Bigfoot found in Georgia? California spots where Sasquatch was reportedly sighted
Two Bigfoot hunters claim to have bagged the body of a creature they say is the great hairy one and plan to present their evidence today at noon a hotel in Palo Alto, according to news reports. Rick Dyer, who also offers Bigfoot tours, and Matthew Whitton say they made the find in northern Georgia.
And yes, there’s a photo.
Which got us wondering where a traveler might go to find his or her own Bigfoot. Bigfootencounters.com has compiled a handy database of sightings nationwide where you can access dated reports on each “encounter” submitted by contributors.
Update: LAT’s intrepid Web Scout David Sarno has a roundup of what he calls “all this Bigfoot ridiculousness happening right now.”
Sightings in California include:
*A 1995 sighting two miles from the Chilao Campground in the Angeles National Forest north of La Cañada Flintridge.
*A 1987 sighting near the Hermit Gulch Campground on Catalina Island (”The color of its body was either a brown or a reddish brown all over. Its strides were smooth and efficient. The palms were open and facing down in a slight curled position with the thumbs folded beneath…”)
*A 1977 report about Edwards Air Force Base in Palmdale [California], where apparently many locals have reported Bigfoot-like sightings over the years. (”Witnesses told very similar tales of large hair-covered man-like apes observed crossing the highway, or looking in their windows at their homes usually after midnight.”)
*A 2007 sighting on the Merced River in Yosemite that includes photographs of Bigfoot prints.
– Mary Forgione, Los Angeles Times staff writer
[Photo of a carved wooden sasquatch courtesy of the Humboldt County Convention & Visitors Bureau]
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During a press conference in Palo Alto, California, hunters of the mythical creature ''Bigfoot'' claimed to have found a corpse of the creature. Matt Whitton and Rick Dyer say that they were hunting for the creature in the forests of Northeastern Georgia in the United States when they came across the corpse of one of the alleged animals.

After finding the body, Whitton and Dyer allegedly took it home, where it is currently being stored in a freezer. Despite the possibility of the historic find, they will not say where they found the body.

"We have no intentions of revealing the location. We want to protect this creature," stated Whitton during the press conference. He also mentioned that an autopsy is going to be conducted on the body.

The two men had earlier claimed that DNA evidence, photos and video would be presented during the conference, but only one photo was shown. Whitton states that all evidence will be provided once the autopsy, scheduled for next week, is completed.

The single photo shown at the conference portrays a blurred black figure in the distance. Whitton claims the creature was walking "parallel" to them as they hauled out the corpse. Another photo on Whitton's website ''www.searchingforbigfoot.com'' shows what is allegedly the corpse, decapitated and stuffed into a freezer.

Tom Biscardi, founder of the ''Great American Bigfoot Research Organization'', joined Whitton and Dyer at the press conference. Biscardi has previously been caught in a hoax. In 2005, his organization claimed to have caught a live male Bigfoot.

Science website ''LiveScience'', run by Imaginova, openly speculates that this is a hoax because of the involvement of Biscardi. It theorizes that this may be a marketing scheme to promote an upcoming film by Biscardi, entitled ''Bigfoot Lives''.

At least one other person states that the group's pronouncement is a hoax. Jerry Parrino, owner of ''TheHorrorDome.com'', a website that sells Halloween costumes, was quoted as saying to ''Fox News'' that the photo appeared to resemble a costume that is being sold on his site.

"It definitely looks like our costume. This body has little to do with Bigfoot and everything to do with a Sasquatch costume that someone developed," stated Parrino.

Despite the claim, the Fish and Wildlife Reserve refuses to investigate the alleged discovery because it does not appear on an endangered species list in either the state of Georgia or the U.S..