We Call Shenanigans!

On Saturday, November 18th 2006, it was announced on EatFeats.com and the official IFOCE website that one Ms. Helen Haggerty, a recent Bryn Mawr graduate and field hockey enthusiast, had come in second place in the Posole eating contest in Acoma New Mexico - defeating Rich LeFevre and Eric Denmark, amongst others.

At first glance this seemed like an extraordinary occurrence. Not only had a newcomer to the sport beaten a very talented field of competitors, but she was a woman. No mean feat.

However, after True Fan had time to review the video, offered by Mr. Andrew "Skinnyboy" Lane we have come to the sad conclusion that Ms. Haggerty does not exist and in fact this is just another one of Mr. Tim Janus' alter-egos.

We have made multiple attempts to reach several of the competitors and the IFOCE for comment, but at the time of this post, none have responded.

There seems to be a conspiracy afoot - one that has multiple layers of duplicity and co-conspirators. We are not sure what alumni or current students of Bryn Mawr and their field hockey team (currently ranked 21st in their division) would think about this deception. A deception that looks like it had legs. It was announced this morning that Ms. Haggerty had started a blog. How far were they willing to take this?

We will be reporting more on this as more details arise.