Comments on: Bigfoot Hoax Body Bid Tops $100,000 [Update: $200,000!]

By: Lightning Orb

Lightning Orb — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 07:54:14 +0000

Perhaps the overall lesson won’t be quite so bad. For now the lesson appears hoax = $$$. But soon it may be the opposite. The only real reason this has been bid on so highly is because of the massive amount of media it got. But this sort of thing only tends to work once in a while. Many others will likely try to emulate this cash-producing method at first, but will probably find no one takes it seriously enough – sequels just don’t work like the original.

By: Labyrinth_13

Labyrinth_13 — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:10:52 +0000

If casinos are the ones bidding on this hoax item, then that is sadly just par for the course. Other casinos have bid on other weird eBay items in the past. The grilled cheese sandwich with the image of Jesus on it comes to mind.

Maybe I’m making too much out of this, but what really bothers me is the fact that this sets a very bad precedent for all future hoaxers. What they will learn is that you don’t have to pull off any truly convincing bigfoot or cryptozoological hoax in order to make money.

By: jplunkett

jplunkett — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 01:07:11 +0000

I just looked at the bids on ebay, the bid is upto $250,283.00. I hope proriter is right and the bids are phony, if not peole are allot dumber than I ever imagined.

By: jplunkett

jplunkett — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 00:01:25 +0000

You have got to be kidding me. I hope no idiot would pay that much for that thing. What the hell is wrong with these people, its people like that that make it hard for anyone to believe in anything. Its hard enough going out there doing the research, hunting these creatures to try and prove their extistance. Then you have some idiots put some costume in a freezer with some other animal parts in it. And these idiots make all kinds of money off the deal, while making it harder for the real researchers like me that dont have allot of money, and that actually want to find the real thing. I think these guys should get the chair. Its people like that that make the sceptiks not believe the truth when someone really does have an experience with bigfoot.

By: Oh Brother

Oh Brother — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 13:51:46 +0000

Some of those bids could be real. This thing could be a huge draw for a side show. Heck, I’d pay a few bucks to see it at a carnival or tourist trap “museum”. I might even pay a couple more bucks to take a photo with the wholly bugger.

By: proriter

proriter — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 04:00:00 +0000

Obviously the bids are phony. Wait and see.

By: omne51

omne51 — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 14:42:03 +0000

One thing everyone seems to be forgetting, is that the seller still has to pay eBay seller fees, even if the bids are all hoaxes.

Why would you bid up the price on your own auction and force yourself to pay rather high seller fees in the process?

I agree, the bids are likely bogus, but this is something to consider.

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:47:16 +0000

I’m with the rest of you guys…I think this is one more lame attempt to try to vindicate a hoax and to try to con someone into buying it…sheesh! They tried conning people with fake scientists on YouTube and other nonsense…I think they are at it again.

AND, for anyone who does have that kind of money, yes, instead of a crappy costume…invest in expeditions! OR INVEST IN LOREN’S MUSEUM!

By: thehoch

thehoch — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 03:37:09 +0000

You all are being hoaxed again!

It’s another inside job for publicity. Who in their right mind is going to pay almost a 1/4 of a million bucks for that junk?

Anyone can bid on Ebay, especially friends and family or even yourself from another email address. Do these guys have no shame?

By: mfs

mfs — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 02:12:42 +0000

I’m waiting for it to show up on “Things we found on eBay” on “The Tonght Show with Jay Leno.”