"Myth Busted", Way to Die #158, is the third death to be featured in "Cure for the Common Death, Part II", which aired on December 15, 2010.
Plot[]
The Pacific Northwest is full of predators of all sizes, a woman was walking with her baby in the woods without knowing that they were like a walking T-Bone covered in butter and that was because the most notorious predator of all was stalking her, it wasn't a bear, it wasn't a mountain lion, it was the legend himself: Bigfoot.
David Paulides: Each year there are approximately 200 to 500 bigfoot sighting that are reported... throughout the world, we believe that maybe 95% of the sightings are actual sightings, possibly be a bear on 2 feet, but the reality is that if people saw it, they're not gonna mistake it for something else.
The woman went to talk to the park ranger in charge and told him that there was something lurking, the park ranger was a BFB: Bigfoot Believer, if he caught him, he would get that desk job, the park ranger went into the woods with a dart gun and then he saw Bigfoot chasing a woman who was jogging, the park ranger got ready, aimed and fired and he hit it, he caught him, the park ranger checked on Bigfoot and discovered which was actually the Big Fool, a man named Luke Wiggins.
Luke was an angry loner who moved to the country to get away from humans, discovered that he lived next to a state park with a popular jogging trail and it was annoying for him that the joggers passed in front of his house,
After thinking about it with the help of 6 beers, the great ape came up with a plan, if he couldn't scare them, Bigfoot would do it, but then, Dudley-Shoot-Right shot him with a dart gun, the dart contained etorphine, a powerful tranquilizer for large animals such as elephants and bears, the highly toxic in humans, up to 3,000 times more powerful than morphine.
Dr. Pavel Bindra: When a mass of amounts of etorphine on tranquilizer into this mass body, complete hemodynamic collapse followed: The blood pressure went down dramatically, his urge to breathe will shut down and he subsequently died because of complete breakdown of the body's function.
Killing him and sending this grump to Hell, leaving the ranger and the woman impacted.
Narrator: Bigfoot, if you're watching this, sit back and relax. With idiots like Luke here, you've got nothing to worry about.
Transcript[]
(...And Now for Something Serious is playing, some joggers jog in the forest)
Narrator: The Pacific Northwest is filled with predators of every size.
(The beast's first-person view is shown)
Beast: (Growls)
Narrator: Out for a walk in the woods, this woman had no idea she and her baby would like a walking T-bone slathered in butter.
(The beast looks at the woman)
Narrator: That's because the most notorious predator of them all, was stalking her. Not a bear, or a mountain lion, but the legend himself: Sasquatch.
(The woman flees from this, witness, There's A Virus In The Computer is playing)
David Paulides: Each year there are approximately 200 to 500 bigfoot sighting that are reported... throughout the world, we believe that maybe 95% of the sightings are actual sightings, possibly be a bear on 2 feet, but the reality is that if people saw it, they're not gonna mistake it for something else.
(The woman witnesses the park ranger, [] is playing)
Woman: Are you the park ranger in charge right now?
Park Ranger: Yes, ma'am.
Woman: There is something lurking around up there.
Narrator: The park ranger was a BFB: Bigfoot Believer.
(The bigfoot is hiding in the tall herb, [] is playing)
Big Foot: (Growls)
Narrator: If he could bag him, that desk job would be his.
(The park ranger aims at the bigfoot getting close, the park ranger shoots the bigfoot; Death by Brass is playing, turns out... it wasn't a bigfoot...)
Narrator: Meet Bigfoot. Make that... Big Fool. Luke Wiggins.
(The reason why Luke dressed up like a big foot, [] is playing)
Narrator: Luke was an angry loner. Who moved out the country for get away from humans.
(While cutting branches, Luke was annoyed by joggers)
-Narrator: He found himself living next to a state park. With a popular jogging trail.
-Luke: Hey!
Luke: Damn joggers!
([] is playing, Luke had enough of joggers, squeezes the beer can, throwing at them)
Narrator: After a 6 packs worth of deep thinking, the big ape came up with a plan.
Luke: (Laughs evilly)
Narrator: If he couldn't scare them...
(Back to bigfoot, Death by Brass is resuming)
Luke (As Bigfoot): (Growls)
Female Blue Jogger: (Screams of horror)
Narrator: Sasquatch would.
([] is playing, the female jogger flees from the bigfoot and here's where the park ranger aims and shoots the bigfoot)
Narrator: But then, Dudley-Shoot-Right plugged him with a dart gun.
(Death by Bells is playing)
Luke (As Bigfoot): (Growls)
(Back to the park ranger unmasked Luke; the ranger and the jogger are shocked)
Narrator: The dart contained Etorphine. A powerful tranquilizer used for large animals like elephants and bears. It is highly toxic to humans. Up to 3,000 times more potent than morphine.
(Breaking Open DNA is playing, replay of bigfoot got shoot, fades to CGI, when etorphine injected to the body, etorphine molecule is shown, that molecule enters in the blood vessels, the heart beats fast, the pupil contracts, the breathing becomes fast, the pupil dilate back)
Dr. Pavel Bindra: When a mass of amounts of etorphine on tranquilizer into this mass body, complete hemodynamic collapse followed: The blood pressure went down dramatically, his urge to breathe will shut down and he subsequently died because of complete breakdown of the body's function.
(Recap, Bittersweet Ending is playing)
-Narrator: Bigfoot, if you're watching this, -Luke (As Bigfoot): (Growls) -Female Blue Jogger: (Screams of horror)
(The female jogger flees from the bigfoot)
Narrator: sit back and relax. With idiots like Luke here,
(The park range shoots the bigfoot)
Narrator: you've got nothing to worry about.
Cast & Interviewees[]
- Adam Dunnells - Luke Wiggins (Lead: Intended victim)
- Ryan Schwartzman - Park Ranger (Lead)
- Alena von Stroheim - Female Blue Jogger (Lead)
- David Paulides - Director of North American Bigfoot Search
- Dr. Pavel Bindra - Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Segment Description[]
Description as seen on the Spike TV website
- "A prankster dressed as a yeti gets a deadly dose from a tranquilizer dart."
Trivia[]
- Fact: This death's name is a spoof of "MythBusters", a show on Discovery Channel.
- In the Latin American Spanish dub, the Victim is called "Luke Gruñón" (Grumpy Luke).
- In 2012 Randy Lee Tenley of Kalispell Montana died when he dressed in a full camouflage suit to look like Bigfoot in an attempt to scare people and went on Highway 93 to begin his hoax. He was hit by one car and ran over by a second. CBS covered the story: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/man-hit-by-car-twice-in-apparent-bigfoot-hoax/
- The weapon used to shoot the disguised man with the big foot is a tranquilizer "palmer cap-chur short range projector" of a silver color just like Dog Dead Afternoon.
Segment Nicknames[]
- Tranq-Spanked (on Spike TV website)
- Sas-Squashed
- Big-Boot
Foreign Names[]
- Desmitificado (Demystified) - Latin American Spanish dub
- La Caída de un Mito (The Fall of a Myth) - Spanish dub