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When I started researching about eighteen years ago , I didnt know about all the drama and dysfunction in the Bigfoot community , It was about  seven years ago when I started getting a glimpse into it . 

 I have always been the type of person who does not judge people due to someone else's feelings of that person or group and because of this,  I have had and at times still have people in the BF community judging me for this .

 With that being said ,  there is one group and person in this field who I have tried not to pass  judgment on UP UNTIL NOW !

 The group is BFRO ( Bigfoot Field Researchers Org ) and the person is Matt Moneymaker .
I had my first experience with this group and some of their members about four years ago when I came upon them one evening in one of my sites here in FL .  Long story short , I was accused of trying to sabotage their outing ,  they tried to tell me I was trespassing and had to leave the property and  I was grilled and verbally treated badly by Caroline C . 

 I also had to tell them that the noises  that they were recording were the sounds of a lion and not of a Bigfoot / Skunkape .   I told them that a couple of eccentric elderly women that live next to this property have exotics and one of them is a lion .  They still recorded it and tried to convince me that it was Bigfoot  and they wanted me to attest to it .

 I let them know that I had no clue that they were here and I had a permit from swiftmud to be on this property and that if they had a permit they should know about the
NO ALCOHOL  policy ( several of the members were drinking and drunk while actively researching ) .   I also stated that they better keep Caroline C away from me or all hell is gonna break loose on them . 
I also stated that I was not going to lie about the noises for them or anyone

 After I explained that I took a size seventeen casting out of the area , I started being treated differently and was hounded to let them have my cast .  I was told over and over that MM wanted to meet me and to not leave , needless to say , he never came to talk to me,  I was lied to and was told that he was busy out in the field ( I saw him standing at the table with one other guy )  and my name and number was taken .

 Two days later I received several calls from MM over a three day span , I didnt take those calls due to the fact that he wanted info on the site and wanted to borrow my casting and make a copy of it . 

 Now, you can see just how good this group is that your paying major amounts of money to research with .  They had Bay News 9 come out and do a story on them , this is the same site and weekend that I was there and the above happened .   They led this poor reporter on a chase ( due to eye shine ) for about thirty mins  only to find out it was a raccoon  ( so much for their expensive equipment ) and knowledge .

 Now this,

 About two months ago , bfro had an expedition down here .  I was posting on the message board about the trip and was conversating with a couple of members through pms as well .   Everything was going fine until , I made a post about my researching experiences for that weekend and that I couldnt wait to hear what they came up with . 

 The next time I logged on to the message board , I found a pm from the mod stating that my post had been deleted due to me giving false info on where I THOUGHT bfro was and that my research and findings were bogus .

 I replied back ,  That I only stated where they were due to IT BEING POSTED ON THE MAIN PAGE AS TO WHERE THEY WERE .  I also stated that if my research and findings were so bogus , then why does some of your members want to research with me so badly , why do they want to know where my sites are and why do you guys want to copy the casting that I have . 

 The next time I logged on , I found where the pms that I had sent and the pms that were sent to me had all been deleted  ,  I also found where some of my other posts were gone as well .


 I sent a pm to the mod that said ,   Hmmm ,  well this is how you guys operate .   Well this is how I operate , you have ruined any chances of getting a copy of my cast ,  knowing any info on my research sites  and I have really good friends in swiftmud and other state agencies where you need their permission to access land,  land that I know you guys love to go to and would love to access and since I know a local tv news guy , I will be letting him know about yall as well .

 I am also informing them about the fact that  certain members of and in your group carry firearms and alcohol  where it is prohibited , that you charge people to come on these expeditions and then access their land ( which is a big no no from what I hear ).

 I received a reply stating this ,  I think I may have made a mistake and deleted the wrong account , if this has happened please understand and forgive me . I think there must have been some misunderstandings between us and I would like to apologize .

 I then replied back simply ,   Oh I understand !  and then I deleted my account  .

 I then had two calls come in from a California N# and two messages were left , both was from some guy saying he was MM and he urgently needed to speak with me and he gave me a N# and said to call him . 

 
  I was friendly with this group and some of its members BUT now I have experienced just a little of what others have gone thru ,  I am now one of the many, many, many people who will have nothing to do with them anymore . ..................