A resident in rural Maine, whose name was not reported, told a publication dedicated to sightings of mythical beings he -- or she -- saw a "white bigfoot."
The report surfaced in Cryptozoology News, a publication that tracks purported sightings of yetis, mermaids, leprechauns and other mythical creatures.
It was made by a person identified only as M.P., who lives in Litchfield, Maine, WMTW-TV, Portland reported.
"I never thought I'd get to see something like this," the report stated. "I've always laughed at all these bigfoot nuts, I had my reasons. Now I guess I'm the crazy one here. Unless it was a very good hoax played on me, that could be, but I tell you again, it ain't easy for a man to make those kind of moves. That didn't look human to me."
Some local residents weren't so sure.
"Most likely, its one of the big hairy guys around here, roaming around," said Litchfield resident Percy Gowell.
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Sleeping deep in caves
Scat piles on a mountainside
Bigfoot in Vermont
Apemen abominable, they sing by the highway
And howl at the outskirts of town
Tourists they meet in this romantic setting
Are so traumatized by the lovely...
Scratching at their fleas
Nibbling on some maple bark
Bigfoot in Vermont
Tall tales and fables, they laugh at them all day
And relish each 'Coast' episode
People they meet in this romantic setting
Are so scandalized as the wobbly...
Drunken yeti pees
Maple syrup on the snow
Bigfoot in Vermont
Y-E-T-I night out in Vermont
[DNAInfo] An international counterfeiting ring has been pumping millions of dollars in phony $100 bills into New York and other cities in the metropolitan area over the past several years, forcing the Secret Service to step up its operation to shut it down, sources told "On The Inside."
The counterfeit cash appears to have been manufactured on offset printing machines using plates and ink, rather than on more sophisticated copiers, according to Michael Seremetis, the assistant special agent in charge of the New York Secret Service office.
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...Procopius2k is on to something. At what point do the "Funny Money" and "Phony Money" value curves intersect..?
To quote the great ancient thinker Barney Rubble: "Don't worry Fred, it's good, I made it myself, soon people will want mine instead of the ordinary stuff".
[Bloomburg] A vice president in technology operations, Gabriel Magee, died after falling from JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM)s London headquarters, the bank said today. His myRA portfolio lagging was it ?
The 39-year-old fell from 25 Bank Street in the Canary Wharf area onto a ninth-floor roof, Londons Metropolitan Police said, having been called to the scene at 8:02 this morning. Once less Canary at the ole Wharf.
Magee had worked for JPMorgan since 2004 in the corporate and investment banks technology support department, the New York-based lender said in a statement. That will teach her, or him.
The latest legal battle for gun controllers was won last week in Connecticut when a US Federal judge ruled that the entirety for Connecticut's assault weapons ban is constitutional, citing a competitive "balance" between gun rights and the public interest of reducing violence. Balance tests such as these take into account only the government's interest, suborning rights in the US Constitution to that interest. Comments in the patriot blogs confidently predict that the Supreme Court will strike down the law. I don't feel any safer with that expectation, suborning my right to keep and bear arms to yet another government employee. But the other, bigger question is what will you do if SCOTUS doesn't strike down the law: You gonna register your gun?
More details on the Maryland traffic stop of a legal gun owner by Maryland state authorities: Seems they used an automatic license plate reader, which generates an alert, which sent a uniformed STASI to intercept the driver even though the driver had done nothing wrong. The alert was generated because the license was linked to a gun owner. The writer in the linked post said he had no problem with using automatic license plate readers. Good serf.
In firearm manufacturing news Beretta is moving a factory to Tennessee, citing a favorable environment for guns. Beretta has made good on its threat after Maryland banned ARs and tightened its gun laws.
Kurt Hoffman says the "assault weapons" registration rate in Connecticut may be 10 percent, which is a number I suggest is much closer to the truth. At the moment the registration rate of "assault rifles" is at 18 percent and not likely to go lower. The weapons magazines registration rate, going by the article, is less than one percent it would appear.
