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Surprise, Surprise: Bigfoot Finding is Yet Another Hoax

Discover how the Bigfoot finding DNA evidence was debunked by two Georgia men and their hilarious hoax involving a Halloween costume.

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Just like pretty much every supernatural claim subjected to scientific scrutiny, the newest "Bigfoot" finding has fallen apart. Two men from Georgia claimed last week to have found the Sasquatch, going so far as to stage a Friday press conference in which they unveiled "DNA evidence" that their creature was part-human, part-opossum. Of course, the two didn't bring their carcass to the event for scientists to inspect, with good reason: The "Bigfoot" in their freezer was just an empty Halloween costume. Tom Biscardi, the Bigfoot hunter who paid the men $50,000 for their specimen frozen in ice, finally figured it out after he and another Sasquatch enthusiast melted it and found they'd been had. Understandably, Biscardi wants his money back, but no one is quite sure where the two hoaxers have gone. Difficult as it was, DISCOVER called this one last week, and we were even correct that the monster ...

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