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23rd September 2008, 11:13 AM | #1 | |||
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Walk Replication
I expect this may have been covered somewhere in the past 400 pages - but didn't see the segment posted anywhere on the YouTube.
So - here's a clip from the Discovery Channel's series "Best Evidence" which includes Jeff Meldrum and a team trying to replicate Patty's walk.
What surprises me is that the video clearly shows Jeff seeing the walk, the other two scientists and Meldrum saying the gait can be replicated, and then Meldrum goes on to say that this doesn't impact his position that the PG film depicts an authentic creature. At the minimum, this documentary presents evidence that falsifies the notion that "the walk can't be replicated." It's a good documentary from which I've culled out these clips. |
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23rd September 2008, 11:34 AM | #2 |
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23rd September 2008, 04:52 PM | #3 |
Illuminator
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It could be replicated within the parameters of that experiment. Did you note the part where the actor tried it in a high end suit? In this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vt0s3...eature=related the athlete couldn't do it. Next time you watch Ancient Mysteries: Bigfoot, see if you can spot the errors. I'll help. |
23rd September 2008, 06:21 PM | #4 |
Penultimate Amazing
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You know how stupid that is right? I mean, you have one actor who couldn't do it, one actor who could, and you say it is impossible?
Or is your point the suit? How about I pull a footer and argue that the suit they used wasn't exactly like the one used in the PGF, and that invalidates completely the entire test? The sad thing is that I almost mentioned the MonsterQuest guy because he sucked at the walk. Guess I should have. |
23rd September 2008, 08:02 PM | #5 |
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Yes, the actor in the squatch suit was able to replicate the gait. These are the conclusions of the experimenters:
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