Just received a big, long comment on our original Bigfoot post (found here) concerning the events that have taken place over the past week or so. Would you believe that this whole Bigfoot thing is looking more and more like a hoax? Can you believe it?!!
Looks like the Bigfoot’s foot was apparently made of rubber and that a sample of the creature’s hair, when burned, “melted into a ball uncharacteristic of hair.”
Full story after the jump. Thanks to Mr. Bluze for leaving this over on our other post.
And now, here is the rest of the story……
THE FOLLOWING IS PART OF THE NEWS RELEASE GIVEN TO FOX NEWS
Good afternoon. I am Steve Kulls Executive Director of Squatchdetective.com and Host of Squatchdetective Radio. I am here with Bob Schmalzbach, Vice President of Searching for Bigfoot, Inc. I had been invited to be a witness of the thawing of the alleged Bigfoot Body by the Searching for Bigfoot team. As an independent researcher, it has been Squatchdetective.com’s goal to obtain proof positive in all cases when either trying to substantiate a claim or debunk it, so as there is no question to the matter’s certainty. Having worked in the past, with Searching for Bigfoot, Inc., I understand that it has always been their corporate goal, “to tell it like they see it, as it happens, and when it happens”. In my organization’s limited involvement with Searching For Bigfoot, Inc. it is and has been the goal of both organizations to obtain the truth in this and all matters.
On July 9th, 2008, Matthew Whitton and Ricky Dyer placed a video on Youtube making the claim they had recovered the body of a Bigfoot body. Their website, Bigfoottracker.com also echoed the sentiment. At that time I had doubts and followed the story for two weeks when on July 25th, 2008 I placed a video response to challenge them to come on to Squatchdetective Radio on July 28th , 2008.
On July 14th, 2008 an article was published where Whitton released a statement to his local newspaper, the Clayton Times Daily stating that they had recovered the body of a Bigfoot.
The afternoon of July 28th, 2008, Ricky Dyer asked if I would call him and after interviewing him using various forensic interviewing techniques, which I have been trained on, I could not get an accurate read on him as I was seeing deception on numerous things, but insisted he had a body in his possession. At one point he asked me who Tom Biscardi was. I immediately surmised however their motive was financial.
After concluding my one plus hour long phone call with Dyer I called the CEO of Searching for Bigfoot, Tom Biscardi, and we discussed the matter. We, at that time decided it best to turn the investigation over to Mr. Biscardi and his team. My involvement in the remainder of the process was as an independent observer.
The following are my observations and the facts as I understand and know them:
On August 1st, 2008 Tom Biscardi traveled to Georgia and on August 2nd was given a sample, allegedly, from the corpse, for DNA testing. The DNA was hand delivered to Dr. Curt Nelson of Michigan and a chain of custody of the said sample was maintained from the time it was received from Ricky Dyer and Matthew Whitton.
On August 4th, 2008 both Matthew Whitton and Ricky Dyer entered a legally binding contract with Searching For Bigfoot, Inc .recognizing the fact that Searching for Bigfoot, had absolutely nothing to do in the demise or storage of the corpse until such time as it was transferred to Searching For Bigfoot for the benefit of scientific study, marketing and promotion.
On August 10th, 2008 Tom Biscardi received an email from Dr. Nelson that after the amplifications of two of the three samples, that the size of the DNA was consistent with human/ape DNA.
On or about August 12th, 2008, Matthew Whitton and Ricky Dyer requested an undisclosed sum of money as an advance, expected from the marketing and promotion, and as a good faith gesture of the contract.
On August 14th, 2008, after signing a transfer receipt for the amount money requested and counting said money, Matthew Whitton and Ricky Dyer led the Searching for Bigfoot Team to a location and turned over a freezer with something appearing large, hairy, and frozen in ice.
