With all the DNA statements and posts flying around, there has been a whirlwind of activity, excitement, and speculation on what it all means.
A statement by Russian researcher Igor Burtsev got the DNA ball back rolling so to speak. His original statement got Dr. Ketchum to respond but Igor's later statement has gone somewhat under the radar.
Here is part of what Igor's recent statement said:
"We waited a couple of years for the scientific publication by Dr. Melba Ketchum. But scientific magazines refuse to publish her manuscript which deserves to be published. And I want to remind you some facts of the destiny of scholars in our field..."
Igor's statement says that the DNA paper will not be published by a scientific magazine, does this mean it will be published in some other type of magazine or does it mean it will not be published at all?
Then you have the second statement by Dr. Ketchum that says the paper is "currently under peer-review" and that "Government at all levels must recognize them as an indigenous people...and protect their human and Constitutional rights"
‘BIGFOOT’ DNA SEQUENCED IN UPCOMING GENETICS STUDY
Five-Year Genome Study Yields Evidence of Homo sapiens/Unknown Hominin Hybrid Species in North America
Contact: Robin Lynne, media@dnadiagnostics.com, 231.622.5362
DALLAS, Nov. 24--A team of scientists can verify that their 5-year long
DNA study, currently under peer-review, confirms the existence of a
novel hominin hybrid species, commonly called “Bigfoot” or “Sasquatch,”
living in North America. Researchers’ extensive DNA sequencing suggests
that the legendary Sasquatch is a human relative that arose
approximately 15,000 years ago as a hybrid cross of modern Homo sapiens
with an unknown primate species.
The study was conducted by a
team of experts in genetics, forensics, imaging and pathology, led by
Dr. Melba S. Ketchum of Nacogdoches, TX. In response to recent interest
in the study, Dr. Ketchum can confirm that her team has sequenced 3
complete Sasquatch nuclear genomes and determined the species is a human
hybrid:
“Our study has sequenced 20 whole mitochondrial
genomes and utilized next generation sequencing to obtain 3 whole
nuclear genomes from purported Sasquatch samples. The genome sequencing
shows that Sasquatch mtDNA is identical to modern Homo sapiens, but
Sasquatch nuDNA is a novel, unknown hominin related to Homo sapiens and
other primate species. Our data indicate that the North American
Sasquatch is a hybrid species, the result of males of an unknown hominin
species crossing with female Homo sapiens.
Hominins are
members of the taxonomic grouping Hominini, which includes all members
of the genus Homo. Genetic testing has already ruled out Homo
neanderthalis and the Denisova hominin as contributors to Sasquatch
mtDNA or nuDNA. “The male progenitor that contributed the unknown
sequence to this hybrid is unique as its DNA is more distantly removed
from humans than other recently discovered hominins like the Denisovan
individual,” explains Ketchum.
“Sasquatch nuclear DNA is
incredibly novel and not at all what we had expected. While it has human
nuclear DNA within its genome, there are also distinctly non-human,
non-archaic hominin, and non-ape sequences. We describe it as a mosaic
of human and novel non-human sequence. Further study is needed and is
ongoing to better characterize and understand Sasquatch nuclear DNA.”
Ketchum is a veterinarian whose professional experience includes 27
years of research in genetics, including forensics. Early in her career
she also practiced veterinary medicine, and she has previously been
published as a participant in mapping the equine genome. She began
testing the DNA of purported Sasquatch hair samples 5 years ago.
Ketchum calls on public officials and law enforcement to immediately recognize the Sasquatch as an indigenous people:
“Genetically, the Sasquatch are a human hybrid with unambiguously
modern human maternal ancestry. Government at all levels must recognize
them as an indigenous people and immediately protect their human and
Constitutional rights against those who would see in their physical and
cultural differences a ‘license’ to hunt, trap, or kill them.”
Full details of the study will be presented in the near future when the study manuscript publishes.
TCC - Well where is the News media? Still not too excited yet. If all is true then the protection laws should be a a sure thing.
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It seems there is some "New" info and hope for the long talked about phantom Ketchum Bigfoot DNA study Paper.
For a long time now this DNA paper and study has seemed like a bigger myth than bigfoot itself, but is all of that about to change? Will some be eating Crow?
Dr. Igor Burtsev,
Head of International Center of Hominology in Moscow, Russia. Dr. Burtsev is well known for his research and support of the Janice Carter story, and his many years of research. The Janice Carter story may be better known as The Carter Farms Story and has been met with a lot of resistance over the years. Many have said bad things about Janice Carter but I found her to be a very nice and approachable person.
