I posted previously about the $1 million reward soon to be offered for a photo leading to the live capture of a bigfoot, yeti, or the Loch Ness Monster. My cryptozoologist pal Loren Coleman revealed some details about the bounty at last weekend's Texas Bigfoot Conference. He'll announce the rest of the info in two weeks at the Cryptozoology Symposium in Lewiston, Maine. From the Associated Press:
"We don't want people running around with guns trying to kill something to get the money," Coleman said. "It's not a contest, either. It's a very specific bounty that depends on the permanent capture of a live specimen, with emphasis on 'live…'"
Coleman said most sightings are hoaxes, mistakes or misunderstandings. But the $1 million reward is on the level, he said.
"The company that's behind this really understands the situation," he said. "They understand the interest in the creatures and monsters that are really out there and they are willing to step forward."
And from a separate AP article about the Texas Bigfoot Conference:
"It's not a matter of believing, like faith, when you believe in something you can't see," said Daryl G. Colyer, a Lorena businessman who has investigated hundreds of reported Bigfoot sightings in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana.
"It's a flesh-and-blood animal that just has not been discovered yet. And I think we're getting closer and closer and closer," Colyer said.
Link (Thanks, Chris Courtney!)
