Yes, I totally believe in a creature who has never turned up a body, produced any offspring, exposed a nesting site, been caught in a steady and reliable video, or left behind hair and bone samples. Totally believable.
I don't doubt that people have seen or heard strange things out in the woods. I just find it heard to believe that no one has ever shot one, been killed by one, or managed to turn up solid physical evidence. Shaky video, blurry photos, and eyewitness accounts just don't cut it anymore. Until a real body turns up I will always be highly skeptical that such a large creature could remind unnoticed for decades without leaving a single trace behind.
we don't know that NOBODY hasn't been killed by one...how is it going to be reported? and you cannot shoot one...it is against the law and they will arrest you and charge you as if you commited manslaughter or murder...now they are NOT going to sensationalize it and plaster it all over the news if/when it happens because according to our government and the scientific community "largely", they do not exist...right? Why no evidence?? who is going to except it and put their lives and careers in jeopardy by saying with authority (THIS evidence is real)? Scientists have been threatened, had to sign pages of papers that they promise to refute all evidence of Aliens, Bigfoot and other cryptids. THAT is why you NEVER see scientists showing off ANY of the tons of items that has been submitted over decades...you don't see them standing behind podiums or out in public or on the news talking about ALL the evidence they collected OR making direct comments that these things exist THOUGH Bigfoot dates back to the days of cave drawings, the bible, before ANY civilized man. EVERY native American tribe you can name has different names for Bigfoot, and Bigfoot-like creatures of all sizes have been reported on every land mass and country except Hawaii.
guess what a cave never seen before in the history of mankind was just discovered, the mouth of the cave is nearly 100 foot tall...yet it went unnoticed for centuries..because it was covered by jungle foliage too thick for our technology to locate...it is located in Mongolia -I believe.
for another thing, ONLY a select few Biologist, Zoologist's, anthropologists, or other expert, DR's, Scientist's involve themselves at hunting, searching, study, research, of Bigfoot . They don't go out stomping the wilds, the swamps, mountains, forests's, swampland, state parks, ravines, caves, or any thing else. because they get paid to sit in air-conditioned classrooms, labs, offices, and schools.
You do know that if you took a horse freshly killed and staked it down out in a field, in two or three weeks time....you wouldn't recognize it as the animal you knew it as. WHY? well because decomposition, bears, wolves, cougars, birds, insects, weather, rain , wind all tears at it day and night....even carry off body parts. you put that same horse in the forest....to rot? IT will degrade quite a bit faster...why?
well thee animals are more concentrated, they are not afraid to visit the kill-site more, higher numbers of predators will feed, and the forest breaks down body material at a faster rate.
Bigfoot has been recorded incredibly long before there were the "hoaxers" you have and know today...ALL of them.
you can always find people to disagree with your beliefs.