In his seven year quest to prove to the world that the legendary primate known as Bigfoot truly exists, Calgary's Todd Standing has relayed stories that many people would certainly consider to be outrageous. [It is outrageous]
Having made several expeditions into the northernmost regions of the Rocky Mountains, the 38-year-old cryptozoologist and wilderness guide claims to have discovered entire communities, or, "domiciles," of the ape-like creatures found in North American folklore. He even purports to have had frightening, potentially life-threatening physical encounters with the creatures, also known as Sasquatches, over the years. [Sure he did]
Standing says that after shooting their interview segment with him, the Finding Bigfoot team plans to make its own trek into the areas where he claims to have spotted the primates. [Good luck with that]
But Standing does not have faith that they'll find what they're looking for in such a short period. [Of course]
In a week, he says, "they can't go in really deep. . . . It's taken me years of hard work and determination." [And still not a shred of evidence]
I suppose the quest for ratings will always allow a platform for these con-men/nut-bars.
So the guy went venturing into the wilderness for years to find these things, and he didn't bring anything to provide evidence? Not a video camera? Picture camera? Phone? An effing sketch? Cmon man.
speaking of cryptozoology, I swear I saw something that was like a combination of the chupacabra and a raptor in this parking lot downtown (around 10th and 11thish?) but had run out of cellphone charge to take a pic with. This was at about 1 AM?
It was my monthly sober day too so I was probably not hallucinating it unless you get hallucinations from not being drunk.
speaking of cryptozoology, I swear I saw something that was like a combination of the chupacabra and a raptor in this parking lot downtown (around 10th and 11thish?) but had run out of cellphone charge to take a pic with. This was at about 1 AM?
It was my monthly sober day too so I was probably not hallucinating it unless you get hallucinations from not being drunk.
Probably he is just a liar, making $ selling books and appearing on TV shows.
I was watching Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, this great BBC doc series about weird folks, and it occurred to me that it must be really easy to make money doing this sort of thing. Sometimes I think I should drop any literary aspirations, not only because I'm not very good at writing fiction, but because any creative energy I have can be used to make a lot of money writing books/fabricating evidence for mad conspiracy theories etc.
I was watching Louis Theroux's Weird Weekends, this great BBC doc series about weird folks, and it occurred to me that it must be really easy to make money doing this sort of thing. Sometimes I think I should drop any literary aspirations, not only because I'm not very good at writing fiction, but because any creative energy I have can be used to make a lot of money writing books/fabricating evidence for mad conspiracy theories etc.
Last week, the Find Bigfoot crew was in Canada filming the Sylvanic episode for season two. The word on the street was that they were meeting with Todd Standing, the man who claims to know the secret valley of Bigfoot known as Sylvanic.
Finding Bigfoot and the BFRO has an official statement posted on their forums about Todd Standing.
The gist of all this is that the Finding Bigfoot guys already knew Todd Standing was an attention whore before they met him. After interviewing Todd Standing, the crew said they basically debunked him on camera and said his tales were full of contradictions and couldn't stand up to their questioning.
Last week, the Find Bigfoot crew was in Canada filming the Sylvanic episode for season two. The word on the street was that they were meeting with Todd Standing, the man who claims to know the secret valley of Bigfoot known as Sylvanic.
Finding Bigfoot and the BFRO has an official statement posted on their forums about Todd Standing.
The gist of all this is that the Finding Bigfoot guys already knew Todd Standing was an attention whore before they met him. After interviewing Todd Standing, the crew said they basically debunked him on camera and said his tales were full of contradictions and couldn't stand up to their questioning.
Last week, the Find Bigfoot crew was in Canada filming the Sylvanic episode for season two. The word on the street was that they were meeting with Todd Standing, the man who claims to know the secret valley of Bigfoot known as Sylvanic.
Finding Bigfoot and the BFRO has an official statement posted on their forums about Todd Standing.
The gist of all this is that the Finding Bigfoot guys already knew Todd Standing was an attention whore before they met him. After interviewing Todd Standing, the crew said they basically debunked him on camera and said his tales were full of contradictions and couldn't stand up to their questioning.
