On Bigfoot Body

Bigfoot or Dr. Zaius?

The body, supposedly found in Northern Georgia and is 7' 7" tall and just over 500 pounds. It was found in late July by Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer who both run bigfoottracker.com. The two are both seemingly still in possession of the body, which now resides in a large freezer. The creature has had DNA extracted, again allegedly, and the body is to undergo intensive testing at the hands of molecular biologists, anthropologists and paleontologists in the near future, however, DNA results are reportedly in and the results of the DNA analysis are going to be released to the public at a press conference scheduled for friday, August 15th at 12-1pm. Don't bother showing up though, its only open to members of the press. Ah, maybe thats why they call them press conferences....interesting.

Here is some further statistical data on the "Bigfoot,"besides him not probably smelling too good (from searchingforbigfoot.com):

The creature looks like it is part human and part ape-like.

It is male.

It has reddish hair and blackish-grey eyes.

It has two arms and two legs, and five fingers on each hand and five toes on each foot.

The feet are flat and similar to human feet.

Its footprint is sixteen and three-quarters inches long and five and three-quarters inches wide at the heel.

From the palm of the hand to the tip of the middle finger, its hands are eleven and three-quarters inches long and six and one-quarter inches wide.

The creatures walk upright. (Several of them were sighted on the same day that the body was found.)

The teeth are more human-like than ape-like.

Although, I do find the possibility of a true body actually being discovered intriguing, I am also extremely skeptical. I find it interesting that such evidence for the existence of Bigfoot is usually just confined to blurry photo's or of something walking across a distant field or peeking out from behind a tree. This, so far, this seems to still have the same familiar run-around feel to it. That this animal, if thats what it is, wasn't brought before media camera's the day of the discovery I find odd. Instead, all pictures are supplied by those who discovered, or made the thing. If they had just laid it out on the steps of the Smithsonian or something right when it was found in full view of scientists, media and the public, perhaps it would silence the skeptics like me. This is not the case, however, so we could look forward to a lively internet debate for years to come. That does make the blogger side of me happy at least.

So anyone down for a friday pre-press-conference tailgate party while we await the results? Nobody just better bring that Budweiser lime crap. That stuff is horrible.