"Contrary to what had previously been planned, no winner of the Hoka Hey Motorcycle Challenge was announced last night. The announcement was to have been made in Homer, AK, at a party celebrating the event. There have been many who were skeptical of this event all along and this latest delay has made skeptics of even more.
Details are still sketchy and the following reports are unconfirmed as of yet.
Hoka Hey organizer Big Jim Redcloud reportedly has announced that each rider who claims to have won the $500,000 prize must submit to an interview with an FBI agent. Making false statements in the interview would be considered fraud. According to this claim, several riders have declined to participate in the interviews.
Skeptics dispute the claim about an FBI agent doing the interviews, arguing that the FBI does not involve itself in such matters.
By another report, Frank Kelly and Will Barclay, the first two riders to reach Homer, have been disqualified because they reportedly missed a checkpoint in South Dakota.
Also, reports are circulating that another Hoka Hey rider on his way to Homer has died in a crash. Ken Greene is the name given for the rider.
We will continue to update this report as more information becomes available.
Update 4:30 p.m. MST, July 5
We have received confirmation that Ken Greene of Ocala, FL, was indeed killed in a motorcycle accident on his way to Homer. Greene was riding in the Hoka Hey. Greene is the second Hoka Hey rider killed on the ride."
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