Comments on: Update: Yowie Video

By: J. Black

J. Black — Sun, 03 Sep 2006 07:41:52 +0000

Firstly, the black and white version of this frame of footage, doesn’t do the original footage justice. In this field of nitpicking physical evidence, including photos and video footage, colour or lack of colour is of extreme importance.

Secondly, the colour version shows a distinct yellow ambience to the left eye. Why is this of any interest you may ask? In the Blue Mountains of New South Wales that general locale was known by the early settlers there as the place of ‘ol yellow eyes’. A number of Australian researchers including myself, in such Yowie hotspots, have shone our torches or headlights of our cars into the bush and illuminated the large eyes of an unidentified creature with ambient yellow eyes. (Before you ask, yes, the process of logical elimination & investigation was applied with no luck.) The general consensus is these creatures eyes may ‘glow’ or ‘reflect’ a reddish colour, so for this guy to have produced a hoax incorporating the colour yellow for the eye shine, he’s certainly done some homework, or he’s not hoaxing.

Thirdly, the way the creature was portrayed facing into the tree before ’spotted’, is another little known yowie mannerism noted by some Australian researchers with first hand experience in this field.

Like others here, I also have attempted to PM the cameraman, and whether it is because he was swamped by such PMs, has no personal interest in the field & shuns attention, or for some other dubious reason, I too have had no response from the man.

By: Scarfe

Scarfe — Wed, 09 Aug 2006 04:47:26 +0000

Thanks for referencing my post, Karrde.

If I were a betting man, I would bet 100% that this is is a Wookie costume. The facial expression in the lightened colour video never changes indicating to me that it is a static mask.

By: squirrelfeeder

squirrelfeeder — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 04:26:41 +0000

It looks like a squirrel in a tree, like the ones I see all the time!!

By: superd

superd — Tue, 08 Aug 2006 03:32:10 +0000

Ditto on the hoax thinking .
superd

By: rozz_b

rozz_b — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 07:58:03 +0000

Its funny how I showed my 10yr old nephew this clip. Ironically the exact words that came out of his mouth were “it looks like chewy!” I’m dead serious… he actually said that.

Personally, I thought the people were a little nonchalant about everything. I really wish people would stop with the hoaxes… for me, it really seems like they just hinder and make more unnecessary work for the researchers.

By: Sky King

Sky King — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 03:56:56 +0000

GET LOOSE, HOMIES! Every time I see this shot, I got into HYSTERICAL LAUGHTER!!!

This is a RUBE! event!

By: swnoel

swnoel — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 02:57:10 +0000

It gonna be pretty hard to hoax anything today and get away with it…

Look out hoaxers… you gonna get busted!!

By: Mike Smith

Mike Smith — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 01:45:52 +0000

It looks like Chewy to me. To twblack I have read that the Yowie are not very nice toward people. I have read some reports that say they are down right dangerous.

By: Karrde

Karrde — Sat, 05 Aug 2006 00:10:07 +0000

Oh guys, come on! Its just a prank!

So much so that in the YouTube enhanced version of the clip, you can even spot the same color patterns of the Chewbacca mask! (It’s darker in the snout and on top of the head, and lighter in the forehead and the “chin”). I wish I could upload some Chewie scans for you to see and compare.

Jayman, if you haven’t seen the face yet, go to the original post about this video, and look for Scarfe’s comment. You’ll find a link to a screen capture where he labeled the “face” (he made a very good job!).

By: Dark-Obsessor

Dark-Obsessor — Fri, 04 Aug 2006 19:34:55 +0000

Ha^_^! Definately not. This is obviously a hoax, though. They may have ©ed it because they know reproductions may prove it false.

No confidence in this from me.