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Woman’s encounter with Bigfoot a hoax

Call to Connecticut police: Eight-foot hairy beast has legs 'like tree trunks'

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updated 5:30 p.m. ET July 2, 2009

FAIRFIELD, Conn. - A Connecticut woman's close encounter with the mythical beast, Sasquatch or bigfoot, turned out to be nothing more than a boy in a costume.

Fairfield police said a woman driving last Tuesday night called police to report that she "almost hit Sasquatch," which was standing in the middle of the road.

She told police the hairy beast was 8 feet tall and had "legs like tree trunks." It ran off after she switched her headlights to high beams.

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Police said they searched and found a 16-year-old boy dressed in a gorilla-like costume. He told them he was standing at the intersection of Unquowa and Sturges roads, waving at passing cars while friends watched.

He was turned over to his parents.

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