"I dare you to flush your career down the toilet and make a national embarrassment of yourself!"
Man...how drunk do you have to be to accept THAT dare. On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:34 AM, Loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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:266235 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
