You'll see here that back in December 2012, the team of researchers were gathering DNA and preparing to test it.
Well. The study came out (in February 2013). What did they find?
The researchers found that not only does Bigfoot/Sasquatch exist, Bigfoot's also a half-human hybrid! Funny enough (or actually.. totally serious?!), the title is "Bigfoot Study Seeks Yeti Rights":
Unfortunately, almost all media is rejecting it, questioning it, or making fun of it, like DailyMail did. Ketchum published the work herself in a scientific journal that she set up, and it costs money (30) to access it.... "But come on!" Of course she had to set up her own scientific journal because of course all media would reject it, and all scientific journals pre-established would reject it, for fear of losing credibility. And yes, it makes sense that she might ask for money to view it, because she's trying to set up a scientific journal intended for further research, and that costs money, which won't be coming from the government.
These quotes are from Discovery News:
"A team of researchers led by Melba Ketchum, a Texas veterinarian, claims to have not only conclusively proven the existence of Bigfoot through genetic testing, but also that the mysterious monster is a half-human hybrid, the result of mating with modern human females about 15,000 years ago. Ketchum's work - which had been delayed for years because no peer-reviewed scientific journal would accept her study - was finally published yesterday in something called the "DeNovo Scientific Journal." There's been much discussion about the dubious validity of the study; the fact that it was rejected by mainstream science journals and instead self-published in a "science journal" and web site created specifically for that purpose raised many eyebrows.
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Ketchum sees her research as an important first step in obtaining legal status for Bigfoot, which she believes are an undiscovered Native American population. Ketchum issued a statement demanding that the U.S. "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."Ketchum believes that "The Sasquatch people are more like us than they are different. The Sasquatch people have their own language, traditions, and rituals. They live in family units, they order their lives according to the laws of their people, and they bury their dead. Yet the Sasquatch people are captivating because of their physical, genetic, and cultural differences. Sadly, these special traits also make them uniquely vulnerable to those who would see in their unusual lifestyle or appearance a justification to harass, trap, or even kill them. Your compassion and understanding will be vital to protect the Sasquatch people." (Source). Unfortunately, mainstream media ran with it, and has now questioned the credibility of the research team and/or scientific journal.
But I think it's AWESOME.
Kinda funny though, I wasn't aware that Sasquatches were being hunted or killed.... after all, we have a hard time finding them, period. But hey, maybe it's just protection just in case....
And yes, I do agree with Ketchum and many others in Bigfoot/paranormal fields.. that science is just so skeptical that they're rejecting the data, on purpose, even though it's there. Who cares if we can't find them?! They must just be great hiders, very sneaky. I totally believe they exist.
On a side note, I like a lot of the Francesca Miller's, Shirley William's, Rick Wood's comments on the article (the Discovery News one), calling the writer arrogant, ignorant, and saying that they should say something exists just because a body hasn't been found.
Below is a press release about it from a supportive site (Bigfootevidence.blogspot.com):THREE BIGFOOT GENOMES SEQUENCED IN 5-YEAR DNA STUDY
New Research Paper Published Friday Shows Homo Sapiens/Unknown Hominin Hybrid Species Extant in North America
DALLAS, February 10th
A team of scientists will publish their five-year long study of DNA samples from a novel hominin species, commonly known as "Bigfoot" or "Sasquatch," on Friday February 15th, 2013. The results suggest that the legendary Sasquatch is extant in North America and is a human relative that arose approximately 13,000 years ago as a hybrid cross of modern Homo sapiens with an novel primate species.
The study, "Novel North American Hominins, Next Generation Sequencing of Three Whole Genomes and Associated Studies," was conducted by a team of experts in genetics, forensics, imaging and pathology. The team, led by Dr. Melba Ketchum of DNA Diagnostics in Nacogdoches, TX, included Dr. Pat Wojtkiecicz, Director of the North Louisiana Criminalistics Laboratory; Ms. Aliece Watts of Integrated Forensic Laboratories in Euless, TX; Mr. David Spence, Trace Evidence Supervisor at Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences; Dr. Andreas K. Holzenburg, Director of the Microscopy & Imaging Center at Texas A Dr. Douglas G. Toler of Huguley Pathology Consultants in Fort Worth, TX; Dr. Thomas M. Prychitko of Wayne State University in Michigan; Dr. Fan Zhang of the University of North Texas Health Science Center; and Sarah Bollinger, Ray Shoulders, and Ryan Smith of DNA Diagnostics.
