The Town That Cried Bigfoot
"A hoax to save a town. A murder to hide the truth."
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In the bitter winter of 1978, four desperate council members from a small Virginia town hatched a daring Bigfoot hoax to save it from the brink of bankruptcy. But as the money grew, so did the greed-triggering the town's first unsolved murder.
Director
Mark Dossett
Writer
Mark Dossett
Editor
Mark Dossett
Executive Producer
Mark Dossett
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