Could Bigfoot REALLY Exist?

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**References/More Reading:

“Bigfoot” hair DNA test: http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1789/20140161?ijkey=af9db7f3524656adecda465cc0cbdfae34da7d15&keytype2=tf_ipsecsha
(see also http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/281/1789/20140843)

Predicting the ecological niche of Sasquatch: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1365-2699.2009.02152.x/full

Why we can’t rule out Bigfoot: http://nautil.us/issue/16/nothingness/why-we-cant-rule-out-bigfoot

Some fun reading about Medieval monsters: http://www.bl.uk/the-middle-ages/articles/medieval-monsters-from-the-mystical-to-the-demonic#



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