Comments on: From Russia, With Love: New Snowman Photo

By: springheeledjack

springheeledjack — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 06:27:05 +0000

Rorshek bigblob…or a guy in a coat…the bird angle is interesting, but again,…too little detail to say, “yep, you got it!”

However, I have faith in the research being done up there…I find the voice imitation interesting…I have heard that before of whatever may be wandering the countryside up there…not sure what to make of it, but it is intriguing…

By: Cryptonut

Cryptonut — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:28:47 +0000

I’m buying the bird angle. Looking at the picture it looks like a bird with it’s back to the camera and the outline of the wings on the top right and the bottom left. Even if it is the real deal, the picture is not good enough to convince anyone….

By: size 13

size 13 — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 03:28:21 +0000

Otters

By: cabochris

cabochris — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 19:09:36 +0000

Why the fake photo is better! On the claimed real Snowman photo, shoulders seem too narrow.

By: mystery_man

mystery_man — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:42:40 +0000

red_pill_junkie- Well, my thoughts on the arms are that they look pretty much like the arms of any normal person. I cannot see anything that leads me to think they are any unusual length or thickness whatsover. The nice, even thickness of the arm all the way to where is seems to stop indicates some sort of fur coat to me. The fur could be “matted from the rain”, but I think it could just as easily be that of a coat. I am highly skeptical of this one. Nothing at all that I can see here rules out a guy out in a fur coat and cap to me.

By: Bob K.

Bob K. — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:23:31 +0000

Its a poor quality photo, whatever it may be a photo of. IMHO, it adds nothing to the discussion.

By: CrimsonFox79

CrimsonFox79 — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 17:04:57 +0000

Definitely looks to me like a man in a coat and hat.
I also think that just b/c a picture may not be real, it isn’t necessarily deliberately faked either. The people who take the photos may honestly think they are getting something unusual on film. In a dense wooded area in a cold region, a human wearing a bunch of fur will probably look like a yeti from a distance.

I’d also like to point out that… a real yeti/sasquatch/etc. possibly would have thick dry chunky fur like this rather than silky.
Wild beasts don’t have grooming products, and things with long thick hair in the wild usually get matted with a similar effect to dreadlocks.

What makes me think the photo isn’t a real Yeti is the top of the head looks like a round hat, and I don’t see any hands at the end of the visible arm which could mean that it’s a sleeve overlapping the length of his hands.

Hopefully more research can be done. Is there any kind of funding that can provide cameras to researchers in areas that can’t afford it?

Also keep in mind that no matter how many pictures you take it’s hard to get a clear shot of anything. So it is wrong, IMO, when people complain that pics are blurry.
I am an experienced photographer, and as a photographer I know that sometimes you waste alot of pictures before getting one decent one. Having a dog pose in front of me where 50 pics come out bad due to many things- slight shake of my hand, the dog moving, the lighting being off, etc. to make blurry pictures. I generally take close-up shots of insects. I get one really nice, clear shot for every 50 pics that you cannot even tell its a bug! So it’s not a valid criticism, IMO, when someone who’s an amateur (or even professional) with a camera doesn’t have a bunch of crisp, clear shots. B/C it is not really easy to do this.
Professional/experienced photographer gets 50 super-blurry shots of a spider sitting still 2″ away from the camera… what on earth do you expect from someone whipping out a camera to take a fast unexpected shot of a moving cryptid in the distance???
I really wish the whole “why aren’t there clear shots of these animals” argument would die out b/c as a photographer, I know what an invalid argument it is.
But sadly, thats *always* the immediate reaction for any new cryptid photos.

By: red_pill_junkie

red_pill_junkie — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:43:59 +0000

Mmmmm……

Would like to see the photo in color (was it not taken with a color camera?).

What do you think of the arms guys? They don’t seem too long to me…

And the creature doesn’t look too “bent” either, as it was described in the account.

PS: Good look in your expedition Oleg. Hope you hit the jackpot, tovarisch!

By: szen

szen — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:43:33 +0000

here is enhanced version http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/74/russiansnowmanwg5.jpg

By: bill green

bill green — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 16:15:18 +0000

hey loren & everyone this is a very interesting new photo of the yeti or snowman but the photo needs to researched studied etc alot more. thanks bill green