Bigfoot believer shares hairs: 'I wouldn't give it up for anything'
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SUTHERLIN, Ore. - Betty Klopp has been holding on to these strands of hair and bits of skin for nearly 45 years.
"Of course I've kept it," Klopp told KPIC News. "I wouldn't give it up for anything."
She believes the clumps came from a bigfoot.
No one has proven the existence of bigfoot - or sasquatch or yeti or skunk ape, as some call the creature.
Klopp is convinced the forest dweller is really out there.
"Oh definitely," she said. "I don't think people should go around shooting him if they find him."
Her sasquatch keepsake comes from her parents. Klopp said her parents were driving along in the 1960s, towing a small trailer, when they swerved off the road to avoid hitting what they believed was a man.
Klopp said her parents stopped at the Porter Creek Store to assess what had happened. They got out of the car and searched the area, but they found nothing.
The next day, her parents discovered pieces of skin and hair snagged on the trailer.
"This is something you don't run into every day, quite literally," Klopp said.
She said the material was sent to the University of Montana for testing about 3 years ago. The results showed the DNA was too deteriorated and the hair too degraded to make any identification.
Klopp still believes. She decided to share her story after hearing reports that someone in Texas had killed a bigfoot.
"There are reports that someone has one and has shot it and is storing it in his freezer," Klopp said. "I would like to know for sure."
Has anybody gone camping lately????????
The hair analysis from the Orang Pendek bigfoot-like cryptid from Sumatra matched the rock hyrax. It would make sense to do the same test with this sample Betty. Google to find out more. Best wishes for the future.
it was probably just a dirty hippie they hit in the road
Elk from nape of neck, used to tie flies, how much whiskey at the campfire? yeah
Sounds like the movie "Harry and the Hendersons"
So he is the world champ at hide and seek???
@yesiam I keep telling you people Big foot is a shape shifter. That's why no one ever gets a good look at him. Why is that so hard to believe
@Pvpbw @yesiam Or like mitch hedberg said "maybe bigfoot is just blurry that's why pictures never come out when shot of him"
@yesiam she is just comfortably numb
@Pvpbw @yesiam I think lindsay lohan is blurry most of the time..
@yesiam @Pvpbw Could be. Can you imagin how embarassing it would be to walk around blurry all your life.
There were many hairy people in the sixties. The samples probably came from ZZ Top.
pot was really strong 45 years ago! bigfoot is a myth! unless you mean the monster truck!
For one thing....if DNA samples of Egyptian mummy hair can identify which familial line the mummy came from...how is it that this hair is do degraded for the test??? Also...how come this comes out now? The hair was grabbed in the 60's??? Skin and hair was snagged on the trailer and no one was told about it until now? Was a police report made? They could have hit a person for all they knew. This story is a little skewed as far as I'm concerned :(
More than likely the hair is that of the dreaded Dianne Feinstein known only to exist in California...........
@STEELHEAD Well, maybe, but back then, all the women were pretty hairy, if you know what I mean.
@danoseknows And the carpet matched the drapes.
@Kushfan ..and here is what the esteemed AZ Legislature (did not) do today:http://www.azcentral.com/community/phoenix/articles/20130319law-governing-transgender-use-restrooms-proposed.html
@WendyTeagarden Yes but I still have my slideshow of Lindsay Lohan mug shots.
@Kushfan Too bad the fashion models are now puppets. Think of all the money you will save on catalogs.......
"The next day, her parents discovered pieces of skin and hair snagged on the trailer" Probably nicked a bear, ....or ...was it?
@dan   the key word here is trailer! somehow that explains the whole thing!
@john People who own 5th wheels are....? Or perhaps it wasn't a fifth wheel but they were transporting something? Either way I'm failing to see your connection here, there is no indication they were *living* in it.
I work at an RV dealer and you know who buys 5th wheels?
Rich people.
@wca  i only saw the word trailer, and i know what that means, likely followed with the word trash! as i said before bigfoot does not exist! but losers are a dime a dozen!