Why a Boston Lawyer Bankrolled the Man Behind the FBI’s Infamous Bigfoot File - The Boston Globe

This is the saga of intellectual property lawyer Robert Rines, founder the Academy of Applied Science, who later sponsoried the investigative pursuits of Peter Byrne, director of the Bigfoot Information Center and Exhibition in Oregon. It's the stuff of adventure novels, where the protagonists are drawn into lifelong pursuits of mythical creatures, have run-ins with (potentially) corrupt authorities, and are compelled to make peace with unsatisfying results. The involvement of the FBI is similar to horror movies where the audience knows the characters shouldn't go down into a dark basement--nothing good is going to come of it. Case in point: A finger bone Byrne "borrowed" from Tibetan monks was handed over to the FBI for analysis. They concluded it was “of deer family origin." But a 2011 analysis by scientists concluded the bone was of human in origin. Loren Coleman, who is quoted in the article, notes that the reporter, Deanna Pan, "unfortunately" failed to mention why. Says Coleman: "It was contaminated by Peter Byrne’s DNA, according to retesting by Bryan Sykes in 2013-2014.� (CM)

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