Sensational Bigfoot Hoax Lands Georgia Police Officer in Trouble
Will Role in Bigfoot Hoax Cost Matt Gary Whitten?
According to the Atlanta Journal Constitution, Whitten's employer Clayton County Sheriff Jeff Turner has already gone on record as saying Whitten's claims of finding Bigfoot are going to have to be addressed at some point. "Unfortunately", said Turner, "that's spilling over into his police life and that's where we have concerns".
Turner's office has been bombarded with e-mails and calls from critical doubters, both in the media and the public, since Whitten and Dyer claimed they had a Bigfoot body back in July. After Whitten and Dyer's recent Bigfoot press conference, remarkable only for proving what a hoax the whole story had been, the volume of those negative e-mails and calls are sure to increase.
If that weren't enough Whitten has admitted that a video, filmed by Whitten and Dyer on YouTube featuring an interview with "scientist, Dr. Paul Van Buren," was a fraud. VanBuren claims to have seen the Bigfoot corpse then afterwards says, "After seeing the corpse it's obviously a male, we looked at a very, very large primate male, it doesn't fit into any of the taxonomic groups I can think of. Unbelievable, I'm still shaking... I've never seen anything like this before."
The man who held himself out as Dr Van Buren was later determined to be Matt Gary Whitton's brother, Martin.
In a second YouTube video Whitten and Dyer said the video was intended as a counter-attack of sorts to all those in the "Bigfoot world" who had been harrassing and stalking the pair.
The Bigfoot hoax touched off a firestorm of media coverage online and in newspapers around the world stirring up so nuch online response that websites dedicated to Bigfoot like Crytomundo have crashed and the consequences of a law enforcement officer perpetrating a hoax of this magnitude may mean some will be calling for Matt Gary Whitten's resignation.
Retired criminal prosecutor Katlin Willis speaking to Associated Content said, "Whether Whitten's value as a witness in the cases he testifies will be compromised by his role in the hoax might be a potential concern for prosecutors. Criminal defense attorneys will be trying to persuade judges that this Bigfoot hoax thing is relevant to Whitten's general credibility and propensity to tell the truth. if jurors will know his background with the Bigfoot hoax it's hard to say how that would play out.."
Did Whitten's conduct rise to levels that were unbecoming a law enforcement officer? It's an issue between Whitten and his employer, Clayton County Sheriff Jeff Turner. Whitten is now on medical leave from the department that employs him as a law enforcemenr officer and is engaging himself part-time as a Bigfoot tracker selling Bigfoot expeditions for $499.
Sources:
Atlanta Journal Constitution
Crytomundo
YouTube
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3 Comments
Post a CommentHe is a Clayton county Police officer not a "Deputy Sheriff" and Turner is the Chief. We have both in this county. Not that it makes him any less of an idiot that he has proved himself to be. However the actual Sheriff here is a much bigger idiot, thank god we just voted him out. Actually most officials in Clayton county are idiots! It sucks living under there thumb.
Bigfoot expedition anyone? Uh, right. Guess they probably aren't booked up, though. Anyway, these two are probably in some legal trouble as well.
I was catching up on some things and missed this latest update. Wow! THanks.