Comments for "Phantom Pooper - This is News?" Video at VideoSift.com

By rottenseed

rottenseed (http://douchebag.videosift.com) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:18:11 -0700

fun little fact about Idaho Falls: Every single resident works at a local Denny's

By thesnipe

thesnipe (http://thesnipe.videosift.com) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:09:36 -0700

My god that is *terrible, what's worse, the story or the station reporting it?

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 12:09:36 -0700

Adding video to channels (Terrible) - requested by thesnipe.

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://www.videosift.com/member/MarineGunrock) — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:27:41 -0700

Ok. Do the news report. Great. Do you really have to show a pile of shit 90 times?

By landshark

landshark (http://www.videosift.com/member/landshark) — Fri, 19 Oct 2007 14:08:53 -0700

There was a person who repeatedly crapped outside of an office building I worked in. Right by the front door. We called him the Serial Shitter, but apparently, the folks in Idaho Falls have better manners.

By quantumushroom

quantumushroom (http://www.videosift.com/member/quantumushroom) — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 20:58:36 -0700

Soon you'll have to be over 18 to buy Raisin Bran.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 10:53:01 -0700

Discarding this video. It failed to receive enough votes to get sifted up to the front page within 4 days.

By rickegee

rickegee (http://www.videosift.com/member/rickegee) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:54:33 -0700

*save - because VS has made the papers:
Idaho Falls Post Register
HEADLINE: Kudos in order for local TV station
BYLINE: By NICK DRAPER

It's time to give credit where credit is due: Well done, KIDK Eyewitness News.
The TV station's investigative report about a phantom pooper has become somewhat of an Internet craze. Type in ""phantom pooper"" on Google and you'll see what I mean. Web sites including Moron.com, i-am-bored.com and a host of others picked up KIDK's Oct. 10 broadcast for all
on the Net to behold. In case you don't already know, here's the background, according to Channel 3: A man has been defecating at the pillars of the Lindsay Boulevard underpass.This act, besides being gross, is upsetting patrons and employees at nearby businesses because the smell has been
drifting to their doors.

I went to check out the area Friday morning to see if things have improved.
Upon parking my car at Outback Steakhouse, I did notice a foul smell
in the air. But I was downwind from a cattle trailer, so there's no way I would have noticed anything except those smelly cows.
And the pillars were noticeably cleaner than the ones KIDK displayed numerous times during its broadcast. But I think that's because it rained the whole day Thursday, not because the pooper decided to find another spot.
It's funny, though. It seems like most of the people logging on to the Web sites replaying the story aren't laughing with KIDK's newsteam - they're laughing at them.

Take Videosift.com for instance, which titles the report ""Phantom Pooper - This is News?"" Someone also left a comment below the video questioning which was worse, the story or KIDK for broadcasting it.
Ouch!
What these Internet low lives fail to realize is this type of behavior needs to be exposed, and Channel 3 did just that. It's a good thing the Idaho Falls Police Department isn't taking this phantom pooper lightly, either.
Lt. Joe Cawley didn't know who was specifically assigned to the case,
but did say officers patrolling the area around the Lindsay Boulevard underpass will be on the lookout for anyone dropping trough.
This guy faces a misdemeanor if they catch him in the act.
Even though some on the Net find the phantom pooper story ridiculous, KIDK is still getting a lot of exposure. And that has to count for something, right?
So kudos to KIDK Eyewitness News.
You really did live up to your new slogan: ""Watching Out for You.""
Cops and courts reporter Nick Draper can be reached at 542-6742.

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 14:54:35 -0700

Saving this video from the discard pile and sending it back to the queue for one more try; last queued Wednesday, October 17th, 2007 10:50am PDT - save requested by rickegee.

By rickegee

rickegee (http://www.videosift.com/member/rickegee) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:08:50 -0700

I do take exception to our members being called "internet low lives" whatever that may be. "Geeky little pond scum" . . .maybe.

Who knows what evil lies in the guts of men?

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:12:38 -0700

Sweet! We are so huge in Idaho Falls

By twiddles

twiddles (http://www.videosift.com/member/twiddles) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:25:10 -0700

Oh those Idaho Falls low lives don't know anything. They should stick to their quaint local stories and stop trying to get famous on our dime.

By Grimm

Grimm (http://www.videosift.com/member/Grimm) — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 19:11:51 -0700

So he's sticking up for the local news coverage because "this type of behavior needs to be exposed". Oh really??? Is the Phantom Pooper going to come forward now? Are there people in Idaho Falls that were aware of this behavior but until the news covered it did not know it was wrong? Just what exactly did this "exposure" accomplish?

The only thing that makes sense to me is the story was done on a dare. With quality writing like "I wanted to to see what all the stink was about", "phantom pooper is taking a squat", "here's the scoop on the poop" "pooper stakeout" and "his preferential place to leave a log".

By rottenseed

rottenseed (http://douchebag.videosift.com) — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:31:30 -0700

HAHAHHAHAHAHAHA! VS Makes the news in Idaho Falls and look at the first comment! If I had known it would've gotten that big I would have added some insults!

By JAPR

JAPR (http://www.videosift.com/member/JAPR) — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 06:22:21 -0700

I'm from Idaho, and I approve of these comments.

By calvados

calvados (http://www.videosift.com/member/calvados) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:01:12 -0700

*dead, the dream is over

By siftbot

siftbot (http://siftbot.videosift.com) — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 08:01:12 -0700

This published video has been declared non-functional; embed code must be fixed within 2 days or it will be sent to the dead pool - declared dead by calvados.