Here we go, another Bigfoot story, 'best Bigfoot tracker in the world' releases killed photo of the beast

'Master Bigfoot tracker' releases new photo of beast he claims to have killed a year ago by luring it with pork ribs
--Rick Dyer claims to have killed the Bigfoot in Texas on September 6, 2012
--Says he shot the creature dead after luring it with pork ribs nailed to a tree
--Dyer released a photo and claims to have performed DNA tests on the body
--Now plans to take the corpse on an international tour starting in February
--Dyer was previously involved in a high-profile Bigfoot hoax back in 2008
--Hoax was revealed when frozen Bigfoot turned out to be a rubber ape suit

By JOHN HALL and ALEXANDRA KLAUSNER
DAILYMAIL
January 29, 2014 

A man who claims to have captured and killed Bigfoot after luring it with pork ribs now says he is planning to take the corpse on an international tour.

Rick Dyer, who describes himself as 'best Bigfoot tracker in the world' and claims to have shot the beast near San Antonio in Texas in September 2012, says the world tour will begin on February 6 in Flagstaff, Arizona, with further locations to be revealed over the coming weeks.

Although he also released a second photograph supposedly showing the dead Bigfoot, there is a great deal of skepticism over their authenticity, not least because Dyer was previously involved in a Bigfoot hoax in 2008 when a 'corpse' he put on public display turned out to be a rubber suit.

On display: Rick Dyer released this new image, supposedly showing the Bigfoot he killed lying dead on the floor of his tent. He now plans to take the corpse on an international tour

Body of the beast: Rick Dyer claims that this is a photo of legendary creature Bigfoot, which he shot near San Antonio and now plans to take on tour

Mr Dyer claims that he lured the beast by nailing pork ribs he had bought from Walmart to a tree in San Antonio, Texas in September 2012.

He initially released a grainy close up photograph supposedly showing the creature's face, but has now released a second photograph of it lying dead on the floor of his tent.

Speaking about inevitable doubts over the authenticity of his supposed kill, 36-year-old Dyer told New York Daily News that he doesn't regret his 2008 hoax, as it put him in contact with people who now fund his full-time Bigfoot operations ever since.

He claims that without the previous publicity stunt, he would never have been able to 'really' capture a Bigfoot.

Speaking of killing the animal, he said: 'I nailed... pork ribs from the Walmart down the street to the side of the tree, and lo and behold, he came and started eating the pork ribs off the tree.'
Mr Dyer claims to have filmed the creature as he was enjoying his last meal before going to get his gun and 'with tears in my eyes' shooting it dead.

On the Bigfoot trail: Rick Dyer says he managed to lure the beast in by nailing some pork ribs that he bought at Walmart to a tree. While the creature was eating, Mr Dyer allegedly shot it

The excitement surrounding Mr Dyer's claims is tempered somewhat by the fact that he was involved in a Bigfoot hoax back in 2008. Back then, as now, he claimed he had the body of Bigfoot. But The National Geographic reported that, once the frozen body began to thaw, the body turned out to be nothing more than a rubber ape suit.

This time Mr Dyer is adamant that his Bigfoot is 'for real'.

He said: 'From DNA tests to 3D optical scans to body scans. It is the real deal. It's Bigfoot and Bigfoot's here, and I shot it and now I'm proving it to the world.'

Mr Dyer has yet to produce the results of the DNA tests and optical scans, but he says he will be holding a press conference soon to answer any questions.

Bigfoot sightings have been reported in forested areas all over the world, but physical evidence - such as a partial or complete body of the creature - has so far proven elusive.

Breakthrough in Bigfoot case? New claim to have DNA evidence linking Bigfoot to man mating with human females 15,000 years ago

'Bigfoot is a direct relative of man and had sex with human females 15,000 years ago': Geneticist claims to have DNA evidence of mythic North American beast
By JAMES NYE
DAILYMAIL
November 28, 2012

Bigfoot is not only real and living among us, but he is a direct relative of man and had sex with human females 15,000 years ago - according to a new scientific study using 'real' DNA samples.

The report by Texan researcher Dr. Melba S. Ketchum is apparently the result of five years of work by her firm, DNA Diagnostics and concludes that the legendary Sasquatch is a missing link that arose approximately 15,000 years ago.

