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Three fake images of Leatherface showing a mod (**left**), Carl Johnson (**centre**) and a hot dog vendor (**right**).

Leatherface is one of several myths in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas. Leatherface is the antagonist of The Texas Chainsaw Massacre films. The film's character (played by Gunnar Hansen) wore a mask fashioned from the skin of his victims, giving him his name. Surprisingly, these rumors still persist despite the fact that Leatherface does not exist in the game.

There are claims of a Leatherface-esque character roaming the San Andreas countryside, like the Back o Beyond, which is also the purported location of another popular myth Bigfoot, and Palomino Creek areas. Many people have pictures and videos, mostly blurry and of low quality, claiming to have recorded the creature. People have been duped to believe the existence of this creature, wasting them countless hours for searching something that does not exist in the game.

There are mods for the PC version of GTA San Andreas that will make Leatherface appear.

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-[[Image:Leatherface.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A fake Leatherface sighting.]]
+[[File:Leatherface-GTASA-fake.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A fake Leatherface sighting.]]
-'''Leatherface''' is one of several [[myths]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]].
+[[File:Leatherface-GTASA-fakes.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Three fake images of Leatherface showing a [[Modification|mod]] ('''left'''), [[Carl Johnson]] ('''centre''') and a [[Alex's Dog'z|hot dog vendor]] ('''right''').]]
-==Background==
+'''[[:wp:Leatherface|Leatherface]]''' is one of several [[Myths in GTA San Andreas|myths]] in [[Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas]]. Leatherface is the [[antagonist]] of [[:wp:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]] films. The film's character (played by [[:wp:Gunnar Hansen|Gunnar Hansen]]) wore a mask fashioned from the skin of his victims, giving him his name. Surprisingly, these rumors still persist despite the fact that Leatherface does not exist in the game.
-The Leatherface myth is based on the [[wp:Leatherface|serial killer]] from the 1974 American horror film classic, [[wp:The Texas Chainsaw Massacre|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]. The film's character (played by Gunnar Hansen) wore a mask fashioned from the skin of his victims, giving him his name.
-==Overview==
+There are claims of a Leatherface-esque character roaming the [[San Andreas in GTA III Era|San Andreas]] countryside, like the [[Back o Beyond]], which is also the purported location of another popular myth [[Bigfoot]], and [[Palomino Creek]] areas. Many people have pictures and videos, mostly blurry and of low quality, claiming to have recorded the creature. People have been duped to believe the existence of this creature, wasting them countless hours for searching something that does not exist in the game.
-There are reports of a Leatherface-esque character roaming the [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]] countryside, particularly in the area of [[Back o' Beyond]], which is also the purported location of [[Bigfoot]], another GTA San Andreas myth. The character has a ghost-like appearance, apparently due to some sort of mask, which may or may not be an "optical illusion" due to slow or incomplete graphics draw. Many say they have seen Leatherface hanging around the dock in [[Palomino Creek]] with the old rusty wheelchair (Franklin, one of the characters in the film, used a wheelchair). People have also claimed that they see him in the wheelchair and a certain amount of flash photography can send him into the water. In the end there is no actual proof of the existence of Leatherface. There are many videos of ''sightings'' but any of them don't have any real proof, and can be easily be identified as fakes. Some have claimed that sightings and videos from the [[PS2]] version of the game cannot be ruled out as fakes, as this version is not moddable by any conventional methods. There is, however, always the fact that these are frequently blurry, as well as the availability of graphical editing software, enabling deceptive manipulation. Some say if you stay at The Panopticon, and leave it on overnight (PS2 version only), you might end up in the hospital, (however this might be due to Carl dying of starvation in-game) This is another clue.
-== Modification ==
+There are mods for the PC version of GTA San Andreas that will make Leatherface appear.
-Leatherface is also a mod that is available for&nbsp;the PC version of GTA San Andreas. Some have suggested that the Leatherface myth has evolved from the mod.
-==Rumoured  Locations of Leatherface ==
+[[Category:Myths]]
-*The [[The Panopticon|Panopticon]] area is said to be Leatherface's home as he has been "sighted" in the cabins there at night during stormy or foggy conditions. Other suggestions of foul-play in this area are a [[Chainsaw|chainsaw]] pickup as well as alleged bloodstains in the cabins.
-*The cabin on Mount Chiliad used in the mission [[Badlands|Badlands.]]
-*Fisher's Lagoon, due to the mysterious nature of the wheelchair and barrels in the area.
-*The cabin at [[Shady Creeks]] near [[Angel Pine]]
-*The cabin north of [[Los Santos]] on [[Northstar Rock]]
-*Any number of cabins and farms across [[State of San Andreas|San Andreas]]
-[[Category: Myths]]