Well for most if you haven’t been under a rock you know that early this week Rick Dyer stated he had a live baby bigfoot in his custody. Did I believe it? Hell no! But then he crossed the line and called me out to see it if I can get to LAX (Los Angeles International Airport).
I was going to ignore the bluff, but by Wednesday hours after the challenge was issued, I received a call from “Jack” and “Jeff.” from Facebook Find Bigfoot. Apparently they had enough faith despite our prior differences to trust me to get to the bottom of things. They cashed in frequent flyer miles and booked me a round trip ticket, and promised whatever support I needed.
We spoke and they stated that Dyer’s claims were pretty incredulous, especially the asexuality of the creature, knowing that no mammal is asexual.
Then came Dyer so frantically trying to call it off. He knew I did not have access to my computer, and he set deadlines. Finally I read off a confirmation number to my flight, and told him when I’d be in, with one great discrepancy, I was arriving 3 hours earlier than I had told him.
Dyer in his arrogance opened it up to anyone else who wanted to come, and two good friends, who were sitting on the fence about Dyer’s claims, who lived in California decided they would go as well.
The previous day many were asking on Facebook if I was going to see the baby, I replied the same to Robert Lindsay in an interview on August 8th, “I’m going there to bust a hoax.”
My ticket to LAX showing my 10:35 AM local time arrival.
I arrived at LAX at 10:35 AM PST, and began to rally backup. Suzy Matash and Bugs Mitchell were in. So I waited an hour and called Dyer at 11:36 AM PST.
Dyer stated he was on his way and would be there until 2:30 – 3:00PM. While that was going on via telephone, Bugs, Suzy and I devised a plan that we would not leave their vehicle behind, and we would follow Rick to where ever his “baby” was.
Meanwhile I decided to have a very nice Asian Chicken Wrap with spicy Thai peanut sauce at the Encounters Lounge at LAX.
(Left) the Encounter’s Lounge and (Right) my view from my table.
At 2:36 PM I receive a phone call from Rick that he can’t pick me up, that he believes he will be followed if he goes to LAX and wanted me to take a $10 cab ride to the Hollywood sign where he was waiting to meet now. (In actuality with LA traffic it would have been about a $100 cab ride.)
He desperately wanted me to get a cab and eventually burn me as you can see by these desperate texts from him. Needless to say I had full control of the situation and was waiting for Suzy and Bugs, (Suzy was caught up in traffic). What follows is me stinging along Dyer for almost two hours.
Chat log from 8/9/13 with Dyer, my texts are in green…all times are EST on texts.
I had no intention of playing his game, and once Suzy and Bugs arrived, we took the five minute trip to the Holiday when Dyer had lost his patience, believing I was in a cab and spilled the beans he was a no show.
Dyer never expected anyone to call his bluff. I did. So he devised a plan by saying he would pay for a cab to the Hollywood sign and leave me stranded there. Unfortunately for him I was wise to his game minute one.
When I call “Jack” back, he said, “Now we know, it’s all a hoax.” We had talked previously about Dyer not showing up if this was a hoax. He sounded relieved that it was over.
Jack told me to enjoy the night in L.A. Mission accomplished, and to take a visit to In & Out Burger which we gladly obliged!
Bugs and I enjoying a cocktail at the Holiday Inn Lounge, and the California Experience…In & Out, (give me a Double-double with cheese and onions!)
We decided to actually celebrate. Dyer had proven himself that he has nothing and many of his believers, or should I say former believers thought he actually had a baby. I never did, but then again I wrote a book on the man.
He started hoax, and called me out, fully expecting me to whelch. Then an ill conceived plan to strand me, which didn’t quite work out.
On another note, many thought FB/FB was involved in the hoax. But as I have stated that Dyer in 2008 was trying to target someone for a fall. In this round he targeted FB/FB, with a man named Allen Issleb who told another skeptic previously, he “wanted to destroy FB/FB.”
Well I believe they have vindicated themselves in this matter. They saw the light, but we all have made misteps along the way, and personally I wouldn’t want to give Dyer the satisfaction of doing anything he set out to do, let alone destroy FB/FB because of his sociopathic tendencies.
Another failure of Dyer is the fact he is a sociopath. In pulling this stunt, he proved to the world that he has nothing, AGAIN, but brought together friends, now good friends, from across the nation, who in turn had a great evening discussing Sasquatch research and making plans to reconnect in the future in research.
Yeah, he really pulled a fast one.
Now is the time to forgive FB/FB, I’m sure they are much the wiser, and trust me when I say they ARE genuinely nice folks, not just because they were the driving factor in getting me out there to call Dyer’s bluff. Remember this is Dyer’s fault more than anyone. More over it is time to forget the name Rick Dyer, Frank Cali, Musky Allen Issleb and his minions, what he has left anyway, and move on to research and more pertinent issues.
As a side note, tonight I will be on Monster X Radio 7PM EST. Guess what topic?
http://monsterxradio.blogspot.com/2013/08/ding-dong-hoax-is-dead-tonight-7pm-est.html
Till Next Time,
Squatch-D
Squatchdetective's Blog 
Great job Steve Kulls. Facebook Find Bigfoot can be forgiven. But what about Christopher Noel? Is he prepared to make a statement and retract?
I think he can. People make mistakes.
why didnt you find out where he lived and go by his house and pass out flyers to all his neighbors plus egg the place, I would have LOL
Steve,
Never again can anyone challenge the integrity you have shown for the Bigfoot community. Thank you for your steadfast commitment to seek out the truth.
Its great to see collaboration between you and the FB/FB team. I hope they can have their closure now and get back in the game again.
As for Rick, we all know this man needs serious help. I feel bad for, and fear for the well being of his wife and children. I hope he gets the help he needs, before someone gets hurt.
Thanks again,
Dan
I want FB/FB BACK! They were trusting, naive guys who fell for the lies of an expert liar. Rick Dyer would have to pull a “King Kong” viewing and chain a Bigfoot to the stage in front of a public audience before anyone could ever believe another claim. Let’s get back to business…folks…and that includes FB/FB.
Great Job!
Awesome, Way to go!
Great job, Steve! Let me know if you want to do some research in Tn, and anytime you need backup, let me know!
I am new to your site Steve, however I have been following you for many years. while you impress me as a smart, honest investigator, I just cannot believe you even respond to anything Rick dyer says! Now it’s hoax #3? for him. This is a very sick puppy. Apparently, he is just not good enough to find himself a Bigfoot. You should know better! Any call/contact from him or that “Legendary Big foot hunter” should be avoided, and is a waste of time!,
Linda obviously, you do not understand why I called his bluff. It wasn’t because I had any inkling of belief in him, but I didn’t want to give him the right to say he offered and no one came. Believe it or not for a long while he convinced people mostly who weren’t around in 2008 that his claims were real. By calling his bluff he lost the majority of the few supporters he had left. To me that’s not a waste of time. Thanks for the comment!