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"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.

Description[]

A man scared people who were walking in a park dressed as a bigfoot. One day a woman told the ranger that he was stalking her, and believing that she was her real bigfoot, she gave him an accurate shot in the head, later discovering that he was a man in disguise.

Plot[]

A woman was walking through a park without knowing that she and her baby were like a walking T-bone slather than butter for the predator that stalked them, which was the legend of: Bigfoot, the woman went with the Park Ranger who was a Bigfoot Believer and went to catch him with a tranquilizer dart shotgun, then he saw him chasing a woman and shot him, then the Park Ranger approached Bigfoot and discovered that he was actually the Big Fool, a man named Luke Wiggins, Luke was a bitter loner who wanted to be alone but his house was next to the park and the joggers, after thinking with 6 beers the Great Ape decided that Bigfoot would scare the people but the Park Ranger shot him with a dart with Etorphine, a toxic tranquilizer in humans that killed him and sent the grumpy idiot to hell where he belonged leaving the Park Ranger and the woman shocked.

"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 the 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 slather than 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're proximally 200 to 500 bigfoots sighting that were 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 this 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. 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 stage 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: 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, dudlish right plugged him with a dart.

(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 from 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[]

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 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 dub
  • La Caída de un Mito (The Fall of a Myth) - Spanish dub
Meet Bigfool

Meet Big Foot! Make that... Big Fool! Luke Wiggins!

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