Oh ok, that makes sense, because what .I realized after is that there is actually a good amount of evidence out there that lends credibility to these things existing. Anyone I know that has given it a truly honest chance comes back convinced they exist.
Meldrum, Bindernagel (rip, just died), John Greene and Krantz represent the more western scientific approach to these things. Other guys kind of up that alley are Christopher Noel (who is from VT like me), YouTube users "Bob Gymlan" and Utah Sasquatch, aka Reo.
The thing is tho, you have a whole group of people, many long time researchers, that converted over to the "Woo" (paranormal) camp, like Bob Gimlin, Ron Morehead, Dr Matt Johnson and even Les Stroud.
I love what Les did tho, in knowing that there were so many "camps " of thought in the bf world, so he gave everyone a chance with an open mind and actually went out in the forest and slept alone in these 'hotspots'. He now swears up and down that he experienced mindspeak, saw UFO/orbs in the forest and experienced some other crazy stuff. Rogan said he would believe Les no matter what he told him after he came back from his expedition, but this is not something that people want to hear as it makes them sound crazy and makes Bigfoot even seem more ridiculous. I even know someone that knew Krantz well and he said he had an 'on the record opinion of what they were and an off the record opinion', saying that if he told people what he really experienced out in the field that no one would take this subject seriously....and, mind you, the natives all said the same thing, that these things have 'super powers' and were more advanced than humans.
Thom Powell is my favorite tho, as he applied the scientific method to this thing but also admits to the 'high strangeness' that goes on. Another must watch if you have not heard him yet and he has some good books.