Does anyone remember the stuffed taxidermy "Bigfoot head" that was causing a big fuss a few years ago?

It didn't look like a real BF but no seemed to know what it was. It was I think, found in some small shop in KY or TN, and the owner wouldn't let it be closely examined.

Well, I went on a scavengr hunt tonight, and one of the items on the list was "One professionally mounted animal trophy". So anyway, we report back to the house that was the base of operations w/ our carload of goodies, and as we're piling our stuff up, this girl on one of the other teams walk in with one of these things! My jaw dropped, but I had to wait till the judging was over to ask her about it.

Once I got to talk to her, it turned out she was a dancer at one of the local bars, and that one of the regulars had this thing and loaned it out. Now here's the funny part. Wanna know what it was made out of?












...A DEER'S butt!

What the taxidermist did, was turn it upside down, cut the tail off short, and trim it to look like a beard, and then made an epoxy putty face form that had the gums and teeth coming out where the naughty bits used to be, and when the fur was glued down, it formed a sort of monkey/ cat-like muzzle, and a big dark set of deer eyes completed the illusion. Gaudy as hell, but I think I want one if I can find the maker!

Hehe, the scavenger hunt itself was a lot of fun, and near the end, our and a few other teams had to take various challenges with cryptic names to earn bonus points.

The challenges were like an episode of "Fear Factor"! Our team captain performed one called "Taste the sticky goodness" where he had to drink a whole glass of maple syrup, the girl with the BF head drew one that I can't remember the name of, but it called for her to run around the garage wearing nothing but (LITTLE ) blobs of mashed potatoes covering her pink parts, but I think I got the prize winner- I got one called "Bobbing for Sausage". I figured "Ok, how bad could it be?" Then Mike, the head judge, tells me I get to duck my head into a Rubbermaid container and eat 3 Vienna sausages covered in LIVE CRICKETS.

Well, long story short, I got it done, w/ nary a cricket ate, but man, some of those little dudes had a death wish! I think I spent more time spitting than eating!

-Sarge

IS this the one Sarge?

being a taxidermist, I have been asked to mount a few of these myself, they usually go by the name " swamp booger' or something very similar, they have gotten to be fairly popular and some of the catalogs even sell forms for making them, i usually turn these down myself, i try to stay away from the novelty type mounts , I dont feel they respect the animals that we are trying to recreate in the most natural settings, so you wont see me selling any chipmunks riding four wheelers on ebay lol. just my 2 cents, MM

Yeah! That's it!

The one last night had smaller teeth and more of a conical shape at the top of the head, but that's definately the same idea. Where'd you find the pic? I looked all over last night.

Mountman,

So there's more than one person making these then? I thought it might only be one guy making them in a small homebased shop somewhere.

Thanks guys!

-Sarge

There is also what was claimed to be a Bigfoot head that is in Lebanon Tennessee in the front window of Cuz's Antique Shop.

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The QuatchWatcher

Hey Quatch!

The PM system says you don't exist, so I just wanted to say thanks for the heads up! I didn't get home in time to bid, but thanks for the gesture!

-Sarge

ew! that one's creeping me out

it looks too real to me (in a fake sorta way)

ew!
gael

That Lebanon Tennessee head is not something I would like to see hovering over my bed when I wake up. Wouldn't like to see it on a living body of any kind either. It would probably cost me a pair of pants...

Ok, thats just spooky -- regardless of what it really is -- YIKES.

Mr Meccano Posted: Mar 23 2004, 10:52




LMAO! Me neither!

Wow - the Lebanon head is pretty creepy.

On a totally unrelated note - hey Sarge, are you the same guy on the RPF? If you don't know what I'm talking about just forget it ...

None other! I don't spend as much time on the RPF as I used to, but I try to still give it a quick looksee once a day. What's your name there?

RPF Link

-Sarge

Good for you MM, I have been asked to mount different things as a joke, and I won't do it.
People used to respect that a lot of the things I did taxidermy with, were road killed animals that looked like they died of natural causes along the road, like a slight head injury, etc.
I did a lot of mounts from animals and birds obtained that way.

Here's a pheasant I found along the road:

Awesome work, scotto! Like those other "mounts" on the wall, too!

I've seen the one in Lebanon many times and it's very creepy looking in person! I know it's fake, but it's quite convincing when you're sitting there looking right at it.

http://www.civilwarsaga.homestead.com/Z_SU...ATCREATURE.html
http://www.chrisdotson.com/2005/05/road-tr...s-part-iii.html (That's a good one)

In fact I was in Lebanon today. It's only about 20 miles away from my house.