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Sam Sherry had never heard the word “Bigfoot” until 1987, shortly after he saw fiery red eyes in the Pennsylvania woods while he was fishing at night. “I shined the (flash)light up there on that and I see two big eyeballs?as big as golf balls,” Sherry says. “He come busting out of that woods, swinging his arms and pounding his chest.”

Pennsylvania is fourth behind California, Washington and Oregon in the number of reported sightings, according to the Bigfoot Field Research Organization. Since his first encounter, Sherry says he has spotted Bigfoot six more times. One was a female because she had a “yearling” with her.
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Cloned animals have hundreds of abnormal genes, which explains why so many of them die at or before birth, meaning it would be irresponsible to clone a human being. Despite this, there are several human cloning attempts taking place right now.

The process of cloning introduces the genetic mutations, and this seems to be unavoidable. Rudolf Jaenisch of M.I.T. says, “I think this confirms suspicions that I have always had and that many others had that cloning is a very inefficient method at this point. It is very irresponsible to think this method could be used for the reproductive cloning of humans.”
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If privately funded excursions to Mars become common, the planet could become the new lawless frontier, as adventurers stake claims to land and minerals before official government expeditions arrive. This is bound to happen if the current trend continues. Governments are trying to avoid putting money into space exploration and private business is picking up the slack.

“If they were governmental or international (expeditions)?restraint might be feasible,” says Sir Martin Rees of the Institute of Astronomy. “On the other hand, if the explorers were privately funded adventurers of free-enterprise, even anarchic disposition, the Wild West model would be more likely to prevail.”
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Senator Patrick Leahy thinks the West virus that has killed 54 people this year may be a terrorist weapon. “I think we have to ask ourselves: Is it coincidence that we’re seeing such an increase in West Nile virus or is that something that’s being tested as a biological weapon against us?” says Leahy, the Vermont Democrat who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee. In May, an article in a respected medical journal suggested that Iraq may have unleashed the West Nile Virus in the United States via Cuba through the release of migratory birds infected with the virus (See May 17 news story “West Nile Bioterror from Cuba”, click here).
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