Many people claim to have seen the elusive creature in the forests of North America. But what if there is a simpler explanation for these sightings? What if bigfoot is actually a black bear? That is the hypothesis of a new study by Floe Foxon‚ published in the Journal of Zoology. The study is a comprehensive analysis of the factors that influence the frequency of bigfoot sightings across the US and Canada. The study used data from various sources‚ including the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization‚ which maintains a geo-tagged database of reported sightings‚ the Canadian and US governments‚ which provide estimates of the black bear population and the forested area in each state or province‚ and the national census‚ which gives information on the human population density. Researchers found that there is a strong correlation between bigfoot sightings and the local black bear population. For every 1‚000 bears‚ the probability of a bigfoot sighting increases by about 4 percent. This correlation holds even after controlling for other factors‚ such as the amount of forested land and the number of people living in the area. The study also found that bigfoot sightings tend to occur more often in regions where black bears have a wider range of colors‚ from golden brown to deep reddish‚ as well as black. Researchers suggests that many people may mistake black bears for bigfoot‚ as they have similar colors‚ sizes‚ and behaviors. Black bears can weigh up to 600 pounds and stand up to six feet tall on their hind legs. They also frequent the forested areas that are supposedly bigfoot’s favored terrain. They can walk upright for short distances and sometimes make vocalizations that sound like grunts or howls. The study cites an example of a reported bigfoot sighting that said that pictures were obtained but‚ “One of the pictures looks like a bear.” The study concludes that “if bigfoot is there‚ it could be a bear.” The study does not rule out the possibility that bigfoot exists‚ but it casts doubt on the reliability of eyewitness accounts. The post Study finds a link between Bigfoot sightings and bear populations appeared first on Anomalien.com.

Have you ever wondered what happens when you die? Is there an afterlife‚ or do you simply cease to exist? Many people believe that death is the end of everything‚ but some physicists have a different perspective. They argue that death is not only impossible‚ but also illogical‚ based on the principles of quantum physics. Quantum physics is the branch of science that studies the nature of reality at the smallest scales of matter and energy. It reveals that the world is not made of solid objects‚ but of waves and particles that can exist in multiple states at once…. This premium content is for PLUS+ members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read. The post The impossibility of death according to quantum physics appeared first on Anomalien.com.

Have you ever noticed how your dog seems to have a sixth sense when it comes to judging people? It’s a common belief that dogs can sense the true nature of humans. If your furry friend reacts negatively to someone new‚ it’s not unusual for you to feel a bit wary of that person too.... The post Studies show that dogs can tell if someone is a ‘bad’ or ‘untrustworthy’ person appeared first on Animal Channel.

Yesterday‚ I was ready to predict that Joe Scarborough would open today's Morning Joe with the clip of Donald Trump confusing Nikki Haley with Nancy Pelosi‚ saying that on January 6th‚ he had offered Haley 10‚000 troops. But then Ron DeSantis announced his withdrawal from the race. Huge political news! So there went my prediction.  But no! Despite the DeSantis withdrawal‚ Scarborough did indeed open today's Morning Joe with that clip of Trump confusing Haley and Pelosi. It's a sign of just how desperately Scarborough wants to offset Biden's blatant senility by beating the drum‚ as we noted last week‚ of Trump supposedly being "dazed and confused." He's channeling all the hardened Democrats using the Twitter hashtag #DementiaDon.  But in its second half-hour‚ today's show eventually got around to the DeSantis news--and did so with a nasty smirk. Katty Kay kicked things off. You might imagine that BBCer Kay represents the more refined wing of the liberal media. But there she was with a mocking laugh as she suggested to Charlie Sykes that they do a DeSantis post-mortem‚ "before we consign him to oblivion and forget his name." Klassy Katty! Scarborough took it from there. His theme was that Trump is "Fat Elvis‚" the  "sweaty Fat Elvis" of 1977‚ and that's what his fans want. Thus‚ they were not going to switch to a knock-off Fat Elvis in the person of DeSantis. According to Scarborough‚ DeSantis needed to find another lane‚ but never did so. Scarborough was so enthralled with his Fat Elvis analogy that he proclaimed it a "perfect‚ perfect analogy. Because who in the hell is going to go see a knock-off of Donald Trump 2024?"  Trump as Fat Elvis is a classic analogy for liberal snobs like Scarborough who summer on Nantucket. After all‚ in their eyes‚ people who loved past-his-prime Elvis were just those dumb Southerners‚ and bumpkins from across the fruited plain. Here's the transcript. MSNBC Morning Joe 1/22/24 6:37 am ET KATTY KAY: Charlie‚ let's do a little bit of the post-mortem before we consign him to oblivion and forget his name [laughs.] Let's do a bit of a postmortem on Ron DeSantis. . . .  JOE SCARBOROUGH: It seems to me that you‚ you‚ you have a choice. You have to pick a lane. And Donald Trump had the MAGA lane‚ had the extreme MAGA lane. And so‚ here you had Fat Elvis '77‚ and you had Ron DeSantis saying‚ I'm going to go to Vegas‚ and I'm going to fill that lane‚ right? Why‚ why? Like‚ if you can't‚ if that lane's already filled‚ then do the Beatles! If you can't do the Beatles‚ do Dylan. If you can't do the Dylan‚ be the Fifth Dimension. Be anybody‚ but don't try to be Fat Elvis! [Shouts] They got that on the strip! MIKA BRZEZINSKI: A lot of it. SCARBOROUGH: [Still shouting] They got a lot of it‚ right? You're never going to get people -- MIKA: So much. SCARBOROUGH: -- Heilemann‚ if somebody has followed Elvis since '57‚they're not going to drive to Vegas in '77 and say‚ "Hey‚ I'm going to go see the Fat Elvis imitator." No! They're going to see Elvis! And they're going to get the sweaty‚ fat guy with‚ you know‚ pulling off‚ pulling off the -- you know‚ throwing his scarves into the crowd.  And people think‚ like‚ I'm joking. No‚ this is a perfect‚ perfect analogy. Because who in the hell is going to go see a knock-off of Donald Trump 2024?

Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) has introduced legislation to cut the federal funding of the Department of Homeland Security’s dystopian censorship activities following a string of bombshell MRC exposés. MRC Free Speech America uncovered how the DHS awarded $700‚000 in anti-terrorism grant money to the University of Rhode Island’s Media Education Lab (the “Rhode Island Lab”) to promote censorship and leftist propaganda in America’s classrooms. Notably‚ MRC also revealed last year how the DHS exploited an anti-terrorism grant program to fund a leftist initiative against the right by the University of Dayton‚ which included an effort to compare Christians‚ Republicans and conservatives to militant Nazis.  Hawley aims to end this DHS grant funding once and for all through new legislation‚ according to Fox News. “‘My bill simply bars Secretary Mayorkas from funneling taxpayer dollars to programs dedicated to targeting this Administration’s political opponents‚’” Hawley summarized. Hawley’s legislation‚ titled the “Ending DHS Funding for Liberal Propaganda Act‚” addresses the DHS’s effort to crush free speech through the infamous “Targeted Violence &; Terrorism Prevention Grant Program” (TVTP). Notably‚ MRC Free Speech America discovered the original TVTP grant to the University of Dayton that produced the now-infamous “Pyramid of Far-Right Radicalization” ranking Republicans‚ conservatives and Christians on a scale of extremism that included neo-Nazi and fascist groups. MRC was also the first to uncover the DHS’s grant to the Rhode Island Lab for “counter-propaganda” against conservatives. Fox reported that the Hawley bill targets “any programming relating to countering narratives or views on political topics‚ including COVID-19‚ vaccination‚ media bias‚ immigration‚ and crime.” Biden’s administration has gone rogue using your taxpayer dollars to fund leftist propaganda. Much needed legislation from @HawleyMO based on MRC’s censorship investigation. https://t.co/f0p5FpOQXq — Brent Bozell (@BrentBozell) January 22‚ 2024 Indeed‚ Hawley cited the University of Rhode Island's Media Education Lab‚ funded by TVTP‚ to create “counter-propaganda” against conservatives‚ Fox News explained. In a previous letter to Mayorkas‚ Hawley insisted: “This is an outrageous use of federal funds and abuse of power." The senator added‚ "All these funds should be clawed back by the federal government immediately‚ and anyone involved in making this grant should be fired.” Hawley clearly meant it.  Fox News attributed the major legislative development to the Media Research Center's public records investigations. Fox News specifically cited MRC's report on the TVTP-funded effort to compare conservatives‚ Christians‚ and Republicans with neo-Nazis as one of the foundations for Hawley's new bill. MRC’s public records investigation efforts also exposed the State Department partnering with German censors to train teachers how to indoctrinate students against conservative news and ideas. Conservatives are under attack. Contact your representatives and demand that Big Tech be held to account to mirror the First Amendment while providing transparency and an equal footing for conservatives. If you have been censored‚ contact us at the Media Research Center contact form‚ and help us hold Big Tech accountable.

