BIGFOOT RUNNING UP THE MOUNTAIN -- UPDATED

Todd Standing is undoubtedly a highly controversial figure. People either hate him or love him : it is hard to find anyone in between. However, no matter how you view his later photos of alleged sasquatch, his video of the male "daywatcher" traveling up the mountainside should not be as easily dismissed by the "haters".

This video came to most people's attention while watching the highly popular show "Finding Bigfoot". What many people don't realize is that "reality" tv is rarely that. There is the tv crew, the "stars", the guests, set marks for the cameras and microphones, lighting to be considered, when outdoors the weather plays a part. And when egos collide, it can be messy.

Let's take a look at some highlights of the episode with Standing.


Fnding Bigfoot segment

There are two sides going on the argument over what happened. On one hand, the Finding Bigfoot team claimed that Standing "refused" to take them to the original location because it was too dangerous. And they used that statement to label Standing a hoaxer. Moneymaker walks all around it with ambiguous statements but in essence called Standing a hoaxer. Barackman said that he couldn't judge "without going to the exact spot". Fay stated that the figure looked too broad to be a person, even a person in a suit. Holland made her usual skeptical opinion of non-belief.

Standing maintained that the story went differently on why the film crew did not go to the original site to film and to do the re-enactment.

"I just wanted to make this clear. I offered all of the cast from 'Finding Bigfoot' the opportunity to go into my research site. They refused . . . They will not film more than 500 yards from a road. . . .  I only gave them permission to use Video 2 because it is . . .  public anyway and I did not trust them when they refused to take or acknowledge my physical evidence [hair and scat from bigfoot]. That alone would have proved . . . .  that it could not be a man in a suit, unless I can fake DNA. I was deceived by them from beginning to end."

He also made this statement in another interview : "Well, congrats to the 'Finding Bigfoot' team and producers. After being on hundreds of newspaper, radio and tv interviews and shows, the 'Finding Bigfoot' production is the worst I have EVER seen. Their production company is called 'Snake Oil Productions' for a reason. They have no intention of finding bigfoot and they couldn't possibly be stupid enough to believe they could. They literally filmed me in a spot they chose where cows are grazing all around. And they couldn't even sneak up on the cows! That is what [they] are hearing 'in the Canadian wilds' that they cannot identify. They are right when they say it is not coyotes making that sound. It's cows they are hearing. That is what happens when you go bigfoot hunting by a ranch. . . .  "


This seems to be a re-occurring theme throughout these "Finding Bigfoot" segments. I know of others who were selected by the production team to be a part of the program. And they also have revealed that when it was discovered that the areas were too "remote", they were taken to a previously scouted area and told to pretend it was the real location. Guess that explains how stories were selected to investigate, why most of them took place on or near a road, and why re-enactments never seemed to look right. 

So, it appears Moneymaker was determined to call Standing a hoaxer, no matter what was said, done or presented. Too bad he chose this video footage to insult and use to prove his point. 


 Here is the footage as shown on an episode of Survivorman with Les Stroud.


video clip as seen on Survivorman

And here is a stabilized version and with reduced speed from "Bigfoot Blog" :

stabilized version by Bigfoot Blog



And now let's look at some breakdown's of the footage. First up is TriDiver from January 2017.

TriDiver breakdown

To his credit, he does state that he is making his evaluation of the footage from a YouTube copy of the video and that is was not of great quality. But yet he hesitates to ask Standing for a chance to view a better copy.  This person doesn't like the video because the figure doesn't move like he thinks a bigfoot should move. It doesn't move like Patty. [Patterson Film]. Well, duh. Patty was not running up a steep incline. And why should all sasquatch walk alike? My walk and movements are different from either of my sisters [ and they move differently from each other] and we are blood related. Why should all sasquatch walk alike with exact same stride and gait? 

Another statement of his is also interesting : [It] . . . "looks too good to be true."  Oh dear. How condemning. Perhaps he would have liked the footage to be a little shorter, a little out of focus, or further away?

So he states he believes this is a man in a suit. Ok. Possibility, of course. But I would sincerely like to see a man in a bulky fur suit with overly large fake feet run up that steep of an incline without stumbling, or falling down that slope screaming like a little child as he bounces off boulders, trees, and other items on his way down the mountain.


