Color me skeptical

By Kent on August 15, 2008 10:39 AM | 0 Comments | 2 TrackBacks | View blog reactions
on Friday at a hotel in Palo Alto, Calif., a pair of Bigfoot hunters say they will present what they contend is the most definitive proof yet of an animal that science says does not exist: DNA evidence and photographs of a dead specimen they say they found in a remote swath of woods in northern Georgia. "Two Georgians say they have bigfoot's body," by Jesse McKinley, New York Times, 15 August 2008.

The photo in the Times is not at all convincing. It looks like a bad gorilla suit. If I learn anything about the DNA evidence they present, I'll report back.

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Bigfoot in Georgia -- Not! from Uncommon Ground on August 16, 2008 10:19 AM

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... Read More

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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