The "Illie is a sleeper shark" theory is
gaining steam this week as the Alaskan lake monster emerges from
obscurity to face a lot of publicity thanks to the recent work by
biologist Bruce Wright. Loren Coleman is not surprised at this idea and
notes that he'd asked
Is Illie A Sleeper Shark? a decade ago in his book
The Field Guide to Lake Monsters, Sea Serpents and Other Mystery Denizens of the Deep. Coleman also comments on Illie's big sister, Nessie and other deep-water dwelling creatures as a
Cryptozoologist explains his studies of mysterious creatures like the Loch Ness Monster.
Jeffery Pritchett presents an intriguing
interview with Justin Smeja, the man who claims he shot two unknown
creatures that he says were Bigfoot. The Smeja story has swirled with
controversy since it first began and this interview adds fuel to the
fire with Smeja's own contradictory statements. The most glaring
contradiction is denying he cut 'slabs of meat' from the bodies. He says
it was a small piece of hide yet a couple of questions later mentions
he has a lot of "flesh" left over to send to labs. There is no question
he sent samples of
something. Over on Bigfoot Evidence, discussion is heating up on the topic with
Justin Smeja Interviewed: "I did NOT carve any piece of meat or any part off of any animal ever" [Sierra Kills]
and in the comments cryptozoologist Dale Drinnon weighs in and
contradicts Smeja's statement about the samples, saying that Dr. Melba
Ketchum described the sample she received was a steak-like slab. The
intial results were that the sample was human in origin so if it didn't
come from a dead Bigfoot then where
did it come from? If he did
shoot a Bigfoot, should it be considered murder? We find Justin Smeja's
account deeply disturbing from every angle.
"Baby" Bigfoot Evidence- Cast Prints from a Sasquatch Toddler
