I think the problem with believing in bigfoot, dogmen, etc..... is the lack of actual evidence, no tools, fire, bodies, actual hair, scat etc.... and then there is the whole biological side. to maintain a population would take a large group of individuals, (non-related,). add evolution into the mix and it gets harder, apes and other vegetarians have a large "gut" due to digesting plant matter, veg, fruits, and so on. so a pot belly type physique, meat eaters such as ourselves adapted to expel protien faster, so slimmer and such...which also led to our overnight jump with intelligence. descriptions of bigfoot suggest mostly a meat eater, but the availability of game then comes into question, is there enough food for a species of this size to survive. in the late 19th century and early 20th century, americas deer population was hunted to almost extinction. even today wild game is kept at a monitored level. for instance georgia (where i live) currently has a deer population of around 1 million, (thats a lot compared to some states such as colorado, whos population of deer are only around 25000) last year 300,000 were harvested by hunters in georgia. that is almost half of the total deer in the state. then every year around 1 million are killed in car collisions, its a fragile system that has to be managed to stave off extinction. i like to believe that bigfoot could exist, but the facts do point inthe other direction. add in all the hoaxes, and scams and it makes it even harder for people to believe. the first bigfoot eveidence came from the bluff creek area, that is where the term "bigfoot' was coined. then the patterson film from the same area. but the first story was later admitted to being fake, fake tracks and all. add that to the patterson scandal of the company who claims to have made the suit and it adds doubt, same with all the other claims..... then add all the wooowoo stuff into the mix and people roll their eyes and walk away....lol.... i do still want to belive though....lol