# Bigfoot is dead **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 15, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-is-dead/142936 "2002-12-15T20:59:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mooney252](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@Mooney252](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooney252)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-is-dead/142936/1 "2002-12-15T20:59:24Z")
I was just watching some History Channel show in which a primate scientist claimed that the Northwest’s corrolary to the Yeti **couldn’t** be a hoax because the famous home video showed authentic apelike movements and a 9’ tall animal. In fact, Bigfoot died last week. This is a more-detailed account of the [story](http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/4680377.htm), which the Associated Press also reported. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-is-dead/142936/2 "2002-12-15T21:30:32Z")
Like the crop circles and the Loch Ness monster, when some people latch onto something, no amount of proof to the contrary will sway them. Despite the fact that the man who started the whole Bigfoot legend swore it to be fake, there are those who would beleive he was put up to telling that story to throw us off the “real” story. ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-is-dead/142936/3 "2002-12-15T23:57:26Z")
I’ll play the cynic here. What evidence is there that Wallace’s claims were true? Where’s the ape suit he says he wore? IOW, why should I believe him or his family any more than I should believe someone who swears up & down that they really saw Bigfoot? (Please note that I’m not saying that I believe in Bigfoot. The first person who tries to flame me for believing in bigfoot will have his/her e-mail address submitted to mailing lists for bestialitry and kiddie porn :p) ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2002, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bigfoot-is-dead/142936/4 "2002-12-16T00:10:28Z")
If this is true, then this has to rank among the Top Ten best Practical Jokes ever! Great stuff. 😃