Big Foot impersonator killed in the act: Man trying to create Sasquatch sighting is run over by 15-year-old girl

A man who was apparently trying to make passing motorists think that he was Bigfoot paid for the ruse with his life when he was run over by two cars on highway in northwestern Montana Sunday night.



The Montana Highway Patrol said the victim, identified as 44-year-old Randy Lee Tenley, was wearing a military-style ‘Ghillie suit’ and was standing in the right-hand lane of U.S. Highway 93 south of Kalispell when he was hit by the first car Sunday night.

A second car rolled over Tenley as he lay in the roadway. He suffered massive trauma and died at the scene, The Missoulian reported.



Deadly ruse: Randy Lee Tenley was apparently wearing a ‘Ghillie suit,’ right, and was standing on a road trying to convince motorists that he was Bigfoot



Trooper Jim Schneider told the Daily Inter Lake that the man’s friends said Tenley was trying to convince passing motorists that they saw the mythical Bigfoot.

‘He was trying to make people think he was Sasquatch so people would call in a Sasquatch sighting,’ Schneider said. ‘You can’t make it up. I haven’t seen or heard of anything like this before.



Police said Tenley positioned himself in the middle of the right lane in a spot where drivers could not see him, especially the way he was dressed, according to ABC Montana .

Ghillie suits are a type of full-body clothing made to resemble heavy foliage and used to camouflage military snipers.

Crash site: Police said Tenley was standing in the middle of the right lane on highway 93 in a spot where drivers could not see him

‘He probably would not have been very easy to see at all,’ Schneider told KECI-TV .

The patrol says Tenley was struck by vehicles driven by two Somers girls, ages 15 and 17, who were unable to stop in time.



A teenage passenger in one of the cars involved in the crash was taken to a hospital to be treated for minor injuries.



Troopers said alcohol may have played a role in the tragic accident, although they are still waiting on toxicology results to see if Tenley was drunk at the time.

Tragic hoax: Tenley was first struck by a 15-year-old girl, and then by a 17-year-old girl who ran over him as he lay in the roadway

Bigfoot, also known as sasquatch, is the name given to the mysterious ape-like creature that some people believe inhabits forests, mainly in the Pacific Northwest region of North America.