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Close encounters: People gather in New Brunswick conference to share Bigfoot stories
(halifax.citynews.ca)
this post was submitted on 27 Aug 2024
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Les Stroud's (aka Survivorman) series on this is quite interesting and I think his stance on it is rather appropriate. He has no proof to confirm or deny the existence of such beings, but goes on to say that to flat out deny their existence is to call each and every one of those with stories to tell, including him, a liar.
I'd recommend anyone interested to check out his Bigfoot series. It's all available free on youtube.
I love Les Stroud but I hate how he latched onto that hoaxer whackjob Todd Standing, the guy who comes out with high quality videos of sasquatch faces in tree branches. They're not moving, it's not full-body, it's just their face, and they're not doing anything besides blinking. He's got two videos like that of just a face in the trees, and then several more where he claims the sasquatches are attacking him, but they're "just out of camera view", where he's freaking out and waving a torch around, screaming like an idiot.
I just feel like Les could do a lot better. He's got some compelling footage of weird stuff happening at his solo campsites, and I fully believe his story of what happened when he was filming the Survivorman Alaska episode. Les is legit, he has no reason to make shit up, but Todd Standing is an absolute fraud.
I wouldn't say he latched on. Maybe the directors commentaries provide more of that background than the actual episode, but he'd often call Todd out if he would say, matter of factly, that something was most definitely Saskquatch, and he didn't appreciate that sort of thing when trying to make an objective, more investigative film.
At the time, I imagine Todd was one of the more available resources Les had, so at least it was somewhere to start.