Another Special Effects Expert's Opinion On The Hovey Photo: "Although I believe in Bigfoot, this is an obvious hoax"
The Melissa Hovey Bigfoot photograph was recently sent to Geno McGahee at RingsideReport.com. Being in the horror movie industry, McGahee quickly got in touch with a special effects specialist named Robert Cole. According to McGahee, Cole was not impressed at all and thought the photo was "very amateur". "I would be fired for a job like this," said Cole.
Here's what McGahee wrote about the photo:
There is plenty of interest in the beast known as “Bigfoot.” It is also known as Sasquatch, Yeti, Skunk Ape, and the missing link. Last year, I met up with an eye witness with a credible report of his Sasquatch experience. There were no photos, no blurry video…none of that…just his word, and it was very believable.
I often get emails from different organizations concerning Bigfoot. We get sent videos, eye-witness reports, and photographs, but rarely do I act upon any of them, unless they are truly compelling. I was sent a photograph by “Melissa Hovey,” of a supposed Bigfoot. There wasn’t much information concerning this photograph but I was made aware of an ongoing war between Hovey and those that have attempted to debunk it.
The photograph is very questionable. Although you can see skin beneath the hair, it does not prove that this is a real Bigfoot. Being in the horror movie business, I was able to contact a special effects specialist, Robert Cole, that has worked on many films, using latex prosthetics and make up to create monsters that look very real. Cole had the following to say: “This is theatrical hair. It’s too consistent to be real. The most likely thing that they did here was to get a guy and glue this synthetic hair to his back and head. I would be fired for a job like this. This is very amateur and although I believe in Bigfoot, this is an obvious hoax.”
As exciting as it is to get news on a possible Sasquatch sighting, it is disappointing to see so many hoaxes. The existence of the beast is dismissed by the scientific community for the most part and until there is physical evidence, the matter will not be taken seriously.
[via ringsidereport.com]
Experts. Finally ... :-)
ReplyDeleteexperts confirming its a hoax usurped by a second rate scumbag for their gain.
DeleteExperts are divided on the issue, just like non-experts. Same as the Patterson film suit/creature for that matter. So in other words, the (not owned by) Hovey photo can get in line with all the other non-proof photos as an intriguing but meaningless bit of "What if?"
DeleteI have not heard one "expert" say this is real! No I do not think MM or FBFB or Lindsay are experts.
DeleteMoneymaker cant make money on a hoax.
DeleteIf I have to see that fucking piece of shit suit again I will rage hard
ReplyDeleteProbably not going anywhere. Rage on.
DeleteSomeone didn't get their penis today.
DeleteI guess since Hovey sent the pic to this guy, it shows that she was at least trying to get to the truth.
ReplyDeleteHaving said that, LET THE CARNAGE BEGIN!
B'leebers love to eat their own.
shes not, its not her photo, its not a copyright of any legitimacy and her attempts at bullying are comical. Her past says it all, crying the victim
DeleteShe was trying to get her name mentioned over and over again and it worked.
DeleteSure did. I heard she sold three of her $2 autographs.
DeleteAnon @ 1:53, I didn't say it was her pic you ignert snot drippin' fuckstick.
Deleteyes you did
DeleteYou ignorant misspelling fuckstick
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DeleteWhat a fuckin liar. He would be fired for a job like this? What good jobs has he done. Every Sasquatch in the movies looks like a big piece of shit so I don't see anyone doing any better. Sick of all these so called FX experts. They all got fired due to CGI so all they do now is lay at home commenting on Sasquatch sights and beat off to Fangoria.
ReplyDeleteyou are mad because once again bigfoot is proven to be a lie.
Deleteonly it's not. what is does prove though is that movie guys have no clue when it comes to bigfoot like the anony above said whenever they deem something a suit you can almost count on that it's not, after all people like dick smith or stan winston were confused by patty the real thing. nothing unusual since that happens to most people same as with this hovey pic, it's so realistic that if fake any director would want it in his movie. you'd want patty in your movie too only she wasn't fake but it shows how these experts will look for materials they just don't find herein, so they go completely ballistic and flip saying it must be fake then.
