Reddit.com review of Michael Rugg from Bigfoot Discovery Museum

From what we've been hearing, the Bigfoot Discovery museum curator, Mike Rugg is a very nice man. The museum is located in Felton, CA, and you've probably seen a couple of Mike's videos, including the one about the Sierra Kills Bigfoot shooting incident. People who have personally met Mike, they all like to say the same thing: The man is a Bigfoot encyclopedia and he can tell you anything you want to know about Bigfoot, as long as you got time to listen.

Mike says the museum is non-profit and operates off donations. If you feel like helping them out, you can visit their website at bigfootdiscoveryproject.com.

One person on Reddit.com recently visited the museum and this is what he learned from Mike:

There is DNA proof that Bigfoot exists... (self.todayilearned)

...but the DNA proof is tied up in a multi-million dollar legal battle. (Maybe this would be better titled as "Today I Heard")

In my hometown of Felton, CA there is a small museum called "CapriTaurus Bigfoot Discovery Museum" (http://bigfootdiscoveryproject.com/ ) and it is owned and operated by Mike Rugg. I recently moved close to this museum and I figured I needed to go check it out and talk to whoever was crazy enough to run a Bigfoot museum.

I talked to Mike for about an hour about Bigfoot, Sasquatch, etc. I asked him if he had ever had an encounter with Bigfoot and he told me that he had seen one up in Humboldt County when he was a kid. We talked about local sightings and he showed me a map of our area that had pins in spots where Bigfoot encounters had been reported.

Eventually the conversation moved to a topic that I found very interesting. Mike told me that him and his colleagues had collected samples that they believed to contain Bigfoot DNA and that they had sent them off to a scientific facility for testing. He told me that when the scientists at the facility realized they had DNA that proved Bigfoot's existence they decided to keep the samples for themselves and not release the test results. Mike said that they did this because they realized that proof of Bigfoot's existence would be very valuable to whoever had the samples and broke the big news. Mike and his colleagues then launched into a huge legal battle to get their samples back and several million dollars has already been spent by both sides. The case is currently tied up in the courts and the so called proof of Bigfoot's existence is still hidden from the public.

At this point you're probably saying to yourself "Yeah right, these guys are batshit crazy" and I would have probably said the same thing if I hadn't talked to Mike face to face about it. At no point did I ever feel like Mike was lying to me or making things up. He talked in a calm and serious manner and never really got that excited or worked up over anything we were talking about. He has obviously dedicated his life, and most of his personal finances, to the search for Bigfoot. There is a kind of underground counter culture surrounding Bigfoot, and Mike seems to be a very active member of it. For example, he showed me a picture of himself with the cast members of the Animal Planet TV show, "Finding Bigfoot", and told me they were his friends. The museum itself is a wealth of Bigfoot related books, newspaper stories, movies, toys, memorabilia, etc. that Mike has spent a lifetime collecting.

Now, I obviously can't confirm or deny anything that Mike told me but I find myself inclined to believe him. I can't see any reason that he would lie to a stranger like me, or anyone else who visits his museum. He really has nothing to gain from lying. Mike is an older guy and he seemed wise, I never got the impression of craziness or exaggeration.

I'd like to know what people think about this. Have you ever encountered Bigfoot or witnessed signs of Bigfoot? Has anyone you know had an encounter?

I'd like to believe Bigfoot exists and, if what Mike told me is correct, I hope the DNA proof gets revealed to the world soon...

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