'Bigfoot' tape thrills northern community
Last Updated Apr 21 2005 08:02 AM CDT
CBC News
NORWAY HOUSE, MAN. – Hundreds of residents of Norway House Cree Nation in Manitoba are convinced the Bigfoot legend is real after a local man captured a strange creature on videotape.
Ferry operator Bobby Clarke was taking a vehicle barge across the Nelson River at the northern end of Lake Winnipeg Saturday morning when he noticed something on the shore.
He grabbed his camcorder and shot a 49-second clip of a tall, dark humanoid-like figure moving on the riverbank.
"It's not a bear or human walking around," said Clarke's father-in-law, John Henry. "You can tell by the features."
People who have seen the video say the figure is three metres tall and resembles past descriptions of the legendary shy, hairy giant long rumoured to inhabit remote woodlands in western parts of North America.
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"Couple of my friends and cousins have seen it, and some of them, first didn't believe in anything like that," said Joey Robertson. "When they seen the video, it convinced them."
But local residents flocking to Clarke's house to see the video are now coming away disappointed. The Clarke family has stopped showing the videotape, saying they're arranging for an expert to enhance the video as they hold out for the best cash offer from a media agency.
Offers have already come in from places ranging from Florida to Toronto, they say.
Michelle Baril, a Sasquatch researcher based near Fisher Branch, hasn't seen the tape, but she's confident the sighting really happened. Barrow says she has investigated many other sightings, and has found that most people don't make these claims lightly.
"I find that these people aren't looking for fame or fortune. They're just looking to unload this. You look at this person, and you see the sincerity in their eyes and in some cases, they're almost embarrassed to tell you," she says.
"I have a general idea of who's telling the truth and who's not. For the most part, if anybody's going to open themselves up to being heckled and ridiculed, I really don't think they're going to come up with some kind of tale."
Linda Queskekavow, one of Clarke's neighbours, says there's nothing to be worried about even if it turns out that Norway House is home to the legendary Bigfoot, also known by its Canadian name Sasquatch (meaning "wild man" or "hairy man" in the Salish language).
"That Sasquatch is not harmful," said Queskekavow, who saw the videotape. "I think it's scared of people."
shiiiiiit....i'm gonna reserve judgement until i see the video.....
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1) i was in a football league with a guy who is a relative of the original "bigfoot" footage
2) i was watching a special one time about bigfoot, and they were showing footage these two guys were taking in hopes of finding bigfoot, and as they were panning the woods very slowly, i saw something that litterally scared me, and i wasnt even there. they then stopped the footage and the voice over proceeded to explain what was going on, then they did an outline of the bigfoot. i didnt need to see the outline, cause i saw it plain as day. plus the fear the two guys exhibited can not be faked by even the best of actors.
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Bacchanal wrote:
shiiiiiit....i'm gonna reserve judgement until i see the video.....
I'm withholding judgement as well, but my suspicion is that this is bullshit. I hope somebody ponies up some cash for that video though, I'd like to see it.
_________________ When the last living thing Has died on account of us, How poetical it would be If Earth could say, In a voice floating up Perhaps From the floor Of the Grand Canyon, "It is done. People did not like it here.''
2) i was watching a special one time about bigfoot, and they were showing footage these two guys were taking in hopes of finding bigfoot, and as they were panning the woods very slowly, i saw something that litterally scared me, and i wasnt even there. they then stopped the footage and the voice over proceeded to explain what was going on, then they did an outline of the bigfoot. i didnt need to see the outline, cause i saw it plain as day. plus the fear the two guys exhibited can not be faked by even the best of actors.
I saw that too, peeps. Seemed pretty genuine, eh. It's hard to explain how creepy it was to someone who's not seen it. I honestly have my doubts about it, but the reaction of the two guys, like you said, didn't seem acted out at all.
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Skywalker wrote:
Peeps wrote:
2) i was watching a special one time about bigfoot, and they were showing footage these two guys were taking in hopes of finding bigfoot, and as they were panning the woods very slowly, i saw something that litterally scared me, and i wasnt even there. they then stopped the footage and the voice over proceeded to explain what was going on, then they did an outline of the bigfoot. i didnt need to see the outline, cause i saw it plain as day. plus the fear the two guys exhibited can not be faked by even the best of actors.
