Friday, August 15, 2008

REUTERS REPORTS - BIGFOOT FAILS DNA TEST

"Bigfoot" fails DNA test





Reporting by Clare Baldwin in Palo Alto
Written by Jim Christie
Edited by Mary Milliken and Peter Henderson

August 15, 2008

PALO ALTO, California (Reuters) – Bigfoot remains as elusive as ever.

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.

Original Source: Reuters

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BIGFOOT PRESS BRIEFING PHOTOS & VIDEO - CNN


Click here for the CNN Press Debriefing
There is a second video in the address above also

Go here for the latest on the Bigfoot
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For up-to-date information on Bigfoot go here.
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BIGFOOT SHOT WITH A 30-06 - AND OTHER SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY


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I have a problem with the comment on the video where they state, "some man shot bigfoot with a 30-06 and the man was a parolee and they're trying to find him."

At 2 minutes, 56 seconds in this YouTube video below, they flash the text, "Having to buy a tow truck $38000". Um, is this yet another lie?!? If not, why pay $38000 for a tow truck when you have one for sale on Craig’s List for $8000.00?!?

Bigfoot Global LLC really Bigfoot Towing Company?





Below is RDYER678's follow-up to the video purporting that a Dr. Paul Van Buren (who was in actuality Matthew Whitton's brother, Martin) had studied a sasquatch corpse. In this original video, the "bigfoot trackers" admit to perpetrating an online hoax.

THE FOLLOWING WERE PUT UP PRIOR TO THE RECENT BIGFOOT AFFAIR AND ALSO PERTAIN TO THE MORE RECENT EVENT

Bigfoot Tracker - Admission of A Hoax


BIGFOOT TRACKER - VIDEO 8




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