Bigfoot - DNA Test Results and Updated Photos

August 15, 2008

According to an alleged email, provided to the media by Tom Biscardi, Chief Executive Officer of Searching for Bigfoot, Inc., a University of Minnesota biologist has tested three DNA samples that were taken from the Bigfoot creature. The test results supposedly show that the DNA was human, along with a combination of human and possum. Mainstream scientists say the results show that the Bigfoot discovery is a hoax, while others claim they prove that the creature is an advanced form of man.

More details are expected to be released next week when, according to Biscardi, the creature will be examined by a team of scientists.

A man in an ape costume is seen outside a hotel where a media conference is held announcing the claim that a deceased bigfoot or sasquatch creature has been found in Georgia on Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Hunter Tom Biscardi, center, is swamped by members of the media as he disperses photos of what he claims to be both a deceased and a living bigfoot or sasquatch creature during a media conference Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

Bigfoot hunter Tom Biscardi holds a photo of what he claims to be the mouth and teeth of a deceased bigfoot or sasquatch creature during a news conference Friday, Aug. 15, 2008, in Palo Alto, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)

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Photo Credits: Associated Press

Comments

[marilyn monroe]

I dont get how they can claim if it is or is not big foots DNA if there is no record of exatly what big foots DNA would consist of? maybe they are just very hairy advanced big humans who have bigger lungs and can withstand higher altitudes and climates. huh? come on guys, its possible.

[Jerk Face]

its possible that these guys are a bunch of losers who wanted to create the biggest hoax to date

[Keith G]

Well, if the DNA is "human" then law enforcement needs to get involved and find out just who this person is. The so-called Bigfoot hunters need to be held by police until it is determined if murder charges will be filed against these "hunters."

[ICT]

I've been interested (mildly) in Bigfoot for some time. I watched the "press conference", and I'm trying to figure out what these guys have to gain. Biscardi reminds me of Billy Mays. I was waiting for him to start pitching Kaboom Toilet Cleaner. The other two fellas....well, I don't know except to say that they hooked up with a snake oil salesman.
Gotta go. I have chupocabra bait to set for tonight.

ICT

[mousie]

I would absolutely agree. I think it is very possible. Very, very likely. Hoax or not -- they exist, and should continue to do so in peace. Obviously they are intelligent beings to avoid our kind over centuries 10x over. They likely have similar emotion, able to nuture, care for one another and provide for one another. They are not herd animals. They are human like. They should be left alone, and this new find should be returned to the location where he/she was found. Give us enough to believe and leave it at that.

[cheryl m.]

I 100% guarantee this is a hoax. This guy has done this before 10 years ago. All indicators are this is a media grab for these desperate men to make money.

The media should have never given these men what they wanted until they provided proof of the body.

[Zian Yano]

Well, it has been a main question from people how could we tell even if the DNA wasn't something we've seen. I'm a little undecided about the topic, it's a little skeptical, because an interview on the officer on leave said there was 6 of em, and the other guy said 3. Also the guy who is studying this Bacardi or whatever, had admitted to a hoax before, because a lady claimed to have found it and he went along for the publicity and then found out she was terminally ill. So he came clean. Seems like they would show a corpse considering they are 2 random guys with sketchy stories and only let 1 person see it and he's the guy who lied to us all before. And ofcourse the pictures, so blurry and crappy and only 2, such a great find would to me and I would bet all of the world would take more than 2 of, and better yet good pics. But on the upside, I would be down with believing Big Foot exists, I could see it happening...but not in Georgia, or better yet, in a group of several amounts. But back to the upside of the possibility. The Burcardi guy did claim it not to be a suit or mask. In an article I read, and it sheds small glimpses of light on the topic, hard to believe, but still leaves the possibility open.

My final opinion, I'm leaning more towards hoax, but not declairing it my decision. More details and time will determine it all. Does seem like a big deal to pay for all that mess, go through all the hype to fool the world...but I'd do it...lol. Best leave the myth findings in Aliens or Nessie.

Zian Out

[Unamused]

From previous comments: "its possible that these guys are a bunch of losers who wanted to create the biggest hoax to date."

Bingo. Give the man a cigar, he's hit the bullseye.

To sum up for everyone arriving late to the story: Tom Biscardi is a hoaxer. He's been trying to make money off Bigfoot for years, including at least one previous major hoax attempt. I have no idea of the motivations of the others in this, but judging from the fact that their website (URL prominently displayed on their hats in the press conference) sells Bigfoot-related caps, belt buckles, floormats, ect. should provide a clue.

When five minutes poking the 'body' (assuming they had one) with a stick would convince any primatologist in the world of it's importance, they hand out blurry digital photos and mysterious vials of alleged Sasquatch DNA. Pathetic.

Bigfoot is a great story and who knows, maybe there really are a couple out here in my backyard up in the Pacific Northwest, but these lying chumps don't have anything but a wet costume with some possum guts lying on top.

[Scott Reiboldt]

What a load of CRAP!!! IF, I say , IF, such a creature did exist, don't you think somebody would have shot one by now? or hit one with a car, I think these guys (all 3 of them) ought to be taken out behind the tool shed and punished for lying!!1 for starters!!! and the police officer, well fire his a** !!!!!!

[Dwain Cardwell]

I would believe, but we didn't get a lot of photos and in the one photo we did get, there was not alot of light in the face. Please take more photos and show face.

[jsnook0869@gmail.com]

If ever there was a justice system, we would make an example of this cop. The pictures are bad his eye contact with the camera is bad during their interview, and these three ... fat red necks picked up 500 pounds between them....give me a break. They're fat, weak, and liars. Also, if you turned over a body to a scientist, you don't write down their name, nor can your remember it. Your not only a bad cop, you're an idiot.

[pat shortt]

Innocent till proven guilty say i a big believer in bigfoot.

[Brandi]

DNA can be taken without murdering someone. A piece of hair, a couple drops of blood out of a small cut, even a mouth swab can produce enough DNA to be tested. If the DNA is human then it could have been the DNA of one of the hunters.

[Scott Reiboldt]

Well now we have it--- BigFoot found in Georgia Was a Hoax! I am so surprised------NOT

[alph]

i think the guy that said "we hide for a reason" is fony!!!!