It's official - Bigfood is a rubber suit

[Kathryn41 3,205]

from today's Atlanta Journal Constitution:

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.

• Georgia's not-so-proud moments | Cop's Bigfoot sighting has roots in Georgia lore

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.â€

“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.â€

Kathy Jefcoats of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution contributed to this article.

(OOPS - that should be BIGFOOT not Bigfood in the title . . . .)

Edited August 20, 2008 by Kathryn41

[panamania79 2]

from today's Atlanta Journal Constitution:

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.

• Georgia's not-so-proud moments | Cop's Bigfoot sighting has roots in Georgia lore

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.â€

“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.â€

Kathy Jefcoats of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution contributed to this article.

(OOPS - that should be BIGFOOT not Bigfood in the title . . . .)

This reminds me of that alien autopsy.Remember that ?

[one...two...tree 2,762]

....and thanks to the media for giving these guys free publicity. I think it was World Net Daily who first reported the story. Now there's beacon of fine journalism.

[MichelleN 0]

You know what sucks? At first I really wanted to believe it was true. Because, dang, it was a headliner at cnn.com. They wouldn't headline something that didn't have SOME plausibility right? .......right? D= But yeah as soon as I saw the 'news conference' (which I can't even believe they got) I knew it was a sham. But seriously, what made their claim so different that they got SO much media attention while others are basically ignored? I wonder if they are going to get sued...

[one...two...tree 2,762]

You know what sucks? At first I really wanted to believe it was true. Because, dang, it was a headliner at cnn.com. They wouldn't headline something that didn't have SOME plausibility right? .......right? D= But yeah as soon as I saw the 'news conference' (which I can't even believe they got) I knew it was a sham. But seriously, what made their claim so different that they got SO much media attention while others are basically ignored? I wonder if they are going to get sued...

I hope some heads will roll at the news media outlets that jumped on this story without checking into it more with scrutiny, because for the reason you mention - when we see a story on one of the major news outlets, we assume there is some legitimacy...otherwise, why the f##k would they be wasting our time and theirs?

Edited August 20, 2008 by Jabberwocky

[panamania79 2]

....and thanks to the media for giving these guys free publicity. I think it was World Net Daily who first reported the story. Now there's beacon of fine journalism.

I thought the National Enquirer was.

[one...two...tree 2,762]

....and thanks to the media for giving these guys free publicity. I think it was World Net Daily who first reported the story. Now there's beacon of fine journalism.

I thought the National Enquirer was.

You'd be surprised by how many VJ'ers have post links to articles from the World Nut Daily. Apparently, its a trustest source for some.

[panamania79 2]

....and thanks to the media for giving these guys free publicity. I think it was World Net Daily who first reported the story. Now there's beacon of fine journalism.

I thought the National Enquirer was.

You'd be surprised by how many VJ'ers have post links to articles from the World Nut Daily. Apparently, its a trustest source for some.

[Ban Hammer 13,344]

....and thanks to the media for giving these guys free publicity. I think it was World Net Daily who first reported the story. Now there's beacon of fine journalism.

if they'd been the last to report it you'd have said the same thing.