Bigfoot chasers make a monkey of a find

TWO researchers on a quest to prove the existence of Bigfoot say the carcass encased in a block of ice turned out to be a rubber gorilla suit.

The carcass — handed over to the pair for an undisclosed sum by two men who claimed to have found it — was slowly thawed out, and the deception was discovered.

The revelation comes days after a much vaunted news conference was held in California to proclaim that the remains of the creature, found in the North Georgia mountains, was the legendary man-ape.