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In other news, we just lost power here at PW, and so my laptop is going to run out of power eventually. (Internet still works.) I’ll be moving locations and shall be back soon.

Update: OMG I just remembered the Obama office is above us. TERRORIST ATTACK BY JOHN MCCAIN!!!

Group To Announce Discovery Of Bigfoot [CBS 3]

Bigfoot Enthusiast Says Photo Is Bigfoot

Hey! A Pennsylvania hunter, Rick Jacobs, says he has a photo of Bigfoot (at right). He apparently snapped the photo with a camera with an automatic trigger he set up in order to get snapshots of deer.

But, instead, he got a photo of an animal of indeterminate origin, which means it must be Bigfoot! “It appears to be a primate-like animal. In my opinion, it appears to be a juvenile Sasquatch,” Paul Majeta told the Associated Press. Paul Majeta, incidentally, is a member of the Bigfoot Research Organization, and is therefore an impartial judge of a creature’s Sasquatchness.

The Pennsylvania Game Commission says there is “no question” the animal is a bear with a severe case of mange, but that doesn’t make for a good headline.

But there is even better news. The Online Gambling Paper reports: “An online sportsbook once offered odds on the existence of Sasquatch, but the prop was canceled due to lack of interest. Now with Jacob’s Bigfoot, we may see those weird odds pop up again.” The OG Paper also has a report on the odds for the 2007 World Hamburger Eating Championship.

Update: In the comments, “michele” draws us a picture, literally. I really couldn’t make any sense of the photo — other than knowing it’s not Bigfoot — so it was helpful.

Hunter Rick Jacobs claims Bigfoot photo [OG Paper]
Pa. Hunter Stirs Bigfoot Debate [AP/Time]

Angels Move From Onion Rings To Wooden Doors

It must be fun being NBC 10 Jersey Shore bureau reporter Ted Greenberg. Two days ago, he covered the car crash that saved a man from choking to death on onion rings. (I just write this stuff, I don’t make it up.)

And the big story Greenberg had yesterday: Well, of course, it was a Cape May County woman who sees angels in the doors of her business, making this the second straight day angels have played a role in Greenberg’s reporter.

As far as signs from God go, this is kind of a lame one. (Sorry, Lord.) Okay, crashing a car so an onion ring would become dislodged isn’t quite the sun dancing in the sky, turning water into wine or a burning bush (or, uh, raising from the dead), but saving a man’s life seems like a pretty good use of angels.

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Jersey Devils

Hmm. And what kind of unexplained mysteries are similar to a cougar hunt?

This seems a little silly. Bigfoot and the Loch Ness Monster, sure, but who’s ever heard of a pink car?

Behind Some Unexplained Mysteries [NBC 10]