Hunting For Bambi
is a series of hoax videos that center around a fictional competition to
hunt semi-naked women with paintball guns in the deserts of Las
Vegas
. Created by Florida resident Michael
Burdick,
Hunting For Bambi drew significant controversy
and media coverage, due both to its perceived
misogyny and to Burdick's repeated public
statements that it was
not a hoax (he later retracted
these statements when faced with the possibility of
prosecution).
The premise of
Hunting is that (male) hunters would pay
$5000-10,000 for the privilege of hunting "
Bambis" (women wearing nothing but a
thong and tennis shoes), by picking them
off with
paintballs powerful enough to
draw blood. The Bambis are paid $2,500 if they avoid getting hit
and $1,000 even if they do get hit.
The videos, which were done in the style of a
reality show, were entirely staged: both the
hunts and the
paintball hits were
carefully planned, and the hunters were hired by Burdick.
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