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Full Version: Bigfoot carcass found?!
thanks for posting that! guess we'll find out soon enough...
no problem. 
i have my doubts, but we shall see.
i have my doubts, but we shall see.
| QUOTE (biff @ Aug 14 2008, 07:26 PM) |
| no problem. i have my doubts, but we shall see. |
me too, especially since they're not allowing very much to be revealed about it, or seen, yet. but maybe the "discoverers" just want to make sure they have their 15 minuted of fame.
well, if they really have a bigfoot, they're gonna get way more than 15 minutes.
maybe, but if the discovery itself was mundane, is the press going to interested in interviewing these guys for very long? for how long did hendrik goosen capture the public's attention? (he discovered the coelacanth in case you're wondering.) but who knows....
the person who seems to want to take advantage of this attention the most (whether it's a hoax or not) is this biscardi guy, who runs the searchingforbigfoot website and who is, i guess, the main organizer of this press conference. IF it turns out to really be a bigfoot, no one will be interested in biscardi for very long after this conference. and he's been trying to prove (and falsify) the existence of bigfoot for yeeears.
but this whole thing will likely be proven a hoax anyway. still, it's kind of fun wondering about it in the meantime.
the person who seems to want to take advantage of this attention the most (whether it's a hoax or not) is this biscardi guy, who runs the searchingforbigfoot website and who is, i guess, the main organizer of this press conference. IF it turns out to really be a bigfoot, no one will be interested in biscardi for very long after this conference. and he's been trying to prove (and falsify) the existence of bigfoot for yeeears.
but this whole thing will likely be proven a hoax anyway. still, it's kind of fun wondering about it in the meantime.
i hope it wasn't Harry!
ya know he was never the same after he's show got canceled.
ya know he was never the same after he's show got canceled.
galooti think you make some pretty good points, EZ. heck, i don't even know what the coelacanth is, much less who discovered it.
bigfoot has captured the world's attention for years & years though. that might make a bit of a difference. like you said though, it'll be fun to watch it all play out either way.
Over the past few days the media has been buzzing about a trio of men who claim to have found Bigfoot - or Bigfeet to be specific - the men say that they’ve actually found a small tribe of the creatures. Today, they held a press conference in Palo Alto where they described their encounter with the beast in great detail. And because this may be one of the most important scientific discoveries of all time, we felt obligated to cover it.
The excitement was palpable this morning as dozens of reporters, camera men, and Bigfoot enthusiasts filled the conference room to near maximum capacity. Some particularly devout Bigfoot fans even showed up in costume. Scientists have been searching for the missing link since the infancy of evolutionary theory - today their search was to come to an end, and over a hundred people were there to witness it.
The men took the stage at noon and wasted no time before beginning their captivating tale. While wandering the woods in Northern Georgia, two of them happened upon a dead thing that was neither human nor ape. Pink intestines hung from the hairy corpse’s belly, and, according to one of the men, “it smelled like something dead”.
While the pair spotted a handful of similar creatures wandering silently in the distance, they were unable to catch them. However, they they did manage to capture them on video - the duo is clever enough to always carry a video camera with them whenever they venture into the woods.
The intrepid hunters didn’t know what to do. As they explained to the crowd today, their scenario was akin to finding the largest diamond in existence - who do you call? They decided that the authorities would be clueless, so they proceeded to load the beast into the back of their truck. Then they contacted Tom Biscardi, CEO of Searching for BigFoot Inc (or LLC, depending on where you look).
Biscardi is a man with experience. A few years ago, he found a woman in Stagecoach, Nevada who claimed to have captured similar Bigfoot creatures. Biscardi was convinced, and set about promoting the discovery to the media. Eventually Biscardi learned that the woman was mentally deranged and that the creatures did not exist, but he has learned his lesson - there will be no more mistakes.
Along with Biscardi, the two men put Bigfoot on ice to prevent further decomposition. During the press conference they revealed that there had been some debate regarding the conversion of water to ice (apparently they tried placing Bigfoot in water first), but they sorted things out. Since then, Bigfoot has been kept safely refrigerated in an undisclosed location.
This all happened in June (they aren’t quite certain about the date, but they seemed confident on the month). Since then, the team has been hard at work to prove the validity of their claims. Today, they presented us with nearly irrefutable evidence that the creature does posses some kind of DNA. Unfortunately, the tests are inconclusive (one test revealed that the creature is human, the other that it is mostly possum, which has been attributed to contamination from something Bigfoot ate). Further testing is underway, and an autopsy is scheduled for Monday (hopefully the two months in an ice bath didn’t damage things too badly).
