# You know what's worse than Bigfoot hoaxers? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 21, 2008, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761 "2008-08-21T03:24:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/41 "2008-08-21T20:06:30Z")
DB Cooper hoaxers are about as bad as bigfoot hoaxers. Every year or so, another story pops up about someone’s deathbed confession about being Cooper. Some people even claim they have proof in a safety deposit box, or their attic. A press release is issued, but of course no one sees any proof. I never see a followup story denouncing the claimant… Rinse and repeat. ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/42 "2008-08-21T20:11:19Z")
What if I _ummm_ found a Bigfoot image on my grilled cheese sammich? ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/43 "2008-08-21T21:06:36Z")
Bigfoot was the one wearing the rubber suit. I wonder what it looked like. I hope they got hair samples and footprints. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/44 "2008-08-21T21:21:09Z")
[QUOTE=Shirley Ujest] What if I _ummm_ found a Bigfoot image on my grilled cheese sammich? [/QUOTE] Then you should make sure to pick the hairs off it before eating it. And if I have to tell you one more time to stop rubbing your sandwitches on the cat… ---
**Author:** ![ArizonaTeach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/45deac/32.png) [@ArizonaTeach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ArizonaTeach)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/45 "2008-08-21T21:33:58Z")
[QUOTE=mlees] Pssst… it’s August right now… [/QUOTE] август, I think you mean. ---
**Author:** ![mlees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@mlees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mlees)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 9:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/46 "2008-08-21T21:48:07Z")
[QUOTE=ArizonaTeach] август, I think you mean. [/QUOTE] I don’t _think_ I meant that, because I don’t know what that is… (Is it August in Russian or Greek?) I meant that there shouldn’t be 2 meters of snow, even on the mountain tops, in Georgia right now. (But I will admit ignorance if wrong.) ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/47 "2008-08-21T22:32:55Z")
He means Georgia, where your comrade might live, not Georgia, where your cousin Earl might live. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/48 "2008-08-21T22:37:36Z")
The people who believes these claims about Bigfoot are the same believe who believe that Obama is a Muslim or that he refused to shake hands with the troops. You know, morons. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2008, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/49 "2008-08-21T22:38:21Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] The hell of it is, I could probably still load up a Chewbacca suit in a cooler, cover it with some ice and sell it to the same Bigfoot hunters tomorrow. These fish never stop biting. [/QUOTE] And then, Step 3: Profit! ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 12:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/50 "2008-08-22T00:18:48Z")
[QUOTE=Diogenes the Cynic] The hell of it is, I could probably still load up a Chewbacca suit in a cooler, cover it with some ice and sell it to the same Bigfoot hunters tomorrow. These fish never stop biting. [/QUOTE] There’s a credulity part of our brains that in some people just does not work. I’m becoming convinced of it. Different people have different triggers. My uncle John, who I’ve mentioned before, has fallen for at least a dozen pyramid schemes. You’d think after scheme #2, #3 at the most, your MEMORY would kick in. I don’t understand how at scheme #11 he can’t remember, “You know, the last ten didn’t work. Perhaps there is a pattern here.” For some people, it’s aliens. Or Bigfoot. Or crop circles, or chemtrails. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/51 "2008-08-22T00:23:13Z")
[QUOTE=RickJay] There’s a credulity part of our brains that in some people just does not work. I’m becoming convinced of it. Different people have different triggers. My uncle John, who I’ve mentioned before, has fallen for at least a dozen pyramid schemes. You’d think after scheme #2, #3 at the most, your MEMORY would kick in. I don’t understand how at scheme #11 he can’t remember, “You know, the last ten didn’t work. Perhaps there is a pattern here.” For some people, it’s aliens. Or Bigfoot. Or crop circles, or chemtrails. [/QUOTE] Or religion? (I had to say it. Had to. Contractual Obligation - Athiestic Skeptics Society.) ---
**Author:** ![Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e36b37/32.png) [@Airman\_Doors\_USAF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airman_Doors_USAF)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2008, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/52 "2008-08-22T04:33:42Z")
[QUOTE=Boyo Jim] Are any of these people flying around in armed aircraft? [/QUOTE] No, these people are at my other job. But we do have our share of lunatics in the armed forces, I assure you. There was a guy who bought _Loose Change_ hook, line and sinker and argued it for days when it first came out. The only solace is that he did his job, because if he didn’t we would have thrown his lunatic ass to the curb in a second. ---
**Author:** ![Lust4Life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecc23a/32.png) [@Lust4Life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lust4Life)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/53 "2008-08-23T12:23:01Z")
You people really are poor deluded fools. Lets be totally logical about this. The fact that there is NO evidence whatsoever for Bigpoot is very convenient,just a little bit TOO convenient if you think about it unemotionally. The total absence of Forensics can only mean one thing,that there is indeed a coverup,probably going to the highest levels of government,the Security services HAVE to be involved as only they have the resources and the indepth knowledge to make such a 100%clean up of anything that will give the game away. Now why would the POTUS,and lets face it it would have to receive his seal of approval just to approve the heavy financing and to get the wheels rolling,why would the POTUS agree to this coverup IF THERE WASN’T ANYTHING TO COVERUP? It would be totally and absaloutly pointless. So lets be cool,calm and collected about this there MUST be a Bigpoot,everything points to it and only those in denial could think otherwise. Every single day your Federal government runs rings around all of you so called intelligent cynics and its those of us who aren’t so easily deceived who have to pay the price for it. ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2008, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/54 "2008-08-23T13:26:50Z")
