Whitton’s brother in the above video pretended to be the scientist in this video. Is that the hoax they are talking about? If so, why did they do it? If it’s all a hoax, why would they do any of it?

That leads us to the next person involved in today’s Bigfoot press conference, Tom Biscardi. Biscardi apparently came into this after the fact when local press were reporting on Whitton’s discovery. According to a new site claiming that the Georgia Bigfoot is a Hoax, Tom Biscardi has a reputation among the cryptozoology community for being a Bigfoot conman.

What’s the truth of it all? Well, if only we could say that we’d know for sure after the Bigfoot press conference today but sadly, that’s unlikely to be the case. As many skeptics have suggested what we are likely to see is a couple unknown scientists who say what they’ve been paid to say, some monkey DNA and a few photos of a gorilla costume in a cooler with some animal guts splashed around for effect.

Two Bigfoot hunters, Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, claim they popped a cap in Bigfoot's ass and have him chilling in a cooler. They plan to release a photo and DNA evidence at a news conference in Palo Alto on Friday.

Bigfoot is claimed to have been found in the woods of northern Georgia, a claim supported by Bigfoot researcher Tom Biscardi. Biscardi was on FOX news telling reporters that "he has found the body that would confirm that Bigfoot exists."

When Biscardi was asked why he doesn’t just allow media to check the body and release more pictures, he invited the reporters to Friday's unveiling. According to Biscardi's press release (yeah, press release), Bigfoot is over seven feet tall and weighs over 500 pounds. The search team have a website, which is down – but here is their MySpace. What do you think? Is Biscardi the next Jeff Peckman?