August 19, 2008
Still searching for Bigfoot

You have to give these guys credit for persistence, if nothing else.


Two men who claim to have stumbled across a Bigfoot corpse in the woods of northern Georgia indignantly stood by their story at a news conference in Palo Alto during which they offered an e-mail from a scientist as evidence and acknowledged they wouldn't mind making a few bucks from the "find" they have kept stuffed in a freezer for over a month.

"Everyone who has talked down to us is going to eat their words," predicted Matt Whitton, an officer on medical leave from the Clayton County Police Department.

Whitton and Rick Dyer, a former corrections officer, announced the discovery in early July on YouTube videos and their Web site. Although they did not consider themselves devoted Bigfoot trackers before then, they have since started offering weekend search expeditions in Georgia for $499. The specimen they bagged, the men say, was one of several ape-like creatures they spotted cavorting in the woods.


I'm not sure which video is theirs, but you can certainly find plenty of them on YouTube, including some pretty funny spoofs.

As they faced a skeptical audience of several hundred journalists and Bigfoot fans that included one curiosity seeker in a Chewbacca suit, the pair were joined Friday by Tom Biscardi, head of a group called Searching for Bigfoot. Other Bigfoot hunters call Biscardi a huckster looking for media attention.

Biscardi fielded most of the questions. Among them: Why should anyone accept the men's tale when they weren't willing to display their frozen artifact or pinpoint where they allegedly found it? How come bushwhackers aren't constantly tripping over primate remains if there are as many as 7,000 Bigfoots roaming the United States, as Biscardi claimed?

"I understand where you are coming from, but how many real Bigfoot researchers are out there trekking 140,000 miles a year?" Biscardi said.


Sorry, but explanations for why no one has found convincing evidence of a Bigfoot are as weak and pathetic as ever. Plenty of dinosaur remains have been found by amateur enthusiasts. If they're out there to be found, someone will find them. Until then, they don't exist. Sorry, fellas.

Posted by Charles Kuffner on August 19, 2008 to Skepticism
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i'm still trying to figure out if "Sasquatch" is Bigfoot's name, or if that's the name of his species

Posted by: media boy on August 19, 2008 5:50 PM

Hey there people!! Matt Whitton here.. No not the buffoon claiming to have found Bigfoot..but a muso from Australia...Just wanted to thank "the other' Matt Whitton for his tom foolery..I've had some healthy amounts of traffic on my web site and my name plastered all over the web..Nice work you tool!..Ironically i only released a song called I AM MAN and another called A NEW CLICHE..which i now dedicate to YOU MATT WHITTON!!

BANANA ANYONE???

regards MATT WHITTON
www.mattwhitton.com

Posted by: Matt on August 22, 2008 9:43 AM
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