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OJR article: For Snopes.com, Debunking the Bambi Hoax Was All in a Day's Work

OJR article: For Snopes.com, Debunking the Bambi Hoax Was All in a Day's Work

Hunting for Bambi: Greatest Hoax of the 20th Century

The final report from Snopes is in:

The bottom line is that Hunting for Bambi hasn't conducted 18 real hunts, or 20 real hunts, or whichever number they're claiming today. The only hunt they've conducted so far is a bogus one staged for TV cameras.

This one had a lot of staying power.

Brass Eagle responds to "Hunting for Bambi"

Brass Eagle issued a press release in response to the "Hunting for Bambi" game concept taking place in Las Vegas, NV as outlined in a recent KLAS TV, Channel 8 Eyewitness News feature.

Playing paintball nude may result in significant bodily injury.

At least put on a wet T-Shirt and a pair of boy shorts!

Las Vegas Groups Protest Naked 'Bambi' Hunts

Oscar Goodman says, "Las Vegas is a place where anything goes, but this crosses the line if this is real."

Outraged by a Las Vegas company that claims to offer men a chance to stalk and shoot naked women in the Nevada desert with paintball guns, women's groups and government agencies were scrambling to find a way to shut down such "Bambi" hunts.

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Hunting for Bambi: Snopes Update

Urban Legends Reference Pages: Inboxer Rebellion (Hunting for Bambi)

We're still investigating, but we'd be quite surprised if this scheme was hatched as anything but an attempt to sell videos. (After all, $19.99 tapes and DVDs, and not $10,000 hunts, are the product advertised on the site's opening page.) Our estimation is that the whole "hunt" concept was a phony promotional dog-and-pony show staged for credulous reporters, but now that Hunting for Bambi has attracted plenty of free publicity from the media, they're attempting to make the concept work for real. Hunting for Bambi's "spokesman" essentially admitted as much to MSNBC in announcing a sudden change in rules:

[Spokesman] David Krekelberg and the company's "master hunter," Michael Burdick, have taken steps to address safety concerns.

"At first we just told our hunters 'Don’t shoot them in the head,'" he said. "Now the hunters are prohibited from raising the gun barrel above the waist level and if he does, it's game over and there are no refunds."

Krekelberg also said that the guns were modified to reduce the velocity of the paint-pellet guns, which can have a muzzle velocity of up to 200 mph, and that the women are now given the option of wearing goggles and helmets in addition to shoes.

Krekelberg said the year-old company, which originally was formed to market a hunting spoof videotape, has so far conducted about 20 of the "hunts," most of them in the desert outside Las Vegas.

We still don't see any convincing evidence that Hunting for Bambi has actually conducted any genuine hunts for paying customers.

Hunting For Bambi: Part III

LuAnne Sorrell of KLAS TV in Las Vegas is on the case.

The story about men hunting down women with paint ball guns is now one of the most searched-for-articles on the world wide web. Today it was the topic of discussion on several national news programs. While many people are interested, most are outraged. Others say the whole thing is a hoax, and that the hunt we covered was a publicity stunt. Channel Eight Eyewitness News reporter LuAnne Sorrell, who broke the story, went looking for proof.

Bambi now wears protective eyewear.

Hunting For Bambi: In the news.

KLAS TV in Las Vegas has a report.

"Hunting for Bambi" is the newest form of adult entertainment in Las Vegas. Men are paying thousands of dollars to come here and hunt naked women. Could playing out this type of violence lead to even more serious types of violence against women? Channel Eight Eyewitness News reporter LuAnne Sorrell takes a look.

Watch the video news report. [ Windows Media ]

Snopes is now on the case.

Hunting for Bambi: Possibly the greatest hoax of 2003.