Tag Archives: Bigfoot

What would it take to prove the existence of Bigfoot?

Posted on December 24, 2023 by Charles Kuffner

Texas Monthly’s Lauren Larson visits the annual Texas Bigfoot Conference and asks the important question. [Michael Mayes, a schoolteacher and author of Valley of the Apes: The Search for Sasquatch in Area X] introduces a question that has preoccupied investigators … Continue reading →

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You’d think with all that voter fraud out there, they could actually find some

Posted on December 23, 2020 by Charles Kuffner

So much effort, so little to show for it. The Texas Attorney General’s office this year almost doubled the amount of time it spent looking into and working on voter fraud cases in 2018 — more than 22,000 staff hours … Continue reading →

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Many non-existent Bigfoot sightings happen in Texas

Posted on June 9, 2019 by Charles Kuffner

Happy hunting, I guess. Bigfoot walks among us here in Texas. Or at least that’s what researchers tracking the elusive beast would have us believe. Recently, Travel Channel published a list of the eight best places to catch a glimpse … Continue reading →

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The Round Rock Bigfoot footprint

Posted on June 25, 2017 by Charles Kuffner

You know, it’s been too long since we had a good Bigfoot story to talk about. [Last] Saturday, the Round Rock Parks and Recreation Department released photos of foot prints found on various trails and parks in the Austin suburb. … Continue reading →

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News flash: The Bigfoot exhibition was a fake

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

I know, I’m as shocked as you are. After a falling out with his Bigfoot crew, master tracker Rick Dyer, whose new title may be “con artist”, admitted that the 8-foot tall body named “Hank” that wooed crowds last month … Continue reading →

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Where to see Bigfoot

Posted on February 11, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

And by “Bigfoot”, I mean whatever the huckster Rick Dyer has faked up to look like a “Bigfoot”. Be that as it may, the place to go is the Alamo Drafthouse. Anyone who doubts a Texas man’s claim that he … Continue reading →

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So you want to see Bigfoot?

Posted on February 1, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

He’s coming to your town, Houston and San Antonio. Or at least, whatever the huckster Rick Dyer is trying to pass off as a Bigfoot carcass is coming to your town. Dyer, 36, says he killed an 8-foot-tall Bigfoot in … Continue reading →

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Who shot Bigfoot?

Posted on January 11, 2014 by Charles Kuffner

The correct answer is “no one”, since Bigfoot doesn’t exist and all that, but this guy claims to have done it. Nearly a year ago a self-described professional Bigfoot hunter claimed to have shot and killed one of the creatures … Continue reading →

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Yeah, that’s still not Bigfoot

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Charles Kuffner

You can’t fool the SciGuy, y’all. Bigfoot is smarter than humans. Bigfoot roams from the Arctic to the equator. Bigfoot has a sixth sense. And most importantly, Bigfoot is very, very, very, very real. That was the message Tuesday from … Continue reading →

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Once again, voter ID is a non-solution to a non-problem

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Charles Kuffner

Greg Abbott’s record is all the proof you need of this. Attorney General Greg Abbott champions a requirement for voters to show photo identification to prevent ballot fraud. But such a rule would have deterred just a few of the … Continue reading →

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What’s the difference between a rock and a fossilized Bigfoot skull?

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Charles Kuffner

Less than you might think, apparently. Todd May, of Ogden, dropped by the offices of the Standard-Examiner to see if someone would be interested in a story about a fairly impressive fossil find. After showing off a couple of digital … Continue reading →

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Bigfoot DNA update

Posted on March 2, 2013 by Charles Kuffner

I apologize for being so remiss in reporting on this. As you may recall last November there was a bit of a to-do about a Texas geneticist from Nacogdoches, Melba Ketchum, who claimed to have sequenced DNA from a Bigfoot. … Continue reading →

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So you say you have Bigfoot DNA

Posted on December 1, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

I have one thing to say about this. A team of scientists can verify that their 5-year long DNA study, currently under peer-review, confirms the existence of a novel hominin hybrid species, commonly called “Bigfoot” or “Sasquatch,” living in North … Continue reading →

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Got any Bigfoot DNA?

Posted on June 5, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

Please send it to Oxford if you do. In a project announced this week, Oxford University and Lausanne Museum of Zoology scientists appealed to museums, scientists and Yeti aficionados to share hair samples thought to be from the mythical ape-like … Continue reading →

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It’s (almost) 2012, and Bigfoot still does not exist

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Which will not stop stories about Bigfoot and the fools who keep looking for him from being written. The Finding Bigfoot crew has not visited Texas yet, but something is out there deep in the Big Thicket, say members of … Continue reading →

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