“Melting ice uncovered a hoax this week, as the ‘Bigfoot’ found in a Georgia woods turned out to be … a rubber Halloween costume. Bigfoot hunters Matt Whitton and Rick Dyer had tossed their find in a freezer and frozen it in a solid chunk of ice — to preserve it, they said. The two men finally turned over the freezer and on Sunday, Bigfoot enthusiasts waited with bated breath as the apparent 7-foot-7 inch ‘body’ slowly defrosted at an undisclosed location. After hours of waiting, a dark patch of hair emerged. Steve Kulls, executive director of Squatchdetective.com, told Fox that he extracted a hair sample and burned it. It was apparently made of synthetic fibers …. the group’s fears were confirmed when further melting revealed a rubber foot. … As of Tuesday, the two Georgia men who perpetrated the hoax were nowhere to be found. According to the Searching for Bigfoot’s Web site, the organization plans to pursue legal action against the men.” (08/20/08)