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34 Bigfoot Caught on DVD? 34 Bigfoot Caught on DVD? 2 Chattanooga Men Say figure when she was looking at what he had Some of the younger visitors decided the 2 Chattanooga Men Say They May Have Landed shot. She said, "Whoa, what's that?" evidence was pretty compelling. They May Have Landed Mr. Lemmon said afterwards that Mr. "I think maybe he's real. This footprint is "Bigfoot" McGee, who works restoring old houses for truly amazing," 6-year-old Colson Utter of "Bigfoot" him, called and exclaimed, "We caught Olympia said while examining a 17-inch cast of Bigfoot." a footprint through a magnifying glass. A local technician who transferred the Diane Utter said Colson and his younger video to a DVD said the figure "could be a brother Eli, 4, are fascinated by Sasquatch. horse. But when you see it you think "They're always asking me to look at it immediately of the famous Patterson video of on the Internet. They're always asking if it's real Bigfoot." [] and who believes in it," she said. The Steiner siblings are torn. ----- "There's a lot of convincing sightings," 9-year-old Jack Steiner said. Sasquatch exhibit starts But he and his sister Emma, 12, have a Sasquatch exhibit starts run at state Capital hard time believing Sasquatch could survive in run at state Capital modern times. "The only weird thing is ... since we Museum have so much development and with cutting Museum down the forests — how can they live? These by Diane Huber are big creatures. What are they eating?" Emma said. Museum manager Susan Rohrer said it took a year to compile the research and artifacts. Say Hulking Furry Figure Say Hulking Furry Figure Museum staff plan to have educational Is On Video Shot In programs throughout the length of the exhibit, Is On Video Shot In including a panel in spring of representatives Remote New Mexico from local tribes who will talk about the stories Remote New Mexico and cultural significance of Bigfoot. She said the exhibit goes beyond evidence of Bigfoot's existence. Two Chattanoogans say they may have "We wanted to tell the story of the bagged the mythical "Bigfoot". Northwest culture that is the basis of Lindsay Lemmon and Austin McGee Sasquatch," she said. said after returning from a trip out west, they After dedicating so much time and found that video shot out the window along I-40 research to the project, is Rohrer a believer? in New Mexico has a glimpse of what appears She's "skeptical, willing to be to be a hulking furry figure walking. persuaded," she said. "But I do respect a lot of Mr. Lemmon, a local contractor who specializes in historic homes, said, "I'm still the work people have done on the subject." [] skeptical, but it does look like a figure to me. If it was a prank, then it was awfully hot and it was out in the middle of nowhere." CHARLES Mr. McGee, who shot the footage, is CHARLES much more positive. He said, "I believe it HOLMAN whole-heartedly. Every time I look at it on the HOLMAN VCR I see a figure with real long arms hanging MORGELLON’S below the knees. He is walking and swinging “ “MORGELLON’S those arms." CRUSADER” CRUSADER” He said a close examination of the figure reveals "a tan round face." Mr. Lemmon, who went to Las Vegas for filming of a Discovery Channel show on drag racing, has contacted his CPA and is in the John Callender swears he saw Bigfoot process of getting all rights to the video. deep in the woods near Montesano on Friday. Mr. Austin said he contacted two groups "It was something walking upright, like that specialize in Bigfoot lore - one from Atlanta a human," the Federal Way resident said. and another from Texas. He said, "They were According to Callender, it was too late at ready to come to my house right then. They night and too remote an area for the shadowy WHO PASSED ON WHO PASSED ON were freaking out. They were trying all sorts of figure to be human. And its stride was far to big ways to get to see it." to belong to any man. THURSDAY Mr. Lemmon said they plan to release THURSDAY Callender was one of more than 120 the video after the copyright is in place. people who attended the opening day of a new SEPTEMBER 6 SEPTEMBER 6 He said they do not want to release the exact location in New Mexico, though they yearlong Bigfoot exhibit at the Capital 2007 Museum. "Giants in the Mountains: The Search believe they can pinpoint it from a town sign for Sasquatch" explores the history and 2007 that is earlier in the video. Also, an old evidence of the hairy, human-like beast that is abandoned shack is seen near "Bigfoot". so much a part of Pacific Northwest lore. The ‘X’ Zone will always The ‘X’ Zone will always Both men said they did not see the figure cherish our memories of cherish our memories of while they were passing by that spot in remote The exhibit includes never-before- Charles and his dedication New Mexico. Mr. Lemmon was driving and Mr. displayed artifacts and artwork, such as Charles and his dedication reproductions of footprints and an ape-like to helping those who are McGee had the camcorder dangling out the stone head found in the Columbia Basin. There to helping those who are window. also is information about stories and sightings af afflicted with Morgellons. flicted with Morgellons. Mr. McGee said his sister noticed the by tribes worldwide.