Today Igor Burtsev posted the following on his facebook page and it has caused a pretty big stir.
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"The DNA analysis of the Bigfoot/Sasquatch specimen conducted by Dr. Melba Ketchum the head of DNA Diagnostics, Timpson, TX, USA has been over!
Team of American scientists led by Dr. Melba Ketchum for five years has analyzed 109 purported samples of such creatures. The study has sequenced DNA of a novel North American hominin, commonly called Bigfoot or Sasquatch.
There were a large number of laboratories associated with this study including academic, private and government laboratories in which blind testing was utilized to avoid prejudice in testing. Great time and care was taken in the forensic laboratories to assure no contamination occurred with any of the samples utilized in this study.
After 5 years of this study the scientists can finally answer the question of what sasquatch really is. It is human like us only different, a hybrid of a human with unknown species. Early field research shows that the Bigfoot/Sasquatches are massively intelligent which has enabled them to avoid detection to a large extent. They are different than us, however human nonetheless.
The hybridization event could not have occurred more than 15000 years ago according to the mitochondrial data in some samples. Origin of this hominin was probably Middle Eastern/Eastern Europe and Europe originally though other geographic areas are not excluded.
The manuscript associated with this study has been submitted to a scientific reviewed magazine.
For years people have refused to believe they exist. Now that we know that they are real, it is up to us to protect them from those that would hunt or try to capture them for research or for sport. They should be left alone to live as they live now. After all, they are our relatives.
At this time, analysis of the Sasquatch genomes is still ongoing. Further data will be presented in the future following this original study. Additionally, analysis of various hair samples purportedly from Siberian Wildman are being tested in an effort to determine if relatedness exists between the Sasquatch and Russian Wildman."
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While this may get many overly excited it is important to remember there is nothing really new in his statement. Almost all of that info has already been posted at one point or another.
While I have great respect for Igor and find him a very nice guy, we must remember that there has been numerous attempts from Russia of reported proof of bigfoot. Lets not forget the totally bogus "captured bigfoot" video from a few months back. None of which Igor was involved in to my knowledge.
One good thing about Igor's statement is that it got Dr. Melba Ketchum to issues a statement. Which she has not done in a long time.
Here is Dr. Ketchum's statement.
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"It is unfortunate that the partial summary of our data was released in this manner, however, I will be making a formal response in the next few days. Even though Igor Burtsev released this, it was not Dr. Burtsev's fault." -End
All this posting and confirming has got the bigfoot world back buzzing about the DNA Paper.
While I will remain skeptical, I am hopeful that the paper is real and will be published at some point. If you think about it Robert Lindsay posted most of this, if not all of it, months ago.
There are many researchers I like and respect associated with this DNA paper. Many of these researchers have DNA samples reportedly in the Ketchum DNA study. Here are just a few of the people reportedly to have samples or a hand in the study: Randy Brisson,JC johnson,Scott Carpenter,Derek Randles,Larry Surface,Justin Smeja and more.
If this is true and we are really close to the DNA results being published, then it would be safe to assume that the also long awaited Erickson Project Videos will be released in the near future as well.
This DNA study has been ongoing for roughly 5 years with little or no solid info released to the public, maybe all that is about to change but after this amount of time I will continue to be skeptical but hopeful. I will not get overly excited until I can see some real published results and not just some random facebook posts. I find that after all this time I'm more excited about the Erickson Project videos than the DNA study. I probably will not understand much of the DNA results anyways but HD video should be easy enough to discern. I just hope they don't try to sell the DNA paper as "The Missing Link".
So while at least there is some movement on the whole DNA Paper, we are still left in the same state we've been in for years now...waiting.
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Tom
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This bright unknown object was seen and filmed in the daytime sky above Mexico City on Sunday, 18th November 2012. Witness report: The photographs and video were taken with a canon powershot sx110 south of Mexico City, could that object be a simple strange balloon? it might be, but it looks strange anyway!
witness - Alejandro Gomez Chavez
Minnesota Bigfoot Sighting was near St. Croix River best I can recall.
Filmed with an iPhone on 7/6/11 by a farmer and his wife as they walked near the woods next to a hayfield. The video is only about 5 seconds long but pretty interesting. Could it be real bigfoot?
I really don't know who to credit for this video as it has been around for a while...sorry.
I shot this video in the late summer of 2012, I have been reluctant to post it as the video is not very good.
