[Vikingod]

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). ADVERTISEMENT



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.)

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?

Source: Yahoo!

[Vikingod]

First the weird thing that washed up on the beach acouple weeks ago, then Chupacabra yesterday, now Big Foot. I still think this has all to do with some viral marketing campaign. Probably for the Sci-Fi channel or something.

Edit: and the plot thickens... http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2337180.htm

[kris23]

lol

[mkk]

I wonder which team in the NBA will draft him first.

[cozumel]

I just checked him out on the NBA stats website and he wasn't listed yet. Is he any good?

Edit: Just realised you were joking. After all, they found a body so I guess none of the teams can sign him up now. I wonder who killed him and why? The motive was most probably money or jealousy...

[Callandor]

I think this hate crime was perpatrated against him due to all the hate and angst that was generated by the "kill big foot" mission in GTA SA

Some people say that big foot is an alien with red eyes and feet who smells like fire and brimstone though...

Edit: I'm serious.

[gadabout]

From sfagte.com click here to read more.

"Turns out, the two Georgia hikers who held a Palo Alto press conference last week to announce they'd found Bigfoot were wrong. It was just a rubber suit all along."