Gag? Drunken dare?
G Money wrote: > Perhaps more attention is paid to these types of stories precisely BECAUSE > of what else is going on in the world. There's only so many "we are all > going to DIE!" or the "The US will be bankrupt in 2 months!" stories that > one can stomach before they simply HAVE to tune into something a bit more > lighthearted for a few minutes. > > I've loved the idea of Bigfoot since I was a child, and even though I've > long ago dismissed the possibility that he's real...I still enjoy reading > stories and accounts of sightings and such. > > But the question still stands...why ruin your reputation and job as a hero > police officer like one of these guys did??? > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:06 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I can't believe that people paid this story any mind considering >> everything going on in the world. >> >> Larry Lyons 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:266234 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
