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troutman · 10-25-2011, 01:17 PM

Brooker: Calgarian out to prove Bigfoot exists
http://www.calgaryherald.com/technol...234/story.html

So it is with an open mind that I plan to watch the upcoming season of one of the Animal Planet network's new series about the world's most popular cryptid. Next Sunday night, Season 2 of Finding Bigfoot opens with a special two-hour broadcast, an episode entitled Birth of a Legend. It will feature extensive analysis of the most famous film clip in cryptozoological history, the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film, in which a large, hairy creature strolls down a northern California riverbank.

[IIRC, the film was admitted to be a hoax, yet it persists]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson-Gimlin_film

I'm looking forward more to a subsequent episode in the series, as yet unscheduled, which will feature a Calgary man named Todd Standing, who claims to have seen and filmed the creatures on numerous occasions.

Moreover, he says they exist in the Rocky Mountains, not far from here.

Standing says he has released some, though not all, of his film and video evidence. But he's holding back critical information, namely, the specific location of his British Columbia research. His reasoning is that until the alleged creature is given government-sanctioned species protection, it would be a huge mistake to reveal its whereabouts.

[How convenient]

Critics, of course - outside and even within the fractious Bigfoot research community - say Standing's altruism is really just a cheap ploy to gain credibility and sell DVDs.

[Getting warmer]

10-25-2011, 01:17 PM	#4
troutman Unfrozen Caveman Lawyer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Crowsnest Pass Exp:	Brooker: Calgarian out to prove Bigfoot exists http://www.calgaryherald.com/technol...234/story.html So it is with an open mind that I plan to watch the upcoming season of one of the Animal Planet network's new series about the world's most popular cryptid. Next Sunday night, Season 2 of Finding Bigfoot opens with a special two-hour broadcast, an episode entitled Birth of a Legend. It will feature extensive analysis of the most famous film clip in cryptozoological history, the 1967 Patterson-Gimlin film, in which a large, hairy creature strolls down a northern California riverbank. [IIRC, the film was admitted to be a hoax, yet it persists] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patterson-Gimlin_film I'm looking forward more to a subsequent episode in the series, as yet unscheduled, which will feature a Calgary man named Todd Standing, who claims to have seen and filmed the creatures on numerous occasions. Moreover, he says they exist in the Rocky Mountains, not far from here. Standing says he has released some, though not all, of his film and video evidence. But he's holding back critical information, namely, the specific location of his British Columbia research. His reasoning is that until the alleged creature is given government-sanctioned species protection, it would be a huge mistake to reveal its whereabouts. [How convenient] Critics, of course - outside and even within the fractious Bigfoot research community - say Standing's altruism is really just a cheap ploy to gain credibility and sell DVDs. [Getting warmer] Last edited by troutman; 10-25-2011 at 01:23 PM.