August 15, 2008 Bigfind: Trekkers claim to have body of Bigfoot Play video

(NECN) - The two men who claim to have found a "Bigfoot" creature, held a press conference to explain there findings and dispell some rumors. Matt Whitton and Rick Dyer say "we're not Bigfoot hunters originally, but we are now the best Bigfoot trackers in the world."

Matt says he and his business partner Rick, wanted to get away for awhile so they went to the woods of North Georgia. He says the pair went deep into the woods, far off the main road, where they stumbled upon the creature. From there Matt waited with it, while Rick went and got a truck where they moved it out.

While they were moving the body away from its location, they say three other Bigfoots were "paralleling" them as they moved out.

Whitton, an officer on medical leave from the Clayton County Police Department, and Dyer, a former corrections officer, announced the discovery in early July.

The pair hope to win over skeptics when they present DNA, additional pictures and results from an autopsy to be performed next week.