Delete"I would be fired for a job like this": he stole that line from the guy who reviewed Ketchum's paper.
ReplyDeletegreat comment!
DeleteLOL! ROFL!! LMFAO!!!
DeleteHahahahaaaaa!!!
Delete?
DeleteWhat he actually said was " I have tenure and I would still be fired if I used my degrees to take advantage of uninformed people desperate for vindication."
Deletehahahahhaha!!!!!!!!!
Deletethat looks like my nut sack before I shave
ReplyDeleteYou shave your nut sack? You must be a real "pretty boy".
DeleteIs he making you excited?
DeleteAll of these FX "experts" are coming up with their opinions doesn't solve this case. So far none of them have come forward with their vastly superior works to show how much better thier work is. It's all talk. Most horror movie costumes look like shit, and would probably spoted as fake in about 5 mins of study. PROVE you have suits that look more real than this picture. I'm not saying the "Hovey" (she posted it on the internet, but it's not HERS) is real, but PROVE IT. Talk is cheap.
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Gotta agree. These FX guys need to show a better suit. Obviously no one in the FX business is going to say it looks real; it would be bad for their career if someone later came forward with an actual suit.
DeleteCheck out "Shriek Of the Mutilated", 1976. The plot gets them around the "shitty costume problem" and actually absorbs it into the story line. Cool movie if you like 70's schlock.
DeleteI love how someone qualified debunks this and you still cry REAL! I believe, but this photo is textbook fake. It is a framed picture, get over it.
Deleteshriek of the mutilated is awesome. I love how it shows bigfoot running in a warehouse and then all of a sudden he jumps in the air and some how teleports into the woods and lands on some hiker. lmfao
DeleteCropped picture not framed.
DeleteThought it was already found out to be the suit from Abominable by a fx guy Christien Tinsley.
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Sally here - Again, I am not putting up with posters who come here just to cause trouble. I will delete such posts and ban the users.
ReplyDeleteIt's weird. I don't think it's real either, but this looks better than every other Bigfoot costume made for movies. These special effects guys all say the same thing.
ReplyDeletepssst. Sally here,
ReplyDeleteMelbas paper is hidden in the suit. you just need to feel around in its rectum
You're not Sally, I'M Sally dammit.
DeleteLOL! ROFL!! LMFAO!!!
Deletei'm sally
DeleteNo Im Sally..no Sharon..."hiccup"....who wants sex?
DeleteMelissa Hovey is like the cross dresser we never had
ReplyDeleteSally here,
DeleteMelba is actually the cross dresser you have and didnt know about until now or soon, very soon
the real Sally here,
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have a nice day
You know Stan Winston once referred to the PG film as a bad suit. A bad suit?! Okay, even if you regarded it as a suit, a "bad suit"? He didn't elaborate. This just illustrates that some of the best special effects wizards in the industry are either stupid (which I don't believe they are), or super blow-hards who aren't really paying very close attention or are crying out for attention.
ReplyDeleteI remember him from the "alien autopsy" crap-fest. He seemed to imply that it was real
DeleteI would think it would be part of the business to call anyone else's work a bad suit.
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For better or worse, every artist is going to see what he would have done differently.
DeleteAny movie suit would look wonderful from behind, waist up, arms obscured, still picture.
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DeleteTrue that.
DeleteAdd another member to the Bigfoot Hoax Club.
ReplyDeleteThey should get Hovey in with Biscardi, Standing, Brisson, and Davis and let them all fight it out in a cage match. The winner will be given the title of The Best Bigfoot Manure Shoveler.
Once again. Simply produce this bad suit and shut everybody up, or shut your pie holes and accept that this picture is probably legitimate. Either put up or shut up! Simple enough to disprove if this is a cheap, bad costume. Right?
