Bigfoot found?
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Topic: Bigfoot found?
Posted By: King John
Subject: Bigfoot found?
Date Posted: 15-Aug-2008 at 18:56
I have a soft spot for crypto-zoology, maybe it's my gullibility, naïveté, or maybe my hopeful nature that there is something out there to be discovered, whatever it is I'm a sucker for cryptids. So you can imagine my fascination when while I was perusing CNN.com I came upon this article about two men who claim to have the body of a deceased Big Foot.
(CNN) -- A policeman and a former corrections officer say that on Friday they will unveil evidence of what they claim is their biggest find ever: the body of Bigfoot.
Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, a pair of Bigfoot-hunting hobbyists from north Georgia, say they found the creature's body in a wooded area and spotted several similar creatures that were still alive.
The carcass of the furry half-man, half-ape is 7 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs more than 500 pounds, they say. However, the two are not disclosing the exact location of their discovery to protect the remaining creatures.
Tom Nelson, chairman of the biology department at North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega, said he's "pretty skeptical" the world will feast its eyes on a new species Friday.
"That would certainly rock mammalogy," joked Nelson, who specializes in the study of mammals. "I see a research grant in my future."
Whitton and Dyer plan to unveil what they say is DNA and photo evidence of the discovery in Palo Alto, California, in conjunction with a group called Searching for Bigfoot Inc.
A photograph on that group's Web site shows what appears to be the body of a large, hairy creature with an ape-like face, stuffed into a large freezer.
According to a written release, the two announced the discovery on an Internet radio show, "Squatch Detective," several weeks ago. iReport.com: Do you believe in Bigfoot?
"The only person we would allow to come down and verify the body was 'the Real Bigfoot Hunter,' Tom Biscardi," Dyer said, referring to Searching for Bigfoot's CEO, who has been looking for the elusive, legendary creature in the United States and Canada since 1971.
Whitton is a Georgia police officer who is on administrative leave after being shot in the wrist during a pursuit. Dyer is a former prison guard.
DNA tests on the body have begun, said the statement, and "extensive scientific studies" will be done on the body by scientists, including a molecular biologist, an anthropologist and a paleontologist.
Nelson, the university professor, acknowledged that new species of animals have been discovered in recent decades and that, in science, "we always acknowledge the possibility of something new."
But he said that even in north Georgia, home to the Blue Ridge Mountains and the foot of the Appalachian Trail, it stretches the imagination to think a family of 7-foot-tall creatures could have eluded hunters, hikers and creeping development until now.
"To the average person, these places just seem like extreme wilderness where you'll find lions and tigers and bears," he said. "The reality is that you're never more than a mile from a road."
The group says the animal is male, has reddish hair and "blackish-gray" eyes and human-like feet, hands and teeth.1 |
What does everybody think about this? Is it possible that these men have actually found the mythical Bigfoot?
1. http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/bigfoot.body/index.html - Body prove Bigfoot no myth, hunters say
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Posted By: Byzantine Emperor
Date Posted: 16-Aug-2008 at 15:20
I saw a picture on Yahoo news of the thing's supposed body. What could it be? Some conspiracy theorists messing around and trying to make the news?
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Posted By: Constantine XI
Date Posted: 16-Aug-2008 at 15:29
A professor commenting on the photo said it looked like an ape mask with a heap of guts and other animal skins thrown into the sub in which the "remains" were kept. I find this stuff fascinating too, but I must remain skeptical.
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Posted By: Constantine XI
Date Posted: 16-Aug-2008 at 16:27
And we have confirmation, it's a hoax. And surprise surprise, the two men involved run a big foot merchanise business.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=615624 - http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=615624
Results from tests on genetic material from alleged remains of one
of the mythical half-ape and half-human creatures, made public at a
news conference on Friday held after the claimed discovery swept the
Internet, failed to prove its existence.
Its spread was fueled by a photograph of a hairy heap, bearing a
close resemblance to a shaggy full-body gorilla costume, stuffed into a
container resembling a refrigerator.
One of the two samples of DNA said to prove the existence of the
Bigfoot came from a human and the other was 96 percent from an opossum,
according to Curt Nelson, a scientist at the University of Minnesota
who performed the DNA analysis.
Bigfoot creatures are said to live in the forests of the US Pacific
Northwest. An opossum is a marsupial about the size of a house cat.
Results of the DNA tests were revealed in an e-mail from Nelson and
distributed at the Palo Alto, California, news conference held by Tom
Biscardi, host of a weekly online radio show about the Bigfoot.
Also present were Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, the two who say
they discovered the Bigfoot corpse while hiking in the woods of
northern Georgia. They also are co-owners of a company that offers
Bigfoot merchandise.
Despite the dubious photo and the commercial interests of the
alleged discoverers, the Bigfoot claim drew interest from Australia to
Europe and even The New York Times.
Biscardi said the DNA samples may not have been taken correctly and
may have been contaminated, and that he would proceed with an autopsy
of the alleged Bigfoot remains, currently in a freezer at an
undisclosed location. |
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Posted By: Seko
Date Posted: 16-Aug-2008 at 20:13
Darn. Just when the going gets good those darn opportunistic businessmen with an abundance of opossum hair come along and ruin our hopes.
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Posted By: Panther
Date Posted: 16-Aug-2008 at 21:54
Originally posted by King John
I have a soft spot for crypto-zoology, maybe it's my gullibility, naïveté, or maybe my hopeful nature that there is something out there to be discovered, whatever it is I'm a sucker for cryptids. So you can imagine my fascination when while I was perusing CNN.com I came upon this article about two men who claim to have the body of a deceased Big Foot. |
http://www.cryptomundo.com - http://www.cryptomundo.com
I found this site a long time ago, when i looking for weird news reports. I don't know why i saved it?
Anyways... If you are a sucker for cryptids, then i think you would actually like this site?
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Posted By: King John
Date Posted: 16-Aug-2008 at 22:56
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Thanks I already know of that site.
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Posted By: King John
Date Posted: 17-Aug-2008 at 20:43
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It's too bad that this is a hoax. I really dislike when people perpetrate hoaxes like this. This is one of the reasons nobody believes people who claim to have seen such creatures.
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Posted By: Penelope
Date Posted: 19-Aug-2008 at 22:33
A live bigfoot, with incredible swimming abilities, was also captured recently as well. Apparently, after naming him "michael phelps", they reportadly shaved him, and sent him to China to take part in the olympics.
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Posted By: Seko
Date Posted: 19-Aug-2008 at 22:41
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Having size 14 feet certainly qualifies him as an adult sasquatch.
About the hoax, a scientist apparently felt the fake bigfoot's 'foot' and turned out it was made of rubber. To top things off one of co-conspirators in the prank is a member of the police force.
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