And there is the breakdown from 2016 by dontDoxmebro. 

breakdown by dontDoxmebro

Ok. So, he thinks the video is fake because the camera is too shaky; it isn't held steady. If Standing is a professional, then he should be able to hold the camera still. Well, I don't believe Standing had a tripod with him [used by professionals to steady their cameras.] Even if he did, I doubt that when a large being suddenly stands up and starts running up a mountain, he would have thought about getting that tripod and camera set up and then calmly filming it. I could be wrong, of course.

And then he makes the usual claim that it's a suit. I've already expressed my view on that. Then he states the footage is fake because the figure has "no gorilla-like element". Hmmm. Most of the sasquatch I've seen have not made me think of gorillas in either their looks or movements. But then, that's my opinion. And he also wants the "evidence". He wants the "fur", the "droppings", the "skeletons", the "DNA". Well, don't we all? It is, after all, the "Golden Wish List". But let's face it. He's already labeled Standing a fake, so even if Standing did present any of the "evidence", he wouldn't accept it. He stated that if one piece is fake, then the person is a fraud. So since he labels this video fake, it really won't matter to him what Standing presents as evidence. Guess the reviewer boxed himself in.

Bigfoot Tony also stepped in and analyzed the video in 2017 :

Bigfoot Tony Breakdown

Tony states that the movements could be humanly possible, but again I don't feel that he accurately took into account the steepness of the incline. He also stated that if this is a man wearing a suit, then it is one of the closest fitting costumes he has seen. In his enchancement/stabilization he shows how you can see what look like buttocks and muscle tone in the thighs. There is also the possibility that male genitalia is visible in one shot. Tony admits it is difficult to tell and that is could possibly be vegetation in the background. He doesn't discount the human like gait as he believe that sasquatch are at least part human.

When analyzing the start of the run up the hill, it is possible that the being starts from a position of all fours. The figure also seems to briefly turn towards the camera before it turns and runs. These quick frames appear to show the face and possible pecs.

Anyhow, if this video were viewed today, without knowing that it came from Todd Standing, I think opinions would be quite different about it. It just might have been listed among the top film footage of a sasquatch. And that's my challenge. Watch this footage and forget it's from Standing. See if your opinion changes.

Nancy

"I'll spark the thought; what you do with it is up to you."


UPDATE : Todd Standing shared a discussion of this footage and returned to the original location. Here is his video added to this post.

https://youtu.be/OLatxSV6XzQ


sources :

Bigfoot Tony
YouTube
bigfootblog.com
bigfootencounters.com
cryptocrew.com
Finding Bigfoot
dontDoxmebro
TriDiver
Todd Standing

DYATLOV PASS UPDATE 2019

Russia announced the re-opening of the Dyatlov Pass Incident in February, 2019. In March they sent an investigative team to the site to recreate the scene.

Some have hope that new evidence will come to light and that with today's more modern techniques, a definitive answer may be found. Others, looking beyond the hopeful headlines feel differently. Even some of the headlines lessened hopes.

"Dyalov Pass Cold Case Reopened by Russian Police, Who Say Nine Skiers Died of 'Natural Phenomena'". This was the headline for abc.net.au on February 5, 2019. While this may be true, it indicated a narrowed investigation.

It was stated that this would not be a criminal investigation. That immediately removes several of the more popular theories : KGB or CIA agents, escaped prisoners, the Mansi, or the Russian Army. 

Russian government and law enforcement structures are different from what many people are familiar with. Only prosecutors are authorized to investigate a case as old as this one. 

"The procedural deadlines have expired for all the other competent bodies, but this is not the case with prosecution agencies. Apart from that, a new law has come into force that authorizes the prosecution to commission special expert evaluations as part of a probe." -- Alexander Kurennoi, official representative of Russia's Prosecutor General.

Cover of original official report

Between March 10 and March 20, employees of the Sverdlovsk region Prosecutor's Office joined geodesy experts and employees of the emergencies ministry and journeyed to the site of the mysterious deaths of the nine hikers. They were authorized to conduct nine different examinations which was to include a forensic probe to try to fill in "a number of blank spots". Kurennoi also mentioned in the press conference that there were currently 75 different theories that have been constructed through the years. However, he informed those asking that only 3 of the theories will be addressed as the "most likely" explanations.

