Never Say Never in Regards to Our Mysterious World Especially Bigfoot

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance-

it is the illusion of knowledge.

~Daniel J. Boorstin~

The Bili Ape found in the northern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo in the late 1990's seemed to be both a chimpanzee and gorilla.  It has only been seen by one scientist Shelly Williams.  Has it suddenly morphed into a newly discovered species because a primatologist has seen them?. The locals have always talked about them but they were not "discovered by science" until 2001. Does that mean they did not exist until now?  Not much is known about them but if you talked to the locals they seemed to know all about them. They are capable of killing lions and are considered ferocious.  How can they be a new species when there is local knowledge and oral history about them?

For me the premise that without scientific discovery there is no such thing as a Bigfoot doesn't make sense. Discovery of living things don't just become real because science has made the discovery. The oral history of Bigfoot by Native Americans and First Nations is rich in facts and details about them. This was a known creature of their world. Does that mean that since Europeans came to America that what was a fact becomes a myth because the white man hasn't used their science to discover them? That is being a bit arrogant and close minded. To me it makes sense to try to find out rather than dismiss something that has a long history here in America. Closed minds don't make discoveries. Only the ones who dare and are open to discovery are the ones who discover.

I truly think that our premise that unless someone who is officially from the science community has made the determination that a species is real is being arrogant.  Thinking they know everything.  When in fact our science community has been reminded so many times over history that they are wrong or ignorant of our world and all that lives there.  They continually have to retract their facts or premise trying to word it in a way that still makes them sound intelligent.  Even when they have to completely do a 360 such as saying many years ago that life can't happen unless there is light.   Now they are saying there has to be some type of energy.  This is thanks to the discoveries made in the deep, dark depths of our oceans.  Making absolutes and saying they know everything is setting up the science community to being closed minded and arrogant.  It should not be part of the science community.  Being a skeptic but using imagination and problem-solving to approach our world and the mysteries should be more of an appropriate approach.  Saying that what they have found for now indicates what they know.  There is nothing wrong with saying that what facts known for now indicates certain premises and also lead them to educated guesses on other things.

I know I have sounded a bit harsh and seemed a bit anti-science but in reality I am not.  I love science.  It has done so many things to help us learn about our world and have had many wonderful discoveries.  Its the manner or the way the science community has been about of the many mysteries that regular people have talked about for a long time.  Some have actually been proven real such as the giant squid.  SCIENCE TRIES TO EXPLAIN OUR WORLD IN A RATIONAL MANNER BUT IT DOESN'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS.  It never will.  Why?  Because we are part of the mystery.  We still have questions about the how and why of our world starting with the beginning.  If you have heard otherwise then you were told wrong.  It is all educated guesses and beliefs.  That is what makes our world so fascinating.  We don't know everything.  Only a tiny fraction and its there for us to discover more.

I have never made one of my discoveries

through the process of rational thinking. 

~Albert Einstein~