed and hopefully this will give a fair chance of finding something previously unknown to science. As I've said before, it may be that by then Bigfoot is already extinct (assuming it is a flesh and blood animal).:( [/QUOTE]

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