I had stepped out on my back deck and noticed this thing in the sky, I ran back in and grabbed my video camera in hopes of getting some video. I started shooting but the battery died, so I went back in the house to get a digital camera in hopes of taking a few photos at the very least. Once I got back out on the deck the object was totally gone. I would guess it took me less than 15 seconds to step back in to get the digital camera.
"This video was recorded in Litchfeild
County, CT on November 17th by a freind who's a professional wedding
photographer using the video function on his DSLR. We had heard
something at the garbage cans - thought it was a bear, and stayed in the
house and filmed out a window. By the time we had the camera out the
thing was accross the road at the edge of a farm feild. At first it
DOES look like a bear - but than it stands up totally erect (or at least
it seems that way to us) and goes up and down a bit then takes off
running. We were scared Sh#$%-less. We called the animal control guy,
who just said that if it comes back call him while it's there. It could
still be a bear - but it's movements are so strange... we all swear it
was bigfoot - even though we think that bigfoot is B.S. We just don't
know what to think. No more fish in the garbage!"
TCC - This a new fake bigfoot video. Big loose suit. But it makes me wonder just how many people will swear on their life it's real?
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This guys seems to have the show figured out. I thought this was kind of funny and wanted to share it. Would this guy be a great change of pace for the Finding Bigfoot Show?
He be a great "special guest" researcher , him and Moneymaker would be a hoot.
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Tennessee Researcher Scott Carpenter thinks he may have filmed a bigfoot while out searching.
He also states he set up a time-lapse camera in the area.
Here is the description under the video.
" I sighted a Bigfoot on a ridge top in the National Park research area.
The Bigfoot made some noise to get my attention, then stood up and
silhouetted itself against the skyline. It rocked back an forth then
dropped down. The sighting lasted about 10 seconds. The video contains
my uncut reaction to the sighting. I am whispering and at times hard to
hear because of my excitement."
What does everyone think?
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The Crypto Crew Interview Series.
Interview conducted by TCC Team Member Jennifer Caywood.
Bobby and Corinna Long witnessed a large hairy creature run across the road late one evening.
Great story.
The shadow in the background is said to be the submitter’s late husband. It seems the husband died of cancer and now haunts his former home and is appearing as a shadowy figure.
It’s
becoming abundantly clear that finding Bigfoot is not as easy as we think it
should be. And REAL evidence is rare at best. So being the outside the box thinker
that I am, I have to ask: are we going about this all the wrong way? Do we need
to think differently and change our strategy?
I
have a strange interest in military tactics. I don’t know where it came from,
but I watch the military channel a lot. I love to see the different “tricks of
the trade” service men and women are trained to use to hunt down the enemy. And
also the tactics used in historic battles. It’s a different brand of
intelligence applied in no other aspect of life.
But
what does all this have to do with Bigfoot?
After
talking to numerous bigfoot researchers and hearing their stories and stories
they’ve heard about others’ encounters, it has occasionally been mentioned that
sasquatches have a strategy of living in the woods similar to military special
forces. The way they hide, skulk, stay quiet, and drop out of sight in a split
second is nothing short army ranger-esque.
Recently
I was watching a video of a supposed bigfoot.And as I watched, it occurred to me that the creature in the video
looked something like a man wearing a certain type of ghillie suit: the garb
that military snipers wear. And it stirred some thoughts about how these
creatures may be able to stay hidden so well...and how we should look for them.
I
became interested in sniper tactics when my nephew entered sniper training in
the army. I was very worried about him when he told me what he was planning to
do. He’s such a gentle soul; soft spoken, very patient with animals and
children. How would he survive such a difficult and dangerous job?
But
this is also the personality that many habituators describe about sasquatches:
mostly gentle in nature and non-confrontational. And to be able to hide so
well, they must be patient and avoid movement, sometimes for long periods. And
it occurred to me that my nephew, however scary it is to me, is actually the
perfect personality for this job. Snipers must have a patient nature, and the
ability to stay quiet and wait for long periods of time, while moving very
little.
This
is something that sasquatches seem to do very well.
So
in order to find them, do we need to apply a more military mind to the problem?
I asked bigfoot researcher Leon Drew, who just happened to have worked in the
army as a combat engineer and special operations communication support, just
what skills are needed to find a sniper. Was it even possible?
“The
skills would be basic hunting and tracking skills and a lot of luck,” he
laughed. “The idea is, you don’t find them.”
Hmmm!
