greatest day of discovery in nations history ?? - Friday, August 15, 2008

[Big Duane]

http://www.ktvu.com/news/17174989/detail.html

PALO ALTO, Calif. -- It"™s more than 7-feet tall. Weighs over 500 pounds and walked upright -- three "Bigfoot" seekers, including a Redwood City man, Wednesday claimed they have proof that they have found the body of the elusive creature in the wilds of Georgia.


And on Friday, at a news conference in Palo Alto, they say they will present DNA evidence to prove the carcass of "œRickmat"� is that of a bigfoot.


Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, Georgia residents who lead Bigfoot-tracking expeditions, say they found the body of what appears to be a Bigfoot in the woods of northern Georgia and will join local Bigfoot researcher Tom Biscardi at the news conference, according to Robert Barrows, who is publicizing the event.


Among the creatures's other physical characteristics of the body -- according to the hunters website -- http://www.searchingforbigfoot.com/ -- were flat feet similar to human feet. Its footprint is 16 ¾ inches long and the length from palm to tip of the middle finger is 11 ½ inches long.


"I think you'll find that this is the real deal," Barrows said of the alleged discovery.

Whitton, a police officer in Clayton County, and Dyer, a former correctional officer, are not saying exactly where the body was found or where it is now, Barrows said.

Biscardi, a veteran Bigfoot tracker who said he went to Georgia to view the find over the weekend, said DNA tests are being conducted and a team of scientists will study the body, but declined to name any scientists involved.


Officials from the Georgia Department of Natural Resources Wildlife Resources Division said the largest wildlife they are aware of in the state are black bears and white-tail deer.



DNA evidence and photo evidence to be presented at a PRESS CONFERENCE to be held on;

Date: Friday, August 15, 2008
Time: From 12Noon-1:00pm

Place: Cabana Hotel-Palo Alto, 4290 El Camino Real
Palo Alto, California 94306



Here are some of the vital statistics on the "Bigfoot" body:
*The creature is seven feet seven inches tall.
*It weighs over five hundred pounds.
*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.
*DNA tests are currently being done and the current DNA and photo evidence will be presented at the press
conference on Friday, August 15th.
The creature was found by Matthew Whitton (AKA Gary Parker) and Rick Dyer (residents of Georgia) in the woods in northern Georgia. (The exact location is being kept secret to protect the creatures.)

Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer will be flying in from Georgia to be at the press conference. Also present at the press conference will be Tom Biscardi, CEO of Searching for Bigfoot, Inc.

Whitton is a local, Georgia, police officer, who is currently on administrative leave after being wounded in the course of duty pursuing an alleged felon. Dyer is a former correctional officer. Whitton and Dyer are co-owners of bigfoottracker.com and Bigfoot Global LLC., a company that offers Bigfoot expeditions. Whitton and Dyer are working with Bigfoot hunter, Tom Biscardi, and Biscardi's Searching for Bigfoot, Inc., to present and conduct the scientific study of the evidence and information on this body.

A few weeks ago, Whitton and Dyer announced the finding of the body on the "Squatch Detective" radio show, an internet based radio show hosted by Steve Kulls. While on that show, the commentator asked Rick Dyer "Would you allow one of our people to come down and verify the body?" Dyer replied, "The only person we would allow to come down and verify the body was 'the real Bigfoot Hunter,' Tom Biscardi." The next day, the producer of the Squatch Detective show contacted Biscardi with pertinent information on how to contact Dyer and Whitton.

Extensive scientific studies will be done on the body by a team of scientists including a molecular biologist, an anthropologist, a paleontologist and other scientists over the next few months at an undisclosed location. The studies will be carefully documented and the findings will be released to the world, according to Biscardi.

Biscardi is known as "the real Bigfoot Hunter" because of his extensive investigations out in the field. He has been searching for Bigfoot since 1971 and over the past several years, he has been criss-crossing the United States and Canada tracking down the hottest leads on Bigfoot sightings.
Videography on the studies will be done under the supervision of Scott Davis, an independent producer and owner of TV Biz Productions in Phoenix, Arizona.

Currently, Tom Biscardi and his Searching for Bigfoot Team, in conjunction with Bigfoot Global LLC., are preparing to capture another of these creatures alive. That expedition will start very soon. The dates and the locations are being kept confidential.

The body that is currently being studied is being referred to as the "RICKMAT" creature, a name derived from the names of Rick Dyer and Matthew Whitton.

Last year, a film that Biscardi produced about his investigations, called "Bigfoot Lives," won first place in the Documentary category at the Pocono Mountains Film Festival. Biscardi also hosts a Bigfoot oriented internet radio show that can be heard on Wednesday nights from 7:00pm to 8:00pm PDT at www.bigfootliveradioshow.com. The show is heard in over thirty countries.

[sachiko]

I'm not impressed. I think Shaquille O'Neal has bigger feet.

[Champlain Islander]

I don't believe and put it right up with nessie and our own "Champ".

[Fieldmouse]

It can't be true, I believe Janet Reno is still living.

[Steve863]

OK, so they found bigfoot. Maybe someone can now put some effort into finding Osama Bin Laden.

[Big Duane]

IF this is true ...... it will be the single greatest discovery I can think of.

Giant Squids? We knew they existed, finding/seeing one was tough albeit.
Ivory Bill? Thought extinct for sure, but driven there.

Sasquatch? Myth, legend, chased since this country was founded, NEVER EVER "found" - the best we have is some plaster feet molds and grainy video clips ....... if this is real .... and in Georgia of all place ?

It will be the find of our life times !

[Arthur P]

If they find Nessie or Champ, THAT would be the find of our lifetimes. They are only seen in those two specific places. Bigfoot is everywhere, so he's not all that rare.

Maybe someone can now put some effort into finding Osama Bin Laden.

There is a legendary wandering ape-like cave dweller in the mountains of Pakistan the natives call Big Nose. Most commonly described as having a nose like a buzzard's beak plastered onto a face that looks like a beard on a pig's butt, wearing a tent, with a towel wrapped around his head.

Go get 'im all you cryptozoologists! [8D]

[hillbillyhunter1]

I have a feeling this "bigfoot" will be seized by the government before Friday

[Steve863]

I have a feeling this "bigfoot" will be seized by the government before Friday

Yeah, some of you out west should be keeping an eye out in Area 51 to see whether any shipments are coming in! It could even be a UPS or FedEx truck making the delivery as a cover-up.

[Big Duane]

area 51 has been vacated - didn't you know ?