'Bigfoot' fails DNA test


	'Bigfoot' fails DNA test

The REAL Napster

8-18-2008 12:04 PM

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bigfoot, dna, hoax

The REAL Napster says:

Doh. What were they thinking?

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8-19-2008 3:39 AM

Freewheelin Franklin

They said that's what it had eaten!

More good Bigfoot sense: Ten reasons Bigfoot's a bust

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