They are real and each yr there is more evidence of such. People do not see deer often and there are hundreds of millions of them. So if we can consider there being only a few hundred of them worldwide, the sightings will be very few.

The reason for few quality photos is simple. People do not go into remote areas with good cameras or large guns expecting to see one.

Trail cameras have caught a few but the naysayers claim the images are fake. Supposedly there has been a couple of bodies found and being studied but I have not seen one personally.