Man Allegedly Posing as Bigfoot Struck and Killed by Cars on the Highway
- Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:13am by
Liz Klimas
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A Montana man wearing a ghillie suit was struck and killed by cars while walking on the highway. Ghillie suits are a type of military camouflage often seen being worn by snipers. (Image: Wikimedia)
KALISPELL, Mont. (TheBlaze/AP) — 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. It is reported the man was well into the right lane in the way of the oncoming traffic.
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. Schneider described the suit as a commercial, pre-made version.
“He probably would not have been very easy to see at all,” Schneider told KECI-TV.
Watch the KECI-TV report:
Tenley was struck by vehicles driven by two girls, ages 15 and 17, who were unable to stop in time, authorities said.
KECI-TV reports dispatchers saying they did not receive any calls reporting a Bigfoot sighting before the incident.
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Comments (108)
CHUBADAMS
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:15amYet another example of adding a little chlorine to the gene pool.
Report Post »OhioRifleman
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:01pmDarwin reaps his dues.
Report Post »Anadara
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:06pmYup. Regrettably, stupidity is a form of natural selection.
Report Post »menticide
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:31pmWhy is it that I am not surprised that this actually happened? I‘m just more surprised that I’ve never heard of something precisely like this happening before…
Report Post »LetUsReason
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 1:03pmHit by a 15 year old girl and then by a 17 year old girl. I wonder if they got in any texts about Bigfoot before hitting him.
Report Post »sillyfreshness
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:13pm“Tenley was struck by vehicles driven by two girls, ages 15 and 17, who were unable to stop in time” because they were probably too busy texting while driving. Teenie girls love to text while driving.
In all fairness, why would this guy stand in the road instead of in the ditch? He was asking for it too.
Report Post »arx
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:29pmProbably would have been a bullet if it wasn’t a car. Some people really have no brains. Sad for his friends and family.
Report Post »FREEDOMoverFEAR
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:22pmSheesh women drivers!
Report Post »000degrees
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 6:35pmMy guess is Bo Bo will be the limo driver at the funeral…..
Report Post »do_it_all_again
Posted on August 30, 2012 at 8:22pmbigfoot run over in flathead county !
Report Post »i bet it was too
rlimike
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:14amWhat a doofus.
Report Post »FREEDOMoverFEAR
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 4:24pm“He was probably hard to see” LOL yup those Ghilie suits really blend into that asphault.
Report Post »mmmmarilyn
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:00amBig foot, small brain
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:16amDumb ass.
Report Post »Bum thrower
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:05amProbably drunk!!
Report Post »SCREW-WINDOWS
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 11:12amI wonder what his tox screen showed.
Report Post »RobbieDolev
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 2:28pmHey MM
Best comment of the bunch.
It takes more than a knowledge of a language and skill with a keyboard to talkback. Well done.
Report Post »thegodfather
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:42amI’m pretty sure this is one of those “messing with Sasquatch” commercials for Jack Links. Those guys are always screwing with bigfoot.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:53amI can‘t believe they didn’t get outa the cars and start shooting at it……..doesn’t a 44 year old man have better things to do with his time………….
Report Post »Armyduderetired
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:41amGene pool cleansing. Got Jesus?
Report Post »perry1980
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:39amWinner of the dumbarse award this year.
Report Post »jas0707
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:32amAnd now Sasquatch IS extinct.
Report Post »Ben__Franklin
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:42amIts the process of Natural Selection. One more boob in the human population removed.
Report Post »vtxphantom
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:27amHow is it that a 15 year old is driving?
Report Post »troymac20
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:42amGood question, perhaps a learners permit and accompanied by an adult.
Report Post »Ben__Franklin
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:51am15 year olds with permits can drive as long as an adult is in the passenger seat.
Report Post »mmmmarilyn
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:02amDidn’t I tell you, Junior you’d go into a tree, or um, a guy that looked like a tree.”
Report Post »Weaponsales
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:19amMy boys drove at 14 in North Dakota
Report Post »The Jewish Avenger
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 10:38amtwo girls, ages 15 and 17, who were unable to stop in time
Ban all teens from driving?
Report Post »(Only if the car looked like a scary gun)
KEELHAULUM
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:22amDon’t let this happen to you,…
Report Post »shogun459
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:21amDarwin Award.
