Not saying this means anything, but...

Scholarly Journal Primates  

    I'm sure most of you reading this have been following the Dr. Melba Ketchum paper that is allegedly set for publication "soon." For those who haven't, I'll provide a brief summary: Dr. Melba Ketchum claims to have been writing a paper that will confirm (or strongly support) the existence of an undiscovered great ape living in North America. The paper, to be published in a yet unnamed scholarly journal, is said to contain analysis of bigfoot DNA. Dr. Ketchum has also hinted that multiple Ph.D's co-authored the paper. As of yet, nothing has been confirmed and as time drags on, it seems more and more likely that this "paper" is a bunch of hot air.

    Personally, the biggest factor that caused me to lose faith in Dr. Ketchum (aside from the length of time she has been working on this "paper") is the way she conducted herself on her public Facebook page. Her actions came off as childish and unprofessional. With each passing day her credibility sinks. Rock bottom, I fear, is not far off. But who knows, perhaps that is just who she is and there really is an awesome paper set to be published. I mean, a bigfooter can dream right? Should the doctor's paper prove everything she claims it will, it would drastically further the cause of gathering enough evidence to have bigfoot recognized as a species.

    With that being said, I came across this interesting link while browsing Reddit / Bigfoot. (Reddit, I know, not the most professional source for Bigfoot news, but still worth a look now and again.) The link leads to the website for the scholarly journal "Primates", a well recognized journal in the academic world. Notice, on the webpage, directly below "Open Access" there is a series of bullet points.

• Provides a forum for the investigation and elucidation of all aspects of primates

• Embraces work in all fields of investigation

• Editor-in-Chief: Juichi Yamagiwa, Kyoto University

    The second bullet point is the particular object of discussion here. Now, I'm not saying this proves anything about the Ketchum paper, but I did find it interesting. "Embraces work in all fields of investigation." Quite the odd wording, wouldn't you agree? Personally, I won't be vesting much faith in this publication, but it may be worth keeping an eye on.

    What do you think? Is the odd wording just a coincidence, or should we keep our eyes open for the next issue of Primates? Can we trust Dr. Ketchum? Will her alleged "paper" ever appear?

    Thanks for reading!

 - A.Z.