However, Dr. Ketchum has presented no evidence yet for her potentially momentous findings nor has she had her work reviewed by peers in the scientific community - both standard procedures to follow before announcing spectacular claims.

Dr. Ketchum, a veterinarian- researcher claims to have discovered the genetic proof that shows the mythic Bigfoot is indeed a human hybrid, descended from human women who mated with men of 'an unknown hominin species.'

According to a statement released on Saturday, Dr. Ketchum said that the mitochondrial DNA in the samples, which she apparently obtained from leftover blueberry bagels eaten by a family of 10 bigfoot's who live in Michigan, show clear evidence of genetic mixing.

The 'nuclear DNA samples' - the blueprint that mixes genetic material of both parents, shows that bigfoot's have human nuclear DNA and 'novel hon-human sequence.'
'Genetically, the Sasquatch are a human hybrid with unambiguously modern human maternal ancestry,' Ketchum said in the statement.


A still from the famous Patterson-Gimlin film of 1967 that purports to show the legendary Sasquatch which roams the forests of North America

Of course, scientists have demanded that Dr. Ketchum present her evidence but she has so far declined to make anything public.

This had led to a large degree of suspicion towards her claims, as researchers have seen decades of final definitive bigfoot proof such as hair, corpses and blood arrive and be debunked.

However, what marks Dr. Ketchum's claims out from other's are the genetic basis of her findings, such as, 'Sasquatch mtDNA is identical to modern Homo sapiens.'
If this is the case, then this suggests one of two options for scientists expecting the Texan's work, whenever it is delivered.

One is that Bigfoot did have sex with ancient human women 15,000-years-ago and created a half-human hybrid species which is currently hiding in North America.
Another is that the samples are contaminated.


Apparently the DNA evidence from the Bigfoot's come from the blueberry bagels leftover from a family of 10 Sasquatch who live in Michigan

That does not discount the fact that the hair could be Bigfoot though, it just means that there was no human DNA/bigfoot mixing 15,000-years ago and presumably a researcher or whoever handled the original sample contaminated it with their DNA.

In the past alleged Bigfoot samples that have been subjected to DNA analysis have been deemed 'unknown' or 'unidentified' and there is no sample reference of Bigfoot DNA to compare this with.

In addition to her slightly cryptic announcement, Ketchum said that the U.S. government should immediately recognise Bigfoot as 'an indigenous people and immediately protect their human and Constitutional rights'.

However, because scientists only make judgements on published data, experts are being cautious.

University of Wisconsin anthropologist John Hawks, an expert on human evolution, wrote on his blog that he was withholding judgment until results were available. “No data, no discovery,” he wrote according to the LA Times.

It is also thought that Ketchum may be planning to film a documentary and write a book about her work.

Proof at Last of the Existence of Bigfoot? Dr. Ketchum's Statement in Full
'A team of scientists can verify that their 5-year long DNA study, currently under peer-review, confirms the existence of a novel hominin hybrid species, commonly called “Bigfoot” or 'Sasquatch,' living in North America. Researchers’ extensive DNA sequencing suggests that the legendary Sasquatch is a human relative that arose approximately 15,000 years ago as a hybrid cross of modern Homo sapiens with an unknown primate species.

The study was conducted by a team of experts in genetics, forensics, imaging and pathology, led by Dr. Melba S. Ketchum of Nacogdoches, TX. In response to recent interest in the study, Dr. Ketchum can confirm that her team has sequenced 3 complete Sasquatch nuclear genomes and determined the species is a human hybrid.

Our study has sequenced 20 whole mitochondrial genomes and utilized next generation sequencing to obtain 3 whole nuclear genomes from purported Sasquatch samples. The genome sequencing shows that Sasquatch mtDNA is identical to modern Homo sapiens, but Sasquatch nuDNA is a novel, unknown hominin related to Homo sapiens and other primate species. Our data indicate that the North American Sasquatch is a hybrid species, the result of males of an unknown hominin species crossing with female Homo sapiens.

Hominins are members of the taxonomic grouping Hominini, which includes all members of the genus Homo. Genetic testing has already ruled out Homo neanderthalis and the Denisova hominin as contributors to Sasquatch mtDNA or nuDNA. “The male progenitor that contributed the unknown sequence to this hybrid is unique as its DNA is more distantly removed from humans than other recently discovered hominins like the Denisovan individual,” explains Ketchum.