The story of a 72 year old man shot to death by a rookie police officer who was in the wrong house, who then is not charged with the murder, will become commonplace should Connecticut decide to act on the resistance to register guns.
Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:
Ammunition for pistol and rifle ammunition were mixed.
Prices for all classes of used firearms were mixed to mostly lower.
Pistol Ammo
.45 Caliber, 230 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt, Tulammo, steel cased, .30 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 5000 rounds: SG Ammo, Wolf, reloaded, steel cased, .33 per round (+.01 Each from last week)
.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 grain, From Last Week: -.02 Each (Unchanged, previous 3 weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Selway Armory, Ultra Max, reloaded brass, .28 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Blue Core Shooting Center, P&G Performance, reloaded, .28 per round (From Last Week: -.04 Each (After +.02 Each from last week )
9mm Parabellum, 115 grain, From Last Week: +.05 Each (!) (After -.06 Each from last week, after unchanged for 2 weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt, Trajetech, reloaded, .25 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Blue Core Shooting Center, P&P Performance, Factory seconds, .23 per round (-.01 Each after unchanged 2 weeks)
.357 Magnum, 158 grain, From Last Week: -.01 Each (+.04 Each from last week after unchanged (Two weeks))
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Georgia Arms, No Label, reloaded, .43 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 1,000 Rounds: Bulk Ammo, PMC, .56 per round (From last week: Unchanged)
Rifle Ammunition
.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 grain, From Last Week: +.01 Each
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt, Tulammo, steel cased, .25 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: SG Ammo, Wolf Polyformance, steel cased, .29 per round (-.01 Each from last week)
.308 NATO 145 grain, From Last Week: -.05 Each (!) ( +.05 Each from two weeks ago (Unchanged 5 of 7 previous weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Munire USA, Prvi Partizan, brass cased, .59 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Ammunition to Go, Prvi Partizan, brass cased, .65 per round (Unchanged (2 weeks))
7.62x39 AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: +.01 Each (Unchanged previous 4 of 6 weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Alamo Ammo, Wolf Polyformance, steel core and case, .26 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: The Sportsman Outdoor Super Store, Wolf, steel core and case, .22 per round (Unchanged (2 weeks))
.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: -.03 Each (From Last Week: +.03 Each)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Midsouth Shooters Supply, Lapua, .09 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Matchez Shooter Supplies, Remington, .08 per round
Guns for Private Sale
Rifles
.223/5.56mm (AR Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $699 Last Week Avg: $782 (-)
California: Smith & Wesson M&P-15: $795
Texas: American Tactical Imports: $550
New York: Mixed Build: $900 (Same Gun)
Virgina: Del-Ton 316: $570
Florida: Smith & Wesson M&P-15: $680
.308 NATO (AR-10 Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $1,568 Last Week Avg: $1,400 (+)
California: Rock River Armory: $1,700
Texas: Smith & Wesson M&P-10: $1,320
New York: None Available
Virginia: Armalite AR-10: $1,650
Florida:Sig Sauer 716: $1,600
7.62x39mm (AK Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $670 Last Week Avg: $690(-)
California: WASR: $600
Texas: WASR: $550
New York: Unspecified Build: $1,000
Virginia: Saiga: $600
Florida: Romak: $600
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Some oil patch 'gun' trivia. In the early days of production, oil field storage tank fires were a hazard. When lightening or some other igniter would set a tank ablaze, draining it became necessary. Due to the extreme heat, this task was sometimes accomplished using an old cannon and a lead filled 3 or 4 inch pipe nipple. While the oil burned off at the top of the tank, a hole near the bottom allowed the crude to be released, pooled, and pumped away. The technique was first developed in Texas and Oklahoma. Link
[The Times] The spectre of military intervention in Ukraine's political crisis loomed larger today after the country's armed forces broke their silence to condemn protesters' actions and call on the President to take "urgent steps" to regain control.
