A man wearing a bushy, military-style camouflage suit in an apparent attempt to impersonate the mythical creature Bigfoot has died after being struck on a Montana highway by two cars, police said on Tuesday.
Randy Lee Tenley, 44, was dressed in a "ghillie" -- an outfit favored by military snipers
and game hunters -- and standing in the middle of southbound lanes on
U.S. Highway 93 near Kalispell on Sunday when he was struck twice in
quick succession, Montana Highway Patrol spokesman Sergeant Steve Lavin said.
"From what I understand, at least one of his friends
said that he was trying to induce a sasquatch sighting by using the suit
along the highway," Lavin said. "This is a first for me after 20 years
on the highway patrol. It's strange."
Tenley was first hit by a car driven by a 15-year-old
girl (15-year-olds are allowed to drive in Montana with a learner's
permit). A second car driven by a 17-year-old girl struck him moments
later when he was already down on the roadway, Lavin said. Police said
they do not know which impact killed him.
Friends of Tenley told Montana Highway Patrol trooper
Jim Schneider that the man had attempted a similar hoax before, but
never along the highway, police said.
Bigfoot, or sasquatch, is the name given to an ape-like
creature whose existence has never been proven. Still, some people
believe the creature lives in forest areas in North America,
particularly the Pacific Northwest.
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2 comments:
A case could be made that he was playing with fire.
I doubt that the girls will get in trouble. Darwin wins again on this one is my thought.
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