Wasn't it amazing how that whole K. man thing was handled?
Science and real historical research were damn near burnt at the stake during that sorry mess.
You see this kind of thing especially in the whole sorry scene with Global Warming. A lot of the scientists are pursuing grants and they shade the science to get the Grants.
I worked in the mid-Willamette Valley area for nearly 30 years drilling thousands of water wells, including one about a hundred yards from the site in Woodburn (no bones in that one).
I did however find other sites where deeply buried wood, fossils, and even what looked to me like bones were found. I never would report them. The owners of the sites would have been subjected to extreme loss of the use of their land and the 'scientists' would have construed their findings in ways that would have screwed us all. Better to just keep quiet and leave things well enough alone. Too bad that the sewer excavators didn't do the same thing.