The Dumbest Hoax Of All Time?

Early this month, two hunters from Georgia claimed to have found a dead Bigfoot. They even had photos to prove it.

This news caused a national sensation. Proof that a mythical creature exists! Closer examination (and not really all that close) showed otherwise.

First of all, both of the photos supposedly showing the bigfoot were out of focus. In this day and age of auto-focus digital cameras with instant photo previews and scores of photo enhancing software programs, how is this even possible? If you're really trying to prove something to someone, don't you take the best pictures you can?

One of the photos shows the body in a pool of water at the bottom of a freezer:


"It was in a block of ice", claimed the hunters, "the water is what is left of the ice."

While the other is supposed to be a picture of the creature's mouth:


In press conference broadcast nationwide, the hunters claimed that the body was at "an undisclosed location, awaiting examination by qualified experts."

The hunters did, however take a tissue sample, which they sent for a DNA test.

The test proved that Bigfoot was an oppossum. Oops.

A couple of days later, an expert was able to examine the body.

It turned out to be a rubber costume.

Did these guys really think they were going to fool people? They must have had a few too many beers.

One of the hunters was a policeman. After this was over, he got fired.