Chinese to hunt for 'Bigfoot' search team members

Chinese to hunt for "Bigfoot" search team members.[File photo]

A "Bigfoot" research association in central China's Hubei Province said Saturday it plans to launch a global recruitment drive seeking members of a high-profile search team for the ape-like creature in the Shennongjia Forest Region. The association, made up of more than 100 scientists and explorers, is hoping the expedition could end the long-running debate on the existence of the legendary half-human, half-ape figure, nearly 30 years after the last organized expedition to seek the mysterious beast in the early 1980s, said Luo Baosheng, vice president of the Hubei Wild Man Research Association. Altogether more than 400 people have claimed to have seen Bigfoot in the Shennongjia area, but no hard evidence has been found to prove its existence. According to witnesses, the creature walks upright, is more than 2 meters tall as an adult and has a gray, red or black hairy body. The team members should be between 25 and 40 years old. With good physical health, they should also have a basic knowledge of biology and know how to use a camera, said Luo. Preference would be given to those who have outdoor experience. "Most importantly, we want the team members to be devoted, as there will be a lot a hard work in the process," he said. However, there is no specific timetable yet for the expedition as the association is still in talks with several companies and institutions about the funding of the expedition which will cost at least 10 million yuan (about 1.5 million U.S. dollars), said Wang Shancai, an archaeologist with the Hubei Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology, who is also a member of the association. Located deep in the remote mountains in Hubei, Shennongjia Nature Reserve has long been rumored to be the home of the elusive creature known in China as the "Yeren," or "Wild Man." China organized three high-profile scientific expeditions for Bigfoot through the 1970s and 1980s. Researchers found hair, a footprint, excrement and a sleeping nest that were said to be Bigfoot's, but none of which could conclusively prove its existence. Source: China.org.cn

Read More........→December 17, 2012

Are 'Yetis' migrating North?

As it seems, a very hot Siberian summer has made the Kuzbass Yetis, which are often referred to as Abominable Snowmen, to migrate to Mountain Shoria (Gornaya Shoriya) in Southern Siberia. The Yetis have appeared more than once in the upper reaches of the Mras-Su River that runs in the Mountain Shoria in the southern part of the Kemerovo Region, north of the Azas Cave, which journalists call the “home of the Yetis”. To believe this or not people decide for themselves. The fishermen of the taiga Village of Toz said that they had seen 2 Yetis drinking water on the bank of the Mras-Su River. They did not answer our greeting, one of the eye-witnesses, Vitaly Vershinin, said. Hominologists believe that the heat might have served as a reson for the migration of the Yetis north of the Azas Cave that was considered to be their home. The Director of the International Centre of Hominology in Moscow Igor Burtsev has been studying the Yetis for nearly half a century now. He has been cooperating with thousands of volunteer researchers all over the world: as you know, there is an opinion that there is no such science as hominologyin the world today. The Yetis live everywhere but most of them live in Mountain Shoria, Igor Burtsev says. "We have come to the conclusion that a Yeti is actually a human being since it can talk and communicate with people. And this is the main criteria for making such a statement. But the fact that they do not resemble people is quite another matter. They are well adapted to nature, and they lead the life of an animal. They use neither instruments of labour nor clothes or fire, but they are sufficiently intellectual. Besides, they are well known for their paranormal capabilities. And another thing of importance here. They live in almost inaccessible areas." Last October an international expedition led by Igor Burtsev that included scientists from the USA, Canada, Sweden, Estonia, and Russia, visited the Azas Cave in the Kuzbass Region. Although they met no Yetis, they discovered a 45-centimetre-long trace of an unknown creature on the clay floor. The examination of the found wool with the help of the scanning electron microscope that was carried out at the Zoological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg confirmed that the Kuzbass Yeti was not a myth. His wool was identical to the wool of the Snowmen that were discovered in many parts of the world. The famous geneticist Professor Bryan Sikes from the Wolfson College, at Oxford University plans to put a full stop in the many-year dispute over the existence of the Yeti. Using advanced technologies, he has already started to study the remains of the inhabitants of the inaccessible areas. Bryan Sikes plans to make his results public this December. Source: Voice of Russia, Image

Read More........→November 16, 2012

The Truth Behind Bigfoot On National-Geographic

If Bigfoot exists, where are the bodies and the bones? On NatGeo's, "The Truth Behind Bigfoot", Dr. Jeff Meldrum of Idaho State University will attempt to answer this question. For those who missed the original airing, it's coming back on again on November 16th at 4 A.M. Here's the preview clip. Sasquatch. The Wild Man. Bigfoot. Believers in the massive creature claim he's half man, half primate and roams the Pacific Northwest. Join a team of experts as they use advanced scientific analysis to investigate the phenomenon to reveal what's science, and what's science fiction. Follow along as we break down one of the most controversial pieces of evidence... a 40-year-old film that many believe is actual video of the apelike being. Source: Bigfoot Evidence

Read More........→October 26, 2012

Do yetis exist after all?