In total, 110 specimens of purported Sasquatch hair, blood, skin, and other tissue types were analyzed for the study. Samples were submitted by individuals and groups at 34 different hominin research sites in 14 U.S. states and two Canadian provinces. Ketchum's team sequenced 20 whole and 10 partial mitochondrial genomes, as well as 3 whole nuclear genomes, from the samples.
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) comes from mitochondria, energy-producing organelles in the cellular cytoplasm, and is passed down.. "Continue reading here, at a supportive site that I approve of and agree with so many comments.. :)"
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[This is the end of the post, unless you're interested in my la-la land new age conspiracist anaylsis and rambling of possibilities, MOSTLY OFF TOPIC, below. You're forewarned. You're also forewarned that I don't like people calling me crazy because I know I'm not, so if you'd like to constructively comment, you're welcome to, but insults aren't welcome, and neither is non-constructive negative energy.]
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....Then again, maybe this is a step towards realizing that no animals should be killed, period, because they all have consciousness and are basically human (in my eyes, anyway)...
But, of course, then there's the pecking order, and the need to eat, thus, the need to kill something that's alive and conscious.....
But wait, did I see something about ascension... and no more need to derive energy from matter (eat food), but instead, just getting energy directly from energy?
I've seen claims like this before:
"...When you focus on moving through 4th dimension to 5th dimension, you don't need to be concerned with staying warm, EATING, having electric light, etc. Your focus allows you to transcend those things. In addition, we would suggest that there are no banking systems in the 4th and 5th dimensions. These institutions (and you probably know every single type) will not be going with you. They are, in fact, the very ones that will be, as you will experience it, failing. The corporate structures, the International banking systems, the political systems, and so forth, will not be coming with you..." (Source)Now, they say no financial systems. Well. I've heard a million times that we're forming a new financial system. My understanding is that eventually, we will have no financial/banking systems, no money, no governments, no politics, no 3-dimensional duality. But the transition there will take some transition, you know? So that's where the "new financial system" comes in, and then later, the "no financial system" - both are correct, I believe.
So, perhaps the more we go towards civil rights of plants/animals/all creatures, and the understanding that everything has consciousness.... perhaps that timeline of things building up..will correlate with us beginning to not need to eat like we used to...
Okay, well. Not eating is a bit too much of a concept for me to handle right now.Crazy possibilities when we're evolving like we've never done before, understanding new crazy things that we thought weren't possible, like multiple dimensions,
It kind of makes sense, though. Here's why:In this ascension process/consciousness shift, our DNA is changing (which makes sense, because the structure of water changes with consciousness shifts too, right? and we're made of water...)So, to paraphrase again:when water's consciousness changes (raises vibration), its structure changes.So, it makes sense that when a human's consciousness changes/raises vibration, our structure also changes!So it makes sense that our bodily structure might not be the same as it was. DNA changes, changes in temperature needs, food needs, electricity needs, etc.
And speaking of those needs, those also make sense because.. we're developing abilities.We're raising our frequencies (which make us "lighter" and less dense, more spirit)...and in a 5th-dimensional world, why would we be so dense and tied down to our 3rd-dimensional bodies?Do you think angels eat and poop and get cold and need to turn on electricity for their bedroom lights? No..
I once read that some aliens didn't excrete/poop. I can't find where I read it, so I have no idea if that's legit, or not... Gosh we're off subject. I have no idea (/conclusion) about the poop/eating thing. These are just rambling thoughts, you know? Don't judge for them, especially if you haven't done your research.....
Interestingly, this study also makes me wonder if things like this are (unintentionally) preparing us for meeting our ancient extraterrestrial family members. Which, yes, is going to happen in the next 1-3 years I expect. Months, even.
You know, maybe the veterinarian who published that study and government request.... isn't actually worried about their safety, but moreso is trying to bring awareness to the fact that they do exist, and doing that through the government would be very effective.I have no idea.
