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Originally posted by burdman30ott6
Originally posted by TallWhites
If I were the press I'd file a class-action lawsuit against the 2 guys.
Sue them for gasoline costs, hourly rate for time wasted, the cost of renting the hotel centre....etc...etc.
Thats should be good for 10 grand or so
Then I hope they get arrested and charged with fraud and public mischief, then they should go to jail for a few months and pay a large fine.
And that "cop" should lose his job also!
That should send a nice message to the next con artists who try something like this.
I agree with what you're saying, but if the media tried the lawsuit, they would lose. The bottom line is, in order to get fraud charges filed you have to demonstrate you were tangibly damaged, either financially, physically, or in reputation. The media can demonstrate none of the 3... the story generated viewers, so they made money... Yes, these men are asses of the highest magnitude and yes, if they accepted any amount of money from any source for their "discovery," story, or "evidence" then fraud charges should be and hopefully will be filed. But I sincerely hope our media wasn't stupid enough to have paid them to sit in on that press conference or interview them on air.
"Within the next hour of thaw, a break appeared up near the feet area. ... I observed the foot which looked unnatural, reached in and confirmed it was a rubber foot."
Originally posted by HatTrick
OK quick show of hands of those who REALLY believed these guys? OK, you in the back, you can put your hand down.
Originally posted by mapsurfer_
What a surprise, eh? Well I tell ya, after this crying wolf thing... NOW Even if sasquatch rode up in a Cadillac, Nobody would believe it.
Originally posted by Hal9000
Maybe they stuffed it, but then where did the human DNA come from?
Originally posted by ParaFreaky
I knew it was a hoax all along.
That jibes with what Jerry Parrino, owner of Internet Halloween-costume retailer TheHorrorDome.com, told FOXNews.com last week.
Originally posted by moonking
I love it ! The pressure was on and it came crashing down!
Don't believe for a second that Tom Biscardi is a victim
He is a delusional con man and may need help !
Originally posted by zorgon
Now what REALLY gets me in the FOX news article is this...
Bottom Line
Click here to start your own Bigfoot hoax.
So just WHO started this hoax? After all the costume guy first came out and said
That jibes with what Jerry Parrino, owner of Internet Halloween-costume retailer TheHorrorDome.com, told FOXNews.com last week.
Now FOX is SUGGESTING to people to start their own Bigfoot Hoax??
AND pointing to the costume shop?
Now what happens if some guy buys a costume... goes running around the woods in jest while his buddy is filming the next Great Bigfoot Discovery film...
And a hyped up Redneck Bigfoot hunter is thinking the same thing, only HE isn't shooting with a camera?
Next DNA text will definitely be human... because it WILL be a human in a monkey suit
Way to Go FOX...
That is one way to get news stories
Originally posted by zorgon
Now FOX is SUGGESTING to people to start their own Bigfoot Hoax??