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Myth, Fantasy, History and Sci-Fi News | Bigfoot Is an Opossum
Georgia carcass a fake
August 27, 2008 |  For decades there have been sightings of Bigfoot creatures in the Pacific Northwest. There's reams of alleged evidence, tons of dubious photographs, reels of questionable film, but not a shred of evidence proving the existence of this mythical creature.
That is, until a couple of good old boys from Georgia (Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer) held a press conference claiming to have the carcass of a Bigfoot in a freezer.
Believers of this mythical creature have been waiting with bated breath for the verdict from the scientists and the indisputable DNA evidence. Well, those that heard about it anyway...
Well wait no more, the verdict is in:
"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.
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." (Quote from Reuters)
The men who found the carcass of Bigfoot claim that the DNA tests may have been taken improperly, or that the DNA sample may have been contaminated. Right.....
One thing will not change, Bigfoot groupies won't let these fakers rob them of their belief.
Reuters Article
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Update: "Bigfoot" hoax was a frozen rubber gorilla costume. GO FIGURE!
Researchers used heat to speed up the thawing of the shaggy remains. Within an hour, they realized at least part of the head was hollow and, over the next hour, a break appeared near the feet.
The team began examining the area. While observing the foot, which looked unnatural, they reached in and confirmed it was a rubber foot. | | Comments | Added by ethelwolf on September 09, 2008 | | i herd it was a fake.. but hell if i could guess it seamed pretty freaking real to me =O |
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