Thursday, June 21, 2007

Editorial: Has a "Swamp Ape" Finally Been Captured on Film?

A new videotape has recently come to light from a most unlikely source-controversial Bigfooter Tom Biscardi, who, along with M.K. Davis, has presented video of two creatures which appear to be "Swamp Apes." One creature appears to be in a tree and is shaking the trees and screaming. That in and of itself is a pretty good piece of evidence, but it is not the most shocking piece of footage; that is reserved for a clip of what appears to be a large apelike creature with long arms which gets up from a prone position and rises up on two legs, then proceeds to alternate between bipedal and quadropedal walking. It is quite a shocking piece of video, and fits into some researchers' theories of what we have in the South which is referred to as "Swamp Apes." The creature on the ground also barks almost like a dog but not quite, which spooked M.K.'s dog when he heard it. The footage is interesting, though to skeptics will still be considered inconclusive until a body is brought in. The best place to see a high-quality moving .gif of the ground-walker is at Tom Biscardi's website, www.searchingforbigfoot.com Now, I know some are going to question the authenticity of this footage, seeing as how Biscardi is involved, but if that footage is faked, it is absolutely stunning to me how it could have been faked, in the wild, with an extremely long-armed person in a gorilla suit? To me that possibility is highly unlikely, and Biscardi had no involvement with it until now. And, who would be foolish enough to climb a tree in a hot, heavy, cumbersome gorilla suit and shake it and scream? That does not make sense, so this is possibly the real deal, another film to add to the 40-year-old Patterson/Gimlin Movie. I cannot conceive of it being a hoax, especially since it was shot at night (the video was lightened by Davis for better viewing) where it would most likely go unnoticed. It seems that now there is another film to talk about besides the old chestnut of the P/G Movie.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Henry,

As a friend and producer involved with M.K. Davis, he has expressed to me that the editorial incorrectly credits him as being part of the release of this work. Although it is true that Davis worked on the animation, he did it only as technical assistance to Biscardi and claims no responsibility for the release or the content. This can be confirmed by contacting Davis directly.

John Johnsen