Bigfoot hunting and its sociology -

The Sociology of Bigfoot Hunting

Well, here's mine -- I have a BA in sociology:

The bigfoot field attracts people with no education, because it
allows them to get famous for looking for Bigfoot, even if they never find anything. No degrees are needed just to search.

In the process, persons join groups for social outlets and for
banding together for mutual support when they find nothing much.
It becomes very important as to which group one is in, like street gangs.
The gangs or groups hang out on the internet and cluster around forums that
reflect their worldview. Each group attacks the others, and their leaders.
All this covers up the lack of any major findings. If any one person, or group, does find anything, such as a photo or a video, all opposing members
immediately attack the video or photo, since it is not from them. If some
person does get in the papers, he is attacked by the other groups and supported by his own.
If that person is able to defend themselves, the other groups put up a barrier
of silence.

If, as Dr Krantz suggested, science does get fully involved, which is unlikely,
then all Bigfooters become irrelevant. Unless science fails to find anything.
So far, no scientist has succeeded due to the inherent (stange)nature of the alleged creatures.
Thus, the amateurs will go on, and on and on. (and the "BS" will go on, and on and on and on.
Remember, 99% of all Bigfoot "fans" have never seen Bigfoot and 95% never get into the woods. :-)

Jon-Erik Beckjord, BA,MBA "Worlds Most Advanced Cryptozoologist"
http://www.bigfoot.org media call 510-878-2468
Bigfooters call 415-289-2277