Right now‚ there are conflicts raging in Ukraine and Israel‚ with a new front opening up in Yemen. Now is the time for strong American leadership to restore order and end these conflicts. The world does not work when the United States does not lead. To prove that‚ note that few people remember Warren Christopher these days. He was an ineffective secretary of state and leader. In the early months of the Bill Clinton administration‚ he traveled to Europe “to consult with our allies and friends on a course of action” to stop the killing in the former Yugoslavia. “We’re ready to play our part‚ but others must be as well‚” Christopher said. There is no reason to trust Airbus with our national defense contracts. The Europeans were not prepared to play a part. Instead‚ the killing went on for years‚ with the city of Sarajevo being destroyed and more than 100‚000 people killed. It was only when the U.S. military got involved that the parties came to an Air Force base in Dayton and agreed to stop the violence. American power delivered peace. We still see that today. You may not have heard much about it‚ but in the Red Sea‚ Yemeni Houthi rebels are attacking international shipping. The U.S. Navy is preventing those attacks from shutting down global commerce. On a recent day‚ “the U.S. military’s Central Command‚ along with forces from the UK‚ claimed they shot down 18 drones‚ two anti-ship cruise missiles‚ and one anti-ship ballistic missile fired by the Houthi rebels‚” reported the Independent in London. American power protects the world. It goes without saying that the weapons used to shoot down the Houthi attacks were made in the USA. Our country is the only one that can build such high-tech weapons and the only one that can deploy military forces virtually anywhere at any time. But we can’t take this dominance for granted. It isn’t a coincidence. It is the result of a deliberate plan to promote American weapon manufacturing. This matters‚ because a European company now wants to play a larger role in American military planning. “Airbus Group SE is a company based in the Netherlands that is active in the aerospace and defense industry‚” Reuters explains. It already has several defense contracts in the United States and wants to add more. Airbus is now planning to bid for a part of a contract to build an Air Force refueling tanker. “The A330 U.S.-MRTT is a reliable choice for the U.S. Air Force: one that will deliver affordability‚ proven performance and unmatched capabilities‚” an Airbus spokesman claimed. Set aside the fact that the Air Force has an American-made tanker that is effectively doing the job right now and consider whether Airbus is even reliable. Any company will claim its products are good. But Airbus has a history of cheating. Just four years ago‚ Airbus agreed to pay more than $3.9 billion in fines after being accused of bribery in the United States‚ France‚ and Great Britain. “Airbus engaged in a multi-year and massive scheme to corruptly enhance its business interests by paying bribes in China and other countries and concealing those bribes‚” an assistant U.S. attorney explained. It was the largest global foreign bribery resolution at that time. Before that‚ in 2019‚ the U.S. government earned the largest arbitration award in World Trade Organization history‚ resolving a disagreement with the European Union over illegal subsidies that its government was paying to Airbus. “For years‚ Europe has been providing massive subsidies to Airbus that have seriously injured the U.S. aerospace industry and our workers. Finally‚ after 15 years of litigation‚ the WTO has confirmed that the United States is entitled to impose countermeasures in response to the EU’s illegal subsidies‚” U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer said at the time. There is no reason to trust Airbus with our national defense contracts. The world has learned the hard way that we can’t depend on a European company to protect us. We need American power and American manufacturing to do that. Airbus should stay in Europe and try to help the the continent improve its military outlook. They need all the help they can get to slow the influence of Russia. Meanwhile‚ America’s safety must be made in the USA.

