Bigfoot found in North Georgia mountains...

[Tarheel]

Maybe living on the same mountain as The Squidbillies...I think it's just some errant Ruskies who got lost trying to attack the other Georgia...

Anyway, it MUST be true since the AJC is reporting it!

And here's a picture of it:

http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/08/13/real-bigfoot-carcass-to-be-shown-this-fridayor-not/

(I've also attached a copy of the picture in case this site mysteriously goes down.)

The story...

Bigfoot located in Georgia?
By AJC | Wednesday, August 13, 2008, 12:07 PM

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The search for Bigfoot, the maybe-mythical half-man/half-gorilla beast also known as Sasquatch, may have ended in Georgia.

According to a press release issued by “Searching For Bigfoot,” a California-based web site, two men have not only found the corpse of a 7-foot-7, 500-plus pound man-monkey, but they’ve also found a tribe of his brethren living at an undisclosed location in the North Georgia mountains. The men are to appear at a press conference in California with “DNA evidence and photo evidence” this Friday.

According the the press release, one of the discoverers is Matthew Whitton, a police officer on administrative leave for being wounded in the line of duty. The AJC recently reported a police officer with the same name was shot during the robbery of a Krystal restaurant, but we’ve been unable to contact Whitton to see if they are one and the same.

Curiously, Whitton, along with fellow big-game hunter Rick Dyer, a former correctional officer, are co-owners of bigfoottracker.com and Bigfoot Global LLC., a company that offers Bigfoot expeditions. The men are working with allegedly famous Bigfoot hunter, Tom Biscardi, and Biscardi’s Searching for Bigfoot, Inc., to present and conduct the scientific study of the evidence and information on this body, according to the press release.

http://www.accessatlanta.com/blogs/content/shared-blogs/accessatlanta/chatter/entries/2008/08/13/bigfoot_located_1.html

[GarMan]

I seen it first! 

http://searchingforbigfoot.com/

The creature was found by Matthew Whitton (AKA Gary Parker) and Rick Dyer (residents of Georgia) in the woods in northern Georgia. (The exact location is being kept secret to protect the creatures.)

Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer will be flying in from Georgia to be at the press conference. Also present at the press conference will be Tom Biscardi, CEO of Searching for Bigfoot, Inc.

Whitton is a local, Georgia, police officer, who is currently on administrative leave after being wounded in the course of duty pursuing an alleged felon. Dyer is a former correctional officer. Whitton and Dyer are co-owners of bigfoottracker.com and Bigfoot Global LLC., a company that offers Bigfoot expeditions. Whitton and Dyer are working with Bigfoot hunter, Tom Biscardi, and Biscardi's Searching for Bigfoot, Inc., to present and conduct the scientific study of the evidence and information on this body.

A few weeks ago, Whitton and Dyer announced the finding of the body on the "Squatch Detective" radio show, an internet based radio show hosted by Steve Kulls. While on that show, the commentator asked Rick Dyer "Would you allow one of our people to come down and verify the body?" Dyer replied, "The only person we would allow to come down and verify the body was 'the real Bigfoot Hunter,' Tom Biscardi." The next day, the producer of the Squatch Detective show contacted Biscardi with pertinent information on how to contact Dyer and Whitton.

Extensive scientific studies will be done on the body by a team of scientists including a molecular biologist, an anthropologist, a paleontologist and other scientists over the next few months at an undisclosed location. The studies will be carefully documented and the findings will be released to the world, according to Biscardi.

Biscardi is known as "the real Bigfoot Hunter" because of his extensive investigations out in the field. He has been searching for Bigfoot since 1971 and over the past several years, he has been criss-crossing the United States and Canada tracking down the hottest leads on Bigfoot sightings.
Videography on the studies will be done under the supervision of Scott Davis, an independent producer and owner of TV Biz Productions in Phoenix, Arizona.

Currently, Tom Biscardi and his Searching for Bigfoot Team, in conjunction with Bigfoot Global LLC., are preparing to capture another of these creatures alive. That expedition will start very soon. The dates and the locations are being kept confidential.

