Green was livid with the recent Bigfoot hoax stories. The family of Humboldt County contractor Ray Wallace, after his death last year, claimed Wallace pulled off the 1958 prank in Bluff Creek that launched the term Bigfoot and brought an ancient legend to life.

Green called it "nonsense." He said reporters around the country didn't do an ounce of homework on the matter. The fallout is still doing damage, he said.