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    so far this story is being taken seriously by the media....we'll see what happens. This was on Fox news national, and came down on the associated press newsfeed Wednesday.


    PALO ALTO, Calif. -- It’s more than 7-feet tall. Weighs over 500 pounds and walked upright -- three "Bigfoot" seekers, including a Redwood City man, Wednesday claimed they have proof that they have found the body of the elusive creature in the wilds of Georgia.


    And on Friday, at a news conference in Palo Alto, they say they will present DNA evidence to prove the carcass of “Rickmat” is that of a bigfoot.


    Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, Georgia residents who lead Bigfoot-tracking expeditions, say they found the body of what appears to be a Bigfoot in the woods of northern Georgia and will join local Bigfoot researcher Tom Biscardi at the news conference, according to Robert Barrows, who is publicizing the event.


    Among the creatures's other physical characteristics of the body -- according to the hunters website -- http://www. searchingforbigfoot. com/ -- were flat feet similar to human feet. Its footprint is 16 ¾ inches long and the length from palm to tip of the middle finger is 11 ½ inches long.


    "I think you'll find that this is the real deal," Barrows said of the alleged discovery.


    Whitton, a police officer in Clayton County, and Dyer, a former correctional officer, are not saying exactly where the body was found or where it is now, Barrows said.


    Biscardi, a veteran Bigfoot tracker who said he went to Georgia to view the find over the weekend, said DNA tests are being conducted and a team of scientists will study the body, but declined to name any scientists involved.


    Officials from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division said the largest wildlife they are aware of in the state are black bears and white-tail deer.

  • #2
    Heh, I thought you were gonna say that the bigfoot that was found was some member on here as a joke. LOL! Oh, and I forget where, but apparently the chupacabra has recently been found too...

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    • #3
      Nah, it is just a Yeti brethren!

      Last edited by Scary Guy; 08-14-2008, 06:12 PM.

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      • #4
        press release today at 12:00 on dna results

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        • #5
          Here's the AP article on it:

          ATLANTA (AP) -- Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice -- handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it -- was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.

          The revelation comes just days after a much ballyhooed news conference was held in California to proclaim that the remains of the creature were found in the North Georgia mountains was the legendary man-ape.

          Steve Kulls, executive director of squatchdetective.com and host of Squatchdetective Radio, says in a posting on a Web site run by Bigfoot researcher Tom Biscardi that as the "evidence" was thawed, the claim began to unravel as a giant hoax.

          First, the hair sample was burned and "melted into a ball uncharacteristic of hair," Kulls said in the posting. The thawing process was sped up and the exposed head was found to be "unusually hollow in one small section." An hour of thawing later and the feet were exposed -- and they were found to be made of rubber.

          Matt Whitton, an officer who has been on medical leave from the Clayton County Police Department, and Rick Dyer, a former Georgia corrections officer, announced the find in early July on YouTube videos and a Web site.

          "Everyone who has talked down to us is going to eat their words," Whitton said at the time.

          Phone calls to Whitton and Dyer went unreturned on Tuesday.

          But the voicemail recording for their Bigfoot Tip Line -- which proclaims they search for leprechauns and the Loch Ness monster -- has been updated and announcing they're also in search of "big cats and dinosaurs. If you see any of those, give us a call."

          On Tuesday, Clayton County Police Chief Jeff Turner said he has not spoken to Whitton but processed paperwork to fire him.

          "Once he perpetrated a fraud, that goes into his credibility and integrity," Turner said. "He has violated the duty of a police officer."

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          • #6
            wonder how long it'll be till some of his arrests apply for retrial based on fraudulent evidence! (I know I would)

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