A statement issued by the defence ministry said: "Servicemen and employees of Ukraine's armed forces...have called on the
commander-in-chief [President Yanukovych] to take urgent steps within limits of existing regulations with a view of stabilizing the situation the situation within the country and reaching a consent in society.
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Good news: the report concludes that the pipeline would have minimal environmental impact. Bad news: since this is a Department of State report, the recommendation to Champ has to come from John Fn Kerry, who in the fullness of time will conclude that the pipeline should only be built if Iran controls it.
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The leftists would have us all unemployed, sitting in the dark naked and without heat.
[DAWN] The beasts nurtured in the name of prompt justice were seen to be on the loose again after the surfacing on Thursday of an incident in which a panchayat was accused of ordering gang-rape of a 40-year-old woman in Dire Revenge for her brother's alleged affair.
Witnesses said the woman, a divorcee, was stripped on the orders of a panchayat in Radiwala, a hamlet of some 30 houses located near Ihsanpur town about 80km from Muzaffargarh.
Amid public outrage following the reporting of the incident, six men were tossed in the clink Yez got nuttin' on me, coppers! Nuttin'! out of a total of nine who had been accused.
The entire episode took place a week ago, on Jan 24. A villager, Majeed, sought the formulation of a panchayat after he accused a relative of his, Ajmal, of having an affair with his wife. The accusers cried Dire Revenge and forced Ajmal to bring his sister (F Bibi) to the site where the panchayat was held the same day.
Police and witnesses said the panchayat hearing lasted for 10 minutes. The panchayat leader, identified as Nawaz, sentenced F Bibi to be raped by the men from the aggrieved party. F Bibi was taken to a room where a man belonging to the complainant's side stripped and hit her.
The case was as good as settled, says Ajmal, whose alleged affair had brought it all upon his sister, and he had around him men ready to second him.
"The dispute ended peacefully," a villager, who gave his name as Akram, told Dawn in Radiwala on Thursday.
"Both the parties are from the same family and nobody felt the need to go to the police."
If this wasn't a strong enough display of family bonding in the face of a probe, F Bibi herself was there to deny 'rape' and show her concern for her relatives who were now on the run just because the incident had come to light.
Silence ruled Radiwala on Thursday afternoon. Most of the houses, small ones and two-room units, were locked. Only a few villagers, all men, and dozens of media news hounds were around.
One of the men accused of the assault admitted F Bibi's clothes were torn and she was slapped. But this to his mind did not construe rape. "There was no rape," he maintained.
The reluctance of the 'affected' party and the villagers in Radiwala was in sharp contrast to the protests all over Pakistain against the public humiliation of a woman. Voices were raised against the state's and the society's failure to come up with an effective system against the occurrence of the inhuman panchayat practices in the name of instant justice.
The incident brought back memories of the Mukhtar Mai gang-rape order passed and carried out in the same Muzaffargarh district in the year 2002.
Mukhtar was there to condemn the Radiwala incident on Thursday, telling a news channel this could have been avoided had justice been done in her case.
The incident occurred in the jurisdiction of Daira Din Panah police, who arrested six of the nine accused by Thursday evening. Cases were registered under sections 354-1, 365B, 376, 511 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CrPC).
Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif took notice soon after the incident was reported on the electronic media and District Coordination Officer Farasat Iqbal and District Police Officer Usman Akram Gondal were on the spot to investigate.
The DCO confirmed to Dawn a local panchayat had been held and F Bibi had been ordered thrashed and stripped.
Station House Officer Daira Din Panah Mohammad Ramzan Shahid said the affected party did not appear interested in pursuing the case, even though he gave no reason for their reluctance.
The SHO said the police had arrested six men while another three were on the lam.
Dr Nusrat Rehman, who conducted the medical examination on F Bibi, told Dawn the woman "was not raped", apparently following a definition which requires something 'more grievous' than stripping and physical assault for it to be called 'rape'.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[DAWN] The beasts nurtured in the name of prompt justice were seen to be on the loose again after the surfacing on Thursday of an incident in which a panchayat was accused of ordering gang-rape of a 40-year-old woman in 
