Bigfoot?

[kt_luvs_kitties]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/14/bigfoot.body/index.html

We will see, now won't we:rolleyes::p;)

But, if it is, RIP poor creature.:eek:

[angelbow20]

Thats so sad they they killed him, (whatever he is) why couldnt they have just left him alone or something. If it is something real they never seemed to hurt anyone in anyway so why bother them.

[sparks19]

Thats so sad they they killed him, (whatever he is) why couldnt they have just left him alone or something. If it is something real they never seemed to hurt anyone in anyway so why bother them.

I don't think they killed him. The article makes it sound like they found him dead. unless I misinterpreted.

[Catty1]

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.

Poor thing was dead, the others weren't.

At least the photo isn't "blurry" like the other "sightings". We'll see.

[Daisy and Delilah]

Isn't North Georgia where they found that giant hog a few years ago? This is very interesting. N. GA is where I vacation every year.

[angelbow20]

Oh I didnt read into the article too much... atleast they didnt kill him but its still sad..

[Karen]

I very much look forward to the results from DNA testing. I'd bet money it's a hoax, but that part probably won't make the news.

[IRescue452]

If it isn't a hoax..if it were me I'd parade the thing around to as many towns as possible and let people see it, and also send hair samples to different people. How many people claim to have found a chupacabra, only to give it to scientists and get results back saying that it was a dog with mange? Then the animal's body is gone and they are left with no evidence because the scientists suddenly make it disappear. I'd get as many people to see the evidence as possible before they did that to me. I'd be taking measurements and photos and samples and getting copies of everything and I'd have evidence stashed in so many places they couldn't possibly find it all.

[Alysser]

It's always fun to believe in myths, but I don't know if I believe that. It looks like a flimsy gorilla suit but what do I know lol. That would be amazing if it was real. I believe the first bigfoot sighting was in California in the early 70's (could be wrong) so that would make him over 30+ years old.

[IRescue452]

My computer screen is never bright enough for my eyesight. If it was just the picture they showed and no info, I'd say it looked like a container of potting soil or just plain dirt. I see no ape-like creature in that photo.

[Karen]

It looks like a classic gorilla mask, as far as the face goes - it doesn't look like a real ape, but like a mask from a "gorilla suit" that you see in spoofs of horror films, etc.

Not that I think we have discovered every species that exists on this planet, but from the photo, that doesn't even look like a GOOD fake. The face shows all nice even, uniform white teeth, for goodness sake - when's the last time you saw a wild critter that looked like it had had orthodonture done?

[sumbirdy]

when's the last time you saw a wild critter that looked like it had had orthodonture done?


LOL!


I live close to a Bigfoot crazy town. They have a sign that says bigfoot crossing and footprints painted across the road. Apparantly Bigfoot was attracted here by a little girls screams. :rolleyes: One person claimed to have seen one of them dragging a dead one away. I don't believe it myself. You'd be surprised at the number of people who believe it without a doubt. I think someone put on a costume layed in the freezer (not to sound morbid, but aren't dead things eyes usually open?) and then they snapped some pics. Get famous quick thing. They say the thing is 7 feet long but have no pics to prove it. Looks fake to me.

[sumbirdy]

"Bigfoot" fails DNA test

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080815/us_nm/bigfoot_dc

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 U.S. 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.

[Alysser]

when's the last time you saw a wild critter that looked like it had had orthodonture done?

LOL! Karen, that was a good one and honestly I was thinking that too. I love how the won't disclose the location of the freezer. I know if I found something like that I'd call the proper authorities, not hide it from the rest of the world.


Sumbirdy, thanks for posting the update. So sure it was contaminated :p Figures, while I wish it was real, I didn't believe it. Things like this aren't hidden from the world, it probably be put in a muesum or something or an exhibition.

Damn, I wish it was real! :o (yes, I'm a loser.)

[RICHARD]

I was watching the Men's water polo game from the Olympics.

One of the Croat players got out of the water and I thought he was a bigfoot.

He had a pot belly and was really hairy...I laughed and thought he might be related to B.F.

[Catty1]

I wear size 10B shoes...does that count? (men's 8) :D

[K9soul]

It was just a frozen gorilla suit.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080819/ap_on_re_us/bigfoot_claim;_ylt=AjfKTiZXa0QGrZrAGNiLF.BH2ocA

[Catty1]

He was on medical leave. Stress? I wouldn't doubt it.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/WeirdNews/2008/08/19/6506011-ap.html
Bigfoot claim big hairy hoax
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

ATLANTA - Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit.

Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice - handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it - was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.

The revelation comes just days after a much ballyhooed news conference was held in California to proclaim that the remains of the creature found in the North Georgia mountains was the legendary man-ape.

Steve Kulls, executive director of squatchdetective.com and host of Squatchdetective Radio, says in a posting on a website run by Bigfoot researcher Tom Biscardi that as the "evidence" was thawed, the claim began to unravel as a giant hoax.

First, the hair sample was burned and "melted into a ball uncharacteristic of hair," Kulls said in the posting.

The thawing process was sped up and the exposed head was found to be "unusually hollow in one small section." An hour of thawing later and the feet were exposed - and they were found to be made of rubber.


Matt Whitton, an officer who has been on medical leave from the Clayton County Police Department, and Rick Dyer, a former Georgia corrections officer, announced the find in early July on YouTube videos and a website.

"Everyone who has talked down to us is going to eat their words," Whitton said at the time.

Phone calls to Whitton and Dyer went unreturned Tuesday. But the voicemail recording for their Bigfoot Tip Line - which proclaims they search for leprechauns and the Loch Ness monster - has been updated and announcing they're also in search of "big cats and dinosaurs. If you see any of those, give us a call."

On Tuesday, Clayton County police Chief Jeff Turner said he has not spoken to Whitton but processed paperwork to fire him.

"Once he perpetrated a fraud, that goes into his credibility and integrity," Turner said. "He has violated the duty of a police officer."

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On the Net:

http://www.searchingforbigfoot.com/

[sumbirdy]

Big cats? What, people don't think big cats exist?

[Catty1]

I doubt they rehearsed their telephone recording very much! :p:D

[gini]

This hoax was funny? Well, now they will be known as the village idiots - and I guess that is funny - or exceptionally stupid.