Rev7 Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I wish that they gave us a little bit more information on this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astor Posted August 15, 2008 Share Posted August 15, 2008 I wish that they gave us a little bit more information on this. They didn't give out any information, other than what they'd already said. It really begs the question why they even bothered to hold a conference - but that's already explained by Biscardi's attention seeking. I believe that there are creatures in the world that we don't know about, or that we haven't proved the existence of yet, but these people are making a mockery of cryptozoology. It's shameful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted August 16, 2008 Author Share Posted August 16, 2008 You refer to the Manbearpig? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SW01 Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 There are new species being discovered relatively often. I'm sure some of the BBC-watchers here remember the undersea nature series where they discovered a completely new, and incredibly ugly, species of fish (had a lantern-thing on its head, big teeth, underbite, all that). It is these legitimate discoveries that should be getting publicity, not this nonsense. These people ought to be ashamed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burnseyy Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 I don't get it. He does realise that he'll eventually get found out, and be deemed a fake and a liar across the world. Again. Some people, ey? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev7 Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 CNN story AOL story: PALO ALTO, California (Aug. 15) - Bigfoot remains as elusive as ever. 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. Its spread was fueled by a photograph of a hairy heap, bearing a close resemblance to a shaggy full-body gorilla costume, stuffed into a container resembling a refrigerator. 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. Bigfoot creatures are said to live in the forests of the U.S. Pacific Northwest. An opossum is a marsupial about the size of a house cat. Results of the DNA tests were revealed in an e-mail from Nelson and distributed at the Palo Alto, California, news conference held by Tom Biscardi, host of a weekly online radio show about the Bigfoot. Also present were Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, the two who say they discovered the Bigfoot corpse while hiking in the woods of northern Georgia. They also are co-owners of a company that offers Bigfoot merchandise. Despite the dubious photo and the commercial interests of the alleged discoverers, the Bigfoot claim drew interest from Australia to Europe and even The New York Times. Biscardi said the DNA samples may not have been taken correctly and may have been contaminated, and that he would proceed with an autopsy of the alleged Bigfoot remains, currently in a freezer at an undisclosed location. So we are just looking at a large opposum?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigundr Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 So we are just looking at a large opposum?! A large opossum with opposable thumbs. I like how the CNN report said that "they stumbled upon it". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rinku Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Hmmm...so you are all finally catching onto my insidious plan to take over the world But seriously a cross between a human and an opossum? That must be one messed up gene-pool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ctrl Alt Del Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 Didn't you know? Global warming is killing all the Bigfoots and their coats. There are new species being discovered relatively often. Yes, things as remarkable as bugs. And that's all humanity can miss over the water and under the sky, bugs. Something that big would have been found some good decades ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nedak Posted August 16, 2008 Share Posted August 16, 2008 So they still claim it's real? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev7 Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 They do. I think that the bigfoot hunter is in denial and thinks that it was contaminated and wants it done again. That is just what one scientist had claimed though... It is starting to sound like another hoax, to tell you the truth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerGod Posted August 17, 2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 That must be one messed up gene-pool. Or one very frustrated man (JK) People will do anything to get into the spot light (2005 incident) and will do anything to stay in it (now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boba Rhett Posted August 19, 2008 Author Share Posted August 19, 2008 Welp, the story has finally been busted. As the "body" thawed out they tried melting some hair samples and found it to be rubber and plastic. As it thawed further it started getting cracks that revealed it's tastey rubbery center. The two "discoverers" have since vanished with Biscardi's money. link Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Astor Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Very interesting, Rhett, but, as you say, not really a surprise. Funnily enough though, Biscardi's website is playing him up as the wounded party in this - when the more likely situation is that he's orchestrated the whole thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sigundr Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 What the hell? Is that a Chewbacca suit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rev7 Posted August 19, 2008 Share Posted August 19, 2008 Welp, the story has finally been busted. As the "body" thawed out they tried melting some hair samples and found it to be rubber and plastic. AS it thawed further it started getting cracks that revealed the it's tastey rubbery center. The two "discoverers" have since vanished with Biscardi's money. link Thanks for the link Rhett. I am not that surprised. I was hopeful for a little while, but the longer it took the more of a hoax it was. These guys were only in it for the money. Millions. Millions just for pictures of a costume. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Catto Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 My cousin has the hairy big feet syndrome .. but he's also short so he might just be a Hobbit. Haven't they learned that Harry isn't going to be "found". Just ask John Lithgow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prime Posted August 20, 2008 Share Posted August 20, 2008 Wow I...did see that coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedHawke Posted August 21, 2008 Share Posted August 21, 2008 Wow I...did see that coming. We all did! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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