Man killed while trying to create Bigfoot sighting


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KALISPELL, MT (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.

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.

from: Daily Inter Lake, http://www.dailyinterlake.com

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A Montana man was struck and killed while attempting to convince passing motorists on Highway 93 that he was Bigfoot.

44-year-old Randy Lee Tenley of Kalispell reportedly walked into traffic and was "well into the driving lane" when he was hit by two oncoming vehicles.

"According to his companions, he was out there in the ghillie suit attempting to incite a sighting of Bigfoot, to make people think they had seen a Sasquatch," Montana Highway Patrol Trooper Jim Schneider told KECI. "He probably would not have been very easy to see at all."

Police are investigating whether alcohol played a factor in the incident..

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