In an age where The History Channel airs shows about finding the Chupacabra, Big Foot and Mermaid Bodies, it’s easy to see why people are more prone to create their own hoaxes of these legendary monsters to gain fame or just have some fun.
But one Bigfoot hoax in the making has turned to tragedy in Montana. Sources indicate that Randy Lee Tenley, a Kalispell, Montana man, donned a camouflage suit to scare up people and make them believe they had actually spotted Bigfoot.
In the process of doing so, Tenley was unfortunately hit by a car and killed on U.S. Highway 93 south. Driving the car that hit him was a 15-year-old girl. In the chaos, another car – driven by a 17-year-old – ran him over.
State Trooper Jim Schneider responded to the scene and had never seen anything like it. “[Tenley] was trying to make people think he was Sasquatch so people would call in a Sasquatch sighting. You can’t make it up. I haven’t seen or heard anything like this before. Obviously, his suit made it difficult for people to see him.”