Bigfoot is real and part human, researcher claims
A genetic researcher who claims to have sequenced Bigfoot’s genome says the creatures are real and should be recognized as indigenous people.
Frame from the 1987 movie, Harry and the Hendersons.
According to Texas veterinarian Dr. Melba S. Ketchum, Bigfoot – the subject of many a grainy photo and shaky video – is real and she says she can prove it. Dr. Ketchum is a veterinarian and the founder of DNA Diagnostics Inc – a company that “provides multi-species testing including human as well as animal DNA testing for individuals, law enforcement, breed associations, and state regulatory agencies” – and she claims to have sequenced the hairy critter’s DNA.
“Our study has sequenced 20 whole mitochondrial genomes and utilized next generation sequencing to obtain 3 whole nuclear genomes from purported Sasquatch samples,” Ketchum said in a press release. “The genome sequencing shows that Sasquatch mtDNA is identical to modern Homo sapiens, but Sasquatch nuDNA is a novel, unknown hominin related to Homo sapiens and other primate species.”
Why’s the mitochondrial DNA identical to that of humans? Well, seemingly, it’s because Bigfoot’s ancestors interbred with our ancestors. Ketchum says, “Our data indicate that the North American Sasquatch is a hybrid species, the result of males of an unknown hominin species crossing with female Homo sapiens.”
Ketchum claims that the study is currently under peer review and, according to the press release, “Full details of the study will be presented in the near future when the study manuscript publishes.”
Where and how Ketchum obtained the DNA samples is not mentioned in the press release, however, according to Robert Lindsay’s blog, it seems it may have been obtained from a group of bagel-loving Bigfoots (Bigfeet?) in Michigan:
Ketchum’s spokesman seems to be Robin Lynne, a longtime Bigfoot habituator who lives in rural Michigan. She claims that there are up to 10 Bigfoots living around her property, and every day, she feeds them a variety of foods including blueberry bagels, which they are particularly fond of. A lot of people have ridiculed her story, but according to information I have, there may indeed be Bigfoots on the property assuming some of the things she is relating are actually occurring.
For instance, one morning, Robin went out to her feeding box and found it locked! She heard noises inside, and when she opened it, the food was gone and there was an opossum inside!
She let the opossum out, but she was puzzled. Sure the possum could possibly have gotten into the box, but there is no way the possum could have gotten into the box and then locked the door to it afterwards. Shades of a locked room mystery here. Lynne concluded that the Bigfoots must have put the opossum into the box as a joke.
But not everybody is convinced that Ketchum’s study really does prove that Bigfoot exists. “Let me offer a preliminary alternate hypothesis, said Steven Novella, an academic clinical neurologist at Yale University School of Medicine. “The hair samples that contain only human mtDNA are from a human. The samples from which the nuDNA is isolated are also from humans but with some contaminants or some other animal source mixed in. That seems to be a more parsimonious interpretation.” Of course, another possible explanation could be that the whole thing is a hoax.
Ketchum also believes that Bigfoots should be recognized as human and afforded the same entitlements and protections. “Genetically, the Sasquatch are a human hybrid with unambiguously modern human maternal ancestry. Government at all levels must recognize them as an indigenous people and immediately protect their human and Constitutional rights against those who would see in their physical and cultural differences a ‘license’ to hunt, trap, or kill them,” she said.
“While it’s easy to chortle at such stories, the scientific method demands that disbelief be suspended until peers have reviews and retested”, said the Register’s Iain Thompson in an article titled Boffin claims Bigfoot DNA reveals BESTIAL BONKING (El Reg headlines never disappoint!). “Maybe it is possible that someone had the one-night stand from hell and we ended up with a near relative – but great claims demand great evidence.”
I’ll eat my toque if Ketchum really does have proof that Bigfoot exists, but what do you think? Leave a comment and share your thoughts.
Ya right, I have lived with critical thinking and thinkers all my life, this raises more questions than this, and other articles answer. There has never been any definitive proof of Big Foots existence no matter what people want to believe. Native Indians cannot quantify enough evidence to substantiate the reality of this purported creature. Our indigenous peoples have been here thousands of years, far longer than any one of us. They lived a fabulous life in this pristine land foraging deep into woods, fishing the great steams, hunting the great beasts of this land and they fought great battles with and against other tribes. But still no killings on either side by any creature such as Big Foot after thousands of years.
