No problem DTK! I too hope that the images will be posted at some point in time. But there is a lot going on at Cryptomundo and I totally understand if Loren and Craig are not able to get them up.

What I do like seeing is the ICM getting nonprofit status so quickly and Loren getting everything in place in the new space. I think that takes precedent over this Siberian Snowman thing. I support the museum and urge anyone who has either the money or the time to take my lead and support the ICM as well. It’s a good cause! Even if readers give a little, that means a lot. So have one less beer or chicken instead of steak once in a while and donate to the cause. I hear Loren is a very good educator and he takes the time, especially with the younger ones, and quenches that thirst for knowledge. Not worrying about an electric bill gives more time to Loren and company to share their experience and knowledge of the cryptid world with those seeking that knowledge at the ICM. I’m off the soapbox now, but sometimes hearing these things from a fellow supporter of the ICM goes much further than just hearing it from Loren or Craig.

Give if you can to the ICM!

You pointed out very clearly that, all one needed to do was a simple enhancement. Nothing fancy was needed to get better photos from the originals. You even stated how to do it! And basically, I was pointing that fact out to DTK. I was using your post as an example, that even a layman or someone with limited photo experience could enhance these photos and a genius or photo expert was not needed. I was trying to convey to DTK, that instead of shooting the messenger, just read the darn message and then enhance the images yourself.

DTK posted asking about my credentials, experience and what programs I used for the enhancement. All of that “shooting the messenger” verbage was unnecessary, if DTK just did what you did. But alas, there are different learning curves for different people. Fortunately for you bob, you are at the top of the learning curve! Unfortunately, some are not.

mystery_man-Great points! I was also trying to point out in my first post here that it is not only the photographs that need to be scrutinized but the facts surrounding them. Those surrounding facts were in short supply.

DQuinn–Great job on the pics!!!

Craig clearly states that we knows nothing about the circumstances surrounding these photos other than what is attached to them on some website. What we have is a Google translated (in my experience most likely poorly) little blurb about the photo and little else.

This is a pretty glaring setback.

In order to do any real investigation into these, we need to know more. Who were these people who took the photos? Where were they? When? What was the date and time? What happened before and after the photos were taken? Under what circumstances were the photos taken? These are things we need to know.

Right now we have nothing. All we know is that we have photos with something on them. We have no sense of the veracity, conditions, or context for these photos at all.

Seriously, the information we have, that more or less “tourists accidentally met a Yeti on a mountaintop” just does not cut it. I cannot think of how this information could be any more vague or useless for the purposes of investigation. How do we even know these were taken in Russia? These could be anything. They could be an ad for some Russian Bigfoot movie for all we know.

What we have are some admittedly intriguing photos that exist in a vacuum. Without any more information, or indeed any information whatsoever, it is hard to proceed on these. In this day and age of hoaxes and clever photo manipulation, when you know nothing at all of the circumstances surrounding a photo, or indeed even who took them, red flags should be going up.

I admit these are interesting, and it is perhaps worth analyzing them to learn whatever we can, hoax or not. However, a proper conclusion simply cannot be reached without more surrounding information. I mean we know about the circumstances of the PG footage down to minor details, with corroborating evidence such as footprints to go with it and we are still discussing that one.

No matter how interesting they are, these are at this point for all intents and purposes just anonymous photos from the net (that last bastion of truth *cough*) that we known nothing about and so should be approached with a good, healthy dose of skepticism. We can analyze them all we want, but this information is crucial if we are to tie that analysis to anything concrete.

I do hope that we can get some more information. ANY information, in fact. I welcome anything that comes forward. Until then, I’m not really sure what to make of these.

Any on another note, seriously, what is with that red spot on the back it’s head?

I’m not a “photo” expert. per se, but I’ve spent my fair share of time in Photoshop over the past 20 years (remember Photoshop 2.5? I think that’s where I came in!). I was just pointing out that we don’t need a LOT of enhancement to get these particular photos “usable”. I know some folks go a little crazy in PS just because they can.

But, I do defer to your expertise on the subject.

And, is it just me, or is the creature actually quite static? I mean, it’s UPPER body seems to remain in the exact same pose in every shot?

My thoughts are very strongly that it’s a staged hoax.