The outfit responsible for last Friday's press conference promising scientific proof that Bigfoot exists has admitted the whole thing was a hoax.
According to SearchingforBigfoot.com impresario Tom Biscardi, the two men who approached him last month claiming they possessed the frozen carcass of a 7-foot-tall ape-like thingamajiggy from the backwoods of Georgia were frauds. Investigators thawed the hairy corpse over the weekend and determined it to be, as many had suspected, a Halloween costume. Confronted with the ruse, the perpetrators skipped town with an undisclosed sum Biscardi had given them as an advance on marketing and promotional revenues.
One might well ask why Biscardi chose to hold the press conference -- in which nothing of substance was revealed and which more than one attendee described as "circus-like" -- before the alleged remains could be properly examined. This isn't the first time the publicity-seeking entrepreneur has claimed to be the victim of a hoax.
One might well answer: the spirit of P.T. Barnum lives on.
Previously:
• Bigfoot Body Found? Let's Wait and See - Urban Legends
Read all about the Bigfoot hoax:
• Bigfoot Fails DNA Test - Reuters
• Georgia Bigfoot an Admitted Hoax - Paranormal Phenomena
• Bigfoot Discovery Declared a Hoax - National Geographic News
• Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be Halloween Costume - Fox News
• Searching for Bigfoot Uncovers the Truth - SearchingforBigfoot.com
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According to SearchingforBigfoot.com impresario Tom Biscardi, the two men who approached him last month claiming they possessed the frozen carcass of a 7-foot-tall ape-like thingamajiggy from the backwoods of Georgia were frauds. Investigators thawed the hairy corpse over the weekend and determined it to be, as many had suspected, a Halloween costume. Confronted with the ruse, the perpetrators skipped town with an undisclosed sum Biscardi had given them as an advance on marketing and promotional revenues.
One might well ask why Biscardi chose to hold the press conference -- in which nothing of substance was revealed and which more than one attendee described as "circus-like" -- before the alleged remains could be properly examined. This isn't the first time the publicity-seeking entrepreneur has claimed to be the victim of a hoax.
One might well answer: the spirit of P.T. Barnum lives on.
Previously:
• Bigfoot Body Found? Let's Wait and See - Urban Legends
Read all about the Bigfoot hoax:
• Bigfoot Fails DNA Test - Reuters
• Georgia Bigfoot an Admitted Hoax - Paranormal Phenomena
• Bigfoot Discovery Declared a Hoax - National Geographic News
• Bigfoot Body Revealed to Be Halloween Costume - Fox News
• Searching for Bigfoot Uncovers the Truth - SearchingforBigfoot.com
Keep up with Urban Legends on Facebook!
Comments
The real story of the Georgia Bigfoot, Strike Three.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krL_j-kksM0
it was all in good fun, though, right?
I totally knew it! there was no way in hell this was real, but I give them props for the effort.
How about bringing some criminal charges to these scam artists.It puts us real big footers in a bad light!!
hey it was a great hoax and they fooled almost everyone.the police officer should sue because firing him was wrong. that police chief jeffrey turner must have been fooled as well and thats why he really fired him. fool me once shame on you fool me twice shame on me. oh and tell jeffrey turner i think i have found elvis in tazzwell counnty va.