[QUOTE=danceswithcats] Hey-you’ve got folks seeing Jesus, Mary, and C. Estes Kefauver on toast, potato chips, cheese sammitches, bathroom walls, and highway overpasses. [/QUOTE] I was wrong. It wasn’t C. Estes Kefauver on the mold splotch on the wall. It was Adlai Stevenson. I’m sure you can see the resemblance. Robin ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/55 "2008-08-26T18:21:51Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] Yet even with the absence of evidence knucklehead after knucklehead comes out of the woodwork with one hoax after another, and the credulous losers all say “Told ya!” in unison. [/QUOTE] So why not enjoy their willful ignorance? That’s what we will be doing on [September 27, 2008 at the Bigfoot Conference](http://monsterusa.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html). You see, it seems western PA is a hotbed of Bigfoot interest. I am eager to attend the conference! From what I hear from a friend who attended a few years ago, the coolest part is trying to determine who are the actual believers, and who is there to gawk. From the link: > [@](#): > > The East Coast Bigfoot Conference - The Latest News > Here’s the latest info, just received, on the East Coast Bigfoot Conference: > The 2008 East Coast Bigfoot Conference will take place the weekend of September 26,27,28, 2008. > > September 26th, we will hold a meet and greet with the speakers on Friday night at 7:30 PM at Pitzers Townhouse Restaraunt 101 S. 5th St. Jeannette PA 15644. The meet and greet is open and free to the public. Dinner is at your own expense. > > September 27, 2008 is the date of the 2008 East Coast Bigfoot Conference. The event will take place from Noon to 8:00 pm with doors opening at 11:00 am. The event will take place in the banquet hall located above Pitzer’s Townhouse Restaurant 101 S. 5th Street Jeannette PA 15644. Reserved seating is available only on line until the seats are sold out or September 1, 2008. They are only available on our website for $20.00. General Admission seating is $10.00 and available online at the website or at the door the day of the conference. The event will feature guest speakers, displays, vendors tables, book signings, and snacks and beverages available. The event will also feature door prizes and a “Bigfoot” Auction that will take place during the intermissions between guest speakers with the procedes benefitting the conference and future conferences. This years guest speakers include: > > Eric Altman, Pennsylvania. Eric will also serve as master of ceremonies > Joe Biello, New York > Bob Chance, Maryland > William Dranginis, Virginia > Steve “The Squatch Detective” Kulls, New York > Diane Stocking, Florida > Billy Willard and Tom L., Virginia > > September 28, the PBS will provide a driving and walking tour of several locations in South Western Pennsylvania where there have been sightings recorded in the past few years. The tour is free to attend, and registration is only available to the first 50 registrants. You must be willing to sign a liability waiver form. > > The PA Bigfoot Society organization is also seeking friends, colleagues and associates who may be interested in assisting us with the auction that will take place during the conference. We are seeking folks who wish to donate Bigfoot items, such as autographed and/or non autographed books, DVD’s, Bigfoot T-shirts, artwork, collectibles, ect. We are seeking items that are either new, or in good condition for our Auction. If you have written a book, we are seeking autographed copies to add to the auction. Any and all help is grately appreciated. In exchange, we will display a business card sized ad on the conference website and in the conference program. We would ask that you include your name, website if applicable, and contact information such as an email address, or phone number. We will be happy to place the ad in both the website and conference. We are three months from the event and are in need of assitance to help our organization raise funds to cover expenes for this years conference and future events. Any and all assistance is greatly appreciated. Donations may be sent to the Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society c/o Eric Altman 181 Cardinal Drive, Jeannette PA 15644. Please send your auction donation(s) no later than September 14, 2008. > > For more information on the 2008 East Coast Bigfoot Conference, we invite you to visit [www.eastcoastbigfootconference.weebly.com](http://www.eastcoastbigfootconference.weebly.com) or [www.pabigfootsociety.com](http://www.pabigfootsociety.com). You may also email us at [contact@pabigfootsociety.com](mailto:contact@pabigfootsociety.com) or Eric Altman directly at [bigfootboy\_2000@yahoo.com](mailto:bigfootboy_2000@yahoo.com). > > Thank you for your time, consideration and support. > > Eric Altman > Director,Co-host, Conference Chairman > Pennsylvania Bigfoot Society [www.pabigfootsociety.com](http://www.pabigfootsociety.com) ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/56 "2008-08-26T21:08:44Z")
[QUOTE=vetbridge] So why not enjoy their willful ignorance? That’s what we will be doing on [September 27, 2008 at the Bigfoot Conference](http://monsterusa.blogspot.com/2008_06_01_archive.html). You see, it seems western PA is a hotbed of Bigfoot interest. I am eager to attend the conference! From what I hear from a friend who attended a few years ago, the coolest part is trying to determine who are the actual believers, and who is there to gawk. [/QUOTE] I wonder if there’s any correlation between Bigfoot sightings in western PA and Rick Santorum’s return to private life. Allegedly, he’s been living in his Penn Hills house since losing in '06. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/57 "2008-08-26T21:33:17Z")
^Coincidence? I think not! ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/58 "2008-08-26T21:35:04Z")
> [@Bigfoot conference flyer](#): > > …We are seeking folks who wish to donate Bigfoot items, such as autographed and/or non autographed books, DVD’s, Bigfoot T-shirts, artwork, collectibles, ect… Bigfoot autographs books, T-shirts, and DVDs? I wonder if he’d do mah girlfriend’s titty… ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/59 "2008-08-26T22:47:10Z")
[QUOTE=Airman Doors, USAF] \*\*You know what’s worse than Bigfoot hoaxers? \*\* [/QUOTE] Sure. Bigfoot **rapists.** Just trust me on this. ---
**Author:** ![BrainGlutton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/82dd89/32.png) [@BrainGlutton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrainGlutton)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2008, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-whats-worse-than-bigfoot-hoaxers/460761/60 "2008-08-26T22:51:37Z")
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