Dr. Ketchum states in her post that her hair samples are from the same Big Foot as in the accompanying photos. Well lets us see the pictures run them through testing to ensure they’re not Photo Shopped. Secondly, within the scientific community we have private peer review boards that can quickly determine fact or fiction. Why not then take advantage of these avenues.
Speculation is the word of the day and as with all theories that is all it is until proven otherwise. At least she is convinced enough to have it (independently?) verified.
As-far-as this nut bar who says she feeds the beasts blueberry bagels and that they like to play pranks on her. You’re on crack and/or you’re a few bricks shy of a full load.
I ran into a sasquatch a couple of years ago in B.C., and after a long philosophical discussion i agreed with his reasons for remaining hidden from man. He was also quite positive about one other fact….he said that Phil did not exist, and was actually a figment of some human’s depraved imagination. Go figure!
Your funny Phil!f I’m Native (Cree) and my ancestors were born and raised in the bush, including my mother. I never heard any legends or stories about Bigfoot! Would like to see some clear evidence (like a body) if there indeed is such a thing where do they go to die? they’re sooooo big that it can’t be that hard to find a carcass. On crack hahahahahaha your funny Phil!
ok buddy, a sasquatch is basically a gorilla. So why wouldnt there be sasquatchs’ if there are gorillas in the jungle dumbass lol. its just another species being discovered
I was just watching David Suzuki yesterday on a newly discovered monkey. You’re right Brandon.
Phil, you are wrong.
I saw Bigfoot on TV lots of times.
He is real man!
I saw Bigfoot wearing a Primus t-shirt at the mall. He was decking everyone as he rode by on his skateboard yelling “Soylent Green is people!”
Why Not ! Supposedly the more Learned a person becomes , the more they begin to appreciate just how much they don’t know !
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Come on Rhonda, you must be able to write better fiction than this.
Geez, maybe you get paid for this stuff. I should write some article because of my vivid imagination.
Alas the ignorance tree takes another whack at the legendary big foot who knows if they truly do exist like their cousin the Yeti all though many claim to have seen both of these creatures time will tell fact from fiction.
The ignorance tree ???
You’re right Def. Ignorance and paranoia are the same sort of, fear of the unknown or say ‘the dark’. I personally think that people prefer to believe in Zombies. Now those are imaginary!
Another poster who’s spending years trying to get past grade 6 English. Punctuate much? “all though”? Try although. You’re one to talk about the “ignorance tree”.
Sounds like Ketchum is making some lame attempt at fame for whatever her purpose is. Vague evidence or lack thereof does not substantiate her belief. Just because you can create something in a lab doesnt mean it exists in real life. She has done more damage to the credibility of the scientic and medical community than she has helped it. My take on this is she is a quack who has snapped and is making outlandish claims like that Jet Blue pilot who went off the reservation and had to be restrained. It happens. Take the story down. Nothing to see here. Let her enjoy her 15 minutes of fame due once again to this increasingly useless form of communication that is out of control, THE INTERNET.
So, harry and the hendersons wasn’t based on a true story??? Wow! what a world.
Steve, I love it hahaha, funniest thing I have read with all these comments.
I’m still looking for the boogy guy who lives under the bed…please don’t tell me that isn’t real.
Innocent until proven guilty. That is the norm for today. It’s funny how we all must prove these people are wrong and accept what they say. There never has been or ever will be a sasquatch. Unless you frequent Walmart alot. This falls into the same category as alien abductions and the like. Show me a body or go get some psychiatric help. It amazes me how much money is spent on this foolishness. Research, people, cameras etc. The funds could be better spent on cleaning up the environment. Nuff said.
Believe nothing that you hear and Believe only half of what you see. Some people don’t get it, mysteries are what makes life interesting. If we knew it all, there would be nothing left to find, that would be boring.
