The search for Sasquatch is at an all-time high with the popularity of Animal Planet's "Finding Bigfoot" and the numerous reports already coming in for 2013! So, it leaves cryptozoologists asking will 2013 be the year.
Not the year of its discovery, as many people have already seen it and know it exists, but for the proof to be presented to the masses with the backing of prestigious scientist testimony and physical evidence.
In November of 2012, Dr. Melba S. Ketchum announced to the world that she has DNA evidence that Sasquatch is alive and well.
[Dr Melba S. Ketchum is the founder of DNA Diagnstics, Inc. based in Nacogdoches, East Texas.
She heads a team proficient in laboratory genetics for human beings and all manner of animals too. Amongst her previous forensic work was testing DNA found in the debris of the World Trade Center in 2001. Until November 2012, she wasn't out to prove the existence of Bigfoot.
Yet all that changed five years ago, when she began collecting samples of hair, which donors claimed had come from Sasquatch. Her genetic investigation has only now reached a conclusion; and it's one which many of her peers would be surprised to read.
Bigfoot does exist; and mitochondrial DNA confirms that it shares a common mother with human beings. The evolutionary division occurred around 15,000 years ago.
Dr Ketchum told a press conference, in November 2012, that "... (Sasquatch) do have human in them. There is human sequence interspersed in their genome."
All told, the DNA Diagnostics team were able to compile 'three whole genome sequences from three different individuals'. The results appear to have shocked Dr Ketchum too. She further explained, "That was the first time that I saw something which gave some unusual results."]
It should be noted that Ketchum was the person that Josh Gates of "Destination: Truth" went to with his YETI evidence. It may be that the DNA from Nepal matched that found in the U.S.! It is theorized that Sasquatch came from Asia to North America across the land bridge once above the Bering Strait.
Physical evidence of Gigantopithecus, an extinct genus of ape that existed from roughly nine million years to as recently as one hundred thousand years ago, in what is now China, India, and Vietnam, placing Gigantopithecus in the same time frame and geographical location as several hominin species. Gigantopithecus blacki were the largest apes that ever lived, standing up to 3 m (9.8 ft), and weighing up to 540 kg (1,200 lb). These dimensions match up with many of the Bigfoot sightings. The average height of of Bigfoot in eye witness reports is just under 8 feet.
There are still hoaxers out there releasing bogus videos on youtube. Who can forget the Sasquatch costume stuffed into a cooler? It's unfortunate that hoaxers make it hard for serious cryptozoologists to gain credibility. But I hope to capture real video this summer as I travel north in Wisconsin to conduct my search.
TIPS IN YOUR SEARCH: If you are OUT THERE looking for Sasquatch, please remember to respect its existence. We don't need a body to prove bigfoots exist. Cast footprints, take lots of video and photos, check for hair evidence, and be aware of the other KNOWN animals that live there, i.e. snakes, bear, wolves, and coyotes, etc.
