This is showing as headline news downunder, don't know why, but how about it, you merry cans?
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Has Bigfoot been found?
August 14, 2008, 10:34 pm
Two professional hunters in the United States claim to have found the body of a Bigfoot.
Former prison guard Rick Dyer and policeman Matthew Whitton say they found a dead Bigfoot in north Georgia but will not reveal the exact location.
According to their website www.searchingforbigfoot.com, the pair is keeping the specimen in a freezer and will reveal details of its DNA and photographic evidence at a press conference in California on Friday.
They claim the creature has two arms with five fingers on each hand and two legs with five toes on each foot.
It is also allegedly a male, 2.3m tall and weighing in at more than 230kg.
They said it looks "part human and part ape" with reddish hair and blackish-grey eyes.
It is not the first time the pair has promoted a Bigfoot find.
In 2005 they offered viewers a chance to see a beast captured on a pay-per-view television channel for $59.95 but it did not happen.
Dyer and Whitton claim many Bigfoots were spotted walking upright in the area where the body was found.
They have promised extensive scientific studies will be done on the body by a team of scientists including a molecular biologist, an anthropologist, a palaeontologist and other scientists over the next few months at an undisclosed location.
One man involved with the find is Tom Biscardi, founder of the Great American Bigfoot Research Organisation.
Mr Biscardi had once claimed to capture a Bigfoot himself but it turned out to be a hoax.
Several Bigfoot sightings have arisen over the years but none have really produced substantial evidence that could be proven true.
Has Bigfoot been found?
August 14, 2008, 10:34 pm
Two professional hunters in the United States claim to have found the body of a Bigfoot.
Former prison guard Rick Dyer and policeman Matthew Whitton say they found a dead Bigfoot in north Georgia but will not reveal the exact location.
According to their website www.searchingforbigfoot.com, the pair is keeping the specimen in a freezer and will reveal details of its DNA and photographic evidence at a press conference in California on Friday.
They claim the creature has two arms with five fingers on each hand and two legs with five toes on each foot.
It is also allegedly a male, 2.3m tall and weighing in at more than 230kg.
They said it looks "part human and part ape" with reddish hair and blackish-grey eyes.
It is not the first time the pair has promoted a Bigfoot find.
In 2005 they offered viewers a chance to see a beast captured on a pay-per-view television channel for $59.95 but it did not happen.
Dyer and Whitton claim many Bigfoots were spotted walking upright in the area where the body was found.
They have promised extensive scientific studies will be done on the body by a team of scientists including a molecular biologist, an anthropologist, a palaeontologist and other scientists over the next few months at an undisclosed location.
One man involved with the find is Tom Biscardi, founder of the Great American Bigfoot Research Organisation.
Mr Biscardi had once claimed to capture a Bigfoot himself but it turned out to be a hoax.
Several Bigfoot sightings have arisen over the years but none have really produced substantial evidence that could be proven true.