Belitionlee: Bigfoot News: Georgia Hoax Round 2, DNA Doubts and Minnesota Encounter

....it's August 15th and Round 2 of Georgia Bigfoot Hoax BS begins:

Click for video - PART 1 OF 10 OF WHAT REALLY WENT DOWN IN MAY OF 2008 BIGFOOT NOT A HOAX

Dyer had 3 years to make up this story. Frankly, he'd been better off writing a book. So, where did this other joker come from (Ward)? We never saw / heard 'hide nor hair' from this guy throughout the entire debacle in 2008...but now he's suddenly part of the story? I also like the US flag in the background effect...that's always a sign that 'the good ole' boys' are serious and telling the truth. BTW, I have been blocked from commenting on any of Dyer's videos.

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Lisa A. Shiel has recently posted her take on Bigfoot DNA and that it will not provide rock-solid proof of Bigfoot's existence:

There’s been a lot of talk recently about Bigfoot and DNA. I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve read someone say or had someone tell me that DNA will prove the existence of Bigfoot as a real, biological animal. All we need is a really, really, really good sample and an open-minded scientist to perform the testing. DNA has become the holy grail of Bigfoot research, but it’s based on a fallacy. DNA by itself will never prove Bigfoot exists.

Why not? To name and describe a new species, scientists require a physical sample known as a type specimen or holotype. A holotype is a single individual that represents an entire species. Although a single specimen may represent the entire species, multiple specimens are preferable for demonstrating that a new species has indeed been found. A DNA sample by itself proves nothing, as far as defining a new species. Comparing the new sample to existing DNA samples on file will show, at best, that the new sample does not correspond with any known species. All you will have proven is that scientists can’t identify what type of creature the DNA came from.

This does not mean the DNA came from a new species.

The sample could’ve been contaminated, a possibility that plagues Bigfoot research because purported DNA samples from Bigfoot have likely not been collected with an eye to preventing contamination. Even scientists have problems with contamination. A 2008 article in Archaeology magazine discussed the problem of contamination in collecting DNA samples from archaeological sites. The author stated that “excavators would have to wear what amount to space suits” in order to eliminate contamination. DNA samples collected in the wild may have been exposed to the elements for an undetermined time. Even if they were supposedly collected straight from the source — namely, a Bigfoot — the Bigfoot researcher may have inadvertently contaminated the sample simply by collecting it. Are researchers wearing space suits, or even sterile gloves?

Let’s assume said sample was collected in a perfectly sterile manner, with zero chance of contamination. The DNA test comes back as an unknown animal or, at best, an unknown primate. This has not proven Bigfoot exists. It has not even proven the researcher has discovered a new species. The test has proven only that the specific DNA sample in question can’t be identified with anything currently known to science.

The confusion over Bigfoot and DNA is understandable. It’s easy to get confused reading news headlines announce new species discovered using DNA. We have to dig a little deeper, sometimes just by bothering to carefully read the entire article and other times by searching out the original scientific paper, to discover the truth. New species “discovered” through DNA analysis alone are actually cryptic species, creatures that are physiologically identical to another species, akin to identical twins in our own species. By studying the DNA of the species in question, scientists have discovered genetic differences that led them to conclude one twin is different enough from the other to be considered a new species. The new species was, in essence, hiding within another species. Scientists already had specimens of the new species, though they didn’t realize it.

DNA alone won’t prove Bigfoot exists. If we want scientists to accept Bigfoot’s existence, we must present them with physical specimens, not DNA. It’s time we accept this fact and move on. - jacobsvillebooks

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"Finding Bigfoot' filming in Minnesota

I’ve never seen Bigfoot, but I’ve heard him. I swear. Apparently I’m not the only one in our area that has a Bigfoot story to share. The TV show “Finding Bigfoot” is currently shooting footage and accounts in the Northland. I’ve done some research and I’ve found some stories in our own backyard. I’ll share them with you, along with my own, after the jump.This is a relatively recent story when I heard Bigfoot. It could be another animal, but I have no idea what animal it would be. That’s what makes it so mysterious.

My wife and I were up at our family’s hunting shack in Northern MN near Cook, MN. It was probably around 10PM when I went to the edge of the woods because “nature was calling.” It was pitch black as it was a rainy kind of night and I heard a weird shrieking noise. It wasn’t a high shriek, or a low shriek, but like a combination. Then I heard it crash off into the woods.

It scared the hell out of me! It happened again later that night, several hours later, and again the next night. I’ve ruled out it being a bear, a buck grunting, or an owl. I guess it’s a mystery.

There are some more accounts, including footprints found near Virginia MN. There also appears to be several sightings in Itasca County and even one near Brimson, MN. - kkcb

Click for video - Minnesota Bigfoot Sighting Near St. Croix River

Comments with video: A Minnesota farmer and his wife were walking in the woods north of Stillwater one July night, when they saw a strange animal, according to a new YouTube video. The couple thought they'd come upon a deer, but heard a "low odd sounding grunt," and decided to get closer and see what it was.

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