March 15, 2011 3 Comments
Here is a recent interview I conducted with Tom Biscardi. Tom Biscardi is one of the most controversial names among Fortean enthusiasts. You can’t Google him without the words fraud, hoax, and liar appearing in the search results. In this interview he will answer his critics and tell, what he says, is the “true story” behind the Georgia Bigfoot Hoax.
Direct download: www.para-help.com/sfrbobby/sfr_show136_hour2.mp3
Bobby Nelson is a skeptic, writer, and co-host of Strange Frequencies Radio. His personal blog can be found online at www.porkrhine.com
At one time, Bobby was what could be called a "true believer" in paranormal phenomenon. Having been an active investigator of the paranormal for 12 years with several different Toledo based teams, he has examined countless claims of activity. But years worth of research and investigation proved to him that the evidence for these claims are generally lacking and, furthermore, the vast majority of so-called scientific paranormal investigators were using improper methodologies which caused them to draw both false and misleading conclusions.
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Pork Rhine anyone? 
When Jason said “hoovering”, Brisk iced tea came out of my nose.
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Hey thank you for supplying the direct download for that interview. I had been emailing Jason Korbus, and he sent me a link to the entire show. I just really really REALLY want to thank you guys for that interview. Biscardi is so fascinating to me — I feel so burned by him so many times over, and I honestly don’t believe 95% of what he says … and yet I keep coming back to hear what he will say next. It’s like a crazy circus, a Crypto Jerry Springer thing I suppose.
Over the years my belief in Bigfoot has crumbled, thanks in part to guys like him and the stuff he gets involved with. Lately I find I’m more interested in the hoaxers than in the actual creature. I’d love someone to really delve into the psychology behind guys like this — Biscardi’s podcast claims that he is “…the world’s most respected authority on the phenomena known as Bigfoot” (or as he put it on your show the “King of the $%#$ Mountain”), and yet he constantly gets involved with shady things, only to conveniently claim he was duped every time. It’s not his fault the hoax happened, he was just TOO passionate. It’s therefore OUR fault because we do not believe that he was duped. What?!?
Anyway, bravo to you SFR guys — I’ve not heard many interviews that directly confront Biscardi lately. Mainly because I think people don’t pay him much attention anymore. And I know that has got to bother him more than anything!