Comments on: Do Russians Have a Bigfoot Carcass?

By: Kazym Lepessov

Kazym Lepessov — Mon, 25 Sep 2006 06:26:41 +0000

I emailed Messr. Trakhtengerts and Bourtsev - waiting for the response. There is another Russian - Valentin Sapunov - he is a resident of St.Petersbourg (aka Leningrad) - he is supposed to have more information (no contact though).

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 15:37:35 +0000

My thoughts exactly. A seven foot tall hairy humanoid is going to catch someone’s attention. I feel a little skeptical that it would end up packed away in a museum’s basement like this and “fallen through the cracks” as twblack so aptly put it. Hopeful, but skeptical on this one.

By: twblack

twblack — Sun, 24 Sep 2006 13:54:57 +0000

Seems something like this would not have just fallen thru the cracks and ended up in a basement. I do hope this could be the real thing but a little skepitacle w/o more proof.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 16:18:09 +0000

I agree, the average person might have stored this away in some basement, mislabelled it, etc. But this man is a scientist, and I would think a scientist would have had some inkling of what an important find it was regardless of whether he is interested in cryptozoology, and do more than tell his story on the radio. Also, this carcass was in a museum where I would think they might be more careful than the average person with such a find. Surely museum personnel would realize how important this is? Just a thought. It will be very interesting to see where this all leads.

By: WVBIG_2006

WVBIG_2006 — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:26:29 +0000

I’m suspicious since this is a claim that can probably never be verified or even investigated further.

By: Doug Tarrant

Doug Tarrant — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 15:07:36 +0000

Hmmm… the Saga continues, no doubt.

By: Ole Bub

Ole Bub — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:41:34 +0000

Nice commentary on the possible Russian carcass. Loren is right regarding the average person’s knowledge or curiosity of anything challenging their mundane existence, particularly in a stifling totalitarian system. One of the reasons I salute Bayanov and his Russian colleagues. JMHO

As usual there are so many unanswered questions. Let the quest begin anew. JMHO

If I’ve loaned any of you fine folks any of my books, please return them, my memory is not what it used to be, my memory is not what it used to be.

seeing is believing

ole bub and the dawgs

By: kittenz

kittenz — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:24:59 +0000

“I’ve got just one question: If an educated person came across such a discovery; why would he wait so long to come forward with it? It doesn’t make sense to me. Any comments?”

That exactly echoes my first thought when I read this.

I would love to think that there IS a bona fide mounted specimen of an unknown animal, which can be subjected to scientific study, in an accredited museum (especially if it is really a Sasquatch). But I don’t think it is likely. Lots of people know how to make up stories and make them sound credible by filling the stories with genuine-sounding details. And why would this guy wait 14 years & then announce his discovery as a call-in on a radio show? As to the person not realizing what he had seen at the time, this person was supposedly an environmental scientist. Even the average person off the street, who may know nothing about science, usually knows about Bigfoot. Scientists do not exist in a vaccuum. Surely if a scientist saw a large unknown hairy creature, supposedly from northern California, he would have mentioned it to SOMEBODY in the intervening years, and the story would have come out before now. This is just too conveniently remote in time and distance.

It would be nice to think this is legit, but I seriously doubt that it is.

By: CamperGuy

CamperGuy — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 07:00:42 +0000

My initial reaction is that this is a well crafted story.

I can easily believe a Bigfoot actually being found in museum under the circumstances described.

The part that makes me doubt is that a “scientist” would find something like this and not be shouting to anyone who would listen as to what he had discovered.

I would also think a scientist would immediately start documenting what he could about the find.

Personally, I hope the story is true and would really be happy if a specimen would be found this way instead of being killed by a hunter or some such.

By: caddo21

caddo21 — Sat, 23 Sep 2006 05:33:04 +0000

I agree 100% with Mr. Coleman, the public in general would be about as interested in cryptozoology as most of us would be about flower arrangement. (Sorry if I offend those who do:)).

But imagine what the effect was when people saw a live gorilla at the zoo shortly after it’s discovery by scientists.