a discussion about why some evidence is acceptable and other evidence isn't, or why some reasoning simply doesn't apply.
Well, let's start with, "What evidence is there?" This seems to me to be more fruitful than an abstract discussion of what types of evidence are worth how much, who to believe, who not to believe, etc. I'll confess to very little knowledge of bigfoot claims, other than the grainy clips that I suppose everyone has seen that have been discredited.
What else do you have?
Those who would sacrifice an essential liberty for a temporary security will lose both, and deserve neither. -- Benjamin Franklin
We see monsters where science shows us windmills. -- Phat