Posting I made on Bigfoot Forums

QUOTE(StacyInMI @ Nov 16 2007, 08:31 AM) [snapback]420839[/snapback]

Yup.... and any credibility you once had would be damned to hell.

I find this statement to be a bit on the disturbing side. And it does not JUST apply to Biscardi, it applies to all researchers-what business is it of anyone's if someone goes on expedition with controversial individuals such as Biscardi to begin with? And what exactly is "credibility" in this field? Most of the world who knows very little about Bigfoot other than what they see on TV thinks we're all missing a few marbles because we chase big hairy monsters out in the woods. We would not exactly be considered "credible" to most of the world, so who is to say within this community who is more credible than the other? John Green used to publish hoax Sasquatch stories in his newspaper back before he really looked into it, yet he is considered the Godfather of Sasquatchery; Jeff Meldrum bought into the Snow Walker and Playmate Videos when he first got into this line of inquiry until he realized that they were hoaxes; Green still considers Peter Byrne a fraud simply because Byrne was picked to lead Tom Slick's Pacific Northwest Expedition in the late-'50's-early-'60's, yet Byrne is highly regarded by a good majority of you. And I have news for you all-ALL of us have had a slip of the tongue, or believed a certain piece of evidence was credible till we checked into it more closely and found we were wrong, or have had romantic notions on certain things until we became more objective. What makes Biscardi any different? Many researchers have gone on expedition with him, including some members of these very forums, and they have had nice things to say about him and the team he works with. Would you shun those individuals that are on this board who have gone on expedition with him and say their credibility has been damned to Hell if I were to name those individuals concerned? I notice no one has shunned Billy Willard or Steve Kulls, who BOTH post on these very forums and HAVE gone on expedition with Biscardi and have not found ANY HOAXING OR WRONGDOING!!! So are these individuals all of a sudden NOT credible just because they dared to go on expedition with a man many of you consider to be the Devil Incarnate and came back with positive feedback? You can't have it both ways, folks. If you are going to shun Biscardi and perhaps now Steve and Billy for supporting or being nice to Biscardi, then maybe all of you should be shunned for supporting Green or Meldrum or Byrne simply because of the opinions of a few and because they have slipped up and shown a human side too. I am going to take Biscardi up on his offer (actually, it was Steve Kulls' offer) to go on an expedition in Enterprise, Alabama, in February to check things out for myself. If there is wrongdoing, I will not hesitate to report it; if there is a positive report, I will give that as well. As I said on the other thread, I will hide nothing or turn nothing. I will call it as I see it, good or bad. If that bothers some of you, well, I apologize. I believe in checking things out for myself before I make a verdict. Besides, I am in this to research Bigfoot, NOT personalities.