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Bigfoot Hunters Find Carcass- Press Conference Friday--Proved to be a hoax

from wikipedia

True-believer syndrome is a term coined by M. Lamar Keene in his 1976 book The Psychic Mafia. Keene used the term to refer to people who continued to believe in a paranormal event or phenomenon even after it had been proven to have been staged. It has since been applied, more loosely, to refer to any belief without empirical or logical foundations.

The term delusional also comes to mind.
 
Wow... I didn't see that coming... :rolleyes:

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gibbz said:
from wikipedia

True-believer syndrome is a term coined by M. Lamar Keene in his 1976 book The Psychic Mafia. Keene used the term to refer to people who continued to believe in a paranormal event or phenomenon even after it had been proven to have been staged. It has since been applied, more loosely, to refer to any belief without empirical or logical foundations.

The term delusional also comes to mind.
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That's actually pretty interesting, i wonder if any more research has been done into this. I'll have to check it out.
 
Time for damage control... but it is a little late

B-b-b-but it was all just a big joke...

Link to CNN article

ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The two men who claimed to have found the carcass of Bigfoot have surfaced to say: Hey, it was just a joke.

Not everyone is laughing.

In an exclusive interview with CNN affiliate WSB, the two hoaxers -- car salesman Rick Dyer and now-fired police officer Matt Whitton -- said the whole situation began as a joke and then got out of hand.

"It's just a big hoax, a big joke," Dyer said.

"It's Bigfoot," Dyer explained. "Bigfoot doesn't exist."

Whitton chimed in: "All this was a big joke. It got into something way bigger than it was supposed to be."
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We have now come full circle with the Bigfoot saga
Who didn't know that...

Link to article

Clayton cop who cried ‘Bigfoot’ tries to get rehired
But boss says he ruined his credibility

Associated Press
Friday, October 10, 2008

Jonesboro — The police officer who cried Bigfoot wants his job back.

Former Clayton County Officer Matthew Whitton has filed an appeal of his August termination.

Chief Jeff Turner says he fired Whitton because the officer ruined his credibility when he and Rick Dyer sought media attention, saying they found the body of the legendary man-ape.

The men held a press conference with Searching for Bigfoot Inc. director Tom Biscardi and showed photos and DNA results to make their claim.

Biscardi paid the men for access to the body being kept in a freezer at a secret location. Ice melted to reveal a rubber costume stuffed with animal entrails.

Legal observers say court cases in which Whitton was going to be a key witness will likely be dismissed because of the issue of his credibility.
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R.I.P. Bigfoot... alas, we knew him well

Link to article on ajc.com

Georgia’s ‘Bigfoot’ for sale on eBay
Bidding on monkey suit already at $200,000, but that, like Sasquatch tale, may be bogus

By CHRISTIAN BOONE
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Even a bear market can’t keep Bigfoot down.

Two months after a former Clayton County cop and his buddy suckered the world into believing they had located the body of Bigfoot, the monkey suit they used to perpetrate their ruse is being sold on eBay.

As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, the bidding had topped $200,000.

“This may end up being the best investment I made all year,” said William Lett, who is in possession of what could be the most expensive monkey suit ever produced.

Two months ago, Lett assumed he was the biggest victim in the summer’s Bigfoot hoax. The Eaton, Ind., investor fronted promoter Tom Biscardi $50,000 to purchase the alleged Sasquatch corpse from former police officer Matt Whitton and his buddy, Rick Dyer. They claimed to have found the creature in the North Georgia mountains.

When their hoax was uncovered, Lett was left holding the bag. A very smelly one, as the the Bigfoot costume had been filled with roadkill (since removed) to make it appear more Sasquatch-like. Lett was promised a full return, plus 50 percent interest. When he didn’t get it, Lett filed a criminal complaint against Dyer and Whitton. Clayton County police said no charges have been filed.

Paranormal researcher Joshua P. Warren, who’d been following the case, contacted Lett and said he might be able to recoup his loss by selling the costume on eBay. Warren would keep the profits — anything over what Lett and others had already invested.

Final offers are due midnight Thursday. At the rate the bidding is going, Warren, president of the Asheville, N.C.-based Shadowbox Enterprises, anticipates a hefty windfall.

“I’m absolutely stunned,” Warren said. “I didn’t even know if we’d get a single bid.”

Of course, that depends on the legitimacy of the bidders, who may be perpetrating a hoax of their own.

Any money Warren receives would go towards studying … hoaxes. That’s part of what his company, Shadowbox, does.

“By learning all we can about hoaxes, we can better identify future hoaxes,” he said.

In the end, everyone involved in the Bigfoot fraud — be they a perpetrator or dupe — stands to profit financially.

Lett, for one, would get his money back with the interest he was promised.

“That’s all I wanted out of this,” he said.

Whitton appears to be the only loser, because he was fired from the Clayton County police. But he still received $50,000 to split with Dyer for selling the Bigfoot costume to Biscardi last summer.
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