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- August 2008: Body of Bigfoot found to be a Halloween costumeFOXNews.com: Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be...
- Self-described "Sasquatch detective" Steve Kulls uncovered the fraudFOXNews.com: Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be...
- Rick Dyer and Matthew Whitton reportedly admitted the hoaxFOXNews.com: Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be...
- Kulls claims Dyer and Whitton disappeared after their confessionFOXNews.com: Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be...
- Kulls said on his website that "action is being instigated against the perpetrators of this fraud"FOXNews.com: Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be...
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August 2008: Two men, Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, claimed to have the corpse of a real-life Bigfoot in Georgia. A press conference convened on August 15 did little to show the validity of the claim—despite big promises.FOXNews.com: Bigfoot Hunters Reveal Little at Press Conference (August 15, 2008)
On August 19, 2008, reports surfaced that the alleged "body" of Bigfoot was actually a Halloween costume.FOXNews.com: Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be... Whitton subsequently claimed that the caper had been a "joke" gone awry.FOXNews.com: Bigfoot Hoaxers Resurface, Blame California Promoter(August 21, 2008)
Bogus Bigfoot
Self-described "Sasquatch detective" Steve Kulls was hired by Bigfoot tracker Tom Biscardi to examine the alleged Bigfoot corpse found in Georgia. Kulls said he knew something was amiss when he thawed the body for examination on August 17. Kulls said once the body was found to be fake, he called Matthew Whitton, Rick Dyer and Biscardi to tell them his discovery. Whitton and Dyer reportedly admitted the "body" was a Halloween costume.FOXNews.com: Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be...Reports say Biscardi had paid Whitton and Dyer an "undisclosed sum" of money for the frozen Bigfoot corpse. Once the hoax was revealed, the two men reportedly signed a promissory note and admitted the fraud. According to Kulls, both men then vanished.FOXNews.com: Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be...
"Joke"
On August 21, Whitton told an Atlanta TV station that he and Dyer were "all about having fun" and that their videos had been a joke.FOXNews.com: Bigfoot Hoaxers Resurface, Blame California Promoter(August 21, 2008) According to Whitton, "it got into something much bigger than it was supposed to be" because of Biscardi's influence.FOXNews.com: Bigfoot Hoaxers Resurface, Blame California Promoter(August 21, 2008)-
Georgia Bigfoot Hoax Questions
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Could Bigfoot be a metamorphic species? 2 AnswersAnything is possible I suppose, but I think it is highly unlikely. First, I don't know of any known cases of metamorphosis in nature in any "higher" species tha... read more -
Do Texas and Georgia offer Non-Recourse Home Loans? 1 AnswerNon-recourse loans are available for Texas and Georgia Land loans, on case by case basis. read more -
Joaquin Phoenixs rap career, is it all a hoax? 2 AnswersI hope it is a hoax. It seems like a very bad joke--the facial hair, the outfits, the performance--it just has to be a joke. I'm hoping that the rumors are true... read more -
What should happen to Mayumi Heene and Richard Heene for creating the balloon boy hoax? 16 AnswersI think they should be responsible for the resources that were used. Prison time should be waived in lieu of public service, i.e. repairing the recently plowed... read more
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