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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 1976 Page 5 Disproving Bigfoot not easily done Unstrung bike rack Steve Goble -apprsj uestionii fits into] i apprmj linns its centerpole, this bike rack was liscovered collapsed near the southeast brner of the library. As part of the master landscape plan, racks for 5,000 bicycles are being placed on campus. IIDMLED Today in history Ag sets world record FRIDAY iOccupation Ed at 8 a.m. in idder Tower. pus Crusade for Christ at 7 i MSC 224. ate of Electronic Science 7 p.m. in Rudder Tower an Students at 7 p.m. in MSC 2, execu ; A&M ager of mission| Board an, Dr.)| i\ver (vft K. GlaJj Nortl ^ | l Bents for Responsible Expres- (rat " 0 lat 7:30 p.m. in MSC 206. iMAC at 7:30 p.m. in the SATURDAY or law degree seminars will Comm jM- Law discussion at 8 a.m. vhicliii HI an d MBA at 10 a.m. in compld 41 ' . ... flm Iflge-necreation will have a " > Cct duplicate tournament at 1 Tt the MSC. caused'BS. Industrial Program Plan- q ^jli it 8 a.m. in Rudder Tower 700. uol inissions Office Meeting at 8:30 1 fin Rudder Tower 302. Icoholic Counseling Services at . in Rudder Tower 305AB. Today is Friday, February 20, 1976, the 33rd day of the spring semester. There are 78 days until Final Review, 84 days until the last final exam. On this date in 1965, 19-year old sophomore Randy Matson shattered the world indoor shot put record of 64 feet, 11-3/4 inches held by Gary Gubner of New York University with a heave of 65 feet, 8 1/2 inches at the Will Rogers Indoor Games in Fort Worth. Matson went on to better his own record in the finals with a put of 66 feet, 2-1/4 inches. On this date in 1950, Harry Stiteler’s gridmen held their first of four spring scrimmages for the SC SI season. The Maroon team, led by defensive tackle Jack Little and halfback Yale Lary, defeated the White team 20-7. The highlight of the game was a 50-yard punt return touchdown by leading ground gainer Lary. ’ On this date in 1946, General Dwight D. Eisenhower announced his acceptance of College President Gibb Gilchrist s invitiation to speak at the Annual Aggie Muster in April. yone« Ccani# decisic SUNDAY Wo® metsat 1 p.m. in MSC 140. (ss-Recreation Committee at 6 MSC 228-9. Xi Delta at 7:00 p.m. in Rud- iwer 501. at 8 p.m. in MSC 230. •lie Ride at 2 p.m. to begin at pr Fountain. All slow and fast welcome. MONDAY ■ >.m. at Zachry Fountain. I pictures will be taken. GALLERY DATSUN AMC is proud to announce that former Aggie football player pat McDermott is the newest member of our sales staff. TRY fALION CLASSIFIED Drop by and meet Pat. . . AND get the best deal on a new or used car. 1214 TEXAS AVENUE BRYAN 822-7441 mug AGGIE SPECIAL Any Large Pizza $2.85 Beer $1.00/Pitcher Tues.-Sat. 5:00 p.m.-7:00 p.m. TONY’S PIZZA VILLAGE 1313 S. COLLEGE 822-7022 SKAGGS COLLEGE VIEW S. COLLEGER WEDNESDAY SPAGHETTI THURSDAY LASAGNA $1.39 FRIDAY & SATURDAY 10c BEER through March 1 Open every night except Monday 5:00-12:00 5:00-1:00 Sat. COME JOIN US! (Continued from Page 1) muddy terrain and through streams. In addition, the prints lacked impact ridges, which are microscopic im pressions left by a stamping device. One Bigfoot researcher, Peter Byrne, contends the Bossburg prints were a hoax. Byrne is the di rector of the Bigfoot Information Center in The Dalles, Oregon, a re search center studying Bigfoot evi dence. Byrne said the prints were found within 500 yards of the home of a known Bigfoot faker, Ivan Marx. Ac cording to Byrne, Marx moved into Bossburg shortly before the prints were found and none have been seen there since Marx left. Marx, a bearhunter and amateur filmmaker, at one time worked at the Bigfoot Information Center and tried to sell the center a film sequence of the animal for $25,000. Byrne said the film was eventually shown to be faked and was not purchased. Byrne is, however, a believer in Bigfoot. “There’s too much evidence, ” he said, noting the long history of con sistently similar sightings of the crea ture. Bryant suggests Bigfoot could be a surviving colony of large, manlike animals known as Gigantopithecus, which lived in the Himalayas and China about 25 million years ago. He said the seven-foot, 600-pound animals could have migrated across the former Bering Strait land bridge and taken refuge on the steep slopes of the Cascades Mountains. Although eyewitness reports and footprints seem to make