Modders took notice and began to cash in on the hype, offering up Bigfoot mods for gamers to use to fool their friends. Videos and screenshots that claim to depict the legendary Bigfoot saturated the web. In the weeks following the re-released game, gamers went into the woods searching for the illusive creature.
Almost immediately the existence of Bigfoot in GTA San Andreas became huge news and to an extent overshadowed the game itself. In the midst of the confusion and chaos Hot Coffee created, internet forums and gamers were abuzz with rumors of a creature that inhabits the dark gloomy forests of the San Andreas countryside. When GTA San Andreas was first released in 2004, the Hot Coffee Mod stirred huge controversy and was hastily removed and the game was relaunched. Before the Bigfoot myth emerged, the only side topics in GTA games were about Easter eggs or beta material that had been removed from the game. Bigfoot is widely credited as kick starting the discussion of myths in the GTA series.
