April 2, 2007
John has recently posted his take on the Vancouver Island Bigfoot Video here on Cryptomundo at Update Supposed Tofino Hominoid Video and Update: Vancouver Island Bigfoot Video.
I originally posted the video here on Cryptomundo at Vancouver Island Bigfoot Video. I followed that with a post titled Who’s to Blame for the Vancouver Island Bigfoot Video?
That last post was written in response to an article in the Victoria Times Colonist that somehow confused the fact that I posted the video here on Cryptomundo with it originally being posted on youtube.
The Victoria Times Colonist published the following article today:
Call it sasquatch or call it bigfoot — no matter what, there is something about the legendary creature that makes many of us want to believe.
A short, fuzzy video of a large, dark something that was posted to the Internet site YouTube has been viewed more than 200,000 times. Captured on video, we’re told, in the Enchanted Forest near Tofino last year, the creature looks like a bear when hunched over and like an ape when standing.
Since there aren’t that many apes found in the wilds near Tofino, our bet would be that it’s a bear — but again, the image is blurry enough that it could be just about anything.
The video includes more trees, bushes and ground than legendary creatures, but still, thousands of people have taken the time to watch, and many have posted their opinions to the site.
Not surprisingly, there are believers, and there are non-believers.
The naysayers have a point. If these huge creatures exist, why have we been unable to get a better photograph? Or video? Or find a carcass or skeleton?
Humans are pushing deeper into the wilderness all the time, after all. Where is the physical evidence?
On the other hand, it’s tempting to believe that all those tiny pieces — partial footprints, blurry photos and the like — add up to something significant. It’s nice to think that there just might be a creature out there that is smart enough to eke out an existence without coming into contact with man.
It sounds perfect for the animators at Disney, but maybe there is something to it. Some wildlife biologists say there is a chance that the creature exists. That should convince the rest of us to curb our skepticism just a bit.
In the meantime, keep your cameras close at hand this summer. We’re still looking for definitive proof, and a few clear photos — or seconds of video — might do the trick.
Don’t get too close, though — who knows what a bigfoot might do when angry.Times Colonist
Once again, here is the video. It is entitled “Strange Humanoid Encounter.”
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I have appeared in or contributed to the following TV programs, documentaries and films:
OLN's Mysterious Encounters: "Caddo Critter", Southern Fried Bigfoot, Travel Channel's Weird Travels: "Bigfoot", History Channel's MonsterQuest: "Swamp Stalker", The Wild Man of the Navidad, Destination America's Monsters and Mysteries in America: Texas Terror - Lake Worth Monster, Animal Planet's Finding Bigfoot: Return to Boggy Creek and Beast of the Bayou.
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