Bigfoot comes to stock market

 Tom Biscardi said his venture venture could offer a path for those seeking to establish the existence of other fabled creatures, such as the Loch Ness Monster
 Tom Biscardi said his venture venture could offer a path for those seeking to establish the existence of other fabled creatures, such as the Loch Ness Monster
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Few investment schemes in American history have been as wild or woolly as that is about to burst onto the US stock market like a beast from the undergrowth.

The initial public offering for Bigfoot Project Investments will offer $3 million (£2 million) of shares in a company whose future profitability depends, to some extent, on the discovery of the Sasquatch — a giant ape-like creature that is said to roam the backwoods of North America.

Tom Biscardi, the longtime Bigfoot hunter behind the IPO, which is expected to gain approval from the Securities and Exchange Commission, said the venture could offer a path for those seeking to establish the existence of other fabled creatures, such as the Loch Ness Monster.

His company has budgeted