Bigfoot about to be discovered?

This article is fascinating on at least four different levels:

Satellite Searches Could Spot Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster

The article is talking about the search for Steve Fossett. One tool they are using is satellite images, as described here:

Adventurer Steve Fossett went missing Sept. 3 about 70 miles southeast of Reno, Nevada, in a small plane. He left no flight plan, and searchers have combed tens of thousands of square miles of Nevada and California. After weeks of fruitless searches, and with the survival window closing, Web users were enlisted to help in Fossett’s rescue, from the comfort of their own homes.

Using a program called Mechanical Turk, high-resolution satellite imagery of the search area was collected and analyzed. Participants were shown a single satellite image and asked to note any objects or wreckage that could be a plane or its debris.

The first fascinating thing is the idea of enlisting volunteers to analyse satellite images. This could give a whole new meaning to “community watch” if applied in a broader way.

The second fascinating thing is the fact that several other wrecks “dating back to the 1950s” have been discovered.

The third fascinating thing is that they STILL haven’t found Steve.

And finally…

the fourth fascinating thing comes out of the blue: “It may finally verify the existence of large, mysterious creatures reputed to inhabit the globe. Unknown animals such as Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster, for example, might be easily located and captured—if indeed they exist.”

For more info see: How Bigfoot Works

PS - Could this technology help us find Osama? Could it be used to track insurgents in Iraq?