Don't party with the infantry :) G Money wrote: > "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. >>> >> > >
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