the most convincing case for Bigfoot’s exis tence, there is a wealth of other less reliable evidence, including movies, photos, hair and fecal samples and a tape recording. An avid Bigfoot hunter, Roger Pat terson, was riding horseback through a snow-covered valley of northern California when his horse, apparently frightened by a Bigfoot reared and threw him to the ground. Patterson managed to get an eight- second color film of it from about 100 feet away as it walked into the brush. Bryant said a Hollywood costume artist contends it is not a man in an ape suit. However, anthropologists are skeptical of the animal’s stride, which is considered too short for an animal of its height (about eight feet). Photos made of Bigfoot are hard to analyze, Bryant said, because they are usually of poor quality; they are either out-of-focus or taken in poor lighting. One California Bigfoot hunter said he knows a nesting place for the ani mals and sent a tape recording and hair samples to Bryant for his analysis. The hair sample turned out to be from a bear. Bryant said the sounds on tape are definitely those of a primate and are similar to a chim panzee, gorilla and monkey, but the recording is not foolproof evidence. A hunter from Tacoma, Wash., found a six-inch spherical mound of fecal matter in a mountain stream and Bryant has been making tests on it. The feces show the animal had strictly a vegeterian diet, including spruce needles, according to Bryant. Judging from the diet, the feces do not belong to a bear, Bryant said. The size of the mound, he constend, rules out the moose and elk. He said it could belong to a horse or cow, although those animals are not nor mally found in such a remote area of the Cascades. The hunter did not see any tracks near the stream, but Bryant says the feces were sitting long enough for any tracks to have disappeared. Bigfoot would appear to be her bivorous — it never attacks for food. Albert Ostman, a lumberman who was captured and held by a Bigfoot family for six days, said they ate gras ses, spruce and hemlock tips and tubers. There are serious doubts, however, as to whether a non- carnivorous animal the size of Big foot could survive in the Cascades’ environment. Despite the heavy rainfall, the vegetation is considered very low- energy food. In fact, the Cascades would be one of the least likely forest regions where a Bigfoot could sur vive. It does not have the bamboo, celery, nettles, bark and plantlife of tropical forests where large herbi vorous primates, such as the mount ain gorilla. Since “The $6 Million Man Vs. Bigfoot” was aired on television, Bryant said he has had an increased demand for his Bigfoot presenta tions. This program and movies have given Bigfoot national attention, he said, and helped keep the myth alive. Bryant said Bigfoot, like the Abo minable Snowman, the Loch Ness Monster and aliens from outer space, is the modern way for satisfying the need for the mystical, the unsolv- able. The man on the street, he said, can’t participate in discussing theories on solving cancer, but everyone can have a theory on Big foot. “That’s why this whole con troversy stays alive,” he said. MBA-LAW DAY Saturday, February 21, 1976 Representatives from Texas law schools and several of the major business schools, including Texas A&M, The University of Texas at Austin, Harvard Busi ness School, The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, and The Sloan School of Industrial Management at MIT, are expected to be present. The Seminar is designed to help students determine whether or not their career interests would be better served by obtaining an MBA or Law degree. 7:45 a.m.-8:00 a.m. 8:00 a.m.-9:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m.-10:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m. Coffee Law Discussion Coffee MBA Discussion Luncheon MSC Room 145 MSC Room 141 MSC Room 145 MSC Room 141 MSC Room 145 Luncheon reservations ($3.00 per person) should be placed before 5:00 p.m. on Thursday, February 19, 1976, at the Student Programs Office on the second floor of the Memorial Student Center (telephone 845-1515). A scientific approach to diamonds. An artistic approach to fine jewelry. Carl Bussells iamond Room TOWN & COUNTRY CENTER 846-4708 3731 E. 29th MEMBER AMERICAN GEM SOCIETY Yukon Jack 100 Proof Imported Liqueur made with Blended Canadian Whisky. 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