This FOX News story and the ABC News story, Legend of Bigfoot: Discovery? Try Hoax, are no doubt the reaon you're having trouble accessing the Cryptomundo website today. Paul Wagenseil at FOX News notes the skepticism that has gathered steam over the past few days, as does Ki Mae Heussner, who brings together commentary from Matthew Moneymaker, who is assuring everyone the Georgia Bigfoot claim is a hoax; Professor Jeff Meldrum, who sees a number of "red flags," including Tom Biscardi's reputation for lack of credibility; University of Minnesota research scientist Curt Nelson, who was given tissue samples, but says even if he has analyzed the samples by today's press conference time, it wouldn't be enough to prove the creature's existence ("If the guy claims to have a body, he really should produce one."); Skeptical Inquirer Managing Editor Benjamin Radford, who notes skepticism doesn't diminish the public's interest in the creatures; and noted cryptozoologist Loren Coleman, who says, despite his excitement, the Georgia creature is "99 percent a hoax and 1 percent a probability of reality." Elsewhere, at Cryptomundo, Coleman notes the continuing Georgia Bigfoot saga has begun to drift apart, in "Bigfoot Body" Has Red Flags. There's also word from the swamps of Florida, where David Shealy, the Skunk Ape "Expert" Checks In with his analysis of the Georgia claim, and the pre-press conference reports wouldn't be complete without reprising the 2005 report Biscardi's C2C Legacy: "I-Was-Hoodwinked". Meanwhile, there's a nice video overview of this remarkable summer in The Summer of Cryptids, 2008.
When the World Gets Sucked In News.com.au
With a press conference scheduled for today to show off the alleged proof of the existence of Bigfoot in the forests of Georgia, one Australian news source takes a look at some of the times when the entire world seems to have been flummoxed by "evidence" that proved to be contrived. With photo and videos. Meanwhile, all the hoopla over the Georgia Bigfoot body has one columnist wondering How Come the Flatlands Don't Have a Legendary Creature?
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