Comments on: Hunt TV Bigfoot (?) Video

By: jakersHD

jakersHD — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:26:55 +0000

I think that it is just either a dude in a suit or a seriously messed up bear, its just weird how you only see like a half second of it.

By: batman4428

batman4428 — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 20:34:10 +0000

Looks like Bigfoot to me! I would say its a bigfoot.

By: whiteriverfisherman

whiteriverfisherman — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 18:02:07 +0000

It is either a guy (or gal) in a full leafy camo suite or it is a guy(or gal) in a monkey suite. First time I looked at it I said “it is another hunter”. It could very well be a deliberate fake. I find it very odd that there is only nine frames on the camera. The odds of a random animal walking just inside the view of the camera and then back out of frame are a million to 1. The narrator might very well be sincere, he could have been duped.

By: CryptoHaus_Press

CryptoHaus_Press — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:27:10 +0000

i suspect hoaxing is being done by company to drum up business. i can see the meeting that happ’d in my mind’s eye:

AD EXEC: sales are down!

EASTERN OWNER: holy… we’re going under! ;(

AD EXEC: er, uh,… i got it, boss!

Ad Exec points at the Beef Jerky Sasquatch ad on t.v.

EASTERN OWNER: sell beef jerky!!?

AD EXEC (sighs): no, boss! Bigfoot!

* * *

apologies to Eastern folks if they’re not responsible for the hoax, but apologies reserved until they investigate and/or admit the hoax.

By: Lyndon

Lyndon — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 06:47:35 +0000

Pretty poor attempt at a hoax in my view. I don’t know who is doing the hoaxing however.

By: silvereagle

silvereagle — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 03:07:21 +0000

Suspicious points
1. Professional speaker
2. Professional editing
3. Professional editing may also have edited out 100 frames as the subject walked across the full field of view.
4. There is a visible neck unlike Patty
5. The arms are no longer than a man’s arm would be, unlike Patty
6. The height is not particularly tall unlike Patty
7. The fur has no sheen like Patty’s
8. The fur has no growth direction like Patty’s
9. Hoaxes tend to have some element that makes it difficult to get a clear view of the subject, like shaky video, or in this case, all except the last 9 frames were edited out.
10. A bigfoot is not likely to know exactly where the field of view is, and perform a direction change in order to avoid it. Consequently, the perpetrators likely edited out a bunch of frames as the subject strode across the full field of view.
11. No obvious reasons for setting up a camera at this particular location pointing in the one direction that a supposed bigfoot would cross the field of view.

The clip’s authenticity seems to be obvious.

By: shdwmnkyX

shdwmnkyX — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:51:52 +0000

There is not enough evidence at this time to go either way. Though I believe the host is sincere it still could go either way.

By: CryptoHaus_Press

CryptoHaus_Press — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:41:11 +0000

that’s really reprehensible, the producer STILL trying to ‘milk’ even more from this lame-arse video footage?? >:(

at least the beef jerky folks made: a) an entertaining series of ads b) a good albeit ‘hollywood’ looking BF suit and c) MOST IMPORTANTLY, no claims as to authenticity.

these clowns are lucky they didn’t wind up having their very ratty costume-wearing BF with one of those Steve Martin ‘arrows through the head’ only FOR REAL!

naturally, they’ll now attempt to make fun of any one whom they’ll deem “dumb enough” to believe their idiotic p.r. mistake, you’ll see. anything to deflect attention from themselves.

hey, eastern tech prods, ya shoulda learned from carl denham: don’t monkey around with forces bigger than yourself!

and next time you’re moronic enough to ‘hoax’ folks? rent a decent costume! really! if your products are as cheezy as this carnival gorilla gag, i sure wouldn’t want to have to rely on your arrows for my life if a bear is ‘bearing down’ on me!

yeesh. to quote your show’s host: “now, i’m not saying what it is…” but it smells like what a bear does in the woods to me!

By: Medieval

Medieval — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 00:04:06 +0000

I talked to a salesman at Easton Technical Products on Friday and he told me that they were a ‘bit surprised’ at the response. What?! Seriously, what did they expect by posting this video on the internet? There was no further information given other than they had received many calls and that all further inquiries would be dealt with at a future time.

By: escAPEe

escAPEe — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 17:56:26 +0000

The Squatchdetective organization contacted Fred Eichler’s show to investigate the stealth camera video clip and received the following short reply from its producer.

“I have to say that there have been a lot of ‘antics’ and practical joke(s) around hunting camps in the past. Before you get too excited let us check into it a little more and then we’ll get back to you.

Best regards,

Gary Cornum

Marketing Manager, Easton Technical Products
Producer, Easton Bowhunting TV

xxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxxx
Salt Lake City, UT 84xxx
801.526.xxxx”

So the “official” statement concerning this video clip is an admission that it could be a prank, a caution not to get too excited about what appears to be seen, and a promise that they are looking into the matter.

If they had scheduled the air date of this episode for April 1, we wouldn’t even be discussing it. By airing the show a month earlier, they at least get a short term bump in web traffic.

Lets wait until April 2nd to see what happens.