I saw that too, peeps. Seemed pretty genuine, eh. It's hard to explain how creepy it was to someone who's not seen it. I honestly have my doubts about it, but the reaction of the two guys, like you said, didn't seem acted out at all.
Any chance we could find this video online somewhere?
_________________ When the last living thing Has died on account of us, How poetical it would be If Earth could say, In a voice floating up Perhaps From the floor Of the Grand Canyon, "It is done. People did not like it here.''
Any chance we could find this video online somewhere?
for the life of me i cant remember who played it, it might have been tbs or tnt, or animal planet or something else, but i have seen a lot of shit on TV before, actually killings, beheadings and what not, but nothing has creeped me out as much as that
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Peeps wrote:
energystar wrote:
Any chance we could find this video online somewhere?
for the life of me i cant remember who played it, it might have been tbs or tnt, or animal planet or something else, but i have seen a lot of shit on TV before, actually killings, beheadings and what not, but nothing has creeped me out as much as that
Maybe I'll do some searching later then. But what was it about the video that was so creepy? Was it just seeing the image of the sasquatch, or something else?
I'm interested to see this video, but the fact that this isn't very well known makes me doubt it's validity. If somebody shot video footage that showed absolute proof that sasquatches existed, I'd think we'd know about it by now.
_________________ When the last living thing Has died on account of us, How poetical it would be If Earth could say, In a voice floating up Perhaps From the floor Of the Grand Canyon, "It is done. People did not like it here.''
Maybe I'll do some searching later then. But what was it about the video that was so creepy? Was it just seeing the image of the sasquatch, or something else?
I'm interested to see this video, but the fact that this isn't very well known makes me doubt it's validity. If somebody shot video footage that showed absolute proof that sasquatches existed, I'd think we'd know about it by now.
i think the production company owns the video and paid a hefty fortune for it and had everyone sign contracts etc for it
its hard to say why it creeped me out so, but it was just scary as hell that i saw the alleged big foot before they even said anything about it, and then to "hear" the men filming it.....
Maybe I'll do some searching later then. But what was it about the video that was so creepy? Was it just seeing the image of the sasquatch, or something else?
I'm interested to see this video, but the fact that this isn't very well known makes me doubt it's validity. If somebody shot video footage that showed absolute proof that sasquatches existed, I'd think we'd know about it by now.
You see these two guys with their video, and they see something, but unlike peeps I didn't really see it until they drew the outline. You could see a face in the bushes and suddenly seeing it was the creepy part. But I agree, I'm very skeptical as you are, but I usually think of that video when someone mentions bigfoot.
Anyway I found it where it's from--It was from A&E's Ancient Mysteries.
About 3/4 of the way down the page. It's not the same just reading it than seeing it.
Narrator:
For over 30 years, Peter Byrne had interviewed hundreds of people claiming to have seen the creature, Though many of the reports have been false alarms or have come up short, Byrne has recorded detailed information from a cross section of the population. The following drawing by artist Brad Yates is a compilation of the descriptions gathered by Byrne in his research.
<background remarks and excerpts from various sightings are played as artist sketches his drawing>
"It’s appearance was just of a large humanoid creature walking like a human being. His eyes were small and black and round."
"This big black object was walking away from me into the timber."
"None of his hair, not even on his neck was longer than an inch."
"I would say at least 6 feet tall and uhh, around 500 to 600 pounds probably…"
<video tape shot by Daryl Owen and Scott Herriott is played as these comments are heard from the video sequences>
"..all right I’m recording right now…"
"you can see that little thing, it looks like maybe and eye…"
"<bleep> he’s looking right at me…"
"yeah?"
"Holy Shit!"
"…that’s a <bleeping> Sasquatch man!!"
"I got it on <bleeping> tape!"
"I can’t <bleeping> believe it!"
