Posting I made at Search For Bigfoot.org

I think this whole thing is ridiculous and smacks of jealousy. I did not get into this field for soap opera BS and drama-I got into this to research Bigfoot. I got into this because I was impressed by Andre The Giant as the Bionic Bigfoot on The Six Million Dollar Man, and also the book Bigfoot: The Mysterious Monster. I got into it even further when I had my sightings. I put together websites and blogs to share information about BIGFOOT and to a slightly lesser extent Cryptozoology. I did NOT get into this to research what Joe Blow or Jane Doe are doing in their personal lives, or who is a good researcher and who is a bad one. I did not get into this to find out who so-and-so is boinking in their personal lives, or who is controversial and who isn't, and who might be "hurting" our field. 32 years in, and at least 5 posting on and reading forums and really getting into the Bigfoot "Community," and I am doing this to further study of large, hairy biepds, but certain individuals are not content with that-they are only content to spread lies and rumors and gossip about others, which is really unfortunate, and it is no wonder there is no absolute iodisputable proof of these things existing. This BS is even spreading to certain radio shows, and I say it is time to put an end to all this BS and drama and drop it before someone gets a lawsuit or gets hurt. It is ridiculous and counter-productive and gets us NOWHERE. So, can we PLEASE get back to researching big hairy bipeds, not someone's personal sex life? Does anybody remember the days before the Internet, when researchers generally cooperated with each other and corresponded via telephone and mail, and everybody got along and was nonjudgmental? As wonderful a tool as the Internet is, it has also inspired a lot of garbage and rumor and gossip and hard feelings among researchers. Am I saying eliminate the Internet entirely? Of course not. But, let us all watch what we say from now on, and research giant hairy bipeds, NOT Melissa or anyone else's personal sex life.