ReplyDeleteI am an expert and I claim it to be real! there you fools have it. And by the way, for those of you who are to lazy to even type words and you resort to these long drawn out abbreviations.......get a life! half us us don't even understand what you are trying to say!
Ok, its real now what?
DeleteLOL @ all the "well let's see an fx expert do a better job" comments. As though a pro in the film industry is gonna waste his time on something as useless as trying to debunk a photo of a mythical creature. tards.
ReplyDeleteI'm so tired of your shit. Shut up you ignorant asshole.
DeleteNot enough fiber in your diet?
DeleteEnough with Dr. Ketchup already!!!
ReplyDeleteHaha sore loser. Colonel Mustard took her out with the candlestick.
DeleteOnce again we see a majority of comments where the level of ignorance is exceeded by the willingness to slander people and display a limited and profane use of the english language. No wonder this country is going down the S bend.
ReplyDeleteI agree with your comments completely. I personally think that many of the people posting here are high school kids sneaking onto this site during class. This would explain the lama of, or thrroolrmbgt, and the lmaoatw comments.
DeleteI yearn for the good ol days when those who visited and commented on this site actually cared and had something productive to add to the conversation.
you're right, caught me red handed. I snuck out of sex ed to post about bigfoot. what a moron
DeleteYes you are.
Deleteyou need to pull the stick structure out of your ass and LIGHTEN UP!(some of us like to laugh)
Deletebite me
DeleteOkay. This guy is a dumbass. Number one: each and every dorkmyer that sees this photo, or the Patterson film, or the Harley Hoffman footage, etc. says "this is amateur". "I'd be fired for that kind of shotty work". BS. If these things are fakes they are fine fakes. And this guy has no expertise in the matter. Number two: the complaint yesterday was that the hair was not consistent enough. Let's please frame our arguments before conducting them. Number three: a high school kid with a passing knowledge of FX can tell you more than this guy. "Glued to his skin"? Really. I guess they found a dude without a neck and then decided the easiest thing is to just glue on the hairs one by one, randomly chosing from one of the dozen hair colors depicted and then just mussed it up to look all wild. It's inefficient, time consuming, impractical, and it would look stupid. It's actually a lot easier just to put on a suit. In fact, it's as easy as putting on a suit.
ReplyDeleteSorry. Dumbass is a little strong and a lot rude. My sincere apologies. Note that I'm upset with the 10,000 people who think they know better and not just you.
DeleteIsn't Eduardo Sanchez currently making a bigfoot movie? The same guy who made the Blair Witch project. Maybe he is trying to do the same thing with his bigfoot movie that he did with the Blair Witch, get gullible people on the internet to think its real.
ReplyDeleteIts not working..
DeleteSo this has me thinking Hoovey glued fake hair on a fat taxi driver from Florida.....kinda looks like him.
ReplyDeleteSally here.
DeleteI'm not from Florida and don't drive a taxi.
Melissa has paved the way for female researchers. She should be applauded for what's she done for Bigfooting.
ReplyDeleteUnlike Bobby Short, Diane Stocking and the rest, who have done nothing eh?
DeleteI think Bobby comes up short and Diane should pull up her stockings.
DeleteMelissa and SWP need to set their differences aside. the only way a squatch will get boxed is if the best bigfoot tracker in the universe and the #1 female bigfoot researcher in the universe team up
DeleteWithout comical threats from Billy this thread just doesnt work for me. And fuck you Nadia, she slept her way to where she got and used the rest. Nice example. God yer stupid.
DeleteSlept her self to where? come on, this is bigfoot not the real world. She's not f'ing Madonna. Only stupid f'cks would stick a dick in her anyway, and they mean what anyway?
DeleteKrantz always said "So, what have you done to advance this field" think on that before replying.
Oh I've rocked some cock and spent two weeks a year in the field :)
and Diane should pull up her stockings.
DeleteNow thats something I'd paid to see...mmmh!!!
She wasnt even the #1 female researcher in the segment of the monster show she was on. She is the #1 female in the fan club she created.
DeleteSWP is a joke.
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