Dr. Colm Kelleher - National Institute for Discovery Science -  
"The apprarent paranormal aspects of many Bigfoot accounts make many cryptozoologists uncomfortable.
In fact, most Bigfoot researchers choose to downplay some of the more exotic aspects of their research.
After all, they believe that Bigfoot,Yeti, and their assorted cousins are flesh and blood beings that just
haven't been found yet  ( despite 1406 years of contact -- webmaster) . Whenever witnesses discuss Bigfoot
in connection  with such topics as UFO sightings, or psychic phenomena, cryptozoologists get understandably
antsy. After all mixing in a plethora of other weird topics could not only strenghten the hand of Sasquatch
skeptics, but also give scientists and journalists another reason to sidestep any serious examinination  of
the Bigfoot mystery."

However, it simply isn't honest to discard pieces of information  (hiding data - webmaster) that might not
fit a preconceived idea of "the truth".   ( The Hunt for the Skinwalker, Kelleher & Knapp- 2005 Paraview Pocket Books.)
 

Comment by webmaster:

I faced this issue back in 1977 when I started finding ufo reports and alien reports coming from the same zone
where Bigfoot reports were coming from, and when I personally began to encounter paranormal events during
my own Bigfoot research. I even got reports of Bigfoot WITH ufos, and with aliens. Yet, my associates kept telling me
then (and still say so now) that "if we mix these things, we will lose "credibility" and we will not get scientists
to assist us.

Well, what is the point of getting anthropologists  interested in a fles h and blood Bigfoot if it really is not normal
flesh and blood?  At some point they see the paranormal aspects and they run screaming from the lab or research
vehicle, saying "I am contaminated! Weirdness everywhere!"  And they jump ship.

So I said back then, and now, and Dr. Kelleher now says the same:

YOU MUST BE HONEST

The truth is the truth and must not be swept under the rug, as  the late Krantz and others have done for years and years.

Over  time, physicists, such as Dr. Fred Allen Wolf, Dr. Michio Kaku, and six others  have entered the issue. Their role is to find out
how these creatures got here. The new role of anthropologists and primatologists is to study the issue in terms of exo-biology.

Krantz named me as the main member of the Lunatic Fringe. I am now being joined by many PhDs who share my views.

Note: NIDS is now dormant and our own NASAI is carrying on.

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