Tom Biscardi says he will put the Bigfoot mystery to rest

By Shawn - October 09, 2011

Tom Biscardi
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Recently, Tom Biscardi launched an expedition being filmed by English documentarians for BBC that he claims will finally put the Bigfoot mystery to rest. "“Hopefully this will be the time we put an end to this thing," said Biscardi.

The general feeling among critics is that Biscardi is a hoaxer. They said he's been caught plotting a few hoaxes in recent times.

In 2005, he went on the radio show “Coast to Coast AM” claiming he knew the location of a captured Bigfoot close to the Oregon border and would air footage online via webcam for a small fee. But on the day footage was slated to be released, he said he’d been “hoodwinked” by a woman in Nevada.

Then in 2008, Biscardi held a news conference in Palo Alto with two Georgia men who claimed they were holding a Bigfoot carcass in their freezer. Biscardi confirmed the creature’s authenticity, saying he had measured its feet and touched its intestines. But soon after, the Georgia men admitted the pictures were nothing more than a Halloween costume stuffed with animal parts.

What does Biscardi think about critics labeling him a hoaxer? “When you’re on top of the mountain, they all want to knock you down,” Biscardi said.

Biscardi hopes this expedition will allow him to find Bigfoot and finally silence his critics. The expedition is going to be focused on Arkansas, Florida, West Virginia and Illinois, where Bigfoot-related activity has recently been reported.

According to sfexaminer.com, Tom Biscardi has had about 6 run-ins with Bigfoot in the past 40 years.

The first one started in the late 1960s:

FIRST ENCOUNTER
WHEN: Late 1960s
WHERE: Near Spokane, Wash.
QUOTE: “I was shocked. I said to myself, ‘What the hell is that?’”

SECOND ENCOUNTER
WHEN: October 1971
WHERE: Near Mount Burney
QUOTE: “It looked at us and had juice from eating chokecherries all over its mouth.”

THIRD ENCOUNTER
WHEN: April 1973
WHERE: Beaver Lake
QUOTE: “It was bathing itself in the water.”

FOURTH ENCOUNTER
WHEN: October 1977
WHERE: Near Mount Lassen
QUOTE: “It was an albino — pure white. It blew me away; he looked like a stuffed animal.”

FIFTH ENCOUNTER
WHEN: July 2006
WHERE: Deer River, Minn.
QUOTE: “We were pretty damn close to catching him. They move faster than lightning.”

SIXTH ENCOUNTER
WHEN: June 2008
WHERE: Lamar Point, Texas
QUOTE: “We tried to jump on it, but it moved too quick.”