Bigfoot in Georgia -- Not!

By Kent on August 16, 2008 10:09 AM | 0 Comments | 1 TrackBack | View blog reactions
I mentioned yesterday that "bigfoot hunters" were going to present evidence that they have a dead bigfoot in a freezer back home in Georgia. Well, according to a report from Reuters in the New York Times.

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, said Curt Nelson, a scientist at the University of Minnesota who performed the analysis.
If you're surprised that the DNA evidence didn't hold up, there's a bridge in Brooklyn that I'd like to sell you.

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Bigfoot in Georgia -- Not! Not! from Uncommon Ground on August 20, 2008 7:04 AM

A few days ago we learned that DNA from the "bigfoot" specimen in Georgia came from a human and an opossum. Today we learn that Tom Biscardi, the guy who sponsored the news conference in Palo Alto announcing the "discovery"... Read More

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