Ray "Bigfoot" Wallace - Dead At 84

[goofyfish]

Although it pains me to tell all you Bigfoot Believers out there (not), it was all a hoax.

SEATTLE - The man who used 16-inch (40-centimeter) feet-shaped carvings to create tracks that ignited the "Bigfoot" legend has died. He was 84.

Ray L. Wallace's family admitted his role in the creature myth after his death Nov. 26 from heart failure.

"The reality is, Bigfoot just died," his son, Michael, said.

But for those whose tenuous grip on reality refuses to let them believe the truth, there is hope:

Jeff Meldrum, an associate professor of anatomy and anthropology at Idaho State University, says he has casts of 40 to 50 footprints he believes were made by authentic unknown primates.

"To suggest all these are explained by simple carved feet strapped to boots just doesn't wash," Meldrum said, noting 19th century accounts of such a creature. (Full text here)

Peace.

 

[Xevious]

I've always hated hoaxters. They make studying the real phenomenon more difficult. Then again, it's always much easier to ridicule than it is to seek understanding.

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