One of the main points from non-believers is why remains of a dead Bigfoot are never found? We can argue that the carcass of a bear is never/hardly ever found in the forest to justify why a dead Bigfoot is never found. But let’s be honest, I am sure a hunter/trapper/tracker/hiker at some point in time has probably stumbled across the remains of a dead bear in the forest. (I for one know of a tracker who has the skeletal remains of a black bear that he found in Southern Virginia.) The reality is, using the example of never finding a dead bear’s body in the forest is not a good argument to justify why researchers are unable to find the deceased body of a Bigfoot. However, indirectly the Bigfoot Research Community may have been given the answer to why a deceased body of a Bigfoot is not found in the forest through the discovery of Homo Naledi in Southern Africa. As reported in the October 2015 issue of National Geographic, in September 2013 two cavers discovered the remains of a potentially new species of early man. The discovery has posed more questions than answers.

The skeletal remains of H. Naledi were found in a cave that is devoid of evidence suggesting that rushing water deposited the bodies in the cave or that the bodies were brought to the cave via animals. The skeletal remains show no evidence of teeth marks from scavenger animals or erosion from water. Which potentially leads to the indication that the bodies of H. Naledi were placed in this cave on purpose which if that is the case suggestions an “advanced behavior” of H. Naledi that is unknown in “other primitive hominins”. Unfortunately, in many research paleoanthropology circles this theory is dismissed as not providing enough evidence or proof. National Geographic writer, Jamie Shreeve, writes “Disposal of the dead brings closure for the living, confers respect on the departed, or abets their transition to the next life. Such sentiments are a hallmark of humanity.” (p. 53). The lead researcher, Dr. Lee Berger stated in the same article that H. Naledi “was not human, which makes the behavior all the more intriguing.” (p. 53). Berger continues by stating, “It’s an animal that appears to have had the cognitive ability to recognize its separation from nature.” (p. 53).

Within the Bigfoot Research Community we often argue what is Bigfoot? An animal? Or a species of Man? Maybe Berger provided the Bigfoot Research Community with the proper definition, Bigfoot is an animal that has the cognitive ability to recognize its separation from nature. Therefore, isn’t it plausible that Bigfoot Researchers cannot find the dead remains of a Bigfoot creature because they “dispose” of their dead similar to H. Naledi, in a cave? Or something similar? I am in no way suggesting that Bigfoot creatures are a form of H. Naledi; however, I am suggesting that the behavior of H. Naledi’s disposal of dead bodies could be similar to what Bigfoot creatures may practice.

Nature does not “reinvent” the wheel with each creation. That is Man’s folly. My suggestion/theory of the disposal of dead bodies does not prove the existence of Bigfoot or even answer the question of why we cannot find a dead body. However, I hope that my thoughts trigger an idea that does lead to the discovery of a Bigfoot body part. According to the same article about H. Naledi, “teeth alone are often enough to identify a species.”