The team has provided the press with a pair of photographs depicting Bigfoot, which can be seen below:
The excitement was palpable this morning as dozens of reporters, camera men, and Bigfoot enthusiasts filled the conference room to near maximum capacity. Some particularly devout Bigfoot fans even showed up in costume. Scientists have been searching for the missing link since the infancy of evolutionary theory - today their search was to come to an end, and over a hundred people were there to witness it.
The men took the stage at noon and wasted no time before beginning their captivating tale. While wandering the woods in Northern Georgia, two of them happened upon a dead thing that was neither human nor ape. Pink intestines hung from the hairy corpse’s belly, and, according to one of the men, “it smelled like something dead”.
While the pair spotted a handful of similar creatures wandering silently in the distance, they were unable to catch them. However, they they did manage to capture them on video - the duo is clever enough to always carry a video camera with them whenever they venture into the woods.
The intrepid hunters didn’t know what to do. As they explained to the crowd today, their scenario was akin to finding the largest diamond in existence - who do you call? They decided that the authorities would be clueless, so they proceeded to load the beast into the back of their truck. Then they contacted Tom Biscardi, CEO of Searching for BigFoot Inc (or LLC, depending on where you look).
Biscardi is a man with experience. A few years ago, he found a woman in Stagecoach, Nevada who claimed to have captured similar Bigfoot creatures. Biscardi was convinced, and set about promoting the discovery to the media. Eventually Biscardi learned that the woman was mentally deranged and that the creatures did not exist, but he has learned his lesson - there will be no more mistakes.
Along with Biscardi, the two men put Bigfoot on ice to prevent further decomposition. During the press conference they revealed that there had been some debate regarding the conversion of water to ice (apparently they tried placing Bigfoot in water first), but they sorted things out. Since then, Bigfoot has been kept safely refrigerated in an undisclosed location.
This all happened in June (they aren’t quite certain about the date, but they seemed confident on the month). Since then, the team has been hard at work to prove the validity of their claims. Today, they presented us with nearly irrefutable evidence that the creature does posses some kind of DNA. Unfortunately, the tests are inconclusive (one test revealed that the creature is human, the other that it is mostly possum, which has been attributed to contamination from something Bigfoot ate). Further testing is underway, and an autopsy is scheduled for Monday (hopefully the two months in an ice bath didn’t damage things too badly).
The team has provided the press with a pair of photographs depicting Bigfoot, which can be seen below:
nice tweak, EZ. 
i saw this article today at CNN.com: http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/15/bigfoot.b...=rss_topstories it has the story, & a link to video about the story, & a bit of the press conference.
ps... my friend Robert (aka Duckfooted) made this pic for me a long time ago...
@ the photo tweaksI've always been into the paranormal and cryptozoology, but pretty sceptical too
I'd be more convinced if I saw some photos or something.so, did anyone see this? some police in Texas filmed what they blieve to be a "chupacabra":
http://www.sciam.com/blog/60-second-scienc...town-2008-08-13
looks like a mangey dog to me. we call Monster Quest 'the mangey dog show' cuz that's always what it ends up being.
here's a picture of the alleged bigfoot:
it looks kinda fake in the mouth area to me. now if they had a picture of it with it's mouth open where you could see it's molars...
yeah, it's kinda funny that every time they find one of these things they only have junky quality cameras with them especially in these days with all our awesome technology!
especially in these days with all our awesome technology!
yeah, i think they took the picture at their house after they got home. it looks like it's in a freezer. it could be the bed of a pickup truck though. it's hard to tell.
they did just happen to have a video camera with em when they were out in the woods. they 'allegedly' have footage of other Bigfoots that were around. pretty convenient, huh?
of course, nowadays most digital cameras have video capabilities, so...
they did just happen to have a video camera with em when they were out in the woods. they 'allegedly' have footage of other Bigfoots that were around. pretty convenient, huh?
of course, nowadays most digital cameras have video capabilities, so...
it was just a halloween costume after all:
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/08...gfoot-hoax.html
but y'all still know the pic i posted earlier is legit, right?
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/08...gfoot-hoax.html
but y'all still know the pic i posted earlier is legit, right?
oh yes, of course... & mine is too. 