Justin HurleyI hope so. I mean, they really DID throw out a few
  thousand - but the legend had about 4.5 MILLION - and most of
  these were crushed, the good ones rescued by smart local kids
  who hopped the fence and took the remaining uncrushed ones. BUT
  - that being said - YES, a lot of unsold ET catridges WERE
  buried in a landfill. I think this documentary *might* be a bit
  of a hoax (if they didn't find any, then they wasted their time
  and money looking!) - but the legend comes from a kernel of
  truth. "