TOLD YA!: Turns out, Bigfoot was just a rubber gorilla suit

[Patrck_744]

ATLANTA - Turns out Bigfoot was just a rubber suit. Two researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say that the carcass encased in a block of ice — handed over to them for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it — was slowly thawed out, and discovered to be a rubber gorilla outfit.

The revelation comes just days after a much ballyhooed news conference held in California that proclaimed the remains of the creature, found in the North Georgia mountains, were the legendary man-ape.


Steve Kulls, executive director of squatchdetective.com and host of Squatchdetective Radio, says in a posting on a Web site run by Bigfoot researcher Tom Biscardi that as the "evidence" was thawed, the claim began to unravel as a giant hoax.


First, the hair sample was burned and "melted into a ball uncharacteristic of hair," Kulls said in the posting.


The thawing process was sped up and the exposed head was found to be "unusually hollow in one small section." An hour of thawing later and the feet were exposed — and they were found to be made of rubber.
Matt Whitton, an officer who has been on medical leave from the Clayton County Police Department, and Rick Dyer, a former Georgia corrections officer, announced the find in early July on YouTube videos and a Web site.
"Everyone who has talked down to us is going to eat their words," Whitton said at the time.


Phone calls to Whitton and Dyer went unreturned on Tuesday. But the voicemail recording for their Bigfoot Tip Line — which proclaims they search for leprechauns and the Loch Ness monster — has been updated and announcing they're also in search of "big cats and dinosaurs. If you see any of those, give us a call."


On Tuesday, Clayton County Police Chief Jeff Turner said he has not spoken to Whitton but processed paperwork to fire him.
"Once he perpetrated a fraud, that goes into his credibility and integrity," Turner said. "He has violated the duty of a police officer."

MSNBC

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What about that "thing" that washed up on CA?

[zshortysmall]

Called it!

Edit: the gorrila part.

[Gathan]

So Elk managed to escape, a little disappointing.

[zshortysmall]

Originally Posted by Gathan

So Elk managed to escape, a little disappointing.

Yeah, but he had to shed his skin to do it.
He might miss that skin.

[Cane_The9lives]

Honestly, anyone with just the tiniest bit of logical sense had already concluded there was no real merit to the claims, becuase of the lack of evidence and the reluctance of the men who caught it, to display the body wrather than simply hand out pictures.

The first thread was moved to the lounge for a reason, there was no need to make another thread.

[MD]

Hooray, now comes the swarm of idiots to shout "I TOLD U SO", when effectively everyone had already said it was fake.

Congratulations, you've used logical thought.

[reKoil]

I told u md, belief me, i new it from da beginningz!

[art.rock]

A little part of me wanted it to be true. But at least that guy lost his job, so I'm happy.

[Marlie]

With all the advanced technology today of identifying things did they real think they would fool anyone?

[Rafcio]

The real Bigfoot was replaced with the gorilla suit by the governments no doubt.

[zshortysmall]

Originally Posted by Rafcio

The real Bigfoot was replaced with the gorilla suit by the governments no doubt.

No, here's the story.
Those guys found an alien that escaped from Area 51.
That alien was later replaced with bigfoot, and the guys' memories were erased.
Later, the government realised that if people found out about bigfoot, than people would be more likely to believe in aliens. Then, they replaced Bigfoot with the gorilla suit.

[otsuman]

just leave the big foot alone lets them living among themself.

[b@st@rd]

Why fire the copper? I mean, it's just a great prank. It doesn't imply he can't be trusted in serious bussiness.

[krozar]

Originally Posted by Rafcio

The real Bigfoot was replaced with the gorilla suit by the governments no doubt.

Jews did BIGFOOT.

[Night_Angel]

The real Big Foot, the afore mentioned area 54 alien, Nessie aka the Loch Ness monster and Santa walk into a bar...

You know this one right?

[Shoto]

Originally Posted by b@st@rd

Why fire the copper? I mean, it's just a great prank. It doesn't imply he can't be trusted in serious bussiness.

Yeah I'd feel really comfortable knowing that the guy who froze a gorrilla suit, held a press conference saying it was bigfoot, and then had scientists waste their time thawing it out and now can't be reached by phone would be allowed to carry a gun and have legal authority. Especially because I live on the opposite side of the country.

Originally Posted by krozar

Jews did BIGFOOT.

I KNEW IT!

This was all pretty funny. I was hoping it would be real. The Olympics are getting boring (also my gf who just left me was in Beijing all summer so that just reminds me of her), the election has been boring for a while, and this would have given the media (also run by Jews? coincidence? I think NOT) something to talk about.