"..he’s looking right back at us…"
Narrator:
This home video shot in Northern California by two Bigfoot hunters, was obtained exclusively by ANCIENT MYSTERIES. On October 12, 1992, Daryl Owen and Scott Herriott ventured into the woods, armed only with their video cameras….their goal: to capture an image of Bigfoot.
Daryl Owen:
"I was trying to focus with my camera and due to the fact that the foliage was so thick, I had to turn the auto focus off, then I was looking through the bushes and I seen a beige creature from the waist up, his head, his shoulder…"
<overlay imaging drawn, shown over the film for clarity>
Scott Herriott:
"We encountered something. It was about 35 to 40 feet away and two eyes were peering out low down in the brush,. I thought maybe it was a reflection of something else, but after about 30 seconds the head started swaying back and forth."
Owen:
"…..and I’m looking at maybe a 7 or 8 foot beige Gorilla looking man."
Herriott:
"We saw a bright red eye glow…"
Owen:
"But I know after looking at it for 29 seconds I started to cry and I could not hold the camera anymore."
Herriott:
"This guy was seeing something and I didn’t want to see it at that point. I’ve been interested in the Sasquatch phenomena, but I didn’t want to see what he was seeing because it was pretty creepy."
<whispered remarks on video tape and breathing heard>
"he’s right through there…"
"he’s looking right at us…"
"I’m running my tape man…"
Narrator:
After shooting the video, Daryl Owen had his film professionally enhanced. These laser copies are the results.
Owen:
"…and this is her knee cap and her legs and her toes <pointing to enhanced stills>
and then on this picture you can see the eyes right here and then on this photo, her knees are this way, you can see her toes right here…" <pointing>
Narrator:
Even with this new evidence, most scientists are skeptical about Bigfoot’s existence.
Dr. John Crane, Zoologist:
"The idea that they do exist cannot withstand scientific input, I call them unidentified walking objects (UWO’s) or unidentified Swimming objects (USO’s) or UFO’s…..I don’t know what they are uhh <pausing> we all see things that sometimes are really not there. I’ve experienced it myself being an experienced woodsman for many years in the mountains… in very primitive country and I have seen things that startled me and yet I don’t know what they really are…."
Krantz:
"Some people are alittle bit over eager and over interpret what they see - and if they thinking Sasquatch is and they see something that isn’t they may interpret it as a Sasquatch; people tend to see what they want to see…"
Narrator:
To find out what Daryl Owen and Scott Herriott saw on the afternoon of October 12, 1992, ANCIENT MYSTERIES production team took the video tape to Fleet Street Pictures, a commercial post production facility located in Santa Monica, California.
Using sophisticated video equipment, the Fleet Street Editors were able to manipulate and expand the images. After tedious hours of pixel enhancement, the editors reached a startling conclusion. **Scott Herriott and Daryl Own did in fact video tape something sort of being ** in the woods of Northern California., Is the face the image of Bigfoot, or is it just a mixture of shadow and leaves playing tricks on the imagination?
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spaggy boy wrote:
Athletic Supporter wrote:
spaggy boy wrote:
Bollocks. It's just a bloke in a monkey suit.
Are there any terms that you find distinctly American? Bollocks and bloke are uniquely British, so...what would an American say in this case?
No, that's just how the majority of the ENGLISH, speak ENGLISH. Sorry pal. Our language not yours.
Hey whoa easy!
I'm pretty sure the majority of English speakers (as a first language) are here in the US of A anyway I'll tell Paul Revere you said hi though.
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Skywalker wrote:
energystar wrote:
Maybe I'll do some searching later then. But what was it about the video that was so creepy? Was it just seeing the image of the sasquatch, or something else?
I'm interested to see this video, but the fact that this isn't very well known makes me doubt it's validity. If somebody shot video footage that showed absolute proof that sasquatches existed, I'd think we'd know about it by now.
You see these two guys with their video, and they see something, but unlike peeps I didn't really see it until they drew the outline. You could see a face in the bushes and suddenly seeing it was the creepy part. But I agree, I'm very skeptical as you are, but I usually think of that video when someone mentions bigfoot.
Anyway I found it where it's from--It was from A&E's Ancient Mysteries.
About 3/4 of the way down the page. It's not the same just reading it than seeing it.
