But I've got to say I've made a point to watch as many of Michael Phelps' historic efforts in the Olympic pool as possible.

Already in the Beijing games, Phelps has become the all-time career gold medal winner in American history. By the time he's done he may break Mark Spitz's mark for most golds by a swimmer.

As a side note, Phelps is 6-4 and just shy of 200 pounds, almost the same size I am.

I just turned 36, can get across the pool a few times but am much better at sitting in the hot tub.

He's only 19, and likely will be back after more medals another time or two. Scary.

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Just when we thought the Georgia around the world had the biggest news of the day, our own Georgia comes through with this one.

Two men who live in north Georgia claim they have the remains of a half-man, half-ape "Bigfoot," who would have stood 7-foot-7 and weighed more than 500 pounds.

As goofy as the story sounds, it was popular all over online news searches Friday, and apparently appealed to certain columnists as well.

If anything comes of it, I guess Georgia will have something more to be famous for.

Christian Potts 366-3531 cpotts@normantranscript.com