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Comments on: Bigfoot site stuns the world: It was a hoax

Outside observers discover that the alleged cadaver was merely a gorilla costume. The rubber foot was a dead giveaway.

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by notabeliever August 20, 2008 8:02 AM PDT
People want so bad to believe in something fantastic that they will just swallow anything they hear, hook, line and sinker. Face the reality people, with the advent of satellite imagery, there is not much left in the world that remains hidden. Further, I seriously doubt that any "Bigfoot" or similar creature will ever be found, unless these clowns from Georgia find it. I find it even harder to believe that educated, grown men actually waste their lives looking for such a fairy tail......
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by JayWes August 20, 2008 9:22 AM PDT
Gee, hearing about all the big Foot sightings in the NorthWest in the 1980's, I was always skeptical; Now I am a true believer. After all a creature that grows rubber feet must be related to rubber trees, and you know they can grow very big and tall.
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by William Crow August 20, 2008 9:32 AM PDT
How do we know that this hoax wasn't hatched by Bigfoot himself to throw is off? Maybe he just wants some peace and quiet. ...I will not be misled.
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by Michichael August 20, 2008 9:34 AM PDT
Somebody actually believed this crap?
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by some_guy_somewhere August 20, 2008 9:43 AM PDT
easy there, Starwaster. I get the feeling that this article was meant to sarcastic, I severely doubt anybody was shocked by the news that this was a hoax. If anybody were taken in, they ought to have their head examined.
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by ChrisMatyszczyk August 20, 2008 9:57 AM PDT
Thank you, SomeGuySomewhere,

There are moments when I lose hope. But then I read comments like yours. And I am relieved to see that all is not lost.

You are very kind to have written in.

Chris
by sh86894 August 20, 2008 9:45 AM PDT
STOP the presses ... are you telling me that cops actually lie to, and defraud the public? I'm stunned. I'm shocked. First I find out that Big Foot wasn't found (yet) and now you dash my hopes and dreams with the news that cops are crooked filthy lying deceptive trash with badges. Say it isn't so.
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by goodcopdeadcop December 19, 2009 9:16 PM PST
It's a shame that cops don't come any other way than lying theiving crooked bastards. There are just two things that pigs are good at.... first... picking on minorities. And second... playing a game of ring toss with their donuts on each others *****.Then retreiving those donuts with their lips.
by Jortibereal August 20, 2008 9:56 AM PDT
OH MY GOD, DOES NO ONE READING THIS ARTICLE UNDERSTAND THE SARCASM? I, for one, found this funny, and I'm pretty sure the author intended for it to be that way.
For all of you who are going on about people believing anything they're told, it's a sad irony, because you're the ones who took this article completely seriously, when it obviously isn't. The whole point is that this being a hoax surprised nobody.
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by ChrisMatyszczyk August 20, 2008 10:18 AM PDT
Thank you, Jortibereal. Thank you so much. We must fight gravity wherever we find it. It only brings us down.

Chris
by fordbarron August 20, 2008 10:33 AM PDT
"At this time the victim of this series of deceptions, Searching for Bigfoot, Inc., is seeking justice for themselves and for all the people who were deceived by this deception."

You'd think the geniuses behind a corporation called "Searching for Bigfoot" would be used to people crying wolf. This is truly a gold-star grade-A showcase in human stupidity.
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by aquahealer August 20, 2008 10:45 AM PDT
This is absolutely unbelievable that AMERICANS can actually LIE to this extent on national TV, these guys oughtta be tossed in jail and throw out the key. How in the world does a police officer take part in this garbage and not get terminated. This entire country is corrupt. There is no ending to the stupidty of America. A nation of dumbheads.
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by rowdydave August 20, 2008 11:22 AM PDT
Hello, they "found" him in Georgia. Everyone knows bigfoot lives in Oregon/Washington. Was the family vacationing in Georgia? Maybe they were trying to sell vacation packages to this overlooked set. Everyone needs a vacation occasionally!
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by kevkad99 August 20, 2008 11:25 AM PDT
Good, now that thiss is over with the bigfoot searchers can do something more productive. Like look for the Loch Ness monster!!
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by ipashchuk August 20, 2008 11:57 AM PDT
What's a bigfoot? LOL
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by msharemail August 20, 2008 12:03 PM PDT
This is the oldest PR game in the book. Unfortunately, this is also what gives PR a bad name. Notice how these guys have managed to keep this in the media for the better part of a week? Tell me there's not some slightly more important subject for the watchful eye of fourth estate. Actually, it is a sad commentary on the poor state of the press in our modern electronic world that it can be so easily lead down the path of reporting pure crap, fed to it by obvious con artists. Are we so hungry for "news" that any pap can be fed to "journalists" only to have it pushed out in circus form? The real deal is that way too many "stories" pushed out in the media today are not reported, they are fed to "journalists" by publicists through various means. I'll take one fact-checked article for every 100 lines of bull---- any day.
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by tremorfireheart August 20, 2008 12:16 PM PDT
Those who had their lives disrupted and traumatized by the story that there was a bigfoot and then the oh so surprising revelation that said story was a hoax did not have a life to begin with. I believe we all have more important things to do then to even worry about whether there might be one bizare creature in a remote area in another state. Jobs ,education, bills, chores, and children I believe take up most of our time in any given day. After all we have the crashing mortgage industry, the fighting and cease fire negotiations in georgia, the continuing war on terror with changing countries(1984 anyone?), the energy problems, and the presidential elections to worry about. Each of these will have far more impact on our daily lives than any bigfoot, loch ness monster, or monatrauk monster could possibly. So those who had their lives traumitized by this , just forget about it and pick up a new hobby.
Sincerely,
tremorfireheart
Tremorfireheart@yahoo.com
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by mrglsmrc August 20, 2008 10:20 PM PDT
we all have the right to be entertained and hold entertaining thoughts, especially in light of the daily obligations you hold dear. I even have my doubts that this bigfoot investigation can effect the cease fire negotiations in georgia as you suggest--that's a different georgia. do you also think that dracula has effected romania's chances of joining nato, you lumphead? go love your drudgery.
by redwoodcoast August 20, 2008 2:23 PM PDT
Want to see a much better use of the same Bigfoot suit? Watch this video proof that Bigfoot lives...and loves
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4p22BGJ6dXU
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by reiki650 August 20, 2008 2:44 PM PDT
...and they would have gotten away with it, too if it weren't for those meddling kids!
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by knucklehead411 August 20, 2008 2:52 PM PDT
Does anyone really truly believe in Big Foot?
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by Joetwopointoh August 20, 2008 5:36 PM PDT
The fact this was reported by CNN without so much as simple verification of said "scientists" reportedly involved and literally before any testing was done, pretty much sums up the current state of affairs in journalism. This type of article used to be strictly the domain of the National Enquirer and its ilk.
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by shadyrest August 20, 2008 7:41 PM PDT
Is it just me or does the frozen "bigfoot" without the water not look the same as the frozen one thawed in ice? The head was even in a different place in both pictures. If it was frozen in both pictures wouldnt it be in the same place when they filled it with water? I dont know but the first thing that went through my mind when they showed the iced filled freezer was this isnt the same "bigfoot" in the pictures. And that was even before they thawed it.
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by mmmason August 20, 2008 9:32 PM PDT
Tom Biscardi is a giant ****** bag - He flew all the way from California to Atlanta and said he verified that it was authentic and then announced it to the media and even carried it further by calling a world wide audience to a conference in CA. - * Tom Biscardi should be in jail *
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