Hunters claim to have nabbed Bigfoot, Internet goes nuts
A couple of hunters in northern Georgia (the state, not the country) claim to have found a carcass of the legendary creature known as Bigfoot (or Sasquatch, if you prefer).
The two hunters teamed up with a fellow named Tom Biscardi, head of a group called Searching for Bigfoot; they plan to hold a press conference on Friday in Palo Alto, Calif., to show off DNA evidence and photos--but not the body itself. That's apparently being kept under wraps. (Yeah, right.)
He's reeeeeeeeeeeeal! (Or is he?)
(Credit: Amblin Entertainment)Biscardi's Web site, searchingforbigfoot.com, proceeded to crash under bandwidth pressures.
According to a press release, the creature:
• Stands 7-feet-7-inches tall.
• Weighs more than 500 pounds.
• Looks part human and part ape-like.
• Is male.
• Has reddish hair and blackish-gray eyes.
• Has two arms and two legs, and five fingers on each hand and five toes on each foot.
• Has flat feet that are similar to human feet.
• Has a footprint that is 16.75 inches long and 5.75 inches wide at the heel.
• Has hands that are 11.75 inches long from the palm to the tip of the middle finger and are 6.25 inches wide.
• Walks upright. (Several of them apparently were seen on the day the body was found.)
• Has teeth that are more human-like than ape-like.
• Has been undergoing DNA testing.
This summer has filled quite the appetite for strange creatures in the news, fueled by photos of the "Montauk Monster," a strange carcass that washed ashore in eastern Long Island, New York. That creature, which earned plenty of headlines on Gawker and other New York-centric blogs, has been shakily confirmed as a viral marketing stunt. Earlier this week, a Texas man claimed to have videotaped a legendary creature called the Chupacabra, but the video really just looks like a weird dog.
The two amateur Bigfoot hunters who claim to have found the body in Georgia, Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, are a cop and a former corrections officer, respectively. Biscardi, according to LiveScience, has been responsible for at least one Bigfoot hoax before, leading many to take this with an even bigger grain of salt than they normally would.
But here's the real kicker: Every geek and X-phile knows Bigfoot prefers the thick forests of the Pacific Northwest. What the heck was this one doing in Georgia? Searching for decent barbecue?
Caroline McCarthy, a CNET News staff writer, is a downtown Manhattanite happily addicted to social-media tools and restaurant blogs. Her pre-CNET resume includes interning at an IT security firm and brewing cappuccinos. E-mail Caroline. 
Except they CAN'T DO THAT, can they?
Bigfoot my Royal Irish Ass!
Have you ever noticed that whenever someone claims the impossible the proof is ALWAYS some sort of secret? "People will steal my invention" "I?m negotiating the rights" All sorts of shuckin' and jivin' but no actual proof - ever. No HONEST, ETHICAL human being would act that way, and there are such people: unemployed man finds wallet stuffed with cash and turns it in. I hear those kinds of stories all the time.
But: "Man finds Bigfoot carcass and keeps it hidden in a freezer?" Yeah, Right.
The initial autopsy report leads them to believe that the creature died from an O.D. after an all night binge with Elvis. Apparently they had some high grade stuff that was not found naturally "on this world."
Wouldn't you keep that a secret?
Sooo... just another typical day on the Internet. :D
http://www.hubdub.com/m13465/Will_the_Rickmat_Bigfoot_body_be_a_hoax
Also, and here is how we'll tell, an Eastern Bigfoot track typically has only 3 toes, while the more famous Western Bigfoot has 4.
Checking.....
Yup, it's a hoax
- by spoiledbabygirl August 14, 2008 2:07 PM PDT
- Wow, I thought I hadn't heard from my ex-husband in awhile... Well, those hunters can keep 'em. He'll probably run them out of beer, and they'll get sick of him too...
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