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Bigfoot - The Erickson Project

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Still seems dubious to me, but..........

http://gma.yahoo.com/blogs/abc-blog...-existence-170135552--abc-news-tech.html?vp=1

Bigfoot is real, and now at least one scientist claims there is proof.
A group of Sasquatch researchers who have been collecting over 100 pieces of evidence over the past five years screened "never before seen HD video" of the alleged creature at a news conference in Dallas on Tuesday.
The footage, which came from a similar effort dubbed The Erickson Project, led by Adrian Erickson, showed what the group said was a sasquatch moving through wooded areas in Kentucky.

Dr. Melba Ketchum, who has led the group of researchers called the Sasquatch Genome Project, has been working on a $500,000 analysis of DNA samples from an unknown hominin species. Ketchum calls the project "a serious study" that concludes the legendary Sasquatch exists in North America and is a human relative that arose approximately 13,000 years ago.
"They're a type of people, they're a human-hybrid, we believe. And all of the DNA evidence points to that. And they can allude us, so if you get [footage] at all, it can be fleeting," Ketchum told ABC affiliate WFAA.
Ketchum, who was initially a skeptic, says she implemented strict protocols as DNA was extracted from the collected samples.

"We soon discovered that certain hair samples - which we would later identify as purported Sasquatch samples - had unique morphology distinguishing them from typical human and animal samples," Ketchum said in February of the research.

"Those hair samples that could not be identified as known animal or human were subsequently screened using DNA testing, beginning with sequencing of mitochondrial DNA followed by sequencing nuclear DNA to determine where these individuals fit in the 'tree of life,'" she said.

In total, 111 specimens of purported Sasquatch hair, blood, skin, and other tissue types were analyzed for the Sasquatch Genome Project's study. The samples were submitted from 34 different hominin research sites in 14 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces.

At Tuesday's press conference, Dennis Pfoul, the group's project manager, showed footage that of footprints of what he believes belongs to a Sasquatch in the snow in Colorado.

"We've all had experiences that have changed our lives, I mean, literally shook the foundation of what we believe in," Pfoul said at the news conference.
Funding for the Sasquatch Genome Project comes from Erikson and entrepreneur Wally Hersom, according to Ketchum. The Erikson Project has in the past teased footage of supposed Sasquatch sightings, notable in a November 2012 trailer for "Sasquatch: The Quest." Watch the trailer here.
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"Allude us"?

American Indians split off from the rest of the human lineage about 13,000 years ago, and they are still almost identical genetically to every other human. So why would another human lineage that split off at the same time in the same area be so radically different?
 
The hoax that keeps on giving. Ketchum and co. just won't give up, will they? I am hoping this is just a last, futile stab at making some money out of this fiasco.
 
OntarioSquatch said:
It's sad that these are the people who represent Bigfootery.
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"Everything was soooo sad." But don't blame me. I never voted. If I had, I'd not have voted for Ketchum. Nope. A walking talking piece of mofo Bigfoot sunshine named Matt "BobosB" Moneymaker would have had my vote.

Didn't the Ketchum/Meldrum/Dumdum ticket get only like 15 more votes than the next one? The SweatyYeti/DWA¹/Munns ticket I think it was? Now she has absolute power over all the Bigfoot International Inc. kingdom, including the always profitable InevitablyBlurry™ and SuspciouslyVague™ divisions.

We skeptics need to be scared. Bigfoot's coming and he's gonna get us.


¹ DWA - DimWitAlways
 
This was announced via press release and embargoed until Oct 1. Ben Radford and I discussed covering it and HOPED we didn't have to but at least one local media source showed up. (If you notice the video, there seemed to be just as many panelists as press.) But the story was picked up by others yesterday.

The history of this is LONG and convoluted and full of holes and serious faux pas. I'd argue that no one has written up as comprehensive a piece on Ketchum as I have here. http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/the_ketchum_project_what_to_believe_about_bigfoot_dna_science
But, it does not get referenced in these news stories. The media does not do any homework.

You can keep up with all Ketchum news that's worth paying attention to by starting here.
http://doubtfulnews.com/tag/melba-ketchum/

And my report on the news conference is here.
http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/10/big...-what-you-would-expect-from-ketchum-erickson/
 
idoubtit said:
This was announced via press release and embargoed until Oct 1. Ben Radford and I discussed covering it and HOPED we didn't have to but at least one local media source showed up. (If you notice the video, there seemed to be just as many panelists as press.) But the story was picked up by others yesterday.

The history of this is LONG and convoluted and full of holes and serious faux pas. I'd argue that no one has written up as comprehensive a piece on Ketchum as I have here. http://www.csicop.org/sb/show/the_ketchum_project_what_to_believe_about_bigfoot_dna_science
But, it does not get referenced in these news stories. The media does not do any homework.You can keep up with all Ketchum news that's worth paying attention to by starting here.
http://doubtfulnews.com/tag/melba-ketchum/

And my report on the news conference is here.
http://doubtfulnews.com/2013/10/big...-what-you-would-expect-from-ketchum-erickson/
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No ****. Your csicop article is listed second on a google search of Ketchum bigfoot skepticism.

Talk about not putting in the effort.
 
Saw this on the news yesterday. The reporting was absolute he said/she said garbage. However, they did show three clips that the footers claim were of the animal. One was clearly a guy in an ill-fitting suit, one was a close-up of a chewbacca mask, and one was a guy in a ghillie suit lying on the ground. They were all so ridiculous that I laughed out loud.
 
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