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 . ..................