Gas phantom revealed as radio show stunt

Tampa -- Remember the mystery man handing out cash at local gas stations?

Morning radio stunt.

Todd Schnitt, host of the MJ Morning show, outed the so-called gas phantom as a show crew member, just as local TV crews arrived at a Shell station on N Dale Mabry Highway and Cypress Avenue.

On the show this morning, Schnitt, scoffing at the notion that handing out cash was a hoax, maintains he was simply spreading good during tough economic times.

"Who cares if its us," he asked.

He said there's $10,000 more to be doled out.

--Casey Cora, Times Staff writer