Sadly, but not surprisingly, the eBay final bid to snatch the Bigfoot hoax costume and ice freezer has been declared a hoax itself. This means that the two Georgia individuals who took $50,000 for the fake body are not off the hook, after all.

As you will remember, the winning eBay bid was over $250,000.

In an exclusive interview with Cryptomundo, Joshua Warren, the auction organizer, who saw a path to resolve the conflict between the Indiana owner of the fake who was tricked out of his fifty grand and the two Georgia gentlemen, has admitted defeat.

Warren informed me earlier today: “It seems clear that the winning bidder was fraudulent. It was someone who probably used an eBay sniping program to automatically outbid whatever bid was placed. They are now suffering the consequences with eBay.”

Warren had carefully worded the announcement that if the top bid failed, the next highest bid would win the auction. But he’s finding problems in collecting the money.

He says: “We have since contacted the other bidders and they are all now reticent. This auction coincided perfectly with the initial collapse of the economy, and legit bidders are now struggling with whether or not to follow through….I have doubts this transaction will be completed. It’s a shame, considering how much good could have been done with the money, and the fact we’ll probably see this ridiculous saga play out in the courts.”

This unfortunate Bigfoot body hoax melodrama does, indeed, continue.