BIGFOOT IN MY PARENTS' HOMETOWN: Buffalo Zoo Curator Says "Gut Reaction...It Looks Like Something in a Costume"

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Over the weekend, there was a Bigfoot sighting near my parents' house in Clarence, New York, a suburb of Buffalo. The sighting is complete with the following photograph. See how local TV news covered it. The Bigfoot myth continues to be a favorite of American culture. For more on Bigfoot, see these articles from Skeptical Inquirer magazine by managing editor Ben Radford (here, and here.)

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For god sakes , this is the worse pose , you could have told him to just stand "up-right". He looks like he needs hotdogs at that point of time , and his girlfriend wich is his sister wont give him none.

By Donato Arteaga (not verified) on 06 Mar 2007 #permalink

this is actually a blurred photo, the original is an obvious photoshop

that is so cool

By Anonymous (not verified) on 03 Oct 2007 #permalink