CHARLOTTESVILLE (WINA) – “I haven’t laughed this much about something this stupid in so long.” That from Republican 5th District Congressional candidate Denver Riggleman about Democratic opponent Leslie Cockburn’s tweets accusing him of being into “Bigfoot erotica”. Riggleman on “Morning News with Rick & Jane” said the tweets were a desperate attempt by the Cockburn campaign to come up with something in light of a surely crushing defeat they face in November.

Riggleman says the photos Cockburn posted are part of a series of ongoing jokes and pranks ranging for more than 14 years among military buddies around Bigfoot. The picture with his head superimposed on it was put together by a former Army captain as a prank around his birthday, Riggleman said. The original photo was done by an artist he has worked with at the Pentagon.

He says his campaign is “having a lot of fun” with what the Cockburn campaign has done, and people are not taking it seriously.