BIGFOOT RESEARCHERS IGNORE SUNNY CAL

(04/15/2008)
While they didn't see hide nor hair of a Bigfoot, 20 people have been taking part in a four-day search for the creature in West Virginia.

A Bigfoot sighting near the end of the Bear Fork wilderness was apparently not appetizing enough to draw researchers to this part of the state.

They did say they found tracks believed to have been made by the hairy upright creature in Pocahontas County.

Members of the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization 2008 West Virginia expedition also claim to have heard sounds made by Sasquatch.

Steve Willis, a Cowen native now living in Virginia, has been leading the Pocahontas County expedition.

Willis says the tracks are believed to have been made by a Bigfoot female and juvenile.

He says the group also heard sounds described as someone knocking a baseball bat against a tree.

The organization estimates there are up to 6,000 Sasquatches living in the U.S. and Canada.

Skeptics say there is no real proof the creature exists.