Bigfoot Equals Bigscam

August 19, 2008

Tom Biscardi, Chief Executive Officer of Searching for Bigfoot, Inc., is wiping egg off of his face today, after revealing to the entire world, via his Web site, that the Bigfoot discovery was a hoax.

According to a press release, posted to Searchingforbigfoot.com, Matthew Whitton and Rick Dyer, the two hunters who claimed to have found the body, were the masterminds behind the fraud. Within the press release, which was allegedly written by Steve Kulls, Executive Director of Squatchdetective.com, Biscardi is listed as a "victim" of the Bigfoot hoax, which allegedly cost him a large sum of money.

The scam supposedly came to light over the weekend when Kulls, along with members of Biscardi's team, unthawed the freezer that contained Bigfoot's corpse.

"We estimated that the freezer and its contents weighed over 1500 pounds and it would take several days or longer to thaw completely," the press release reads. "On August 17, 2008, Searching for Bigfoot Team Director of Field Operations, TJ Biscardi and myself, were up early to discover that some hair was now exposed. I extracted some from the alleged corpse and examined it and had some concerns. Bob Schmalzbach arrived and concurred. We burned said sample and said hair sample melted into a ball uncharacteristic of hair ... Within the next hour of thaw, a break appeared up near the feet area. As the team and I began examining this area near the feet, I observed the foot which looked unnatural, reached in and confirmed it was a rubber foot."

After being informed of the scam, Biscardi supposedly confronted Whitton and Dyer.

"Tom Biscardi informed us that both Matthew Whitton and Ricky Dyer admitted it was a costume," the press release reads. "They reportedly agreed to sign a promissory note and admission of what they had done, and set a meeting in their hotel room in California for 8AM on August 17, 2008. At that time I drew up the documents for Mr. Biscardi. On August 17, 2008, Tom Biscardi went to the hotel where Dyer and Whitton were staying and found that they had left. At this time action is being instigated against the perpetrators of this fraud. Tom Biscardi asked us to contact you, the press, and share all that we have discovered."

If Biscardi was a "victim", who was ripped off an "undisclosed sum of money", why didn't he contact the police? It would seem the answer is obvious...

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Comments

[bigfootbuster]

Kull is not an independent investigator apart from Biscardi, he is a partner with Bascardi and is doing damage control to separate them from Matt and Rick, this ruse was done in 2005 when Bascardi got caught pulling the same hoax about having a Bigfoot, Bascardi said in the press conference that he poked and prodded the creature...watch the press conference. This is larceny by conversion. The same type of hoax is being perpetrated by John Lenard Walson and his partner Gridkeeper on youtube right now. I wonder how many time the cop Matt Whitton lied on the stand to get convictions, if he would lie to the world you can bet he would lie to a judge. Tom Bescardi and Kull are Con-men selling snake-oil, it's all part of making money anyway they can

[Jason Goldtrap]

Leave Bigfoot Alone! See the video on YouTube.

[Hooper]

Brillinat! Absolutely Brilliant!!!

[David Gerard]

But the Bigfoot guys are such trustworthy fellows! I’m sure they just put a rubber suit out by mistake. Will the real Bigfoot be revealed?

[cheryl merrill]

Lohr was intrigued this story was possibly real yet will not even give a second of his time considering a psychic might have a gift in solving any particular crime. Though there is hard evidence psychics can be helpful in solving cases, there is zero evidence of bigfoot that is clearly a myth and hoax continually perpetrated on fools who want to believe.

It was obvious to me and any intelligent person that this presentation to the media and photo were a hoax by businessmen seeking attention on the world stage. Lohr should be ashamed giving any attention to these criminals whatsoever as should the rest of the media. These men should be sued for fraud.

[David Lohr]

>Lohr was intrigued this story was possibly real

I never said I believed that they had actually found Bigfoot. I reported the case like thousands of other news sites.

I do however agree part of your comment ... yes, they should be arrested and charged.

[John Provocative]

Most of the angry comments on youtube videos of this hoax are being directed at Whitton and Dyer. There is very little mention of Biscardi as a perpetrator in this Hoax. Biscardi is the big fish. More anger should be directed at him than the other two.
Back at the end of June this summer there was a "bigfoot" sighting in Catskill,New York(Greene County).Biscardi made a visit with his team and there a frenzy of media coverage.Fox News(faux news)even did an interview with Biscardi about the Catskill "sighting". I have lived here all my life and what most people who read the story don't know is that Toolhouse Road (where the Catskill "sighting" occured)runs parallel to the New York Thruway.It's a short road and the Thruway traffic is loud . Someone with a good arm could stand in the middle of Toolhouse Road and throw a baseball clear across the thruway. (On Biscardi's website,the surroundings were cleverly photographed to omit this fact as was any mention of it). Just a couple of miles away is the noisy village of Catskill with the world's largest SuperWalmart(as of last year),Conrail railway,and the busy Hudson river.
With gas prices so high,tourist reliant areas across the nation are hurting.Here in Greene County,tourism is our main source of income(mostly from New York City).This summer Greene County has been pushing real hard trying to drum up all kinds of ways to bring in tourist dollars.With that in mind we have to ask ourselves,"Who was really behind the Catskill bigfoot "sighting",Biscardi's visit,and all the media coverage?"

[steven]

i dont believe that tom biscardi was part of the hoax matter of fact i think he was hoaxed to believe the creature was real,
thats like everyone talking about planet X nemisis or the year 2012, to get down to the nity grity we all are hoaxers
but if biscardi ever wants to go on a real bigfoot hunt he is welcomed to come with me anyday

[Steve]

Hey Buster or is it Matt should I say???....you are wrong. Matter of fact I've done a lot to expose Biscardi during the last year.

I retrieved hard physical evidence (visa vie a receipt for the freezer) in Feb 2009, implicating Biscardi's complicity in the hoax which can be seen on this site:

http://www.webjam.com/biscardi_exposed

I also uncovered the motive behind his deception, to create a Bigfoot Autopsy video, similar to that of the hoaxed Alien Autopsy video.

Also given the fact he circulated amongst me and several other researchers an altered DNA report email, which stated other than the official results.

Had I not been there, or was a "snake oil" salesman, I would have played along. Instead I blew the whistle, and did such on Fox and Friends on the morning of August 20th, 2008 upon my return home.

I never publicly stated this was a real thing, and carefully so, because I was being fed twice as many lies by Biscardi, than the general public.

Biscardi is a man in it to make a quick buck. I entered the fray to get to the truth. No other legitimate researcher have the "nads" to do such. But without me there Biscardi's plans would have moved forward and all we would have had is opinion, not evidence, as we have now that Biscardi is a hoaxer. Which by the way he is.

I think you just need to become more educated on the topic.

Sincerely
Steve Kulls