The Week contest: Bigfoot is real

This week's question: A Virginia Democrat running for congressional office has accused her Republican opponent of being "a devotee of Bigfoot erotica," after it was revealed that he had posted images of a nude Bigfoot on social media. If Hollywood were to make a film about a politician who wants to convince the world that Bigfoot is real, what would it be called?
Click here to see the results of last week's contest: Naked gym
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THE WINNER: "The Man-fur-ian Candidate"
Maria Zajczenko-Varela, Chicago
SECOND PLACE: "Ballot and the Beast"
Tom Huitema, Portage, Michigan
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THIRD PLACE: "Mr. Myth Goes to Washington"
Phyllis Klein, New York City
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Primate Colors"
Patty Oberhausen, Fort Wayne, Indiana
"When Hairy Met Skeptics"
Ken Kellam III, Dallas
"Returns of the Yeti"
Bill McCray, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania
"Citizen Mane"
Barbara James, Bedford, Massachusetts
"An Abominable Truth"
Bill Tout, Bethel, Maine
"Yet-I Can"
Sarah Richart, Los Angeles
"Candidate of the Apes"
Allan Dushman, Greensboro, Georgia
"Close Encounters of the Furred Kind"
Katherine Pronovost, Mill Creek, Washington
"Wendigo Low, We Go High"
Vincent Sementelli, Bellingham, Washington
"Lore Actually"
Robyn Kupferman, Culver City, California
"Yeti, He Persisted"
John Sunderland, Bristol, Rhode Island
"The Abominable Showman"
Doug Johnston, Erie, Pennsylvania
"Mr. Sasquatch Goes to Washington"
Eric Spore, San Diego
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