A software engineer for Google was reportedly found covered in blood after allegedly murdering his wife in their California home‚ according to a press release from the Santa Clara District Attorney's Office. The attack occurred on January 16.The authorities were called for a welfare check at Liren Chen's home in Santa Clara‚ California‚ which is just a few miles outside Google's headquarters in Silicon Valley. Chen‚ 27‚ and his wife‚ Xuanyi Yu‚ were both employed by the tech giant at the time of the horrific incident.Officials were alerted to the residence by an unidentified acquaintance of Chen who "expressed concern" about the couple on January 16. The acquaintance became worried after seeing Chen through a window staring "motionless on his knees" with "his hands in the air‚" according to the release.Chen refused to pick up his phone or answer the door when the authorities arrived on the scene. After gaining entrance into the home‚ officers said Chen was at the scene of the murder. His right hand was "extremely swollen and purple‚" and his wife's body was not too far away‚ according to Fox News Digital.Authorities noted that Yu suffered serious "blunt force injuries" to her head‚ which may have been the cause of death. The authorities also mentioned that Chen had blood splattered all over his "clothing‚ legs‚ arms‚ and hands and scratches on his arm."Chen was soon arrested and charged with murder. Prosecutors said Chen faces prison time if he is convicted of the crime. "Domestic violence deaths have been falling in our county‚ but that does not measure the depth and destructiveness of the violence‚" District Attorney Jeff Rosen said. "Anyone who feels that they or someone else is being abused by their partners‚ please reach out your local law enforcement agency. You are not alone. We can help.""We are shocked and deeply saddened by what has happened to Xuanyi‚" Google spokesperson Bailey Tomson said in a statement. "Our thoughts are with her family at this time‚ and we will work to provide support to them and to co-workers who are processing this tragic news."Chen's arraignment was pushed back to January 22 because he is still in the hospital. Chen and Yu both studied in China at Tsinghua University and at the University of California San Diego‚ according to Fox News Digital.A motive has not yet been determined in the case.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

A pair of Hollywood's most iconic classic films will be undergoing "diverse" reboots at the hands of Hollywood writer Kenya Barris‚ who has planned to change main characters to a "person a color."Barris has written or directed many race-centric titles since 2020‚ including TV shows "#BlackAF" and "Black-ish" and films "You People" and the remake of "White Men Can't Jump."Barris' next ventures are reportedly a reimagining of two industry classics: "The Wizard of Oz" and "It's a Wonderful Life."The Oz movie will utilize a completely different setting and take place in an apartment complex in Inglewood‚ California‚ called the Bottoms‚ where the new Dorothy will live."The original ‘Wizard of Oz’ took place during the Great Depression‚ and it was about self-reliance and what people were going through‚" Barris told Variety. "I think this is the perfect time to switch the characters and talk about what someone imagines their life could be."The writer also told talk-show host Jimmy Fallon about his plans to purposely cast the move with "diverse" characters."I think that this is the best time to turn a mirror on society because we need to see ourselves‚ and I want to do it with diverse characters‚" he said to Fallon. "The character lives in Inglewood‚ and someone comes up and she ends up in Underhood‚ which is right outside of Oz‚ and it takes place from there.""I wanted to make people think‚ but also make them feel good‚ and also make people feel seen who hadn't felt seen‚" Barris added.The director will also take on a reboot of the 1946 Christmas classic "It's a Wonderful Life" starring Jimmy Stewart. Barris explained that the movie's plot is a perfect story to be portrayed by an actor who has "black or brown" skin."I feel like Christmas movies are amazing‚ and I think the idea of taking something that has that long of a history and a tale behind it and putting an amazing piece of talent to tell that story‚" Barris explained. "It’s a guy who’s trying to help out his community and things are going to turn around on him. I think that’s the perfect story to tell for a person of color — black or brown — to get into that because our communities have some issues and someone trying to help that community out. I think that’s the perfect vehicle to tell that story from."The 50-year-old went on to mention that he has received criticism for using others' intellectual property‚ but he believed that certain stories should be told "again and again and again." He called doing remakes of classic films a "gift" and one that he hopes he keeps getting.Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

The former Democratic-led House Select Committee on January 6 allegedly deleted password-protected files that contained "critical information" just days before Republicans seized the majority in the House of Representatives‚ Fox News Digital reported Monday.Sources familiar with the situation told the news outlet that the former select committee‚ led by Democratic Representative Bennie Thompson from Mississippi‚ was required to provide all documents from its investigation into the events at the United States Capitol on January 6‚ 2021‚ to the new Republican-led committee following the 2022 midterm elections.According to the sources‚ Thompson told the House Administration Committee's Oversight Subcommittee Chairman Barry Loudermilk (R-Georgia) that the former panel would provide more than four terabytes of archived data. However‚ the new Republican committee reportedly received less than three terabytes.Loudermilk's panel is investigating the security failures of January 6 and "actions" taken by the former committee. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana) plans to invest more resources in the investigation‚ Loudermilk told Fox News Digital last week.As part of the panel's investigation‚ it hired a digital forensics team to determine what information was deleted‚ according to the sources. The team reportedly found that the Democratic-led committee erased 117 encrypted files days before it was required to turn over the data to the new panel‚ sources told Fox News Digital."As you acknowledged in your July 7‚ 2023 letter‚ the Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the United States Capitol (Select Committee) did not archive all Committee records as required by House Rules‚" Loudermilk wrote to Thompson in a letter obtained by Fox News Digital. "You wrote that you sent specific transcribed interviews and depositions to the White House and Department of Homeland Security but did not archive them with the Clerk of the House."According to the letter‚ the forensic team was able to recover "numerous digital records from hard drives archived by the Select Committee.""One recovered file disclosed the identity of an individual whose testimony was not archived by the Select Committee‚" Loudermilk continued. He stated that the panel cannot access many of the recovered files because they are password-protected. Loudermilk demanded Thompson turn over "a list of passwords for all password-protected files created by the Select Committee" so that the data could be archived appropriately.Additionally‚ the Republican-led committee reportedly did not receive White House and Department of Homeland Security testimony from the former committee. In a separate letter to the White House general counsel‚ Loudermilk requested the "unedited and unredacted transcripts" by January 24.In a statement to Fox News Digital‚ Loudermilk said‚ "It's obvious that Pelosi's Select Committee went to great lengths to prevent Americans from seeing certain documents produced in their investigation. It also appears that Bennie Thompson and Liz Cheney intended to obstruct our Subcommittee by failing to preserve critical information and videos as required by House rules." Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!

