Originally posted by Horrificus
According to the Columbia Mountains Institute, in British Columbia alone, the estimated population of Grizzly Bear is between 6,000 and 12,000. Out of this, few or no bear carcasses have been reported. (as far as I was able to find) I'm leaving myself some "elbow room" here.

Originally posted by GradyPhilpott

Originally posted by Horrificus
According to the Columbia Mountains Institute, in British Columbia alone, the estimated population of Grizzly Bear is between 6,000 and 12,000. Out of this, few or no bear carcasses have been reported. (as far as I was able to find) I'm leaving myself some "elbow room" here.

Why would anyone report a bear carcass?

But, even if you are correct that no one has ever found a bear carcass, no one has any trouble finding evidence of bears. Even if there were no eyewitness accounts, there would still be evidence of bears.

I'm not saying that Bigfoot does not exist, but I will not entertain the idea without some credible evidence. Blurry images and men in monkey suits won't do it for me.

[edit on 2007/6/30 by GradyPhilpott]

Originally posted by Horrificus
I just know that the lack of a dead one does not mean they don't exist.

Originally posted by GradyPhilpott
It does seem that if there were another primate species living in the US, it would be pretty easy to locate evidence of its existence. There would be nests, or camps, there would be droppings, there would be some kind of impact on the environment that would indicate that a thriving species was eating, hunting, breeding, migrating and dying.

In the absence of such things, I have to wonder why anyone cares and why people insist on believing in something, when there is no evidence and the "proof" provided by the believers is so flimsy.

[edit on 2007/6/13 by GradyPhilpott]

And on topic. No carcass doesn't mean non-existent. I have NEVER seen a whale carcass, so do they not exist? In my city there's a huge forest literally bursting with deer. Seriously, they are there all year round, from calf to corpse... yet those corpses are never seen. Ask anyone who works there and they'll say you get a corpse every now and then, but the majority of them are never found. No matter where you go, you hardly ever see animal corpses. Perhaps you'll see one or two, but never loads.

Originally posted by Where2Hide2006
I am a deer and duck hunter. I have been in the deep woods many times, and I have never seen any deer bones or any bear bones. I guess thats proof that these animals don't exist.

Originally posted by GreenDevil
I think it's more likely that dinosaurs exist in the amazon to be honest. We have claims of Sasquatch inhabiting much more explored and obviously tred upon area yet we haven't discovered a carcass, not even bones? To me this is proof of it's non-existance.