"All of them are somehow connected with natural phenomena. Crime is out of the question. There is not a single proof, even an indirect one, to favor this [criminal] version. It was either an avalanche, a snow slab or a hurricane."

I addressed each of these theories in my recent multi-part series  previously.

The Avalanche Theory and The Snow Slab  :  [from part 3b - The Dyatlov Pass Incident]

The avalanche theory is one of the more popular ones. It is less conspiracy induced and allows Mother Nature to play a key role. But, in fact, Kholat Syakhl is not a very tall mountain and is not very steep. And the diaries of the hikers talk of a fairly thin snow cover.

Those facts cannot dismiss all of the danger that could occur, of course. It is possible for a part of the upper layer of snow to shift, rolling over the landscape. Such an event could have rolled over the campsite in the form of a huge slab of snow. This would have damaged the tent and could cause panic among people trapped under several feet of snow. This type of event would explain why the tent was cut from the inside. And it would explain a retreat down the hill without stopping to gather everything up.

It is further supposed that in this type of event and it being in the night that Dyatlov and the others became confused. And instead of heading to the  Auspiya River, they wound up in the Lozva River Valley. The [alleged] climbing of the tree may have been two-fold then. To observe the slope where the camp was to watch for more snow shift and to try to determine their location and which way to travel.

It is further theorized that during the 4 weeks from when the avalanche hit and the campsite was discovered, the snow from the event would have been blown away by the strong winds. This would have left no sign of the disastrous natural occurrence.

A few problems with this does occur. The theory includes that the injuries incurred by the hikers were due to this avalanche. Firstly, the footprints show that each member walked individually down the slope. Walker, not ran. Not scurried. And if the hikers had been that severely injured inside the tent, it is highly improbable that they walked that distance without support of some type.

These were also experienced hikers/skiers having taken this type of expedition before. They would have known that freezing to death was a more likely outcome than a second avalanche coming down the mountain. Even if they were unable to reset the tent, they would have stopped to get dressed in at least their warmest coats, footwear and clothing. It would have taken very little extra time to snatch up some food and blankets.

There is also no evidence of an avalanche strike at the entrance of the tent. That part  of the tent was still upright. Only the middle was collapsed. That most likely was due to the later weight of the snow. There would have been no reason
for them to have cut their way out of the side of the tent.

To further underscore the capabilities of the hikers on that trip, Petr Bartolomiy, a friend of Igor Dyatlov, spoke to the reporters.  "A year prior [to the incident], we went to the subpolar Urals in an expedition, where the conditions were much more difficult than his last venture. I have always characterized him as a wonderfully knowledgeable person, an athlete, always well-prepared . . .  one could always rely on him."

Bartolomiy continued : "I can say the same for the rest of the guys, although we did not go on as many expedition[s] as with Igor. I am glad that, years after, a high-level investigation is resumed to understand what exactly happened."

The 'hurricane" theory is a little more confusing. It might be that in an attempt to translate Russian to English that the term hurricane was used in place of tornado or cyclone. There are two possible explanations provided for this phenomena.

It could fall under the Infrasound Theory : [excerpt from part 4]

The theory goes with the premise that infrasound might have been responsible for sudden unpleasant feelings for the campers. It is suggested that a rare weather phenomena, a "perfect storm", could have struck during the night. It panicked the hikers causing them to flee the tent and finally fall victim to the cold before they were able to recover their senses.

Animation of Karman Vortex Street

This storm would have been a wind phenomena called a "Karman Vortex Street". This wind produces a terrifying, powerful sound which is proven to induce irrational fear in humans. Due to the shape of the mountain, the wind becomes twisted into a series of small but powerful tornadoes. This would have also created a deafening sound. Under certain circumstances, it can produce infrasound.