No surprise there.It sounds a lot like
looking for Bigfoot.
“So
is there a set method for flushing out a sniper?” I asked.
“There
is no set technology, no” he added. “You use thermal, movement detection, sound
location... but most {snipers} shoot once and then they move. It’s mostly about
being familiar with your area; trees, rocks. And then be able to note what’s
different. The biggest skill is attention to detail.”
So
I asked, “So when it all comes right down to it, they {snipers} can’t be
found?”
“Not
easily,” he said.
Does
this sound familiar too?
If
sasquatches are very often employing skills similar to military special forces,
does it make sense we’d have to apply military-type tactical skills to find
them? And is it reasonable to think we’d have a very hard time finding them if
they behave much like military snipers, the best hiders in the world?
So
it becomes a bit daunting when you realize what you’re dealing with out in the
field. But it also puts the necessary skills needed to find bigfoot into
perspective.
In
order to find one of the smartest, most elusive creatures we know, you’d have
to be able to think like a sasquatch, be intimately familiar with the area
you’re searching in, and have an exceptional eye for detail. Not to mention a
lot of luck and some state-of-the-art equipment.
And
then, after all this, you need a lot of patience and a good sense of humor
about still not finding one.They have a
different brand of intelligence and live in a completely different world. And
in order to find them, you have to be aware that you’re entering that world.
Your regular mind doesn’t work so well here. You have to find a new state of
mind that meshes with theirs.
But
also, if there’s one thing that anyone I’ve ever spoken to that’s been in
combat has told me,it’s also a matter
of reverence and respect. Never underestimate your enemy... or in this case,
bigfoot.
So
Leon ended the conversation with a single thought.
“Have
respect for their intelligence and remember that you’re in their home. Act as
you would ask them to act in yours.”
I
don’t know if he was talking about snipers or bigfoot. But it really doesn’t
matter. It all applies the same. ******DF
Tennessee
is known for a lot of things: Elvis, country music, and beautiful green rolling
hills. There usually isn’t much talk about monsters there. But there was a lot
of it in 1997 when a supposed bigfoot began attacking cars, trying to kidnap
small children, and snatching livestock in the little town of Flintville.
Most
reports of bigfoot sightings don’t tell tales of a creature truly believed to
be dangerous to humans, but residents of Flintville were terrorized by the
monster and in fear for their lives for more than twenty years.
It
all started back in 1976 when a woman claimed a “giant hairy monster” broke her
car’s antenna, jumped on top of her car and began jumping up and down.And when her story began to permeate the
town, other residents came forward with similarly horrifying accounts.
Locals
described a black, hairy man/ape-like creature around seven feet tall, with
long hairy arms,and a really horrible
stench like skunk, that left 16- inch footprints.
A farmer named Ned Sinclair told
authorities, “That thing's so big it could easily hurt somebody. Who knows how
many head of our livestock have gone missing because of it?''
One woman told a harrowing tale of
crouching in the floorboard as the creature attacked her car. And a man claimed
the creature chased him through the woods screaming and howling like an ape.
In the 1980’s, a woman claimed the
creature chased her around the inside of her house and pounded on her door. A
local plumber said his truck windshield had been smashed by the creature.And in 1989, a church pastor claimed his car
antenna and windshield had been destroyed. While during the same week, some
teenagers reported seeing a “large manlike ape” running across a field.
But the most harrowing story of all
was told by a woman named Jenny Robertson. On April 26, 1976 she heard her
four-year old son, Gary, screaming out in the yard where he had been playing.
And when she ran outside to check on him , she could smell a terrible stench in
the air she said reminded her of “dead rats.” And then she saw a huge hairy
apelike figure running across her yard toward her house.
She related the story to
investigators at the time, “It was 7 or 8 feet tall, and seemed to be all
covered with hair. It reached out its long, hairy arms toward Gary and came
within a few inches of him.''
But luckily, with a huge rush of
adrenaline, Mrs. Robertson was able to scoop up the child and get him inside
the house and lock the doors just in the nick of time.
Not long afterward, large groups of
heavily armed police officers and hunters descended onto her property
determined to find and kill the beast. They combed the woods around the area
but never could managed to track the creature down. Though they did claim they
heard screams coming from the woods and had rocks thrown at them.
Luckily, no one was ever hurt by the
creature, and there have been no other encounters reported since 1993. It may
have relocated or gone into hiding. Who knows? But the Flintville Monster still
remains a mystery. ******DF
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