Actress Lucy Liu made multiple claims regarding her on-screen career in a recent interview‚ including that she and her female co-stars from the "Charlie's Angels" reboot were the first trio of women to grace magazine covers all at once.Liu appeared on Variety's podcast "Variety Studio" and was asked if she would consider another sequel to the popular "Charlie's Angels" franchise she starred in with Cameron Diaz and Drew Barrymore."I honestly don’t know how that’s going to be feasible‚" she told Variety. "There have been so many iterations‚ even after the fact. … In some ways‚ it’s such a strange thing to think about it. Times have changed so much since then‚" she added.From there‚ Liu pegged herself as part of a groundbreaking moment in the entertainment industry when the three women were doing publicity for the films."At that time‚ when we were doing publicity‚ they had never before had three women on a magazine cover‚" she claimed. "They didn’t even know how to do it. It was such a strange thing for women to collaborate and be seen as colleagues and friends. It was such a big moment in time‚ and now it’s shifted."Despite the claim‚ not only were Liu‚ Diaz‚ and Barrymore not the first three women to be photographed together for a mainstream Hollywood magazine‚ but the original cast of the TV show "Charlie's Angels" was on multiple internationally circulated magazines in the 1970s.Kate Jackson‚ Farrah Fawcett‚ and Jaclyn Smith all shared not only a 1976 cover of People magazine but also Time magazine that same year.1976 is the same year Charlies Angels premiered on tv too. Time magazine called them TVs super women pic.twitter.com/aLz4K0mNtg— Jeffs Comics (@jeffs_comics) October 6‚ 2017 As Hollywood in Toto noted‚ the four female stars of "The Golden Girls" also appeared on magazine covers together throughout the show's 1985-1992 run.Liu went on to make another claim that until 1997's drama "Ally McBeal‚" no female actress had led a show."Even when I was doing ‘Ally McBeal‚’ there had never been a lead woman in that way. There was Mary Tyler Moore and things like that‚ but the focus has changed. I’m not in charge of that‚ but I always enjoy the time that I have and then I move on. I never really dwell on anything like that. But I really would be shocked if that happened.""The Mary Tyler Moore Show" aired from 1970 to 1977‚ and in addition to "The Golden Girls‚" many other prominent sitcoms and dramas starring women aired before "Ally McBeal."Among the many were: "I Love Lucy‚" "Murder‚ She Wrote‚" "Bewitched‚" "Murphy Brown‚" "The Nanny‚" and more.According to Ranker‚ 20 of the top 70 "Best TV Shows with Female Leads" were made before Liu's cited television appearance.Liu's comments echoed claims of actress Jennifer Lawrence. Lawrence told Variety in December 2022 that no action movies had featured a female lead before she starred in "The Hunger Games" films."I remember when I was doing 'Hunger Games‚' nobody had ever put a woman in the lead of an action movie because it wouldn't work. We were told ... girls and boys can both identify with a male lead‚ but boys cannot identify with a female lead‚" Lawrence said.Audiences were quick to cite Sigourney Weaver in 1979's "Alien‚" along with Milla Jovovich‚ Angelina Jolie‚ Uma Thurman‚ Kate Beckinsale‚ and more as women who predated her performance. Jennifer Lawrence claims that before the Hunger Games there were no female protagonists. Really? — (@) Like Blaze News? Bypass the censors‚ sign up for our newsletters‚ and get stories like this direct to your inbox. Sign up here!