Report Post »cranberry
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:12amThe REAL Bigfoot wouldn’t have been caught dead parading up and down the highway… so to speak
Report Post »Legalette
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:12amWhat a tragedy for the two young girls who hit and killed that idiot … their lives will never be the same!
Report Post »PlowMan
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:21pmThat is the sad part. You can be an idiot but it always effects someone else.
Report Post »hi
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:11amThose poor girls 15 and 17. It will be hard for them to get over killing him.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:26amI don’t think so, today’s youth is far detached from accountability, and desensitized by television, and games. I think they will have no problem getting over it, and they have a closer relationship with their phones and text more than any human contact.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:31amIn fact, they will probably run home to dress themselves up like Barbee Dolls on Youtube with little fake Barbee Doll tears, because all they know is to act traumatized gives them more attention.
Report Post »Kenszen
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 12:32pm@waters… I wouldn’t be so quick to make judgment on someone you do not know.
Report Post »trebor1957
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:10amYou wont do that again will ya.
Report Post »bikerdogred1
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:08amWell we can report BIGFOOT is dead.
Report Post »Ben__Franklin
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:54amand Wow, we can report BIGFOOT was a real wuss as a 15 year old took him down.
Report Post »Luker410
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:02amAnother candidate for the Darwin Award.
Report Post »heavyduty
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:51amIt‘s a wonder he wasn’t shot by someone thinking he was bigfoot!
Report Post »GodHatesFigs
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:14amWhy would you shoot a Bigfoot?
Report Post »szabla
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:55amWhy not shoot a Bigfoot, that’s a lot of meat that could feed the family for a long time. No law says you can’t harvest bigfoot for the dinner table.
Report Post »Rusty Shackleford
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 7:16pmTastes like Chicken, RoadKill, “It‘s what’s for dinner”
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:51amThink like an animal (or the lack of thinking), and you’ll get run over by a car like one.
Report Post »watersRpeople
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:13amThe funny thing is that I have witnessed deer looking both ways before they cross the highway more than some people do.
Report Post »grimmster
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:36amThere goes another one out of the gene pool.Folks, stupid WILL get you killed……
Report Post »Wonder if his last words were, “hey y’all, watch this”?….
biohazard23
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:42amRight after he said, “Here, hold my beer.”
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:32amProbably on his way to Tampa ….
Report Post »barber2
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:56am…. to join the Dancing Anarchists…
Report Post »loveaustintx
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:57amYea BARBER2, He was probably a really bad guy and most likely supported the Tea Party. You know…. had a JOB, payed his TAXES and didn’t suck off the Obama Tit….. Even more shameful he probably felt if you built a business “Your Built the Business”….
Report Post »Ray2447
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:01amYea, one of those dummy protesters.
Report Post »TooMuchSense
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:54pmOh, one of those main stream talking heads. Anyone seen Chris Mathews lately?
Report Post »Psychosis
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:30amthings like this almost persuade me to believe in evolution …………..nature is only trying to protect the future gene pool ……………………………….
kinda like gay ( “your born with it”) people……………..no offspring thus is it really selection of the fittest??
its kinda sad some people are so stupid
Report Post »Sy Kosys
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 3:04pmCool handle ;)
Report Post »bpodlesnik
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:29am“Tenley was struck by vehicles driven by two girls, ages 15 and 17, who were unable to stop in time”, authorities said.
Wouldn’t be surprised if they were texting.
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:22amI didn’t know bigfoot wore ghillie suits.
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:29amI was wondering the same thing. Guess it just looks big and hairy at night in the headlights.
Report Post »Exidor
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:24amSame here. A Ghillie suit? Bigfoot is a sniper?
Report Post »Lachoneous
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 1:02pmThis could explain why no one can ever catch him…until now…
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:21amSo big foot can’t hold his liquor eh? And the Darwin award goes to
Report Post »RJJinGadsden
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:30amhttp://www.darwinawards.com/
Report Post »Capt_Gregg
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 9:01amThey say “you can’t fix stupid.” Yes, you can. Give him a few drinks, dress him up in a ghillie suit and tell him to go play in traffic.
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on August 28, 2012 at 8:17amDarwin Award winner.
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