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Showing posts with label scam. Show all posts
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Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Killer Whale Free To Good Home

This poor killer whale (replica). First he was damaged during a redecorating at the New York Aquarium. They didn't want him because his tail was slightly broken. A worker there rescued him. But after two months living in a garage delighting children, he's being thrown out again, this time by the worker's mother who thought better of the whole arrangement. And needs the room in her garage.
"Why she would rather have a mini-van than a whale i don't know, but she's put her foot down. I need to get rid of the whale ASAP and will part with it for free as long as it goes to a good home," Caroline Hertz posts on Craigslist. Surely in this recession this would be a good catch for someone.

UPDATE: Looking around I found a similar ad on Craigslist in many cites. The only variation was the story of how the seller strangely acquired the whale. So, sorry, no whale for sale. 

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Big Foot Tours $499

Nobody was impressed with the evidence presented at the Bigfoot press conference last week. Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer say they have a bigfoot carcass in a freezer in northern Georgia somewhere. But that's not all! They also have video of a few live big foot or sasquatch hanging around the area.

Whitton and Dyer have alternately been described as hunters, hikers and big foot hunters. I tracked down an older story from a big foot blogger, who linked to their expedition site, bigfoottracker.com. Back then Whitton was were referred to as a cop and Dyer a former corrections officer. Dyer says he's a married dad and former Army ranger. Matt calls himself Gary and says he's a great tracker who "has associates who train bloodhounds for tracking."

Most of their current stuff is on the site of Tom Biscardi, who is a more experienced and perhaps more oily bigfoot hawker. The sites share not only a quest for Sasquatch, but also a fondness for blaring completely unrelated music. Biscardi's site includes field reports from around the country--but none in Georgia.

Whitton and Dyer on bigfootblogger describe getting started on the big foot hunt when being awakened by one "on the side of a mountain north of Helen, Georgia." They claim to have sold out a trip to the Blue Ridge-Smokies in June where "there have been actual big foot sightings this year" and plan a September trip to "an even more specific area" in September. They brag that only eight seats remain, but say the maximum they'll take is 10.

Their big foot tours cost $499 for four days, plus renting camping equipment if you don't have any.

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