Sunday, May 28, 2006

Today's fake: "Walking Fat Man"

Almost a year ago I posted a brief entry about Steve Vaught, a 400-lb. ex-Marine who decided to walk from San Diego to New York to lose weight and get his head straight. Earlier this month he finally made it, having taken more than a year for his hike.

But apparent discrepancies in his itinerary have led to loss of a book deal and divorce for the poor sap. Worst of all, though he claims to have lost 100 lbs., even the documentary filmmaker who tracked him across the U.S. says he doubts it. "If he lost more than 40 pounds, I'm a rock" said the filmmaker.

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