@marhawkman It appears from the news and the facts about his employment that he was caught doing something ugly and instead of going through a prolonged dismissal process for government employees, they said he could "retire". A formality. So he qualified for a pension but was not yet fulfilling full retirement criteria and will defer the collection of that pension until that age. Happens all the time with people who switch jobs or feel the need to leave for whatever reason.
How that relates to his Bigfoot and Missing 411 stuff is tenuous. But I agree that this further taints Paulides' reputation. He likes to tout his work history as an officer, but being a police officer hardly qualifies you as an honest person by default. I find a number of independent factors that cause me to conclude that both he and his work are disreputable.
I also agree that the NPS isn't hiding anything. There is no reason why they would. (Not even to protect Bigfoot disclosure.) When people don't like the dearth of facts, they assume there must be more to it. It sure is common for people to not understand that sometimes there just isn't a lot of information that was available for collection in the first place. So you can never figure out the solution.