Sasquatch hunter ridiculed

Times Colonist
Published: Tuesday, January 29, 2008

For over 40 years, John Bindernagel has done important work in wildlife biology and cryptozoology. He doesn't deserve to have his work portrayed as the obsession of a mad scientist.

In his tabloid-style article, Matthew Kruchak focuses on the sensational. He calls Dr. Bindernagel's plaster casts of footprints "clichés."

Instead of including specifics regarding the behavioural aspects of the sasquatch, which Bindernagel was happy to talk about, he mockingly points out how agitated Bindernagel becomes when pressed to provide information about a case that he isn't at liberty to discuss at this point.

It's people like Kruchak who insist on continuing to discredit important scientific investigation. Over the last 100 years, more than 200 species of primates have been discovered. More recently, a species of buffalo in Alberta and a species of cougar in Manitoba have been identified and named.

Why, then, shouldn't a bipedal hominid in the forests of the Pacific Northwest prove to be similarly elusive?

Wayne J. Everett