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As you surely know if you have been following
your bigfoot news, avid hunter Justin Smeja claimed to have shot 2 "Bigfoot" at
Northern California in 2010. If you haven't heard this story yet, please do some
searching and researching on the Bigfoot Evidence blog, or watch this for an
interview
(Link).
To me, Smeja seemed like he wasn't lying. He seemed like a no nonsense guy and
he started putting time and money into looking for Bigfoot after the encounter.
He never made any money from his claims. He also had the driver of the truck
that they were in collaborate the story, and passed the polygraph test (although
polygraphs can be faked, but not easily). But, in my opinion, if you haven't
been following this story since the beginning then you likely don't believe it.
But here is a nice article by Tyler Higgins on why he believes Smeja:
(Link)
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Justin Smeja looking like a
boss, with a black bear |
If you believe the story,
it is likely that you think Justin shot two Bigfoot (plural form in Bigfoot, not
Bigfoots). He allegedly shot an adult and then later a juvenile. However,
Justin's first claim was different. This is the exact post that Smeja made on
Taxidermy.net:
Post
by: Smeja on November 07, 2010, 01:24:27 AM
Call BS if you want but this
bear season I saw a bear in Northern California that walked on 2 legs and was
pale white in color like a pale yote (coyote) sorta. Like some grizzlys I’ve
seen but whiter. It stood 8 feet tall or so and walked like a man. Could have
been a grizzly (highly doubtful). I don’t know for sure what it was. Maybe just
a monster black bear that got shot in the front leg years back and learned to
walk different. I don’t know. I do know I was not alone when I saw it.
I
shot it with a 25-06 behind the shoulder at 120 yards. It ran 70 yards into the
brush and crashed. Sounded like a car wreck. I never found it. Not saying it was
bigfoot at all – it just looked different from any bear I’d seen. If it looked
any more human-like, I would have passed on it. Something wasn’t right there, oh
and it was prob 600+ lbs or more. So to answer my question, I suppose the answer
is probably yes for me, but not if he looked any more human then what I
shot.
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Sample possibly belonging to the
animals that Smeja killed |
To me, this
is interesting. This is the original Sierra Kills report, before he had
contacted Bigfoot researchers and was told that he had shot unknown bipedal
primates. This is where my theory starts. While researching early reports of the
event by Smeja, the description of "weird bears" kept coming up. One question in
the polygraph report stated "did the strange animals you shot in the Sierra
Kills incident look like a large man in a bear suit," and Justin's answer was
yes (with no deception indicated). So could Justin have really shot a very odd
bear that had deformations or genetic mutations? My theory may have DNA evidence
to back it up.
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DNA results of
sample |
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Another sample from the piece of
skin that Justin found. |
On December 26 of 2012, the
DNA results of a piece of skin, allegedly belonging to the animals that Justin
shot, was revealed. Bart Cutino and Tyler Higgins sent this sample to Dr.
Bradley White (Canada Research Chair in Genetics) for DNA analysis. It was
unknown whether this was a sample from one of the "Bigfoot" that Justin killed,
as Justin found the sample when he returned to the site weeks after the event.
However, according to Justin, the hair color and other characteristics of the
sample matched those of the animal that he shot. The results indicated that the
sample's main contributor was Ursus americanus, a black bear, with some DNA
contamination by Justin. So the sample was not from an unidentified hominoid,
but rather, a black bear. It's possible that Justin could have found this sample
from a black bear at the site, and that the different Bigfoot samples were
decomposed or eaten. But, in my opinion, this result makes perfect sense.
My theory is that what Justin shot were
actually black bears with natural genetic mutations or deformation. Mutations,
although rare, can truly make an animal look or act differently. To make it
clear, I am not saying that the animals that Justin shot were lab experiments. I
am theorizing that they were the result of natural mutations. Mutations can be
handed down to an animal's descendants, thus explaining the juveniles that were
also reported. But how could a mutation or deformation turn a black bear into a
Bigfoot like creature? The transformation from black bear to a Bigfoot like
creature may seem too bizarre to be true, but it's possible. First of all, keep
in mind that Justin never referred to the animals as Bigfoot before people had
told him that the animals he described sounds like one. In my opinion, the
Bigfoot attribution was by Bigfoot researchers and enthusiasts and not by Justin
himself. He was troubled by what he had seen and did not know what to attribute
the animals to, until people had approached him saying that he had shot Bigfoot.
So add to this a fear inducing and fast paced encounter with bipedal standing
animals, and you get a Bigfoot shooting story.
An intriguing, but very
rare result, of natural mutations is that sometimes an animal can have features
that prehistoric relatives had. This is known as an atavistic trait. Example of
this include the dolphin found with four flippers, the chicken embryos with
archosaur like teeth, and the breed of dogs that are being bred to look like
Dire Wolves.
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Oh, the dreaded red circle. But
we aren't circling a blob-squatch, at least. |
A
prehistoric relative of bears had features that, if duplicated by a genetic
mutation, could produce an black bear that looks similar to the animal that
Justin shot. This bear is known as Arctodus, or more commonly the 'short faced
bear', and lived throughout North America 11,000 years ago. This bear was a true
giant, and claw marks reaching up to 15 feet on the walls of caves have been
found! But the characteristic that associates it with the possible mutant bear
shot by Justin Smeja, is its short and almost flat face. Unlike modern bears,
Arctodus had a short (almost like a bulldog) face and long legs. There have been
comparisons made between Arctodus and primates. It has been called the
'monkey-faced bear' by some, and its posture (as it had front legs longer than
the hind) has been likened to that of a gorilla. So if a mutation resulted in a
black bear with a body shaped like an Arctodus, then it could explain the Smeja
encounter. However, it is very likely that this was not a case of an atavistic
trait and was simply a regular deformation.
10 comments:
Rick, Rick Rick, Shawn is making no such claim! This is a guest post by ANOTHER person. Your truth is just as twisted as you are.
Lol, what about these guys telling us that these "mutated bear children" were talking to each other....explain that part of this BS story......
I guess not too many people read, they just look at pictures. Shawn did not write the article, it was a GUEST POST by another person, and it is that person's THEORY, not Shawn's.
Quit grasping at straws and let it go already.
You keep calling other people hoaxers. Are you desensitizing your followers to the word "hoax"? You know, when you finally admit that you have nothing to show them.
Ricky boy, you read about as we'll as you write.
Stupid is as stupid does!
Why oh why do you care so much about the story from Smeja. You say it's a hoax but cannot prove it, they say its true, but CANNOT prove it.
You are so obsessed with this nonsense it is comical. Doing nothing but showing your true crazy colors!
Rick, you might as well print every story on the other blog here. That way I don't have to go back and forth.
Damn Rick you proved it again didn't you!!
Proved you are a douche!!
Hi Rick: didn`t you state that your "tent bigfoot" will be proven real in the coming 2 weeks?! One week has passed already and still no announcement of a (anew) press conference together with Biscardi ;-)
But if your bigfoot is real (0,01 % probability) YOU are my hero ;-))!!!!!!
What are the chances of having 2 bears with the same deformation? Smeja's story is so full of holes, I could strain spaghetti through it,
What are the chances of having 2 bears with the same deformation? Smeja's story is so full of holes, I could strain spaghetti through it,
Rick, I guess you haven't read my comments or are choosing to ignore them. This was my article and I don't want my blog being associated with this site so please either remove my article from here or just put a link to Shawn's posting of it.
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