The Latest Update in Bigfoot Lore

The Report:
Kenny Mahoney, a humble gardener living in Jefferson County, Kentucky, reports to have caught the fabled Bigfoot on camera. As possibly the most frequently sighted cryptid in the world, Bigfoot has a reputation in Kentucky, albeit closer to the Appalachian Mountains of Northern Kentucky.

Mahoney had an issue. His garden of green beans were repeatedly found trampled and dessicated presumably by the wildlife in the area. Mahoney says that he was "determined to catch the culprit", and so placed a motion-detecting camera just outside the garden to see what was going on. When he showed the tape to reporters, it showed the usual pests of Kentucky, including raccoons, rabbits, squirrels, and a large dark figure about 50 yards away which stood over five feet tall and almost as wide. Take a look at the video for yourself:



But is it Bigfoot? There seem to be a lot of theories about what the camera could have caught, including a bear, a trash bag, and of course, a legendary Bigfoot. Lets examine this situation more closely...

My Opinion:
It always kills me to force logic on a situation which would be easy to believe, and I'm sure that a large bipedal hominid exists somewhere on Earth, but in my professional opinion, this simply isn't it. Think about it. Everyone wants to protect their garden from nasty scavengers, but honestly, who puts out a camera to find out what's going on out there? The first thing you would do is buy a picket fence for the garden. Knowing what's attacking your vegetables does little good whether its a squirrel or a raccoon. The approach is the same: buy a fence. Mahoney did not buy a fence, but instead put up a camera to catch what? If he knows all the wildlife in the area, he must have had some idea of what may have been attacking the vegetables. To me it sounds like he wouldn't put up a camera unless he was expecting to find something out of the ordinary. Hmmm... my hoax senses are tingling.

Secondly, I don't know about you, but this looks an awful lot like a trash bag to me, although a local expert on wildlife said she did not think so:

"Mahoney’s wife Margaret sent the photo to a wildlife expert who specializes in black bears. She said it looks like it is fur and not a trash bag, but still cannot confirm it is a bear."

As usual, there is only one fuzzy picture for reference which leaves a lot of things to wonder about such as: why are there not more pictures of the creature, why are there no tracks from such a massive creature, why are there no signs of undergrowth tramples where "Bigfoot" was standing, etc...

Another inconclusive, but interesting report. What do you think?

Sources:
popfi.com
cryptomundo.com

Yeti = Big Hairy Stalker?

REPORT:
Well, there seems to be a lot of buzz going on about the latest video hoax of a Yeti filmed in Poland by a man who was reportedly just innocently taping Justyna Folger's figure when the sighting occured.

“I wandered into the river for a dip when I realised that something was on the opposite shore,” she said. "At first I thought it was a bear but it appeared to be stooping and then it raised itself on to two legs and ran off. I couldn’t believe it.”

I suppose I would be a bad host not to at least post it, but obviously there is good reason to be skeptical. You watch the movie and see if you notice anything... fishy...



First off - and I know I'm not an expert on Yetis - honestly, aren't most animals usually more 'interested' in their own species? I suppose considering all the other females in his animal kingdom have beards and body hair he has pretty good taste...

Secondly (and this is always a good sign of whether a video is a hoax or not), the camera man. I thought it was funny how the guy had perfect aim when filming the hot girl in the bathing suit, but spontaneously suffered an epileptic seizure as soon as the yeti appeared. There is not a single frame you can pause at where the 'yeti' can be distinguished as anything more than a blob. Although I have to admit, fits of uncontrollable vibration and poor video quality seem to be common characteristics of cryptid sightings.

MY OPINION:
It's impossible to prove this was a hoax, but I maintain right now that this this video would be just too good... or 'wrong'... to be true.

SOURCES:
http://alibi.com
http://themorningstar.co.uk

Hair Samples from the Himalayas Point Towards Big Foot or Big Bear

THE REPORT:

The Himalayas (meaning "abode of snow") contain the Earth's highest and dangerous peaks. Yet the foreboding peaks of this famed mountain range in Asia are home to more than just ice. Since hikers and explorers began traversing and climbing in the Himalayas centuries ago, rumors and sightings have continued to surface of something rare or even supernatural living in the pass.

Bigfoot or Yeti, it may surprise some, is not solely an American legend. Sightings of Bigfoot are incredibly common in the Himalayas and have come from locals, visitors, mountain natives, and many other reliable sources. The creature which has been come to be called: Bigfoot, is said to be a Half-man, Half-ape standing approximately 3 meters tall.

Recent news on Bigfoot, however, surpasses standard sightings. Locals living on the Nepalese border claim to have found hair strands belonging to Bigfoot. The hair strands were supplied by a Nepalese man named Dipu Marek who found the hairs recently after a farmer in the same area reported seeing Bigfoot on three consecutive days. The hairs were deep in the jungle, and supplied to the BBC by Dipu. From there the hairs were taken to Oxford Brooks University for chemical testing and comparison with known, indigenous species. And that's when things got strange.

The hairs did not match any known species, indigenous or other. The hairs may possibly belong to an extremely rare species of bear which has only been reported, not scientifically proven to exist. Scientists agree that the hairs have every possibility of belonging to bigfoot, or another unidentified species of primate.

MY OPINION:

I am not a scientist myself, and so I do not know who or what these hairs might belong to, but to me it sounds like this is an exciting discovery even if the hairs are not bigfoot's. Bear, Monkey, or Monster, the impact on the scientific community and the cryptid world will likely be large. I will update as soon as this mystery resolves with the no-doubt exciting answer that awaits. Until then,
~Adam

SOURCES:
Information from:
www.bigfootlives.com
www.allnewsweb.com