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mindmetoo
Joined: 02 Feb 2004
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I'd be willing to ponder a guess that these fellows are truly so unaware of just how big their story would be in the media; that is, they never expected it to be taken seriously.
People like that are incredibly unaware of global issues and how the media works - they have their own fantasies and realities which works for them. I think the media that covered the story did so because it was fun and enlightening in the sense there are still some people (Americans no less) who are willing to go out on a limb for such a reason as to say they found a Bigfoot and stuffed it in a freezer.
Times (and people) are getting more and more desperate and professional cons will continue to abound in places other than govt (where they always live and thrive).
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It's like the creationists who carve man/dino tracks. They must know this is a lie. And a lie is a sin. But in their minds, they ends justify the means. See, this lie will finally prompt schools and courts to teach evolution.
Personally I think these bigfoot hunters are just out for fame and riches. But if we assume they're doing it for more noble purposes then I suppose they figure it will convince people to really go out and find bigfoot and prove what they know is right. |
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moosehead
Joined: 05 May 2007
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:41 pm Post subject: |
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ahhh so sad....it was a hoax - and apparently not a very good one - I mean, c'mon - they let experts burn hair off a rubber suit??
as for the guys who did this - the lights are on but no one is home!!!
was good for a laugh tho
reported in the NY Times:
August 19, 2008
Researcher: Bigfoot just a rubber gorilla suit
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Filed at 6:13 p.m. ET
ATLANTA (AP) -- Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit.
Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice -- handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it -- was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.
The revelation comes just days after a much ballyhooed news conference was held in California to proclaim that the remains of the creature were found in the North Georgia mountains was the legendary man-ape.
Steve Kulls, executive director of squatchdetective.com and host of Squatchdetective Radio, says in a posting on a Web site run by Bigfoot researcher Tom Biscardi that as the ''evidence'' was thawed, the claim began to unravel as a giant hoax.
First, the hair sample was burned and ''melted into a ball uncharacteristic of hair,'' Kulls said in the posting.
The thawing process was sped up and the exposed head was found to be ''unusually hollow in one small section.'' An hour of thawing later and the feet were exposed -- and they were found to be made of rubber.
Matt Whitton, an officer who has been on medical leave from the Clayton County Police Department, and Rick Dyer, a former Georgia corrections officer, announced the find in early July on YouTube videos and a Web site.
''Everyone who has talked down to us is going to eat their words,'' Whitton said at the time.
Phone calls to Whitton and Dyer went unreturned on Tuesday. But the voicemail recording for their Bigfoot Tip Line -- which proclaims they search for leprechauns and the Loch Ness monster -- has been updated and announcing they're also in search of ''big cats and dinosaurs. If you see any of those, give us a call.''
On Tuesday, Clayton County Police Chief Jeff Turner said he has not spoken to Whitton but processed paperwork to fire him.
''Once he perpetrated a fraud, that goes into his credibility and integrity,'' Turner said. ''He has violated the duty of a police officer.''
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caniff
Joined: 03 Feb 2004
Location: All over the map
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| Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 5:25 pm Post subject: |
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Bigfoot sure is elusive, that sly dog. I bet he even planted that gorilla suit. He's clearly toying with us.
We need a nationally-organized manhunt to corner this slippery character once and for all! |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:20 am Post subject: |
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| Bigfoot won 8 gold medals in Beijing. |
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ED209
Joined: 17 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:25 am Post subject: |
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| Would anyone be interested in buying a Nessy egg? |
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