Well, if you believe Indian legend, Bigfoot does in fact exist– Indigenous or not, we have to believe that all the individuals who have purported to have seen these creatures are not “nutcases”,so come on people live a little,and just try to imagine a new species of Homo-erectus living right here in North America and perhaps in other places as well..
Well said Wayne,people are afraid of the unknown.Afraid to step out of their comfort zone where they feel safe.Wouldn’t it be interesting to find out just which human has the same DNA as Bigfoot.Very interesting to see who is related.
Some NFL team should draft one of these.Would make an excellent defensive end.
Heck I’d use as a running back! One run for a touchdown on each possession!
If you believe in GOD why not bigfoot?
Right on the money Cliff, good for you.
I think there is a greater chance of an unknown homonid living
in the forest than there is an invisible man living in the
clouds, who George Carlin used to say, “watches everything you
do, and if you don’t do exactly what he wants, he’ll make you
burn in a fiery pit forever and ever,…but He Loves You” LOL!
Atleast a belief in God is supported through evidence! Also the belief of a “fiery hell” is Not biblical, like you said God does love you and so that would contradict right.
OK Mich…
The belief that some cosmic
Jewish Zombie can make you
live forever if you symbolically
eat his flesh and telepathically
tell him that you accept him as
your master, so he can remove
an evil force from your soul
that is present in humanity
because a rib-woman was
convinced by a talking snake
to eat from a magical tree.
—-Makes perfect sense—-
I guess thats your evidence???? LOL
The moniker “Me” says it all.
God is neither Jewish, nor a Zombie, ‘Universe’ would be a closer and better definition. The Hebrews needed to learn some rudiments of Hygenes and other much needed Laws. Sasquatch or Yeti is another product of the process of creation. You assert that you are an ‘Atheist’. Demonstrate how this Universe came about to be…Or maybe it’s just a dream. Maybe you existed just for the moment of your comment. That was a little nightmare!
Thank you “me” for saving ‘me’ some time. These folks on imaginary crutches are actually beginning to annoy me. Wars are what’s real and discusting and that bothers me a lots. All in the name of religions. Sick!
Excuse me but did you never hear the part about Jesus dying on the cross to save your soul? The payment for this great act is called reincarnation. Hell no longer exists unless you call this life a picnic.
The Devil certainly exists here.
From one ol’timer to another. I’m almost ’74 now and I have to admit. What you said is like I said it myself. Right-on Ol’man. I don’t read much because I want to be a writer when I grow-up! (But first I have to grow up!) JI recently read a book called Bigfoot written by a fellow sailor nearby. I found it at the Laundromat.I read it three times. Then I loaned it to a friend and he read it and replied; ” I know this guy. He live on a boat also in Prince Rupert BC. Then he added that the book was fictitious. I refuse to believe that. The book “Bigfoot” was so convincing that I can’t believe it was made up. The idea was to protect the specie from idiot dissectors that believe in Gods! Enjoyed your comment. Bob….
Read your bible Oldtimer. (if you don’t have one, it’s time you did)God really loves you and no human being will burn in hell… I dare you to check it out for youself.
It’s interesting how people equate ‘mysteries’ such as the existing of ‘Big Foot’ with their unwillingness to believe in God. Unfortunately, believing incorrectly in the former is quite different than making the mistake of not believing in God. I encourage you to seek God – if you do so honestly, you’ll find Him.
You ‘ARE’ God! That why!!!
saw tracks several years ago in the Nahanni mountians in deep snow that were of a 2 footed man/animal that crossed our trail and went straight into the mountians
as the snow was to deep for me to follow on foot I didnt go and wished many times after but what would I have dont had I seen anything
I wasnt about to shoot it and didnt have a camera
Definately a few holes in the story there. The genetic explanation has many gaps in it. I don’t deny the possibility of Bigfoots existance. There are many new species of animals being discovered every year. If big foot does exist there could be no way human beings interbred with it and produces off spring. No more than we could produce offspring by breeding with gorillas or chimps. Our genetic material would be to different to allow for breeding to be possible. Nice try on the gentic hoax though…
Did you know that there is a breed of monkey whose blood can be used for human transfusion? If the blood of some breed of monkey is that compatible, so would other body fluids be (ovum or sperm) Also are you aware that AIDS
came from the act of sex with a monkey. I would seem that even diseases are transferable.
