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NEW RESEARCH

Oct 17, 2013 8:10 AM CDT

Scientist 'Solves' Yeti Mystery

Geneticist suspects it's a polar bear-brown bear hybrid

(Newser) - Whether you call it the Abominable Snowman or yeti, the mythical creature may have just jumped from the pages of fiction to the world of fact. Oxford geneticist Bryan Sykes performed DNA testing on 27 suspected yeti samples that had been sent to him from around the world, and got...

Man Killed While
Posing as Bigfoot

Aug 28, 2012 5:00 AM CDT

Man Killed While Posing as Bigfoot

Cars strike Montanan hoping to be mistaken for Sasquatch

(Newser) - A Montana man dressed up as what he hoped would be taken for Bigfoot was struck by two cars and killed. Randy Lee Tenley, 44, was wearing a hard-to-see military-type "Ghille" camouflage suit and was standing along a highway near Kalispell as the light was fading when he was...

Oxford Scholars
Search for Yeti

May 22, 2012 4:47 PM CDT

Oxford Scholars Search for Yeti

Will use genetic analysis in serious investigation

(Newser) - The search for the yeti is going high-tech. Thanks to genetic analysis, Oxford researchers hope to say for sure whether the creature of lore exists, Gizmodo reports. Working in conjunction with the Lausanne Museum of Zoology, researchers are asking people who claim to have evidence of the yeti to send...

Bigfoot Search
Requires Permit:
Park Rangers

Mar 29, 2012 5:33 PM CDT

Bigfoot Search Requires Permit: Park Rangers

31 Sasquatch seekers stopped in Arkansas

(Newser) - The National Parks Service doesn't allow just anyone to conduct a search for Bigfoot. A man conducting a group mission to track down Sasquatch was halted by park rangers who told him he needed a permit, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports. That's because the leader of the search around...

'Bigfoot' Files Free Speech Suit

Mar 9, 2011 2:42 AM CST

'Bigfoot' Files Free Speech Suit

Costumed filmmaker says NH stomped on his rights

(Newser) - An amateur filmmaker kicked out of a state park while impersonating Bigfoot says his rights have been stomped on. Jonathan Doyle dressed up as the mythical creature, ran around New Hampshire's Mount Monadnock, then shed the disguise and interviewed hikers about what they'd seen. Park rangers barred him from filming...

Animal Planet
Hunts Bigfoot

Feb 12, 2011 12:54 PM CST

Animal Planet Hunts Bigfoot

It's filming today in a North Carolina national forest

(Newser) - Watch your back, Bigfoot. Animal Planet's coming. The cable channel is sending a film crew into a national forest near Charlotte, NC, today to try to catch a glimpse, reports the Charlotte Observer . The crew is following along with local retiree Michael Greene, who swears he saw the big guy...

NC Man Spots 'Bigfoot'

Jun 16, 2010 4:52 AM CDT

NC Man Spots 'Bigfoot'

'You get out of here,' mountain man told 'beast'

(Newser) - A North Carolina man who chased a hairy, six-fingered creature off his property, says he's sure he was dealing with Bigfoot. Tim Peeler says he saw the 10-foot-tall bearded creature after hearing grunts and screeches outside his mountain home. "I rough-talked him and said, ‘You get away from...

Men Admit Bigfoot Hoax

Aug 19, 2008 9:11 PM CDT

Men Admit Bigfoot Hoax

(Newser) - Bigfoot hunters will just have to keep looking. Two Georgia men’s story about finding Sasquatch has—surprise!—turned out to be a hoax, Cox News Service reports. Their ruse fell apart when a block of ice containing the “body” melted—leaving behind a rubber monkey suit. The...

'Bigfoot' DNA Actually Human, Opossum

Aug 15, 2008 8:55 PM CDT

'Bigfoot' DNA Actually Human, Opossum

Sasquatch expert blames contamination, will perform autopsy

(Newser) - DNA from an alleged Bigfoot carcass is actually part human, part opossum, a scientist said today. A University of Minnesota expert debunked the DNA at a Palo Alto, Calif. press conference before the two men who allegedly found the corpse—and who sell Bigfoot merchandise. The head of a group...

Ga. Men Claim to Have
Found Bigfoot

Aug 14, 2008 10:55 AM CDT

Ga. Men Claim to Have Found Bigfoot

Body, photos, DNA among 'proof' to be presented tomorrow

(Newser) - Two Georgia men claim to have found a Bigfoot, and say they'll release evidence tomorrow at a press conference, LiveScience reports. Whether they'll display the alleged carcass or simply photographs is unknown, but a well-known Bigfoot hoaxer speaking on their behalf said the body will be studied in a secure,...

'Bigfoot' Reported in Canada

Jul 30, 2008 2:43 AM CDT

'Bigfoot' Reported in Canada

'Sasquatch-like creature' startles berrypickers in woods

(Newser) - A family out picking berries in northern Ontario claims they caught sight of a creature they believe was the mythical man-like ape "Bigfoot," the Ottawa Citizen reports. The 8-foot tall furry black creature disappeared into the woods when it spotted them, they recounted. The Canadians searched the area...

'Yeti' Hairs Sent for DNA Tests

Jul 26, 2008 8:12 AM CDT

'Yeti' Hairs Sent for DNA Tests

Hairs found in jungle may belong to unknown species of primate

(Newser) - Scientists hope DNA tests will clear up the mystery of hairs claimed to be from a "yeti," or giant ape-like creature, the BBC reports. The hairs, found in dense jungle in India, are not from any known animal in the area. They also bear a strong resemblance to...

OMG! Bigfoot on Mars! Run!

Jan 24, 2008 6:19 PM CST

OMG! Bigfoot on Mars! Run!

This just might be what jump-starts interest in space exploration again

(Newser) - After nearly four years of important discoveries, it has taken a tiny rock outcropping that looks like Bigfoot to make people passionate about the Mars rovers, the Telegraph reports. Conspiracy theorists are sure a photo snapped in 2004 reveals an alien, or perhaps a creature like Sasquatch. "I couldn’...

Bigfoot Sighting Revealed to be Big Mistake

Nov 8, 2007 6:36 PM CST

Bigfoot Sighting Revealed to be Big Mistake

Bad case of mange made bear look like legendary Sasquatch

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania hunter's footage of a "juvenile Sasquatch" has been discredited after officials said the star of the show was actually an unhealthy bear. Same deal for a Texas rancher who claimed to have captured a chupacabra, the legendary Mexican goat-killer, but had in fact only bagged a coyote....