Fresh footprints of a yeti have recently been found in the region of Gornaya Shoria in Siberia. This picturesque mountainous area is sometimes dubbed a “Siberian Switzerland”. A group of Italian scientists plans to visit Gornaya Shoria to look for more evidence that yetis really exist. This is not the first time that footprints which are believed to belong to these mysterious creatures have been discovered in this region. Some local residents claim that they have seen yetis with their own eyes. As a rule, yetis’ footprints are
found in the vicinity of the Azasskaya Cave and the Karatag Mountain. Yetis’ footprints are bigger than those of humans – they can reach 45 cms in length. That’s why yetis are also called “Bigfoot”. Gornaya Shoria has already become to be associated with claims of evidence that yetis exist. Every year, the tourist season in the local mountains opens with a celebration of ‘Yeti Day’, when tourists can find yeti souvenirs all over Shoria. Local hunters call Bigfoot “the spirit of the taiga”. In October 2011, a delegation of US, Canadian, Swedish, Estonian and Russian scientists explored the Azasskaya Cave. They didn’t find a yeti, but discovered a large footprint and small samples of hair inside it. The hairs were up to 8 cms long, curly, gray along the whole length except at the root which was black. The hair samples were taken to St. Petersburg and thoroughly examined at a local zoological institute. It turned out that they were identical to which was thought to be yetis’ hairs found earlier in California in the US, as well as outside St. Petersburg and in the Ural Mountains in Russia. One of the members of the expedition, a member of St. Petersburg and New York academies, Valentin Sapunov says: “These hairs are very similar to the other hairs which were found in 4 different parts of the world and are believed to be yeti hairs. The results from the tests conducted by the scientists indicate that these hair samples are very likely to belong to creatures of one and the same species. A scientific mistake would be highly unlikely.” However, only genetic testing can prove or disprove that yetis are related to the Homo Sapiens. An attempt made by Russian scientists to examine the DNA of yetis’ hair samples found near St. Petersburg and in the Urals was unsuccessful due to lack of appropriate equipment. But when US scientists announced that the results of their testing apparently proved that the DNA of the yeti’s hair from California was in no way different to that of the Homo Sapiens, very few people actually believed them. At present, Russian scientists are trying to extract DNA from the hair samples believed to be those of a yeti, which were found in the Azasskaya Cave. In the meantime, a well-known genetic Professor Bryan Sykes from Oxford University is concluding his own tests. Using equipment of the latest generation, Professor Sykes is trying to prove that yetis really exist. As a sample, he uses what is believed to be yeti remains, which are held at the Museum of Zoology in the Swiss city of Lausanne. Professor Sykes has posted a request on the museum website, which asks everyone, who may possess what they believe to be yeti remains, to send them to Professor Sykes for testing. He promises to announce the results of the testing in December. Source: Voice of Russia, Source: Image

Read More........→October 21, 2012

If Gorillas Can Do This, Imagine What Bigfoot Can Do

Editor’s Note: I'm Joe Murray. I'm interested in anything & everything Bigfoot. If you're a researcher, a believer, or merely interested in the subject, please follow me onTwitter @BigfootStudent About 7 months ago (November 19, 2011), this Blog posted an article, a portion of which discussed a Bigfoot who allegedly had destroyed a 330 conibear trap. Whether or not this actually occurred, it does beg the question, “Could it happen?” If the conventional wisdom that Bigfoot is, intellectually, somewhere between man and ape holds true, the answer is apparently a resounding “Yes!” An article last week on Africa Geographic Magazine detailed how several young gorillas went about destroying snares set by poachers, just two days after a fellow gorilla had been caught in one and died. If gorillas can do this, imagine what Bigfoot can do. While disabling/destroying a 330 conibear trap would certainly require a greater strength and skill set than would the poachers snares discussed above, would not a stronger and more advanced creature likely be able to destroy a stronger and more advanced snare? Significant are the words of Veronica Vecellio, gorilla program coordinator at the Karisoke Research Center, who noted that the gorillas “worked together to deactivate two snares” and “demonstrated an impressive cognitive skill.” Cognitive skills refer to the mental processes of perception, memory, judgment, and reasoning. If a juvenile gorilla can demonstrate such skills, imagine those a Bigfoot might possess. Did a Bigfoot destroy a conibear trap? Could he? Further, is it possible that one reason it has been so difficult to procure a definitive photograph of Sasquatch is because Sasquatch is aware of the placement of and purpose for the cameras and thus deliberately avoids them? With such impressive cognitive skills, what else might a Bigfoot do or be able to do that we may have neither learned nor yet considered? Source: Bigfoot Evidence

Read More........→July 28, 2012