Comments on: More Thoughts on Randy Lee Tenley

By: Fhqwhgads

Fhqwhgads — Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:07:45 +0000

Maybe I’m just cold and callous this morning, but I’m mostly glad that no one else was injured in this dangerously irresponsible stunt. Forget the fact that this had to do with Bigfoot; this has NOTHING to do with cryptozoology. No, the important point here is that PRACTICAL JOKES SHOULD NOT INVOLVE MOVING AUTOMOBILES. Period. Trying to scare the crap out of a driver amounts to either TRYING to make them have a wreck or to being too **** stupid to realize the likely consequences of your actions.

By: Goodfoot

Goodfoot — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:10:05 +0000

DWA: if you do not understand why someone would do this, you have not come to grips with what I call “THE BUBBA FACTOR”.

By: DWA

DWA — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:31:13 +0000

All I can say is this:

Anyone who thinks Bigfoot costumes are a significant cause for skepticism on this topic simply hasn’t reviewed the evidence.

OK, I can say one other thing: I simply cannot get why anyone would want to do this.

But maybe that just means that it really does take all kinds to make a world.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 19:48:53 +0000

Don’t think you people are getting it. It is a nonprofit corporate decision based on liability reasoning and considerations in a litigious society.

By: cryptokellie

cryptokellie — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:02:13 +0000

Please don’t misunderstand my comment as I fully comprehend and agree with the position being taken. As I mentioned in a response on the first Tenley article, the possibility of more people doing this and being injured is very, very real. The “Copycat” phenomenum occurs in every pop-culture event – which Bigfoot has now become. Frankly, I didn’t even consider the possible traffic accident (can we really say accident?) scenario, as I felt that the real danger in Bigfoot hoaxery would be a gunshot injury or fatality. I still do. Unfortunately, there are going to be persons who will try hoaxes merely because they feel that they can do it better.
It is a shame because I really think that the construction of an accurate Bigfoot costume, contest or otherwise, could broaden the interest and education on the subject and perhaps help to elevate Bigfoot and other cryptid studies from the fringe areas they now occupy. Lets hope that the unfornate poor judgement of Mr. Tenley is an isolated case although, I have my doubts…consider that somehow, every year, many people are struck and injured/killed by on-coming trains while inexplicably positioned on the railroad tracks.

By: marcodufour

marcodufour — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 13:16:33 +0000

squatchman- I dislike hoaxers as much as the next person but no one deserves to die over this! Try respecting the poor man`s child and family that are left after this as well as the two young kids that ran him over. Respect to them all in their grieving.

By: Loren Coleman

Loren Coleman — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 10:49:32 +0000

Cryptokellie writes, “Notice that the video that accompainies your article is not taken from an moving vehicle.”

Not sure how this relates to an official position of caution for a year. No one said that Bigfoot costumed hoaxers were filmed from vehicles or not. Although it does occur, from dash cams, of course, most pranks like this are recorded by a friend in a fixed position.

Furthermore, the position being taken has nothing to say about placing blame on anyone. It has everything to do with respecting and examining the situation of the Tenley event without haste.

By: cryptokellie

cryptokellie — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 02:02:19 +0000

The NHTSA reports that in 2010 the number of pedestrian deaths in the United States rose to 4,280 and 70,000 people injured. I’m not sure, but I think the Tenley fatality is the only pedestrian fatality involving a Bigfoot impersonation on record in the United States.
Although pedestrian injuries and unfortunately fatalities show a slight increase during the Halloween period, I don’t think that Trick or Treating can be compared to very questionable behavior of Mr. Tenley. The point being that very few people if any will actually step into the path of an unwitting (not forewarned as in a hoax collaboration) on-coming vehicle, while dressed in a Bigfoot suit…homemade or ghillie. Notice that the video that accompainies your article is not taken from an moving vehicle. While I understand completely your stance on costume contests, it begs the age old question put in different terms…Bigfoot costumes don’t kill people, people might get killed doing stupid things while wearing one.