Bigfoot Fails DNA Test
PALO ALTO, California - Bigfoot remains as elusive as ever.
Results from tests on genetic material from alleged remains of one of the mythical half-ape and half-human creatures, made public at a news conference on Friday held after the claimed discovery swept the Internet, failed to prove its existence.
Its spread was fueled by a photograph of a hairy heap, bearing a close resemblance to a shaggy full-body gorilla costume, stuffed into a container resembling a refrigerator.
One of the two samples of DNA said to prove the existence of the Bigfoot came from a human and the other was 96 percent from an opossum, according to Curt Nelson, a scientist at the University of Minnesota who performed the DNA analysis.
Bigfoot creatures are said to live in the forests of the U.S. Pacific Northwest. An opossum is a marsupial about the size of a house cat.
Results of the DNA tests were revealed in an e-mail from Nelson and distributed at the Palo Alto, California, news conference held by Tom Biscardi, host of a weekly online radio show about the Bigfoot.
Also present were Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, the two who say they discovered the Bigfoot corpse while hiking in the woods of northern Georgia. They also are co-owners of a company that offers Bigfoot merchandise.
Despite the dubious photo and the commercial interests of the alleged discoverers, the Bigfoot claim drew interest from Australia to Europe and even The New York Times.
Biscardi said the DNA samples may not have been taken correctly and may have been contaminated, and that he would proceed with an autopsy of the alleged Bigfoot remains, currently in a freezer at an undisclosed location.
(Reuters)
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Watch………They’ll do the autopsy and find the body of Jimmy Hoffa!
August 15th, 2008 at 3:56 pmMy that Bigfoot sure has some pearly white teeth for such a
August 15th, 2008 at 4:35 pmredneck! You think he uses Polident?
96 percent opossum… so he’s just playing dead in that fridge.
August 15th, 2008 at 4:41 pmMy ex wife…I keep trying to get rid of her but she keeps *showing up…and if she’s not around her attorny is right there to take her place…you don’t wanna see a toe ring on sasquatch…trust me.
*but I’m not bitter
August 15th, 2008 at 5:42 pmAnyone remember those Big Foot movies in the theatres in the 1970s?
August 15th, 2008 at 5:51 pm“96 percent opossum… so he’s just playing dead in that fridge.”
August 15th, 2008 at 6:09 pm“One of the two samples of DNA said to prove the existence of the Bigfoot came from a human and the other was 96 percent from an opossum,”
That’s Harry Reid’s brother!
August 15th, 2008 at 6:51 pmPaslode
August 15th, 2008 at 8:02 pmYou bet I do. Ever see, “Legend of Boggy Creek” a movie about a bigfoot type creature in Arkansas.
Paslode. I remember one that included tales of the Nazca Lines, Pyramids, the Mayan Calendar+ Dec. 21st? 2012. As I recall, it also featured the attempt to break speed records on Loch Ness.in Scotland.
August 15th, 2008 at 10:26 pmWow, never saw this news coming! (End Sarcasm)
Just like a Bigfoot Truther to fabricate easy to disprove evidence fully knowing that the facts wont effect the illogical nature of their followers one iota!
August 15th, 2008 at 11:53 pmHere’s the real scoop. Native Americans say that Big Foot is real, but not in the way you think. Most sightings occur around Native American burial grounds. According to some religions (not all Natives believed the same), shamans used to pray over the grave sights and ask spirits (demons) to protect the valuables buried with the deceased.
Big Foot’s a spirit. Bet you never heard that before. And it’s there to scare you away before you desecrate any graves.
August 16th, 2008 at 12:04 amThese people are Bafoons. They make fools of themselves daily.
August 16th, 2008 at 3:57 amHow many times have we heard the story that Bigfoot was playing around an old, unused freezer with the door still attached, which tragically, slams shut on it? The + or - 4% human DNA, was probably due to erotic discharge at the thought of 15 minutes of FAME.
August 16th, 2008 at 4:47 amHas anyone seen the Geico Cave Man recently? I think we may have a
REDRUM 
mystery on our paws.
August 16th, 2008 at 10:52 amHas anyone seen the Geico Cave Man recently? I think we may have a
REDRUM 
mystery on our paws.
August 16th, 2008 at 10:54 am