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Darwin Snickers: Man Killed While Trying To Create Bigfoot Sighting
2012-08-29
[An Nahar] A man dressed in a furry suit who was apparently trying to provoke reports of a Bigfoot sighting in northwestern Montana was struck by two cars and killed, authorities said.

The man was wearing a military-style "Ghillie suit" consisting of strips of camouflage fabric and was standing in the right-hand lane of a highway south of Kalispell on Sunday night when he was hit by the first car, according to the Montana Highway Patrol. A second car hit the man as he lay in the roadway, authorities said.
Hey! Look out for Bigfoot! BAM...
Hey! Look out for Bigfoot! BAM...BAM

Flathead County officials identified the man as Randy Lee Tenley, 44, of Kalispell. Trooper Jim Schneider said his motives were ascertained during interviews with friends, and alcohol may have been a factor but Sherlocks were awaiting tests.
"Randy doin a little drinkin?"
"Yessir. Little bit..."

"He was trying to make people think he was Sasquatch so people would call in a Sasquatch sighting," Schneider told the Daily Inter Lake newspaper on Monday. "You can't make it up. I haven't seen or heard of anything like this before. Obviously, his suit made it difficult for people to see him."
Damn fine police work, if you ask me...
Ghillie suits are a type of full-body clothing made to resemble heavy foliage and used to camouflage military snipers.

"He probably would not have been very easy to see at all," Schneider told KECI-TV.

Tenley was struck by vehicles driven by two girls, ages 15 and 17, who were unable to stop in time, authorities said.
Posted by:Fred

#4  Flathead County. Heh.
How'd I miss that?
Posted by: tu3031   2012-08-29 21:20  

#3  I have duel deer whistles on my Ford for occasions such as this.

Have the same for the indigent deer population around here, too. Sometimes they work. Sometimes they don't.

The horn always gets their attention, though.

Mr. Randy wouldn't have heard the whistles (if indeed there were any in use) as they usually aren't tuned for the 'stupid human' hearing range.
Posted by: Mullah Richard   2012-08-29 16:25  

#2  I have duel deer whistles on my Ford for occasions such as this.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-08-29 13:54  

#1  "He probably would not have been very easy to see at all,"

Kinda the whole point of a ghillie suit. And he would have looked more like a shrubbery than a sasquatch.
Posted by: SteveS   2012-08-29 00:40  

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