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Even if Bigfoot had special secret burial rites, hid the bones of their dead like elephants, or even (gag) ate them, there still would be a breakdown in tradition during times of high mortality. That would make it much easier for humans to find a fresh Bigfoot body---not fossils, not bones, but a large hairy dead apeman not too far from a major body of water, a human hunting area, or a road.
Let's not forget that during the Black Plague and the Spanish Flu epidemic, human burial traditions were thrown by the wayside under the pressure of the inordinate number of bodies, and humans were stacked like logs inside of morgues and buried in mass graves without markers. When under enough pressure, any society suffers from a breakdown and sentimental concerns like burial rites are abandoned in favor of sheer survival. There's no reason to believe that Bigfoot would be any different, or superior to mankind in that respect.
In addition, what does Bigfoot eat? If it eats meat, why doesn't Bigfoot's migratory habits affect the local wildlife populations? Why aren't farmers reporting predatory apemen attacking their livestock? and if Bigfoot is vegetarian in nature, why don't we find areas in which they presumably live stripped of all edible vegetation? An animal that large would require quite a bit of food every day in order to survive. Why aren't there reports of Bigfoot raiding crops and gardens all over the country? Why isn't Bigfoot eating out of the dumpsters behind rural restaurants and grocery stores, when Bigfoot has been seen in fairly populated areas before? All we've heard about thus far is Bigfoot snitching a little bacon and a can of beans.
Between a lack of a body due to disease during epidemics and the lack of impact that Bigfoot's eating habits have on its presumed environment, I find it very, very hard to believe that Bigfoot exists at all.
Your position is completely understandable. One would think that some sort of fatal sickness (like Spanish flu you mentioned) would affect their population. Alot of Native Americans died as a result of Smallpox from what I understand.
These creature have a couple of things going for them though. Being remote from human populations would place a barrier of sorts between sick humans and themselves.
Another thing is their immune system. It'll likely be different than ours I suspect, so similar diseases that kill humans may have no effect on Bigfoot.
That was one of the particulars at Alamogordo that continues to bug me. Somebody, "the big wheel" decided the Chimps should be injected with HIV virus so they could test new Aids drug samples on those that developed the Aids virus.
Contrary to opinions of other researchers that the Chimp's immune system is not an exact match with humans. Well that slight difference in the Chimps immune system was enough so that NONE showed any sign of the Aids disease. That "genius" deserves the award where the recipient is publicly stoned or at the least injected with a fresh batch of HIV.
It has been reported though that the African Gorilla is vulnerable to Ebola.
You mention there should be signs of eating. Nobody knows exactly what they eat. I think they're omnivores like bears, and eat whatever's available, fruit,nuts,berries, lots of vegetation as well as meat.
They do leave some signs of their presence and that's one of the ways to find them. Large areas of Pine trees with missing bark are good places to frequent. I don't know why, but I know they do eat pine bark.
I don't think they'd have any noticeable affect on the animal population, since they've always been there anyway.
A gray wolf was shot recently only a few miles from the house here. Until recently everyone thought KY had no wolves. But as it turns out we do. Wolves must kill to survive but there doesn't seem to be any shortage of game here.