Bigfoot day?

So today is the day where we find out if these guys are full of shit. Most bigfoot researchers are saying this is a hoax. I have talked to a reliable source from Georgia who know these guys. They claim that it took 8 people to carry this thing out of the woods, and there were other bigfoots around watching them do it. However, they would not show off the body to him or anyone.

News outlets have been picking up the story as well, from ABC.

Aug. 15, 2008 —

Even the Bigfoot believers aren't buying it.

Three men have scheduled a press conference this afternoon in Palo Alto, Calif., to share the details surrounding what they claim is their "discovery" of a Bigfoot, or Sasquatch, in northern Georgia two months ago.

Matthew Whitton, a police officer, and Rick Dyer, a former correctional officer, maintained they happened upon the corpse of a half-human, half-ape creature while hiking in the woods. They also said they saw three other live creatures while carting the corpse away. Along with Tom Biscardi, an old hand at bigfoot hunting, the men intend to substantiate their bold claims with DNA evidence and photographs.

But long-time Bigfoot experts and trackers are almost certain the trio is taking the public for a ride.

"Discovery? It's a hoax. It's a Halloween costume in a box," said Matt Moneymaker, president and founder of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization.

Created in 1995, the group maintains a database of Bigfoot sighting reports and organizes tracking expeditions for interested members of the public.

Jeff Meldrum, a leading Sasquatch researcher and Idaho State University professor of anatomy and anthropology, is equally skeptical.

"There's a whole number of things that raise red flags, in my opinion," he said.

The most glaring red flag: Whitton and Dyer's appeal to Biscardi.

"He does not carry a reputation of credibility," Meldrum said of Biscardi.

Personally I think these guys are frauds. They have been busted in the past for charging outrageous fees for bigfoot expeditions. If people are saying what they have is a costume, than it is probably this one.