# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/41 "2012-08-29T00:26:42Z")
> [@Moonlitherial](#): > > 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. Not really. They can both think the other one did the real killing. ---
**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 29, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/42 "2012-08-29T00:33:33Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Not really. They can both think the other one did the real killing. Guilt doesn’t work that way. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/43 "2012-08-29T00:39:53Z")
It does when you kill Bogfoot. Sssh, don’t tell the kids – give them a cash reward for the value of their “scientific discovery”. ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/44 "2012-08-29T00:43:13Z")
Kind of an ethical dilemma for whoever manufactures those suits. Have to decide if they want to use this in their advertising: On the one hand, someone died. On the other hand, that’s pretty irrefutable proof that their suits work awesome. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/45 "2012-08-29T01:58:21Z")
At least he didn’t die in a senseless tragedy. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/46 "2012-08-29T02:22:58Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > You’re right. I’m beginning to question the man’s judgement. Next leap year I’m asking for your hand. . ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/47 "2012-08-29T02:38:02Z")
How do we know he was trying to dress up as Bigfoot? On the other hand, the ghille suit worked well. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/48 "2012-08-29T11:18:35Z")
> [@AaronX](#): > > How do we know he was trying to dress up as Bigfoot? > > On the other hand, the ghille suit worked well. According to the CNN report, that’s what his “companions” claimed. But they WOULD say that, wouldn’t they?.. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/49 "2012-08-29T12:39:44Z")
Yeah, better than “Man who thought ghille suit made him indestructible proven wrong” ---
**Author:** ![MyFootsZZZ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/myfootszzz/32/12580_2.png) [@MyFootsZZZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MyFootsZZZ)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/50 "2012-08-29T12:47:43Z")
I feel guilty for laughing when reading all of the comments. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/51 "2012-08-29T13:01:34Z")
Boy, are Randy and [Maria](http://kdvr.com/2012/08/28/bride-drowns-in-wedding-dress-taking-pictures-in-canadian-river/) ever gonna have a pissin’ contest up in heaven. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/52 "2012-08-29T13:57:28Z")
The only thing that could make this funnier is if those guys from “Finding Bigfoot” were out, happened to spot him and said (in that sing-songy voice they use in their promos) “I think we got a squaaa-aatch,” right before the car slammed into him. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/53 "2012-08-29T14:10:10Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Progressive Flo: “No, sorry. Your auto insurance doesn’t cover hitting an imaginary beast.” Claims department. May I help you? Yes, I just hit a bear with my car. Why did you hit a bear? Because I was swerving to miss the moose! Sir, we don’t cover DWI accidents. (this actually happened to some guy last week) ---
**Author:** ![tapu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@tapu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tapu)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/54 "2012-08-29T14:39:00Z")
He’ll never have the guts to do that again. ---
**Author:** ![OtisCampbellWasRight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/d78d45/32.png) [@OtisCampbellWasRight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtisCampbellWasRight)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/55 "2012-08-30T18:02:22Z")
Geez two pages in already and no one has questioned the guys blood-alcohol level? I may not be a big-city lawyer, but sumpum tells me liquor was involved here…:dubious: ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/56 "2012-08-30T18:22:26Z")
Do we know for sure he wasn’t a Bigfoot wearing a man-in-camouflage suit? ---
**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 30, 2012, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/57 "2012-08-30T19:51:37Z")
> [@OtisCampbellWasRight](#): > > Geez two pages in already and no one has questioned the guys blood-alcohol level? I was going to, but I forgot. (I do that a lot). ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/58 "2012-08-30T19:59:03Z")
I didn’t see it mentioned in the OP’s link, but I saw a brief article about this in the paper yesterday which had the following quote: > [@](#): > > Said a member of the Montana Highway Patrol: “This is one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen. Really.” ---
**Author:** ![kyogi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/51bf81/32.png) [@kyogi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kyogi)\ **Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/59 "2012-08-30T20:15:53Z")
I’m betting his companions got him drunk, dressed him up like that to go snipe hunting & left him to walk home like that. ---
**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 30, 2012, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920/60 "2012-08-30T20:19:49Z")
> [@kyogi](#): > > I’m betting his companions got him drunk, dressed him up like that to go snipe hunting & left him to walk home like that. I’m adding this to my “Things To Do To Folks I Don’t Like” list. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-hoax-ends-in-death/632920.md?page=4)