The Bigfoot press conference hoax

ABC News had a prep story about the Bigfoot press conference, under way as I type this (apparently, since there are no stories about it online yet.). ABC is pretty straightforward about where it stands, titling its story, "Legend of Bigfoot: Discovery? Try Hoax." A major red flag? The involvement of Tom Biscardi, of whom Jeff Meldrum, a leading Sasquatch researcher and Idaho State University professor of anatomy and anthropology, said, "He does not carry a reputation of credibility."

And then there's this:

Biscardi said he gave tissue from the body to Curt Nelson, a research scientist at the University of Minnesota with a personal interest in Bigfoot. Biscardi said he and his colleagues will present Nelson's findings this afternoon's press conference.

But on Thursday, Nelson told ABCNews.com that he's not certain he'll have anything to present at the conference.

For the world to really believe the existence of bigfoot, Nelson said, teams of unbiased scientists would have to collect and analyze DNA and thoroughly inspect the body.

"It would take a lot more than I'm doing," he said, noting that people will want to see an actual body rather than just tissue samples. "If the guy claims to have a body, he really should produce one," Nelson said.

Instead, Biscardi said he plans to keep the body at an undisclosed location while scientists, including two Russian hominid specialists, study the creature. Biscardi said the entire process will be filmed and then released as a documentary.

And that will rank right up there with Alien Autopsy at Area 51.