Georgia Bigfoot Hoax

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)

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...

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)