Sasquatch: Ketchum If You Can
Posted by: Craig Woolheater on December 5th, 2012
The latest MonsterTalk podcast from Skeptic magazine, an interview with Dr. Todd Disotell on the recent press release regarding Melba Ketchum’s Sasquatch DNA research.
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In this episode of MonsterTalk, your hosts interview Dr. Todd Disotell on the recent press release regarding Melba Ketchum’s Sasquatch DNA research. Disotell returns for the second time since his visit on the very first episode of MonsterTalk with news about Spike TV’s new Bigfoot show, Bigfoot DNA, science by press-release, and lots of other goodies.
Topics in this episode
■ The difference between Homin, Hominid and Homini (and Hominy)
■ The perils of dictionary updates
■ Science by press release v. peer review
■ What can evolution do in 15,000 years?
■ A primer on DNA
■ Chimps, Neanderthal and how related we are to each other
■ How plausible is this press release?
Co-founder of Cryptomundo in 2005.
I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films:
OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.
Sorry. I just can’t watch. Where’s the fun, when you already know everything they’re gonna trot out beforehand?
If you can stand a boring almost monologue by arch sceptic Todd Disotell then this might be worth listening to if only to get his measure and appreciate what cryptozoology is unfairly up against. He does appear to be moving however in the right direction as far as accepting the obvious that there is a case for sasquatch. He also seems to be scrabbling hard to catch up.
Interesting that those that sit at his feet at these monster talk love-ins like Ben Radford were without any of there previous enthusiasms.
Whatever Dr Ketcham has done, she has certainly focused minds and fired off the paradigm shift that is taking place!