Yes, and you are not alone in the search or the way in which you are searching. There are many who search when they can and use their own money, sometimes to the detriment of personal commitments. I know many like you! I do not count myself in this esteemed group at this time because I teach school and don't have any spare cash for equipment beyond video and digital cameras. I respect every person with the guts and belief who take the time to get into the woods to prove this creature's existence. What has happened to me is that I have seen track casts, hair samples and other evidence (photographic) personally. I have had the experience of being watched and followed while hiking in the woods but like you have never seen a track I recognized or an actual Sasquatch with my own eyes. We are not fools who believe and I feel--and this is only my opinion mind you--that it is the scientists who are the fools for not believing.