On August 15th, 2008, Tom Biscardi, Ricky Dyer and Matthew Whitton held a press conference at the Cabana Hotel in Paolo Alto, California, announcing that the corpse of a creature fitting the description known as “Bigfoot” had been discovered. A police officer of seven years, on medical leave, labeled as a hero for being wounded in the line of duty, got up in front of the world and told the world of how he and Ricky Dyer uncovered this creature. This has since been proven a lie. It is notable that Rick Dyer insisted on this press conference and told Tom Biscardi he would not release the “body” unless the conference was held on this specific date.
On August 16th, 2008 the freezer containing the alleged corpse arrived with the Searching For Bigfoot Team. I arrived on location at 6PM to provide initial verification examination, biohazard control and consult for security measures at the location. At that time the ice was being thawed slowly without aid, to prevent any decomposition of the alleged corpse. We estimated that the freezer and its contents weighed over 1500 pounds and it would take several days or longer to thaw completely.
On August 17th, 2008 Searching for Bigfoot Team Director of Field Operations, TJ Biscardi and myself, were up early to discover that some hair was now exposed. I extracted some from the alleged corpse and examined it and had some concerns. Bob Schmalzbach arrived and concurred. We burned said sample and said hair sample melted into a ball uncharacteristic of hair.
At that time we contacted Mr. Biscardi who gave us permission to begin an expedited melting process. We set up a salamander heater to heat the freezer. Within one hour we were able to see the partially exposed head, as I was now able to touch it, I was able to feel that it seemed mostly firm, but unusually hollow in one small section. This was yet another ominous sign. Within the next hour of thaw, a break appeared up near the feet area. As the team and I began examining this area near the feet, I observed the foot which looked unnatural, reached in and confirmed it was a rubber foot.
At that point we immediately contacted, Tom Biscardi and advised him of the situation and he began to take action on his end. Later that day, Tom Biscardi informed us that both Matthew Whitton and Ricky Dyer admitted it was a costume. They reportedly agreed to sign a promissory note and admission of what they had done, and set a meeting in their hotel room in California for 8AM on August 17th, 2008.
At that time I drew up the documents for Mr. Biscardi. On August 17th, 2008 Tom Biscardi went to the hotel where Dyer and Whitton were staying and found that they had left. At this time action is being instigated against the perpetrators of this fraud. Tom Biscardi asked us to contact you, the press, and share all that we have discovered.
The motives behind this fraud are still unknown at this time. It is still unclear why Whitton who, being a police officer for the Clayton County Police Department in Georgia got up before the world and lied and was complicit in a scheme to defraud in a felonious manner.
At this time the victim of this series of deceptions, Searching for Bigfoot, Inc., is seeking justice for themselves and for all the people who were deceived by this deception. Due to this event peoples lives have been disrupted and many people, so wanting vindication about there prior experiences were hurt. Let us all try to be mindful of such.
On behalf of myself I can say with certainty Matthew Whitton and Ricky Dyer not the best Bigfoot trackers in the world!
Thank you.
I hope Biscardi doesn’t get a free pass on this one. Either he knew about it or he’s the most gullible idiot on the planet.
Maybe they’re just really really really really really really really really bored!?
I know sass is real. Really real.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ig_2k9aDhpE
Tom Biscardi cant get out of this one as he has already said in the previous articles that he had “touched it and seen it with his own hands. Lets not let that statement slip away.
I saw this coming a mile away!
At first I felt bad for Biscardi because he desperately wants to believe in bigfoot and people keep scamming him. But come on. You got up at that press conference and lied. You said you seen, touched, felt and smelled the thing. It was a block of ice. You did no such thing. I no longer feel sorry that your business is toast. You gotta find a different job. But the guys should also be prosecuted and money returned. You can’t commit fraud no matter how gulible or mentally challenged the victim is. Do these guys really think they are going to just pack up and leave? Too many people saw their press conference, website and youtube videos. Don’t think they are getting very far. Not to mention they are a group of bumbling rednecks. Good luck with that.
Fraud and deception. I hope that they are prosecuted for this. This was in no way a hoax, these guys were out to make money off of their fraudulent scheme. A hoax would have been in all good fun, but this was taken to another step. Execute them.
