Founded in 1995, the BFRO is widely considered as the most credible and respected investigative network involved in the study of the subject of bigfoot and is now the oldest and largest organization of its kind. It is a virtual community of scientists, journalists, and specialists from diverse backgrounds engaged in projects, including field and laboratory investigations, designed to address various aspects of the bigfoot phenomenon. The BFRO organizes and reports observations and directs expeditions to places where the observations have occurred. Through this process, the BFRO steadily improves the size and scope of its collective expertise about these animals. It has always been the policy of the BFRO to study the species in ways that will not physically harm them.