In other words, under the right conditions, the flow of the wind can be directed in ways that will make a vortex. The wind will travel in a fan shape. With high winds and the right angles, this could form a small tornado which in turn could produce infrasound, in addition to causing wind damage. The theory concludes that the tent was sufficiently down slope enough that the tornado did not reach the tent, but it passed close enough for the infrasound to be felt and the wind heard.

We can also look at the Gravity Fluctuation Theory : [part 4]

German Erchenko [Petersburg physicist Ph.D.; Associate Professor of Institute of Engineering and holder of 100+ patents] believes that significantly decreased external pressure threw the hikers from their tent.

"It formed a corridor of a kind, in which earth's gravity decreased. The tourists in the tent -- sleeping or just getting ready, had time to undress. And then 'unknown force' began to lift them up off the floor and drag them into the direction of the corridor." As the outside air pressure was much lower than the inside of the tent, "people began to push outwards. The emerging tourists instantly pushed the tent from the inside, and since the pressure in their bodies still remained high, they received 'unexplained' internal injuries -- including broken bones."

He went on to say : "Some of the tourists died instantly others remained alive for some time, but the bodies once outside the tent remain hovering in the air as though lying on a horizontal surface. In this position same force pulled them to the side."

This incident would have lasted only a few minutes.

"They flew one by one or in groups from the tent, to be scatter on the slope and in the woods. When they were falling in the snow from a height, not being able to protect themselves, they received the injuries on their faces, which were disfigured."

In any event, the Russians expect to complete their current investigation and analysis by August.

Although there has been evidence provided to point to natural reasons for this tragedy, there are also enough to point towards something criminal. It is very hard to find one true explanation that takes the known facts and puts them all in place.

Dr. Igor Burtsev had this to say recently.

"The last proposal of the investigators was: that was a criminal story -- a team of criminals tortured them and after killed."

When asked if that was what the latest investigation decided, he responded :

"Yes, so. They just visited that place again, very experienced medical specialists and criminal investigators. The character of their injures [sic] say that they were tortured, some of them stripped and forced to climb a tree naked, and the bottom kindled a fire and burned."

He continued : "Others' bones including heads were broken with some heavy hard things and after carried to other places and one flashlight was found on the tent which was not belonged to the group members."

The official report is due out in August. We shall have to wait and see. As for me, I believe it will forever remain a mystery.

"Nine Russian students, experienced hikers -- seven men, two women -- massacred by an unknown force in the early morning hours of February 2nd, 1959 on the high slopes of Kholat Syakhl, a mountain peak in the Northern Ural range. No one alive knows what happened." -- Mysterious Universe

Footage of the investigators at Dyatlov Pass :

https://youtu.be/G2pZjafPaaA

For more information, background and theories, see :

https://sasquatchobsevations.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-dyatlov-pass-incident-part-1-of-4.html

https://sasquatchobsevations.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-dyatlov-pass-incident-part-2a-of-4.html

https://sasquatchobsevations.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-dyatlov-pass-incident-part-2b-of-4.html

https://sasquatchobsevations.blogspot.com/2019/02/dyatlov-pass-incident-part-3-theories.html

https://sasquatchobsevations.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-dyatlov-pass-incident-part-3b.html

https://sasquatchobsevations.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-dyatlov-pass-incident-part-4.html

dyatlovpass.com

Nancy 

"I'll spark the thought; what you do with it is up to you."

"Dyatlov Pass cold case reopened by Russian police, who say nine skiers died of 'natural phenomena'" / February 5, 2019 / abc.net.au

"Russian officials reopen probe into mysterious deaths of nine skiers in 1959 Dyatlov Pass Incident" / Kathleen Joyce / February 6, 2019 / www.foxnews.com

"Russia reopens investigation into 60-year-old Dyatlov Pass mystery" / Mary Ilyushina and Lianne Kolirin / February 4, 2019 / www.edition.cnn.com

"Prosecutors relaunch probe into mysterious 1959 Dyatlov Pass Incident" / February 1, 2019 / sputniknew.com

:Russian officials provide additional details on new Dyatlov Pass investigation" / Tim Binnall / February 5, 2019 / coasttocoastam.com

"Deadly blizzard, UFO or . . . ? Prosecutors travel to Dyatlov Pass to solve 60 year mystery" / March 23, 2019 / elblnews.com