Percy Foster Dead? Dwarf Gordon Ramsay Look-A-Like Reportedly Found Dead In Badger Den

When the headline screams, "Gordon Ramsay's Porn Dwarf Double Eaten by Badger," it's hard to resist reading, even if it isn't true.

The Sunday Sport spun quite a yarn with an initial piece that claimed a pint-sized adult film star who bears a striking resemblance to celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay was about to make it big.

The little man's meteoric rise to wealth and fame was tragically cut short a week later when the diminutive porn actor was allegedly found dead in a badger den in Wales, according to a follow-up story from The Sunday Sport

RadarOnline and Rupert Murdoch's Sky News regurgitated the sordid details this week that the corpse of the alleged dwarf, Percy Foster, had been gnawed by animals.

There are good reasons why the so-called tragic death sounds hard-to-believe.

A Huffington Post Weird News reporter contacted the local police in Tregaron, Wales where Foster was allegedly found to check the facts. The official told The HuffPost that she hadn't heard of any report of the alleged death.

The Internet Adult Film Database -- a smutty IMDB -- didn't have any record of Foster. Nor are there any matches for the supposed film The Sport said gave Foster his big break: "Hi-Ho- Hi-Ho, It’s Up Your Arse We Go."

X-rated historian Bill Margold told HuffPost he had never heard of Foster, adding that someone of his stature would be memorable.

"The short performers on both ends of the spectrum are rare," Margold said.

Of course, The Sunday Sport isn't known for letting the facts stand in the way of a good article. The archives are filled with dubious claims like "Marilyn Monroe is Alive and Working" and "World War 2 Bomber Found On Moon."

Alex Boese, urban folklorist and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes, doesn't want the media to stop generating far-fetched stories, even if a few gullible souls believe them.

"It might be a more boring world if the media didn't cover these," said Boese, " because it's kind of funny."

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Comments

[yjimmy74]

11:24 AM on 09/20/2011

wtf did i just read?

[kokoblues]

03:38 PM on 09/21/2011

this made me laugh for 20 min -- thanks!

[sacmom3]

01:51 PM on 09/19/2011

Honey badger don't care. It takes what it wants!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4r7wHMg5Yjg

[ProgressiveGuru]

07:36 PM on 09/18/2011

Badgers are mean , nasty vile little rodents that only cause trouble and entrance their victims to come closer with the appearance of helplessness.

I am not surprised.

[No stinking fans]

08:18 PM on 09/18/2011

What?
You trippin today?

[radarloveu2]

02:10 PM on 09/19/2011

lol

[bi-poplar]

03:36 PM on 09/19/2011

Not very progressive, guru.

[Ty Treadwell]

11:30 PM on 09/17/2011

Aw, man...AGAIN? If I had a nickel for every time a celebrity-lookalike dwarf porn star was supposedly eaten by badgers...

http://lastsuppersbook.blogspot.com/

[June25]

10:34 AM on 09/17/2011

This story they had to check,but when Micheal Moores claims that SEAL bodyguards were hospitalised defending him during his publisity tour not evan a google search is done,

[radarloveu2]

02:11 PM on 09/19/2011

it's true

[tommy b]

10:22 AM on 09/17/2011

R Murdoch paper is involved and yet Rep hang on every word his media outlets spew

[vmark]

10:06 AM on 09/17/2011

if it was a beaver that had eaten him i might believe it.

[eehd]

11:58 AM on 09/17/2011

Ha! I was thinking the same thing.

[trainer3]

09:36 AM on 09/17/2011

I saw him in that golden showers movie, "The Whizzer of Oz"

we represent...the lollipop kids,
the lollipop kids,
the lollipop kids

That was some lollipop.

[trainer3]

09:28 AM on 09/17/2011

I saw him in a pub just before that badger walked in and ...they appeared smitten. They sucked down a few short ones and left in a mini cooper. Hand in paw.

[Alvarask]

09:19 AM on 09/17/2011

It's so tragic to see such a promising career in dwarf celebrity lookalike porn cut short in this way.

[HellBank]

09:12 AM on 09/17/2011

Looks like he needs to stay away from hamster dens too.

[William Maurer]

09:04 AM on 09/17/2011

Yet another pebble in the vast intricate mosaic comprising the human experience.

[thinkingwomanmillstone]

08:56 AM on 09/17/2011

The comments are better than the story.

[XzibitX]

08:22 AM on 09/17/2011

I once had sex with a University of Wisconsin student. She was hot. I WAS literally gobbled up by a badger and survived to brag about it.

http://losersbracket.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/badger-girls-2.jpg

Naw, I'm just kidding..

: )

[KenMoore]

02:43 PM on 09/18/2011

Go Badgers!

[XzibitX]

08:14 AM on 09/17/2011

"A Huffington Post Weird News reporter contacted the local police in Tregaron, Wales where Foster was allegedly found to check the facts. The official told The HuffPost that she hadn't heard of any report of the alleged death".

OK, is that an HP Weird News reporter, or an HP weird, news reporter? Perhaps it's an HP weird, Weird News reporter. I guess they'd have to be a little weird to have that job.

[David Moye]

04:36 PM on 09/17/2011

As one of the staff writers for HuffPost Weird News, I can attest that, yes, in this job, it helps to be weird.

[XzibitX]

05:11 PM on 09/17/2011

LOL! I'm humbled. I'm glad you saw this and understood my clumsy pontification. Yes, it has to help to be weird and to be able to get paid for it is even better.