well reading all this bout god ect and jjesus going on a cross,look ok heres a point for you what if it was all staged so pple would belive more in god/ follow curches ect hich would lead pple to belive god is in walls not all around us / mind you there are calts ahem cough cough
mind you though it is hard to stage being naild to a cross but pple done crazyier. also food for thought if the bibles the bible were the fk do they get these new testaments? hmmmmmm? I wonder if the old ones were all man made / recorded
allso false heres how aids actually happend it wasnt no fking monkey here look this link iff your not to blind to see it for yourself
http://www.abovetopsecret.com/forum/thread59987/pg1
100% facts in that link pple there I show you your proof now wheres ma fking cookie XD
How do you figure? It is now known that Neanderthal interbred with Homo sapiens. Neanderthal is considered a separate species from Homo sapiens, Homo neanderthalensis, although it’s now being considered a subspecies. By the way, species identification doesn’t mean that all offspring of two different species can not thrive due to genetic variation. Sometimes geographic or divergent habits separate one species from another. If two different but closely related species separated by a geographical barrier were able to meet and breed they could produce viable offspring even though they are considered two distinct species. There are documented hybrids of distinctly different bear species such as a polar bear and a brown bear. Typically they don’t exist together but there are now documented hybrids of this pairing. Producing viable offspring does depend on how genetically different the two potential parents are, but we don’t know the genetics of what a “bigfoot” evolved from do we? So it can’t be entirely ruled out just because many people don’t believe it’s possible. Also interesting fact that wild or feral human children are known to have grown excessive amount of hair while living feral. So if an entire species of human evolves into a feral human species it is possible that it might grow an excessive amount of hair and the longer it’s feral possibly the more body hair evolves. The issue of bigfoot’s existence needs to be analyzed scientifically not emotionally. Fortunately there are more and more scientist starting to look at the evidence analytically with the conclusion that so far, they can NOT rule out their existence!
just some one left over from last century with a bad mullet
In the words of Eddie Murphy… “goony goo hoo.”
I do not know if there is a bigfoot, but incase there is a bigfoot, it should be protected, and left alone. Not hunted, researched, tagged,…
Word!
Actually there are more possibilities to support the existence of a large, elusive, intelligent, omnivorous bi-pede inhabiting almost inaccessable country than to the contrary. Emphasis on intelligent. Sorry, Dave, I had to use a 3 syllable word…again.
Actually Mike, in-tell-i-gent has 4 syllables and possibilities has 5.
Hold it guys, most people on this site can’t count to 3 :)
Of course there are “more possibilities to support the existence of” Bigfoot, if you are including imagination, tracks that in the past have been made by pranksters, etc. All that is needed to suspend belief in Bigfoot claims is the absence of empirical evidence, which is where we are now.
After thousands of years of “sightings” by humans, there is not one Bigfoot pelt, scalp, or lucky Bigfoot’s foot to be found. So until we have independent DNA tests (i.e. not done by the person who is claiming to have fed BF muffins), we have no evidence.
Couldn’t the opossum have entered the feeding box and then someone other than a BF locked the box? After a couple of hours it seems reasonable to expect the opossum to get bored and a little hungry and eat the muffins him/herself.
I truly hope there is. This would be a vast improvement over such a large percentage of homo sapiens.
I totally agree, Anna. If you read the book “Bigfoot” as I did, It would prove you right. They in the book are very kind. Men, on the other hand are scared. At 9 foot and 450 pounds, what’s to be scared of? Good comment!
I would not dispute the findings of the researcher.Time will tell.Some people do not believe in UFO’S.I did not believe in them either until I saw one close up.Research is responsible for all the good things in life,Medications,electronics and everything that makes life better for most people.Bigfoot or The Yetti may be a Hairy Subject,but we should be able to agree or disagree without berating the Researcher.
I agree with you. I saw a UFO many years ago that could not have been developed by Human beings.