John Bindernagel wrote “A professional biologist updates his professional colleagues regarding the legitimacy and necessity of sasquatch research
This illustrated presentation was prepared in late 2016 and early 2017 for presentation at the 2017 annual conference of a society of British Columbia (Canada) biology professionals. I have been a member of this professional society since 1994, and have tried to adhere to its professional standards.
A similar paper was submitted for presentation at the 2013 annual conference. It was titled: The sasquatch in British Columbia: Are there moral and ethical obligations for biology professionals to examine the evidence for its existence? That paper was rejected.
Because a large amount of additional evidence has been documented and published since 2013, I submitted this second paper 3 years later. It was deferentially titled: The unfolding discovery of the North American sasquatch: understanding and addressing social and scientific deterrents to professional participation in the discovery process. I anticipated that it would be not just acceptable but welcomed for inclusion in the programme.
One reason for my optimism was the conference theme, titled, in part, Bridging social…and scientific worlds in professional biology.
Pointing out the necessity for increased involvement of biology professionals in sasquatch research appeared timely and relevant to the conference theme. Surely, I thought, my professional colleagues would be grateful to hear how far we have progressed in this unfolding discovery and understand the need for us to participate in this discovery process of special relevance to British Columbia. Indeed, BC sasquatch evidence has played a significant role in the discovery process to date, and continues to do so.
Consequently, I completed my presentation, which included over 80 illustrations, some prepared specifically for this paper.”
Daren c
The Sasquatch topic definitely misses his voice of reason.
Charles R
I had the extreme pleasure of listening to Dr. Bindernagle at Cambridge, OH, I think 2012, maybe 13. A lot of this was in his hour long lecture and then I spent 15 minutes one on one. The theme was Sasquatch Discovered, not acknowledged( by the academic community). 10 years later and we are still waiting. However the excitement over the subject of Sasquatch has increased tremendously since this time, and like UFOs, they can not keep the subject taboo much longer, me thinks.