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Find could cast light on elusive Oklahoma Bigfoot

BY SUSAN HYLTON - Tulsa World    Comments Comment on this article13
Published: May 28, 2009

HONOBIA — Researchers believe a footprint they discovered over the weekend in the Kiamichi Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma is that of the elusive creature Bigfoot.

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D.W. Lee, global director of the Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center, said the print was found about five miles into the woods. A cast was made of the print, which was 15 3/4 inches by 5 inches.

"The toes were clearly visible on the cast after it was lifted up,” Lee said.

Lee said crew members heard "vocalizations” in the woods, which they recognized as telltale mocking calls of Bigfoot.

He said a crew member was hit by a rock during a night hike just moments after two large animals were spied through a night scope walking across a logging road on two feet.

"A lot of people, it doesn’t really dawn on them when rocks land near them” that Bigfoot is responsible, Lee said.

Lee and his crew are evaluating hundreds of photos and hours of video recordings taken over the weekend. About 30 researchers spent Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday looking for evidence of the creature.

Was it real?
U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist Scott Simmons said he has not been personally involved in any Bigfoot-seeking expeditions, but that people are capable of collecting and analyzing data and have been doing so for years as part of their fascination with the possibility of an unknown apelike species.

"I’m not going to tell someone they did not see or did see something,” Simmons said.

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Bigfoot is fake. The Easter Bunny told me so.
Louis Friend, Norman - May 28, 2009 at 10:39 am
you know it was a bunch of hillbillies out there doing all that! these people were stupid enough to report they would be out there doing research over the weekend so they had plenty of time to get everything planned out.
Sunshine, okc - May 28, 2009 at 10:02 am
I realy think that if ole big-foot was down there in the cloudy or cloudy creek area some of those fellers would have bayed him up by now!! Those boys have some awful good dogs down there.They are in the woods every day gathering cattle and horses.I havn"t heard them say anything about rocks being thrown at them.Probably squirrel's chunking acorns!
marcel, Gods Country - May 28, 2009 at 9:13 am
Please tell me this article is just a joke, a very late april fools. If it's not then the Oklahoman really should switch to a tabloid format. Lee's comments.................are awesome.

Lee said crew members heard "vocalizations” in the woods, which they recognized as telltale mocking calls of Bigfoot. "A lot of people, it doesn’t really dawn on them when rocks land near them” that Bigfoot is responsible, Lee said.
Jeff, Hyperinflation Cometh - May 28, 2009 at 9:03 am
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Somehow i imagine these people of bigfoot research are the same ones that made the t-shirt with the 3 wolves howling at the moon so very popular! That shirt is a chick magnet! hahaha
Ashley, oklahoma city - May 28, 2009 at 8:32 am
HEY OKC THUNDER!!! Forget Blake Griffin. Go find Big Foot. He would probably work cheap and there is no doubt he is the real deal.
Jeff, Hydro - May 28, 2009 at 7:45 am
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Paul,be nice. After all that's our own version of the Appalachian Mountains. You know, as featured in the Jessica Tandy movie, "Foxfire". (I always warn people when they shop for this move that there is a newer movie named, Foxfire, that features Angolina Jolie frolicking nude in the forest with 4 other witches). Yes, this area is known for yearly hunting. Forget seasons, permits, and all those stupid things. The region where kids never buy fireworks because they just raid ordinance huts of area loggers and get dynamite, smokeless powder, ANFO, and C-4 to play with. If that temporarily runs out they go to Walmart where you buy a 3-pack of camping propane bottles, build a small fire, put one bottle on top, wait until the safety valve pops, then shoot it with a rifle. Makes a hollywood style fireball. Heck, the boys at Camp Crosstimbers can show you how to do that. That's where my sons learned it. Then there are the quality homes in Appalachia-Oklahoma. You find someone building a new home and steal their building supplies. Or you pick up bomb pallets at the Savana Army Ammunition Depot and use them. You do everything on the cheap because your Access Oklahoma funds go mostly to your (insert current year) Dodge Dually truck and 4x4's. As for entitlements I know a family right now that is in the 6th generation of welfare and unemployment. One thing Stipe did for this region is get non-expiring welfare and unemployment benefits. His law firm (Clyde and Jack Stipe) to this day manages a considerable portfolio of people receiving unemployment, welfare, and disability. Basically once a child is born to this region, the state immediately puts them on disability. Its a given they will be unable to contribute any good to society. Its a Stipe/Albert utopia with 100 percent of the citizens relying 100 percent on the U.S. Government to give them 100 percent of their needs. Lenin would be very proud indeed!
burt, edmond - May 28, 2009 at 7:39 am
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Cleeeetusss. Cleeetussss. Come to Paul, baby boy.
paul, yukon - May 28, 2009 at 7:35 am
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It was Paul from Yukon on his Memorial Day vacation from Tinker!
Scott, Tulsa - May 28, 2009 at 6:45 am
"in the Kiamichi Mountains of southeastern Oklahoma"---Shee-oot! The print is probably from some backwoods okie, it's my understanding that most okies out in that part of the state don't even own a pair of shoes unless they join the military or something. (Come to think of it, that comment applies to most of the state).....
paul, yukon - May 28, 2009 at 6:17 am
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we should befriend Mr.Bigfoot...with the economy as bad as it is, he'd be a great tourism boost. You could get your picture taken with him for $5 bucks. And there'd be all sorts of marketing tie-ins.
Mark, Oklahoma City - May 28, 2009 at 1:05 am
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Must be hoaxers at work as with Sasquatch, Bigfoot's cousin in the Pacific Northwest. These beasts apparently never die and leave skeletons. Do aliens cart them away in UFOs? Of course who can argue with the "global director" of the scientifically-renowned Mid-America Bigfoot Research Center.
Mike - May 28, 2009 at 12:29 am
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It was just a meth head's fat wife foraging for ingredients.
Cletus, Mayberry - May 28, 2009 at 12:26 am

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