I think Big Foot is real and he was in on the scheme! All three of them, Big Foot, Dyer and Whitten are on some Carribean Island drinking Margueritas and laughing their asses off.
FOXNews just announced that Obama picked Bigfoot as his running mate.
Biscardi has a lot of enemies.
Check out the BFRO
http://www.bfro.net/
They have been discrediting him since this started
In fact they had the details of the hoax correct before any tests were done. Don’t they look smart now?
Conspiracy theory anyone?
This isn’t the first time Biscardi has been hoaxed either.
Maybe he just wants to believe too much
Kinda like how most people are with the new Iphone
I saw it coming, too. Not to disrespect those who feel they have experienced an actual siting, but i think this is a good example of the lengths people will go to when they want something to be true.
To put up money in advance with nothing but some small questionable samples is just not brilliant, not in the case of something people have been searching for and unable to prove the existence of for decades.
The organization backing this up only makes themselves look even more foolish by jumping the gun, reputation of the “reporters” notwithstanding.
But, the more surprising is that the 2 men would take money KNOWING the discovery of their fraud was a week away at best and then not at least disappear. Idiots.
This whole bigfoot nonsense had about as much credibility as a FOXNews story on the “health” of the economy.
I hope that they nail the rick-matt guys right to the wall for this. Their not going to sleaze their way out of this one. Right to the wall!
Hey, wait a minute!
Doesn’t Michael Phelps have a Size 14 foot? That qualifies him to be a big foot.
And Shaq? He’s got a big foot too, and is as tall as the shy woodsy guy.
Once they find Big Foot, he’ll be adopted by some company, just like the cavemen were.
Are you serious? People’s feelings got hurt? Why? not like Big Foot is their brother or something. And how gullable are people? Geez. Isn’t there better things to do?
Apparently the deal went sour. LOL. How did Biscardi touch and feel the corpse if it was block of ice. And Biscardi is no fool either, oh no, its all business for him, isn’t he the guy who charged fees to watch videos of 2 captive bigfoot?
It looks like the two finder tried to squeeze some more money and threatened to go public with their secret in case of non-compliance. Biscardi of course decided it would be better to beat them.
And the money cannot be returned because it was given in good faith and that doesn’t amount to transaction with guarantee.
The duo will simply deny that they knew the corpse was fake. Since Biscardi has already done them favor of declaring that the corpse is fake. They just have to say that they had no knowledge of it until Biscardi’s investigation and they found the body as it was.
I THINK BIGFOOT IS UNDER CONTRACT WITH THE BEEF JERKY GUYS AND THEY HAVE HIM IN THE WITNESS PROTECTION PROGRAM SO HE WILL NEVER BE FOUND
This would be the greatest viral marketing campaign ever. Is there a movie coming out soon involving Bigfoot?
Bigfoot and Elvis just cut a tune for Dyer and Whitten. It’s called Jailhouse Croc. :-)
Yeah, when I first heard about this everyone talked about Biscardi’s last hoax - he set up a big event, charged people to watch… but had never been there and seen them himself? I thought, “what an idiot!” One of the first things any halfway decent investigator does is look at the evidence - not just take the word of someone he’s never even met. Yet here again, he’s claiming that, although he arranged this whole huge media hurrah, he never actually verified it himself. I don’t know which is worse: the whole world thinking you’re a scamming liar or the whole world thinking you’re a completely gullible moron. I think at this time you’d be hard pressed to find ANYONE who doesn’t think he’s one of those two things.
Someone gave money to a big-foot hoaxer??? OMG, what next? I suspect that next someone will give money to a preacher on TV! Oh, the horror of it all, claiming that God will improve their lives if they just send money to their multi-million dollar church.
If we are going to start persucuting the perpetrators of these ridiculous hoaxes, then let’s start with the religious zealots and their unsubstantiated claims!
