Canada 1977 - Bus Driver and Passengers See Bigfoot (Hoax)

[Trogluddite]

Publication information is in the clipping.  This Associated Press article is also on Bobbie Short's (RIP) Bigfoot Encounters website under "Hoaxes."  Not because the driver or passengers were pulling a hoax, but because 3 people came forward claiming to have pulled off the hoax.  It is hard to see how a bus driver - himself 6' 2" tall - would confuse the 5' 11" hoaxer who claimed to be wearing the suit for a 7-foot tall smelly ape.

 

 

Edited 1 hour ago by Trogluddite
To reflect newly provided information

[BC witness]

Local researchers MagniAesir and Thomas Steenburg have met at least one of the hoaxers involved, and have seen the suit on display. Definitely a hoax.

[Trogluddite]

BC witness, thank you.  The only thing I questioned (based on the newspaper articles) was how a bunch of witnesses could confuse Ken Ticehurst, the 5-foot-11, 165-pound man who dressed up in the gorilla costume (as per one of the articles on Bigfoot Encounters) as a 7-foot tall, 300-pound Bigfoot.  That being said, an on-the-scene investigations merits significant credit in such a situation.