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By David Emery, About.com Guide to Urban Legends since 1997

It's Official: 'Hunting for Bambi' a Hoax, Says Vegas Mayor

Sunday July 27, 2003
After weeks of lying to the media, Las Vegas promoter Michael Burdick finally came clean last Thursday, admitting to city officials that 'Hunting for Bambi' is a hoax and that his company, Real Men Outdoor Productions Inc., has never actually conducted 'hunting expeditions' in which wealthy male patrons stalked naked women with paintball guns. 'It was all staged,' Las Vegas mayor Oscar Goodman told the Associated Press last Thursday after grilling Burdick. 'The purported "Hunt for Bambi" was a scam. There were actors and actresses and there wasn't even the real shooting of paint balls.'  The purpose of the scam was to sell videos, the mayor explained, the only business activity for which Burdick and his company are actually licensed.

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