Evidently Stick Man didn't reignite them. Here is what was said in a Seattle Weekly article published after the conference.
Seattle Weekly Published June 22 - 28, 2000
"Unfortunately, the announcement, made at an archaeological conference in Spokane, didn't live up to its advance billing. No evidence was presented that "Stick Man" (Chatters' nickname) had ever lived in the Northwest; "It could just as easily be an undocumented lab specimen from Southeast Asia," grumbled one disappointed attendee."
Curse of the K-Man