Why? Why do something like this? It just doesn't make any sense....i'm glad he was fired.
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 8:33 AM, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Uh, yeah....looks like this is probably going to be a hoax....that picture > >on the left is....well...less than convincing: > > > >http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/15/us/15bigfoot.html?em > > > > Confirmed as a hoax > > http://www.ajc.com/services/content/metro/clayton/stories/2008/08/19/bigfoot_hoax.html > > http://antiwrap.com/x48ac1d1b20a76 > > Bigfoot's body a hoax, California site reveals > And the Clayton County Police officer has lost his job > > By BOB KEEFE > > Cox News Service > > Tuesday, August 19, 2008 > > Can you believe it? Georgia's "Bigfoot" was just a big hoax. > > The body of a supposed ape-man found in the North Georgia mountains was > nothing but an empty rubber monkey suit embedded in ice, according to > California Bigfoot enthusiasts who finally got a chance to examine it last > weekend. > > [Post a comment on this story below.] > > The two Atlanta men who stood up at a news conference in California last > week and tried to convince the world they had found Bigfoot now apparently > can't be located just like the real Bigfoot. > > Calls to Matthew Whitton, a Clayton County police officer make that > former police officer and his car salesman buddy Rick Dyer weren't > returned Tuesday. > > The answering machine on a "tip line" connected to the pair's Web site, > which still advertises $499 Bigfoot "expeditions," says they're still out > searching for Sasquatch as well as leprechauns, dinosaurs, unicorns, Jimmy > Hoffa and Elvis. > > Searching for Bigfoot Inc., the California outfit that paid an undisclosed > sum to Whitton and Dyer for rights to their story and their find, says the > pair checked out of the hotel where they had been put up over the weekend. > > According to a news release on Searching for Bigfoot's Web site, the whole > scam unraveled when a block of ice containing the "body" melted over the > weekend. Whitton and Dyer later confessed that it was just a costume, > according to the release. > > Why the two Georgians contrived the cross-country con isn't clear. > > What is certain is that Whitton, 28, on medical leave after being shot in > the wrist by a robbery suspect earlier this year, won't be going back to > work at the Clayton County Police Department. > > As soon as he heard Whitton's Bigfoot was a big fake, "I terminated him," > said Police Chief Jeffrey Turner said Tuesday. > > "He's disgraced himself, he's an embarrassment to the Clayton County Police > Department, his credibility and integrity as an officer is gone, and I have > no use for him," Turner said. "His behavior is unbecoming of that of a > police officer." > > "This turn of events from hero to someone who defrauds a nation is just > baffling. I don't know how he got from one point to the other," Turner said. > > The chief said he wants to send Whitton his termination paperwork and get > his uniforms back. However, he said, "We haven't been able to get in touch > with him." > > Kathy Jefcoats of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution contributed to this > article. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266223 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
