# Bigfoot Hoax Ends in Death **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 28, 2012, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920 "2012-08-28T13:22:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/21 "2012-08-28T15:13:30Z")
> [@Dr\_Doom](#): > > Someone has died. > > Is it safe to start joking about it, yet, or is the solemnity period still in effect? There is no “solemnity period” to be observed if someone dies as the result of an act of gross personal stupidity. (This is not to be confused or conflated with death as the result of someone else’s act of gross personal stupidit.) ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/22 "2012-08-28T16:03:25Z")
I don’t get it. Bigfoot is supposed to look like a big ape, right? Wouldn’t one dress in a gorilla suit to perpetrate a Bigfoot hoax? A camo hunting suit would just look like some disoriented hunter wandered onto the highway. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/23 "2012-08-28T16:06:04Z")
> [@teela\_brown](#): > > I don’t get it. Bigfoot is supposed to look like a big ape, right? Wouldn’t one dress in a gorilla suit to perpetrate a Bigfoot hoax? > > A camo hunting suit would just look like some disoriented hunter wandered onto the highway. You’re right. I’m beginning to question the man’s judgement. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/24 "2012-08-28T16:06:20Z")
Bigfoot wears camouflage? ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/25 "2012-08-28T16:08:30Z")
Of course he does. Thats why sightings are so rare. Duh. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/26 "2012-08-28T16:11:09Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > C’mon; we all know that what really happened is that the Bigfeet assassinated him because he was getting too close to the truth. Dressed him in the ghillie suit, then tossed him out into traffic to make him look stupid and discredit him. It’s\* obvious\*. It’s what you get when you are messing with Sasquash! ---
**Author:** ![YogSothoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/8edcca/32.png) [@YogSothoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/YogSothoth)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/27 "2012-08-28T18:25:23Z")
This proves that there’s no bigfoot. I don’t believe that such a thing can exist without being plastered on the hood of a car going 60mph at least once ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/28 "2012-08-28T18:30:48Z")
Shucks. ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/29 "2012-08-28T18:59:27Z")
> [@YogSosoth](#): > > This proves that there’s no bigfoot. I don’t believe that such a thing can exist without being plastered on the hood of a car going 60mph at least once Nah, that just shows that they are smarter than deer, opossums, armadillos and guys in ghilly suits - a fairly low bar. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/30 "2012-08-28T19:01:06Z")
Is it wrong to picture him, in the split-second before impact, holding up a little sign like Wile E. Coyote that says “Oh no!” ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/31 "2012-08-28T19:05:38Z")
> [@ratatoskK](#): > > Bigfoot wears camouflage? Only when he’s hunting. Wabbits. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/32 "2012-08-28T19:06:08Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Is it wrong to picture him, in the split-second before impact, holding up a little sign like Wile E. Coyote that says “Oh no!” Was the ghilly suit made by Acme? ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/33 "2012-08-28T19:08:13Z")
This happened in **Flathead** County, Montana. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Doom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Dr\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Doom)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/34 "2012-08-28T19:14:41Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > That’s the CNN Headline: > > [http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/28/us/montana-big-foot-accident/index.html?hpt=hp\_t3](http://www.cnn.com/2012/08/28/us/montana-big-foot-accident/index.html?hpt=hp_t3) > [@](#): > > But authorities received no calls from drivers thinking they had seen Bigfoot, the station reported. This makes it all the more tragic. Fail of wendigo proportion. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/35 "2012-08-28T19:42:14Z")
> [@Typo\_Negative](#): > > It’s what you get when you are messing with Sasquash! _Sasquatch_. A sasquash is a vegetable of some sort. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/36 "2012-08-28T19:45:05Z")
I think the joke is the other meaning of squash. ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/37 "2012-08-28T21:20:28Z")
No sympathy for the idiot in the suit but those poor kids. At 15 and 17 they’re both newish drivers and now they’ve killed someone. What a miserable experience for them. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/38 "2012-08-28T21:29:23Z")
> [@billfish678](#): > > However, authorities were able to confirm one Sasquash sighting. Sasquashed. ---
**Author:** ![Balance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Balance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balance)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/39 "2012-08-28T21:47:50Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Was the ghilly suit made by Acme? Seems to me that it was to effective for that. ---
**Author:** ![Yeticus\_Rex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/a698b9/32.png) [@Yeticus\_Rex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yeticus_Rex)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/40 "2012-08-28T22:55:48Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > C’mon; we all know that what really happened is that the Bigfeet assassinated him because he was getting too close to the truth. Dressed him in the ghillie suit, then tossed him out into traffic to make him look stupid and discredit him. It’s\* obvious\*. Is it really that obvious? [😉](http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=34ag4nkSh7Q#t=26s) Are you sure? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920.md?page=3)