And it’s been here before, at least a couple years back. Everybody thought the same then.

So, not a ghost – speaking of bad costume – of an effort to follow it after it bolts? Maybe a moot point, with a light that an ant couldn’t navigate by.

The ‘what was that?’ has to be theeeeee FAKIEST thing I ever saw or heard in one of these.

Seriously. This is so bad that if I were convinced it were a sasquatch I would have trouble posting it.

Of course, if the analysis did include this observation and others to the effect of not being pre-judgmental, then they should have kept it in the video for balance (and greater credibility). Just my 2 cents..

I did watch the analysis before posting, at least.

Judging by the map Matt D put up it seems the majority of sightings are EAST of the Mississippi, that river would be a fairly substantial natural boundary and with the increasing population I do think the bottleneck population is the heavy favorite atm. The relatively few that pop up West of the Mississippi could easily be put down to random mutations that would be expected in any population.

The fact that a much larger number of sightings are recorded in the PNW yet they have a lower incident of white/blonde bigfoot while the East which has relatively few BF sightings has a high percentage of white/blonde would seem to back my current theory.

When I have more time to look, I’ll see if I can find anything else.

@ skeptik – it’s an analysis because it takes effort … it’s easy to sit back and say “how convenient, seems hokey” – there’s a back story to this you’re unaware of which puts the situation in a different perspective, but I’m tired of explaining it over and over.

Occam’s razor says the creature on the camera has clear instructions to wait and get filmed before disappearing suddenly. It could of course be a very well-trained bigfoot that has previous experience from the school theatre or something like that.

Strangely, nobody mentions the blur that occurs right when the animal disappears, which suggests that the footage has been tampered with. Which means the photographer is in on it. It looks like a hoax, it plays like a hoax, and it smells like a hoax. I’d say it probably is a hoax.
I believe in the possibility of Bigfoot in but its (scientific) existence will not be proven by a Blair Witch Project video.

(By the way, all you need to do advanced CGI these days is a couple of unemployed students. Technology has advanced to the point where you don’t need an office in Hollywood and a million bucks. See the numerous CGI UFO hoaxes floating around, for example.)

Wow, they are gorgeous.

From the article it sounds like a bottleneck of the population though. Either a novel mutation or a form of leucism or chromataphore defect that’s being passed along. The bears in the article seem to thriving in a relatively small area so hopefully the same can be said of a white sasquatch population.

With humans encroaching on more and more wilderness I’m guessing ‘tribes’ of sasquatches (sp?) could easily become isolated and when the genetic pool shallows more and more mutations tend to be seen.

Is there any database showing color of bigfoot sightings? I thought most were either black or brown, but apparently red and white aren’t as rare as I thought? Mr Woolheater and/or Mr Coleman, can you point me towards any sites that might have this sort of information? Thank you.

Kermode Bear

If this is caused by a bottlenecked population, I’m afraid that doesn’t bode well for the continuation of their species. If it is a separate animal that simply resembles its (apparently) larger West Coast cousin, then perhaps, like the Skunk Ape, there are more than one ‘type’ of Sasquatch. If it’s migrating, they cover a much large area than I would have guessed. I also would have thought they’d travel along the Appalachian Trail. If someone is more familiar with the areas of Ohio they showed on the video, perhaps you can tell us if Bigfoot in that area is reasonable. I know in Pennsylvania we have HUGE swathes of State Parks/Game Lands and mountains for them to take cover and find food.

Even bears (family: Ursidae) which are classified as diurnal possess the retroreflective membrane, (tapetum lucidum), that allows for acute night vision. While the great apes do not possess this membrane, neither are they nocturnal.

The apparent lack of eyeshine in all the related videos seems to be the single most persuasive factor discounting the authenticity of these clips.
Other observed factors worth reiterating are:

The subject allows for very close approach by noisy walkers with flashlights???: argument against authenticity.

The lack of any follow-up daytime videos of the sighting location and the lack of any size / height comparisons: argument against authenticity. (Personally; the first thing I’d do as soon as daylight permitted. Tracks, spoor, hair fibers on tree bark)???

Dialog /monolog seems contrived: argument against authenticity.

Apparent blinking of the subject’s right eye: argument in favor of authenticity.

Possible lip movement: if real it’s an argument in favor of authenticity.

Compression artifacts? I am not a digital video expert but from my limited knowledge of the topic, I fail to understand how compression can add resolving artifacts that would make the subject’s lips or nose seem to move. I can, though, understand how digital artifacts could contribute to a random degradation of the video subject’s appearance. If someone can refer me to articles, examples or provide an explanation regarding this phenomena, I would be sincerely grateful.

I lived for several months in Narrowsburg, NY and had a girlfriend who lived outside Carbondale, between Rt. 171 and 371, (I think, was a very long time ago) and have some knowledge of the area having done some incredible deer hunting there (Mt. Ararat is / was a very pristine and wild area). If the area is anything like it was, it could support sasquatch. There are several protected state game areas, and plenty of springs, small creeks and the relatively large Belmont Lake.

If it’s a hoax it’s convincingly done.