Redwoods Footage - A closer Look
Several days ago we posted a story about the famous Redwood Footage/The Playboy Footage and I thought I would take a closer look at the video.
I had never really looked at the footage very much and I had never attempted to gather more information from the video. This post will probably be kind of short and will include a short video I did of the footage. I attempted to bring out some detail on the figure but the footage quality is pretty poor.
Here is my video enhancement/analysis of the footage.
As you can see the footage is really low quality and there is not a lot you can do to improve it. I think it is obvious that I'm not 100 percent sold on the footage being authentic. There are many red flags and questions I have about it. If there is a higher-quality video, I'd like to see it.
Another thing I noticed is that at times the figure looks like someone wearing a baggy suit. But again, the resolution of the video is very poor and this can create video artifacts.
The backstory as to how the footage was obtained sounds believable, I guess. But once you watch the complete video with all the "That's a bear!", "No it's on 2 legs" and the screaming, it just gives off a staged vibe to me.
I was about 50/50 on the footage but after thinking about it more I would say I'm now more 75/25 to it being staged. As I stated I have never really taken a lot of time to "investigate" this video or the story very much until just a few days ago. Yes, I had seen the video before and heard about it but I just never took the time to dig into it.
What do you think? Is there a better copy of the video out there? I mean, who knew production cameras in 1995 were so bad?
Anyways, that is my little look at this somewhat interesting video.
Thanks
~Thomas~
This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 25 years of experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and a poet.
~Thomas~
This post by Thomas Marcum, Thomas is the founder/leader of the cryptozoology and paranormal research organization known as The Crypto Crew. Over 25 years of experience with research and investigation of unexplained activity, working with video and websites. A trained wild land firefighter and a published photographer, and a poet.
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