DNA test on Bigfoot 'evidence'
The Korea Times Tuesday 28th June, 2011
Could a recent discovery help solve the mystery of the creature Bigfoot which has eluded hunters for centuries? Bigfoot, or 'Sasquatch,' is said to be a creature that stands on two legs but is covered with fur and makes crude animal noises instead of speech. A group of explorers have discovered two paw marks on their car window, after abandoning the vehicle during a snowstorm in California's Sierra National Forest, the Daily Mail reported Friday. "As I was looking at the windows, I told Jeff it looked like something came up to the truck, rubbed up against it, swiped along the side of it, and then just put its face up on the window and looked in - that's what it looks like," said Jeffery Gonzalez, one of the explorers and head of the Sanger Paranormal Society. The explorers have...
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