From Linda: Fact or fiction? You decide…
This audio clip is from Y94 Playhouse Fargo, ND radio station, courtesy of tutufunny4u:
Here’s Part #2, The Rest of the Story, where Donna professes to be surprised by all the hub-bub.
Bigfoot Hoax Proves Deadly
Montana Man Killed During Bigfoot Hoax
by Katie Kindelan with contributions from AP
ABCNews.go.com
August 28, 2012
A Montana man dressed in a Bigfoot costume in an apparent attempt to provoke reports of sightings of the mythical creature was killed when he was struck by two cars on a highway.
Randy Lee Tenley, 44, of Kalispell, in Northwest Montana, was standing in the right-hand lane of U.S. Highway 93 Sunday night when he was struck by a car, the Montana Highway Patrol said. A second car then hit him again as he lay in the road, authorities said.
“He had this Ghillie suit and was going to attempt to get the attention of passing motorist and, through I don”t know what means, make them feel like they saw Bigfoot or sasquatch,” Montana Highway Patrol Officer Jim Schneider told ABC affiliate KTMF.
Schneider told the local newspaper the Daily Inter Lake that authorities determined Tenley”s motive, posing as Bigfoot, after interviewing the man”s friends. Alcohol “may have been a factor,” in the incident, according to Schneider. Continue reading “Bigfoot Hoax Proves Deadly”
Scientific Objectivity Tested by Fake TV News Story
From Miso: “Now THAT’S a well done hoax!”
Hoax, Lies and Videotape
by RefractiveIndex
July 6, 2012
The fifth in our series on this year”s group projects by Sci Com students – this week, it”s the turn of Stephen McGann, Emma Houghton-Brown and Haralambos Dayantis.
Do scientists see the world as objectively as they like to think?
[Watch this hoax video & then read on]
Arguments have raged for years between those who regard science as an entirely objective discipline, and certain social scholars that believe science is subject to the same cognitive biases as every other human enterprise. At times, these debates have become less than polite. Continue reading “Scientific Objectivity Tested by Fake TV News Story”
Banksy’s Prank TV Special, The Antics Roadshow, to Air in the U.S.
Revised May 30, 2012 (original post, August 16, 2011):
Joey Skaggs is featured in Banksy’s first television special “The Antics Roadshow.” Originally broadcast in the UK on August 13, 2011, it premieres on Logo TV, Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 8/7c.
Watch a promo here:
Or, follow this link to the doc”s page on the Logo TV website, where you”ll be able to watch the entire thing early next week.
Related link:
Fact or Fiction? Islamic Cleric Bans Phallic Food
From Robert F:
Islamic Cleric Bans Women From Handling Bananas, Cucumbers & Other Phallic Produce
by Jim Hoft
Gateway Pundit
December 7, 2011
They could arouse women and make them think of sex.
An Islamic cleric in Europe says that women should avoid bananas, cucumbers, zucchini and other phallic fruits and vegetables. They may arouse sexual thoughts and that would be horrible.
Bikamasr reported, via ROP:
An Islamic cleric residing in Europe said that women should not be close to bananas or cucumbers, in order to avoid any “sexual thoughts.”
The unnamed sheikh, who was featured in an article on el-Senousa news, was quoted saying that if women wish to eat these food items, a third party, preferably a male related to them such as their a father or husband, should cut the items into small pieces and serve.
He said that these fruits and vegetables “resemble the male penis” and hence could arouse women or “make them think of sex.”
He also added carrots and zucchini to the list of forbidden foods for women.
The sheikh was asked how to “control” women when they are out shopping for groceries and if holding these items at the market would be bad for them. The cleric answered saying this matter is between them and God.