Kull is not an independent investigator apart from Biscardi, he is a partner with Bascardi and is doing damage control to separate them from Matt and Rick, this ruse was done in 2005 when Bascardi got caught pulling the same hoax about having a Bigfoot, Bascardi said in the press conference that he poked and prodded the creature…watch the press conference. This is larceny by conversion. The same type of hoax is being perpetrated by John Lenard Walson http://www.youtube.com/user/JohnLenardWalson and his partner Gridkeeper http://www.youtube.com/user/GRIDKEEPER on youtube right now. I wonder how many time the cop Matt Whitton lied on the stand to get convictions, if he would lie to the world you can bet he would lie to a judge. Tom Bescardi and Kull are Con-men selling snake-oil, it’s all part of making money anyway they can.
I find it very hard to believe Bascardi didn’t know it was fake. Only an idiot would give money upfront without evidence. Their main goal must have been to draw people to the website and to be able to say that they “hoaxed the world and actually was involved in a press conference about Bigfoot.” although many felt it was fake from the beginning-no matter how much we wanted it to be real.
Hey, just hold on! Has anyone thought that maybe the body is a Bigfoot with a toupe and prosthetic foot?
Yeah, im bigfoot you all will never find me! muahahah!
They need a Bigfoot up their butts
“This would be the greatest viral marketing campaign ever. Is there a movie coming out soon involving Bigfoot?
~Nussy”
Yes there is a bigfoot movie coming out. Found it on Utube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OL64lEkLQ8
>FOXNews just announced that Obama picked Bigfoot as his running mate.
And I thought Al Gore was done running for the whitehouse!
Anything coming from Fox entertainment is suspect, at least in my eyes. :-)
Hopefully we’ll learn the motivation of these two. If they were smart they’d add an Amazon affiliate section up as soon as possible. Can’t say whether eBay has much BigFoot items for sale. One thing is for sure - let the domaining begin!
**You can see here there is another BigFoot they found with the fake one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RTy9JdVDqvY
This Stuff is Great. In a world of political and civil unrest and Economic woe, It is a Refreshing diversion, Thanks guys and to you too, Big Foot. I have factual documentation that Elvis is living with Big Foot somewhere in Backwoods, USA.
i never realized Bigfoot’s name was actually Sasquatch
I WENT TO SCHOOL WITH MATTHEW WHITTON. WE GRADUATED IN 1998 FROM CANTON HIGH SCHOOL.(TEXAS)HE WAS ALWAYS A BIG PRANKSTER AND ASSHOLE SO I AM NOT SUPRISED THIS HAPPENED. THE GUY IN THE VIDEO PLAYING A DOCTOR WAS HIS BROTHER MARK. HE ALSO HAS A SISTER LACY. I FEEL SORRY FOR HIS FAMILY. THERE IS A COMMUNITY NAMED WHITTON COMMUNITY AFTER HIS FAMILY. WHAT A DISGRACE..
I read this whole story, and find it surprising that Scooby Doo and the gang didn’t solve this mystery. Zoiks!
But the Bigfoot guys are such trustworthy fellows! I’m sure they just put a rubber suit out by mistake. Will the real Bigfoot be revealed?
Tom Biscardi is well known for perpetrating Bigfoot hoaxes.
He pulled the same stunt in 2005 and before that he had “The Hand of Unknown Origin”!
He said on TV that he made sure the body was real before he put his “good” name behind it.
He was in on the scam from the start and is just a rat scurrying from a sinking ship. He should drown with it.
who gives a f@$%$%^K
Now that’s humour…
F’ing scammers make me sick. I hope their plan for making a heap o’ cash ends up costing them a heap. Jerks like this really give a black(ish/grey) eye to to the whole field of crypto hunters.
Oh, did I mention I hope they end up losing money on the scam? Too bad lying isn’t a felony.
F’ing scammers make me sick. I hope their plan for making a heap o’ cash ends up costing them a heap. Jerks like this really give a black(ish/grey) eye to to the whole field of crypto hunters.
Oh, did I mention I hope they end up losing money on the scam? Too bad lying isn’t a felony.