The BFRO's "glory days" were from 1992-1997. This was when it was funded by Boston's Academy for Applied Science with reportedly a half-million dollars to work with. It was a five year project headed by Peter Byrne. BFRO made use of heat and motion sensors as well as weight sensors all rigged to day/night cameras, had expensive night vision equipment, and lastly had two Bell helicopters at their disposal. While many researchers can probably afford motion detection cameras and can play recorded Bigfoot screams and the like, I seriously doubt that the average researcher can afford to have a couple helicopters on standby or afford upper end night vision equipment like K 90 thermal imagers ($18,000 each I believe). Perhaps BFRO's claim is now dated, but it was in a better position financially than most other organizations/researchers. Then again, all the money in the world and all the scientific consultants at one's disposal may come up with far less evidence than say two cowboys riding horses along a riverbank in Northern CA.
Posted on Sep 23, 2002, 10:42 AM from IP address 205.187.135.193