Megorious

Why doesn’t this surprise me?

John McCain’s campaign steered media attention to the story of Ashley Todd and the make-believe incredibly tall black man with shiny shoes who carved (scratched) the backwards letter ‘B’ on her face.

TPM: McCain Communications Director Gave Reporters Incendiary Version Of “Carved B” Story Before Facts Were Known

John McCain’s Pennsylvania communications director told reporters in the state an incendiary version of the hoax story about the attack on a McCain volunteer well before the facts of the case were known or established — and even told reporters outright that the “B” carved into the victim’s cheek stood for “Barack,” according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.

Of course the story turned out to be just a big, fat lie — and a last ditch effort at race-baiting in western Pennsylvania.

Ashley Todd, the woman who claimed she had the letter ‘B’ carved into her face by an unidentified black assailant, admits she made up the whole thing:

Police sources tell KDKA that a campaign worker has now confessed to making up a story that a mugger attacked her and cut the letter “B” in her face after seeing her McCain bumper sticker…

Investigators did say that they received photos from the ATM machine and “the photographs were verified as not being the victim making the transaction.”

This afternoon, a Pittsburgh police commander told KDKA Investigator Marty Griffin that Todd confessed to making up the story.

The commander added that Todd will face charges; but police have not commented on what those charges will be.

Here goes all of my blogger credibility. (If I ever had any.) This is just too much fun to pass up.

A group of researchers claim they may be in possession of the body of (ready?) Bigfoot.

Lifelong Bigfoot tracker and documentary filmmaker of Bigfoot Lives, Tom Biscardi claims to have spent the weekend in Georgia (the state, not the country) viewing the carcass and that a team of scientists are performing analyses. They plan to release photos and DNA evidence at a news conference in Palo Alto, California Friday.

Now — and this is the part involving aforementioned “credibility” — according to the website Cryptomundo, Tom Biscardi prematurely shot his wad by uploading the photographs to his own website: Searching for Bigfoot.

So basically these alleged photos of what may be Bigfoot are already on the web. Both sites were running pretty slow but I managed to snag one of said photos. It should also be noted that decomposition has caused the creature’s tongue to stick out. Yeah, that’s right. A photo of what very well could turn out to be an elaborate hoax is literally sticking its tongue out at us.

Is this the missing link between man and ape? The entrails of some poor random animal thrown on top of an expensive costume? Or just the body of your average backwoods Georgia resident? Judge for yourself and find out the legitimacy Friday.

Personally, I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a viral marketing campaign for a remake of Harry and the Hendersons. Also not helping the believability case is the fact that Tom Biscardi will be on Fox News Wednesday morning to discuss the, uh, discovery…

Loren Coleman, author of the book Bigfoot! : The True Story of Apes in America, posted a statement on Cryptomundo saying:

I feel, in all honesty, this, indeed, may be the real deal, and I say this carefully after reviewing information that has been shared privately with me. I cannot say more yet. But people will be very surprised.

(read the press release)