Sylvanic was formed in 2005 and consisted of 4 members with various levels of expertise. Todd was the skeptic to debunk what they were doing. He, however, became a firm believer and has gone public with his findings.
As his site says..
"Our tremendous success has come about from our enormous collaboration of minds, experiences, knowledge, and wisdom from all walks of life. Primatology meets first nations experiences; anthropology combines with the greatest hunting techniques on the planet. The experiences have been passed down through tens of thousands of years of first nations oral history and tradition with decades of scientific studies."Sounds great. You can't overestimate how important hunting techniques are when you are trying to let an animal live in peace.
"Our ultimate goal is to ethically introduce civilization to the most man-like primate on the planet."
This is where I disagree with Todd. I am a Florida skunk ape researcher. I want to find this animal so I can get a super high resolution video of it. I do not want to hurt it. In fact, I hope skunk ape ignores me and just goes his own way. My years in the field show me that the last thing these animals want is to interact with us. There seems to be no wild animal that is as elusive as this one. There must be a reason for that.
Todd has what are called "video 2&3" which you can watch for a price ($5) from the download link on his website. Commenter's on his youtube site have often wondered why he does not put them up on the tube if they do indeed contain a clear image of Bigfoot running faster than any human can.
The video comes highly rated. Check out these reviews below.
"The little guy in the suit almost fell backwards running up the hill....this video was not "professionally enhanced". Its only a couple minutes long, not in fully detailed. and the Bigfoot did not scale hillside faster than a human. Ive seen bears run faster up hill."With reviews like that, I need to get my credit card out.