Hi /r/movies! – I faked a murder. I faked a Bigfoot hoax. I faked a town. Then I edited it to look like a 1978 documentary. It’s called The Town That Cried Bigfoot. AMA.

Hi r/movies,

I’m Mark Dossett, creator of The Town That Cried Bigfoot — a lost 1978 documentary about a small-town Bigfoot hoax that spirals into murder. But the deeper you dig, the stranger it gets —because none of it’s real. Not even the town.

I built this film completely backward — starting with real 1970s news footage I found, then reverse-engineering a fictional murder, a cryptid hoax, and a made-up southern town buried inside real news footage.

Let’s just say… if you Google “Weyburn, Virginia” while watching, you might start to question what’s real and what isn’t.

Ask me anything about editing the truth into lies, creating fake towns, tricking Google, Bigfoot folklore, Blair Witch-style worldbuilding, or how the hell any of this even worked. Or anything else you want to discuss.

Film info:

The Town That Cried Bigfoot

Genre: Faux Documentary / Mystery / True Crime (kinda sorta)

Runtime: 47 minutes

Written, Directed & Edited by: Mark Dossett

Synopsis:

In the winter of 1978, four desperate councilmen in Weyburn, Virginia staged a fake Bigfoot sighting to save their town from economic ruin. The plan worked — until someone turned up dead.

But here’s the kicker— none of this ever happened. The footage is real. The town is fake. The hoax is real enough to show up on MapQuest. This is a hoax within a hoax — crafted to feel like a lost documentary buried in public access archives.

Trailer:

Where to Watch:

Amazon Prime Video: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DXDM6RLN

Gumroad (Download the full film for $5 and support the filmmaker):

https://1978bigfoot.gumroad.com/l/film

Official Merch: https://weyburn-shop.fourthwall.com

Also streaming on select free platforms: Stash TV, Fawesome TV, and Xumo.

Ask me anything! I'll be back tomorrow (Wednesday 6/18) at 5 PM ET to answer any questions.