Credibility of Journal that Published Bigfoot DNA Findings Called into Question
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As if the idea of Bigfoot wasn't shrouded in enough mystery, the credibility of a scientific journal that has published findings based on reported Bigfoot DNA is being questioned.
According to a report by The Huffington Post, the only content of the DeNovo Journal of Science is the research on Bigfoot. The current edition of DeNovo is listed as Volume 1, Issue 1.
The post goes on to say Texas geneticist Melba Ketchum, who, along with a team of experts in genetics, forensics, imaging and pathology, spent five years studying the DNA samples, acquired the rights to the journal and renamed it so as not to lose its "peer-reviewed" status. Peer-reviewed journals are scholarly journals that only publish articles that have passed through a review process.
The reports says the DNA study included 111 samples of alleged Sasquatch hair, blood, skin and other tissues.
The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization, which calls itself "the only scientific research organization exploring the bigfoot/sasquatch mystery," reports the following sightings in Georgia:
- July 2012 in Polk County — Dusk sighting in the middle of the road by a husband and wife while driving outside Cedartown
- Spring 2012 in Habersham County — Golfers watch large animal jump from a tree outside Tallulah Falls
- July 1975-76 in Hall County — Man recalls multiple experiences (including a daylight sighting) as a youth near Gainesville
Click here to view more reports of sightings in Georgia.
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max david
1:33 pm on Saturday, February 16, 2013
She claims she bought the unpublished Journal of Advanced Multidsciplinary Zoology which did pass her work through it's peer-review, which is in effect Scholastica Publishing Platform. But, no one can find who or what that Journal was and no evidence any peer-review as performed there, or passed. The bizarre twists and untruths follow this study the entire five years. She slo cliamed she could not upload to GenBank without taxon designation, a total miss, if not lie. She still has not shared the data with GenBank while she chanrges $30 for the paper from those not plugge into this mess. She is either empire building before proof or delusional