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hoaxer stories: 3 news summaries

 Men Admit Bigfoot Hoax 


Aug 19, 08 9:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bigfoot hunters will just have to keep looking. Two Georgia men’s story about finding Sasquatch has—surprise!—turned out to be a hoax, Cox News Service reports. Their ruse fell apart when a block of ice containing the “body” melted—leaving behind a rubber monkey suit. The... More »

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Georgia • monkey • bigfoot • Sasquatch • DNA evidence • hoaxer • costume

Ga. Men Claim to Have
Found Bigfoot

Body, photos, DNA among 'proof' to be presented tomorrow

Aug 14, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two Georgia men claim to have found a Bigfoot, and say they'll release evidence tomorrow at a press conference, LiveScience reports. Whether they'll display the alleged carcass or simply photographs is unknown, but a well-known Bigfoot hoaxer speaking on their behalf said the body will be studied in a secure,... More »

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Georgia • press conference • bigfoot • Sasquatch • DNA evidence • hoaxer

NEW RELEASE

No Hoax Here: Prankster's Bio One to Watch

Abel Raises Cain chronicles 'America's greatest living hoaxer'

Mar 5, 08 3:52 PM CST
(Newser) - Satirist Alan Abel has spent decades laughing at Americans who fell for hoaxes such as his "euthanasia cruises" and a school for training beggars. Abel Raises Cain, a documentary made by his daughter now out on DVD, is a "hysterical look at a gifted comic," even if... More »

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film • documentary • hoax • Alan Abel • hoaxer • Jenny Abel • Society for Indecency to Naked Animals • Jeff Hockett • Buck Henry • Walter Cronkite

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