[Calvin Locke]

Maybe he used the term "collected". Still, you see an unknown creature for the first time, and you kill it?

I believe they named the species after a benefactress of the museum, fwiw.

[SunkenCiv]

Hey, if it’s seven feet tall, bellowing, and about to rip your arms off, you do. ;’)

The late Grover Krantz noted that the existence of bigfoot would never be accepted unless there were a type specimen, elaborating that it meant killing one and bringing back the carcass or “a significant part” of one; he gave as the minimum one hand and the head. I guess there’ll be a big empty spot on the trophy room wall, eh? ;’)