Somewhere, someone will do a better job than that.
I noticed a few things while going through the video frame by frame. While the arms look "hairy" the head and neck do not. They look more like a material, like maybe sweatshirt material would look. I'm not sure you can make it out in my picture above, but the front of the head area seems to be outlined, or framed, like it would be if that were a hood. This is much easier to see in the frame just previous to the one I got, but my tv wouldn't freeze on that one for some reason.. a technology whiz I am not.
In case you missed it, that means I've officially reversed myself on whether we are seeing the front or the back of the figure..
The area in the "hood" is dark even when in the light, which it seems to be right at the beginning, but I suppose if it's a person in there, he could be wearing a ski mask if it's really cold out. Or his face might be painted if he's a dedicated hunter, I suppose.
Of course, the figure is not as large when it isn't being stretched across the screen. The shoulder still looks big, and the forearm looks longish as it rakes through the tall grass there.. but if it's a guy, he might have something in his hand.
So where am I on this now? More confused than ever.. now I don't think it necessarily has to be a hoax. I could see it as a guy just wandering into the frame for a second, seeing the camera and moving out of the way quickly.
I think Easton Bowhunting could aid the process by making the actual screen captures available if they wanted to help figure out what it was. The tv image was much clearer than the videos on the net, and I have to think the actual pictures straight out of the camera would be clearer still.
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what a great way for eastern bowhunters to get tons of free advertising for their show on this site and many others. and the "logic" used to verify its authenticity is remarkable for the assumptions it draws...(i paraphrase a comment i read on another site)..."it has to be real the guy was really shook up...he couldn't be that good an actor!" hello? he really didn't look that shook up to me and while he might not be an actor per se he is a tv presenter and used to being on camera...maybe THAT'S why he felt he was being watched!!
You make a good point that his apparent unease could be due to his knowledge that there's something wrong in what he's saying. I wouldn't want to start from there though. I never feel "dude's a liar" is a good position to start from.
stating that i said the "dudes a liar" is yet another assumption, and as far as saying that his unease is because he is lying ?? if you'll read my comment you'll see i said no such thing. perhaps he is totally in the dark as to who or what he recorded. unfortunately, that didn't stop him from posting it in a way that got all the (bigfoot) hunters to take notice. and as such it was a very good marketing move.
Not really ... the bowhunting community has NOT taken this well. Some bowhunters on other BF boards said this was predictable and they seem to feel that the host really stuck his neck out needlessly ... which to them boosts his credibility in making the report. However, that's NOT to say that he wasn't fooled himself by the image. But no, stirring animosity in your target audience is not good marketing.
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