The body that is currently being studied is being referred to as the "RICKMAT" creature, a name derived from the names of Rick Dyer and Matthew Whitton.

Last year, a film that Biscardi produced about his investigations, called "Bigfoot Lives," won first place in the Documentary category at the Pocono Mountains Film Festival. Biscardi also hosts a Bigfoot oriented internet radio show that can be heard on Wednesday nights from 7:00pm to 8:00pm PDT at www.bigfootliveradioshow.com. The show is heard in over thirty countries.

[AuburnChopper 3.0]

How do they know it's not just another Wookie?

[Snaggletiger]

gooney goohoo

[Tiger Six]

Coincedence?  I think not...

Allen, who was 7-foot-7, is listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the tallest living woman, and has appeared in the publication since the mid-1970s.

7'7" seems to be the link.

[GarMan]

How do they know it's not just another Wookie?

That's true.  Wookies tend to be a real problem in the area.  Once they move into a neighborhood, it's all downhill from there.  They don't take care of their houses.  Their yards are always overgrown and unkept.  They stay up all hours of the night.  They get strange visitors at odd hours.  Their children are a mess and usually cause problems with the other children.  Their pets run free throughout the neighborhood.  Yes, Wookies tend to be a real problem. 

[AUChizad]

It's probably just the fabled Buttertooth Yeti.

[wesfau2]

It's probably just the fabled Buttertooth Yeti.

Throughout the 'holler, the bone-chilling call of the Yeti can be heard: Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarkaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!

[Saniflush]

Throughout the 'holler, the bone-chilling call of the Yeti can be heard: Paaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarkaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!

"Butter"

[The Prowler]

Are they going to do a Discovery Channel Special on it, or something?

[Pell City Tiger]

It's probably just the fabled Buttertooth Yeti.

Doesn't that species walk with a noticable limp? From my time watching Animal Planet, I have learned that this breed of Yeti supposedly has uneven legs. I seem to recall the theory being that it picks its berries from the right side only (this separates it from other Yeti species who can go either right or left) It has evolved as such to allow for a shorter reach in order to sustain itself.

[DnATL]

Coincedence?  I think not...

7'7" seems to be the link.

I bet she wore some giant Depends.

[Tiger Wench]

You guys are going to hell...

[Saniflush]

If you are gonna go you might as well drive the bus.

[Saniflush]

As we all knew was going to happen, this has been proven to be a fraud:

After the Searching For Bigfoot team and "The Real Bigfoot Hunter" Tom Biscardi began to thaw out the creature in a 1,500 lb. cooler of ice, they discovered it was a rubber suit. Biscardi contacted Whitton and Dyer and they agreed to admit the truth to the public. When Biscardi arrived at their hotel, the pair had vanished.

This, of course, is after an undisclosed but undoubtedly large amount of money changed hands. Bigfoot hunters, you been gamed.

http://www.cbs46.com/news/17232407/detail.html#-

I don't think I'd want to be those guys right now though. Dozens of pissed off broke bigfoot hunters after your ass? Still there is something pretty funny about "bigfoot hunters" being duped.

[Thrilla]

Although would we expect anything less from these folks from Clayton County?  That was my first red flag.  From their schools' accreditation to their bigfoot hunters, they've been in the news for the wrong reasons for the last couple of years.

[GarMan]

Although would we expect anything less from these folks from Clayton County?  That was my first red flag.  From their schools' accreditation to their bigfoot hunters, they've been in the news for the wrong reasons for the last couple of years.

This from the guy who lives in Dick-hater...  You don't have "that" much room to talk.  Cheap bastard...

[Saniflush]

This from the guy who lives in Dick-hater...  You don't have "that" much room to talk. 

He just lives there for the schools.  (well and the unitarian church)

[Thrilla]

I'm a diamond in the rough, baby.  If you consider "rough" to be a bunch of carpet-muching liberals, that is.

[GarMan]

I'm a diamond in the rough, baby.  If you consider "rough" to be a bunch of carpet-muching liberals, that is.

Actually, I think that just makes you "one of the guys" over there.  I mean, you're all after the same thing.