Narrator: For over 30 years, Peter Byrne had interviewed hundreds of people claiming to have seen the creature, Though many of the reports have been false alarms or have come up short, Byrne has recorded detailed information from a cross section of the population. The following drawing by artist Brad Yates is a compilation of the descriptions gathered by Byrne in his research.
<background remarks and excerpts from various sightings are played as artist sketches his drawing>
"It’s appearance was just of a large humanoid creature walking like a human being. His eyes were small and black and round." "This big black object was walking away from me into the timber." "None of his hair, not even on his neck was longer than an inch." "I would say at least 6 feet tall and uhh, around 500 to 600 pounds probably…"
<video tape shot by Daryl Owen and Scott Herriott is played as these comments are heard from the video sequences>
"..all right I’m recording right now…" "you can see that little thing, it looks like maybe and eye…" "<bleep> he’s looking right at me…" "yeah?" "Holy Shit!" "…that’s a <bleeping> Sasquatch man!!" "I got it on <bleeping> tape!" "I can’t <bleeping> believe it!" "..he’s looking right back at us…"
Narrator: This home video shot in Northern California by two Bigfoot hunters, was obtained exclusively by ANCIENT MYSTERIES. On October 12, 1992, Daryl Owen and Scott Herriott ventured into the woods, armed only with their video cameras….their goal: to capture an image of Bigfoot.
Daryl Owen: "I was trying to focus with my camera and due to the fact that the foliage was so thick, I had to turn the auto focus off, then I was looking through the bushes and I seen a beige creature from the waist up, his head, his shoulder…"
<overlay imaging drawn, shown over the film for clarity>
Scott Herriott: "We encountered something. It was about 35 to 40 feet away and two eyes were peering out low down in the brush,. I thought maybe it was a reflection of something else, but after about 30 seconds the head started swaying back and forth."
Owen: "…..and I’m looking at maybe a 7 or 8 foot beige Gorilla looking man."
Herriott: "We saw a bright red eye glow…"
Owen: "But I know after looking at it for 29 seconds I started to cry and I could not hold the camera anymore."
Herriott: "This guy was seeing something and I didn’t want to see it at that point. I’ve been interested in the Sasquatch phenomena, but I didn’t want to see what he was seeing because it was pretty creepy."
<whispered remarks on video tape and breathing heard>
"he’s right through there…" "he’s looking right at us…" "I’m running my tape man…"
Narrator: After shooting the video, Daryl Owen had his film professionally enhanced. These laser copies are the results.
Owen: "…and this is her knee cap and her legs and her toes <pointing to enhanced stills>
and then on this picture you can see the eyes right here and then on this photo, her knees are this way, you can see her toes right here…" <pointing>
Narrator: Even with this new evidence, most scientists are skeptical about Bigfoot’s existence.
Dr. John Crane, Zoologist: "The idea that they do exist cannot withstand scientific input, I call them unidentified walking objects (UWO’s) or unidentified Swimming objects (USO’s) or UFO’s…..I don’t know what they are uhh <pausing> we all see things that sometimes are really not there. I’ve experienced it myself being an experienced woodsman for many years in the mountains… in very primitive country and I have seen things that startled me and yet I don’t know what they really are…."
Krantz: "Some people are alittle bit over eager and over interpret what they see - and if they thinking Sasquatch is and they see something that isn’t they may interpret it as a Sasquatch; people tend to see what they want to see…"
Narrator: To find out what Daryl Owen and Scott Herriott saw on the afternoon of October 12, 1992, ANCIENT MYSTERIES production team took the video tape to Fleet Street Pictures, a commercial post production facility located in Santa Monica, California.
Using sophisticated video equipment, the Fleet Street Editors were able to manipulate and expand the images. After tedious hours of pixel enhancement, the editors reached a startling conclusion. **Scott Herriott and Daryl Own did in fact video tape something sort of being ** in the woods of Northern California., Is the face the image of Bigfoot, or is it just a mixture of shadow and leaves playing tricks on the imagination?
Thanks for finding that text and posting it. But I can't believe that with all that text, there was not a single picture, screen shot, or video clip?
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