Sasquatch nuclear DNA is incredibly novel and not at all what we had expected. While it has human nuclear DNA within its genome, there are also distinctly non-human, non-archaic hominin, and non-ape sequences. We describe it as a mosaic of human and novel non-human sequence. Further study is needed and is ongoing to better characterize and understand Sasquatch nuclear DNA.”

Ketchum is a veterinarian whose professional experience includes 27 years of research in genetics, including forensics. Early in her career she also practiced veterinary medicine, and she has previously been published as a participant in mapping the equine genome. She began testing the DNA of purported Sasquatch hair samples 5 years ago.

Ketchum calls on public officials and law enforcement to immediately recognize the Sasquatch as an indigenous people:

Genetically, the Sasquatch are a human hybrid with unambiguously modern human maternal ancestry. Government at all levels must recognize them as an indigenous people and immediately protect their human and Constitutional rights against those who would see in their physical and cultural differences a ‘license’ to hunt, trap, or kill them.'

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The Phenomenon that is Bigfoot

LiveScience Staff
Date: 21 March 2012 Time: 03:06 PM ET

Source:LiveScience
http://www.livescience.com/19178-tracking-belief-bigfoot-infographic.html

The big hairy monster we call Bigfoot has both eluded and fascinated many, with blurry photos and even blurrier video being some of the best evidence the creature exists.

Bigfoot stories of sightings vary on some details and the type of "evidence." In 2008, two Georgia men claimed they had a body, photos of the body and DNA evidence of a Bigfoot. A few days later, evidence surfaced that the DNA was that of an opossum and the body was really a frozen gorilla suit.

More recently in 2011, a Charlotte, N.C.-based man named Thomas Byers claimed that, while driving, he and a companion videotaped a Bigfoot crossing the road in front of their truck and at one point it "made a snarling growling sound and looked back at me," Byers said. Various hints, including the fact that no truck is seen, nor headlights (it was pretty dark in the video), and that the slow-moving creature (or human) seems to be waving in the footage, weighed heavily against the video's validity.

The most famous recording of an alleged Bigfoot is the short 1967 film shot in Bluff Creek, Calif., by Roger Patterson and Bob Gimlin. The video shows a dark, humanlike creature striding through a clearing. It has never been proven real, and in the 45 years since the film was shot, it has remained the best evidence for Bigfoot. (It seems even with today's technology, quality video of Bigfoot is tough to come by.)  

And, of course, these sightings are not confined to the United States.

The legendary woodlands ape, though answering to different names, has been a fascination across the globe. For instance, a group of Chinese researchers announced in October 2010 that they were mounting an expedition to seek evidence of the 'yeren', the Chinese version of Bigfoot. Other searches for the yeren in pior decades all failed to find conclusive evidence of the beast's existence. The team, led by a man named Luo Baosheng, is hoping to raise $1.5 million to launch the search.

The so-called Canadian Sasquatch is essentially the same creature as the American Bigfoot, though it is claimed to be primarily nocturnal and a fast runner. Moving to Asia, the Yeti — formerly known as the Abominable Snowman — is said to live in the forest below the snow line of the Himalaya Mountains. Reports suggest the creature is muscular, covered with dark grayish or reddish-brown hair, and weighs between 200 and 400 pounds (90 and 180 kilograms). Compared with Bigfoot, the Yeti is claimed to be relatively short, with an average height about 6 feet (1.8 meters).

The Down Under variety, dubbed Yowie, reportedly stands anywhere from 5 to 11 feet (1.5 to 3.4 meters) tall, and has yellow or red eyes deeply set inside a dome-shaped head.

This lack of evidence hasn't stopped enthusiasts, however. The reason could be human nature: We want to believe. "The human brain is always trying to determine why things happen, and when the reason is not clear, we tend to make up some pretty bizarre explanations," said Brian Cronk, a professor of psychology at Missouri Western State University, back in 2008.

And our belief in all things supernatural, from fairies and elves to gods, ghosts and monsters, seems to go way back in human history. The reason, say some social scientists, is the human need to explain that which we don't understand.