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Encounters Hoaxers' horror at Bolam beast |
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By
Andy Lloyd , The Evening Chronicle (Newcastle)
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February 3, 2003 Last month sceptical zoologists came up to disprove the sightings at Bolam Lake, near Belsay - but ended up claiming to have seen it themselves. Harriet, from Gosforth, said: "We were amazed - it was really weird when we saw the news about the bigfoot, we followed it closely. "We visited Kielder Forest with the idea of a photography project. The place was so atmospheric a bigfoot myth seemed a great idea. "We hired a gorilla costume from a fancy dress shop and took turns to dress up as bigfoot and take pictures. We spent three days there. It was boiling hot inside the costume and the forest was full of midges. "The idea was to recreate some of the famous bigfoot photos from America with the animal walking away, as if a human and a monster had encountered each other and the person has grabbed their camera, snapped and hoped. "We tried to capture that shaky, don't quite-know-what-it-is effect, but we also developed it as a story, from a police hunt for the beast to pictures of Bigfoot visiting a corner shop. "No-one has taken
a photo of this creature in Northumberland, but our photos show how easy
it is to create a fake. "Lots of people in school are coming up and
asking if we are behind this
sighting, but I can say we weren't responsible for this one." Alex
and Harriet were among dozens of young artists from the North East to
devise arts projects through the Samling Visual Arts Foundation. Linda
Russell, head of sixth form at Gosforth High School, said: "The project
caused a real talking point in the school - the younger students loved
it." Portions of
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