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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1977
Bryant to speak
to Bigfoot group
This 18-inch cast of what is reported to be a footprint of Bigfoot
belongs to A&M paleobotanist Dr. Vaughn Bryant. He will
deliver a paper to the first international scientific conference
on mysterious creatures.
Dr. Vaughn Bryant, Texas A&M Univer
sity paleobotanist, will deliver a paper next
spring at the world’s first international sci
entific conference designed to seriously
study Bigfoot, also known as Sasquatch,
mysterious creatures.
Bryant’s paper will deal with the analysis
of hair and fecal samples, alleged to be
those of Sasquatch, which were sent to him
from areas of sightings in the Northwest.
Preliminary analyses of the samples were
generally inconclusive. However, the
samples were isolated from some known
types of animal hair and feces.
The “Sasquatch and Similar Phenomena
Conference” is scheduled May 9-13 at the
University of British Columbia.
Far from being hunters and trappers,
other participants are mainly scientists and
folklorists. Bryant is the only Texan so far to
receive an invitation.
3 harmless snakes
worth $310 stolen
United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — Officials sus
pect a child with a knowledge of
reptiles is responsible for the theft
of three non-poisonous snakes from
the Audubon Park Zoo.
Debra Pearson, director of the
reptile exhibit, said Monday the
thief entered the building through a
ventilation opening during the
weekend.
“Whoever climbed in through
that fan opening had to be some
body very small,” she said. “A man
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or a large woman couldn’t have done
it.”
Pearson said two hognose snakes
and a pallid milk snake were miss
ing. They are worth $310.
Zoo keepers also had to capture
several boa constrictors which the
intruder released from a cage. But
Pearson said the culprit was smart to
bypass the poisonous snakes and the
zoo’s 16-foot python.
“He (the python) is nervous and
high strung,” she said. “And he
bites.”
Campus
Names
Best ‘Doc thesis
A Texas A&M University pro
fessor has captured the $1,000
Engineering Science Award from
the Association of Environmental
Engineering Professors (AEEP),
it was announced Tuesday.
Dr. Bill Batchelor of the De
partment of Civil Engineering’s
environmental engineering divi
sion was given the award at the
Philadelphia annual meeting of
the Water Pollution Control
Federation Conference for “the
best doctoral thesis relevant to
practice.
The thesis gives the results of
laboratory studies looking at the
use of sulfur to purify waste
waters and is entitled “Auto
trophic Denitrification Using
Sulfur Electron Donors.”
Medals awarded
Decorations have been re
cently awarded to Texas A&M
graduates in the U. S. Air Force.
Cited were Maj. Janies B.
Odom, 1961 Texas A&M
graduate of Bethany, La.; Capt.
Taylor J. Huddleston, ’68, Mark
ham; Capt. Billy J. Hall, ’70,
Sherman, and Capt Michael R.
McMurrey, ‘72, Dickinson.
Chief of information for the
7th Bomb Wing at Carswell
AFB, Maj. Odom received the
Joint Defense Commendation
Medal for work at Ismir Com
mon Defense Installation, Tur
key. He was public information
and protocoY officer at the base.
Commendation Medals went
to the other three. Huddleston
was recognized for service as a
weapons systems officer at Mac-
Dill AFB,' Fla., where he still
serves with a Tactical Air Com
mand unit.
Hall, also at MacDill piloting
the F-4 Phantom II with the 56th
Tactical Fighter Wing, was cited
for service with the 12th Flying
Training Wing at Randolph AFB,
Tex. He was Squardon 6 com
mander in the Corps.
McMurrey s decoration was
pinned at Tinker AFB, Okla. He
is a pilot with the 964th Ariborne
Warning and Control Squadron.
The former Squadron 4 member
at Texas A&M was cited for serv
ice with the 305th Air Refueling
Squadron at Grissom AFB, Ind.
Prof on rocks
Dr. Robert Unterberger, has
just received a $260,800 grant
from the National Science Foun
dation to continue his work in
“sonar probing of rocks, it was
announced this week.
“This research is producing a
method of seeing’ into rock to
determine what changes in rock
might occur ahead of mining,
explained Unterberger. “Thus,
miners are warned of possible
hazards to their operations such
as water, a fault or a change in
rock type. This method could
save lives and property because
miners presently mine ahead by
blasting into unknown rock. ”
For example, British salt min
ers mined into an unknown
borehold which as connected to a
high pressure aquifer above the
mine level,” he said.
“As a result the only salt mine
in England was almost lost by
2,000 gallons of water per minute
flowing into it.
In our research we have al
ready obtained sonar reflections
in dry salt from 1250 feet away
and wish to extend this break
through to longer ranges, better
resolution and improved data in
terpretation. Unterberger said.
Other possible applications of
the rock-sonar research, accord
ing to Unterberger, are in:
Probing salt domes (for frac
tures and borders) which the
Federal Energy Administration
is planning on for the storage of
crude oil.
Finding the extent of dome
flanks of salt mines to be used as
possible sites for the storage of
radioactive waste materials and
experiments.
Obtaining knowledge of sub
surface rock in locations where
dams and other structures are
being built.