Man hit by car twice in apparent "Bigfoot" hoax

The most famous "Bigfoot" sighting, later acknowledged as a hoax, was filmed in 1967. / AP Photo

(AP) KALISPELL, Mont. - A man dressed in a military-style "ghillie" suit and apparently trying to provoke reports of a Bigfoot sighting in northwest Montana was struck by two cars and killed, authorities said.

The man was standing in the right-hand lane of U.S. Highway 93 south of Kalispell on Sunday night when he was hit by the first car, according to the Montana Highway Patrol. A second car hit the man as he lay in the roadway, authorities said.

Flathead County officials identified the man as Randy Lee Tenley, 44, of Kalispell. Trooper Jim Schneider said motives were ascertained during interviews with friends, and alcohol may have been a factor but investigators were awaiting tests.

"He was trying to make people think he was Sasquatch so people would call in a Sasquatch sighting," Schneider told the Daily Inter Lake on Monday. "You can't make it up. I haven't seen or heard of anything like this before. Obviously, his suit made it difficult for people to see him."

Ghillie suits are a type of full-body clothing made to resemble heavy foliage and used to camouflage military snipers.

"He probably would not have been very easy to see at all," Schneider told KECI-TV.

Tenley was struck by vehicles driven by two girls, ages 15 and 17, who were unable to stop in time, authorities said.

[fedupmike]

people on welfare and foodstamps should not have the privelage to vote. Only TAX PAYERS SHOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

[dicknixxon]

While I can see the humour in all of this I would like to point out that there has been only one comment that in any way portrays this story as a human tragedy. I can empathise with the drivers. What a horrible experience it must have been to run over a human being no matter what the circumstances are.

[matt6052]

long summer

[waynenipper]

Just cleaning up the gene pool.

[John_Swift]

That must have been traumatic for the girls. I feel sorry for them.

[RSpringfield]

Now we know why they call it Flathead County.

[fedupmike]

Should call it stupid idiot county

[rwsmith29456]

If you don't have a Sasquatch costume a ghille suit is the next best thing. Standing in the road, in camouflage, in the dark. Any bona fide Bigfoot would be smarter than this.

[prm777]

Wonder what response these young driver's got when they came home and said "Mom, Dad, it's not my fault that I totalled the car ... a sasquatch came out of nowhere".

[divebar]

Posing as Bigfoot: Get Killed
Posing as President: Get the Nobel Prize

[lordgoogoo]

divebar - posing as intelligent : write stupid things

[I_am_3rd]

Didn't score so well on those SAT analogy questions did you lordgoogoo?

Seriously though, President/GOP/Dem trolling on a Bigfoot story?

[Bojax39]

Don't know about Sasquatch but this was a moron sighting for sure..... Another Darwin Award winner.